In 2003, the earlier-recorded Bunnygrunt song 'Season's Freaklings' (also previously featured on a compilation entitled 'Better Than Fruitcake' which was a forerunner to the Bert Dax Christmas compilations—see below) was used on the soundtrack to the Billy Bob Thornton movie, Bad Santa, enhancing the band's popularity.
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The band played a house party with Lauren Trull on bass to celebrate release of Bad Santa and decided to reform full time, playing the Athens PopFest (to which they have returned as recently as August 2010, and at which they are one of only three acts to appear every single year since its inception, alongside Cars Can Be Blue and Casper And The Cookies) later that year.
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The film features a large number of unusual character actors, including Chuck Mitchell (Porky's) and Tony Cox (Bad Santa).