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| + | "'''When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love'''," from [[Burton Lane]] and [[E. Y. Harburg|Yip Harburg's]] musical ''Finian's Rainbow'', was parodied on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' as "When I'm Not Near the Fish I Love." |
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| − | The song was performed by the [[The Eel|Eel]], who appeared to sing and swim underwater, around real fish that were actually inserted into the shot using bluscreen technology. |
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| ⚫ | This variation was performed by an [[eel]] as the [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]] on [[Episode 124: Mummenschanz|episode 124]], with altered lyrics from an unknown source. The revised lyrics include a series of fish puns, replacing, for example, "For Sharon I'm carin'/But Susan I'm choosin'" with "For herring I'm carin'/For tuna, I swoon-a." |
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Revision as of 18:01, 11 June 2014
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| Music by | Burton Lane |
| Lyrics by | E. Y. Harburg |
| Date | 1947 |
| Source | Finian's Rainbow (musical) |
| Publisher | Chappell & Co. Inc.; Glocca Morra Music Corp. |
"When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love," from Burton Lane and Yip Harburg's musical Finian's Rainbow, was parodied on The Muppet Show as "When I'm Not Near the Fish I Love."
This variation was performed by an eel as the UK Spot on episode 124, with altered lyrics from an unknown source. The revised lyrics include a series of fish puns, replacing, for example, "For Sharon I'm carin'/But Susan I'm choosin'" with "For herring I'm carin'/For tuna, I swoon-a."
The eel appears to sing and swim underwater around real fish.