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MAHNA MAHNA

Impossibly catchy song (get the mp3 here), fluffy pink alien cows (apparently called "snowths"), dirty hipster scat-singing muppets, cameos by Kermit and godfathers of snark Statler and Waldorf. Two and a half minutes well-spent.

I have always loved this goofy little song. So much so that back in our Plastic days Jason and I sought out the song's origins. Does the fact that "Mah Na Mah Na" was originally composed as part of the score to 1970's swedish art-house porn (link is perfectly work safe) diminish from its brilliance? I say no. I enjoy the fact that Henson was well aware of the song's origins when he decided to use it.

More Google goodness, a page tracking the history of the Mahna Mahna character (yes that's apparently the hipster vocalist's name) as part of a larger treatise on the Hipsters v. Squares war played out on the Muppet Show and Sesame Street.

Coming Soon, My in-depth history of "Yakety Sax" aka the Benny Hill "chase the naughty ladies around in double time" Music