The Lonely Island Host Fan Interview on Reddit AMA; 'YOLO' Group Answer Questions About Michael Bolton, 'The Wack Album,' Boats [VIDEO]

By Carolyn Menyes c.menyes@gmail.com | Jun 13, 2013 02:47 PM EDT

Yesterday (June 12), fans had the chance to ask comedians/semi-fake rap group The Lonely Island anything. The "dudes," also known as Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg hosted a fan Q&A session on the Reddit board IAMA.

What ensued was a partially informative, totally hilarious question-and-answer session, where the three friends answered questions ranging from their influences to working with celebrities to their favorite Disney princess.

During the AMA, The Lonely Island remarked that they don't have a favorite celebrity to work with. "...our collaborations are like our children, we love them all equally," they said. However in the same line TLI actually answered: "But Justin Timberlake."

That semi-serious answer should come as no surprised. Timberlake helped to skyrocket The Lonely Island to fame with the SNL Digital Short "D*ck In A Box" back in 2006.

The smooth, '90s R&B style tune went on to win a Creative Arts Emmy and spawned two sequels, "Motherlover" and "3-Way (The Golden Rule)."

The dudes also admitted that Will Ferrell was the funniest person they've worked with. "It wasn't even specifically the thing we worked on with him, he is just effortlessly the funniest and nicest person," they answered when probed for stories.

It was also noted that Edward Norton smells nice, "like the sea" and that Michael Bolton is a "sexpot," "cut from marble" and a "smooth lover," among other things. In turn, he would describe The Lonely Island as "the really old sons he never had."

Besides dishing on their celebrity friends' scents, The Lonely Island joked around with fans, which makes sense, considering the trio are comedians and former Saturday Night Live writers.

Territory jokingly covered the dudes' favorite Disney princesses (Mulan for Samberg, "Jasmine. JINX!!! for Schaffer and Taccone) and villans (Urula for Samberg, Jafar for Schaffer, and oddly Aladdin for Taccone).

And, despite their mega-hit "On A Boat," TLI admitted that they're not actually fans of the floating vessels. "We terrified. Terrified of boats," they joked. "They creep around in the water and attack surfers."

Luckily for Taccone, then, Samberg and Schaffer still won't let him on the boat with themselves and T-Pain. When asked if they would, there was a simple answer: "No. #waterytombs."

The Lonely Island were on /r/IAMA to promote their third record, The Wack Album, which was released yesterday.

To read the entire question session, which also includes the group's influences and tour possibilities, head here.

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