13 posts and columns on Andy Samberg

“Lazy Sunday 2”: “Saturday Night Live” Revives Big Media’s First Viral Video

in Media on May 20 at 6:00 am PT

Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell are older and healthier. And they would like a check from YouTube.
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Travel Start-Up CanaryHop Gets Celebrity Endorsement From SNL’s Andy Samberg (Video)

in Commerce on March 21 at 7:00 am PT

SNL’s Andy Samberg may look a lot like Mark Zuckerberg — and act like him, too — but does that mean he’s qualified to start a tech company?
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Viral Video: Best Worst Sarah Palin Imitation

in Media on March 14 at 1:17 am PT

Heh.
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Still Looking for Gift Ideas? Wal-Mart Recommends a Box for Men.

in Commerce on December 21, 2011 at 11:27 am PT

Don’t know what to get your loved one? Wal-Mart has made a list of recommendations based on people’s interests on their Facebook pages. At the very top: A keepsake box for men.
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Viral Video: “3-Way (The Golden Rule)”

in Media on May 23, 2011 at 12:15 am PT

The cycle is now complete, with this very funny final check-in on Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg, a Saturday Night Live Digital Short titled “3-Way (The Golden Rule).”

Seeing Triple Zuckerbergs (Including the Real One) on SNL

in Social on January 29, 2011 at 9:56 pm PT

Good thing Mark Zuckerberg’s got that whole other career going, ’cause he can’t hold a straight face for a millisecond.

Remember When NBC Didn’t Want You to Watch “Lazy Sunday” on the Web?

in Media on March 9, 2010 at 8:06 am PT

Those were the days. Now the network is trying to turn the original viral video into another viral video.

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Almost Famous: Michael Gregory of Auto-Tune the News

in News on December 18, 2009 at 11:25 pm PT

We went all the way to Brooklyn to visit with, ask some questions of and gather a few pertinent stats about Michael Gregory and Auto-Tune the News, the viral video series featuring mainstream news personalities and hip-hop style singing. No cute cats need apply.
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Not Coming to Hulu: Last Week’s “Saturday Night Live” Highlight*

in Media on January 14, 2009 at 4:36 am PT

Another would-be “viral video” from NBC’s show that NBC can’t show you on NBC.com or Hulu. Blame a copyright issue (of course), and look for it on YouTube instead.

Finally, Original Online Video Done Right: Andy Samberg's Lonely Island and "The Guild"

in News on December 17, 2008 at 5:30 am PT

This week, “Saturday Night Live” comic and spoof video impresario Andy Samberg got some ink, because another one of his groin-focused rappish music videos–this one called “J**z in My Pants”–was racking up 6.7 million views on YouTube. But while “My Pants” is very funny in that overgrown teenaged boy sort of way that a lot of Samberg’s videos are, BoomTown is much more intrigued by the short episodic online comedy videos that he is making at his production company–The Lonely Island–with his longtime partners Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone.