![]() ![]() Purple people eaters are also present in the Purple Void from Strange Adventures In Infinite Space, where they are known as an inept predator of sapient beings.This creature is also featured in the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, S2E4 "The House Within the House", series (2018)."The Purple People Eater", song by Sheb Wooley (1958) (First appearance).This species apparently enjoys tequila and wearing short shorts. One-horned, one-eyed, flying purple people eater. They're unwilling to pursue prey they regard as "tough", suggesting that they might not be very strong physically. Intro It was a one-horned, one-eyed, flying purple people eater. They're capable of flying as well as climbing trees, and they speak with high-pitched voices. Individuals of this species possess a singular eye and a singular horn on their heads, from which they can produce rock'n'roll music suggesting that the horn is more akin to a musical instrument. Wooley also wrote the theme song for the long running television program ' Hee Haw'.Contrary to what its name might suggest, this species isn't necessarily purple in coloration, but actually feeds on "purple people". Bagdasarian has even more success in the future with the same technique, creating and recording songs by an imaginary group ' Alvin and the Chipmunks'. This technique was taken from an earlier 1958 song "The Witch Doctor" by Ross Bagdasarian. In the song, the "voice" of the Purple People Eater is a normal singing voice that was sped up on a tape recorder to be re-recorded. The song caught the imagination of radio listeners, who drew pictures of the "Purple People Eater" and sent them in to radio stations as part of local promotions. Miller grew up to have some success as a recording star as well.Įmbarking on his own recording career, Wooley wrote and recorded "The Purple People Eater", which tells the story of a strange looking creature from space, who comes to Earth because he wants to be in a rock and roll band. ![]() In the 1940s, Wooley took an interest in his wife's young cousin, Roger Miller, and taught him guitar. The song was written by Shelby "Sheb" Wooley, a character actor that appeared in many famous movies of the Western genre, as well as having a recurring role on the television series "Rawhide" which ran on CBS Television from 1959 - 1965. a tool that measures the sales of records. It was very popular and reached number one on the Billboard Charts. I commenced to shakin and I said, 'Ooh-eee' It looks like a purple people eater to me. Well I saw the thing comin out of the sky. The Purple People Eater is a novelty song that was released and heard on the radio in 1958. FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER by Sheb Wooley. ![]() Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in He was blowing it out, a'really knockin' em dead (purple people?).Īnd then he went on his way, and then what do Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple peopleeater. (sing aboop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom). It was a crazy little ditty with a swingin' tune He started to rock, really rockin' around Purple people eater (we wear short shorts)Īnd then he swung from the tree and lit on the Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flying purple I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band. He said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fineīut that's not the reason that I came to land One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater It was a one-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater Well he came down to earth and lit in a tree (one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)Ī one-eyed one-horned, flyin' puple people eater It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater. It looks like a purple people eater to me. I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee" Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky ![]()
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