An SNL Digital Short is one in a series of comedic and often musical video shorts created for airing on NBC's Saturday Night Live, generally produced and written by The Lonely Island (Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg), though originated by Adam McKay, in collaboration with SNL hosts, writers, and cast members. The segments were originally recorded with consumer grade digital video cameras and edited on personal computers. It is usual for the episode's hosts and musical guests (the latter on rarer occasions) to take part in the episode's short, and several shorts have included celebrity cameos.
SNL Digital Shorts (Season 4)
Space Olympics 0.0
Air date: 2008-09-13
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: In the year 3022, an alien (Andy Samberg) sings about the Space Olympics, a sporting event on a distant planet where athletes from all over the universe compete for gold medals until budget cuts result in some serious problems.
Hey! 0.0
Air date: 2008-09-20
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Sarah (Kristen Wiig) meets a mysterious man (James Franco) at a party who repeatedly mentions his tiny ding-dong. Creeped out, Sarah runs off, but talk of his small penis attracts another "woman"
Extreme Activities Challenge 0.0
Air date: 2008-10-04
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Samberg and Wiig compete in nonsensical activities, from arm wrestling to human ATM. Forte is the pathetic referee, Thompson is an ATM customer, and Anne Hathaway appears when Samberg wins the "become Jane" (Austen) challenge.
Jam the Vote 0.0
Air date: 2008-10-23
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Samberg walks around New York City asking people if they're registered to vote, which Wiig's character points out had ended two weeks prior.
Ras Trent 0.0
Air date: 2008-10-25
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Samberg plays a college student legalist who has converted to Rastafarianism, who sings boastfully (and stereotypically) about the culture, while being aware that he's not fit for it when he walks by a group of actual Rastas. Wiig and Wilson appear in the short as backup singers; the actual backup vocals were recorded by Joanna Newsom and Maya Rudolph. Music produced by Sly & Robbie.
Everyone's A Critic 0.0
Air date: 2008-11-15
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: In a clip from Paul Rudd's new movie, Samberg romantically paints him nude and then Rudd returns the favor (A parody of the film Titanic). While selling the painting at an auction, it is shown to be so graphic that everyone who sees it begins convulsing violently, vomiting, bleeding from the eyes, and committing violent acts of suicide. Fred Armisen appears as the auctioneer, Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig as Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood respectively (parodying the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark), and Casey Wilson as the interviewer.
Virgania Horsen's Pony Express 0.0
Air date: 2008-12-06
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Kristen Wiig reprises her role as Virgania Horsen in a crudely made commercial for her new business, which consists of mail delivery by horse. (The first short featuring Wiig in this role, Virgania Horsen’s Hot Air Balloon Rides, originally aired on February 23, 2008 without the official "An SNL Digital Short" title card.)
Jizz in My Pants 0.0
Air date: 2008-12-06
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: The first single from The Lonely Island’s debut album “INCREDIBAD”. Features guest appearances by Molly Sims, Jamie Lynn Sigler, and Justin Timberlake.
Cookies 0.0
Air date: 2008-12-13
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: A corporate executive (Hugh Laurie) announces to the department heads that things are not going well and drastic steps may need to be taken.
Doogie Howser Theme 0.0
Air date: 2009-01-10
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Neil Patrick Harris and the Doogie Symphony Orchestra present, the Doogie Howser Theme Song.
A Couple of Homies 0.0
Air date: 2009-01-17
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Samberg and Fred Armisen casually talk in a break room while Forte sings about every little thing that they're doing (giving each other a high five, reading magazines, drinking soda, and wearing dresses). At the end, it's revealed to actually be a commercial for the D.A.R.E. program. It was originally cut from the Ben Affleck dress rehearsal.
Laser Cats! 4-Ever! 0.0
Air date: 2009-01-31
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: A "half human, half Laser Cat, half RoboCop" named Cyber-Face (Kenan Thompson) is presented to a group of scientists by their colleague (Will Forte) but quickly goes haywire. Admiral Spaceship (Samberg) and Nitro (Hader) intervene to put an end to its killing spree, and are shocked to find out that Cyber-Face is Admiral Spaceship's estranged father (Martin) right before he is gunned down by police officers.
I'm on a Boat 0.0
Air date: 2009-02-07
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Samberg wins a prize from a cereal box for a boat trip for three people and selects Schaffer and, to Taccone's surprise and dismay, T-Pain to join him.
Property of the Queen 0.0
Air date: 2009-02-14
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Samberg blackmails the Jonas Brothers with a videotape of them as an '80s band called Property of the Queen. Samberg ultimately wants to know how they stayed young for 25 years and it is revealed that the wizard featured in one of their music videos (Bill Hader) kept them young. Kenan Thompson, Will Forte, and Bobby Moynihan appear as band members.
Party Guys 0.0
Air date: 2009-03-14
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Samberg and Hader are at a party where everyone and everything is a literal representation of a slang term.
Like a Boss 0.0
Air date: 2009-04-04
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: During a performance review conducted by episode host Seth Rogen, Samberg raps about his typical day as the boss of a large company.
Motherlover 0.0
Air date: 2009-05-09
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Five months after the events of "Dick in a Box," Samberg and Timberlake's characters (who have just been released from prison) sing about special gifts for Mother's Day, with Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson appearing as their mothers.

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