The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer: SNL to Chip ‘n Dale

The Last Laugh

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Akiva Schaffer prefers to stay behind the scenes. But that doesn’t mean he’s any less funny than his Lonely Island bandmates Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. The three middle school best friends started shooting videos right out of college before landing a plush gig making digital shorts for ‘Saturday Night Live,’ including hits like “Lazy Sunday,” “Dick in a Box,” “Jizz in My Pants” and many others. In this episode, Schaffer talks about their unusual path to SNL and how directing outrageous movies like ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ led him to take on a meta ‘Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers’ reboot for Disney+ starring Samberg and John Mulaney. He also explains why he might be single handedly responsible for Netflix deciding to pull the trigger on ‘I Think You Should Leave’ with Tim Robinson.

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0:00.0	I'm always up before the birds and the kids.
0:02.9	Good thing Costa Express is always up too.
0:07.0	Early starts are easier with great coffee.
0:09.7	And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company.
0:14.5	Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep.
0:17.2	Oh, you legend.
0:19.6	Now that's a proper coffee.
0:21.3	Should kick in Justin Samfut, remember which end of the screwdriver to use.
0:25.1	Hmm.
0:26.3	Costa Express, quality coffee every time.
0:31.9	If you're a fan of songs like Dick in a Box, J in my pants or I'm on a boat
0:37.8	you are familiar
0:39.1	with the work of my guest
0:40.6	on this week's show
0:41.8	Oh shit
0:45.1	Get your towels ready
0:46.9	It's about to go down
0:48.4	Everybody in the place
0:50.3	hit the fucking deck
0:51.6	But stay on your
0:53.0	motherfucking toe We're running this let's go
0:56.6	i'm on a boat everybody look at me because i'm sailing on a boat i'm on a boat i'm on a boat
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