The Lonely Island Reveal That Someone Was Fired for Recreating “Dick in a Box” at Work
"We had, over the course of the time at our show, developed some characters that were very easy for lazy guys to be for Halloween"
The trio discussed the song and its incredible success on the latest episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast. Group member Jorma Taccone said, "We had, over the course of the time at our show, developed some characters that were very easy for lazy guys to be for Halloween. That's a pretty easy thing to build a box, get an old suit and put it on and become the 'Dick in a Box' guys. And, occasionally, there would be guys who you'd talk to and they'd be like, 'I really did it! I put my dick in the box!' And we were like, 'Watch the end of the video — they get arrested.' It's a cautionary tale."
Andy Samberg added that this blunder even cost one overzealous fan his job. "A guy did tell us he got fired from his job," Samberg revealed. "He was like, 'Yeah, I dressed up as it for the Halloween party, but I really had my dick in there and I got fired.' We were like, 'Yeah — don't do that!'"
It really is an easy costume to replicate! As Samberg and special guest Justin Timberlake sing, "To all the fellas out there with ladies to impress / It's easy to do just follow these steps / One: cut a hole in a box / Two: put your junk in that box / Three: make her open the box / And that's the way you do it."
Just make sure you have consent and, whatever you do, definitely don't do it at work!