• "The Purple People Eater" is a novelty song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which reached No. 1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958 from June 9...
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    The Purple People Eaters was a nickname for the defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings from 1967 to 1977, consisting mainly of Alan Page, Carl Eller,...
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  • Purple People Eater is a 1988 American science fiction comedy film based on Sheb Wooley's 1958 novelty song of the same name, written and directed by...
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    Bopper's hit single "Chantilly Lace", a novelty song called "The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor". Thereafter South would concentrate mainly...
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    Sheb Wooley (category People from Erick, Oklahoma)
    novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater" and under the name Ben Colder the country hit "Almost Persuaded...
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    Thora Birch (category Living people)
    She made her feature film debut in 1988 with a starring role in Purple People Eater, for which she received a Young Artist Award for "Best Actress Under...
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    common names are purple-striped jelly (causing potential confusion with Chrysaora colorata), purple stinger, purple people eater, purple jellyfish, luminous...
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    suggests that Wooley, best known for his 1958 novelty song "The Purple People Eater" and his character of American Indian scout Pete Nolan on the television...
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  • released as the flip side to "The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor", which parodied "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley and "Witch Doctor"...
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  • technique was imitated by Sheb Wooley's "The Purple People Eater" and The Big Bopper's "The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor". After the success...
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  • Linda Shayne (category Living people)
    Academy of Dramatic Arts. Shayne's feature film credits include Purple People Eater (writer, director, and producer), Flyin' Ryan (writer, director,...
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  • Molly Cheek (category Living people)
    American Pie and in its sequels. She also has appeared in films Purple People Eater (1988), April's Shower (2003), A Lot like Love (2005), Good Time...
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    Ned Beatty (category People from Kittson County, Minnesota)
    Channels, his fifth time in a movie with Reynolds. He appeared in Purple People Eater (1988), portraying a simple grandfather. In 1989, Beatty made Chattahoochee...
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  • Thought No" – 3:34 CD edition bonus tracks "Cayman Island" – 3:56 "The Purple People Eater" (Sheb Wooley) – 2:36 "Chet" – 4:17 Ian Gillan – lead vocals, harmonica...
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  • Orleans. The team continued to shine in 1970 and 1971 as their "Purple People Eater" defense led them back to the playoffs. In 1971, the defense was...
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    Chubby Checker (category Living people)
    protagonist. In 1988, Checker appeared as himself performing alongside the Purple People Eater in the film of the same name. Checker later appeared as himself in...
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    Dustin Diamond (category People from Port Washington, Wisconsin)
    episode Yogi's Great Escape Chubby Kid Voice role; 1 episode 1988 Purple People Eater Big Z Film 1988–1989 Good Morning, Miss Bliss Samuel "Screech" Powers...
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  • such as Sheb Wooley in "The Purple People Eater", and The Big Bopper, who parodied both songs on "The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor", which...
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    Me" Dean Martin 11 "It's Only Make Believe" Conway Twitty 12 "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley 13 "Bird Dog" / "Devoted to You" The Everly Brothers...
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    Neil Patrick Harris (category Living people)
    earned Harris a Golden Globe nomination. The same year, he starred in Purple People Eater, a children's fantasy. Beginning in 1989, Harris played the title...
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  • how if one "think[s] about the way [Jean Jacket] feeds and the concept of people ascending to heaven, [one can] connect the dots [that] Jean Jacket['s species...
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  • that are killers. "The Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley A purple creature that eats people. A creature that eats purple people. (This interpretation...
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  • Russ Abbot (category English people of Scottish descent)
    The couple have four children. 1980 – "Space Invaders Meet the Purple People Eater" / "Country Cooper Man" 1982 – "A Day in the Life of Vince Prince"...
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    the late 1960s, the Vikings built a powerful defense known as the Purple People Eaters, led by Alan Page, Carl Eller, Gary Larsen, and Jim Marshall. In...
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    Shelley Winters (category American people of Austrian-Jewish descent)
    credited as executive producer. She was in Very Close Quarters (1986), Purple People Eater (1988), and An Unremarkable Life (1989). Her final performances included...
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  • Longstocking Oliver & Company Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw Purple People Eater Rockin' with Judy Jetson Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School Scooby-Doo...
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    Nick Berry (category Living people)
    Boyle 1 episode: Rip It Up 1984 Dramarama Paul Walker 1 episode: The Purple People Eater The Box of Delights Pirate Rat 2 episodes: Where Shall the 'Knighted...
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    Peggy Lipton (category American people of Irish-Jewish descent)
    Peggy Lipton, One marriage and fifteen years later, returns to acting". People. Vol. 29, no. 13. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. "Jews...
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    Gary Larsen (category Living people)
    resident Gary Larsen: Always a Purple People Eater". Retrieved 2024-02-12. "With New Sack Data, 'Purple People Eaters' Help Vikings Top Unofficial Leaders...
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