Lazy Sunday
You might remember it as Chronic-what-cles of Narnia, SNL Digital Short Lazy Sunday
Funniest videos on the internet14 of 30
2005·Early YouTube·funny
The sketch that made YouTube a mass destination and then triggered the takedown that defined early platform rights.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- Chronic-what-cles of Narnia
- Spread in
- 2005
- Format
- Video
- Made by
- The Lonely Island: Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone
- Performed by
- Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell
- Taken from
- A Digital Short on Saturday Night Live
- Origin
- Origin not yet established
- Available
- Playable from the source
Why it matteredWhat changed
It is the first television clip to spread on YouTube, in copies the broadcaster had not uploaded and then had removed. Its success is widely credited as the tipping point for the site, then five months old.
TimelineIn order
- Made
The Lonely Island write the song. They record it the next day on a laptop bought second-hand.1
- Made
It is broadcast on Saturday Night Live.1
- Taken down
NBC Universal asks YouTube to take down the copies viewers had uploaded, which had been watched more than five million times.1
- Remixed
A sequel, Lazy Sunday 2, is released.1
- Later
The programme’s own YouTube channel posts the original.1
The version you rememberNot the same thing
Uploaded by viewers, and removed at the network’s request in February 2006.1
Shown once on television on 17 December 2005. The network did not put it on YouTube itself until 2013.1
What people misrememberSet straight
Commonly remembered asThe first viral video on YouTube.
ActuallyThe first television clip to spread there. Other videos had spread on the site before it.1
More from hereIn this collection
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
The version shown here is an official copy on YouTube, published by a rights holder.
Where it came fromWhat we know
Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.
View the official copy on YouTube
No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
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SourcesWhat was read
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