The Lonely Island is the musical comedy troupe of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer. They met in junior high school in Berkeley, CA and began creating comedy skits, video shorts, and musical parodies together. In 2005, the trio was added to the writing team at Saturday Night Live, with Samberg also an on-screen cast...More
The Lonely Island is the musical comedy troupe of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer. They met in junior high school in Berkeley, CA and began creating comedy skits, video shorts, and musical parodies together. In 2005, the trio was added to the writing team at Saturday Night Live, with Samberg also an on-screen cast member. Their 2005 digital short "Lazy Sunday" became an internet phenomenon and led to the regular inclusion of digital shorts on SNL, including the 2006 short "Dick In a Box" with Justin Timberlake which won a Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and the 2009 short "I'm On a Boat" with T-Pain which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap Collaboration. In 2009, The Lonely Island released their debut full-length album, Incredibad (Universal). Their second full-length album, Turtleneck & Chain, was released on Universal on May 10, 2011.
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