Historical Figure
Andy Samberg
b. 1978
American actor, comedian, and musician (born 1978)
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Biography
Andy Samberg is an American actor, comedian, rapper, writer and producer. He is a member of the comedy music group the Lonely Island, along with childhood friends Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Samberg was also a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012, where he and his fellow group members are credited with popularizing the SNL Digital Shorts.
Timeline
The story of Andy Samberg, told in moments.
Born David Samberg in Berkeley, California. Met future comedy partners Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone in junior high school. The three formed The Lonely Island.
Joined Saturday Night Live as a cast member and writer. "Lazy Sunday," a rap about going to see Chronicles of Narnia, got 5 million views in its first week on YouTube. NBC asked YouTube to take it down.
Cast as Jake Peralta in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The comedy ran for eight seasons. When Fox cancelled it after five, NBC picked it up within a day after a fan campaign.
Hosted the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards. At 36, he was one of the youngest hosts in the ceremony's history.
In Their Own Words (2)
You have Mel Brooks and your Marx Brothers and your Larry David. So it's affected it enormously and really not at all. I don't think I've ever done anything comedically where the joke of it had to do with Judaism and Jewishness, but there's definitely a proud tradition of comedy in the Jews.
Quoted in Monica Kim, "Andy Samberg on SNL, his hair and other things not in a box," NorthbyNorthwestern.com (April 16, 2008)., 2008
We were not aware of YouTube until "Lazy Sunday." We’d had our own website with streaming capabilities. After "Lazy Sunday," we were like, "Why are we paying for bandwidth and shit?"
Artifacts (13)
Everything Is Awesome (from The Lego® Movie) for Piano/Vocal/Guitar: Original Sheet Music Edition
This catchy anthem comes swinging into theaters as the theme song for The Lego® Movie. As performed by Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island, this energetic pop song will have everybody dancing...
We have just as little right to interfere with slavery in the South, as we have ...
h most senators believing that it would have the reverse effect of strengthening the abolitionists. Buchanan said, "We have just as little right to interfere with slavery in the South, as we have to...
as necessary to the North American republic as any of its present ... family of ...
the purchase of Cuba from Spain, then in the midst of revolution and near bankruptcy. The document declared the island "as necessary to the North American republic as any of its present ... family of...
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