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Home for the Holidays
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Daniel thanks his relatives for gathering at his and Donna's house for Christmas, presenting the visit as a treasured family reunion. Flashbacks tell a less peaceful story: their guests crowd the bathroom, Grandpa keeps everyone awake, Brian struggles to teach his father the television controls, and the parents clash with their daughter over her fiancé Matthew. The family's warm words at dinner keep colliding with the irritation behind them.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 6
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
Whatever it is, no!
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Mikey Day
Writer
Streeter Seidell
Writer
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The episode marked Murphy's first hosting appearance since December 1984, following a brief appearance at SNL's 2015 anniversary special.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:06
Daniel (Father/Husband)
Before Before we eat, I just wanted to say a few words.
- 00:10
Brian (Son)
Make it quick, Dad. I'm starving.
- 00:12
Daniel (Father/Husband)
I will. I will. I just want to thank everyone for being here, and not just our immediate family. I'm talking about all the cousins and their kids and everybody.
- 00:20
Grandfather
That's how it should be.
- 00:22
Daniel (Father/Husband)
That's right, Pop. I know everyone's busy with their lives and has their own things that they have to do, but it means so much that you're here with us in our home for the holidays.
- 00:31
Donna (Wife/Mother)
And that goes for both of us.
- 00:33
Daniel (Father/Husband)
How come your damn sister couldn't host?
- 00:35
Donna (Wife/Mother)
Because my sister's house is a dump, Daniel.
- 00:37
Daniel (Father/Husband)
No, I got to pay for all this damn food? Oh, hell no!
- 00:41
Daniel (Father/Husband)
As I have always said, this house is happier when it's full.
- 00:46
Daniel (Father/Husband)
Get out the bathroom!
- 00:48
Grandfather
Well, son, you and Donna have been such gracious hosts. I just hope I haven't been a nuisance.
- 00:53
Grandfather
Oh, God! Help! Air so damn dry? Oh, oh! Help! Help!
- 01:00
Donna (Wife/Mother)
Phil, what are you talking about? We love having you here.
- 01:05
Ow!
- 01:06
Donna (Wife/Mother)
And, of course, this is our first Christmas with our soon-to-be son-in-law, Matthew. When you two got engaged, all of us were just smiling from ear to ear.
- 01:17
Daughter
Why? Why can't I marry him? Because he's white?
- 01:20
Daniel (Father/Husband)
Yes!
- 01:22
Donna (Wife/Mother)
Welcome to the family, Matthew.
- 01:24
Daughter
You guys are being so racist!
- 01:27
Daniel (Father/Husband)
Damn right we are!
- 01:28
Daniel (Father/Husband)
No offense, Matthew.
- 01:30
Matthew (Future Son-in-Law)
Not taken.
- 01:31
Donna (Wife/Mother)
I'm just embarrassed we had to put you two on the air mattress.
- 01:34
Daughter
Mom, for the last time, it's fine.
- 01:37
Matthew (Future Son-in-Law)
Yeah, it's actually super comfortable.
- 01:41
Matthew (Future Son-in-Law)
God, this This sucks!
- 01:43
Daniel (Father/Husband)
And then there's Brian, back from college. It sure is great to have my boy back home for a few weeks.
- 01:50
Brian (Son)
Feels good to be home, Dad.
- 01:51
Daniel (Father/Husband)
I am pushing, so...
- 01:53
Brian (Son)
That's a channel, Dad. It's not a source.
- 01:54
Daniel (Father/Husband)
A channel is a source.
- 01:55
Brian (Son)
No, no, I showed you this yesterday.
- 01:57
Daniel (Father/Husband)
Just get your useless black ass out of here. I know how to do it. Just go. Go! Stupid ass. Son, come back in here! Anything else to give me back?
- 02:06
Grandfather
Well, I just want to say that, as you get older, it all goes that much quicker. And we should all cherish this time that we spend together as a family this Christmas. I know I will.
- 02:16
Go ahead.
- 02:24
Daniel (Father/Husband)
Thank you, Pop. You know, I could go on. But I know better than to let a meal my wife spent so much time cooking go cold.
- 02:32
Donna (Wife/Mother)
Oh, stop. I just threw it together.
- 02:35
Donna (Wife/Mother)
No, no, no, no, no, no! no, no, no, no, no, no.
- 02:37
Daniel (Father/Husband)
Anyway. Anyway, thank you all for being here. And I really mean that. I know it might be a little crowded.
- 02:46
Daniel (Father/Husband)
This room is off limits!
- 02:48
Hey, get off me!
- 02:49
Daniel (Father/Husband)
And we might even get on each other's nerves a little bit.
- 02:51
Brian (Son)
Hey, Ma, do you have any...
- 02:52
Donna (Wife/Mother)
No! Whatever it is, no!
- 02:54
Daniel (Father/Husband)
This is when we make those memories that last a lifetime.
- 02:58
Grandfather
Uh, occupied!
- 02:59
Brian (Son)
Grandpa! Lock the door!
- 03:02
Daniel (Father/Husband)
Because Christmas is about family. And I am blessed to spend it with mine. Cheers.
- 03:09
Cheers. Cheers.
- 03:11
Daughter
That was beautiful, Dad.
- 03:14
Grandfather
Well said, son.
- 03:17
Brian (Son)
That was great, Dad.
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