"Proper Crimbo" is a Christmas song written and performed by the creator of the British comedy programme Bo' Selecta!, Leigh Francis, featuring various artists. "Crimbo" is an English slang term for Christmas.[citation needed] Released in December 2003, the single peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the charts for nine weeks.
The music video for the song sees Francis perform as other characters over the track. The video begins with a parody of Michael Jackson's Thriller, with Matthew Wright and Jackson driving through the woods at night, before their car breaks down. Instead of turning into a werewolf like in the original, Jackson transforms into a variety of different animals, eventually turning into John Leslie, who gives chase to Wright asking for a "wee chat" (a year before the video was shot, Wright had erroneously named Leslie as the figure at the centre of fellow presenter Ulrika Jonsson's claim in her autobiography that a famous TV presenter had raped her). After this, various celebrities perform alongside Bo' Selecta characters singing along to the song.
