Anything Muppet Opera

[Cookie fan]

Anyone remember the Opera featuring 5 Anything Muppets? It taught us kids back then to count to 5. Part of it went something like:" You and you and you and me make 4..." I remember Jim Henson's voice in there and a very good female opera singer as well. Anyone remember knows this one?

 

[sesameguy]

Hi- I think I know the one you mean. Its title is "Numeral Correspondence" or something like that, and it was featured on one of the early Sesame St. record albums ("The Count Counts", I think). And I'm not 100% sure, but I think I recall seeing it in one of the Noggin episodes as well. Can anyone confirm?

Anyway, it is a cute clip with each of the muppets dressed as characters from operas or operettas. The first girl who comes out is dressed in a viking helmet, the last muppet is dressed as a ship's captain, presumably from one of the Gilbert & Sullivan pieces. The opera begins with the girl muppet singing, "Let's sing a song of numbers, fa-la-la-lee, to tell us how many friends we see. . ." It ends with the five muppets on stage counting down from 5 to one and singing "Goodbye!" As the crowd cheers, they take their curtain calls.

 

[Cookie fan]

Yep, you hammered the nail on the head as they say. Thanks for your reply, its all coming back to me now. I'm hoping this great clip comes out on youtube in the near future.