Silver Bells by Paul Simon & Steve Martin

[TheRjjrjjr]

This is crap.

[VonSeward]

This creativity of humor has roots and importance. It is much like the lineage of your own family, knowing that Auntie grace told a story of her grandfathers father that survived WW1. This humor is of the same deep legacy and brilliance: Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Gleason, Laurel and Hardy, W.C.Fields, Benny Hill, Carson etc.. Lorne gave the U.S. SNL, a TV format of off the street and raw talent. It is what politicians should be made of. Steve Martin is one of these greats!

[carrahful]

eggnog martini? hum

[MrAnderson1985]

Damn uncle Walt.. You were supposed to bring me back some more eggnog

[GirMcDog]

I love these two men so much.

They both bring so much joy.

[AdamsApple1963]

"Feeding the naked and clothing the hungry"...lol...

[jatwell55]

Go to website americanwaymag / christmas-paul-simon-steve-mar­tin-st-regis-new-york

[jatwell55]

Billy Joel is playing the piano! And singing the harmony! It was produced by the legendary Phil Ramone, who was at the time producing Billy Joel's upcoming album (and who had produced Paul Simon in the past). They met at a restaurant, and were all four schnockered when they recorded this, at the same studio where Billy Joel and Phil were working.

[josiahgust]

@jatwell55 Where did you hear that?

[VonSeward]

@jatwell55 schnockered!! what a great new yorker yiddish word. you made me laugh my friend! When i read this, i wondered if Mel Brookes was still alive! "coicumsition! the girls love it!" Ya know, if someone was savvy enough, they could create an entire false yiddish language just by sounding jewish. "ya know, the boyish child was shtuptated while being fatunked!" (this means nothing at all)

Thanks for the info on such great history.

[tejaswoman]

@jatwell55 Confirmed in the Nov 15 2001 issue of American Way magazine, the in-flight mag for American Airlines. (You can look it up online.) Billy Joel tells the story as the wrapup of his interview about where to go in NY. For the record, it apparently is unrelated to SNL, even though it's the kind of thing they'd've loved.

[nethaeleth]

brilliant! :)))

[arizonabay15]

Why am i listening to Silver Bells in September?

[diodewatch11]

@arizonabay15 i thought that too!

[randytalmadge]

My father-in-law wrote "Silver Bells" and I have never heard it before.

Very funny!

Livingston and Evans would have enjoyed the humor.

[disneyjoel]

Thank you for saying that, chipgreene1! For some reason, Billy Joel is never credited by Mark & Brian whenever they play this. They always mention Steve & Paul, but they must not realize that Billy is singing and playing here, too.

[cindyshealed]

Love it.

[melora72]

Was this on the show? I always watch SNL if Paul Simon or Steve Martin are on. I don't remember this.

[rhesusmonkeydave]

Paul SImon and Steve martin were never on an episode together... it's just a bunch of amazing artists farting around.

[chipgreene1]

That's Billy Joel on piano & harmony.

[GirMcDog]

I knew Steve Martin had a taste for incest! XD

Paul Simon is amazing too. <3

[maddymud]

this really feels like Michael O'Donoghue's writing ...

[knarisa]

is that Richard Tee on piano? I only say that because it sounds similar to him in S&G's "Concert in Central Park"

[WhoGroupie1973]

haha, a time for egg nog and rum...

[mrjakey]

These two were on the Jimmy Fallon show last week. They did an impromptu duet on banjo and guitar. It was pretty incredible.

[YTBPM]

It reminds me of me Uncle Del Ray when he was home for that week on probation:))) Ahh the good Day.

[lyubovs]

Steve Martin is awesome. I play this every christmas.

[LincolnFerland]

Paul Simon has the most beautiful voice.

[caroline7c]

he really does. i was just hearing about how there's autotune and such routinely used then heard a song by simon and just thought, he is always dead on, such a talent.

[LSAMMAN]

Egg Nog and Tequila...yummy!

[InsaneAktor]

"rum". . .

[WhatGivesYouGuys]

Vodka

[thundetgurl]

A classic for all time. Merry Christmas!!!

[jasoncolannino]

someone told me that was Billy Joel on Piano and singing harmony

[dussle]

sounds like him

[AlexandriaM]

Steve's monologue is hilarious, but I think the intro of the song is lovely. I'm glad you kept it in.

[bcgrote]

Because you can never have enough eggnog!

[OzofBorg]

LOL

[westcoastgirl13]

omg i need to see the actually video!

[mcclainx]

The Gods were with me.............

Has anyone EVER seen the video of the actual show performance?

[OzofBorg]

No !

I never saw this one I started watching SNL in the late 70's so this must have been earlier. I was glad when M & B posted it on the KLOS website and I wanted to share it.

I wish I would have spent some more time on the slide-show. It could have been alot better. I don't want to mess with it now. I'll just keep it available.

[disneyjoel]

@mcclainx: He actually says "The odds were with me." Not "the Gods."

[lucasmarr]

the "odds" were with me

[mcclainx]

I don't think so. :) If so, not as funny anyway.

[Liftik]

It is "odds" were with me...

[mcclainx]

How do you know?

[jopageri]

it couldn't possibly NOT be odds..lool

[tjustman]

Oh man you got to wait for it on this one, I almost gave up. It's gets great about 2 minutes into it.

[OzofBorg]

Thanks for telling people to stay with it.

I was torn between editing it to go right to the Steve Martin part or leaving it alone to keep the setup.

[MyDimplet]

I love this skit, thanks for posting it!

[OzofBorg]

Yea !

This is a Classic