When Andy Samberg was a kid, one of his most frequently played CDs wasn't by a musical act, but by his comedic hero, Adam Sandler.
"Sandler's first album, I probably listened to like a million times," Samberg says of Sandler's 1993 CD "They're All Gonna Laugh at You!"
"It's like summer camp for me, discovering that with all my friends. ... It was truly inspirational."
Samberg hopes to have a similar affect on people with this month's release of "Incredibad," a new CD/DVD he released with his writing partners Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, childhood friends collectively known as the Lonely Island. While the Lonely Island may not be a household name, the clips the group has produced for "Saturday Night Live" have become viral sensations, like "... in a Box," which featured Justin Timberlake.
Those songs are included on "Incredibad," along with a DVD with shorts from the show, as well as new material.
It was the Lonely Island's digital short film "Lazy Sunday" that lit the spark for Samberg's career. When "Saturday Night Live" aired it in December 2005, Samberg was basically unknown. Within a week, the video -- a geeky, hip-hop paean to "The Chronicles of Narnia" -- was viewed more than a million times on the Internet. Since then, the Lonely Island's shorts, like Natalie Portman's "Natalie's Rap," have become instant Internet hits. (Their new single, "I'm on a Boat" featuring T-Pain has topped iTunes' music video chart.)
The new CD/DVD features their greatest hits as well as new collaborations with Jack Black and Norah Jones.
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