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Cledus T. Judd in 1996 released a parody called "Grandpa Got Run Over by a John Deere" as a sequel to "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" and as well did a cover of the song in 2002. Stan Boreson sings a Norwegian-American version, "Lena Got Run Over by a Reindeer" on his Christmas album, Stan Boreson Fractures Christmas. 2 Live Jews released ...
Shropshire, who typically performs under the name "Dr. Elmo", is best known for his Christmas novelty song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". He originally recorded the song in 1979 with his then-wife Patsy, then re-recorded it solo for the 1992 album Dr. Elmo's Twisted Christmas and again in 2000 for the album Up Your Chimney .
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is a 2000 animated Christmas television special directed by Phil Roman. The special was first released on home video on October 31, 2000, [1] and then aired on The WB network on December 21, 2001. [2] The title and story are based on the 1979 novelty song of the same name. [3]
Randy Brooks first sang “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” 40 years ago in Dallas at a now-gone Greenville Avenue steakhouse and lounge, the Railhead, seen in this commercial postcard.
In 1979 he recorded “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” which was written by musician friend Randy Brooks. “I thought it would be funny, people could listen to it and they’d laugh once ...
Randy Brooks wrote a Christmas novelty song and it was originally recorded by the duo Elmo Shropshire and his then-wife Patsy in 1979, called "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". It tells the tragic-comic story of a family grandmother (loosely based on Brooks's uncle Foster Brooks) who meets her end on Christmas Eve. After having drunk too ...
Also featured are two cover songs: "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" (originally recorded by Elmo & Patsy) and "Santa Claus Is Watching You" (originally recorded by Ray Stevens). "Stephon the Alternative Lifestyle Reindeer" was later recorded by Mac McAnally on his 2004 album Semi-True Stories .
Decades later, the 1979 novelty, music pop-chart song, “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” by Randy Brooks, was recorded by married bluegrass musicians Elmo and Patsy. In 2000, the song was ...