Mack the Knife

Mack the Knife was sung by Dr. Teeth to Sam the Eagle as the UK Spot on episode 315 of The Muppet Show.

It was also sung by Johnny Fiama on episode 107 of Muppets Tonight.

The song, called "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" in German, is from a popular German musical, Die Dreigroschenoper or The Threepenny Opera. It has been translated into English several times; the best-known translation is by Marc Blitzstein. The song is considered a swing standard, and was first recorded in 1954 by Louis Armstrong. The most successful version on the American charts was by Bobby Darin, from 1959. Ella Fitzgerald won a Grammy for a live version of the song (1960), in which she ad-libbed the verses after forgetting the lyrics.