"Fame and Fortune" is a song written for the Rankin/Bass Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It was written to replace "We're a Couple of Misfits" in order to fit in the extended ending to the special. This song appeared in place of the original on televised broadcasts, as well as on Family Home Entertainment's VHS releases, from 1965 to 1997, after which "We're a Couple of Misfits" was reinstated.
The sequence of the song itself is included as a bonus feature on the 2002 DVD release of the special. Strangely, later DVD releases and even the Blu-ray do not include the song.
Lyrics
Fame and fortune, fame and fortune
We're off to seek them now
Anyone can have them both
It just takes the right know-how
We put on our traveling shoes today
We won't stop until we find the way to
Fame and fortune, fame and fortune
They will be ours some day
Fame and fortune, fame and fortune
They will be ours some day!