Comedian Adam Sandler helped Jewish kids feel not left out amid the yearly Christmas-present crush when he played “The Chanukah Song” on “Saturday Night Live” on this day in 1994.
On the show’s news show-like “Weekend Edition,” he strummed his guitar and sang the lyrics he co-wrote, including: “Chanukah is the festival of lights. Instead of one day of presents we have eight crazy nights.”
What follows is a list of famous folks who celebrate Chanukah. Example: “You don’t need ‘Deck The Halls’ or ‘Jingle Bell Rock,’ “ he crooned. “’Cause you can spin a dreidel with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock- both Jewish!”
And: “Paul Newman’s half Jewish, Goldie Hawn’s half, too. / Put them together, what a fine lookin’ Jew.”
Watch the original “SNL” version of the song here. Just for funnica.
Actress Jenna Dewan-Tatum — of “Supergirl” and “American Horror Story” — is 36. She’s married to actor Channing Tatum.
Actress Amanda Seyfried — “Les Miserables,” “Big Love,” “Mamma Mia!” — is 31.
Actress Julianne Moore of “Hunger Games: “Mockingjay” (both parts) and “Still Alice” is 56. Among her great credits are the movies “The Hours,” “Far From Heaven,” “The Big Lebowski” and “A Single Man” and TV’s “30 Rock” and “As the World Turns.” She was in the Guthrie Theater’s 1988 production of “Hamlet.”
Actor Jake T. Austin of ABC Family’s “The Fosters” is 22.
Actor Michael Angarano of “The Knick” and “Empire State” is 29.
Singer-songwriter Andy Grammer is 33.
Actress Dascha Polanco, who is in her first acting job (and she’s awesome) in “Orange is the New Black,” is 34.
Actress Anna Chlumsky of “Veep” is 36.
Musician Daniel Bedingfield is 37.
Actress Holly Marie Combs — “Charmed,” “Pretty Little Liars” — is 43.
Actress Keegan Connor Tracy of TV’s “Bates Motel” and “Once Upon a Time” is 45.
Actor-comedian Royale Watkins is 47.
R&B singer and producer Montell Jordan is 48.
Actor Brendan Fraser — “The Mummy,” “Crash,” “Gimme Shelter” — is 48.
German figure skater Katarina Witt is 51.
Actress Daryl Hannah is 56. She recently went public about her lifelong struggles with autism.
It’s the bleepin’ birthday of rocker Ozzy Osbourne of bleepin’ Black Sabbath. He is bleepin’ 68.
Actress Mary Alice — the Oracle in “The Matrix Reloaded” — is 75.
Director Jean-Luc Godard — “Breathless,” “Vivre Sa Vie” — is 86.
