Each week, several cats battle it out over the same song. I ask you to listen to the audio file below, which contains a themed music program and concludes with several versions of the same song by many different artists. Listen to both versions in their entirety before deciding which one you TRULY DIG THE MOST! Then vote below and see how your fellow Cat Fighters voted. That's the Friday Night Cat Fight from MattTheCat.com.

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10 Comments on “12/10/10 – The “Run Rudolph Run” Christmas Cat Fight!”

1. 1 Prowlin' With Matt The Cat » Blog Archive » The “Run Rudolph Run” Christmas Cat Fight Podcast! said at 4:33 pm on December 10th, 2010:

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   2 Yum Yum said at 6:33 pm on December 10th, 2010:

   Merry Christmas To All You Beautiful People Who Stuck By Matt The Fabulous Cat And Put Comments On This Page And Put Posts On The Forum Page !! And For The Ones That Got Lost HUMBUG To You !! If Keith Richards Gets A Vote On This Christmas Cat Fight I Will Be Very Surprised !! This Is A Chuck Remember I Said Chuck Classic Christmas Song And It Will Never Be Done Better By Anyone !! So Merry Christmas & Happy New Year And All I Want For Christmas In 1956 Were My Two Front Teeth In 2011 I Want Matt Back On His OWN Radio Show !!! Yum Yum

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   3 Virginia said at 7:02 pm on December 10th, 2010:

   I agree with Yum Yum this time in the most part, but I have to say in 1956 my thoughts were on things other than my two front teeth. As always we can never thank Matt enough for sharings his time and expertize with us.

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   4 Stickball Eddie said at 7:13 pm on December 10th, 2010:

   Keith may be one of “December’s Children” but should not be allowed to play in any Reindeer games. For me, it’s the “Merry” Mr. Chuck Berry. God bless you Matt and all the FNCF fans.

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   5 Susann said at 9:01 pm on December 10th, 2010:

   Chuck will run run away with this cat fight!

   I agree totally with Yum Yum! When he’s not yum yumming, he really says a mouthful!

   Merry Christmas to everyone, especially Matt and Kelly.

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   6 timevac3 said at 2:37 am on December 11th, 2010:

   Gotta be Chuck. I found Keef’s version not to my liking due to the production values.

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   7 The Shadow said at 8:01 pm on December 11th, 2010:

   I had a feeling this would be a blowout, and so far, it is. This cat fight is definitely a no brainer. No one but Chuck Berry could do this song properly.

   now, I’d like to take this oppertunity to wisn all the night prowlers a very merry Christmas, and a happpy and prosperous new year. Let us all hope that Matt gets back on the air in the coming year, the cat fights continue, and that Juke In The Back, gets bigger and better.
   And to you, furry leader. I especially want to wish you and Kelly all the best for Christmas and a great new year. Thank you for the cat fights, Juke in the Back, and all the other great programs you’ve sent us to enjoy.
   Everyone have a cool yule, and keep on noggin. Don’t forget the meg.

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   8 Freddie Mogan said at 1:08 am on December 13th, 2010:

   Merry Christmas to all , how can anyone not just go ‘chestnuts’ over the Keith’s rockin’ guitar and Santa growl? Love ’em both though, just two great classics! Happy Holidays MTC & K

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   9 Bruce said at 1:57 am on December 15th, 2010:

   Merry Christmas!! Chuck Berry without a doubt. Keith needs to crawl back up the chimney. We checked out a bunch of versions on the hard drive and our second favorite, (god to I hate to admit this) was Lynryd Skynyrd – they actually did a great job.

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    10 David said at 5:02 pm on December 17th, 2010:

    I actually did have to vote for Keith here. I hear the howls from other cats above, and I understand why. Chuck Berry’s great, no doubt, a true pioneer and a deeply influential artist who deserves all the acclaim he gets. But IMO, the only original thing Chuck brought to this take-two, as Matt pointed out in his e-mail today of “Little Queenie,” were the lyrics for “Run Rudolph Run.” It was very common in the 50s and 60s for a record producer to grab somebody who was selling records and yank them into to the studio for a one-hour session and have them re-record one of their hit songs with new holiday lyrics in a very cynical effort to squeeze out more sales out of the same song. If we were voting on “Little Queenie,” sure, Chuck gets my vote. But on “Run Rudolph Run,” at least Keith found something new to bring the table, both in vocals and lead guitar, and I thought it worked. Plus I could actually understand what Keith was singing and the pitch was arguably in the ballpark, much more than just about anything Keith has recorded since 1978. So I’m hoisting my eggnog for Keith on this one.

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