"Funiculì, Funiculà" is a famous Italian song, originally composed for the funicular of Mount Vesuvius. The music has been used in many productions since then, including Muppet ones.

In episode 207 of Muppets Tonight, Gilbert Gottfried sings "the clean version" of the song while he and Kermit are stuck in his wet cement.

References

• The Placido Flamingo song, "The Telephone of Brazil" is sung to the tune.
• In a 2006 episode of Sesame Street, Big Bird, Elmo and Zoe sing about the letter H to the song's tune.
• The Singing Pizza Elmo toy uses the melody for Elmo's song about pizza.
• A band of accordion players also performed the song for Telly in a 1999 episode of Sesame Street.
• A portion of the music was incorporated in the last verse of "The Pasta Song".
• Abby Cadabby sings a a song about the first time she ate broccoli to the tune of the song. (First: Episode 4232)