Get Lost: Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose. When the cops pulled him over, he refused to blow. Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, is now a prison ho.

/Happy Festivus to one and all.

You're missing a line. . .

"He then made several million dollars using that in various ways, through the movie, the song, merchandising and things like that," Carini said. "I think it's a great story because it shows how corporations used to think of themselves as part of civil society and how much that has changed."

And look where it got Montgomery Ward:

In 1997, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, emerging from bankruptcy court protection in August 1999 as a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Capital, by then its largest shareholder. As part of a last-ditch effort to remain competitive, the company closed 250 retail locations in 30 U.S. states, closed all the Lechmere stores, abandoned the speciality store strategy, renamed and rebranded the chain as simply Wards (although unrelated, Wards was the original name for the now-defunct Circuit City), and spent millions of dollars to renovate its remaining outlets to be flashier and more consumer-friendly. But GE reneged on promises of further financial support of Wards' restructuring plans.

On December 28, 2000, the company, after lower-than-expected sales during the Christmas season, announced it was going out of business and would close its remaining 250 retail outlets and lay off its 37,000 employees. All the stores closed within weeks of the announcement. The subsequent liquidation was at the time the largest retail bankruptcy liquidation in U.S. history. Roger Goddu, Wards' CEO, was offered the CEO position of J.C. Penney. Goddu declined on pressure from GE. One of the last stores to close was the Salem, Oregon location in which the head of the Human Resources Division was located. By May 2001 Montgomery Ward was gone.

And Subby it was an archivist, not an archeologist.

Rudolph made his TV debut the same year I was born. We are the same age, Rudy and I.

Actually it's not especially well known but this tale actually has its origins in the stories that Shakespeare based Hamlet on. In fact, the missing piece of the story explains a lot about Hamlet's behavior really, he was basically the adult child of an alcoholic.

Hamlet, you see was fostered at a very early age to one of his father's bravest and most renowned housecarls Olaf the Mighty. Hamlet's father chose him for his skill at arms hoping he'd raise hamlet in his image. The problem was Olaf while a great warrior, lacked, a little, well actually a lot when it came to the social graces and parenting skills. And that was when he was sober. The long peacetime in Denmark had left him with very little to do, except sit around the king's hall and drink mead; which he did, constantly, and to excess.

That's why the ancient tales speak so ill of Rude Olaf the Red-nosed Dane-Rearer