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The Christmas Socks
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Paul Rudd introduces a sincere-sounding holiday music video about a boy trying to buy a plain pair of socks for his mother. The strange man behind him in line covers the boy's missing change, then keeps singing questions about the family's lost bird, T.J. Rocks, while cashier Carl and the waiting customers lose patience. The boy's mother arrives with news that T.J. Rocks has returned and started a band, the bird performs with the Junkyard Boys, and the man closes the song by proposing to the mother.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 7
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
To me, that's kind of a waste of a bird
Well, I don't like that
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Hannah Levy
Director
Adriana Robles
Director
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Paul Rudd introduces the music video from the studio stage, saying it was shot the previous morning with Charli XCX, who had been booked as the episode's musical guest. Her musical performance was postponed to March 2022 because of the pandemic.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Paul Rudd
You know, Christmas is a time of charity and giving, and that was the inspiration for this next music video, which I shot yesterday morning with Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant, Heidi Gardner, Kenan Thompson, Alex Moffat, and what should have been tonight's musical guest, Charlie XCX. It's a heartfelt Christmas song about a magical moment between a boy and a strange man at a department store. Enjoy.
- 00:24
Strange man
It was almost Christmas Day. There I stood in line to pay. At the big department store. Christmas time's become a chore. Standing right in front of me. Six-year-old waiting nervously. When I saw him I was shocked. Cause in his hands he held a pair of socks.
- 00:56
Strange man
said
- 00:56
Little boy
I want to buy these socks for my dear old mom it's Christmas and they'd be the perfect socks it's been a real tough year see we got a bird and it looks as if the bird has flown away
- 01:20
boy
- 01:21
Strange man
The boy was low on so I helped him out and I had to ask about this bird tell me about the bird did it say any word was it just one of those quiet birds
- 01:46
Little boy
I guess I'd say quiet bird never heard a word just a bird that we got at the store
- 01:59
Strange man
well I once had a bird Never squawked or said hello Me, that's kind of a waste of a bird
- 02:12
Carl
Hey, Hey I'm sorry, but there's a big gold
- 02:19
Little boy
Can you please give me the money for the socks?
- 02:27
Strange man
Oh, hey, that's my bad go ahead little boy, buy your mom these perfect Perfect socks
- 02:38
Strange man
Have wait before you do quick question for you did you have a name for your bird
- 02:51
Little boy
Make great questions, sir
- 02:56
Little boy
We had a name for our bird And that name was E T.J. Rocks.
- 03:06
Strange man
T.J. Rocks That's an interesting name Sounds like she was one of a kind
- 03:17
Customer
I'm sorry, can you move this conversation someplace else?
- 03:20
Customer
Yeah, is he gonna pay for the Christmas socks or...
- 03:22
Strange man
Oh, yeah, here you are.
- 03:24
Is Jesus.
- 03:39
Little boy
it good news or bad?
- 03:41
Strange man
Why would you say it like that? Tell me what is up with T.J. Rocks
- 03:52
Mother
I'd like to know too Why I haven't met you
- 03:57
Strange man
You and friends with your son
- 04:02
Mother
T Well, I don't like that But back to the news T.J. Rocks is back and started a band
- 04:15
Strange man
T.J. Rocks
- 04:19
Strange man
So she does talk.
- 04:21
T.J. Rocks
These are the junkyard boys And we would like to play a song for you Wanna spend Christmas with you You
- 04:44
Woo! TJ, you're back!
- 04:47
T.J. Rocks
I love little boy.
- 04:49
Little boy
Merry Christmas, Mom.
- 04:51
Mother
Oh, sweetie.
- 04:52
Strange man
One more thing. You will you marry me. It's
- 05:00
Mother
Of course!
- 05:02
That's the story of the Christmas... SOCKS
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