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"Jizz in My Pants"
Song

"Jizz in My Pants" (known in the edited version as J*** in My Pants) is an SNL Digital Short which aired on Saturday Night Live on December 6, 2008. It serves as the music video for the first single from The Lonely Island's debut album, Incredibad.[1] The video stars The Lonely Island members Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and briefly, Akiva Schaffer, and also features guest appearances by Molly Sims, Justin Timberlake, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler. "Jizz in my Pants" has been viewed just over 70 million times on YouTube, as of November, 2009, outviewing OK Go's popular treadmill music video, "Here It Goes Again", in less than half of a year.

The video's availability on YouTube is due to its being published by The Lonely Island instead of Saturday Night Live. SNL had previously posted its own videos on YouTube, but removed its channel when Hulu.com was created.[2]

Plot

The video opens with Samberg in a night club and he sings about hitting on Molly Sims. They head to her apartment, but as they share a kiss in the hallway outside her door he ejaculates, or "jizzes," prematurely. Taccone is then shown conversing with a check-out girl, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, in a grocery store, but jizzes in his pants as well. When he calls for a cleanup, the janitor is shown to be Justin Timberlake, who shakes his head in disgust. Samberg then exits a movie theater (from what he recalled was a horror film) when the discovery of a missed cellphone call from a girl causes him to prematurely ejaculate. In another scene, Taccone is seen driving his car while listening to the radio, when a song begins to play that reminds him of a girl, causing him to "jizz in [his] pants" yet again. Samberg and Taccone then sing about how easily they "jizz in [their] pants" from stimuli such as an alarm clock, opening a window, the twist ending of The Sixth Sense, and simply eating a grape. They explain that whenever they are adjacent to women, they ejaculate prematurely, which, they say, necessitates the constant wearing of condoms. Akiva Schaffer can be seen in the background at various times as the disc jockey.[3]


Reception

Critical

A number of commentators enjoyed "Jizz in My Pants". Jennifer Maerz of SF Weekly felt the video was "funny in a totally moronic way," describing it as "pure electro-trash" with "douchebag clothes, attitudes, and beats".[4] Mickey O'Connor of TV Guide liked the song's "clever lyrics" which "brilliantly satirize the pompous chill of '90s synth rock.'"[5] The New York Observer writer Christopher Rosen described the video as "awesomely catchy", in contrast to the rest of the SNL episode, which he felt was not very good.[6]

"Jizz in My Pants'" reception was not all positive, however. Jerry Portwood of New York Press compared the video unfavourably to the work of "Weird Al" Yankovic. The video did not satisfy him "beyond a few chuckles." Portwood preferred Yankovic's ability to parody current events and pop culture, dissecting "what was actually manipulative and mind-numbing about popular music and the market as a whole". He wrote that Samberg, in contrast, sticks to "safe and, ultimately, ineffective parody."[7]

Commercial

The track sold 76,000 downloads in its first two weeks of availability.[8] The song has gone Gold in Australia with sales in excess of 35,000.

The video was published first on YouTube along with most of Lonely Island's works. As of November 23, 2009, Jizz In My Pants has been watched over 70,533,044 times, making it one of the most popular videos on the youtube (it recently made its way to the front page of the most watched YouTube videos of all time) and Lonely Island's most popular video.

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 10
Canadian Hot 100 52
New Zealand Singles Chart 35
UK Singles Chart 183
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 72

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Australia Gold[9] 35,000+

References

  1. ^ Pastorek, Whitney (December 8, 2008). "'J In My Pants': The resurgence of Jamie-Lynn Sigler". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  2. ^ Miller, Liz Shannon (December 8, 2008). "J— in My Pants has SNL Back On YouTube. Sort Of". NewTeeVee.com. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  3. ^ "Jizz In My Pants". The Lonely Island. YouTube. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
  4. ^ Maerz, Jennifer (December 12, 2008). "Electro-Stupidity: Jizzing with SNL". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  5. ^ O'Connor, Mickey (December 9, 2008). "Mega Buzz on CSI, Lost, Big Bang, CSI: NY, Gossip & More!". TV Guide. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  6. ^ Rosen, Christopher (December 8, 2008). "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Goes Online; Will It Get Viral?". The New York Observer. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  7. ^ Portwood, Jerry (December 7, 2008). "Samberg & Co. Don't Compare to Weird Al as Song Satirists". New York Press. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  8. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2009-01-17), "WORLDWIDE 'PANTS'". Billboard. 121 (2):35
  9. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Assocation

External links

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