Musical Fruitcake

Gary Ramey is a singer who he released some songs for the Tammy label out of Youngstown, Ohio (primarily a soul and funk label). One of the singles that he released through Tammy Records was ‘Moon-y Min-i Men Visit Santa Claus,’ which he recorded with ‘Floyd and the Little Soul Sisters.’ The song tells the story of 5 tiny moon men (Moon-y, Min-i, Mine-y, Moe and Joe) who come to earth on a mission to the North Pole to visit Santa to ask him to visit outer space to bring presents to all of the lonely children in outer space. Santa states that he doesn’t have enough time to visit space due to his earthly obligations, however one of the moon men begs Santa to reconsider and tells Santa the secret to outer space time travel, which leaves Santa to say “I’ll start from the East and if I work fast, I’ll gain time for outer space by going west.”

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Earney Vandagriff was one of the many country music artists influenced by Hank Williams. Joe Poovey, who embraced many nicknames in his career, was encouraged to become an entertainer by his father at age four. By age nine he was recording hillbilly music in a studio. His parents had encouraged him to learn the guitar and by 1953 he was fronting his own country band, the Hillbilly Boys, and playing the prestigious Big D Jamboree radio show where he was billed as “Jumping Joe Poovey.” Read more »

Cuban-Mexican director, René Cardona, director of several Santo (the wrestler/hero) films, brings us Santa vs. Satan in this 1959 family horror film (as presented on Mystery Science Theater 3000). Not actually a horror film (ostensibly it is a family film) but “horror” is the only word that comes to mind when I think of this movie.

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Out of the unholy compositional alliance of Don Kirshner and Bobby Darin comes “I Want To Spend Christmas With Elvis (Heartbreak Noel).” The long forgotten Debbie Dabney brays the lyric made up of Elvis Presley song titles loosely strung together around a sexually suggestive Christmas theme. Punctuating the two and four with bright guitar chords is none other than legendary jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell. Read more »

Here is a rather depressing country Christmas song that tells the story of a little girl who writes a letter asking Santa to bring her dead mother back to life.

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Art Carney (1918-2003) was an actor in film, stage, television, and radio. He played many roles, but is best known for his portrayal of upstairs neighbor and sewer worker Ed Norton, opposite Jackie Gleason’s Ralph Kramden, in the popular television comedy show The Honeymooners. Read more »

Shelley Duvall is an award-winning American film and television actress who began her career in the 1970’s appearing in the movies of Robert Altman. She has also appeared in movies by Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton. Read more »