sister jude sang the name game in the episode  the name game ''.
what episode does sister jude sing the name game?
`` the name game ''
"the name game" has been recorded by dozens of recording artists in the years since, notably laura branigan, whose version produced by jeff lorber, appearing on her 1987 album "touch", features a classroom of third-grade schoolchildren singing along to the tongue-twisting game. often covered by relative unknowns on collections of songs for children, other cover versions have been recorded by artists as diverse (and campy) as dean ford and the gaylords (1965), divine (1980), and soupy sales (1965). the brazilian singer xuxa recorded a song using the same play and same sample in the song "juego de la rima". in 1965, singer olivia molina recorded a spanish version, "juego de palabras". in 1975, anne renée recorded "un jeu d'fou" in french. in 1982, stacy lattisaw took her "rap" recording of "attack of the name game" to #70 on the hot 100. in 1990, cree summer francks (as elmyra) performed a cover version of the song on an episode of "tiny toon adventures" using the tiny toons' names (except plucky duck's, as pointed out in that episode's end credits). in 1993, this song was used in television commercials for little caesar's pizza's kids meals with free toy, performed by the little caesars, sequeling the "wooly bully" commercials from 1992. stacy's version was sampled by mariah carey on her 1999 single "heartbreaker", from her album "rainbow". character sister jude (jessica lange) sang her version of the song in season 2 episode 10 "the name game" of "american horror story". sheldon cooper in season 9 episode 21 briefly sings "the name game" in "the big bang theory".
the name game
sister jude martin (portrayed by jessica lange) informally referred to as "judy martin", is a stern nun with a dark past, who oversees the doctors and patients at briarcliff. though she initially appears to be strict with the patients, she is later shown to be caring and vulnerable. she harbors sexual feelings towards monsignor timothy howard, and has fantasies that they will one day be together, whilst despising dr. arden for his power over the asylum and his lack of faith in christianity. in the episode "tricks and treats", it is revealed that she was once a philandering nightclub singer who unintentionally killed a young girl in a drunk driving accident in 1949. it is later revealed that sister jude became a nun because of the car accident. unbeknownst to jude, mary eunice begins taunting her about the hit-and-run. after "anne frank" declares dr. arden to be a nazi concentration camp doctor, jude grows suspicious and hires sam goodman, an investigator of nazis. arden manipulates the monsignor into firing jude from her position as the head of briarcliff. she goes to deliver a copy of arden's fingerprints to sam goodman, who has confirmed her suspicions, only to find him stabbed and dying. jude realizes mary eunice killed him and is possessed by the devil from jed's exorcism. she intends to commit suicide, but plans to visit the family of the girl she thought she killed in the hit-and-run. jude discovers the girl is actually alive and survived the accident. sister jude then believes that god has had a plan for her all along, and she decides that it is her duty to put an end to all the inhumane treatments being used at briarcliff. she returns to the asylum to right all the wrongs she's made, but quickly finds herself committed to briarcliff after being framed for murdering frank, the security guard. when mother superior claudia visits her in the common room, jude requests for her to help lana get out of the asylum as she regrets admitting her in the first place. before lana successfully escapes, she promises jude that she will return the favor and get jude released as well. however, when lana returns less than a year later, she is told by monsignor howard that jude had committed suicide, even though she is actually being held in solitary confinement. some years later, kit walker sees jude and visits lana to insist that she keep her word about getting her out, but lana believes that jude deserves to be kept in the asylum after all the suffering she's caused. jude is given the alias "betty drake" in order to hide her identity to ensure she is not discovered and freed from the asylum. the monsignor reveals to jude that he is being promoted to the position of cardinal of new york, and promises to release jude as soon as possible, however he never comes back for her. jude gradually falls deeper into insanity, not realizing two years have passed since the monsignor left the asylum and handed it over to the state of massachusetts. in lana's interview in 2013, she reveals that she tried to find jude during the filming of her documentary, "briarcliff exposed", but that she was already gone. it is revealed that jude had been released from the asylum and taken into the care of kit, who frequently visited her following alma's death. kit helped jude through the detox of medication given to her while she was at briarcliff. she seemed to get better, before having a violent episode of insanity. thomas and julia took jude into the woods, where she came back inexplicably healed. jude taught swing dancing to kit and the children, while giving the latter life lessons. lana reveals that jude died six months later, succumbing to shachath's kiss. for her performance, lange was nominated for the screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series, the saturn award for best supporting actress on television, the golden globe award for best actress – miniseries or television film, the critics' choice television award for best actress in a movie/miniseries, and the primetime emmy award for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a movie in 2013.
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