# The Rainbow Connection

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/61 "2001-06-24T19:34:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ross \*  
> \*\*And _Muppets Tonite_ stunk, by th’way… \*\*

I beg to differ!

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**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/62 "2001-06-24T21:51:18Z")

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[Cartman] I hate rainbows! They crawl up your leg and bite the inside of your ass! I hate those things! [/Cartman]

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**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/63 "2001-06-25T03:07:05Z")

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I just saw a TV commercial using this song today! With black and white still shots in the background. I don’t have any idea what it was advertising. I was too busy singing along with Kermit.

rivulus (who can play this song on the ukelele)

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**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/64 "2001-06-25T06:30:49Z")

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Kenny Loggins also covered this song, quite well, IMHO. It’s on the “Return to Pooh Corner” CD.

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**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 25, 2001, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rainbow-connection/68679/65 "2001-06-25T12:56:25Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \*  
> \*\*Kenny Loggins also covered this song, quite well, IMHO. It’s on the “Return to Pooh Corner” CD. \*\*

Well, he did cover it. And he did an OK job–but that’s an original that just can’t be topped.

Oddly, he left out the bridge…

“All of us, under it’s spell,  
we probably all think it’s maaaaa-giiiiiic…”

I can play it on the harmonica, albeit not well. That might be a good duet, huh, **rivulus**?

BTW, I think I remember an iMac commercial for the green one using Kermit singing “It’s Not Easy Being Green”.

Paul (last name not Drinkwine)

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