We really can’t stay…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 15th, 2007

It’s FOS Paul F. Tompkins singing a duet with Aimee Mann. Tompkins, you’ll note, is doing his best Dean Martin impression.

The Female Half’s analysis of what might be the most bizarre Christmas tune of the twentieth century invokes Tom Jones, Ricardo Montalban, Dolly Parton and many more….

In fact, that’s the other great mystery of this song. Why does it attract such strange pairings? Over the years, it has been recorded by such odd couples as Alan Cumming and Liza Minnelli, Ann Margaret and Brian Setzer and, my personal bad-favorite, Bette Midler and James Caan.

Read the rest at Road Atlas Shrugged.