Black Iris’ Asa Taccone is a composer who balances commercial work with SNL comedy, film soundtracks and making records. You may not know him too much (yet), but you’ve certain heard his work.

The article reveals the amazing last minute process these comedy shorts go through all the way up until show time on SNL. It’s amazing to think just how fresh these shorts are when they hit the air. Little did I know that Justin Timberlake was re-recording some of the song lyrics merely an hour and a half before show time.

It’s a really interesting article and you can read all about it at www.creativity-online.com. You can read the article directly by clicking here.

‘As the scruffy artists file into their lab for design class at Brooklyn multi-arts space, 3rd Ward, each lets out a small, discernable gasp. For there on the room’s sole couch lounges Saturday Night Live cast member Andy Samberg, flanked by writers Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer—the comic trio known as The Lonely Island (TLI). No, they aren’t here for a guest lecture or to brush up on their Photoshop skills. Oblivious to the venue’s class schedule, they have commandeered the lab for this interview. Here inside the jokesters’ 24-7 comedic universe, even the students’ mere puzzlement becomes ripe for parody. The trio can’t help but mug for their adoring fans. Grinning like a jolly Cheshire cat, Jewfro’d Samberg greets the students with, “Hey, how’s it going?” and “We’re doing an interview—it’s pretty cool.” Drinking in the famous “Dick in a Box” crooner, the bewildered students ogle and giggle as they head to their computer stations.’

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