# The Muppet's, Name that tune help?

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**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, music\
**Created:** [June 2, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-name-that-tune-help/943488 "2021-06-02T18:09:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-name-that-tune-help/943488/1 "2021-06-02T18:09:24Z")

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The Muppet’s, Name that tune help?

The background is dark, with only two dancing tubes in the foreground dancing to music.

The ending has the tubes straightening out and firing a cannon like shot at each other.

For some reason I keep thinking the tune is Tequila by the Champs. I cannot find the episode on YTube though. It always brings up Mahna Mahna.

Am I mistaken that this isn’t a Muppet Show thing? Anyone remember the Title so I can try to bring it up on YouTube?

Thank you in advance for any and all help.

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-name-that-tune-help/943488/2 "2021-06-02T18:15:25Z")

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The tune is “Java” by Allen Toussaint, performed by trumpeter Al Hirt.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gqurhHWRbfA/maxresdefault.jpg "Muppet Songs: Java (Muppet Show Version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqurhHWRbfA)

Jim Henson and Frank Oz also performed the sketch on various other programs, including the Ed Sullivan Show:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rx4HEmH6yAk/maxresdefault.jpg "Muppet Songs: Java (Ed Sullivan Show)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx4HEmH6yAk)

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**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-name-that-tune-help/943488/3 "2021-06-02T18:48:14Z")

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That is it! Thank you very much. I don’t know where Tequila wound up in the mix. I get an itch to find this old stuff from my childhood and even washed out mixed up I can usually connect the dots enough to search it out.

Now all I have to do, Is remember this thread, maybe link to the video.  
Greatly appreciated Q.Q.Switcheroo, Thank you.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-name-that-tune-help/943488/4 "2021-06-02T21:54:32Z")

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I owe you a “Thank You,” too, **Switcheroo** for supplying the title of that tune; I know I’ve heard it everywhere for the past 50-or-so years and for some reason everyone I know told me it was called **Electric Rickshaw**. 🙄

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-name-that-tune-help/943488/5 "2021-06-03T01:14:01Z")

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Brits of a certain age will know Java as the closing theme to the TV show _Vision On_.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Pz8Yo2K29js/hqdefault.jpg "Vision On 1964 - 1976 (Opening Theme, Snippets and Closing Theme )") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz8Yo2K29js)