Q&A: The Loneliest Admen

SNL viral video stars The Lonely Island laugh all the way to the bank

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The Lonely Island—SNL’s Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone—shot SNL into the digital age when its videos first went viral in 2007. Since then, several of the digital shorts, including the charmingly named “Dick in a Box” and “Jizz in My Pants,” have made it onto YouTube’s list of the 50 most-watched videos of all time.

In November last year, they released “Dream,” a short on YouTube for Rokk Vodka parodying Calvin Klein’s consumer porn ads for “Obsession” and “Eternity.”

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