# Rudolph, you'll go down in history (like \_\_\_) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727 "2013-12-19T14:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/61 "2013-12-19T22:47:04Z")
George Washington. Chicago in the 50s. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/62 "2013-12-19T22:59:05Z")
lightbulb, Pinocchio, Monopoly, ho ho ho, whoopee (or yippee), George Washington Knoxville TN, late 1970s ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/63 "2013-12-19T23:02:21Z")
Born and raised in northern California, and I’ve never heard any of these ‘extra lyrics’. The last word of the song has always been ‘history’ for me. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/64 "2013-12-19T23:05:54Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Columbus. Western New York, mid 1970-1980s. Here’s all of the additions I learned: Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer) Had a very shiny nose (Like a light bulb) And if you ever saw it (Saw it) … All of the other reindeer (Like Blitzen) Use to laugh and call him names (like pichnoccio) They wouldn’t let poor Rudolph (Rudolph) Join in any reindeer games (like monopoly) … Then all the reindeer loved him (loved him) And they shouted out with glee (WITH GLEE) Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer) You’ll go down in History (like Columbus) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/65 "2013-12-19T23:22:47Z")
I, my sister, and my sister’s children are all northeast Ohio born and bred. When my sister and I were kids, it was “Columbus”. But her kids now apparently sing “George Washington”. When I mentioned this, both they and I were baffled that it could be anything but what we had each thought. Oh, and the name is “Pinocchio”, and the game is “Monopoly”. That much, at least, transcends generations. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/66 "2013-12-19T23:30:15Z")
We always did the ‘like \_\_\_\_s’. Most of them have been mentioned apart from the one our eight-year old minds liked the most: "Santa came to stay (in his underwear!) Yeah, I really don’t know who came up with that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/67 "2013-12-19T23:51:43Z")
I never heard of anything like this. Back in the Stone Age, we just sang the song as it was written. Perhaps instead of asking for our location, our ages may be more relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/68 "2013-12-20T00:13:47Z")
Alexander Graham Bell. Wisconsin, late 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/69 "2013-12-20T00:15:58Z")
I didn’t know about this 10 years ago but since I have kids I have learnt the callbacks. They sing like Pinocchio like Monopoly like the dinosaurs with a ‘Yippee!’ after ‘with glee’ as well -Sydney, Australia ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/70 "2013-12-20T00:22:19Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Same here, also in Ohio. Yep, Ohio. Pinocchio, Monopoly, and George Washington. I’m 42. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/71 "2013-12-20T02:02:39Z")
Never heard of anything after “history.” Grew up in Boston area. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/72 "2013-12-20T02:10:33Z")
Mn, Jackie Gleason, 1970’s. Never heard of any of the others. But then again, beef commercials only have six hits on Google. I’m not sure if I was raised by wolves or what. ---
**Author:** ![Kasper1014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c89c15/32.png) [@Kasper1014](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kasper1014)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/73 "2013-12-20T02:15:38Z")
Like Columbus! South Texas. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/74 "2013-12-20T02:31:40Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Born in NW Indiana. > > “Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio!)” > “Join in any reindeer games (like Monopoly!)” > “You’ll go down in history (like Columbus!)” This, Saskatchewan. Never heard of Lincoln or Washington or anything else on the end. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/75 "2013-12-20T02:52:37Z")
GW, though Simpsons first episode made Attilla the Hun a common alternative, never heard it as Columbus. MI ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/76 "2013-12-20T03:15:43Z")
“like George Washington!” Grew up in upstate New York. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/77 "2013-12-20T03:15:45Z")
> [@Weedy](#): > > I didn’t know about this 10 years ago but since I have kids I have learnt the callbacks. They sing > > like Pinocchio > like Monopoly > like the dinosaurs > > with a ‘Yippee!’ after ‘with glee’ as well > > -Sydney, Australia 😕 Only a YEC could possibly come up with the idea that _dinosaurs_ are part of _history_. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/78 "2013-12-20T03:48:29Z")
“Like a lightbulb” this was in the Chicagoland suburbs in the mid nineties. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/79 "2013-12-20T20:46:21Z")
Western PA, Columbus. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/80 "2013-12-20T20:59:56Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I was born in the early 70’s in Virginia and never heard any extra words after “You’ll go down in history.” > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Never heard of anything after “history.” Grew up on Long Island. So with these replies, do you mean there were no callbacks at all, or just no callbacks after the last line? I’m wondering, because I do have recollection of the other callbacks, as mentioned above, but I don’t remember there being anything after the last line, and it seems weird to me to stick something there, whereas in the other callbacks, you had one music phrase leading into another where callbacks do work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727.md?page=5)