| | Instant Notoriety for a Rap Video From Saturday Night Live - New York Times |
 | | Andy Samberg, left, a featured performer on "Saturday Night Live," with his friends Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, writers on the show. |
 | | But the short movies they posted on thelonelyisland.com - everything from cartoons assembled from clips of old Nintendo video games to satirical rap videos performed in the styles of their favorite hip-hop artists - also gave the three a place to develop their comic voices without the pressure of having to deliver professionally polished work. |
 | | Since it was originally broadcast on NBC, "Lazy Sunday" has been downloaded more than 1.2 million times from the video-sharing Web site YouTube.com; it has cracked the upper echelons of the video charts at NBC.com and the iTunes Music Store; and it has even inspired a line of T-shirts, available at Teetastic.com. |
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