2007-01-28 07:23:01 · 5 answers · asked by ? 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Renault
Mahna Mahna", originally titled "Mah-Na Mah-Na," was written by Italian composer Piero Umiliani for a Swedish documentary called Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso (Sweden, Heaven and Hell). It is a nonsense song that achieved widespread fame when the Muppets performed it.
The Muppets' rendition of "Mahna Mahna" debuted on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969, performed by Mahna Mahna and his back-up singers, the Snowths. This version of the skit was restaged for episode 101 of The Muppet Show.
A slightly different version of the skit was first performed on episode 0014 of Sesame Street by Bip Bippadotta, backed up by two Anything Muppet girls. Whereas the Snowths sing "doo doo doo doo doo" on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Muppet Show, the back-up singers on the Sesame Street version sing "ba tee pa tee pee". This version was also used during the closing credits of an episode of Play With Me Sesame, with the cast singing and dancing along as this clip played. It was also included in the broadcast version of The Street We Live On.
Although it is currently unclear which of the aforementioned clips aired first, as air dates for episode 0014 of Sesame Street are unavailable, it is very likely that the clips aired within days of each other. Because the Ed Sullivan Show appearance was on live television, however, the evidence suggests that the Sesame Street version was filmed first.
Chorus:
Mahna Mahna
Do doo be-do-do
Mahna Mahna
Do do-do do
Mahna Mahna
Do doo be-do-do be-do-do be-do-do be-do-do-doodle do do do-doo do!
(Improv. by Mahna Mahna)
Repeat Chorus
(Improv. by Mahna Mahna)
Repeat Chorus
(Improv. by Mahna Mahna)
Repeat Chorus
(Improv. by Mahna Mahna)
Repeat Chorus twice
Kermit: "Hello?... Just a second... It's for you..."
Mahna Mahna (from the other end of the phone line): Mahna Mahna!
Wallace: "The question is, what is a Mahna Mahna?"
Statler: "The question is, who cares?
2007-01-28 07:29:27 · answer #1 · answered by momoftrl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mah Na Mah Na Lyrics
2016-10-15 22:30:10 · answer #2 · answered by mckown 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Occasionally I would go into the office humming manamana. The others couldn't help themselves and I had the satisfaction of hearing them humming/singing it to themselves all day. Another one was the duelling banjos.
2007-01-28 07:38:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mahna Mahna?
2007-01-28 07:33:25 · answer #4 · answered by pingiechan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You pain in the ***, you've got me humming that tune now! :)
2007-01-28 07:35:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋