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Z100 Portland Morning Zoo made a New Kids on the Block-bashing parody of the song for Christmas 1989, entitled "New Kids Got Run Over by a Reindeer". A parody "Grandpa Got Run Over by a Beer Truck" was released by Da Yoopers in 1993. Radio personality Bob Rivers recorded his own topical parody titled "Osama Got Run Over by a Reindeer" on the ...
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 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 ...
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.
'Dr. Elmo' Shropshire takes up residency in Highlands each December to sing his Christmas classic with the charity band Holiday Express.
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 ...
Elmo Earl Shropshire [1] (born October 26, 1936) is an American veterinarian, competitive runner, and country music singer. Shropshire, who typically performs under the name "Dr. Elmo", is best known for his Christmas novelty song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer".
Da Yoopers' 1993 album One Can Short of a Six-Pack featured both regular and Christmas songs, including a parody of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" titled "Grandpa Got Run Over By a Beer Truck". Potila retired in 1995 and was replaced by Jim Bellmore, who also assumed Potila's former role as co-writer and co-producer with DeCaire.