Comments on: Mahnamahna!

Mahnamahna!

fraying — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 14:31:12 -0800

Mahnamahna! Just a moment of levity for a heavy Monday. For the full experience, download the video. In the words of the site: "Watch it, pray to it, name your first born after it, invite it over for dinner, but most importantly, download Mahnamahna. Spread the Mahnamahna word!"

By: fouff

fouff — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 14:52:37 -0800

Hey guys, thanks for the link. Re: the video download, the university is in full swing again, so if it's slow, look up Mahnamahna on Kazaa - a lot of people have it now.

By: hijinx

hijinx — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 15:10:19 -0800

Derek, where do I send the check? This song has been ingrained into my head since I was a wee lad. And now, I can enjoy it again. Thank you. Thank you.

By: Tubes

Tubes — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 15:34:07 -0800

Awesome! If this video exists, maybe someone has another after-school classic I remember: it involved little creatures that looked a bit like fabric-covered dancing Slinkys. I invoke the mighty searching powers of MeFi readers...

By: heather

heather — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 15:37:27 -0800

Derek, where do I send the check? to my therapist... mahna mahna!

By: zeoslap

zeoslap — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 15:47:37 -0800

ha, that's really funny :)

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 16:03:49 -0800

I'm so ashamed! I always thought it was MNOMNOP!...like the alphabet. I need a minute here *sniff*

By: cheesebot

cheesebot — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 16:04:54 -0800

Tubes, you're not talking about "We're not candy", are you?

By: Diddly

Diddly — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 16:09:24 -0800

Both my girlfriend and I had thought the word was "Phenomena", but we will spontaneously start singing the "doot doo" parts to any four-syllable word. Thanks fouff!

By: fraying

fraying — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 16:45:11 -0800

Well, according to this.... Originally from 1976 (episode 17 of the 1st season of the Muppet Show), and sung by Mahna Mahna and the two Snowths, the Mahna Mahna song was reborn as the Phenomena song in episode 7 of Muppets Tonight (broadcast 20/9/96 in the UK, 23/6/96 in the US). The Phenomena song was performed by Dr. (Sandra) Bullock the Animal Psychiatrist, who was visited by Kermit. Kermit's problem was that he saw strange creatures whenever he said the word "phenomena"...

By: jasonshellen

jasonshellen — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 17:22:00 -0800

I miss the old Muppet show. I don't think I have had as wide a grin on my face in days. Watching Manha Manha in Pago Pago would be even better I imagine.

By: Danielle_T

Danielle_T — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 17:28:09 -0800

I remember the Sanda Bullock version. It was a riot. I saw a "Pigs lost in space" episiode a few years back and I was rolling around on the floor in hysterics- always did think the Muppets were aimed more at the parents than the kids.

By: Danielle_T

Danielle_T — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 17:45:36 -0800

Here we go: Sandra Bullock at her best

By: arielmeadow

arielmeadow — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 18:48:39 -0800

Diddly, I do the exact same thing. Me: "What does the sauce need?" Him: (tasting sauce) "Oregano" Me: "doo-doo-doodoodoo!" If this is what us "raised on Jim Henson" folks are doing now, what will the "raised on Barney" kids be doing in 20 years?

By: dagnyscott

dagnyscott — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 18:51:48 -0800

Katie, Jill and I sang this to the word "Menominee," which worked quite well :) My evil sparkly roommate came from Menominee.

By: arielmeadow

arielmeadow — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 18:56:56 -0800

Re: mahna mahna vs. phenomena

By: eatdonuts

eatdonuts — Mon, 01 Oct 2001 22:51:11 -0800

scary. help me, childhood images drowing. strangely funny. hold me.

By: suprfli

suprfli — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 00:14:53 -0800

Did I see someone say that they wished they could find this song as an mp3? =)

By: Bernreuther

Bernreuther — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 00:58:55 -0800

I can't listen to it without bursting out laughing... so watching the video naturally woke the roommates... It's been stuck in my head since Halcyon put it in his last tale, I knew it was a muppet thing but couldn't place it... glad that's cleared up... mahna mahna!

By: fidelity

fidelity — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 01:52:35 -0800

jasonshellen: Watching Manha Manha in Pago Pago would be even better I imagine. While eating Mahi Mahi with a certain former UN honcho.

By: Tubes

Tubes — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 07:51:26 -0800

Tubes, you're not talking about "We're not candy", are you? Cheesebot: I don't think so. The bit I'm thinking of had no lyrics... just an arch-shaped tubular creature dancing to music. It was then joined by a couple of smaller versions, which it ended up blasting off the "stage" like a fire extinguisher. Memory is a funny thing...!

By: batgrlHG

batgrlHG — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:25:36 -0800

an arch-shaped tubular creature dancing to music Hey Tubes - I know exactly what you're talking about! I can see it in my brain! I can sing the song at this very moment! But there are no words! And I have no idea what the hell the song is! Sorry! And now it's gonna bug me all day. I may even have to make some phone calls and sing to people. Meanwhile I remember two tube-creatures - and the big one kept shoving the little one off stage. This is wildy early in muppet history...

By: batgrlHG

batgrlHG — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:10:30 -0800

And I think they looked like this (the two creatures on this page) - only I don't remember the color as that lurid.

By: Tubes

Tubes — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:09:19 -0800

YES, batgrlHG! YES! That's them! Maybe there were only two in the skit, somehow I was thinking 3. I wish I could conjure up the song... it's so close to popping up from my memory but I've got "mahnahmana" on the brain and can't get it out. This has been buggin' me since yesterday now!

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:15:31 -0800

I think the Sesame Street thing that sticks in my head more than any other is the pinball-machine counting-to-twelve song. That, probably more than anything else, is responsible for my obsession with the silver ball (hence my oh-so supple wrist [no wisecracks please]). onetwothreefourfive sixseveneightnineten eleven twehehehelve! Aigh! Damn muppets is in my subconscious! It's kind of like the ear-bugs in Wrath Of Khan, except with Tweedlebugs! Get out of my mind!!!!

By: redfoxtail

redfoxtail — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:16:35 -0800

Meanwhile I remember two tube-creatures - and the big one kept shoving the little one off stage. Yes, this is my favorite, too, and I have never been able to find a downloadable video, though I would dearly love to. Alas, you'll have trouble finding the song online, because I believe it is named "Java."

By: redfoxtail

redfoxtail — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:22:36 -0800

just an arch-shaped tubular creature dancing to music. It was then joined by a couple of smaller versions, which it ended up blasting off the "stage" like a fire extinguisher. There are two creatures, one large and one small. The big one moves quite sedately to the music, and then the small one zips on screen and rocks out until the big one steps on it and kicks it off. The large slinky-monster then returns to its sedate dance, only to have the small one come back on and be unable to restrain itself from dancing wildly. This repeats a couple of times. Eventually, I believe, the little one blasts the big one and is free to dance its little heart out without interference.

By: Tubes

Tubes — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:33:53 -0800

I found it! I found the song! "Java" on Al Hirt's All-Time Greatest Hits! "Java" on Ace Cannon: The Entertainer "Java" from Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra At last, "mahnamanah" can go on the back burner! Now someone's gotta come up with the video...

By: Tubes

Tubes — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:36:00 -0800

Aw nuts, apparently CDNow doesn't like direct links to songs. Well, you can run a search easily enough.

By: batgrlHG

batgrlHG — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 12:47:07 -0800

pinball-machine counting-to-twelve song This was also an epic song. And thank you for letting me know that it's Java - I was about to start making long distance calls to annoy people who know this kinda (highly important) trivia! Instead of all those stupid Nowthat'swhaticallmusic things - why can't we have Obscure But Memorable Sesame Street Tunes?

By: Grangousier

Grangousier — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:33:43 -0800

A pedant writes: In fact, the song Mah Nà Mah Nà was a hit for an Italian soundtrack composer called Piero Umiliani, many years before it appeared in the Muppet Show. The song in question came from the soundtrack to Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso.

By: otherchaz

otherchaz — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 13:14:59 -0800

wah. (-__-,) Forbidden
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