I Am Santa Claus

Songs Include : There's Another Santa Claus / Walkin' Round In Women's Underwear / I Am Santa Claus / Manager 6 / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / I Came Upon A Roadkill Deer / Teddy The Red Nosed Senator / Grahbe Yahbalz / ALetter To Santa / Jingle Hells Bells / The Kids / The Magical Kingdom Of Claus / The What's It To Ya Chorus / Didn't I Get This Last Year / The Under Tree World Of Jacques Cousteau / O Christmas Tree

Looking for irreverence in your holiday nut mix? Bob Rivers does such a great job of social, political, and seasonal satire under the guise of many a familiar holiday tune that he's lucky he hasn't been run over by a reindeer. Rivers apes all the department-store Santas (sung to the tune of "Here Comes Santa Claus") with "There's Another Santa Claus," lambastes "Teddy Kennedy the Red-Nosed Senator," and sends up Marlon Brando's Godfather in the inspired "A Letter to Santa," which warns of Santa's movement into mob territory. There are a few clunkers among the moving and snoozing targets, but Rivers nearly always elicits a chuckle. The biggest yuks, though, come on the title track as he reaches back to Black Sabbath's "I Am Ironman" classic to turn dear old Santa into a heavy-metal monster. Call it "Headnog"--and get it for the unholy rollers on your list. --Martin Keller