SNL Digital Shorts
An SNL Digital Short is one in a series of comedic and often musical video shorts created for airing on NBC's Saturday Night Live, generally produced and written by The Lonely Island (Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg), though originated by Adam McKay, in collaboration with SNL hosts, writers, and cast members. The segments were originally recorded with consumer grade digital video cameras and edited on personal computers. It is usual for the episode's hosts and musical guests (the latter on rarer occasions) to take part in the episode's short, and several shorts have included celebrity cameos.
Seasons
1. Lettuce
Air Date: 2005-12-03
In what is revealed to be a commercial for the vegetable, two friends (Will Forte, Andy Samberg) discuss the death of an unnamed friend while taking large bites out of heads of lettuce. Written and filmed in November 2005 and originally cut from dress rehearsal of the Eva Longoria episode.
2. Lazy Sunday
Air Date: 2005-12-17
Chris Parnell and Samberg rhyme about The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, cupcakes, Mr. Pibb, Red Vines, Matthew Perry, and a host of other products. The short became a viral video online. Music produced by Jorma Taccone.
3. Young Chuck Norris
Air Date: 2006-01-21
A Chuck Norris fan (Jason Sudeikis) sings a ballad for him with an accompanying music video. In this video, Chuck Norris is played by Andy Samberg. Also there are cameos of Jorma Taccone as a man being robbed and then punched by Chuck Norris, Fred Armisen as a man robbing a woman and Amy Poehler as the woman being robbed.
4. The Tangent
Air Date: 2006-02-04
Joel (Fred Armisen) rambles endlessly about a restaurant he visited to his friend Liz (Kristen Wiig) at first, and becomes so involved in the story, he fails to notice that he is discovered by talent scouts (Bill Hader, Parnell), stars in a movie with Scarlett Johansson, becomes a national phenomenon and then loses it all when his movie flops at the box office. Brian Williams, MTV correspondent Gideon Yago, and Conan O'Brien also make cameos.
5. Close Talkers
Air Date: 2006-02-04
Two old friends from school (Forte, Steve Martin) meet up after years apart, greeting each other loudly while standing with their faces only an inch apart.
6. Natalie's Rap
Air Date: 2006-03-04
Natalie Portman is interviewed about her life and responds with a rap proving she is a "badass bitch", poking fun at her clean and intellectual image. She slaps Seth Meyers and throws a chair at Parnell. Samberg appears dressed as Flavor Flav. Music produced by Jorma Taccone and Asa Taccone, and mixed by Ben Lovett.
7. Doppleganger
Air Date: 2006-03-11
Meyers, Forte, and Samberg are on a lunch break and start to notice that each one has a doppelgänger nearby. After Meyers and Forte say that a large bum (Horatio Sanz) is Samberg's doppelgänger, they kill the real Samberg in an evil twin scenario.
8. Laser Cats!
Air Date: 2006-04-15
In a frame story, Hader and Samberg pitch their new ultra low-budget Digital Short, Laser Cats! to SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels. In the Laser Cats! short itself (a short within a short), Hader and Samberg play the heroes Nitro and Admiral Spaceship in a post-nuclear war world in which cats can shoot lasers from their mouths and are used as weapons. They are saving the princess (Lindsay Lohan) from the evil Robotron (Will Forte). Rachel Dratch makes an appearance, disguising herself as the princess/Lohan. Jorma Taccone appears in the opening credits for Laser Cats! Fred Armisen also makes a cameo. Laser Cats! is shot in the SNL offices (this is done with intended obviousity, as the short is supposed to be "low-budget").
9. My Testicles
Air Date: 2006-05-06
Friends in the early 1990s (Kenan Thompson, Forte, and Parnell) discuss the music video by pop stars Ariel (Andy Samberg) and Efrim (Tom Hanks), where we see the lyrics consist of constantly begging for their testicles not to be harmed, in a parody of Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" and C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat". Also, Fred Armisen plays the guitar player, Jorma Taccone appears as a backup dancer, and Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph are women in the video.
10. Peyote
Air Date: 2006-05-13
An apparent suicide jumper (Samberg) is negotiated with by a man on a bullhorn (Forte). After a bit of dialogue, it is revealed that the "jumper" is safely on the ground and the man with the bullhorn is mere inches away from him. This is revealed to be a commercial for peyote.
11. Andy Walking
Air Date: 2006-05-20
Samberg asks factual questions of passers-by outside NBC Studios in the style of the Jay Leno bit Jaywalking, instead laughing off correct answers as false. John Lutz (a then writer for SNL) makes a cameo as a man walking that Andy ridicules.
1. Cubicle Fight
Air Date: 2006-09-30
New office employee Gary (Hader) gets into a fight to the death with incumbent cubicle holder Steve (Dane Cook). Sudeikis appears as the boss and Samberg, Forte, Armisen, Thompson, Poehler and Wiig are other employees cheering on the fight.
2. Harpoon Man
Air Date: 2006-10-21
Harpoon Man (John C. Reilly), a suave action hero and parody of Shaft, tracks down an insulting announcer dressed as a whale (Samberg), who is narrating his life in a theme song. There are appearances by Jorma Taccone, who plays a man getting robbed, and Bill Hader, who plays the man robbing Taccone.
3. Pep Talk
Air Date: 2006-12-09
A fast food boss (Armisen) gives his employees (Forte, Matthew Fox, Poehler, Samberg, Thompson) a pep talk and has trouble controlling his anger until one of his employees (Forte) comes in late. It originally was scheduled to air on the episode hosted by Matthew Fox (which explains his appearance), but ended up airing on the following episode hosted by Annette Bening.
4. Dick in a Box
Air Date: 2006-12-16
A Christmas song about two men (Justin Timberlake and Samberg) giving their lovers (Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph) a box with their genitalia inside as presents, in a style reminiscent of early 1990s R&B sex ballads made popular by acts such as Bell Biv Devoe, Color Me Badd, and R. Kelly. Won a 2007 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics. Music created in part by Asa Taccone, Jorma Taccone and Katreese Barnes. It was the first official single from The Lonely Island's debut album, Incredibad.
5. Laser Cats! 2
Air Date: 2007-01-13
In the same frame-story format, Hader and Samberg apologize to Lorne Michaels for the original Laser Cats! claiming to understand where they went wrong: not enough politics. They then introduce Laser Cats! 2, based on the same premise, now set in the Iraq War which has gone nuclear and caused the feline mutations. This time, Dr. Scientist (Jake Gyllenhaal) has stolen the cure that turns Laser Cats back into regular cats. Jorma Taccone appears in the opening credits for Laser Cats! 2 (Which is the same as Laser Cats!), and Fred Armisen and Amy Poehler are the scientists who created the cure.
6. Nurse Nancy
Air Date: 2007-01-20
Scott Garbaciak (Samberg) is the multi-role star in a commercial for the fictional film Nurse Nancy, in parody of Eddie Murphy films such as Norbit and The Nutty Professor.
7. Body Fuzion
Air Date: 2007-02-03
Drew Barrymore is Desiree, host of a 1986 sexually suggestive, low-impact, high-result exercise video Body Fuzion, with "her friends" Donna, Michelle, and Donna M. (Rudolph, Wiig, and Poehler respectively).
8. Andy Popping Into Frame
Air Date: 2007-02-10
Samberg quietly pops into view as the camera routinely cuts to different locations and landmarks. Forte begins doing the same, before being forced out by Samberg at gunpoint. Samberg wears his "Andy" shirt from the failed sketch show Awesometown created by The Lonely Island.
9. Business Meeting
Air Date: 2007-02-24
A corporate executive (Rainn Wilson) leads a meeting to take ideas on how to save his failing company, and hears suggestions from an increasingly bizarre set of employees, including a gigantic turkey sub and Arcade Fire. Upon reaching the end of the meeting, Wilson receives a phone call, seemingly informing him that the office building is about to be blown up. Then, the office building explodes, killing all of them inside. Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Jason Sudeikis, Kristen Wiig, Will Forte, Darrell Hammond, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg all play employees of Wilson's, and Kenan Thompson plays a water guy.
10. United Way
Air Date: 2007-03-24
Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning takes time out to be a mentor to kids, but ends up being physically, mentally, and verbally abusive to them (a parody of his public service announcements for the United Way during 2001–05).
11. Dear Sister
Air Date: 2007-04-14
In a spoof of The O.C. episode "The Dearly Beloved", a man (Hader) writes a letter to his sister, he is shot by his friend (Samberg), leading to a series of overly dramatic, slow-motion shootings set to "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap, including their roommate (Shia LaBeouf), the sister (Wiig), and two police officers (Sudeikis, Armisen).
12. Roy Rules!
Air Date: 2007-04-21
Samberg performs a rhyme about how much he likes his brother in-law named Roy (SNL writer Bryan Tucker).
13. Talking Dog
Air Date: 2007-05-19
While meeting the owner of an apartment he's about to rent (Zach Braff), a man (Samberg) is shocked to find out that the owner's dog can not only talk (with the voice of SNL writer Jorma Taccone), but has fallen in love with him. Later he finds out that the dog was using him to get a plate of ham. The owner implies that this happens regularly, but the dog convinces the man that it's still something more, and the man ends up french kissing the dog.
1. Iran So Far
Air Date: 2007-09-29
Samberg sings a love song for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Armisen), along with Adam Levine from Maroon 5, sampling "Avril 14th" by Aphex Twin. Jake Gyllenhaal has a cameo.
2. People Getting Punched Just Before Eating
Air Date: 2007-10-13
Samberg punches people who are about to eat, then gleefully dances afterwards; victims include Forte, Armisen, Sudeikis, Taccone, host Jon Bon Jovi, and Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. The punched victims then become zombies and do the Zombie Dance. After the dance and just underneath Samberg's head has the quote "Believe in Your Dreams". The short shares the style of Andy Popping Into Frame.
3. Brian Diaries
Air Date: 2007-11-03
Brian Williams describes a day in his life, including watching footage of himself, meditating while the disembodied head of Bono praises him, and dropping pennies on Al Roker and Matt Lauer from the NBC building.
4. Grandkids in the Movies
Air Date: 2008-02-23
An old man presents films which have his grandsons (Hader and Samberg) digitally inserted in order to help old people be more comfortable with today's films. Features clips from the films No Country for Old Men, Michael Clayton, Juno, Transformers (referred to as "The Transforming Robots"), and There Will Be Blood.
5. The Mirror
Air Date: 2008-03-01
A girl (Ellen Page) wakes up from a nightmare and begins seeing a zombie (Samberg) in her bathroom mirror, which turns out to be the nightmare of the zombie, a wolf man (Forte), and a woman named Debbie (Wiig) who is married to Dracula (Sudeikis). After several nightmares, the camera returns to Page waking up from a nightmare, and as the short ends, the zombie pops up at her bedside.
6. Hero Song
Air Date: 2008-03-08
An apparently wealthy man (Samberg) sings about crime infecting the city, then turns into a superhero (à la Batman) and tries to save a woman (Amy Adams) from being mugged, only to have the mugger (Sudeikis) beat the superhero to death.
7. Andy's Dad
Air Date: 2008-03-15
Jonah Hill confesses to Samberg about how he has fallen in love with his father, Ben Samberg (played by longtime SNL writer Jim Downey). Hader also confesses the same thing.
8. Laser Cats! 3D
Air Date: 2008-04-05
Samberg and Hader interrupt Lorne Michaels' dinner with Christopher Dodd (appearing as himself) to attempt to pitch Laser Cats! again, this time with a scene enhanced by 3D glasses. The plot revolves around a ban on all laser cats and a battle against the corrupt Mayor Top-Hat (Thompson). Christopher Walken appears as a general.
9. Daiquiri Girl
Air Date: 2008-04-12
Samberg appears in an amateur, early-90s music video about a girl who loves to drink daiquiris. Meanwhile, text scrolls up the screen explaining that the producers apologize for airing the video because a certain musical guest (Gnarls Barkley) failed to appear for the shooting of a digital short, despite an agreement to do otherwise.
10. The Best Look in the World
Air Date: 2008-05-10
Samberg and host Shia LaBeouf sing a high-energy country song for an infomercial about Samberg's new dress shirt, black socks, no pants look (the best look in the world). Armisen, Forte, Thompson, Sudeikis, and Hader all appear as people following the trend (a dad, a husband, two cops, and an illiterate genie).
11. Japanese Office
Air Date: 2008-05-17
Ricky Gervais presents a clip from a Japanese show that was his inspiration for The Office, featuring Japanese versions of Michael (Steve Carell), Dwight (Hader), Jim (Sudeikis), Pam (Wiig), and Stanley (Thompson). Also, Darrell Hammond plays Regis Philbin in a tampon commercial. At the end of the episode, Gervais comments "It's funny 'cause it's racist".
1. Space Olympics
Air Date: 2008-09-13
In the year 3022, an alien (Andy Samberg) sings about the Space Olympics, a sporting event on a distant planet where athletes from all over the universe compete for gold medals until budget cuts result in some serious problems.
2. Hey!
Air Date: 2008-09-20
Sarah (Kristen Wiig) meets a mysterious man (James Franco) at a party who repeatedly mentions his tiny ding-dong. Creeped out, Sarah runs off, but talk of his small penis attracts another "woman"
3. Extreme Activities Challenge
Air Date: 2008-10-04
Samberg and Wiig compete in nonsensical activities, from arm wrestling to human ATM. Forte is the pathetic referee, Thompson is an ATM customer, and Anne Hathaway appears when Samberg wins the "become Jane" (Austen) challenge.
4. Jam the Vote
Air Date: 2008-10-23
Samberg walks around New York City asking people if they're registered to vote, which Wiig's character points out had ended two weeks prior.
5. Ras Trent
Air Date: 2008-10-25
Samberg plays a college student legalist who has converted to Rastafarianism, who sings boastfully (and stereotypically) about the culture, while being aware that he's not fit for it when he walks by a group of actual Rastas. Wiig and Wilson appear in the short as backup singers; the actual backup vocals were recorded by Joanna Newsom and Maya Rudolph. Music produced by Sly & Robbie.
6. Everyone's A Critic
Air Date: 2008-11-15
In a clip from Paul Rudd's new movie, Samberg romantically paints him nude and then Rudd returns the favor (A parody of the film Titanic). While selling the painting at an auction, it is shown to be so graphic that everyone who sees it begins convulsing violently, vomiting, bleeding from the eyes, and committing violent acts of suicide. Fred Armisen appears as the auctioneer, Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig as Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood respectively (parodying the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark), and Casey Wilson as the interviewer.
7. Virgania Horsen's Pony Express
Air Date: 2008-12-06
Kristen Wiig reprises her role as Virgania Horsen in a crudely made commercial for her new business, which consists of mail delivery by horse. (The first short featuring Wiig in this role, Virgania Horsen’s Hot Air Balloon Rides, originally aired on February 23, 2008 without the official "An SNL Digital Short" title card.)
8. Jizz in My Pants
Air Date: 2008-12-06
The first single from The Lonely Island’s debut album “INCREDIBAD”. Features guest appearances by Molly Sims, Jamie Lynn Sigler, and Justin Timberlake.
9. Cookies
Air Date: 2008-12-13
A corporate executive (Hugh Laurie) announces to the department heads that things are not going well and drastic steps may need to be taken.
10. Doogie Howser Theme
Air Date: 2009-01-10
Neil Patrick Harris and the Doogie Symphony Orchestra present, the Doogie Howser Theme Song.
11. A Couple of Homies
Air Date: 2009-01-17
Samberg and Fred Armisen casually talk in a break room while Forte sings about every little thing that they're doing (giving each other a high five, reading magazines, drinking soda, and wearing dresses). At the end, it's revealed to actually be a commercial for the D.A.R.E. program. It was originally cut from the Ben Affleck dress rehearsal.
12. Laser Cats! 4-Ever!
Air Date: 2009-01-31
A "half human, half Laser Cat, half RoboCop" named Cyber-Face (Kenan Thompson) is presented to a group of scientists by their colleague (Will Forte) but quickly goes haywire. Admiral Spaceship (Samberg) and Nitro (Hader) intervene to put an end to its killing spree, and are shocked to find out that Cyber-Face is Admiral Spaceship's estranged father (Martin) right before he is gunned down by police officers.
13. I'm on a Boat
Air Date: 2009-02-07
Samberg wins a prize from a cereal box for a boat trip for three people and selects Schaffer and, to Taccone's surprise and dismay, T-Pain to join him.
14. Property of the Queen
Air Date: 2009-02-14
Samberg blackmails the Jonas Brothers with a videotape of them as an '80s band called Property of the Queen. Samberg ultimately wants to know how they stayed young for 25 years and it is revealed that the wizard featured in one of their music videos (Bill Hader) kept them young. Kenan Thompson, Will Forte, and Bobby Moynihan appear as band members.
15. Party Guys
Air Date: 2009-03-14
Samberg and Hader are at a party where everyone and everything is a literal representation of a slang term.
16. Like a Boss
Air Date: 2009-04-04
During a performance review conducted by episode host Seth Rogen, Samberg raps about his typical day as the boss of a large company.
17. Motherlover
Air Date: 2009-05-09
Five months after the events of "Dick in a Box," Samberg and Timberlake's characters (who have just been released from prison) sing about special gifts for Mother's Day, with Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson appearing as their mothers.
1. The Date
Air Date: 2009-09-26
A man (Forte) with a strained voice discusses his life commanding a SWAT team and raising lambs for slaughter with an increasingly fascinated date (Megan Fox).
2. Megan's Roommate
Air Date: 2009-09-26
Andy Samberg is brought home by Megan Fox, and meets her hostile roommate "Optimus Prime" (Moynihan), a man wearing a bathing robe and a mask of the Transformers character. Cameo by Brian Austin Green as "Bumblebee".
3. Threw It On The Ground
Air Date: 2009-10-03
A beatnik (Samberg) performs slam poetry about how he fights "the system" by throwing objects on the ground.
4. Brenda & Shaun
Air Date: 2009-10-10
A 1990s commercial for two amateur laser magicians (played by Fred Armisen and episode host Drew Barrymore).
5. Firelight
Air Date: 2009-11-07
In this parody of the movie adaptation of Twilight, a high school girl (played by host and musical guest Taylor Swift) falls for Frankenstein's monster (played by Bill Hader).
6. Get Out!
Air Date: 2009-11-14
A man (Armisen) keeps barging in on his roommate (Samberg) sitting on the toilet – even when Armisen is at the gym, on an elevator, and walking outside of Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Center.
7. Two Worlds Collide
Air Date: 2009-11-21
Two crazy big stars from opposite worlds ’bout to set this track on fire.
8. Shy Ronnie
Air Date: 2009-12-05
Rihanna and a redheaded nerd named Shy Ronnie (Samberg) perform an uplifting song for a classroom full of children, but the song is ruined by Shy Ronnie's weak singing (and bladder control).
9. Tizzle Wizzle Show
Air Date: 2009-12-19
James Franco guest stars on a children's show about wearing "jammies," and performs the "jammy shuffle."
10. Booty Call
Air Date: 2010-01-09
Alicia Keys' late night booty call doesn't work out because the callee (Andy Samberg) is in the middle of an intervention for his friend
11. James Cameron's Laser Cats 5
Air Date: 2010-01-16
Samberg and Hader once again try to persuade Lorne Michaels with another Laser Cats! movie with some "help" from James Cameron (appearing as himself).
12. The Curse
Air Date: 2010-01-30
In a loose parody of Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, a young businessman (Samberg) is cursed by a homeless shaman (Fred Armisen) to be haunted by a sexy, shirtless saxophonist named Sergio (played by host Jon Hamm) after stepping on the shaman's dreamcatcher and not paying for it.
13. Flags of the World
Air Date: 2010-02-27
Samberg raps about the many different flags of the world, including the American flag, "Spain-ish" flag, "We Love Betty White" flag (referring to the campaign on Facebook to get her to host the show), "No You Didn't" flag, and a "Black Flag" based on the band of the same name. Episode host Jennifer Lopez makes a cameo.
14. Zach Drops By the Set
Air Date: 2010-03-06
Zach Galifianakis shows up on the sets of various NBC shows (with fictional scenes and archival footage) either talking to the actors, or just standing in the background, finishing with a clip from a 1984 SNL episode hosted by Robin Williams showing a bearded child (supposedly Galifianakis) and the words: "Zack Galifianakis: on TV for over 30 years."
15. Boombox
Air Date: 2010-03-13
A music video for the song "Boombox" featuring Samberg and Julian Casablancas.
16. The Other Man
Air Date: 2010-04-17
A man named Kyle (Ryan Phillippe) keeps knocking on his loved ones' (ex-girlfriend, best friend, parents, etc.) doors to find that they are romantically involved with a man with a bizarre European accent (Samberg).
17. Cherry Battle
Air Date: 2010-04-24
Gabourey Sidibe and Andy Samberg (dressed in kimono) spit cherries at each other in rapid succession, catching the ones the other throws.
18. Golden Girls Theme
Air Date: 2010-05-08
Samberg shows Betty White how grateful the entire SNL cast is to have her host by having the cast and guest stars (Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, and Molly Shannon) sing the theme song from The Golden Girls.
19. Great Day
Air Date: 2010-05-15
An unemployed cocaine addict named Dennis (Samberg) goes on drug binge while singing an elaborately choreographed Disneyesque musical-theater number about how it is going to be a great day.
1. Boogerman
Air Date: 2010-09-26
Katy Perry sings at an Academy Awards-like ceremony the theme song from the fictional superhero film Boogerman (played by Peter Sarsgaard). Features most of the cast including episode host Amy Poehler.
2. Rescue Dogs 3D App
Air Date: 2010-10-02
A man (Samberg) tries to call 911 to report a home invasion on his iPhone using the app "911 Emergency," but is bombarded with ads for the movie Rescue Dogs 3D.
3. Relaxation Therapy
Air Date: 2010-10-09
A man (Samberg) is the subject of a bizarre therapy session conducted by his psychiatrist (played by episode host Jane Lynch) who inserts herself in his self-conscious images of peace and tranquility.
4. I Broke My Arm
Air Date: 2010-10-23
An accident-prone high school girl (Emma Stone) trying to show off her casts continuously breaks bones when she slips and falls, blaming spilled grape jelly until it comes to life (Andy Samberg) and sets the record straight.
5. Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie and Clyde
Air Date: 2010-10-30
Shy Ronnie (Samberg) and Clyde (Rihanna) team up for a second time to rob a bank. Unfortunately, Ronnie's social awkwardness puts the heist in jeopardy and forces Clyde to do most of the work.
6. What Was That?
Air Date: 2010-11-13
In this "SNL Digital Short," winners of a Model U.N. competition (Andy Samberg) and Arcade Fire encourage the General Assembly to dance for world peace.
7. Party at Mr. Bernard's
Air Date: 2010-12-04
A parody of the movie Weekend at Bernie's, in which two men (Hader and Samberg) find the corpse of their boss (played by episode host Robert De Niro) and attempt to make him look alive during a party at his beach house.
8. Stumblin'
Air Date: 2010-12-11
A parody of the Dolly Parton song 9 to 5, throughout which Andy Samberg and episode host Paul Rudd stumble throughout the city. Musical guest Paul McCartney and celebrity chef Mario Batali appear in the short as well.
9. I Just Had Sex
Air Date: 2010-12-18
Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and rapper Akon celebrate just having had sex with women (Blake Lively and Jessica Alba respectively), despite the fact that the women found the sex to be mediocre.
10. Andy and Pee-Wee's Night Out
Air Date: 2011-01-15
Samberg has some shots with none other than Pee Wee Herman (Paul Reubens). After beating Anderson Cooper (who appears as himself) over the head with a chair, Samberg and Pee-Wee are caught by the police, to which they escape by hitting the officer with a chair
11. The Creep
Air Date: 2011-01-29
The Lonely Island and Nicki Minaj pose as middle-aged stalkers and rap about the latest dance craze (The Creep).
12. The Roommate
Air Date: 2011-02-05
A movie trailer parodying its namesake, in which a college student (Justin Bieber) believes his increasingly bizarre and obsessive roommate (Samberg) is planning to kill him.
13. Beastly Parody
Air Date: 2011-03-05
A handsome high school student obsessed with his good looks (Samberg, portraying Gene Hackman as the protagonist) is cursed by a witch (Nasim Pedrad), who transforms him into the same nerd that Samberg played in the previous Digital Short The Roommate.
14. Zach Looks for a New Assistant
Air Date: 2011-03-12
Zach Galifianakis interviews young children as possible candidates for being his assistant.
15. Laser Cats: The Musical
Air Date: 2011-04-02
Hader and Samberg again use a celebrity (Tom Hanks) to pitch a new Laser Cats film to Lorne Michaels; this time, a musical version which includes parodies of Cats and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
16. Helen Mirren's Magic Bosom
Air Date: 2011-04-09
Nasim wants to be inspired, so she finds Helen Mirren in her dressing room, where Pedrad dreams she is in "Helen Mirren's Titties", a place beyond space and time, and a sequence of shots involving happy things like two leaders shaking hands, flowers, etc.
17. Jack Sparrow
Air Date: 2011-05-07
A music video for the song of the same name from The Lonely Island's Turtleneck and Chain album featuring Michael Bolton, who writes and performs a "big, sexy hook" for a new hip-hop track that The Lonely Island are recording.
18. 3-Way (The Golden Rule)
Air Date: 2011-05-21
The "Dick in a Box" and "Motherlover" characters (Timberlake and Samberg) return in a song about how any sexual contact between them does not count as a homosexual act, as long as there is also a female (Lady Gaga) involved.
1. Stomp
Air Date: 2011-10-01
Two cops (Hader and Samberg) bored at work find music in everyday life (parody of Stomp).
2. V-Necks
Air Date: 2011-10-08
At a clothing store, a man (Samberg) is unconvinced that the V-neck shirt he is trying on is for him, despite his girlfriend's (Pedrad) assurances.
3. Drake Interview
Air Date: 2011-10-15
Andy conducts several short and increasingly bizarre interviews with actor-singer Drake.
4. Wish It Would Rain
Air Date: 2011-11-12
A depressed singer (Samberg) sings about how his girlfriend left him for another man (Armisen).
5. Seducing Women Through Chess
Air Date: 2011-11-19
In an early '80s-style instructional video, a nerdy man dressed like Carl Sagan (Samberg) shows viewers how to seduce women by playing chess, but the first two women (played by Nasim Pedrad and Abby Elliott) beat him.
6. Batman
Air Date: 2011-12-03
Commissioner Gordon (Steve Buscemi) keeps getting stalked by Batman (Samberg). Paul Brittain and Kristen Wiig appears as Aquaman and the Riddler respectively.
7. Best Friends
Air Date: 2011-12-10
Katy Perry and Samberg become best friends, then meet up with a "handsome drug addict" (Matt Damon) and "brilliant lunatic" (Val Kilmer) who want to be best friends too.
8. Convoluted Jerry
Air Date: 2012-01-07
A fake commercial for a CD collection featuring Convoluted Jerry (Andy Samberg), a singer whose lyrics are wordy and confusing, with songs including "Quit not Being My Lover," "Backwards Day" and "Jerry Explains the Movie Inception".
9. Afros
Air Date: 2012-03-03
A man (Samberg) and woman (Wiig) dressed in '70s-style clothing declare their love for each other in song. As the camera pulls back we can see that they are connected by their shared enormous afro.
10. Tennis Balls
Air Date: 2012-03-10
To test the effects of stress on the human heart, a man (Jonah Hill) is hit repeatedly in the testicles by tennis balls fired from a tennis ball machine.
11. Laser Cats 7
Air Date: 2012-04-14
Despite Lorne Michaels' objections, Hader and Samberg show him the latest Laser Cats short – this time directed by Steven Spielberg (appearing as both himself and a "Hitchcockian" cameo in the short), which contains many references to his films, including E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Host Josh Brolin appears as a "Space Nazi."
12. Gotye Backstage
Air Date: 2012-04-14
Samberg and Taran Killam visit Gotye in his dressing room, then stalk him by appearing in nothing but body paint and black wigs (as seen in the "Somebody That I Used To Know" music video).
13. 100th Short
Air Date: 2012-05-12
The Lonely Island celebrate their 100th Digital Short by revisiting many digital short favorite characters, clips from previous Digital Shorts, and fresh footage from numerous celebrities.
14. Lazy Sunday 2
Air Date: 2012-05-19
Samberg and Parnell do another "Lazy Sunday" rap for Sister Act: The Musical.
1. YOLO
Air Date: 2013-01-26
The Lonely Island, Adam Levine, and Kendrick Lamar sing about the virtues of staying safe in daily life (flipping the intended meaning of YOLO with "You Ought to Look Out"), and become increasingly paranoid of everything. Danny McBride cameos as a man attempting to do cocaine in a nightclub.
1. When Will the Bass Drop?
Air Date: 2014-05-17
In a parody of stereotypical electronic dance music performers, the DJ Davvincii performs a number of unrelated activities rather than actually mixing music.
2. Hugs
Air Date: 2014-05-17
The Lonely Island and Pharrell sing about how their hugs are the best.
1. That's When You Break
Air Date: 2015-02-15
Andy Samberg and Adam Sandler sing about times when people broke character on the show.
1. Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song)
Air Date: 2016-05-21
Conner4real (Samberg) sings about having sex with a girl like the execution of Osama bin Laden. This is a song written for The Lonely Island's comedy film Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.
1. Natalie's Rap 2
Air Date: 2018-02-03
A sequel to the original Natalie's Rap from Season 31, Natalie Portman is interviewed by Beck Bennett, to which she responds with a rap about motherhood and the Star Wars prequels (holding Alex Moffat at gunpoint while dressed as her character Padme Amidala). At the end, she impales Bennett's head with a Time's Up pin and throws him out of the window. Andy Samberg appears as his character, Carl, from the first short (with his scenes filmed in Los Angeles outside the ArcLight Hollywood). The day after the episode aired, The Lonely Island confirmed that they wrote the sketch.
1. Sushi Glory Hole
Air Date: 2024-10-05
Two business men (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer) give a presentation to investors (Maya Rudolph, Bowen Yang, Kenan Thompson) about their idea.
2. Here I Go
Air Date: 2024-11-16
A man (Samberg) and his wife (Charli XCX) sing about the joys of calling the police on their white neighbors.
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Rating
8.0/10
Release Date
2005-12-03
Episodes
111 (13 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
