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Apr 2024
57m 8s

The Lonely Island Beginnings

The Lonely Island & Seth Meyers
About this episode

The Lonely Island and Seth take a journey back in time to discuss the beginning of the digital shorts era and how they got hired on SNL, what Seth remembers about those early days, what it was like writing their first few sketches, and more!

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PHOTO: Early days in front of Jorm's mom's house.

(Not all the clips we mention are available online. Some of them never even aired.)

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Produced by Rabbit Grin Productions
Executive Producers Jeph Porter and Rob Holysz
Lead Producer Kevin Miller
Creative Producer Samantha Skelton
Coordinating Producer Derek Johnson
Cover Art by Olney Atwell
Music by Greg Chun and Brent Asbury
Edit by Cheyenne Jones
Mix and Master by Jason Richards

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