0x156 - Saturday Night Live Backstage

February 20, 2011

Saturday Night Live Backstage is a 2011 documentary comedy TV movie.

0x157 - Digital Short: Beastly

March 5, 2011

A handsome high school student obsessed with his good looks (Samberg, portraying Gene Hackman as the protagonist) is cursed by a witch (Nasim Pedrad), who transforms him into the same nerd that Samberg played in the previous Digital Short The Roommate. Having been informed by the witch that he has one year to find someone to love him "or stay like this forever", he falls in love with a girl (played by episode host Miley Cyrus) who seemingly attempts to find his inner beauty, albeit unsuccessfully. The second consecutive Digital Short to parody a then-recent Hollywood release, it appears to be the origin story for The Roommate character, implying that he was unable to break the witch's curse.

0x158 - Digital Short: Zach Looks for a New Assistant

March 12, 2011

Zach Galifianakis interviews young children as possible candidates for being his assistant.

0x159 - The Best of '09/'10

March 13, 2011

Enjoy some of the best sketches from SNL's 35th season including Will Forte as MacGruber, Kenan Thompson's Deandre Cole in What Up With That?, Fred Armisen as Barack Obama, Bill Hader as Vincent Price and Andy Samberg in two SNL Digital Shorts - Shy Ronnie and On The Ground. Also join host Betty White and SNL alums Molly Shannon and Ana Gasteyer for another episode of NPR's Delicious Dish. Special Guests include Alec Baldwin, Charles Barkley, Gerard Butler, Tina Fey, James Franco, Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Jude Law, Blake Lively, Gabourey Sidibe and Taylor Swift.

0x160 - Digital Short: Laser Cats 6: The Musical!

April 2, 2011

Hader and Samberg again use a celebrity (Tom Hanks) to pitch a new Laser Cats film to Lorne Michaels; this time, a musical version which includes parodies of Cats and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. It is revealed that Hader and Samberg have stolen Wilson the volleyball to blackmail Hanks. Episode host and musical guest Elton John portrays the villain and Carmelo Anthony plays a security guard.

0x161 - Digital Short: Helen Mirren's Magic Bosom

April 9, 2011

Nasim wants to be inspired, so she finds Helen Mirren in her dressing room, where Pedrad dreams she is in "Helen Mirren's Titties", a place beyond space and time, and a sequence of shots involving happy things like two leaders shaking hands, flowers, etc.

0x162 - Digital Short: Jack Sparrow

May 7, 2011

A music video of the song of the same name from The Lonely Island's Turtleneck and Chain album featuring Michael Bolton, in which said singer writes a hook for a new Lonely Island rap that features storylines from Pirates of the Caribbean, Forrest Gump, Erin Brockovich, and Scarface.

0x163 - Digital Short: 3 Way (The Golden Rule)

May 21, 2011

The "Dick in a Box" and "Motherlover" characters (Timberlake and Samberg) return in a song about how any sexual contact between them does not count as a homosexual act, as long as there is also a female (Lady Gaga) involved. Released as a standalone single in 2011 and featured on The Wack Album.

0x164 - Digital Short: Stomp

October 1, 2011

Two cops (Hader and Samberg) bored at work find music in everyday life (parody of Stomp). The entire precinct gets involved, but things turn aggressive when The Blue Man Group (played by Fred Armisen [who actually was a member before becoming an SNL cast member] and Paul Brittain) show up to play along until they get shot by everyone.

0x165 - Digital Short: V-Necks

October 8, 2011

At a clothing store, a man (Samberg) is unconvinced that the V-neck shirt he is trying on is for him, despite his girlfriend's (Pedrad) assurances. But when the store owner (episode host Ben Stiller), wearing a deeper V enters, Samberg attempts to one-up him and asks a clerk for "something deeper" starting an impromptu V-neck battle, ending with the store clerk getting arrested for indecent exposure.

0x166 - Digital Short: Drake Interview

October 15, 2011

Andy conducts several short and increasingly bizarre interviews with actor-singer Drake. Each segment follows a very literal theme as described by a title card (announced by Don Pardo) that appears onscreen before each interview. Some of the interviews included are: An Extremely Sarcastic Interview, A Racist Interview (which is cut short before Samberg can say anything racist), A Wordless Seduction, A Matching Sweaters Interview, and a Dark Interview.

0x167 - Digital Short: Wish It Would Rain

November 12, 2011

A depressed singer (Samberg) sings about how his girlfriend left him for another man (Armisen). Samberg gestures towards the sky, hoping it will rain, but it doesn't (and gets urinated on by a man on the roof). Samberg begins complaining to the crew that he can't do the music video without rain, making insulting remarks about the producer (Vanessa Bayer) and his big-butted assistant (played by host Emma Stone).

0x168 - Digital Short: Seducing Women Through Chess

November 19, 2011

In an early '80s-style instructional video, a nerdy man dressed like Carl Sagan (Samberg) shows viewers how to seduce women by playing chess, but the first two women (played by Nasim Pedrad and Abby Elliott) beat him. The instructor then changes the game to checkers and still gets beaten by a woman (Kristen Wiig). He tries Jenga, but ends up knocking the tower over. He tries eating glass, but ends up scaring the woman he's trying to seduce (played by special guest Olivia Wilde). The instructor (with his lips and mouth now bandaged up) gives up and lectures on how to hire a prostitute. The prostitute (played by episode host Jason Segel) offers sex to him for , but the instructor only has . The instructor is stabbed and robbed of his money. Before dying, the prostitute comes back and beats him at chess.

0x169 - Digital Short: Batman

December 3, 2011

Commissioner Gordon (Steve Buscemi) keeps getting stalked by Batman (Samberg). Paul Brittain and Kristen Wiig appears as Aquaman and the Riddler respectively.

0x170 - Digital Short: Best Friends

December 10, 2011

Katy Perry and Samberg become best friends, then meet up with a "handsome drug addict" (Matt Damon) and "brilliant lunatic" (Val Kilmer) who want to be best friends too. Perry and Samberg become more and more frightened until Perry abandons the three when the drug addict shoots himself during a game of Russian roulette. The lunatic then builds a time machine, retrieving two cavemen, Marilyn Monroe (played by Nasim Pedrad), Amelia Earhart (played by Vanessa Bayer), Abraham Lincoln (played by John Solomon), and Julius Caesar from the past, who, along with Samberg, the lunatic, and the lunatic's "failed bird-man experiment" (who briefly left the duo to have sex with a white girl at the mall) wish the audience a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

0x171 - Digital Short: Convoluted Jerry

January 7, 2012

A fake commercial for a CD collection featuring Convoluted Jerry (Andy Samberg), a singer whose lyrics are wordy and confusing, with songs including "Quit not Being My Lover," "Backwards Day" and "Jerry Explains the Movie Inception". Host Charles Barkley guest stars as Marvin "Gay" Jackson, who sings a duet with Convoluted Jerry.

0x172 - Digital Short: Afros

March 3, 2012

A man (Samberg) and woman (Wiig) dressed in '70s-style clothing declare their love for each other in song. As the camera pulls back we can see that they are connected by their shared enormous afro. An unexplained man in janitor's clothing (Kenan Thompson) appears in between every verse and plays one riff on a strange instrument such as conch shell or didgeridoo. When the camera has pulled all the way back, revealing the full, massive afro, the couple invites the viewer to come to their wedding, whereupon the video is revealed to be a Save the Date. RSVP options "Yes" and "No" appear. "No" is clicked.

0x173 - Digital Short: Tennis Balls

March 10, 2012

To test the effects of stress on the human heart, a man (Jonah Hill) is hit repeatedly in the testicles by tennis balls fired from a tennis ball machine. Things get more bizarre as he continues to get hit even though the machine is turned off. A ghost hunter (Kenan Thompson) reveals to the host of Science Finders (Andy Samberg) that a ghost (Taran Killam) is the one hurling balls at the man. The man flatlines and a doctor (Fred Armisen) uses hits to the groin to revive the man.

0x174 - Digital Short: Laser Cats 7

April 14, 2012

Despite Lorne Michaels' objections, Hader and Samberg show him the latest Laser Cats short – this time directed by Steven Spielberg (appearing as both himself and a "Hitchcockian" cameo in the short), which contains many references to his films, including E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

0x175 - Digital Short: Gotye Backstage

April 14, 2012

Samberg and Taran Killam visit Gotye in his dressing room, then stalk him by appearing in nothing but body paint and black wigs (as seen in the "Somebody That I Used To Know" music video).

0x176 - Digital Short: 100th Digital Short

May 12, 2012

The Lonely Island celebrate their 100th Digital Short by revisiting many digital short favorite characters (Shy Ronnie, Dennis the Drug Addict, Michelle the Body Fuzion Lady, The "Dick in a Box" singers, etc.), clips from previous Digital Shorts, and fresh footage from numerous celebrities.

0x177 - Digital Short: Lazy Sunday 2

May 19, 2012

Samberg and Parnell do another "Lazy Sunday" rap for Sister Act: The Musical.

0x178 - SNL Christmas

November 28, 2012

A collection of memorable holiday-themed sketches from past and present eras

0x179 - Digital Short: YOLO

January 26, 2013

The Lonely Island, Adam Levine, and Kendrick Lamar sing about the virtues of staying safe in daily life (flipping the intended meaning of YOLO with "You Ought to Look Out"), and become increasingly paranoid of everything. The second single from The Lonely Island's third album, The Wack Album.

0x180 - Saturday Night Live Halloween

October 31, 2013

A collection of Halloween-based sketches and scary movie parodies

0x181 - Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving

November 27, 2013

A compilation of SNL Thanksgiving-themed sketches.

0x182 - Saturday Night Live Christmas

December 4, 2013

A collection of Christmas and December holiday-based sketches.

0x183 - Saturday Night Live: The Best of This Season

January 4, 2014

A compilation of the best sketches of seasons 38 and 39.

0x184 - Saturday Night Live Presents: A SNL Sports Spectacular

January 30, 2014

A collection of sketches from episodes hosted by professional athletes and other sports stars, hosted by Seth Meyers.

0x185 - SNL Shorts

April 24, 2014

A compilation of SNL Digital Shorts.

0x186 - Digital Short: When Will the Bass Drop?

May 17, 2014

In a parody of stereotypical electronic dance music performers, the DJ Davvincii (Samberg) performs a number of unrelated activities rather than actually mixing music. Lil Jon and the entire Season 39 cast also appear.

0x187 - Digital Short: Hugs

May 17, 2014

Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Pharrell sing about how their hugs are the best but they won't lead to any kind of romantic commitment. Tatiana Maslany and Maya Rudolph (as Oprah Winfrey) make cameo appearances, as does Akiva Schaffer (who does not have any vocals on this track). This video was included on the DVD accompanying The Lonely Island's third album, The Wack Album.

0x188 - Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving

November 26, 2014

A compilation of SNL Thanksgiving-themed sketches.

0x189 - SNL's NFL Saturday

January 31, 2015

Past sketches involving the NFL are shown.

0x190 - An SNL Valentine

February 14, 2015

A special dedicated to Valentine's Day.

0x191 - SNL 40th Anniversary Red Carpet Special

February 15, 2015

Former SNL cast members, hosts and guest stars walk the red carpet and chat with Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie and Carson Daly during the one-hour SNL 40 Red Carpet special.

0x192 - Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

February 15, 2015

Saturday Night Live celebrates 40 years in a star-studded 3-and-a-half hour live special featuring appearances from former and current cast members, past hosts and guest stars.

0x193 - Digital Short: That's When You Break

February 15, 2015

Andy Samberg and Adam Sandler sing about times when people broke character on the show. Chris Parnell and Bill Hader also appear. This short was written and produced for the SNL 40th Anniversary Special.

0x194 - SNL Goodnight Sweet Prince

April 23, 2016

Jimmy Fallon hosts this special retrospective of Prince's rare, but memorable performances on the show, including his first performance on the infamous season 6 episode hosted by Charlene Tilton (the one in which Charles Rocket's accidental utterance of the word "fuck" called for NBC to fire then-showrunner Jean Doumanian and most of her cast), his performance on the SNL 15th anniversary special, his first performance after 21 years in 2006 on the season 31 episode hosted by Steve Martin, his final performance on the season 40 episode hosted by Chris Rock, a never-before-seen clip of his performance at the cast party following the SNL 40th anniversary special, and clips of the short-lived recurring sketch The Prince Show with Fred Armisen as Prince and Maya Rudolph as Beyonce.

0x195 - Weekend Update at the RNC

July 20, 2016

Colin Jost and Michael Che host a special edition of Weekend Update from the 2016 Republican National Convention live on MSNBC. Kate McKinnon appears as Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

0x196 - Weekend Update at the DNC

July 27, 2016

Colin Jost and Michael Che host a special edition of Weekend Update from the 2016 Democratic National Convention live on MSNBC.

0x197 - The 2016 SNL Election Special

November 7, 2016

Recent political sketches involving the 2016 US presidential election, hosted by Tom Brokaw

0x198 - SNL Thanksgiving Special 2016

November 23, 2016

Thanksgiving-themed comedy from the Saturday Night Live crew is presented.

0x199 - SNL Christmas 2016

December 14, 2016

Holiday-themed comedy from Saturday Night Live is presented.

0x200 - The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special

October 28, 2017

21-minute animated special where David S. Pumpkins teaches a pair of siblings the true meaning of Halloween, starring Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins, Mikey Day, Bobby Moynihan, and Streeter Seidell. Narrated by Peter Dinklage.

0x201 - SNL Presents: Halloween

October 28, 2017

A collection of Halloween- and horror-themed sketches

0x202 - Digital Short: Natalie's Rap 2

February 3, 2018

A sequel to the original Natalie's Rap from Season 31, Natalie Portman is interviewed by Beck Bennett, to which she responds with a rap about motherhood and the Star Wars prequels (holding Alex Moffat at gunpoint while dressed as her character Padme Amidala). At the end, she impales Bennett's head with a Time's Up pin and throws him out of the window. Andy Samberg appears as his character from the first installment, Carl, with his scenes filmed in Los Angeles outside the ArcLight Hollywood. The day after the episode aired, The Lonely Island confirmed that they wrote the sketch.

0x203 - SNL Thanksgiving Special 2019

November 29, 2019

Thanksgiving-themed comedy from the Saturday Night Live crew is presented.

0x204 - A Saturday Night Live Mother’s Day

May 10, 2020

A star-studded collection of Saturday Night Live’s most hilarious mothers-themed sketches from various seasons, including The Day You Were Born with Amy Schumer, Lawrence Welk with Betty White, Bill Hader’s Stefon on Mother’s Day, Digital Short: Motherlover and more.

0x205 - A Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving 2021

November 27, 2021

A star-studded collection of Saturday Night Live’s most hilarious Thanksgiving-themed sketches from various seasons, including Debbie Downer: Thanksgiving Dinner, Thanksgiving Parade, Friends-giving, Apple Picking Ad, The Loud Family and many more.

0x207 - Christmas Special 2021

December 21, 2021

A star-studded collection of Saturday Night Live’s most hilarious Christmas-themed sketches from various seasons, including “D*ck in a Box,” “Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood,” Adam Sandler’s “Hannukah Song,” “Martha Stewart’s Topless Christmas” and many more.

0x208 - Auditions: Dana Carvey (1)

January 1, 1986

Dana Carvey's 1st Audition

0x209 - Auditions: Andy Kaufman

January 1, 1975

Andy Kaufman's audition.

0x210 - Auditions: Original Cast

January 1, 1975

Auditions for Aykroyd, Belushi, Chase, Curtin, Morris, Newman, Radner

0x211 - Auditions: Will Ferrell

January 1, 1995

Will Ferrell's audition

0x212 - Cast Interview with Tom Snyder (1975)

October 1, 1975

Tom Snyder interviews the original cast of SNL

0x213 - Rehearsal Audio: Sissy Spacek

March 11, 1977

Dress rehearsals were never recorded to videotape before 1985, some audio recordings of dress sketches were released. Here’s a dress sketch from the Spacek program in audio form.

0x214 - Rehearsal Audio: Lily Tomlin

September 18, 1976

Dress rehearsals were never recorded to videotape before 1985, some audio recordings of dress sketches were released. Here’s a dress sketch from the Tomlin program in audio form.

0x215 - Wardrobe Test with John Belushi & Howard Shore

May 9, 1978

Wardrobe Test with John Belushi & Howard Shore

0x216 - SNL Remembers Chris Farley

February 21, 1998

He could be big and loud and clumsy, shy and quiet and graceful, and hilariously funny all at the same time. Chris Farley was an unstoppable force of nature at “Saturday Night Live” in the 90s, and you’ll see it all here, including the best of Motivational Speaker Matt Foley, The Chris Farley Show, the slightly overweight Chippendales dancer and many other unique and endearing characters. Plus there’s 25 minutes of extra material, including scenes that were cut after dress rehearsal and never seen before now.

0x217 - Digital Short: Annuale

February 23, 2008

Four women (Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Casey Wilson, Kristen Wiig) discover Annuale, a birth control pill that lets ladies have a single, annual period, but with a few dangerous side effects including violent rage.

0x218 - Digital Short: Spin the Bottle

January 14, 2012

When a boy decides to play spin the bottle, he keeps striking out with a group of hobos.

0x219 - The Clinton Scandal

February 27, 1999

0x220 - Halloween

September 7, 1999

0x221 - Christmas

December 1, 1999

0x222 - Weekend Update Halftime Special

January 26, 2003

0x223 - SNL in the 90's: Pop Culture Nation

May 6, 2007

0x224 - SNL in the 90's: Pop Culture Nation

June 12, 2007

0x225 - Jessica Chastain & Troye Sivan Dress Rehearsal

0x226 - 2020 SNL Election Special

November 2, 2020

0x227 - A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special

December 14, 2023

A star-studded collection of Saturday Night Live's hilarious Christmas-themed sketches from various seasons, including D... in a Box, Schweddy Balls, Elf on the Shelf, A Christmas Carol and many more.

0x228 - The 2024 SNL Election Special

November 4, 2024

On the eve of Election 2024, the iconic late-night program highlights fan-favorite political sketches from its 50 seasons.