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| Written by | George Weiss and George Shearing |
| Date | 1952 |
| Publisher | EMI Longitude Music |
"Lullaby of Birdland" was the closing number in episode 201 of The Muppet Show. Fozzie Bear is helping Kermit run the show, and he selects the song for The Electric Mayhem to perform as the closing number. The band is so happy that they give him sunglasses, or shades. When Floyd notes, shortly before the number, that they need a bass player because he will be playing the vibraphone, Fozzie sends on guest star Don Knotts. Predictably, Don is too square for the band, and at the end of the number his bass blows up as he attempts to keep up with the frenetic pace. The disgusted band de-shades Fozzie.
Mahna Mahna scats a portion of this song in The Muppet Show version of "Mahna Mahna".
The song was also mentioned in the proposal for the unfinished special Johnny Carson and the Muppet Machine, where it would have been performed by Johnny Carson on the titular machine.
Audio releases
- The Muppet Show (1977)