![]() I found an advice column which failed to answer the question. Is there any general rule or guidance for figuring out which adjectives apply to which words in English? (There are one-eyed people, folks who play only a single instrument that would fit in the horns section of a musical group, and there are blue people, so there may be purple ones somewhere as well, but if all those adjectives must apply to the food that really restricts the diet.) The end of the song indicates that the character plays music "through the horn in his head" so "one-horned" appears to apply to the character rather than its prey. ![]() If a creature only eats one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people, it'll probably go hungry. If the food is purple, is it also the food that's flying, one-horned, and/or one-eyed? Most visual depictions I see show a purple character (which could, of course, still restrict itself to a purple diet).įor that matter, to which noun do the other adjectives apply? In the lyrics, the "line" of the character is "eating purple people," which suggests that the color of its food is purple, rather than the character itself, but the lyrics also say that the character won't eat the narrator because the narrator is "tough" rather than non-purple. Later, the creature, disguised as Sheb Wolley, released the hit, "Purple People Eater", which finally made the creature infamous.Several years ago, there was a very popular song about a " One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater." Dr.", followed by another hit, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" (later covered by the Rolling Stones), which was released late in 1958. The creature had a hit with its first recording, "Dr. The voice of the purple people eater is similar to, but not quite as high-pitched or as fast, as Pee Wee Herman. The beast spoke fluent American-English as well as its native tongue, Iilewqi. A post-mortem examination after it eventually starved to death proved conclusively that the creature was, more or less, purple. The ambiguity of the creature arose during its first run on Broadway: Was it a he or a she or an it? Was it Aye-sexual, Be-sexual, See-sexual, or Try (anything once)-sexual? Was it actually purple or did it eat purple people? In response to the play, viewers drew pictures from memory that show a "people eater" colored purple. Later the alien became a minor pop star, who also appeared on stage, radio and the silver screen.įlying Purple People Eater expressing its feelings for Purple People Ambiguity The creature also landed the leading role in My Stepdad's a One-eyed One-horned Flying Purple People Eater, in which it portrayed the Stepdad. ![]() Being unable to eat much of anything but grapes and plums, while raisins and prunes were a bit too dark for the finicky creature's palate, the Purple People Eater switched its focus to a career in show business.Īlthough no real substitute for purple people, the monster's foray into the entertainment industry was met with a modicum of success when it played a background actor in such television shows as Twilight Zone and The Ed Sullivan Show. The situation became more complex when the beast finally realized there are no purple people on the Earth, other than small children who try to retaliate against their parental figures, and patients suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The standing hypothesis is that the creature came from a planet of Purple People Eaters who were probably running low on food. And upon entering Earth's rarefied atmosphere the creature also gained the useful ability to fly – which made having wings all the more sensible. The One-eyed One-horned Flying Purple People Eater was an alien with a single eye and horn who descended on our planet simply to hunt for purple people.
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