Joblo writes: "This interview below stars exactly how a writer doesn't want his interview to start.
"Let's start over."
About 11 minutes into my chat with one-third of comedy trio Loney Island, "Saturday Night Live" writer and MACGRUBER director Jorma Taccone, I notice the red light on my recorder isn't blinking. I glance down and my worst fear is confirmed; everything up to this point hasn't been recorded".
Slash Film
The Lonely Island joined forces 15 years ago. Instead of waiting around and struggling to find work, the trio — Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, and Akiva Schaffer — began generating their own, which led to them working on Saturday Night Live. “Lazy Sunday,” “Dick in a Box,” “Laser Cats,” and their other digital shorts are some of SNL’s most memorable sketches from the past decade or so. The Lonely Island has always had a talent for writing and performing their music as well, a skill that’s on full display in their latest project, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.
THR
Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone will star in the comedy set in the music world while Schaffer and Taccone will co-direct.
