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Santa Claus Hides In Your Phonograph

by: Harry E. Humphrey

Menlo Park

Publication date: 1922-00-00 00:00:00

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: Oldtime

This is one of the more unusual of Edison's records. Listen to Santa's sinister laugh he makes as he tries to sound fun loving and kind. The www.menloparkmuseum.com staff agrees -- if we were kids, we'd run!

Song Title	Versions	Compilations	Covers
Santa Claus Hides In Your Phonograph

Notes

Digital recording from Diamond Disc made at Menlo Park.
To find out more visit Menlo Park

Addeddate: 2004-06-07 17:35:59

Boxid: OL100020215

Identifier: santahide1922

Numeric_id: 5680

Run time: 3:30

Source: http://www.edisonnj.org/menlopark/

Taped by: Menlo Park

Type: sound

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Reviewer: uniQ - - April 14, 2011
Subject: Mwuahhhah, Merry Christmas!! Muwahhhah!!

You or I could do a better job "Ho ho ho"-ing than this dude. He really sounds like a meglomaniacal mad scientist from an old talkie!

Also, he really pretends to be "hiding" in the phonograph because he's "so dirty from climbing down all your chimneys"! If your want a "serious" reason to listen, you can claim its a study in the lack of commercialized polish once common (maybe?) in Christmas, or something. I'd listen just to hear the really bad laughter.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - May 8, 2005
Subject: It's HO HO HO!

My favorite (sarcasm) actor, Harry Humphrey is up to no good again. He can't do Shakespeare, and he can't play Santa either. I have no idea whether there were Santa clauses on the street in the 1920's going 'HO HO HO'. I'm sure there were. Anyways, why Mr Humphrey choose a Dr. Evil Laugh I'll never quite know...

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