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Revision as of 02:52, 1 January 2008
Cab Calloway (1907-1994) was a jazz bandleader and singer. He was best known for the song "Minnie the Moocher", with its distinctive "hi-de-hi-de-hi" scat chorus. His exuberant strutting and scatting was utilized in several of Max Fleischer's Betty Boop cartoons, often titled for Calloway's songs, such as The Old Man of the Mountain. He enjoyed a career resurgence in 1980, thanks to a key supporting role as janitor Curtis in The Blues Brothers, where he reprised "Minnie the Moocher."
In 1981, Calloway appeared in several Sesame Street clips, which debuted in Season 12:
- "Hi De Ho Man" with the Two Headed Monster (EKA: Episode 2123)
- "I Want to Count" with The Count (EKA: Episode 1576)
- "Jump Jive" with the Two Headed Monster (EKA: Episode 1575)
The animated segment "Live at the Lunar Lounge" features a character called "Cab Callowmouse".