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Lazy Sunday (SNL)

Film · 2005 · Notable

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SNL’s cupcake rap drew about 5 million YouTube views before NBC requested its removal.

Clip · Saturday Night Live on YouTube
Clip · Saturday Night Live on YouTube
Lazy Sunday - SNL Digital Short
Saturday Night Live on YouTube
Lazy Sunday SNL Behind the Scenes
Variety
SNL Digital Short: Lazy Sunday 2 - Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live on YouTube
The men of The Lonely Island, left to right: Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone.
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Milestone date
Feb 2006
Dec 17 ’05 to Feb 2006
Platforms
5
Started on TV
Origin
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SNL broadcast the rap, and viewers uploaded copies to YouTube. T-shirts and fan remakes followed. Press reported about 5 million views before NBC requested removal. NBC later partnered with YouTube; the clip's role in its growth remained disputed.

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  1. December 2005

    NBC / The Lonely Island / Chris Parnell seed · Dec 17 ’05

    SNL aired Lazy Sunday, a rap about cupcakes and a trip to see The Chronicles of Narnia.[1][2]

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  2. Viewers uploading broadcast copies platform jump · Dec 18 ’05

    A viewer uploaded a recording to YouTube in the early hours after the broadcast.[3][4][5]

    Lazy Sunday SNL Behind the Scenes

  3. NBC owner response · Week of Dec 19, 2005

    NBC posted the clip on its own website after requests from viewers.[4]

  1. owner response · Week of Dec 19, 2005

  2. platform jump · Dec 23 ’05

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