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The setup

Shop TV hosts Rhett and Lindy try to keep a Christmas sales pitch wholesome as a chocolatier unwraps an unfortunately shaped Santa.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Rhett and Lindy welcome Dean Delaney to their holiday shopping broadcast after previewing a patriotic nativity set. His foil-wrapped chocolate Santa looks harmless until he unwraps it, leaving the hosts struggling to explain away its phallic shape. Dean cheerfully demonstrates the chocolate while crude callers, intrusive close-ups and a pair of bonus candy clusters undermine the sales pitch. When Rhett finally agrees to taste it, the control room makes the moment even more embarrassing.

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That's just chocolatiering 101.

I don't love that close-up, Odell.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

SNL Archives identifies Andrew Dismukes, Punkie Johnson and Kenan Thompson as the off-screen callers. The screaming sound-effect gag also appeared in the earlier Shop TV installment hosted by Jerrod Carmichael.

ScriptEnglish · 93 turns

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

  1. 00:02

    I know you. I know you.

  2. 00:05

    Rhett

    Season's greetings, home shoppers.

  3. 00:07

    Lindy

    Hey, y'all.

  4. 00:08

    Rhett

    Ray and Lindy here live.

  5. 00:10

    Rhett

    Wait, mistletoe check.

  6. 00:12

    Lindy

    Whoo-hoo!

  7. 00:13

    Rhett

    There isn't any.

  8. 00:14

    Lindy

    Oh, you wish.

  9. 00:15

    Rhett

    She wishes.

  10. 00:16

    Lindy

    I'm silly today.

  11. 00:18

    Rhett

    All right, it's 5 o'clock, and that means it's time for some holiday squeal deals.

  12. 00:24

    Aah!

  13. 00:26

    Rhett

    Odell, what is that sound effect?

  14. 00:28

    Lindy

    We asked for something light and festive, Odell.

  15. 00:31

    Rhett

    Oh, that's horrible, Odell.

  16. 00:33

    Oh, my God.

  17. 00:34

    Lindy

    Well, we got pa-la-la-la-lots of holiday items for y'all today.

  18. 00:37

    Rhett

    Now, later on, the crafty Christian himself, Tim Tucker Neebs, selling his patriotic nativity set.

  19. 00:46

    Lindy

    Wow. Oh, that is gorgeous.

  20. 00:49

    Tim Tucker Neeb

    Yes, yes, lots of patriotic colors and baby Jesus is swaddled tastefully in the American flag.

  21. 00:56

    Lindy

    Wow. Oh, that's clever. You know, that sends a sweet message.

  22. 01:00

    Rhett

    Yes, it does.

  23. 01:01

    Rhett

    Now, speaking of sweet, our first seller today is the owner of Delaney Chocolates, Mr. Dean Delaney.

  24. 01:09

    Lindy

    Now, this here is a real-life chocolatier, folks.

  25. 01:13

    Dean Delaney

    Yes, ma'am. I'm often called the Willy Wonka of Central Indiana.

  26. 01:17

    Wow!

  27. 01:19

    Lindy

    No, I never liked that Willy Wonka movie. We kept all those oomper-loompers locked in there. I did not like it.

  28. 01:24

    Rhett

    Right? Mean.

  29. 01:25

    Rhett

    Now, what are you selling today, Dean?

  30. 01:27

    Dean Delaney

    Okay, well, it's Delaney's Chocolate Holiday Favorite, our deluxe chocolate Santa.

  31. 01:34

    Lindy

    Ooh, that's all chocolate?

  32. 01:35

    Lindy

    No. Oh, okay, I'm a chocoholic, and my mouth is watering right now, y'all.

  33. 01:40

    Rhett

    Yeah. Now, this yummy guy is just $25.99.

  34. 01:45

    Lindy

    No, that's it.

  35. 01:46

    Rhett

    Yeah, phone lines are already going nuts. You're a hit, Dean. Caller, you're on shop TV.

  36. 01:53

    Speaker 1

    My nephew would love that. What kind of chocolate is it?

  37. 01:56

    Dean Delaney

    Okay, it's flavored milk chocolate made with 100% cocoa butter. And you can just look at how shiny and beautiful that this chocolate is.

  38. 02:06

    Lindy

    Ooh, neat. Oh, child.

  39. 02:08

    up.

  40. 02:10

    Speaker 1

    Oh, hey, what? How whoa why does it look like that

  41. 02:16

    Dean Delaney

    well does it look like what?

  42. 02:18

    Speaker 1

    Like a big peanut.

  43. 02:19

    Rhett

    Hang up, Modell. Hang up.

  44. 02:22

    Dean Delaney

    Was he okay? He sounded a little rattled.

  45. 02:25

    Rhett

    Yeah. You know what it is, Dean? I just think this little ridge and indent here here around the top makes it look a little icky, that's it.

  46. 02:34

    Dean Delaney

    Oh, well, you need the ridge. The ridge gives dimension to Santa's hat when it's in the foil. That's just chocolatiering 101.

  47. 02:42

    Lindy

    And you know, I'm sure it is, I'm sure it is. Now, you said it's flavored milk chocolate?

  48. 02:47

    Dean Delaney

    Oh, yes, ma'am, hazelnut. Would you like to take a sniff?

  49. 02:50

    Lindy

    Oh, um, I don't know.

  50. 02:52

    Dean Delaney

    Oh, no, go ahead, give it a sniff.

  51. 02:54

    Lindy

    OK, yeah, I sniffed it. I smelled it, yum. I'll just put it down now.

  52. 02:59

    Rhett

    Well, Dean, it certainly looks delicious.

  53. 03:02

    Dean Delaney

    Ah, well, yep. And we hand temper our chocolate, which gives it this smooth shine here.

  54. 03:08

    Oh. Oh.

  55. 03:09

    Rhett

    I don't... I don't... I don't love that close-up, Odell.

  56. 03:15

    Lindy

    Yeah, maybe widen out, Odell.

  57. 03:17

    Rhett

    Yeah, let's maybe...

  58. 03:19

    Lindy

    Don't have to stroke it so much.

  59. 03:21

    Rhett

    Uh, let's take a call, or hi there, you're on Shop TV.

  60. 03:26

    Speaker 2

    Oh, hi, uh, if they... Bye, Bri!

  61. 03:28

    Oh, hang up, hang up, hang up, hang up.

  62. 03:30

    Lindy

    Shame on yeah.

  63. 03:31

    Rhett

    Hang up, hang up.

  64. 03:32

    Dean Delaney

    well no it definitely doesn't vibrate Santa here is solid chocolate and it's as solid as a rock but it tastes a whole lot better than one sometimes I just want to gobble it down

  65. 03:45

    do

  66. 03:54

    Lindy

    Odell, Odell, Odell I'm wondering we have another one of those Santa's around that's in the foil okay we don't okay okay

  67. 04:01

    Rhett

    now again $25.99 if you order in the next hour Dean's gonna throw in a couple of bonus goodies for free

  68. 04:09

    Dean Delaney

    that's right It's a very sweet deal.

  69. 04:12

    Rhett

    Oh, that little joke there, Dean.

  70. 04:14

    Dean Delaney

    Oh, I got to chuck a lot of them.

  71. 04:17

    Rhett

    Oh, he did it again.

  72. 04:18

    Lindy

    Now tell folks about these bonus goodies.

  73. 04:20

    Dean Delaney

    Okay, well, I'm throwing in two of our famous Delaney Chocolates Crispy Clusters.

  74. 04:26

    Rhett

    All right. I'm just gonna oop. Sorry, Dean. Just want to get those out of there.

  75. 04:34

    Lindy

    Sorry about that, Dean.

  76. 04:35

    Rhett

    Okay, so what a deal that we got here. Caller, do you agree?

  77. 04:39

    Speaker 3

    Oh, most definitely. but I'm just dying to know how they taste.

  78. 04:42

    Ooh.

  79. 04:42

    Dean Delaney

    Oh, well, de-lish. But, uh, I am biased. I'll ask our chocoholic here.

  80. 04:47

    Lindy

    Oh. Oh, again, um, better not. Um, I'm stuffed from lunch, and I'm a mother, so...

  81. 04:54

    Dean Delaney

    Okey-dokey. All yours, then, Rhett.

  82. 04:57

    Rhett

    Okay, fun, fun, fun. All right. Just trying to work out how to come at this without becoming a meme. All right. I'll just, uh, take a little bite here. Well, don't blur it, Odell. Makes you look like I'm doing something naughty.

  83. 05:16

    Dean Delaney

    Come on, now. All right. Come on. Don't feel guilty. It's the holidays. All right.

  84. 05:22

    Dean Delaney

    Yeah, you don't have to eat the whole thing. Just the tip.

  85. 05:25

    Rhett

    Okay, Dean. Okay, little nibble here. All right, there we go. Okay.

  86. 05:32

    Dean Delaney

    Yeah, that's it.

  87. 05:34

    No! No! no, no, no, no, no, no. Shame on you! Shame! Shame! It's a shame.

  88. 05:40

    Lindy

    Free Now Dean's offering shipping. How soon can folks get their hands on one of these yummy Santas?

  89. 05:49

    Dean Delaney

    Well, see, I handle all the packages myself, so it should come pretty quick.

  90. 05:54

    Lindy

    OK. After the no, no, no, stick around because after break, we got more holiday squeal deals.'all.

  91. 06:02

    Lindy

    Odell! Change the damn sound effect, Odell!

  92. 06:06

    Rhett

    Change that!

  93. 06:08

    Change that!

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