Dr. Elmo's Twisted Christmas

Editorial Reviews
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Novelty Christmas tunes come and go, but "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" has the shelf life of plutonium. If there were any goof justice in the world, a few more of these fractured numbers on Dr. Elmo's Twisted Christmas would be almost as popular. Elmo has managed to align so many twisted notions that they sometimes gleefully border on the sociopathic ("Christmas Won't Be the Same Without Johnny"). Then there's cultural fixation with celebrity as evidenced in "Grandma's Spending Christmas with the Superstars" and the down-and-out "Junk Bond Christmas Blues." Throw in some tunes about killer fruitcake, a lawsuit against Santa, and a few other off-kilter themes one doesn't usually associate with the season, and the bad Doctor has created a laughfest that merrily borders on the maniacal. --Martin Keller

Tracks:

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Grandma's Spending Christmas With The Superstars
Christmas Won't Be The Same Without Johnny
Grandma's Killer Fruitcake
Santa Ain't Comin'
Christmas Millionaire
Grandpa's Gonna Sue The Pants Off Of Santa
Junk Bond Christmas Blues
Send Me A Wife For Christmas
Here's To The Lonely
Don't Make Me Play That Grandma Song Again

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Novelty Christmas tunes come and go, but "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" has the shelf life of plutonium. If there were any goof justice in the world, a few more of these fractured numbers on Dr. Elmo's Twisted Christmas would be almost as popular. Elmo has managed to align so many twisted notions that they sometimes gleefully border on the sociopathic ("Christmas Won't Be the Same Without Johnny"). Then there's cultural fixation with celebrity as evidenced in "Grandma's Spending Christmas with the Superstars" and the down-and-out "Junk Bond Christmas Blues." Throw in some tunes about killer fruitcake, a lawsuit against Santa, and a few other off-kilter themes one doesn't usually associate with the season, and the bad Doctor has created a laughfest that merrily borders on the maniacal. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews:

great fun.......2007-01-11

great fun great value can,t wait till next xmas to start playing it again

What Happened After She Got Run Over By The Reindeer?.......2001-08-28

I am amazed this album doesn't get more play. "Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer" became an overnight and permanent classic but Dr. Elmo has been virtually ignored in the grab bag for holiday hits since, and this hysterical collection makes for some hilarious holiday fun. After Grandma died, you see, she went on to spend Christmas somewhere far above us with some greats like Liberace, Elvis et al, in "Grandma's Spending Christmas With the Superstars" - the natural completion for the song the started it all. In the meantime "Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants off of Santa" and this tune proves it, mapping out Grandpa's revenge for the accident as well as Santa's legal representative. "Grandma's Killer Fruitcake" simply has to be heard. We've all gotten enough of the stuff and you will hear a few new uses for it in this ditty. "Here's to the Lonely" is woefully out of place in this CD, it is a sad ballad to spending the holiday alone. It threw me off at first, hidden deep in this group of goofiness, but I have grown to love it. And finally...finally...Dr. Elmo has his very own lament, "Don't Make My Play That Grandma Song Again" - funny, catchy, perhaps it mirrors his own thoughts as to why these other songs get no respect. This one is fun. Go get you one.

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Twisted Tunes
Dr. Elmo
Manufacturer: Laughing Stock
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B00000G4UZ
Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

Betty Ford Clinic
Prenuptial Agreement
Preachers Just Wanna Have Fun
Lose That Lard
Battle Of The Singles Scene
Dr. Elmo's No Cash Clinic And Pawn Shop
Did You Have To Wait 'Till Doomsday To Say 'I Love You'
Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County
On The Phone Again
Kentucky Road Made Of Human Hair
Greenhouse Effect
Don't Pet The Dog

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Twisted Tunes
Dr. Elmo
Manufacturer: Laughing Stock
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music

General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B000008F7G
Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

Betty Ford Clinic
Prenuptial Agreement
Preachers Just Wanna Have Fun
Lose That Lard
Battle of the Singles Scene
Dr. Elmo's No Cash Clinic and Pawn Shop
Did You Have to Wait 'Till Doomsday to Say "I Love You"
Jumping Frog to Calaveras County
On the Phone Again
Kentucky Road Made of Human Hair
Greenhouse Effect
Don't Pet the Dog

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Dr. Elmo's Yule Jewels

Manufacturer: Laughing Stock Records
ProductGroup: Classical
Binding: Audio CD

General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000LTJDZS

Product Description

Songs include Grandma got run over by a Reindeer, Grandma's Spending Christmas with the Superstars, Uncle Johnny's Glass Eye, Christmas All Across the USA, Big Jolly Man, Single Guys, Prison Without Martha, What's Christmas to You, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

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Twisted Tunes
Dr. Elmo
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music

General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Pop Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music

Pop Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B000046Q1N
Release Date: 2000-03-10

Tracks:

Betty Ford Clinic
Prenuptial Agreement
Preachers Just Wanna Have Fun
Lose That Lard
Battle of the Singles Scene
Dr. Elmo's No Cash Clinic and Pawn Shop
Did You Have to Wait 'Till Doomsday to Say "I Love You"
Jumping Frog to Calaveras County
On the Phone Again
Kentucky Road Made of Human Hair
Greenhouse Effect
Don't Pet the Dog

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Dr Elmo's Twisted Christmas
Dr. Elmo
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music

General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Pop Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music

Pop Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B0000457JQ
Release Date: 2000-03-10

Tracks:

Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer
Grandma's Spending Christmas With the Superstars
Christmas Won't Be the Same Without Johnny
Grandma's Killer Fruitcake
Santa Ain't Comin'
Christmas Millionaire
Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants off of Santa
Junk Bond Christmas Blues
Send Me a Wife for Christmas
Here's to the Lonely
Don't Make My Play That Grandma Song Again

Music:

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