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Andy Samberg Needn't Worry About "Incredibad"

Jake Kalish — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:22:00 GMT

Andy Samberg really hopes you like The Lonely Island and their new CD/DVD, "Incredibad." Dude, we've seen these album sales. Sit back and relax. On your piles of money.

"Incredibad", released February 10th, debuted as the #1 comedy album on Billboard. Excellent. But, considering very few people can name any other current comedy albums, no big shocker. But this might be - the CD/DVD (it includes all the viral SNL videos) also debuted at #1 on the ITunes album chart, making it the best-selling debut by a new artist in 2009. Oh, and it also debuted at #13 on the Billboard chart. Of all albums.(It's since dropped to #24 - which still places it directly ahead of Britney Spears' new album and the soundtrack to High School Musical 3. To give you an idea of the popularity.)

Meanwhile, the CD/DVD/Comedygasm is also getting reviews that might make the Lonely Island guys jizz in their pants, with the New York Observer calling "Incredibad" "without a doubt one of the funniest albums, music or otherwise, in years."

So ease back and celebrate, Andy. Perhaps on a boat:

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TV Soundtrack: Incredibad

Lindy Parker — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:59:00 GMT

Get ready y'all -- the musical trio from The Lonely Island and Saturday Night Live (that brought us such easy-listening classics as "Dick in a Box") released the tracklist today for their "much-anticipated album, Incredibad. (buzzfeed.com)

Here's a look at the cover...

...and, of course, a look back at the time J. Timberlake proved he would tie his junk with a bow to make us laugh...

We "Jizz In Our Pants" As "Saturday Night Live" Lets All The Lonely Island Guys On Screen

Bryan Christian — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:18:00 GMT

As fans of Andy Samberg -- and basically, as you're reading something called "a blog," we pretty much already know that you are -- you no doubt know that part of the magic of his success on Saturday Night Live is that he got his start doing really funny web videos with a bunch of his friends. They were known as The Lonely Island, on account of they apparently mostly hung out in their apartment, goofing off and making funny fake gangster raps, which long story short led to a few rejected pilots, a couple of awards show gigs, one of which was with Jimmy Fallon, and there you go: all of a sudden Andy gets hired as on-screen SNL talent while his cronies Akiva and Jorma wind up on the writing and digital short staffs. Web 2.0 success numero uno. From Zero to Hero, as Black Sabbath would say.

All of which is the reason why, on a week that Amy Poehler returned to the show that we totally thought she was done with and holy crap is that a longterm thing?!?!?!, what we are wondering a little more about is whether The Dudes will be turning up in more shorts like "Jizz In My Pants" -- which, we're sure you agree, is basically as catchy as it is funny, even if it's in a Eurotrashy way that's totally embarrassing. It's possible -- apparently "Jizz" is the first single from the Lonely Island band Incredibad, who've got a record coming out in February. Maybe the record company pitched in for the vid? Might explain Molly Sims, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and the generally amazing production value.

Oh, hey, maybe you didn't know anything about The Lonely Island? Well, click through for a few of their greatest hits!

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