Interview: Hot Rod’s Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer

Published: July 25, 2007, 10:05 am

Tags: interviews, paramount pictures, features, comedy, akiva schaffer, andy samberg, hot rod, jorma taccone

On July 24th, I had the chance to sit down with Hot Rod and Lonely Island trio Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer. You can tell instantly that these three guys have been friends since 7th grade. They play off each other like they’ve been doing it for many years. The interview was probably the funniest roundtable I’ve done to date. These are not the type of guys who answer questions with any bit of pretension. They know who they are, they know why they are here, and more importantly they know how to tell a funny story. You can listen to the full roundtable interview below. After the jump we have included a time-coded chapter listing, so that you can skip to the good parts. I highly recommend the story of The Whoopee Boys poster/screening, which begins around 23 minutes in. 00:02 Discussing The Hotel Water Bottles that look like the Plutonium containers from Back to the Future 00:20 The Emmy nomination for “Dick in a Box” 01:00 Learning from the

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