THE MAN WHO STARTED IT, DAVE
BENSON.
PEOPLE LET OUT THE DARKNESS OF
2020.
WHEN YOU THINK OF CLASSIC
CHRISTMAS SONGS, LEGENDARY
SINGERS LIKE ANDY WILLIAMS AND
BING CROSBY PROBABLY COME TO
MIND.
YOU CAN ENJOY SOME OF THEIR
BIGGEST HITS IN A VIRTUAL SHOW.
IT IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN.
THE CHRISTMAS SNOW IS WHITE ON
THE GROUND.
SANTA GETS INTO TOWN, HE WILL
BE COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY.
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DEFINITELY KEEP YOU IN THE
HOLIDAY SPIRIT.
WATCH ANDY AND CHRISTMAS A
HOLIDAY FAMILY GATHERING TODAY
AT 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON OVER
AT THE CHANHASSEN DINNER
THEATERS. FACEBOOK PAGE AND
YOUTUBE CHANNEL, THEY SKYPED
WITH SUPER BOWL CHAMPION AND
YOU TECH WHO CHANNELED ANDY
WILLIAMS.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU UNDER
NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE WOULD HAVE YOU IN HERE, WE
WOULD TALK ABOUT THE SHOW BUT
EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT THIS
DECEMBER.
IT IS CRAZY AND HARD ON
MUSICIANS AND ENTERTAINERS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED THAT
INDUSTRY.
IT IS HARD FOR PEOPLE THAT MAKE
A LIVING OUT OF BEING ABLE TO
PERFORM, IT HAS BEEN TOUGH.
THIS IS A NOSTALGIC TRIBUTE.
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH IT?
I GOT A CALL FROM OUR
COPRODUCER ALONG WITH MINNESOTA
MUSIC HALL OF FAMER NICK
STERLING TO REPLICATE TWO OF
THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
ANDY WILLIAMS AND BEN CROSBY
CHRISTMAS AND TO PAY HOMAGE TO
THEM.
THE WHOLE POINT WAS HOW CAN WE
GET PEOPLE THE SAME EXPERIENCE
THEY WOULD HAVE HAD IF THEY
COULD SEE THOSE INDIVIDUALS
LIVE?
WE GOT A 16 PIECE ORCHESTRA. WE
TRIED TO REPLICATE ALL OF THE
SONGS AND RECORD THE SONGS IN
THE SAME WAY THEY DID.
REALLY GETTING PEOPLE A SPECIAL
EXPERIENCE.
HAPPENS IN YOUR HEART, IN YOUR
GUT, WHEN YOU HEAR ONE OF THE
SONGS FROM ONE OF THE TWO
PERFORMERS COME ON THE RADIO
AND FOR YOU TO CHANNEL THAT
-EQUAL PARTS THRILLING AND
HORRIFYING, RIGHT?
IT REALLY IS.
BEN CROSBY, DO NOT FORGET, WAS
THE FIRST VOICE TO EVER BE
HEARD SINGING ON RADIO.
THE GUY SOLD 1 BILLION UNITS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MASSIVE
SHOES TO FILL.
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS
DAUNTING.
WHAT A JOY BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE
IT ON PEOPLE'S FACES.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS
IN THE AUDIENCE.
YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE RELIVING A
LOT OF THOSE MEMORIES THEY HAD
GROWING UP.
THAT IS WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT
THE SHOW.
OF THIS YEAR, YOU ARE
MISSING THAT AUDIENCE BUT THIS
WILL BE SPECIAL ESPECIALLY FOR
SENIORS AND FAMILIES.
IT REALLY IS.
WE, WHERE ONE DOOR CLOSES,
ANOTHER OPENS.
BECAUSE OF COVID-19, WE COULD
DO A UNIQUE APPEAL WITH CW 23
TO PROVIDE THIS SHOW TO THE
GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA.
YOU CAN WATCH THAT ON CHRISTMAS
DAY AND THE 26th AT 4:00 P.M.
ON CHANNEL 23.
YOU CAN SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE
WITH YOUR LOVED ONES THAT YOU
CANNOT BE WITH.
THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF
DOING THIS SHOW THIS WAY THIS
SEASON WAS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO
COME TOGETHER FOR CHRISTMAS FOR
EXPERIENCE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS
IS PICKING THE FAVORITE OF YOUR
FOUR KIDS BUT DO YOU HAVE A
FAVORITE ANDY WILLIAMS SON?
MY ULTIMATE IS "OH, HOLY
NIGHT."
AND HE HAS A AMAZING VERSION.
ANY TIME WE GET TO THAT, IT IS
A SUMMARY MOMENT WHERE YOU
GROUND YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE TO
SING A BIG SON.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE MY
FAVORITE.
THAT IS A GOOD ONE.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
YOU CAN WATCH A ANDY & BING