# The Rainbow Connection **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679 "2001-06-13T15:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/41 "2001-06-15T15:01:51Z")
The **punk** cover everyone is referencing is by **Me First and the Gimme Gimmes** - _“Are a Drag”_. Pretty darn good cd, and the weird thing is, I was just listening to it when I saw this thread. Punk covers of “Evita”, “Over The Rainbow”, and for you Rocky Horror nuts, “Science Fiction” on that cd as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/42 "2001-06-15T15:05:08Z")
Quothe the **Montfort** : _And they feel like Swedish tits, too._ Kick a man while he’s down, why don’t cha? I thought for sure you’d go the “taste” route… ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/43 "2001-06-15T15:21:01Z")
I like Me First And The Gimme Gimmes. Their bass player/singer is the legendary Fat Mike from NOFX. They kick ass. What pisses me off is that MFATGG are touring this summer, and NOFX aren’t. Dammit that pisses me off. Well, I think I’m an important part in the rainbow connection. I’ve been cruising around Texas for a while with my Rainbow fuzzy steering wheel cover and my Rainbow bandana headband. Amazingly, I’ve never had anyone yell “Fag!” or anything. In Texas… well, Austin which really isn’t the same thing. Good luck on finding it. You’ll do it some day. The lovers, the dreamers and you. Lucky Charms ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/44 "2001-06-15T17:17:34Z")
dantheman wrote: > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > > And, **John** , most Swedes find the Swedish Chef kind of flattering (since there are no Danish Chefs, or Norwegian Chefs) but completely off-the-mark in his characterization of Swedish speaking. > > You mean real Swedes _don’t_ say, “Bork, bork, bork!” ?? Behold! The on-line **English-to-Swedish-Chef** translator: [http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/jbc/home/chef.html](http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/jbc/home/chef.html) ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/45 "2001-06-15T19:22:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tygr \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > > **Its sooooo sweet and dear and huggable and darling and cute!** > > My dear **Medea’s** , the same thing could be said about you. 🙂 > > That said, > > “Some day we’ll find it, the rainbow connection” > > [sub]Suddenly remembers his goddawful singing voice. Begins to tune the banjo, carefully keeping his eyes peeled for **Scylla** reloading.[/sub] > \*\* Tygr. Thanks. Right place, right time. ---
**Author:** ![Brunetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Brunetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brunetter)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/46 "2001-06-15T23:12:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Paul The Younger \* > Is it just me, or is that the eeriest simulpost coincindence you have EVER seen? > > [sub]Assuming of course that Lazarus and Brunetter aren’t married and sitting side-by-side on his and her computers while reading the SDMB.[/sub] > \*\* Ok here’s the thing. Lazarus7 actually _is_ my husband. And when I logged into the SDMB yesterday and saw this thread, I had to immediately comment on it, and also send him the link. We argue about this song at least once a day so I knew it was a thread we could both sink our teeth into! It was quite a coincidence to find it at all, considering I haven’t been on the Dope in months and just started re-acquainting myself. I log in, and this is the first thread I see! Weird. Furthermore, Lazarus7 _is_ an MCSE-certified computer nut, which means that we have 24 computers in our bedroom. This means that we are not using the same computer. Come on, he hardly ever limits himself to only using one at a time - why would we share with each other? So generally if I want to say something to him and actually have it register on his radar, I send him an ICQ. That will work better than me talking. Especially if he is listening to his punk music. So as I said, I sent him the link and then proceeded to add my comments to the thread. Completely unbeknownst to me, he was posting to it at the same time. Simulpost!! And I didn’t even know about it until my friend Silent\_Rob tipped me off today. You may now return to your regular programming! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/47 "2001-06-16T17:42:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brunetter \* > Furthermore, Lazarus7 _is_ an MCSE-certified computer nut, which means that we have 24 computers in our bedroom. [whiny kid voice] Moooooommy, can I go over to Brunetter’s house? Her husband has 24 computers in his BED ROOM![/wkv] Iloveyou. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/48 "2001-06-21T00:32:33Z")
Even [the songwriter](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010616/en/williams_songs_1.html) thinks it’s a good song, too: > [@](#): > > **Songwriter Lists His Favorites** > > NEW YORK (AP) - Of all the classic songs Paul Williams has helped to write, from Barbra Streisand’s `Evergreen'' to the Carpenters' `We’ve Only Just Begun,’’ it’s the one he wrote for a frog that means the most to him. > > Williams said the `Rainbow Connection,'' made famous by Kermit the Frog on `The Muppet Show,’’ is his proudest accomplishment as a songwriter. > > `It's a song about hope, and if there's one song that I would be remembered for, I would hope it would be that,'' Williams told The Associated Press in an interview last week. `It’s the song that means the most to me because it’s a song about hope and enjoying the mystery of life.’’ ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/49 "2001-06-21T00:55:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > **This song has given me chills since the very first scene of the very first time I saw the Muppet Movie when I was 8 years old… the key change just gets me shivering…the song is just…** Oh, totally. _TOTALLY!_ And I’m British: I don’t even _say_ totally. But Mr Henson was a genyoo-ine living breathing genius. I’m serious. I don’t remember the song from the movie, but from a show called The Muppets 30 Years Special (or something). My father interviewed Jim Henson and was sent a copy of the show on tape. It lay in his room until we got a video, two years later, and it’s now fifteen years old and still working. It remains the most enchanting (that’s the only word) piece of television I’ve witnessed, including what I now realise must have been an excerpt from the first movie. I watched it over and over and over, and it gave me somewhere to hide when my adolescence got unbearable. There’s also a clip of some guy singing “Come with me… and you’ll be… in a world of pure imagination…” to a bunch of weird Muppety creatures (some floating, some not), and… oh, I’m near tears. It speaks of eternity and infinity and creative justice and I just love it. _Labyrinth_ was barely a smidgeon of what it could have been, even though it was great. What I’d love to have seen was a collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Jim Henson. _Muppet Christmas Carol_ was probably the most accomplished of the movies, but of course, the rest were works of art. Only _Treasure Island_ was even clearly a kids’ flick. Kermit really must be in charge. He is the quietly authoritative voice of sanity. So easily squished. It is to be hoped the new Mr Henson will learn his father’s art well and guide it forward. I’d hate to lose them. And _Muppets Tonite_ stunk, by th’way… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/50 "2001-06-21T05:28:40Z")
Ross wrote: > [@](#): > > There’s also a clip of some guy singing “Come with me… and you’ll be… in a world of pure imagination…” to a bunch of weird Muppety creatures (some floating, some not), That would be Gene Wilder, playing the role of Willy Wonka, in an excerp from _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_. Incidentally, didja know that there’s a really old star catalog called the Ross catalog, and that several red dwarf stars are commonly referred to by their Ross number? (e.g. Ross 154 and Ross 128) ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/51 "2001-06-21T05:43:44Z")
So its been said and some choose to believe it… I know they’re wrong, wait and see… I have the Kermit mp3 and the Less than Jake mp3. I’m completely obsessed with the song. I keep trying to convince my friend to make his band cover it. (They’re punk/metal with a weird Everlast aftertaste.) ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/52 "2001-06-23T10:53:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > **That would be Gene Wilder, playing the role of Willy Wonka, in an excerpt from _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_.** I didn’t know Mr Wilder sang it. That sounds cooler. But the guy I saw was a black guy, and I’m pretty sure it was a _Muppet Show_ segment. I didn’t know about the star catalogue. That is VERY cool. Various chunks of the south and north poles are also named after me. And loads of stuff in Scotland. And some dweeb on Friends… I think we have a new winner. I shall be selling these stars as soon as I can find some tourists. That’ll teach **ChiefScott** to call my username “fey”. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/53 "2001-06-23T17:49:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ross \* > \*\*I didn’t know Mr Wilder sang it. That sounds cooler. But the guy I saw was a black guy, and I’m pretty sure it was a _Muppet Show_ segment. > \*\* I’m pretty sure Sammy Davis Jr did _Candy Man_ on the Muppet Show… jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/54 "2001-06-23T18:05:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Ross \* > > \*\*I didn’t know Mr Wilder sang it. That sounds cooler. But the guy I saw was a black guy, and I’m pretty sure it was a _Muppet Show_ segment. > > \*\* > > I’m pretty sure Sammy Davis Jr did _Candy Man_ on the Muppet Show… > > jayjay \*\* According to _Jim Henson: The Works_ ( a great book that I HIGHLY recommend) Sammy Davis Jr. never hosted the Muppet Show. If it was him, then it would have been from a different show or special. The only black male performers to host the show during it’s five years were Ben Vereen, Lou Rawls, Harry Belafonte and Dizzy Gillespie. Any of them ring a bell, **Ross**? Paul ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/55 "2001-06-23T19:06:05Z")
Nothing more to say except that Me First And The Gimme Gimmes effin’ rock! Never heard Rainbow Connetion by them before though. It may stay that way, as I like some things sacred. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/56 "2001-06-24T08:29:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by red\_dragon60 \* > \*\*Nothing more to say except that Me First And The Gimme Gimmes effin’ rock! Never heard Rainbow Connetion by them before though. It may stay that way, as I like some things sacred. \*\* Well, if you do want to check it out, it’s on their second album “Are A Drag!” (as in _Me First and the Gimmee Gimmee’s_ “Are A Drag!”). The album is all show tunes, and is a pretty fun disc. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/57 "2001-06-24T11:04:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tornado Siren \* > \*\*Have you been half asleep? ANd have your heard voices? I’ve heard them calling my name. . . \*\* [Miss Piggy voice]Kermie Kermie Kermie[/Miss Piggy Voice] Here in St. Cloud MN lives a man, also named Paul (last name Drinkwine) who does a wonderful rendition of “The Rainbow Connection” in Kermie voice, and his wife and their friends sing harmony on the reprise. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/58 "2001-06-24T14:58:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Ross > But the guy I saw was a black guy, and I’m pretty sure it was a _Muppet Show_ segment. Just checked my tapes and it was Ben Vereen. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/59 "2001-06-24T18:52:27Z")
Ross wrote: > [@](#): > > I didn’t know about the [Ross] star catalogue. That is VERY cool. Various chunks of the south and north poles are also named after me. And loads of stuff in Scotland. And some dweeb on Friends… And don’t forget the gal who sewed the first American flag. And the fact that Ross – with the capital R – means “horse” in German. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/60 "2001-06-24T18:57:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*And don’t forget the gal who sewed the first American flag. And the fact that Ross – with the capital R – means “horse” in German. \*\* And don’t forget the ESPN anchor named Betsy Ross! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679.md?page=4)