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>> it all began with this, a comedy rap video pirated from "saturday night live" turned up on the website youtube, the suits at nbc took notice. they didn't like the piracy but they sure loved the buzz. >> it spread like wildfire. 6 million streams. >> baby boomers who grew up with "snl," they stopped watching at a certain point. and if you're going to be on network television for 40 years, you adapt or die. lonely island and the digital shorts gave a whole new port of entry for younger viewers who maybe hadn't even seen the show. ♪ should have ran for the president ♪ ♪ i ran we ran toge...

>> it all began with this, a comedy rap video pirated from "saturday night live" turned up on the website youtube, the suits at nbc took notice. they didn't like the piracy but they sure loved the buzz. >> it spread like wildfire. 6 million streams. >> baby boomers who grew up with "snl," they stopped watching at a certain point. and if you're going to be on network television for 40 years, you adapt or die. lonely island and the digital shorts gave a whole newport of entry for younger viewers who maybe hadn't even seen the show. ♪ should have ran for the president ♪ ♪ i ran we ran toget...

Shared it. ♪ >> it all began with this, a comedy rap video pirated from "saturday night live" turned up on the website youtube, the suits at nbc took notice. they didn't like the piracy but they sure loved the buzz. >> it spread like wildfire. 6 million streams. >> baby boomers who grew up with "snl," they stopped watching at a certain point. and if you're going to be on network television for 40 years, you adapt or die. lonely island and the digital shorts gave a whole newport of entry for younger viewers who maybe hadn't even seen the show. ♪ should have ran for the president ♪ ♪ i r...

Crazy characters. sketches. it was anything that was fun, that you wanted to try, that a network would never put on. >> i would like to welcome my first guest, jessica chastain. >> jessica chastain. >> with "between two ferns" you had a program that it's a send-up of talk shows so, it's a satire of talk shows. >> we're interested in the work you've been doing down in haiti. tell us a little bit about that. is there a six flags down there? >> there's not, no. >> we can move on. >> the new media, especially sites that are just for comedy, i think that they're a good thing for the business. espec...

Organically. >> it all began with this. when a comedy rap video pirated from "saturday night live" turned up on you tube, the suits took notice. they didn't le the piracy, but they liked the buzz. >> baby boomer that is grew up with snl stopped watching at a point. if you're going to be on for 40 years you adapt or die. >> digital shorts are how you made your name. my favorite is "blank in a box". >> "blank in a box" ♪ cut a hole