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The Lonely Island performed at the Emmy Awards Sunday, marking a rare live performance by the SNL trio of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone.

The guys were joined by Michael Bolton on “Jack Sparrow” before giving way to Lonely Island stand-ins Ed Helms, John Stamos and Maya Rudolph on “3-Way”.

Akon then came on to belt out the chrous from “I Just Had Sex”, with an assist from Bolton and the guys at the end. It was … different at least. Take a look:

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Hilarious as those guys are, did the live effort fell a bit short? High expectations didn’t help them, but it felt a little forced, and yet lacking at the same time.

It’s not as funny when the hilarious comedic crew has to censor every other word … or when other people stand in for Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga.

Why not go with only “Jack Sparrow”? Bolton’s big, sexy hook (and watching him attempt to pull off all the costume changes) would have been priceless.

In any case, props to them for trying something so ambitious if nothing else. Here are the original videos for each of the above songs for comparison …

 
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