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* Multiple [[t-shirt]]s have been made based on the video.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/dickinabox/male | title = Dick in a Box | publisher = Busted Tees | accessdate = 2007-01-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cafepress.com/creativeidea/2292392 | title = Dick In A Box T-Shirts | publisher = Creative Idea Designs | accessdate = 2007-01-19 }}</ref>
* Multiple [[t-shirt]]s have been made based on the video.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/dickinabox/male | title = Dick in a Box | publisher = Busted Tees | accessdate = 2007-01-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cafepress.com/creativeidea/2292392 | title = Dick In A Box T-Shirts | publisher = Creative Idea Designs | accessdate = 2007-01-19 }}</ref>
* The band [[Umphrey's McGee]] covered this song, complete with box props, as their first encore of their New Year's Eve show in Chicago, with percussionist [[Andy Farag]] contributing rare vocals in the Andy Samberg role, and [[Brendan Bayliss]] singing Justin Timberlake's part. The multi-camera video is available on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsrZunDcLs | title = Umphrey's McGee - Dick in a Box - 12/31/2006 | date = [[2007-01-08]] | publisher = [[YouTube]] | accessdate = 2007-01-18 }}</ref>
* The band [[Umphrey's McGee]] covered this song, complete with box props, as their first encore of their New Year's Eve show in Chicago, with percussionist [[Andy Farag]] contributing rare vocals in the Andy Samberg role, and [[Brendan Bayliss]] singing Justin Timberlake's part. The multi-camera video is available on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsrZunDcLs | title = Umphrey's McGee - Dick in a Box - 12/31/2006 | date = [[2007-01-08]] | publisher = [[YouTube]] | accessdate = 2007-01-18 }}</ref>
* A female parody, entitled "[[My Box in a Box]]" was posted on YouTube on [[December 31]], [[2006]], roughly two weeks after the original video was aired.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xElIik0Ys0 | accessdate = 2007-01-18 | date = [[2006-12-31]] | title = My Box in a Box | publisher = [[YouTube]] | author = arzherproductions }}</ref> It has since received over 1,900,000 views.
* A female parody, entitled "[[My Box in a Box]]" was posted on YouTube on [[December 31]], [[2006]], roughly two weeks after the original video was aired.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xElIik0Ys0 | accessdate = 2007-01-18 | date = [[2006-12-31]] | title = My Box in a Box | publisher = [[YouTube]] | author = arzherproductions }}</ref> It has since received over 2,200,000 views.
* On [[January 10]], [[2007]], on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'', Ellen was mailed an AQUA2GO water drink-box and asked to market it.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wateronthego.com/pressrelease.php | title = AQUA2GO Press Releases | accessdate = 2007-01-21 | date = [[2007-01-10]] | publisher = [[Esgee Enterprises]]}}</ref> She made a jingle to the tune of "Dick in Box" consisting of step-by-step instructions (including "Step 1: punch a hole in the box").<ref>{{cite web | url = http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5865068677342987570&amp;pr=goog-sl | title = Ellen's Aqua2Go Commercial | accessdate = 2007-01-21 | date = [[2007-01-10]] | publisher = [[Google|Google Video]] }}</ref>
* On [[January 10]], [[2007]], on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'', Ellen was mailed an AQUA2GO water drink-box and asked to market it.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wateronthego.com/pressrelease.php | title = AQUA2GO Press Releases | accessdate = 2007-01-21 | date = [[2007-01-10]] | publisher = [[Esgee Enterprises]]}}</ref> She made a jingle to the tune of "Dick in Box" consisting of step-by-step instructions (including "Step 1: punch a hole in the box").<ref>{{cite web | url = http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5865068677342987570&amp;pr=goog-sl | title = Ellen's Aqua2Go Commercial | accessdate = 2007-01-21 | date = [[2007-01-10]] | publisher = [[Google|Google Video]] }}</ref>
* Two [[GUSA|Georgetown University Student Association]] candidates posted a parody entitled "Vote in a Box" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE--OHAWSQk]on YouTube on [[January 29]], [[2007]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE--OHAWSQk | title = Vote in a Box | date = [[2007-01-29]] | publisher = [[YouTube]] | accessdate = 2007-01-31 | }}</ref> to promote their campaign for president and vice president of the Student Association. They subsequently won the race.
* Two [[GUSA|Georgetown University Student Association]] candidates posted a parody entitled "Vote in a Box" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE--OHAWSQk]on YouTube on [[January 29]], [[2007]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE--OHAWSQk | title = Vote in a Box | date = [[2007-01-29]] | publisher = [[YouTube]] | accessdate = 2007-01-31 | }}</ref> to promote their campaign for president and vice president of the Student Association. They subsequently won the race.

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Special Box.

Dick in a Box (also known as A Special Box[1] and A Special Christmas Box[2]) is a now iconic Saturday Night Live digital short featuring Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg that aired on December 16 2006. The song featured was written and produced by Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone of The Lonely Island. Timberlake also contributed to the lyrics.[3] The video is considered to be a parody that pokes fun of lewd R&B videos common during the early 1990's. On February 7, 2007, Samberg helped Timberlake perform the song live at his concert in Madison Square Garden in New York.[4]

Plot

The music video is about two Casanova-type men (played by Timberlake and Samberg) singing about giving their lovers (played by Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph) Christmas gifts. As the gifts, each man had a box attached to his waist and had his penis inside the box, going so far as to offer step-by-step instructions on how to create the gift (1: Cut a hole in a box, 2: Put your junk in that box, 3: Make her open the box...and that's the way you do it!). They also sing about how a "dick in a box" is better than a diamond ring ("that sort of gift don't mean anything"), a car, or "a house in the hills"; it is also suited for any holiday or occasion: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and even "over at your parents' house" and "midday at the grocery store." At the end of the film, they are both arrested by the police, presumably for parading around "backstage at the CMAs" with their "presents."

Inspiration

The style of the video and the musical performance is inspired by early-1990s R&B/New jack swing acts like Color Me Badd, Jodeci and R. Kelly; The Lonely Island and Timberlake were fans of such acts while growing up.[5]

Response

An uncensored version was made available on the Saturday Night Live website after the show was aired.[6] It features the same audience response track, as the short was aired uncensored to the in-studio audience. Although there is no talk about releasing the same song without the audience since it wasn't performed on set.

NBC added the video to YouTube, where it has received more than 17 million views and is ranked as Youtube's third-most viewed video of all-time.[2] Over 18 illegal copies were also posted to various Youtube and Google Video accounts,[7] bringing the total views to over 21.6 million, making it the third most viewed video on the Internet[8] (as of February 23, 2007).

On December 22, 2006, the Parents Television Council called on NBC to "rethink its decision to post an uncensored version of a Saturday Night Live skit on both its own website and YouTube, in which the word 'dick' is used multiple times". When the skit aired on SNL, NBC bleeped out the word "dick" a total of 16 times.[9]

Some radio stations used the edited version as an unofficial single by Timberlake. The version used was recorded from the SNL broadcast. The edited version was titled "Junk in the Box."

Parodies and homages

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Special Box". NBC. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
  2. ^ a b "SNL - Digital Short - A Special Christmas Box *Uncensored Ve". NBC. YouTube. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
  3. ^ Steinberg, Jacques (2006-12-21). "Censored 'SNL' Sketch Jumps Bleepless Onto the Internet". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-12-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Tam, Chester (February 8, 2007). "Andy and Justin at MSG!". Retrieved 2007-02-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Kaufman, Gil (2006-12-20). "'SNL' Star Behind Timberlake's Raunchy Hit Hopes To 'Box' Up Full LP". MTV via VH1.com. Retrieved 2007-01-27. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Dick in a Box - Uncensored Version". Saturday Night Live. NBC. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
  7. ^ "NewTeeVee - Where to Find Good Video". NewTeeVee. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  8. ^ "Vidmeter All Time Top 100". Vidmeter. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
  9. ^ "PTC Puts NBC on Naughty List". Comcast News. 2006-12-22. Retrieved 2007-01-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Dick in a Box". Busted Tees. Retrieved 2007-01-18.
  11. ^ "Dick In A Box T-Shirts". Creative Idea Designs. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
  12. ^ "Umphrey's McGee - Dick in a Box - 12/31/2006". YouTube. 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2007-01-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ arzherproductions (2006-12-31). "My Box in a Box". YouTube. Retrieved 2007-01-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "AQUA2GO Press Releases". Esgee Enterprises. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-01-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "Ellen's Aqua2Go Commercial". Google Video. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-01-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "Vote in a Box". YouTube. 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2007-01-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  17. ^ "Facebook Gift Shop". Facebook. 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2007-02-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  18. ^ "20.png". Facebook. 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2007-02-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
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