Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 32: Episode 6
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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