Selects: Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In this classic episode Josh and Chuck sit down and detail the complicated life of the late, great Sammy Davis Jr.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.8	Hey, guys, it's me, Josh, and for this week's SYSK Select, I've chosen our February
0:09.7	2020 episode on Sammy Davis Jr.
0:13.6	If I'm not mistaken, this is where I, you, and the rest of the world finds out that Chuck
0:19.0	does a killer Sammy Davis Jr. impression,
0:21.9	thus booing the podcast for years to come.
0:24.7	I don't think anything else is needed to be said about this one.
0:28.0	Just enjoy.
0:33.7	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:43.3	Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark. There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant, and there's guest producer Dylan sitting in again. Like a great guy.
0:52.7	Like a cool cat, baby.
0:56.0	I thought you were doing evil German doctor for a second, and then I figured it out.
1:00.2	No man.
1:01.3	Wait, I haven't said it yet, and this is stuff you should know.
1:03.4	Okay.
1:04.4	That was a good one.
1:05.5	That no man was wonderful.
1:07.0	I love how Sammy Davis Jr. always said cat and and baby it was just he was such a cool dude
1:14.7	and okay do sammy davis junior saying we have ways of making you talk what sounds german about
1:21.9	any of that i just do it please please we have ways of making you talk man that was pretty great pretty great and that's a little
1:32.0	soft shoe it's great stuff chuck so you know billy crystal uh used to do sammy davis junior way back in the
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