The videos are funny, but they are departing from the creative and simply going to shock value paired with absurd randomness. I miss the old SNL where the skits had some brain power. I think it all left when Tine Fey went to 30 rock....
(when I mention the old SNL i mean before Tina Fey.... she was stuck in a dying show.)
We used a Varicam with a Pro35 on JIMP, but it was to tape, not P2. I'm assuming they used a similar setup on IOAB. Both those videos were shot differently than most of the SNL Digital Shorts since they're produced by the Lonely Island boys, not SNL itself.