Dec 20, 2007 19:03
16 yrs ago
English term
reindeer games
English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
This if from a TV SHOW (Married...With Children).
A shoe store salesman loses his job right before Christmas. In desperation, he finds a temporary job as a reindeer. His buddy (Al Bundy in fact) is watching him get into his routine.
AL BUNDY
What kind of reindeer games you playing there, Griff?
What does "reindeer games" mean? Obviously he's hinting at something. Is this a double entendre, a pun or what?
Thank you!
A shoe store salesman loses his job right before Christmas. In desperation, he finds a temporary job as a reindeer. His buddy (Al Bundy in fact) is watching him get into his routine.
AL BUNDY
What kind of reindeer games you playing there, Griff?
What does "reindeer games" mean? Obviously he's hinting at something. Is this a double entendre, a pun or what?
Thank you!
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| 5 +11 | reference to song lyrics |
Expialidocio (X)
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| 3 | childish acting |
Hengky Chiok
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reference to song lyrics
Probably just a joke about how reindeer-like Al's buddy is, or how seriously he's taking his job as a reindeer.
Lyrics of the song this refers to:
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
You know Dasher and Dancer
And Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid
And Donner and Blitzen.
But do you recall
The most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw it
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
And they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
You'll go down in history!
Lyrics of the song this refers to:
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
You know Dasher and Dancer
And Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid
And Donner and Blitzen.
But do you recall
The most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw it
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say,
Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him
And they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
You'll go down in history!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
charlie47
22 mins
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| agree |
rchan
: it's funny because everyone knows the lyrics and knows that there are not really reindeer games, but here he is playing a reindeer
1 hr
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| agree |
katsy
1 hr
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| agree |
NancyLynn
: with rchan too
1 hr
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| agree |
Claire Chapman
4 hrs
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| agree |
orientalhorizon
6 hrs
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| agree |
Patricia Townshend (X)
9 hrs
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| agree |
V_Nedkov
1 day 14 hrs
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| agree |
Alexandra Tussing
4 days
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| agree |
Alfa Trans (X)
6 days
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| agree |
GaryG
7 days
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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childish acting
What kind of childish behavior are you doing, Griff?
It is a reference to a song by Gene Autry "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" where the reindeers are playing and Rudolph was discriminated against.
In the context you provided it refers to it may mean that what Griff is doing is childish and makes him look stupid.
It is a reference to a song by Gene Autry "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" where the reindeers are playing and Rudolph was discriminated against.
In the context you provided it refers to it may mean that what Griff is doing is childish and makes him look stupid.
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