14 DAY TRIAL // Blending the best of television and pop music, The Lonely Island and some star guests rocked the house at the Emmy Awards 2011. The second biggest musical act of the evening, they performed a medley of songs previously included on Saturday Night Live.
As the video below will surely confirm, the three songs included in the medley were toned down for the Emmys, as compared to SNL, but still packed with plenty of undertones to remind people just how funny they were in their original format / wording.
Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island were the first to take to the stage. As expected, they couldn’t have performed without Michael Bolton, who sailed the stage in full Captain Jack Sparrow costume.
He was accompanied by dancers whose outfits imitated the waves, to further create the impression that Bolton was, indeed, Sparrow on board his pirate ship.
Next up was a rendering of the famous “3-Way (The Golden Rule),” previously performed on SNL by Justin Timberlake, Andy Samberg and Lady Gaga.
They were replaced by John Stamos, Maya Rudolph and Ed Helms but, suffice it to say, the performance was just as hilarious.
While they were singing, the boys from The Lonely Island made sure they illustrated the meaning of “3-Way” lyrics by gyrating around actor William H. Macy.
Akon was up next with another cover of Lonely Island, the “I Just Had Sex” song. The performance came complete with a giant American flag and retro-looking backup dancers.
None of the songs performed won the award for Outstanding Original Music or Lyrics, where they were nominated. It went to “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”
Nevertheless, Saturday Night Live was not worse for it, since it still got to take home one of the coveted statuettes, in the category Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series (Justin Timberlake), as we also noted earlier today.