A week ago at the San Diego Civic Theatre, Adam Sandler unveiled his fourth version of the “Hanukkah Song” in all its name-dropping glory. The video was posted Wednesday on YouTube.
The song, first performed in 1994 on “Saturday Night Live,” is “for all those nice little Jewish kids who don’t get to hear any Hanukkah songs” during the holiday season, Sandler has said.
The guitar-playing Sandler notes Jewish or part-Jewish Shia LaBeouf, Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adam Levine, Scarlett Johansson, Drake, Princess Leia and animated characters from “Frozen.” And many others.
“Fans of the song may recall that the original version included the like of Bruce Springsteen, Goldie Hawn, O.J. Simpson, and Spock. An updated 1999 version included Winona Ryder and Courtney Love. Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller and Natalie Portman were included in the 2002 installment,” said one report.
This year, the Jewish Festival of Lights starts at sundown Sunday, Dec. 6.
Adam Sandler released a new Chanukah song and I couldn’t feel like I was in high school more. So. Much. Yes. https://t.co/dITSrRndfM
— Razzle (@MyNameisRazzle2) November 25, 2015
The thanksgiving song by Adam Sandler is probably my all time favorite song
— Bailey (@Bailey_LaRen10) November 25, 2015
I was actually doing work then the Adam Sandler turkey song came on the radio & it’s on repeat in my head. The work day’s unofficially over
— Jake Berube (@Jake_Berube) November 25, 2015
How Adam Sandler’s “Hanukkah Song” epitomizes the current Jewish-American environment https://t.co/sIDkG84I9P
— Mosaic (@mosaicmag) November 25, 2015