High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! An SNL Digital Short is one in a series of comedic and often musical video shorts created for airing on NBC`s Saturday Night Live, generally produced and written by The Lonely Island (Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg), though originated by Adam McKay, in collaboration with SNL hosts, writers, and cast members. The segments were originally recorded with consumer grade digital video cameras and edited on personal computers. It is usual for the episode`s hosts and musical guests (the latter on rarer occasions) to take part in the episode`s short, and several shorts have included celebrity cameos.