The Lonely Island is a comedy trio made up of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone. It was formed in 2001. but started to really get traction from Saturday Night Live.
Origin[]
The Lonely Island started in the 90's at Willard Junior High School. Akiva and Jorma met in 7th grade during Spanish class, and later became friends with Andy. However. they split up after Jorma went to a different University than Andy and Akiva. Andy then later transfered to a different university, and they often spoke over the phone. They then managed to regroup after university, and set their future. They moved to LA, and made a website to host short films. Their roomates infulenced them to make comedic rap videos to upload to their site. They also pitched a pilot to a tv series called, "The Lonely Island". The pilot was called, "White Power", and was about the trio being addicted to tooth-whitening products. It was not picked up. Later on, Akiva got a temp. job as an assistant for a movie poster company, and Andy and Jorma worked as production assistants for Spin City.