The New York Times has a lengthy article devoted to the creation and subsequent internet distribution of the uncensored version of the SNL Digital Short "Dick in a Box", which was first featured in censored form on the Justin Timberlake episode.
A choice excerpt from the article:
"Mr. Samberg and his colleagues — including Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone — presented a rough draft of the song to Mr. Timberlake on Thursday afternoon, and after they reworked it to his specifications, they recorded the voice track on special equipment in Mr. Samberg’s office around midnight. They spent Friday and much of Saturday filming the video in and around New York, and not until 4 p.m. Saturday — less than eight hours before the show was to go live — was the video in sufficient shape to be shown to the NBC executive responsible for late-night programming, Rick Ludwin."
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