[raccoonradio]

Remember the Scorcese spoof "Raging Rudolph" on MAD-TV? :)

Rudolph has inspired toys, TV specials ("Olive, The Other Reindeer", more recently), and more than a few other songs:

"Run Run Rudolph"--Chuck Berry

"Rudolph the Brown Nosed Reindeer"--Rudy and the Reindeer (heard on Dr. Demento)**

"Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"--Elmo and Patsy

**--"Then one cold December day, Rudolph was heard to say,/"Santa, if I wash your sleigh/Can I stay inside all day?"/All of the other reindeer/Were jealous of old Rudolph's ways/Just as the smart deer told them/ Being nice to Santa PAYS!"

[Cagey]

And nobody could sing the song "Rudolf" as well as Gene Autry.

[muawiyah]

Definitely a true story, but the idea that "flying reindeer" have "red noses" is far more ancient -

[raccoonradio]

another parody, from Seattle morning DJ Bob Rivers

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from "I AM SANTA CLAUS" by Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio.

Teddy the red-nosed senator
Had a very shiny car
And if you ever saw it
You were probably at a bar.
All of the other senators
Wondered how he got his dames
They thought he drank too many
To play in any bedroom games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say:
"Teddy with your nose so red,
Won't you help me guide my sled?"
That's how the police found them
Wrapped around a maple tree
Teddy the red-nosed senator
He's a drunken S.O.B.

[KCRW]

Hey you forgot "Leroy, the redneck reindeer"!

You've all heard the story
About Rudolph and his nose
But I'll tell you a Christmas tale
That never has been told
You may think you've heard it all
But you ain't heard nothing yet
About that crazy Christmas
That the North Pole can't forget

Rudolph was under the weather
He had to call in sick
So he got on the horn to his cousin Leroy Who lived out in the sticks
He said "Santa's really countin' on me
And I hate to pass the buck"
Leroy said "Hey, I'm on my way"
And he jumped in his pickup truck

When Leroy got to the North Pole
All the reindeer snickered and laughed
They'd never seen a deer in overalls And a John Deere tractor hat
But Santa steped in and said "Just calm down"
Cause we've all got a job to do
And like it or not, Leroy's in charge
And he's gonna be leadin' you"

And it was Leroy, the Redneck Reindeer
Hooked to the front of the sleigh
Deliverin' toys to all the good ole boys And girls along the way
He's just a down home, party-animal
Two-stepping across the sky
He mixed jingle bells with a rebel yell And made history that night

Before that night was over
Leroy had changed their tune
He had'em scootin' a hoof on every single roof
By the light of the neon moon
Santa wrapped his bag with a dixie flag
He was havin' the time of his life.
And you could hear him call
"Merry Christmas to ya'll
And to all of ya'll a goodnight"

And it was Leroy, the Redneck Reindeer
Hooked to the front of the sleigh
Deliverin' toys to all the good ole boys And girls along the way
He's just a down home, party-animal
Two-stepping across the sky
He mixed jingle bells with a rebel yell And made history that night

He mixed jingle bells with rebel yell
And made history that night

Listen to Leroy's story here-
http://www.ruthann1.com/RedneckChristmas.htm