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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 .
'Dr. Elmo' Shropshire takes up residency in Highlands each December to sing his Christmas classic with the charity band Holiday Express. How 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer' singer became a ...
Elmo Shropshire played Grandpa and Grandma (in drag), [12] while Patsy played Cousin Mel. In the video, the family matriarch is run over by Santa Claus's reindeer but survives the accident (unlike in the actual song) and thus reappears toward the end of the video, alive and very much well, but somewhat fazed by the trampling.
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]
Written by Randy Brooks and performed by the husband-and-wife duo Elmo Shropshire and Patsy Trigg, the tune is a classic that pops up on the radio daily (if not hourly) from Thanksgiving Day all ...
Elmo Shropshire, Michele Lee, Susan Blu, Alex Doduk Rating: NR Jake is already having a rough Christmas Eve, but when his grandmother gets lost in the cold, it takes a turn for the worse.
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 ...
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