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[[Image:Flight of the Bumblebee.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Gonzo attempting to eat a tire to "Flight of the Bumblebee"]]
 
[[The Great Gonzo]] eats a rubber tire to the tune of "'''The Flight of the Bumblebee'''" in [[Episode 101: Juliet Prowse|episode 101]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. He only gets a few bites in before he is booed off the [[Stage|stage]]. A reproduction of the tire from this appearance was included with the [[Tuxedo Gonzo Action Figure]].
 
   
 
[[Gonzo]] eats a rubber tire to the music of "'''The Flight of the Bumblebee'''" in [[Episode 101: Juliet Prowse|episode 101]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. But he only gets a few bites in before he is booed off the [[stage]]. A reproduction of the tire from this appearance, replete with bite marks, was included with [[Palisades Toys|Palisades Toys']] [[Tuxedo Gonzo Action Figure]].
Gonzo later plays the song on his bugle in [[Episode 218: Jaye P. Morgan|episode 218]], as [[Rowlf]] plays the [[Rowlf at the piano|piano]] and [[Animal]] chases a bumblebee.
 
   
 
Gonzo later plays the song on his bugle in [[Episode 218: Jaye P. Morgan|episode 218]], as [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]] plays the [[Rowlf at the piano|piano]] and [[Animal]] chases a bumblebee.
The song is also featured on the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' album ''[[Elmo and the Orchestra (CD)|Elmo and the Orchestra]]''.
 
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In [[Episode 107: Sandra Bullock|episode 107]] of ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'', [[Bill the Bubble Guy]] blows bubbles while the song plays.
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In a 2010 ''[[Sesamstrasse]]'' [[Ernie and Bert Sketches: NDR Radiophilharmonie#bumblebee|segment]], [[Ernie]] and [[Bert]] attend the sound check of a philharmonic orchestra rehearsing the song. Refusing to wear a beekeeper's hat, Bert has to suffer the consequences.
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*''[[The Muppet Show (album)|The Muppet Show]]'' (1977)
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*''[[Elmo and the Orchestra]]'' (2001)
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*''[[Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff]]'' (1985)
   
 
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Revision as of 03:10, 6 January 2016

Flight of the Bumblebee
Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Date 1900
Source The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Gonzo eats a rubber tire to the music of "The Flight of the Bumblebee" in episode 101 of The Muppet Show. But he only gets a few bites in before he is booed off the stage. A reproduction of the tire from this appearance, replete with bite marks, was included with Palisades Toys' Tuxedo Gonzo Action Figure.

Gonzo later plays the song on his bugle in episode 218, as Rowlf plays the piano and Animal chases a bumblebee.

In episode 107 of Muppets Tonight, Bill the Bubble Guy blows bubbles while the song plays.

In a 2010 Sesamstrasse segment, Ernie and Bert attend the sound check of a philharmonic orchestra rehearsing the song. Refusing to wear a beekeeper's hat, Bert has to suffer the consequences.

Releases

Audio
Video
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