Singing Telegram - Variants

Variants

A kissogram, also called kissagram (short for kissing telegram), is a message delivered along with a kiss usually arranged as a fun surprise for a person for a special occasion. Message deliverers can be hired either by themselves, or as part of an agency. A kissogram is usually presented by a male or female performer dressed in a costume or uniform such as a police officer, nurse, french maid or nun. In the 2010 Doctor Who episode "The Eleventh Hour", the Doctor's companion Amy Pond worked as a kissogram prior to traveling with the Doctor.

A Minstrel Greeting, A fully personalised song performed by A Wandering Minstrel, with a full band production audio CD or DVD music video.

A DIY Singing Telegram A specially written song all about the person in karaoke DVD form, so that any singer anywhere in the world can deliver the fully personalised singing telegram.

A Strip-O-Gram is a form of message delivery in which a woman or man will perform a striptease while singing or dancing. The word is a combination of telegram and striptease. This type of entertainment became popular in the 1970s in the US and spread to the UK and Europe during the 1980s. Typically a Strip-O-Gram is most often a form of gift given for a birthday, anniversary or bachelor party. A common practice is for the strippergram to be dressed in an outfit of one kind or another and to act out some form of charade connected with this, before commencing their act - for example a police officer 'arresting' somebody, a lawyer pretending to serve papers, a jilted bride and so on (sometimes this charade will be relevant to something the intended 'victim' has experienced, such as a divorce, or brush with the law).