# Manah Manah **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339 "2004-08-18T02:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/21 "2004-08-18T18:01:54Z")
> [@saramamalana](#): > > **Hal Briston** , I have no idea what you’re talking about. Brodie? As in, like, _Mallrats_? The same. Except the scene I’m talking about is in _J&SBSB_. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/22 "2004-08-18T21:03:38Z")
Well, now I’ve got that tune stuck in my head _and_ I’m hungry for banana bread! We could say **saramamalana** ’s name as: “Mamalana.” (Doo-doo, doo _doo_-doo!) Etc. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/23 "2004-08-18T22:48:41Z")
**a35362** , that’s awesome! That’d be funny if any time I post in a thread now, someone comes in and says “doo _doo_ da doo doo” right afterward. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/24 "2004-08-18T22:55:35Z")
Manumanu “the Slender”? From Necessary Roughness? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/25 "2004-08-19T00:05:04Z")
Hee… Do a search for [Manah Manah](http://www.stupidvideos.com/) here. 😃 I remember that song from when I was a kid, I LOVED that song. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/26 "2004-08-19T02:05:15Z")
Harumph. Just goes to show what you lackwits know! It’s **mahna mahna**!!! ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/27 "2004-08-19T02:49:26Z")
Nuh-uh! ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/28 "2004-08-19T07:37:04Z")
Indeed it is, Sara. My wife is so much an expert she has our _entire damn bedroom_ full of Muppet memorabilia. Trust me … it is as I say. Oh, yeah … see you at DopeFest NY in October, yes? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/29 "2004-08-19T07:41:46Z")
Ohhh you better tell **A\_V** that she’ll rue the day! And yes you’ll see me in October, where once again the level of beauty in the room will be raised upon my entrance. 😉 (Tell _that_ to the woman!) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Bokonon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@Lord\_Bokonon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Bokonon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/30 "2004-08-19T08:07:17Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > [Doo _dooo_ da doo doo, da doo doo, da doo doo doo doo doot doo dooo do.](http://www.geocities.com/pieroumiliani/) You can hear a clip of the original (real audio) here: [http://www.crapfromthepast.com/favorites/sounds/pieroumiliani.rm](http://www.crapfromthepast.com/favorites/sounds/pieroumiliani.rm) ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/31 "2004-08-22T09:48:08Z")
The link I put up shows clips of the Muppets performing the song. Just search out Manah Manah, and watch. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339/32 "2004-08-22T14:51:11Z")
Among certain friends of mine, almost ANY four syllable word or phrase works. Especially fun during the middle of some serious conversation. Try it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manah-manah/260339.md?page=1)