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Akiva Schaffer co-founded the comedy trio The Lonely Island with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone, joining Saturday Night Live as a writer in 2005 and helping pioneer the show's digital-short format with sketches like "Lazy Sunday" and "Dick in a Box." He went on to direct Hot Rod, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, and The Naked Gun (2025), and produced I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson and Palm Springs.