


Incidentally, we also know that it isn't a one-eyed creature who eats "one-horned flying purple people," because the lyrics also have the creature "playing rock 'n' roll music through the horn in his head," and also it is the creature, itself, who flies because the lyrics say it "came down to Earth and lit in a tree." It's a natural impression to get considering the hail of adjectives. Yet whenever anyone is asked to depict the figure, they invariably make the creature itself purple, suggesting that it will eat people of any old color.
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The creature's full description is "a one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater," but the lyrics make it clear that this is a creature who eats purple people. The song is notable for a confused impression people tend to get from it, which may be intentional.
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It's also unusually long-lived, popping up again and again in cartoons, TV commercials, YouTube videos, and film soundtracks. It's one of the few rare cases where a pure novelty made it to #1 on the charts, for one thing. Shayne is developing an epic drama to shoot in Eastern Europe next year."The Purple People Eater" is a song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which is the novelty song to end all novelty songs. Shayne also wrote the English translation of Dord Krstic's non-fiction book: "Mileva and Albert Einstein: Their Love and Scientific Collaboration", sold at the Einstein Museum House in Switzerland. Shayne recently wrote a children's book that Emmy Award winning animator, Art Leonardi, illustrated. Shayne is developing an edgy comedy/drama TV pilot set in a federal prison, a romantic comedy feature and an espionage thriller. Shayne's first feature film, "Purple People Eater", garnered actress Thora Birch a Youth in Film Award. She directed "Little Ghost" in Romania for Paramount and "Flyin' Ryan" was shot in northern California. Shayne directed the family film, "Undercover Kid", with Melora Hardin, released on Warner Bros. Shayne first directed second unit for Roger Corman's company and then went on to direct a feature film starring Ned Beatty, Neil Patrick Harris, Shelley Winters, Little Richard and Thora Birch. Shayne has developed dramatic movies for Muse Entertainment of Montreal and X-Filme of Germany and a romantic comedy for Patriot Entertainment of Los Angeles. The film is now a Film Festival Finalist at the Lisbon Film Rendezvous and the Big Apple Film Festival and was a winner at the Florence Film Festival. Shayne's wrote and directed a suspense, thriller, "Mirror Image", which won her a directing award at the Freedom Festival International 2019. Shayne is American/Canadian (a dual citizen).
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Shayne created a scripted TV series for Quincy Jones' QDE, and also created and developed two animated TV series for Warner Bros. Shayne has directed a film in Eastern Europe for Paramount & directed episodic television episodes for Nickelodeon and Tommy Lynch Entertainment. Shayne has written films for Imagine Entertainment, Showtime, and Disney. Shayne graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with highest honors and her published work includes a journal article about ex-offenders from San Quentin Prison. Linda Shayne is an award winning writer and director.
