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 - Boogerman
Release Date: 2010-09-26Katy 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.
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Episode 2 - Rescue Dogs 3D App
Release Date: 2010-10-02A 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.
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Episode 3 - Relaxation Therapy
Release Date: 2010-10-09A 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.
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Episode 4 - I Broke My Arm
Release Date: 2010-10-23An 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.
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Episode 5 - Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie and Clyde
Release Date: 2010-10-30Shy 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.
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Episode 6 - What Was That?
Release Date: 2010-11-13In 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.
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Episode 7 - Party at Mr. Bernard's
Release Date: 2010-12-04A 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.
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Episode 8 - Stumblin'
Release Date: 2010-12-11A 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.
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Episode 9 - I Just Had Sex
Release Date: 2010-12-18Andy 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.
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Episode 10 - Andy and Pee-Wee's Night Out
Release Date: 2011-01-15Samberg 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
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Episode 11 - The Creep
Release Date: 2011-01-29The Lonely Island and Nicki Minaj pose as middle-aged stalkers and rap about the latest dance craze (The Creep).
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Episode 12 - The Roommate
Release Date: 2011-02-05A 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.
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Episode 13 - Beastly Parody
Release Date: 2011-03-05A 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.
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Episode 14 - Zach Looks for a New Assistant
Release Date: 2011-03-12Zach Galifianakis interviews young children as possible candidates for being his assistant.
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Episode 15 - Laser Cats: The Musical
Release Date: 2011-04-02Hader 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.
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Episode 16 - Helen Mirren's Magic Bosom
Release Date: 2011-04-09Nasim 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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Episode 17 - Jack Sparrow
Release Date: 2011-05-07A 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.
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Episode 18 - 3-Way (The Golden Rule)
Release Date: 2011-05-21The "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.