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'Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer' Prompts $2 Million Lawsuit
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| 11/27/2007
| Staff
Posted on 11/30/2007 1:12:20 PM PST by Red Badger
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Merry Christmas! Ho! Ho! Hold on a second...........
To: Red Badger
I’m thinking the only ones who are going to win are the lawyers.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:16:31 PM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Red Badger
With a name like Elmo Shropshire, you gotta be....
Half crazy?
To: PetroniusMaximus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elmo Shropshire, better known as Dr. Elmo, is a singer of comedy songs, most notably “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” He originally recorded the song in 1979 with his then-wife Patsy. He re-recorded it solo in 1992 for the album Dr. Elmo’s Twisted Christmas and again in 2000 for the album Up Your Chimney. He also recorded two albums of year-round songs: Dr. Elmo’s Twisted Tunes (1993) and Love, Death and Taxes (2000).
Elmo is a native of Lexington, Kentucky, and has a degree in veterinary medicine. After moving to San Francisco, he opened an animal hospital and became a competitive runner, all while continuing to play with his bluegrass band. It was then that he recorded “Grandma...” (written by his friend Randy Brooks) and became an instant regional superstar.
Elmo originally invested $40,000 of his own money to produce the original album and music video for “Grandma...” and in return, he’s become “a millionaire five times over” [1]. Since then, Elmo has become part of a class action suit against Sony based upon the royalties paid from digital downloads and ringtone sales. [2]
In a Christmas special titled: “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Dr. Elmo is the voice of grandpa, and preforms a small portion of a song “Gradma’s Spending Christmas with The Superstars.”
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:20:31 PM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:20:37 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: Red Badger
"has become a holiday favorite" With who? The people on the short bus?
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:27:31 PM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
To: PetroniusMaximus
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:28:54 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
To: Past Your Eyes
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:32:12 PM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Red Badger
Just heard the South’s version of the 12 days of Christmas. 6 cans of spam is my favorite call!!
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:32:16 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: Past Your Eyes
"
With who? The people on the short bus?" The SF Bay Area AM radio crowd. Stations get lots of requests for it. Elmo is a local.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:32:32 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
To: Past Your Eyes
With who? The people on the short bus? Traditional Christians (there is still a few of us left!) We sing in in church every X-mas.
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:38:43 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(We all need someone we can bleed on...)
To: mewzilla
OMG that’s so funny!!! HEHEHEHEHE!!! It makes me all giddy thinking of osama with a broken reindeer antler up his, um , “dupa” HAHAHA!!!!!
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:39:55 PM PST
by
sneakers
(This Pennsylvania gal supports DUNCAN HUNTER for President!)
To: Revolting cat!
I don’t associate traditional christians, church, and “Grandma got run over by a reindeer”.
Sorry, I like the song, but christian it ain’t.
To: mewzilla
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:45:34 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
( (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.))
To: CharlesWayneCT
I hear there is a sequel this year titled: Santa Clause Got Arrested for Child Molestation......
almost as funny as grandma getting run over by a reindeer
but the video is x -rated so its a much bigger seller
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posted on
11/30/2007 1:55:46 PM PST
by
KTM rider
(..left or right,......... socialist, or socialist light ?)
To: Past Your Eyes
Surely it has a very limited appeal — mostly to people who hate Christmas carols I imagine.
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
11/30/2007 2:25:07 PM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
To: Red Badger
As a software engineer that will never get any royalties from anything that I create...
"Suck on this lemon!"
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posted on
11/30/2007 2:29:00 PM PST
by
Hunble
To: Hunble
As a software engineer that will never get any royalties from anything that I create... Simple solution. Create something on your own time that your employer cannot use............
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posted on
11/30/2007 2:32:30 PM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Red Badger
Please tell me the $2 million suit is a class-action by everyone who’s ever heard that song.
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posted on
11/30/2007 2:33:55 PM PST
by
VirginiaConstitutionalist
(Scary thought: Half of all people are dumber than the average person.)
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