Schaffer: It’s not like YouTube made “Lazy Sunday” popular – it was because it was on “Saturday Night Live.” If (2000 “SNL” skit) “More Cowbell” had come out and YouTube was around, that probably would have hit. “Lazy Sunday” was groundbreaking because it was the first TV programming to earn a second life on the Internet, collecting over 2 million views in its first week alone and setting off a legal fracas with NBC Universal months later. Taccone: There were amazing folks there already: Tina (Fey), Amy (Poehler), (Seth) Meyers, Will Forte, Chris Parnell.
We always were also slightly embarrassed by it; we considered musical comedy kind of a crutch, and fake rap specifically as a lame thing to do. Taccone: When “Lazy Sunday” came out, we were watching numbers on a site we had never heard of. For personal and non-commercial use only. We edited on the same desktop iMac we used for writing. They rap about topics including - The Chronicles of Narnia, cupcakes, red vines, Matthew Perry etc. Watch Saturday Night Live web exclusive 'Digital Short: Lazy Sunday 2' on NBC.com Pricing, channels, features, content, and compatible devices subject to change. NBC didn’t like the idea that they were building YouTube. But it cost so much to do. I could see people just getting buried under the noise. "It captures a certain scrappiness about the show. Schaffer: There were a lot of growing pains that came with being first because everybody was scrambling to catch up.
https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/Lazy_Sunday?oldid=37556. Schaffer: It was really exciting when we woke up and found out, hey! Stay current with additional news, entertainment, and lifestyle programming from American Heroes Channel, CNBC World, Cooking Channel, Destination America, Discovery Family, Discovery Life, DIY Network, FYI, LMN, and Science. The video aired during the actor's first season on the show, when he and the comedy troupe were little known to even Saturday Night Live's most devout fans; Samberg reported that the video greatly increased his recognizability "overnight". Parnell: It was so pure in its innocence, and we just went for it really hard. It makes me cringe in general. Lazy Sunday Search for: The Lonely Island HOME VIDEOS MUSIC FILM & TV PHOTOS MERCH ABOUT Videos Lazy Sunday Andy and Parnell rap about a delightful Sunday! 7-day free trial for Live TV and 30-day free trial for Add-Ons valid for new and eligible existing subscribers only. They brought this amazing skillset to the show that let us bring it all together. "It played really well, and we were just super happy about that," said Samberg. Every album we made, the speed they got up to 1 million views just got faster and faster. SNL Digital Short- Lazy Sunday - Saturday Night Live.
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