SNL Digital Short

The popularity of these segments exploded following the addition of The Lonely Island (Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, and Andy Samberg) to the show, and it is to them that credit is given for ushering SNL "into the age of digital online content in a time when it needed to tap into that relevance more than ever.

Peyote was written and filmed after Lettuce had aired, making it the second SNL Digital Short made by The Lonely Island.

It was deemed "too similar" to Lettuce to be aired right away, however, so the group produced Lazy Sunday to showcase other aspects of their comedic range.

These shorts were filmed and shown to the studio audience during the weekly SNL dress rehearsal, but were not included in the live show and have yet to appear on air.

The short "Lazy Sunday", which aired on December 17, 2005, was viewed more than five million times on YouTube alone before it was removed due to copyright infringement.

[61] Songs from five other Digital Shorts received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics: "Motherlover" in 2009;[62] "Shy Ronnie" in 2010;[63] and "I Just Had Sex", "Jack Sparrow", and "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" in 2011.

[65] The NBC network, which usually uploads Saturday Night Live digital shorts to its official site and YouTube channel immediately following broadcast, did not do so for Dear Sister due to music clearance issues.

In the following overly dramatic, slow-motion death overdubbed by a cue of "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap, Dave is seen visibly shaken as Keith, in shock, collapses.

As Dave gathers his bearings, Keith suddenly shoots him, having recovered from his injury long enough to exact his revenge to the same music cue.

The short ends with two police officers (Jason Sudeikis and Fred Armisen) observing the crime scene.

[69][70] Noam Cohen of The New York Times criticized fans of the short for insensitivity when they continued to make YouTube videos based on it.