SNL Transcripts: Ludacris: 11/18/06: Young Douglas: Hypin’ the Classics



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  Season 32: Episode 6





06f: Ludacris

Young Douglas: Hypin’ the Classics

Young Douglas…..Ludacris
Harry Connick, Jr…..Jason Sudeikis
Barbra Streisand…..Maya Rudolph
James Blunt…..Andy Samberg
Dolly Parton…..Amy Poehler
Louis Armstrong…..Kenan Thompson

[ show Young Douglas in a series of rap poses ]

Announcer: Young Douglas. For over a decade, he’s been the loudest, the fiercest, the most respected hype man in the rap business!

Young Douglas: What? What?

[ show images of Young Douglas backing other rap artists ]

Announcer: Providing onstage back-up for multi-platinum recording artists like Eminem, 50 Cent, and Snoop Dogg!

Young Douglas: Ye-eah!

[ show Young Douglas’ new CD ]

Announcer: And now, for the first time ever, Young Douglas is teaming up with the biggest names in adult contemporary music – on the new album “Young Douglas: Hypin’ the classics.”

Young Douglas: Yo! Go cop my album, ’cause I’m gonna kill it!

Announcer: Featuring: Harry Connick, Jr.

[ dissolve to a grinning Harry Connick, Jr. performing, as young Douglas occasionally jumps into the scene to hype his lines ]

[ SUPER: “It Had To Be You (Hell Yeah)” ]

Harry Connick, Jr.: “It had to be you –“

Young Douglas: Yeaaaahh! It had to be US, baby, ha ha!

Harry Connick, Jr.: “It had to be you –“

Young Douglas: It couldn’t’ve been nobody else – What?! What?! What?!

Harry Connick, Jr.: “I wandered around –“

Young Douglas: Tell me whatchoo was doin’?

Harry Connick, Jr.: “And finally found –“

Young Douglas: Tell ’em whatchoo FOUND, boy-eeee!

Harry Connick, Jr.: “The somebody who –“

Young Douglas: New York City, make some noiiiiiiiiiiiiiizzzzze!!

Announcer: And, yo – you ain’t NEVER heard the song stylin’s of Ms. Barbra Streisand, until you’ve heard ’em with Young Douglas!

[ dissolve to Barbra Streisand performing, as young Douglas occasionally jumps into the scene to hype his lines ]

[ SUPER: “The Way We Were (Get Ya Damn Hands Up)” ]

Barbra Streisand: “Mem’ries –“

Young Douglas: Uh-oh! She recollectin’, y’all!

Barbra Streisand: “Like the corner of my mind –“

Young Douglas: She takin’ it back to nineteen-seventy-THREE! Whoop, whoop, whoop!

Barbra Streisand: “Misty watercolored mem’ries –“

Young Douglas: Drop it on the beat, get familiar with what’s going ON!

Barbra Streisand: “Of the way we were –“

Young Douglas: Get ya damn hands UP! Yeaaaahhh!

Announcer: Young Douglas! When he’s not smokin’ blunts at the dog track, he’s layin’ down smokin’ tracks with his dawg, James Blunt.

[ dissolve to James Blunt performing, as young Douglas occasionally jumps into the scene to hype his lines ]

[ SUPER: “You’re Beautiful (That Ass)” ]

James Blunt: “You’re beautiful –“

Young Douglas: That ass!

James Blunt: “You’re beautiful –“

Young Douglas: He talkin’ ’bout that ass, yo!

James Blunt: “You’re beautiful, it’s true –“

Young Douglas: Your body is bangin’, baby! Whoop! Whoop!

Announcer: And, check it out – Young Douglas is spittin’ straight fire with Dolly Parton!

[ dissolve to Dolly Parton performing, as young Douglas occasionally jumps into the scene to hype his lines ]

[ SUPER: “I Will Always Love You (Damn)” ]

Dolly Parton: “And Iiiiiii-yiiiii-eeeeee, will always love yoooooouuuu –“

Young Douglas: With breasteses, I would always love you, too, baby! Whoo!!

Dolly Parton: “Iiiiiiiii will always love you –“

Young Douglas: Yeah! Check ’em out, y’all! It’s like Beyonce’s ass built a house up north, and painted it WHITE! Look! Check ’em out! Look!

Dolly Parton: “Iiiiiiiii will always love you –“

Young Douglas: Hey, check it out from the side! Check it out, beat, you like that! Yeah! Yeah!

Announcer: And he ain’t just hypin’ the livin’ – he’s gettin’ straight grindin’ with the DEAD, too! Listen to this classic, with Louis Armstrong:

[ dissolve to black-and-white Louis Armstrong performing, as young Douglas occasionally jumps into the scene to hype his lines ]

[ SUPER: “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off (Gangsta Anthem)” ]

Louis Armstrong: “You say Tomato –“

Young Douglas: Say it how you say it, ‘Strong! Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Louis Armstrong: “You say Potato –“

Young Douglas: Get the word out, baby – yeah! Take that, take that, take that, take that!

Louis Armstrong: “Tomato –“

Young Douglas: What’s up, what, WHAT?!

Louis Armstrong: “Potato –“

Young Douglas: 2007, baby!

Louis Armstrong: “Let’s call the whole thing off –” [ blows trumpet ]

Young Douglas: Pop, pop, pop! It’s off, it’s off! What!

Announcer: You’ve loved these songs for as long as you can remember. Now hear them again for the first motherfu–in’ time.

Young Douglas: Hypin’ the Classics, is availabe at Best Buy, as well as on Canal Street and the mix tape spot at 14th and 6th.

[ fade ]

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Author: Don Roy King

Don Roy King has directed fourteen seasons of Saturday Night Live. That work has earned him ten Emmys and fourteen nominations. Additionally, he has been nominated for fifteen DGA Awards and won in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

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