The Chanukah Song
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The Chanukah Song is a series of songs written and performed by Adam Sandler. The theme of the songs is that Jewish children feel isolated during the Christmas season, so Sandler lists popular Jewish celebrities. Some of the persons mentioned are fictional.
Actor Cole Sprouse is co-credited on the 1999 version of the song.
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[edit] Part I from What The Hell Happened To Me?
Persons referenced in The Chanukah Song (1994):
- Jon 'Bowzer' Bauman
- James Caan
- Rod Carew (Sandler cites Carew as a convert to Judaism; Carew married a Jewish woman, but never converted to Judaism)
- Tom Cruise's agent ("Tom Cruise isn't, but I heard his agent is")
- Kirk Douglas
- Harrison Ford ("A quarter Jewish, not too shabby") (Sandler makes an error here, as Ford's mother is actually fully Jewish)
- Goldie Hawn(half-Jewish; "Paul Newman's half-Jewish, Goldie Hawn is too. Put them together, what a fine lookin' Jew!")
- Ann Landers
- Paul Newman(half-Jewish, see Hawn above)
- Leonard Nimoy ("Mr. Spock")
- David Lee Roth
- Howard Schultz ("the owner of the Seattle SuperSon-icahs")
- Ebenezer Scrooge ("but he's not")
- William Shatner ("Captain Kirk")
- Dinah Shore
- O.J. Simpson ("not a Jew!")
- The Three Stooges (at least the initial five [of six total]--Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Shemp Howard, and Joe Besser)
- Pauline Phillips ("Dear Abby")
- Henry Winkler ("Arthur Fonzarelli")
[edit] Part II from Stan and Judy's Kid
Persons referenced in The Chanukah Song, Part II (1999):
- Jennifer Beals (who is not Jewish)
- The Beastie Boys
- Yasmine Bleeth
- Bob Dylan
- Happy Gilmore (Sandler's title character in the golf-themed film)
- Dustin Hoffman
- Harvey Keitel
- Calvin Klein
- Lenny Kravitz (half-Jewish. See Courtney Love below.)
- Ralph Lauren
- Robert Levine (Mary Tyler Moore's husband)
- Courtney Love ("Lenny Kravitz is half-Jewish. Courtney Love is half too. Put them together, what a funky, bad-ass Jew")
- Don Messick ("the guy who does the voice for Scooby Doo")
- Winona Ryder
- O.J. Simpson ("Still not a Jew")
- Veruca Salt
- Bruce Springsteen ("isn't Jewish, but my mother thinks he is")
- Tiger Woods ("No, I'm not talking about Tiger Woods")
[edit] Part III from Eight Crazy Nights Soundtrack
(Featuring vocals from actor Rob Schneider and the children's choir "The Drei-Dels")
Persons referenced in The Chanukah Song, Part III (2002):
- Paula Abdul
- Tom Arnold ("Tom Arnold converted to Judaism, but you guys can have him back!")
- Beck
- Osama bin Laden ("Not a big fan of the Jews")
- Jack Black
- David Blaine
- Marlon Brando ("Not a Jew, but it sure looks like he ate one")
- Perry Farrell
- Melissa Gilbert
- Harry Houdini
- Sarah Hughes ("Her momma's Jewish!")
- Lisa Kudrow ("Phoebe from Friends")
- David Lander ("Lenny's pal Squiggy")
- Michael Landon
- Jerry Lewis
- Debra Messing
- Willie Nelson ("The guy in Willie Nelson's band who plays harmonica celebrates Hanukkah!" refers to Mickey Raphael)
- Sean Penn (half-Jewish)
- Natalie Portman
- Joey Ramone
- Lou Reed
- Rob Schneider ("Deuce Bigalow")
- David Schwimmer ("Ross from Friends")
- Ben Stiller
Also, in an unedited version that Sandler sings at some of his comedy shows, he replaces the lyric of, "As for half-Jewish actors, Sean Penn is quite the great one. Marlon Brando's not a Jew at all, but it looks to me like he ate one." for, "Gwyneth Paltrow's half-Jewish, but a full-time Oscar winner. Jennifer Connelly's half-Jewish, too. And I'd like to put some more in her." This edition is not played on radio or the soundtrack.
[edit] Trivia
- On an episode of The Office, Michael Scott parodies Sandler by performing "The Diwali Song" during a Hindu Diwali festival.
