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New 'Land Of The Lost' Movie Trailer
Posted on 11. May, 2009 by CSS.
Check out the second movie trailer for Land of the Lost starring Will Ferrell, Danny McBride & Anna Friel. Land of the Lost opens June 5 and I can’t wait!!
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New SNL Digital Short Video: 'I'm On A Boat' Featuring 'The Lonely Island' And T-Pain
Posted on 08. Feb, 2009 by CSS.
Andy Samberg delivers a new installment into his digital shorts, this time featuring T-Pain singing the hook. Andy appeared along side Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone.
Andy, Akiva & Jorma make up the group ‘The Lonely Island’- The trio have a new album dropping Tuesday February 10. entitled Incredibad – I for one can’t wait to pick up the DVD/CD
About Incredibad: Incredibad’s generous helping of never released surprises will also please followers of The Lonely Island’s video and musical escapades. Audio renditions of past webisodes and SNL shorts round out the Universal Republic release, including fan-favorites such as “Lazy Sunday (The Chronicles of Narnia Rap),” which first aired on SNL in December of 2005, becoming a YouTube phenomenon and helping to brand the fledgling site as the internet’s premiere must-watch online destination. Other Lonely Island classics rocking Incredibad include “Natalie’s Rap” (featuring actress Natalie Portman and Chris Parnell), “Space Olympics,” the Rasta-wannabe track, “Ras Trent,” and the deadpan “We Like Sportz.” The trio’s inspired new musical creations feature a diverse arsenal of guest-artists including hip hop impresario T-Pain, Grammy winning superstar Norah Jones, The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, Bay area rapper and The Click founder E-40, and comedy hellion and Tenacious D -veteran Jack Black.The Lonely Island Roots: Friends since childhood (they hail from Berkeley, California) – The Lonely Island coined their name from the cramped west coast apartment they shared as comic start-ups. Their story of why they no longer have to share the same physical address has always been fueled by their love of music and, well, their incredible funniness. “The three of us have been friends forever,” says Samberg. “Since junior high and high school, and then we all eventually moved in together, starting out, basically, doing joke music. Our first projects were always about mixing music with comedy.”
Their willingness to embrace the digital possibilities of comedy was christened by the launch of their own website in 2001, thelonelyisland.com, which was very much in sync with a growing internet fan base that eagerly followed their online antics. The group forged a unique creative partnership, rolling amid the chaos with what Jorma Taccone has called “4:00 AM in the morning bursts of inspiration.” “We all had very bad assistant and reception jobs, so we wouldn’t care about being late and tired. We would just stay up and work on silly stuff.” The group honed their timing and writing skills via cut-and-paste webisodes, often featuring hip hop inspired verse and their singularly cockeyed world view. Their keen understanding of the been-there-done-that impatience of the online audience hummed in perfect step with comedy fans’ increasing appetite for quickly-staged humor served up in bite-sized helpings.
The Lonely Island also became a mainstay of the L.A. short-comedy film culture launched by Channel 101, a constantly evolving webisode/film contest where attendees could vote for their favorite five-minute comedy video, and whose alumnus includes Jack Black, Drew Carey, Sarah Silverman and even Flavor Flav. The triumvirate’s breakout skits and experimental embeds would eventually snag them pilot deals with more established comedy holding companies like Comedy Central and Fox, as well as a plumb writing gig for the MTV Movie Awards that would lead to a successful audition with Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels.
-From About The Dudes
Jorma & Akiva are also writers on SNL
I love these boys and I’m so excited to see Jorma and Akiva getting more air time in the shorts! Thanks for the laughs!
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SNL 'Jizz In My Pants' Video By 'The Lonely Island'
Posted on 07. Dec, 2008 by CSS.
“Jizz In My Pants,” the first single from The Lonely Island’s debut album INCREDIBAD, debuted on SNL last night.
Very funny stuff..
The Lonely Island is comprised of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer- Jorma and Akiva are also writers on SNL, check out there website here.
The video features guest appearances by Molly Sims, Jamie Lynn Sigler, and Justin Timberlake.
