SNL Transcripts: Edwin Newman: 02/25/84: Hymietown



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  Season 9: Episode 14





83n: Edwin Newman / Kool and the Gang

Hymietown

Jesse Jackson…..Eddie Murphy

[ open on Jesse Jackson standing behind large podium ]

Jesse Jackson: Uhh — Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I’m Jesse Jackson. Yes, I was recently quoted in the Washington Post as referring to a certain group of people… as Hymies. It also said that I called New York… Hymietown. I realize that kind of talk isn’t kosher. But let me see if I can explain it to you all… in song.

[ he grabs one of the podium’s microphones and saunters over in front of a trio of back-up singers ]

As I said, I’m Jes e Jackson, and I’m running for President of the United States. I’m a Libra, and this is a very special message to all you chosen people out there.

Back-up Singers: “Don’t let me down.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “No, no!”

Back-up Singers: “Don’t let me down.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “No, no, no, no.”

Back-up Singers: “Don’t let me down.” H ymietown

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ]
“Well, well Hymietown.
I was your one and only until I read the news
Well, now I’m sad and lonely ’cause I put down the Jews
Well, we have so much in common
‘Cause we’ve both been so oppressed.”

Back-up Singers: “All right!”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ]
“We both have big noses And gold chains on our chests I wanna say please now.”

Back-up Singers: “Don’t let me down.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “I’m begging you, please.”

Back-up Singers: “Don’t let me down.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “I’m down on my knees, well, well, well, well.”

Back-up Singers: “Don’t let me down.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “Hymietown.”

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ]
“well, well… Hymietown.

I want to form a new coalition,
of soul people and bagel people.
From the Chitlin’ District, to the Diamond District.
From catfish to gefilte fish.
We all need to live as one.
I want to look out over the crowd and s ee both leather hats and yarmulkes side by side.
So come on, you brothers and sisters…
all you hymies and hymettes…”

Back-up Singers:
“Let’s get it together
Yeah!”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “Let’s bring it all down, well, well, well.”

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “I wanna talk about love for one another.”

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “Want to form a soul and kosher coalition.”

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “I love those black suits you wear.”

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “And them little tiny curls that hang down in your hair.”

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “You know we all need one another.”

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “I want to stay right here in Hymietown, well, well.”

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ]
“With all my hymie brothers and sisters
Sometimes I feel a little hymie myself.”

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “Baruch ata adonai.”

Back-up Singers: “Hymietown.”

Jesse Jackson: [ singing ] “Hymietown!”

[ 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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