Version One, 1969 (Sesame Street):
My all time favorite Muppet/Sesame Street performance aired in the first year of the show. Its beautiful nonsensical simplicity was a hit with both adults and children
Click to the jump to see the second and third version of the same song, all performed by the late great Jim Henson.
Version Two, 1969 (Ed Sullivan Show):
Version Three, 1975 (Muppet Show):
Click here to read more about the videos and the song on Wikipedia.
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Fausto Fernós is the host of iTunes’ #1 LGBT talk show, the Feast of Fun podcast, which he produces and hosts with his partner, Marc Felion.
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Fausto Fernós created the Feast of Fools in 1998 as wacky artists variety show in Chicago, Illinois. Feast of Fun grew out of an audio blog to promote the live show into the world’s most downloaded talk show aimed for gay people.
When he’s not blogging, recording or sleeping, Fausto can be found at the gym or appreciating the beauty found in nature.
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I lurv that song……and I love to just sing it every now and again to piss people off because you know it’s one of those songs that once you hear it, it just repeats over and over and over again in your head and you can’t stop it.
I wonder if they’ve ever thought of using this as a form of torture in Gitmo?
Thanks for posting!
Mahna, Mahna (bis)
That always makes me smile. Thank you.