# Can anyone ID this Muppet sketch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127 "2008-01-11T14:52:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/21 "2008-01-11T23:44:19Z")
[QUOTE=Superfluous Parentheses] Here, have my favorite muppets: [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4qxWGr8VhzQ](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4qxWGr8VhzQ) [/QUOTE] They have _hands_?! Since when?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/22 "2008-01-11T23:49:24Z")
[QUOTE=Superfluous Parentheses] And it was originally written for a soft porn flick. > **[Mah Nà Mah Nà](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah_N%C3%A0_Mah_N%C3%A0)** > > "Mah Nà Mah Nà" is a popular song by the Italian composer Piero Umiliani. It originally appeared in the Italian film Sweden: Heaven and Hell (Svezia, inferno e paradiso). On its own it was a minor radio hit in the United States and in Britain, but it became better known internationally after it was used by the Muppets and on The Benny Hill Show. > Sesame Street producer Joan Ganz Cooney heard the track on the radio and decided it would be a perfect addition to the show. The song's first Sesame Str... [/QUOTE] Does doper **Mahna Mahna** know this? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/23 "2008-01-12T00:38:53Z")
[Manah Manah as performed on The Ed Sullivan Show](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4154166267346904522&q=manah+sullivan&total=1&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/24 "2008-01-12T03:04:43Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I certainly wasn’t thinking of the ma-na-ma-na song - it’s just that I heard and remembered the “murgladop” sound as four less than distinct syllables (although the delivery and intonation were exactly what I had in mind). [/QUOTE] Heh… you can imagine my frustration at trying to Google it (why didn’t I think to ask earlier?). I too forgot everything other than the Muppets in that sketch. …now, can anyone find the pre-muppets “Golden An” sketch? As in something like “I"m Dan, with a Van, looking to steal the Golden An” … or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/25 "2008-01-12T03:10:32Z")
[Ohhhh yeah…](http://nostalgiamanila.blogspot.com/2007/02/sesame-street-lunchbox.html) “take the golden an in the tan van and give it to Dan who takes it to Fran” (PS … don’t tell anyone of the plan!) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/26 "2008-01-12T03:12:43Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] …now, can anyone find the pre-muppets “Golden An” sketch? As in something like “I"m Dan, with a Van, looking to steal the Golden An” … or something like that. [/QUOTE] Is [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZpjH1WcWOM) it? (I guess you already found it.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/27 "2008-01-12T06:05:56Z")
So I’m watching the Bernadette Peters episode. I didn’t have a teen crush on her when the show was aired, but she was sure cute. It’s hard to believe she’ll be 60 next month. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/28 "2008-01-12T23:39:33Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] [Here it is](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIN_eauYq7g). You had a pretty good memory of it. A similar one, one of my favourites, is [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvLaLyC8suM). [/QUOTE] **GuanoLad** , you’re my hero. Thanks! 😃 Dopers rock! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/29 "2008-01-12T23:49:30Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] …now, can anyone find the pre-muppets “Golden An” sketch? [/QUOTE] I think “Pre-_Muppet Show_” would be a better adjective. _Sesame Street_ predates _The Muppet Show_, but it does not predate Muppets, as Jim Henson referred to his puppets as “Muppets” pretty much from the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/30 "2008-01-13T00:43:22Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] I too forgot everything other than the Muppets in that sketch. [/QUOTE] I’m wondering if they appeared again in another short sketch, just doing the alternate noises. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127/31 "2008-01-13T02:59:26Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I’m wondering if they appeared again in another short sketch, just doing the alternate noises. [/QUOTE] The Muppet Wiki, which is your source for everything Muppet-related, has a whole page about [Koozebane](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Koozebane). The DeLuise aliens, called Merdlidops, only appeared once on _The Muppet Show_, but other Koozebanians appeared on the show as well. Probably the most famous of these sketches is Kermit covering the Koozebanian mating ritual. > [@Chanteuse](#): > > Since we’re already on the subject of the Muppets, maybe someone can tell me what episode had the “Rockin’ Robin” skit. That was one of my faves! Again, the Wiki gives the answer- the tenth episode of the fifth season, [featuring Jean-Pierre Rampal](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_510:_Jean-Pierre_Rampal). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-muppet-sketch/433127.md?page=1)