#534 – Nosed
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comic
I kinda feel sorry for the other reindeer. After Rudolph came along they are all just lumped into a group. Like nameless studio musicians backing up a flamboyant singer.
Tags: court, reindeer, rudolph
And then there’s the first line of the song, a roll-call of also-rans, just to rub their non-mutation’d shnozzes in it. “We’ll name-check you guys right at the beginning, but we’ll repeat Rudolph’s name a whole lot, because that’s how he rolls.”
They did all the work while Rudy got all the credit – life even for reindeer
maybe it’s ’cause i grew up in a chinese household, but i don’t even know all the rest of them.
how many are there? donner blitzen comet cupid, something with a v, i think…
Eight, number and names set since “A Visit From St. Nicholas.”
Dasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
Donder
Blitzen
All good names for racing animals, except maybe Cupid and Vixen. Then there’s Maude..- I mean Rudolph. Even the name helps show how much of a Outsider he was until “The Incident.”
“Grandma got run over by a reindeer, walking home from our house Christmas eve.”
This is the Law & Order version.