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The Christmas Shoes

Studio C2023Season 17
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A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

A man's emotional plea to buy shoes for his dying mother escalates into an increasingly obvious manipulation scheme that includes a PS5, a car, and more.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Singing his way through a familiar sentimental Christmas ballad, a man tells a shoe-store clerk that he needs a $250 pair of shoes for his dying mother. The clerk offers his employee discount and a coupon, but the requests keep growing: a second pair taken from another shopper, a PS5 because Mama is apparently a gamer, and finally the clerk's own Honda Civic. Worn down, the clerk rings up the shoes, a fur coat, the console and his car for $1,547.15, and the man pays with a check he asks not to be cashed until Monday. A call from Dad then reveals that Mama will be fine, so the man returns everything except the PS5 and leaves, with the clerk going after him.

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Highly quotable.

It's Christmas Eve and she just wants to pwn some noobs

Well, I want Mama to be in a Honda Civic.

Do not cash this until Monday.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

The sketch parodies "The Christmas Shoes", NewSong's 2000 Christmas single about a boy buying shoes for his dying mother on Christmas Eve.

ScriptEnglish · 47 turns

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

  1. 00:00

    Store clerk

    Hi, may I help you, sir?

  2. 00:01

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    How much are these shoes?

  3. 00:02

    Store clerk

    Oh, those are $250.

  4. 00:11

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    Sir, I want to buy these shoes.

  5. 00:16

    Store clerk

    What? Well, they seem to, OK, I mean, there's some less expensive shoes on the rack.

  6. 00:22

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    For my mama, please.

  7. 00:25

    Store clerk

    I'm sure mama would love the other less expensive shoes on the rack, too.

  8. 00:29

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size. Daddy said there's not much time

  9. 00:37

    Store clerk

    Oh, well, then maybe Daddy can buy the shoes for Mama.

  10. 00:39

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    I want her to look beautiful If Mama meets Heaven tonight

  11. 00:49

    Store clerk

    Oh, Yeah. Oh. Oh. Hey, man. Hey, you know what? Listen, how about I give you my employee discount and a coupon for half off?

  12. 01:02

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    Oh, thank you, sir.

  13. 01:04

    Store clerk

    All right,

  14. 01:05

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    thank you.

  15. 01:06

    Store clerk

    Oh, cool, great.

  16. 01:07

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    Oh, um, actually, sir, I want to buy these shoes.

  17. 01:14

    Shopper

    I was just about to ask.

  18. 01:15

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    For my mama, please. It's Christmas Eve, and these shoes are pretty much mama's size.

  19. 01:25

    Store clerk

    Oh, OK, so.

  20. 01:26

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    Daddy said there's not much time.

  21. 01:29

    Store clerk

    OK, you know, it's fine. You know what? You'll figure it out. Just, they're yours.

  22. 01:33

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    Oh, thank you.

  23. 01:34

    Store clerk

    Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa,

  24. 01:35

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    sir, I want to buy this PS5.

  25. 01:39

    Store clerk

    Okay, OK, OK, is this for you or for your mama now?

  26. 01:43

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    She's a gamer, please. It's Christmas Eve and she just wants to pwn some noobs. If mama meets heaven tonight.

  27. 01:56

    Store clerk

    You know, I'm pretty sure this is a scam, sir. So I'm not going to, no, no, no, I'm not interested in this anymore.

  28. 02:01

    Shopper

    Thank you, here's your money.

  29. 02:02

    Thank you, thank you for my shoes. all right yeah thanks thank you you have a great day all right and you

  30. 02:08

    Store clerk

    thanks for coming in you can come another time

  31. 02:10

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    sir I wanna buy that car

  32. 02:12

    Store clerk

    that car that's my car that's my car it's not for sale

  33. 02:19

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    well I want mama to be in a Honda Civic If Mama meets him and tonight Mama, Heaven, Honda, tonight

  34. 02:31

    Store clerk

    Alright, alright, you know, fine, fine, fine. You can have it. Just everything, okay?

  35. 02:36

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    And the employee discount and coupon?

  36. 02:39

    Store clerk

    Yes. Alright. Okay. Oh boy, alright. Um, two pairs of shoes, a fur coat, a PS5

  37. 02:49

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    Yes.

  38. 02:51

    Store clerk

    And my car, uh, $1,547.15.

  39. 02:58

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    Okay. Do not cash this until Monday. Hello? Dad? Mama's gonna be okay? She's gonna be fine? The doctor said she's gonna live forever?

  40. 03:16

    Man buying shoes for his mother

    Sir, I wanna return this junk. Except for the PS5.

  41. 03:21

    Store clerk

    You're gonna meet heaven tonight.

  42. 03:33

    Speaker 1

    Sir, I want you to like this sketch.

  43. 03:39

    Speaker 2

    And also subscribe.

  44. 03:42

    Speaker 1

    And remember you can watch the whole episode on BYUtv.org tonight.

  45. 03:56

    Speaker 2

    You're going to probably want the other shoe and to buy it.

  46. 04:01

    Speaker 1

    No.

  47. 04:04

    Speaker 2

    I've been robbed.

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