Akiva Schaffer — Writer

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Digital Short: Lazy Sunday

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December 17, 20053m
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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.

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Digital Short: Natalie's Rap

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March 4, 20063m
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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 as Flavor Flav. Music produced by Jorma Taccone and Asa Taccone, and mixed by Ben Lovett

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Digital Short: Doppleganger

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March 11, 20063m
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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.

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Digital Short: Peyote

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May 13, 20063m
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A distraught man (Samberg), pressed against the side of a building, threatens to jump to his death. A second man (Forte), using a bullhorn, tries to talk him out of it. After a bit of dialogue, it is revealed that the distraught man is safely on the ground and his friend is kneeling mere inches away from him. The short ends after it is revealed to be a commercial for peyote.

Peyote was written and filmed after Lettuce had aired, making it the second SNL Digital Short made by The Lonely Island. It was deemed "too similar" to Lettuce to be aired right away, however, so the group produced Lazy Sunday to showcase other aspects of their comedic range.

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Digital Short: Cubicle Fight

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September 30, 20063m
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New office employee Gary (Bill Hader) gets into a fight to the death with incumbent cubicle holder Steve (episode host Dane Cook). Jason Sudeikis appears as the boss and Andy Samberg, Will Forte, Fred Armisen, Kenan Thompson, Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig are other employees cheering on the fight.

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Digital Short: Harpoon Man

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October 21, 20063m
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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.

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Digital Short: Dick in a Box

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December 16, 20063m
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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 Bel 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.

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Digital Short: Laser Cats! 2

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January 13, 20073m
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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.

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Digital Short: Nurse Nancy

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January 20, 20073m
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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.

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Digital Short: Andy Popping into Frame

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February 10, 20073m
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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.

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Digital Short: United Way

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March 24, 20073m
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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).

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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).

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Digital Short: Talking Dog

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May 19, 20073m
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While meeting the owner of an apartment (Zach Braff) that is available for sublet, a potential candidate (Samberg) is shocked to find out that the owner's dog (voiced by Taccone) not only can talk, but has fallen in love with him. He finds out later 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.

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Digital Short: Iran So Far

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September 29, 20073m
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Samberg sings a love song for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Armisen), along with Adam Levine from Maroon 5, sampling "Avril 14th" by Aphex Twin, with a chorus based on the 1982 A Flock of Seagulls hit "I Ran (So Far Away)". Jake Gyllenhaal has a cameo, owing to the observation that Ahmadinejad looks like "a very hairy Jake Gyllenhaal".

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Digital Short: Brian Diaries

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November 3, 20073m
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Brian Williams describes his daily routine, which includes watching footage of himself, meditating while the disembodied head of Bono praises him, and dropping pennies out a window onto Al Roker and Matt Lauer during The Today Show.

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Digital Short: Grandkids in the Movies

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February 23, 20083m
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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.

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Digital Short: The Mirror

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March 1, 20083m
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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.

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Digital Short: Hero Song

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March 8, 20083m
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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 him to death.

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Digital Short: Andy's Dad

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March 15, 20083m
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Episode host Jonah Hill confesses to Samberg that he has fallen in love with his father, Ben Samberg (played by longtime SNL writer Jim Downey). Hader also confesses the same thing.

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Digital Short: Laser Cats! 3D

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April 5, 20083m
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Samberg and Hader interrupt Lorne Michaels' dinner with Christopher Dodd 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.

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Digital Short: Daiquiri Girl

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April 12, 20083m
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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 failed to appear for the shooting of a digital short, despite an agreement to do otherwise.

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Digital Short: Best Look in the World

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May 10, 20083m
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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).

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Digital Short: Space Olympics

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September 13, 20083m
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Samberg, dressed in a white pompadour wig and spangled jumpsuit, sings a song promoting a low-budget, ill-planned, ultimately doomed athletic competition held in space in the year 3022.

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Digital Short: Hey! (Murray Hill)

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September 20, 20083m
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A young man is talked to by a girl. Some small talk is made, until the subject of his small "ding-dong" comes up. Then another girl comes up to him and tells him she has a small "ding-dong", too.

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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.

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Digital Short: Ras Trent

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October 25, 20083m
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A college student legalist has converted to Rastafarianism and 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.

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Jon Hamm/Coldplay

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October 25, 20081h 7m
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Jon Hamm/Coldplay is the sixth episode of the thirty-fourth season of Saturday Night Live. It originally aired on October 25, 2008.

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Digital Short: Everyone's A Critic

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November 15, 20083m
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In a clip from Paul Rudd's new movie, Samberg romantically paints him nude and then Rudd returns the favor. 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.

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Digital Short: Jizz in my Pants

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December 6, 20083m
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Samberg and Taccone rap about their personal experiences with premature ejaculation, often at the slightest provocation.

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Digital Short: Doogie Howser Theme

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January 10, 20093m
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Neil Patrick Harris and the entire SNL cast perform the theme to Doogie Howser.

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Digital Short: A Couple of Homies

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January 17, 20093m
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Samberg and Fred Armisen casually talk in a break room while Forte sings about every little thing that they're doing.

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Digital Short: Laser Cats! 4 Ever

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January 31, 20093m
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Steve Martin walks into the office of Lorne Michaels and asks if he could air a short video that he and "some film people" made, which turns out to be yet another installment of Laser Cats!.

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Digital Short: I'm on a Boat

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February 7, 20093m
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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.

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Digital Short: Property of the Queen

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February 14, 20093m
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Samberg blackmails the Jonas Brothers with a videotape of them as an '80s band called Property of the Queen.

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Digital Short: Party Guys

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March 14, 20093m
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Samberg and Hader are at a party where everyone and everything is a literal representation of a slang term.

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Digital Short: Like A Boss

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April 4, 20093m
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During a performance review conducted by Seth Rogen, Samberg raps about his typical day as the boss of a large company.

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Digital Short: Motherlover

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May 9, 20093m
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Five months after the events of Dick in a Box, Samberg and Timberlake's characters sing about special gifts for Mother's Day.

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Digital Short: Megan's Roommate

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September 26, 20093m
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Andy Samberg is brought home by Megan Fox, and meets her hostile roommate Optimus Prime, a man wearing a bathing robe and a mask of the Transformers character.

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Digital Short: Threw It On the Ground

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October 3, 20093m
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A beatnik performs slam poetry about how he fights "the system" by throwing objects on the ground.

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Digital Short: Brenda & Shaun

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October 10, 20093m
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A 1990s commercial for two amateur laser magicians.

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Digital Short: Firelight

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November 7, 20093m
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A high school girl falls for Frankenstein's monster.

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Digital Short: Reba (Two Worlds Collide)

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November 21, 20093m
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Andy Samberg sings a very raunchy techno/hip-hop ballad about his love Reba McEntire.

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Digital Short: Shy Ronnie

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December 5, 20093m
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Rihanna and a redheaded nerd named Shy Ronnie perform an uplifting song for a classroom full of children, but the song is ruined by Shy Ronnie's weak singing (and bladder control).

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James Franco guest stars on a children's show about wearing "jammies," and performs the Jammy Shuffle.

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Digital Short: Flags of the World

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February 27, 20103m
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Samberg raps about the many different flags of the world.

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Digital Short: Boombox

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March 13, 20103m
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A music video for the song Boombox.

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Digital Short: The Other Man

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April 17, 20103m
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Kyle keeps knocking on his loved ones' doors to find that they are romantically involved with a man with a bizarre European accent.

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Digital Short: Cherry Battle

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April 24, 20103m
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Gabourey Sidibe and Andy Samberg spit cherries at each other in rapid succession, catching the ones the other throws.

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Digital Short: Golden Girls Theme

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May 8, 20103m
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Samberg shows Betty White how grateful the entire SNL cast is to have her host by having the cast and guest stars sing the theme song from The Golden Girls.

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Digital Short: Great Day

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May 15, 20103m
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Unemployed cocaine addict Dennis goes on drug binge while singing an elaborately choreographed Disneyesque musical-theater number about how it is going to be a great day.

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Digital Short: Boogerman

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September 26, 20103m
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Katy Perry sings at an Academy Awards-like ceremony the theme song from the fictional superhero film Boogerman.

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Digital Short: Rescue Dogs 3D App

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October 2, 20103m
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A man 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.

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Digital Short: Relaxation Therapy

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October 9, 20103m
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A man is the subject of a bizarre therapy session conducted by his psychiatrist who inserts herself in his self-conscious images of peace and tranquility.

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Digital Short: I Broke My Arm

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October 23, 20103m
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A girl sings in her school's cafeteria about breaking her arm by slipping on grape jelly.

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Digital Short: Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde

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October 30, 20103m
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Shy Ronnie and Clyde 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.

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Digital Short: What Was That?

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November 13, 20103m
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Having won a competition, a Model United Nations team present their thoughts on world history to the General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

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Digital Short: I Just Had Sex

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December 18, 20103m
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Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and rapper Akon celebrate just having had sex with women, despite the fact that the women found the sex to be mediocre.

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Digital Short: The Creep

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January 29, 20113m
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The Lonely Island and Nicki Minaj pose as middle aged stalkers and rap about the latest dance craze.

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Hader and Samberg again use a celebrity to pitch a new Laser Cats film to Lorne Michaels.

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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.

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Digital Short: Jack Sparrow

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May 7, 20113m
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Michael Bolton writes a hook for a new Lonely Island rap that features storylines from Pirates of the Caribbean, Forrest Gump, Erin Brockovich, and Scarface.

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Two guys sing about how any sexual contact between them does not count as a homosexual act, as long as there is also a female involved.

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Digital Short: Wish It Would Rain

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November 12, 20113m
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A depressed singer sings about how his girlfriend left him for another man.

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Digital Short: 100th Digital Short

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May 12, 20123m
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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.

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Digital Short: Lazy Sunday 2

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May 19, 20123m
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Samberg and Parnell do another Lazy Sunday rap for Sister Act: The Musical.

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Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

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February 15, 20151h 46m
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Saturday Night Live celebrates 40 years in a star-studded 3-and-a-half hour live special featuring appearances from former and current cast members, past hosts and guest stars.

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