Judge Roy Moore may be an accused pedophile with a history of racist statements, but he and his family have achieved one positive thing this year: they just brought back Adam Sandler’s “Chanukah Song,” 20 years after it was first released.
On Monday night, the night before the special election between Moore and Democrat Doug Jones to decide Alabama’s next senator, Moore’s wife Kayla reminded everyone that one of Moore’s lawyers is “a Jew.” She was using this fact to rebut accusations that Moore is an anti-Semite, but it seems to have backfired hilariously.
It put many on Twitter in mind of Sandler’s comedic holiday song, specifically the verse about Jewish celebrities celebrating Hanukkah:
“When you feel like the only kid in town without a Christmas tree
Here’s a list of people who are Jewish just like you and meDavid Lee Roth lights the menorah
So do James Caan, Kirk Douglas, and the late Dinah Shore-ah…”
You know what else (sort of) rhymes with “menorah?” “Roy Moore’s lawyer.” It seems a lot of people were thinking the same thing here. Slate blogger Ben Mathis-Lilley seems to have been first out of the gate, though:
https://twitter.com/BenMathisLilley/status/940447205097394176
Several other iterations of the joke followed:
roy moore's lawyer/
lights the menorah/
while his wife kayla
takes a torch to a torah— . (@MarisaKabas) December 12, 2017
David Lee Roth,
Lights the menorah,
So do James Caan, Kirk Douglas, and Roy Moore's lawyer https://t.co/2TxjTn5YSN— Luke Perrin (@glukeperrin) December 12, 2017
🎶Roy Moore’s lawyer lights the menorah
So does Gal Gadot and Boots from Dora🎶— Orli Matlow (@HireMeImFunny) December 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/mhenrylaw1/status/940612547643936769
‘Roy Moore’s lawyer, lights the Menorah…’ => https://t.co/GJEiol7klY
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) December 12, 2017
Whatever the outcome, this has been a bizarre, topsy-turvy election. Many Republicans dropped support for Moore after multiple accusations of inappropriate behavior with teenage girls, then renewed their endorsements a week later. A friend of Moore’s told a bizarre story Monday night about going to a brothel with Moore and seeing “very young” girls—at the same rally where Kayla Moore made the “Jew” remark.
It feels like this months-long campaign has been going on for year. At this point, Sandler isn’t the only one who could use a gin and tonicah.