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Nat's Hollywood Christmas (1956)

Chappelle's Show
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A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

Passed off as rediscovered 1956 TV footage, a genteel Nat King Cole Christmas special slides into the champagne-soaked swagger of a modern booty video.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Presented on the show as historical proof that entertainers objectified women long before hip-hop, this black-and-white piece imitates a 1956 Nat King Cole holiday broadcast. Nat croons a carol and warmly thanks his viewers, then turns to the woman seated beside him and trades the seasonal greeting for an insult. As his tuxedoed entourage passes him bottles, he pours champagne over her while she shimmies in her chair, brags about how aroused he is and about the premium bubbly his King Cole Records crew drinks, and signs off by cursing at the audience and promising an even raunchier eggnog stunt next year. The joke comes from grafting rap-video excess onto the polite conventions of a vintage TV special.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 2

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

And as for you, my dear, happy holidays, you trifling bitch.

King Cole Records coming at you.

Peace, you punk bitches.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

On the show, Chappelle introduces the piece as footage he dug up to prove that women were being objectified long before hip-hop. IMDb lists the segment as "Old Time Booty Video: Nat King Cole".

ScriptEnglish · 2 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:00

    Nat King Cole

    the angels did say was for certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay thank you all for coming another year and to you and yours a merry christmas it's an excellent year and as for you my dear happy holidays you tripling bitch oh yeah take that girl Rub it in your breast And on your vagina Yes, yes, I'm horny That's sexy TV King Cole Records coming at you We sip only the best don't pee Because I'm smooth like that Peace, you punk bitches Come back next

  2. 00:55

    Nat King Cole

    year When I put some little eggnog in your face Bye

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