Eddie Murphy as Mister Robinson teaches us how to have a very merry holiday in da hood. A post Christmas memento from Saturday Night Live. Continue reading
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12/4/20 O&A NYC Christmas Special: South Park – Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo
Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo is the ninth episode of the first season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on December 17, 1997. In the episode, the Jewish character Kyle feels excluded from the town’s celebrations during Christmas, and is comforted by Mr. Hankey, a talking and singing lump of feces wearing a red hat.
South Park – Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo
1997 South Park Mr Hankey The Christmas Poo Song
12/11/23 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Vanessa Williams – Go Tell It On The Mountain/ Mary Had A Baby (1993)
Vanessa Williams sings a medley of “Mary Had a Baby” and “Go Tell It on the Mountain” on the TV special David Foster’s Christmas Album musical staging choreography by Walter Painter dancers Paula Brown and Darrel Wright (NBC, December 10, 1993). Continue reading
12/23/15 O&A NYC Wildin Out Wednesday: Dance of the Snowflakes
Dance of the Snowflakes takes place at a community playhouse holiday pageant. The inner monologue of our dancing snowflakes becomes progressively weird and anxious (“On the way here, I hit a man with my car. I didn’t stop because I thought this was more important.”). A total existential crisis ensues. Continue reading
12/19/15 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Aretha Franklin Joy To The World
Aretha Franklin sings Joy To The World on the live NBC television special Christmas In Rockefeller Center. The annual televised tree lighting ceremony took place on December 2, 2009. Continue reading
12/18/15 Song Of The Day: Patti Labelle- O Holy Night
Patti Labelle would eventually release a studio version of O Holy Night on her 1990 holiday album This Christmas. Continue reading
12/16/15 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Diana Ross Christmas Medley Plus Bonus Tracks
Christmas in Washington is an annual Christmas television special that currently airs on the U.S. TNT network. The 2102 show was hosted by Conan O’Brien and starred Diana Ross, Demi Lovato, Megan Hilty, Scotty McCreery, and Chris Mann. Continue reading
12/16/15 O&A NYC Wildin Out Wednesday: Jingle Ballerz Special Hip- Hop Nativity – Saturday Night Live
MTV presents Hip-Hop Nativity, starring Rihanna (Sasheer Zamata), Eminem (Taran Killam), Riff Raff (James Franco), Rick Ross (Kenan Thompson), Justin Bieber (Kate McKinnon), Beyonce (Nicki Minaj) and Kanye West (Jay Pharoah). Continue reading
12/9/15 O&A NYC Wildin Out Wednesday: The Niggar Family- Chappelle Show
The Niggar Family, one of comedian Dave Chappelle’s most controversial skits, explores the question of what effect “the n-word” would have if it were just another name. The skit is filmed in black and white, with sets and costumes right out of Father Knows Best or Leave It to Beaver or, for a more recent reference, Pleasantville. We see a squeaky-clean family of aw-shucks pleasantness and golly-jeepers naïveté, a “typical American” (i.e., white) family named Niggar. Continue reading
12/8/15 O&A NYC: Jennifer Hudson and The Color Purple Cast Performs Push Da Button
Jennifer Hudson and The Color Purple Cast Performs Push Da Button on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Continue reading
