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This is...The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast

The launch episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast. Seth Meyers introduces the show's premise: revisiting every SNL Digital Short in order, starting with 'Lazy Sunday' (aired December 17, 2005), with Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. The hosts preview discussing the good and bad shorts and the behind-the-scenes origins of their work, including the early pressure to produce another hit.

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Shorts discussed: Lazy Sunday

Guests: Seth Meyers (Host; SNL head writer and Late Night host, introduces the…), Andy Samberg (Co-host, member of The Lonely Island.), Akiva Schaffer (Co-host, member of The Lonely Island; recounts the…), Jorma Taccone (Co-host, member of The Lonely Island; recounts the origin…)

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  1. Lazy Sunday's SNL debut anniversary

    0:02

    Lazy Sunday first aired on SNL on December 17, 2005. The Digital Short is widely credited with popularizing YouTube viewing.

    Do you remember December 17th, 2005? I do, because it's the day SNL first aired the digital short Lazy Sunday

  2. Pressure to top 'Lazy Sunday'

    0:31

    After Lazy Sunday aired, producers asked the trio to do it again, but they had almost no new ideas, having only been at the show about two months.

    Higgins and Shue came, said, whoa, that aired, do it again. And we were immediately out of ideas.

  3. Frapping coined for fake rapping

    0:52

    'Frapping' is the Lonely Island term for fake rapping, used whenever they perform their lyrics in a rap style.

    Frapping is a term we've coined for fake rapping.
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  4. How the dick got in the box

    0:59

    Jorma recounts a late-night idea for a present that was a dick inside a box, inspired by the movie Diner, which later became the Digital Short 'Dick in a Box'.

    One detail here is not in the transcript.

    what if a present was a dick inside a box like in that movie Diner?
People and sketches mentioned (3)

Higgins Shue

Lazy Sunday

Source: whisperx+speakers transcript, read by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 on 2026-10-19. Report a bad pop-up.