a net full of jell-o
Annette Funicello (1942-2013) is best remembered as one of the original Mousketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club, and was a teen idol of the 1950s and 1960s who starred in the "Beach Party" movies with Frankie Avalon.
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- In the Panel Discussion in episode 105 of The Muppet Show, Kermit tells Miss Piggy to let Tiffany and The Guru talk. Piggy reacts "Tiffany and the Guru. Didn't that star Annette Funnicello and Frankie Avalon".
- Her name is uttered by one of The Flying Zucchini Brothers as a faux-Italian term in episode 208 of The Muppet Show.
- A Muppet parody of the actress, Annette Monster, dueted with Frankie Monster in the Sesame Street song "Love the Ocean."
- In the holding area for Muppet*Vision 3D, one of the many pun-inspired props is "a net full of Jell-O."
- Elmo's World: The Beach has an animated character called "Crabette Funicello."