Watch SNL Digital Shorts (2005) Online!
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.
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Episode 1 - Space Olympics
Release Date: 2008-09-13In 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.
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Episode 2 - Hey!
Release Date: 2008-09-20Sarah (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"
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Episode 3 - Extreme Activities Challenge
Release Date: 2008-10-04Samberg 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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Episode 4 - Jam the Vote
Release Date: 2008-10-23Samberg walks around New York City asking people if they're registered to vote, which Wiig's character points out had ended two weeks prior.
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Episode 5 - Ras Trent
Release Date: 2008-10-25Samberg 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.
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Episode 6 - Everyone's A Critic
Release Date: 2008-11-15In 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.
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Episode 7 - Virgania Horsen's Pony Express
Release Date: 2008-12-06Kristen 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.)
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Episode 8 - Jizz in My Pants
Release Date: 2008-12-06The first single from The Lonely Island’s debut album “INCREDIBAD”. Features guest appearances by Molly Sims, Jamie Lynn Sigler, and Justin Timberlake.
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Episode 9 - Cookies
Release Date: 2008-12-13A corporate executive (Hugh Laurie) announces to the department heads that things are not going well and drastic steps may need to be taken.
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Episode 10 - Doogie Howser Theme
Release Date: 2009-01-10Neil Patrick Harris and the Doogie Symphony Orchestra present, the Doogie Howser Theme Song.
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Episode 11 - A Couple of Homies
Release Date: 2009-01-17Samberg 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.
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Episode 12 - Laser Cats! 4-Ever!
Release Date: 2009-01-31A "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.
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Episode 13 - I'm on a Boat
Release Date: 2009-02-07Samberg 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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Episode 14 - Property of the Queen
Release Date: 2009-02-14Samberg 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.
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Episode 15 - Party Guys
Release Date: 2009-03-14Samberg and Hader are at a party where everyone and everything is a literal representation of a slang term.
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Episode 16 - Like a Boss
Release Date: 2009-04-04During a performance review conducted by episode host Seth Rogen, Samberg raps about his typical day as the boss of a large company.
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Episode 17 - Motherlover
Release Date: 2009-05-09Five 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.