Tuesday, February 20, 2007
posted by Chi-Chi at 2/20/2007 | Permalink
Justin Timberlake on 'D!ck in A Box' craze
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Earlier I posted up pictures of Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg performing their classic cult, "D*ck in the Box," which you can see here now the pair opened up to 'Entertainment Weekly' to discuss how they wrote the most watched YouTube video. [pic credit: GOSSIP ROCKS.COM via EW.COM]
In December 2005, 'Saturday Night player Andy Samberg created an Internet phenomenon with his Narnia-and-cupcakes short film, 'Lazy Sunday.' A year later, he repeated the 'SNL' trick by putting Justin Timberlake's you-know-what-in a box. Here, Samberg and Timberlake reveal how they did it.
SAMBERG "We wanted to do an early-'90s R&B song. I think it was Jorma [Taccone, one of Samberg's writing partners] who said, 'What about giving a gift where you take off the top and your d--k is through a hole?' I came up with an idea of the melody. Once we started recording, Justin took the reins and schooled us and made it a much better song. The dude is a hitmaker; that's what what he does. Color Me Badd has been brought up more [as an inspiration] because we're white. But we were drawing a lot on Jodeci and R. Kelly."
TIMBERLAKE "I remember Andy on set saying, "No, we need bigger boxes. [Laughs] Actually, we had trouble shooting it, there were so many takes where we cracked up. I knew it would be well received on the show, but I never expected it to be this phenomenon. I kept saying to Andy that this was going to be bigger than 'Lazy Sunday.' He was like, 'Well, don't jinx it."
SAMBERG "'Lazy Sunday' was watched over 5 million times [before NBC pulled it from YouTube]. This one was able to take off even more because NBC posted it themselves on YouTube." (The D*ck in a Box" clip is currently nearing the 12.6 million-view mark.)
Labels: Justin Timberlake, New Music, Newsstand Snapshots
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