Patti: 'NEXT CARD HONEY! LET ME SEE THAT CARDIGAN!!!' lmaooo Patti: 'This Christmas...I'm gonna ad-lib all I can! Because I don't have no cards and no background singers!!!' haha so funny
the entire ceremony was a trainwreck. patti entering the stage earlier than on cue, the late backup singers, using literal cue cards when organizers could obviously afford a teleprompter in 1996, bad sound engineering, some of the microphones were off-sounding and the mic on the last part was echoing.
@bengigi7337 She was prepared, but the background singers weren't and neither was the stage production managers. Also, most singers use teleprompters or cue cards for these types of events because they often don't know all of the words to these songs
@@bengigi7337and all the backup singer had to do was show up and sing and they couldn’t even do that.and the cue card person probably had the easiest job and still couldn’t do it right? Like use your brain. She gotta get that bag either way. And at least she made this into a memorable funny moment 😂
This was my GF's reaction aswell. "WTF, did they just pull the background singers of the street?" I was crying so hard 😂 I can't imagine how this happened. "Okay guys, you're singing for the president. Put on some rags or a filthy old winter coat and you're golden" I'm dying😂
@@cindylouwho22 Have you seen the interview about this event? She said she doesn't want to remember that night. I hope she doesn't have this vid taken down. Funny stuff right here...
The best thing about this video is that she managed to sound immaculate despite all these unfortunate events. Patti's got 99 problems in this video, but singing ain't one!
patti saying “i don’t know the song” just gets funnier when you know that a couple of years before this event, she recorded a christmas album which included a cover of this christmas
I don't think you need to learn the words of the songs, per se, in order to record an album. It's a different situational setup. In a studio, you can stop, pause, play, rerecord, etc. On stage, not so much. It's a performance. So, memorizing the lyrics is a must
Well unless you're Mariah, people don't tend to to tour for Christmas albums and litterally never have to think about the song after they leave the studio. Paul McCartney hasn't sang Wonderful Christmastime in over 40 years, but he's sang Hey Jude litterally thousands of times.
That day, the background singers were fired, the card lady was fired, the Christmas tree was fired, Santa Clause was fired, even Christmas got a pink slip.
@@jreyesg90 Y'all still on this "back in my day" nonsense? Plenty of good music, good singers, good performances etc. are still out there. Just because it's not what the radio plays or what labels advertise doesn't mean it's not out there.
Lyrics: Ooooooh Yeeaaahhhh ...Hang all the mistletoe... I'm gonna get to know you better This Christmas WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS? WOO! Ooh baby baby and -- it's the wrong words on the cue cards I don't know the song!... This Christmas I'm gonna ad lib all I can... Because I don't have the right words and I have no background singers! Oh I don't! Woooh! ...... This is gonna be a very merry Christmas for you and me, yeaaah WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS? ....Presents and cards are here .... My world is filled with cheer and you, oh muh god This Christmas! ... Lights twinkle all around.... 🫱🏼🫲🏼🫱🏼🫲🏼 next card honey next card! WOOOOO HOOO! Thank you!!! Hoo hoooo hooooawwww, we'll be caroling through the night! And this Christmas will be, 🙄 a very special Christmas for you and me.. Oh my! Well awell well well well!!! Oooh let me see that card again darlin! Let me see that card again! Let me see that one more time because the -- oh god. The - the Sargent First Class Rick Perrel, playing a solo -- I had to see his name on the card, give him a big hand please 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙄 (Sings over brass solo) Oooh! The firesides a blazin bright We'll be caroling ThrUUUU the niiiiight!!!! And this Christmas, will be Thank you darling darling Kiss It's gonna be a very special Christmas for you and me yeah! Let's shake a hand, with your fellow man! Wooooooo! Shake a hand shake a hand! Let this Christmas last, forever, EEEAAAHHHHVAHHH!!!! Woo! Thank you!
Patti going through the five stages of grief on stage and then turning around to discover the President has appeared is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Bill Clinton coming late was the reason there were no background singers. They got caught backstage when the secret service men rushed to secure the area.
What a treat as my first time ever seeing this, never knew this existed. I have wasted 38 years without this gem in my life!!!! That streak ends today.
The shot of the crowd holding lighters up while she's singing about not knowing the words and having no background singers is one of the funniest things I've ever seen 🤣🤣
They gave her NOTHING to work with and she still had the grit to stand there and belt her heart out. Anyone else would have left the stage. Not Ms Patti. She's an icon and a legend!
Oleathia Jones They may have recruited her at the last minute. It happens all the time with music gigs🎼. Especially when people cancel gigs. They’re lucky Patti showed up. But, it’s always a risk accepting a gig with someone holding cue cards and not know which cards are correct. Yikes 😬 🤨
Actually what I guess happened here was that she took very long to introduce him. The arrangement cues his solo but she doesn't read the name. So he just does not begin playing. By the time he is introduced by her, there is just not enough time before she has to resume singing.
Hi! @1btyflflwr I'm a writer working on an essay on this performance. Would love to interview you about what it was like to be there for this in person, thanks.
I used to think when I saw this video that those were just random people they pulled from the audience cause they couldn’t find the background singers 😂
Lyrics: Ooooooooh Yeaahhhhhh Hang all the mistletoe I’m gonna get to know you better This Christmas Where my background singers Wooooo Oooh baby baby I- And it’s the wrong words on the cue cards, I don’t know the song This Christmas I’m gonna ad-lib all I can Because I don’t have the right words and I have no background singers Oh I don’t Woooooo This is gonna be a very merry Christmas for you and me Yeah-eah WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS Presents and cards are here My world is filled with cheer and you Oh my god This Christmas Lights twinkle all around Next card hunny, next card Woooo, woooooooooo Thank you Ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooooooohhhhh We’ll be carolling through the night *background singers: And this Christmas will be* And this Christmas will be *background singers: Very special Christmas* A very special one for you and me Yeaah Oh my Well well well well wellll Oooh let me see that card again gurl Let me see that card again Let me see that one more time because Oh god The sergeant first class Rick Purell playing a solo I have to see his name His name is on the card Give him a big hand please Ooooooooooooooh The firesides are blazing bright We’ll be carolling throuuuggggh the night This Christmas will be Thank you darling, thank you It’s gonna be a very special one for you and me, yeahhhh Let’s shake a hand Shake a hand with your fellow man Ooooooooh Shake a hand, shake a hand with your fellow man And make this Christmas last forever and eeeeeeeveeeeerrrrrr Wooooo Thank you
The President and First Lady walking out smiling and waving like nothing is happening while Patti looks upset and confused. It's like she is in the twilight zone where she is the only person who doesn't know what is going on!😂
Went to go look at your page bc of the comments (100% agree btw lol) and saw your "The Hate U Give" review; literally halfway through that book right now! Crazy coincidence =)
My fave Christmas songs Mariah - All I want for Christmas Wham - Last Christmas Patti Labelle - Where my background singers at? The three most iconic Christmas songs period! This being the most iconic live version of any Xmas songs for all the right and wrong reasons MsPatti still SLAYEDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!
I love that after she introduced the sax player and he started soloing, she was like "no way in HELL your solo is gonna be the only thing that goes smoothly this Christmas" and sings right over him 😂😂💀 she is legendary, she is iconic, she is every damn moment lmaoo
That's my part 🤣🤣🤣 he was going in them sat down like fuck it 🤣🤣🤣 cuz in actuality Patti is already pissed off at this point and ready to get backstage.. they set her up good
I think she started singing over because the mics weren't picking his solo up very well (in fact it sort of sounds like we're only hearing the entire band through Ms. Labelle's mic or something, the music is way quieter than it should be). So... not even that went smooth! lol
Honestly, thought it was rude initially, but then I realized: Nah, she's trying to wrap this up as soon as possible, you can't recover from what happened at the beginning 😂😂😂
Lyrics: Thank- Whooo~ Hey~ Hang all the mistletoe. I'm gonna get to know you better. This Christmas. Where my background singers? WHOO! Ooh baby, baby I- and it's the wrong words on the cue cards, I don't know the song- this Christmas. I'm gonna ad-lib all I can Because I don't have the right words And I have no background singers. Oh I don't- WHOO! This is gonna be a very merry Christmas for you and me, yeah! WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS!?!? Presents and cards are here, My world is filled with cheer and you- Oh my God This Christmas. Lights twinkle all around- next card, honey, next card!- WHOO HOOO!!- THANK YOU! HO HO HO HO HO hoooOOOOAAHO! We'll be carolling through the night. And this Christmas will be A very special one for you and me - yeheah! Oh my- Well, well, well, well, wehell! Ooh- let me see that card again, girl, let me see that card again. Let me see that one more time because i- oh God. The- the Sergeant, First Class Rick Perell playing the solo I have to see his name, his name was on the card! Give him a big hand please. *annoyed applause* hooooo~ The firesides are blazing bright weeEE'LL be carolling throuUUUUUGH the night! And this Christmas will be Thank you God and thank you Jesus It's gonna be a very special one for you and me yeah Let's shake a hand Shake a hand with your fellow man WHOOOO-hoo! Shake a hand, shake a hand with your fellow man We'll make this Christmas last forever and eeeeEEEEEVEER! WHOO! Thank you! *exasperated expression* *applause* So nice to see you Very, very nice to see you. You saved my day. Oh gosh! Now I have to- should I stand like this and read it? Can I hold the book up? And do like this? I have to. Thank you very much. Now it's my turn to do an introduction. No more singing for me, honey, I already blew. So, but I am coming back to sing again. Yes I am, I'm coming back to sing again AHAHA!
This is my first time seeing this😂😅 I'm surprised no one has done a meme on this. But how can she not know the words to such a famous Christmas song lol
There was so much more to this viral video than I remember seeing 😂 - she came out at the wrong time - where her background singers - her arguing with the card girl lol - her “oh my god” after every word lmao
It's December 25, 2024! Who's here commemorating this great tradition? Merry Christmas!
LMAO
Merry Christmas to you too!🎄
Merry Christmas!!!! Gahahaha
I’m here with you. Every year!
Came here to show my husband this video lol
Where are you at where it’s already Christmas?
The “next card honey, next card, WoO WOoOOOoO” took me out 😂😂😂
rofl
Same - that part lays me out EVERY TIME!!😂😂. This has become a Christmas tradition. Heck, it’s an everyday tradition 🤣😂😘
Bring that card back honey 😭😭😭😭
This is so funny.
Patti: 'NEXT CARD HONEY! LET ME SEE THAT CARDIGAN!!!' lmaooo
Patti: 'This Christmas...I'm gonna ad-lib all I can! Because I don't have no cards and no background singers!!!' haha so funny
Patti really said if this is gonna be a train wreck, it's gonna be a pitch perfect one.
A+ with honors for Patti 💅🏻
C- to everyone else for effort 🤡
The entire crowd: 👁👄👁
the entire ceremony was a trainwreck. patti entering the stage earlier than on cue, the late backup singers, using literal cue cards when organizers could obviously afford a teleprompter in 1996, bad sound engineering, some of the microphones were off-sounding and the mic on the last part was echoing.
Absolutely
You hear me! Still SANG her face off 😂
Perrrrrrfection
This is not a cover of “This Christmas”. This is a cover of “Where Are My Background Singers?!”. It’s a HIT!
I mean why she came if she weren’t prepared.
What’s the purpose in here?
Cause all she’s been doing is singing how unprepared she was for this 😂😂😂😂
WOOOOO
@bengigi7337 She was prepared, but the background singers weren't and neither was the stage production managers.
Also, most singers use teleprompters or cue cards for these types of events because they often don't know all of the words to these songs
@@bengigi7337how is she unprepared? All she had to do was show up and sing?
@@bengigi7337and all the backup singer had to do was show up and sing and they couldn’t even do that.and the cue card person probably had the easiest job and still couldn’t do it right? Like use your brain. She gotta get that bag either way. And at least she made this into a memorable funny moment 😂
When you have a presentation in class but the person doing all the work is absent that day
Osiel Escalante damn u brought back some deeeep nostalgia lmao!!!
Lmaooooo
OMG! LOL
More like when you have a presentation in class and all of your groupmates let you down
lololol lol 🤣🤗
the background singers finally pop out dressed like they were at home lol
Omg, this comment has tears streaming down my face.
Hahahahah the one guy looked like he was just snoozing on the armchair 🤣
Lmfao
This was my GF's reaction aswell. "WTF, did they just pull the background singers of the street?" I was crying so hard 😂
I can't imagine how this happened. "Okay guys, you're singing for the president. Put on some rags or a filthy old winter coat and you're golden" I'm dying😂
I know right
The funny thing about human nature is that if this performance had been "successful" it would have been long forgotten by now.
True 😂😅😭
So true.
Trueee
THAT WAS DEEP AND PROFOUND STATEMENT! SAD BUT TRUE! TIS HUMAN NATURE INDEED!
I think about how if she’d been drunk during, the whole thing would’ve been blamed on her
Not the background singers appearing on stage like they were snatched from the Walmart down the street 🤣
Im in tears at this 🤣 “snatched”
Watching this train wreck has become a Christmas tradition.
It's that time of year again.... lol
FOR ME TOO HAHAHA
But is it really a train wreck? I think it’s genious! Hahahah merry xmas!
Haha same
Reporting for the 2019 edition
I think the first error doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. It really set the stage for the beautiful catastrophe that followed
YES
😂
I just love how the camera followed her off the stage, after she came out too soon.
Yes and she iced that man. Walked right past him and went straight to the stage 😫😂
@@cindylouwho22 Have you seen the interview about this event? She said she doesn't want to remember that night. I hope she doesn't have this vid taken down. Funny stuff right here...
The best thing about this video is that she managed to sound immaculate despite all these unfortunate events. Patti's got 99 problems in this video, but singing ain't one!
Facts 👏🏾👏🏾😂
And she looks amazing!
damn right!
you aint lying
Exactly....i know some folks lost they job that day
patti saying “i don’t know the song” just gets funnier when you know that a couple of years before this event, she recorded a christmas album which included a cover of this christmas
I don't think you need to learn the words of the songs, per se, in order to record an album. It's a different situational setup. In a studio, you can stop, pause, play, rerecord, etc.
On stage, not so much. It's a performance. So, memorizing the lyrics is a must
She knew the song, she just didn’t know the words 😅
She had the lyrics with her
She knew the words, she just didn’t remember which order they went in
Well unless you're Mariah, people don't tend to to tour for Christmas albums and litterally never have to think about the song after they leave the studio.
Paul McCartney hasn't sang Wonderful Christmastime in over 40 years, but he's sang Hey Jude litterally thousands of times.
when she came out at the wrong time though😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lissa St Brave He did say her name twice so i see why she got confused there
Thats should have been the tip off that it was all gonna go wrong
Her facial expression when she realized she came out too early was priceless
any good MC knows not to say the name until the very end. He definitely messed up
A foreshadowing of the legendary mess to come haha
If there was ever anything that needed to be an SNL skit, this is it!
Imagine how much fun Maya Rudolph could have with a skit centered around this.
Omggg yes!!
I so agree!
YEEEEESSSSSS
But there is nothing to add! This is already a perfect skit. You couldn't write it better than this 😂😂
She slayed this hot mess of an unorganized event. I wish this was an official single.
😂😂😂😂😭
I would buy this single. I come her every year to revisit this classic.
right.. so we can play it on my xmass mix
This is everything though 😂
Jesus
The way the backup singers just look like they were pulled out of the crowd last minute
That day, the background singers were fired, the card lady was fired, the Christmas tree was fired, Santa Clause was fired, even Christmas got a pink slip.
It's what they deserve
Hell, even the audience was fired for being dry
@@Nocturne22 i laugh so hard 🤣🤣
Deceased omg 🤣🤣
The Clintons were also fired (in case you’re wondering how Hilary lost in 2016)
🤣🤣🤣🤣 She made sure that everyone knew it wasn’t her fault.
Lol
Hahahahahahahahahaa 😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂💀💀
Lol, Ashlee Simpson didn't last this long, on SNL. No disrespect to her though. I just found it hilarious
Please don’t ever delete this video. It’s an annual tradition.
EVER!!! This is comedy gold! lol
It was deleted!
You’re hot!!!
i agree lol
Agreed. Came to find it today in preparation for the holidays. See you all soon!
It's that time of the year again.
Exactly 😅
I'm here
I watch this every year on Christmas Eve
I'm glad I'm in good company.
Hi willam!
you are an educated man
Before the trade turns up or after?
💜
At least no one can accuse her for lip syncing.
Anning in Love nowadays singers wouldn’t have experienced something like this since everything’s practically back tracked.
LMAOOOO FACTS
Very true
Lmaooo
@@jreyesg90 Y'all still on this "back in my day" nonsense? Plenty of good music, good singers, good performances etc. are still out there. Just because it's not what the radio plays or what labels advertise doesn't mean it's not out there.
damn that card lady must’ve been having the largest anxiety attack of her life
Lmfao
Right!
🤣🤣🤣
I just died!! 😂💀😂😭😭
It was definitely a man.
Lyrics:
Ooooooh
Yeeaaahhhh
...Hang all the mistletoe...
I'm gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS?
WOO!
Ooh baby baby and -- it's the wrong words on the cue cards I don't know the song!...
This Christmas
I'm gonna ad lib all I can...
Because I don't have the right words and I have no background singers!
Oh I don't!
Woooh!
......
This is gonna be a very merry Christmas for you and me, yeaaah
WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS?
....Presents and cards are here
....
My world is filled with cheer and you, oh muh god
This Christmas!
... Lights twinkle all around....
🫱🏼🫲🏼🫱🏼🫲🏼 next card honey next card!
WOOOOO HOOO!
Thank you!!!
Hoo hoooo hooooawwww, we'll be caroling through the night!
And this Christmas will be, 🙄 a very special Christmas for you and me..
Oh my!
Well awell well well well!!!
Oooh let me see that card again darlin!
Let me see that card again!
Let me see that one more time because the -- oh god.
The - the Sargent First Class Rick Perrel, playing a solo -- I had to see his name on the card, give him a big hand please 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙄
(Sings over brass solo)
Oooh!
The firesides a blazin bright
We'll be caroling
ThrUUUU the niiiiight!!!!
And this Christmas, will be
Thank you darling darling
Kiss
It's gonna be a very special Christmas for you and me yeah!
Let's shake a hand, with your fellow man!
Wooooooo!
Shake a hand shake a hand!
Let this Christmas last, forever, EEEAAAHHHHVAHHH!!!!
Woo! Thank you!
The fact that you took time out to write the performance as it happened in real time is nothing short of amazing!!!😂😂😂😊
Pin this comment to the top!
You the 🐐
I. Am. HOLLERING 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not the emojis too 💀🤣🤣🤣🤶🏽🌟
Mariah might be the Queen of Christmas but Patti is the Queen of THIS Christmas
hahahaha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
For some reason all these queens need to have a certain iconic bad performance. 🤣🤣🥰
Amen and aman again!! 😂
And the archenemy of background singers
“next card honey next card!!!! wooooHOOOOOO” i’m in tears
😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
😭😭😭😭😭😭
AAAGGHHHHHHH!!!! ROFLOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂♥️
😭😭😭
Patti going through the five stages of grief on stage and then turning around to discover the President has appeared is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
On life!! Actual tears
Lmao the president was there lolololol
She's so funny - she just like "Oh yeah, Bill's here, hey bub."
Bill Clinton coming late was the reason there were no background singers. They got caught backstage when the secret service men rushed to secure the area.
@@williamholmes8499 is this story true?
What a treat as my first time ever seeing this, never knew this existed. I have wasted 38 years without this gem in my life!!!! That streak ends today.
My favorite is watching the back up singers show up like they did nothing wrong.
Better late than never!
The shot of the crowd holding lighters up while she's singing about not knowing the words and having no background singers is one of the funniest things I've ever seen 🤣🤣
😅😅 omg that observation 😅. That was so funny
Fr 😂😂
💀💀🤣🤣🤣
Spot on what I told myself.
Add the two little boys looking back at them like wtf?!
I cannot stop crying. "Oh my God..."
"Next card honey next card! WOOHOOOOOO!!"
Joel Bolton lmmfao!!!
HAHAHAHAHA she didn't even read what was on the card
😂😂😂💀
tHE "WOOHOOOO" HAS ME IN TEEEEEARS
Joel Bolton right? 😂😂
The devil works hard, but Patti works harder.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 am dying here
🤣🤣😂😂😂
It was Aretha Franklin and the Illuminati.
🤣🤣🤣👻
Yao Wei Lee amen to that!
It’s 2024 and I’m here!!! 1:46 “Oh my God!” About took me OUT!!! Patti was devastated! Where were those BACKGROUND SINGERS?
She was fighting for her life on that stage 😭
Not really 😂
Miss Paul, have a nice xmas henny xoxo
@unkentainable i know. that's why i said it. and before you. don't mansplain to me my own comment boo
I’m in tears
She really wasn’t hiding her distress. You know all hell broke loose after that🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This will never not be funny. "I'm gonna ad lib all I can... because I don't have the right words and I don't have no background singersssss"
Kim Falcione you forgetting the tail line"oh no I don't..." 😂😂
And the fact that she never failed to sing "This Christmas" at the right time hahahaha
Jasmine Masters needs to do this as a performance
Kim Falcione lmao
The card turner needs to be FIRED lol
They gave her NOTHING to work with and she still had the grit to stand there and belt her heart out. Anyone else would have left the stage. Not Ms Patti. She's an icon and a legend!
And still calling back the card to introduce the flute player.
Belts F5*
@@fallensurvivor21 Which we couldn't hear anyway cause she sang over him. 😆
PREACH 🙌 That stage was her's - not even the President could move Ms Patti aside from the podium 🤩😍💅
Y'all paid for a number n that's what your gonna get. Professionalism at it's finest.
Can't even think about suing for a breech!
Within the first 15 seconds, you knew this would be legendary.
When she said "LET ME SEE THAT CARD AGAIN" I felt that.
I felt that too, Kevin Bloo.
LMFAO 💀
😂😂
I’m screaming at this! Especially while trying to do something stressful like a presentation or emcee an event! 😂🤦🏽♂️
LET ME SEE THAT CARDIGAN DARLIN' LET ME SEE THAT CARDIGAN!!
This is the only version of This Christmas that gets played in my house.
Lmfaoooooo
Lol yes!
Lls
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Literally everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
Stephen Lacombe complete Murphy’s Law
The band went right.
It's not even Patti's fault so this is even more terrifying. But it's Patti Labelle she's gonna turn it out no matter what
Daniel Donovan nah, she should know the song lol it’s definitely her fault too and the card lady 😂😂😂
Oleathia Jones They may have recruited her at the last minute. It happens all the time with music gigs🎼. Especially when people cancel gigs. They’re lucky Patti showed up. But, it’s always a risk accepting a gig with someone holding cue cards and not know which cards are correct. Yikes 😬 🤨
Pattie freaking out about the cards is my favorite part. I could feel her anxiety from start from to finish.
I love that she finally introduced the saxophonist for his solo...THEN SHE SANG THROUGH IT 😭😭😭😭
she couldnt give two shits 😭
Absolute comedy 😂😂😂😂
Actually what I guess happened here was that she took very long to introduce him. The arrangement cues his solo but she doesn't read the name. So he just does not begin playing. By the time he is introduced by her, there is just not enough time before she has to resume singing.
@@MrEliasMarques nooo…i saw him still going while she was wailing 😂🙂🙂
Well he wasn’t amazing tbh there wasn’t much to listen to
I was in the audience for this. I've been laughing every year since because we bought the recording
whar year was this
That's like witnessing the moon landing or the fall of Berlin wall
@@PHlophe 1996
Oh my God what a blessing that would have been to see this live!
Hi! @1btyflflwr I'm a writer working on an essay on this performance. Would love to interview you about what it was like to be there for this in person, thanks.
I love that someone made the conscious decision to cut to a camera focusing on her fleeing back behind the curtain.
Simon Corvax I am SCREAMING!! That little silly retreat is COMEDIC GOLD!
At least SOMEONE was doing their job that day!
🤣🤣
Her being so shocked but still standing there
@@Nocturne22 hahahahhaha
“Next card honey, next card Ooooh oooooh” I can’t 😂😂
She sang the hell out of that tragedy
Yes Ma’am! I have never seen this before and I can’t stop laughing!
Lol 😂
She killed it despite the tragedy. Unlike some whistle tone 'diva' who bombed the stage, rolled her eyes, and sighed on stage. LOL
She still killed it despite the unprofessional and unprepared gig. I'd rather listen to her so called "failures" than a lot of other singers
Lawd the Hell outta it
Can’t get over the background singers jamming at 2:23 like they weren’t missing for half the performance 😂
I used to think when I saw this video that those were just random people they pulled from the audience cause they couldn’t find the background singers 😂
They were smoking in the backroom
And the audience just rocked with it too 😂
She said later that security wasn’t letting them on stage!
@@bridgetdunleavy3549 oh
It ain’t Christmas until you watched this every year. As soon as she came out too soon and ran back you knew we were in for a treat!
I'm gonna add watching this to my Christmas traditions 😂
😂😂😂 a whole lot of miscommunication at all levels occurring here. I will now be incorporating this into my Christmas tradition 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
The way she ran back I screamed 🤣🤣 Came out doing the most and then did the church lady run/walk with the hand up
I make everybody watch it at thanksgiving to kick the season off
It's that time of year for me to see that cardigan😭🙌🏾
and yet she still managed to give us incredible vocals
such a legend
That’s what you call a professional, she still nailed it 👍🏽
Exactly. Amazing vocals!
Yeah...superb vocal there!!!
Exactly 🔥😆
She’s still a phenomenal singer, even when she has no idea what she’s doing
First class performer
Right
Stephan Garcia she could sing the phone book
Yep I would have froze!!
She knew, it’s everyone else that was off.
I’m mad the background singers came out singing and dancing like they’ve been there all along!😂😂😂
Neci Johnson Walking like they’re on time
😂😂😂
Right, no shame at all, lol
I really wonder what happened to their careers😭
Neci Johnson 💀💀💀💀
At this point I've heard this version way more times than the actual version.
Lyrics:
Ooooooooh
Yeaahhhhhh
Hang all the mistletoe
I’m gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
Where my background singers
Wooooo
Oooh baby baby I-
And it’s the wrong words on the cue cards, I don’t know the song
This Christmas
I’m gonna ad-lib all I can
Because I don’t have the right words and I have no background singers
Oh I don’t
Woooooo
This is gonna be a very merry Christmas for you and me
Yeah-eah
WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS
Presents and cards are here
My world is filled with cheer and you
Oh my god
This Christmas
Lights twinkle all around
Next card hunny, next card
Woooo, woooooooooo
Thank you
Ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooooooohhhhh
We’ll be carolling through the night
*background singers: And this Christmas will be*
And this Christmas will be
*background singers: Very special Christmas*
A very special one for you and me
Yeaah
Oh my
Well well well well wellll
Oooh let me see that card again gurl
Let me see that card again
Let me see that one more time because
Oh god
The sergeant first class Rick Purell playing a solo
I have to see his name
His name is on the card
Give him a big hand please
Ooooooooooooooh
The firesides are blazing bright
We’ll be carolling throuuuggggh the night
This Christmas will be
Thank you darling, thank you
It’s gonna be a very special one for you and me, yeahhhh
Let’s shake a hand
Shake a hand with your fellow man
Ooooooooh
Shake a hand, shake a hand with your fellow man
And make this Christmas last forever and eeeeeeeveeeeerrrrrr
Wooooo
Thank you
Thank you for this 🤣🤣
Ohh my goodness!! I’m crying 😭😭👏🏾
Thank you!!
This didn’t get the recognition it deserved 😂
this deserves top comment
The confused kids, the saxophonist playing his heart out, minding his business. I laughed so hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣
NEXT CARD!!!
She literally killed me at 1:19 when she shouts "OOH I GO! UUUUuhh"
And the keyboard player looking over at Patti. He was holding on for dear life. I am crying!🤣
😂
The President and First Lady walking out smiling and waving like nothing is happening while Patti looks upset and confused. It's like she is in the twilight zone where she is the only person who doesn't know what is going on!😂
OH MY GOD I DIDNT REALIZE THE WHOLE PRESIDENT CAME OUT AT THE END. That really put the icing on the cake lol
Ikr? Lmao I was laughing hard when they announced it 😂😂
LMAOOO
🤣🤣🤣
RIGHT 💀💀💀
Kenny Pahina and it was bill Clinton
Ms. LaBelle could have sung her grocery list and slayed it. Actually she slayed this fiasco with her effortless vocal gifts.
She's the best!
Leela Ma Haha you’re so right
true look what she did to the abc's
Lol so true 😂
Leela La....i almost fell of my couch laughing at this comment.
"She could sing her grocery list"..priceless😂😂😂😂
She did it though 👍💞
I'm dying that she is singing her criticisms! hahaha it's amazing.
Jay Ellis damn u sexy af
Looking around Haha thanks. 😚
agreed
Went to go look at your page bc of the comments (100% agree btw lol) and saw your "The Hate U Give" review; literally halfway through that book right now! Crazy coincidence =)
Jay Ellis Just watched this because you brought it up on your most recent rpdr after show! This was hysterical, thank you.
Background singers coming in like “lol, sorry girl, we were having dinner” 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏽♂️
🤣🤣
Or a little egg nog 😅
PAHAHAHA 😭
I CANT BREATHE 😭💀
🤣🤣🤣
#WEAREPOMU 💚
Patti Labelle stumbling and improvising through that entire song is still one of the best performances I’ve ever heard in my life
It's a hot mess from start to finish. It's literally the best thing I've ever seen in my life. 😭😭
@@skepchicaBEST!😂
Exactly! Other performers would probably just stand there and wait for something to happen so it would get fixed😂
I have this archived on 6 different hard drives just in case it ever gets deleted
hahaha we are counting on you. Don't lose that treasure
Please make a will about the drives so that future generations can upload this treasure just in case 😉
amen! lol
Youre doing God's work
It won't.
Baby, this may have been a mess, but she sure sang the hell out of all the mistakes. Yes, miss Patti
Kayla Montes amen
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
For real
Kayla Montes she was terrible
@@wallacegary6207 no, Mariah Carey at New Years was terrible
Thank you Pomu for showing me this gem
The way she comes on stage too early and sneaks off like a naughty kid 😂😂😂 howling from start to finish
I like how the Clintons are wandering enjoying the performance even if it's a disaster lol. Those background singers really fucked it up lol
You know Miss Patti has forevermore required a stage manager to be on-the-job and on-the-ball for all of her performance engagements from now on 🤣
Why do the background singers look like they just frantically plucked random audience members lmao
They might have been there together and figured they had enough choir experience to help her out. That's how it looked to me anyway lol
😂... they probably did! I bet they were excited too " oohhh we got to sing with Patti on tv!😂
I was expecting a whole choir to come out PFFT.
Those 3 gentle souls volunteered hahaha the real background singers chumped out
They probably were
This is the Christmas performance that 2020 deserves
This video sums up 2020 perfectly. Everything that could go wrong did 😂
I love the legendary Miss Patti, but this really does sum up 2020 🤣🤣🤣
Can confirm, laughing my bloody ass off right now!
Nah, next year cuz we don’t want trump to come out and infect patti with covid 19
lolololol!!
Who’s here in 2024 for this annual Christmas tradition? 🤣
Here i am 😂
"Let me see that card again girl, let me see that CARDIGAN!"
How have I gone my entire existence this far and not have known about this...😂
@@A22DNAL HAAHAH
I'm trying to imagine someone just casually turning on C-Span and seeing this 😂
😂😂😂
Melissa Warren Probably the same as watching Mariah Carey on New Years several years ago when she couldn’t hear. We were around the TV like 😲
@@DoobieV Yeah but Patty did better than Mariah. She stayed on stage and really song by herself.lol 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
so there i was, watching c-span, as one does,
next card hunnie, next card! wooooOOOoooooooo lol crying
Lamb4Life lmmfao
That was awwwOOOOoooOOOooosome
😂😂
“Let me see that card again darling, show me that card” 😂
I watched itover nd over
Thank you Pomu for showing me this!
2:45 when you're pissed off at work but gotta stay positive
Okkkkk!!! Hahahaha I'm dying!!! OMG!!!! Oh sh!t❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Omg
*crying*😭
I almost choked seeing this cuz I was eating 😭💀
2:15
The fact that she STILL SANG all through that video is amazing 😂😂
fucking amazing
she is a PROFESSIONAL 👏
My fave Christmas songs
Mariah - All I want for Christmas
Wham - Last Christmas
Patti Labelle - Where my background singers at?
The three most iconic Christmas songs period! This being the most iconic live version of any Xmas songs for all the right and wrong reasons MsPatti still SLAYEDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!
KurtisLeeSinger 😂😂😂😂
It's actually Patti Labelle - Next "Cardigan"
KurtisLeeSinger check out Wonderful Dream by Melanie Thornton. It’s a great holiday pop song.
KurtisLeeSinger th-cam.com/video/2skTbeGuskw/w-d-xo.html
KurtisLeeSinger The latter of which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for 65 non consecutive weeks during August.
I had only seen clips of this but never the full thing till now!!!
Lmfaoooo
I love that after she introduced the sax player and he started soloing, she was like "no way in HELL your solo is gonna be the only thing that goes smoothly this Christmas" and sings right over him 😂😂💀 she is legendary, she is iconic, she is every damn moment lmaoo
That's my part 🤣🤣🤣 he was going in them sat down like fuck it 🤣🤣🤣 cuz in actuality Patti is already pissed off at this point and ready to get backstage.. they set her up good
“She is legendary, she is iconic, she is every-damn-moment, she IS…. PATTI LABELLE!!” 🙌☺️
I think she started singing over because the mics weren't picking his solo up very well (in fact it sort of sounds like we're only hearing the entire band through Ms. Labelle's mic or something, the music is way quieter than it should be). So... not even that went smooth! lol
😂😂😂
She told him to sit his ass down without saying And the way .she made him sit down !!!
She was given absolutely nothing, but she SHE gave us her all.
The zoom-in on the swaying lighters on “🎶I have no background singers🎶” is so underrated
The kids were so confused😂
😂😂😂😂😂
🎄😂😂 No doubt… they swaying to it…
That had me out 😂😂😂
Thank you Pomu, this is hilarious😂
This is my absolute favorite video. She's fighting for her life up there and sounding like a queen doing it
It felt like a fight!😂
The kids looking around 😂😂😂 they like what is this mom
Love how she sings right over that man's solo when she just made a big deal about introducing him LMAO
🤣🤣🤣 I just realized this!
Did you not see the sarcastic, Nancy Pelosi style clap she did for him after saying his name? 😂😂😂😂
At least he got the memo, & takes several seats before camera cuts!
@@SweetPea4EVER yes!! “Several seats!”😂😂😂😂😂😂I love it!
Honestly, thought it was rude initially, but then I realized: Nah, she's trying to wrap this up as soon as possible, you can't recover from what happened at the beginning 😂😂😂
We're Pomu! And Pomu will forever be with us!!! 💚
This is literally the best video of all time.
Jordan Irazabal ALL TIME !!!! 😂😂😂 She was OVER iT!
It's epic! Lucky for her, before the time of Facebook, Twitter, etc, etc, etc.
Im just seeing this now and im so upset it took me this long
loll Love Patti!
UH LET ME SEE THAT CARD AGAIN, HONEY; LET ME SEE THAT CARDIGAN.
💀 tears!
CARDIGAN 🤣🤣🤣👌🏾
“...Its the wrong words on the cue cards
I don’ know the song...THIS CHRISTMAS!!!!”
Lolllll
Ain't Xmas without "where my back up singers!"
Satan was trying her, but she still managed to slay the performance! 😂😭😭
Tay Jackson 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Glittergasmic TJ haHAHAHAHA
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Glittergasmic TJ she said NOT TODAY SATAN!😂😂😂
It isn’t Christmas until I watch this. LET ME SEE THAT CARDIGAN
Card again 🤣🤣
WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS WOO!
I cannnnnotttt
Me during my hipster phase lol
I’m just finding out about this videos now !! I’m really jealous you guys have been having better Christmas’s than me 😂😂😂😂
Lyrics:
Thank-
Whooo~ Hey~
Hang all the mistletoe.
I'm gonna get to know you better.
This Christmas.
Where my background singers? WHOO!
Ooh baby, baby I- and it's the wrong words on the cue cards, I don't know the song- this Christmas.
I'm gonna ad-lib all I can
Because I don't have the right words
And I have no background singers.
Oh I don't- WHOO!
This is gonna be a very merry Christmas for you and me, yeah!
WHERE MY BACKGROUND SINGERS!?!?
Presents and cards are here,
My world is filled with cheer and you- Oh my God
This Christmas.
Lights twinkle all around- next card, honey, next card!- WHOO HOOO!!- THANK YOU!
HO HO HO HO HO hoooOOOOAAHO!
We'll be carolling through the night.
And this Christmas will be
A very special one for you and me - yeheah!
Oh my- Well, well, well, well, wehell!
Ooh- let me see that card again, girl, let me see that card again. Let me see that one more time because i- oh God. The- the Sergeant, First Class Rick Perell playing the solo
I have to see his name, his name was on the card!
Give him a big hand please.
*annoyed applause*
hooooo~
The firesides are blazing bright
weeEE'LL be carolling
throuUUUUUGH the night!
And this Christmas will be
Thank you God and thank you Jesus
It's gonna be a very special one for you and me yeah
Let's shake a hand
Shake a hand with your fellow man
WHOOOO-hoo!
Shake a hand, shake a hand with your fellow man
We'll make this Christmas last forever and eeeeEEEEEVEER!
WHOO! Thank you!
*exasperated expression*
*applause*
So nice to see you
Very, very nice to see you.
You saved my day.
Oh gosh! Now I have to- should I stand like this and read it? Can I hold the book up? And do like this?
I have to.
Thank you very much.
Now it's my turn to do an introduction.
No more singing for me, honey, I already blew.
So, but I am coming back to sing again.
Yes I am, I'm coming back to sing again
AHAHA!
IHY for this LMAOOOOOOOOO
OMG! You got the whole transcript right here! 😂😂
Thank you for this lolllllll
One of these days I'll transcribe the whole video 😂
Well this performance didn’t take long to go wrong 😹
thank you Pomu for introducing to this absolutely hilarious video
How in the world have I NEVER seen this until now???!!!! I am thoroughly tickled yet impressed with how Ms Patti handled this.😂😂😂😂
Welcome to the Holiday Tradition 😊
I’ve never seen this either! I just saw a parody and I’m like what is he making in of???
This I my first time seeing it as well. 😂😂😂
This is my first time seeing this😂😅 I'm surprised no one has done a meme on this. But how can she not know the words to such a famous Christmas song lol
I watch this video every year, I married a Mexican and now I translate it too 😂😂😂
This is the most professional mess I’ve ever seen I loved every moment. She killed it!
Exactly. 😌
"Ooo let me see that card again girl let me see that cardigan"
Notmatt LMFAOOOO
NOT CARDIGAN LMAOOOO
What time is it? I mean when in the video? I can't find it :(
@@clarissamarsfiels7961 2:30
@@derpydoodler684 Thank you
Thanks for showing me this Pomu 💚
There was so much more to this viral video than I remember seeing 😂
- she came out at the wrong time
- where her background singers
- her arguing with the card girl lol
- her “oh my god” after every word lmao
The one thing I say right before I'm bout to go off is: "Oh my god." Not loud, no profanity..but beware
...and you missed that the band starts playing way before she was ready to sing.
And her talking, singing, and clapping over the sergeant's solo lmao
I’m still pretty sure the cue cards were run by a man.
All that you've mentioned was on the video.
This is one of the best live performance fails I've ever seen.
You've seen better?
this is no fail lol
This is ARTTTT
Mama Patti still put on a show not knowing the words to the song
But is it really a fail
Even when Patti fails, she still manages to make it look amazing.
“This Christmas, I’m gonna ad lib all I can…”
LMFAO, I’m deceased. 😂🤣💀
You came back? Lol 😂
I didn’t realise she sang that until you pointed that out. 💀
😂
She didn't have the right words and she had no background singers, and you're laughing.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH
I gotta come back here every December. 😂 It’s a Christmas tradition that I watch this video.
That “Well, well, well...” was Patti’s “Somebody’s getting fired.”
😭😭
hey hey
@@makdahaile3704 if you know you know
2:24
While she was saying well well well she missed the card. Lol karma for throwing shade lol