The Chanukah Song - Part I (1994)

Part I (1994)

This version appeared on Sandler's 1996 comedy album What the Hell Happened to Me?.

Persons referenced in "The Chanukah Song":

• David Lee Roth
• James Caan
• Kirk Douglas
• Dinah Shore (replaced in some performances with Pauly Shore)
• The Carnegie Deli (noted for traditional Jewish fare)
• Bowzer (Jon Bauman) from Sha Na Na
• Arthur Fonzarelli (Henry Winkler)
• Paul Newman (half-Jewish)
• Goldie Hawn (half-Jewish)
• Captain Kirk (William Shatner)
• Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
• the owner of the Seattle SuperSonics (Barry Ackerley)
• O. J. Simpson described as "not a Jew!" to great applause from the audience.
• Rod Carew (This is an error; Carew married a Jewish woman, but he did not convert to Judaism).
• Ann Landers
• "Dear Abby" (Pauline Phillips at the time.)
• Harrison Ford (quarter-Jewish) (This is an error; Ford's mother is actually fully Jewish).
• Ebenezer Scrooge, described as not Jewish.
• The Three Stooges
• Tom Cruise's agent (Cruise is not Jewish).

During the final verse, performed originally on Saturday Night Live and on a radio cut, Sandler sings the line "Drink your gin and tonic-ah, but don't smoke marijuan-icah". On the uncut album version, and during various concert appearances, the line was changed to "Drink your gin and tonic-ah, and smoke your marijuan-icah". The uncut version, despite the reference to marijuana, receives most radio airplay today; another radio edit skips completely over the gin and tonic/marijuana line altogether.