Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear

[ryhoyarbie]

I love this tune! It's quite catchy and has a nice beat to it, from the piano playing to the horn section playing in the background. Plus Richard Hunt did a great job singing as Scooter.

I listened to this tune several times today while running my 8 miles, in the cold. Brrrrrr!!!!!

 

[Super Scooter]

It's probably one of my favorite Randy Newman songs!

I may go out tomorrow
If I can borrow a coat to wear
Oh, I'd step out in style
With my sincere smile
And my dancing bear
Outrageous, alarming
Courageous, charming
Oh, who would think a boy and bear
Could be well accepted everywhere
It's just amazing how fair people can be

Seen at at the nicest places
Where well-fed faces all stop to stare
Making the grandest entrance
Is Simon Smith and his dancing bear
They'll love us
Fozzie: Won't they?
They feed us
Fozzie: Don't they?
Oh, who would think a boy and bear
Could be well accepted everywhere
It's just amazing
How fair people can be

Oh who needs money
Fozzie: When we're funny!
The great attraction everywhere
Will be Simon Smith and his amazing dancing bear

 

[CensoredAlso]

I was kind of down the other day. Then I started singing "Simon Smith" to myself, just absent mindedly. And I actually started to feel better, it's a very upbeat number.

 

[JJandJanice]

I love this song as well. I sing this song in voice of a character I've created.

But yes it does help one feel better. , great tune.

 

[Barry Lee]

I love the Muppet version, but I also love the Randy Newman version. But anyways, the song was also sung by Bobby Short and some other weird unfamous people. haha. But yea, its a great song. They also sang it in Jim's funeral, very touching watching Frank and Richard singing it.

 

[CensoredAlso]

They also sang it in Jim's funeral, very touching watching Frank and Richard singing it.

Aw, I wish I could have seen that.

 

[ryhoyarbie]

Did Richard and Frank sing the song with their own voices or did they use their characters Scooter and Fozzie and sing the song or did they not use their characters but sang the song in their character's voices?

 

[Skye]

They also sang it in Jim's funeral, very touching watching Frank and Richard singing it.

Aw, I wish I could have seen that.

I really wish I could have seen that, too. It's such a great song! And I'll bet that was so beautiful.

 

[Barry Lee]

They didn't use the characters but they sang the song in their voices, thats how the whole Medely in the funeral was until the "Just One Person" bit where each performer brought out one puppet. Now that was sad.

 

[JJandJanice]

I saw that, it was a great moment. It was really sad, .