Here's how JustinTimberlake helped save the SNL classic 'D--- in a Box' from being pulled at the last minute
"The irony of that is that the funnier version is the bleeped-out version," JT says of the FCC making the show censor the chorus.on Thursday , but heDuring the half-hour chicken-wing chow-down, Timberlake dished on how his 2006 NSFW digital short alongside Andy Samberg almost didn't make it to air. As the two"hit it off immediately" in their first meeting set up by show producer Lorne Michaels, the three bunkered down in the writer's room.
"So we were like, 'What if we came up with like a duo of guys who are still stuck in a time and a certain style like the silk suits, the herringbone chains, and well and meticulously sculpted facial hair,'" the 39-year-old singer recalled before coming to the realizationMichaels suggested the"popcorn-at-the-movies prank...
As the team continued fleshing out the idea, Timberlake and Samberg spent all day Friday shooting the nearly three-minute sketch. But when they wrapped filming around 3 a.m. on Saturday, the FCC came in to throw a wrench in their plan."They're like, 'You can't say d--- on the air,'" the pop star toldhost Sean Evans."And we were like, 'Oh, right! But if you just bleep it, will we be fine?' And she said, 'Yeah, if you bleep it out, then it's fine.
The 10-time Grammy-winning artist kept up his hot streak of creative hits by ranking his five solo projects. His personal No. 1 is his sophomore albumThe 20/20 Experience
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