Casablanca

Sam playing it again... and again... and again.

Piggy spoofing Casablanca in a pull out poster from her 1980 calendar.

Casablanca is the 1942 Oscar winning film based in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, it has been widely considered one of the greatest Hollywood movies ever made.

Parodies

• Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy parody the two leads of Casablanca in The Miss Piggy Calendar 1982.

• Similar artwork was used in a greeting card spoofing the film.

• The Miss Piggy Calendar 1980 also spoofs the movie with a pull out poster.

• In The Muppets Go to the Movies, Kermit and Piggy once again take on the lovers of Casablanca. This time, the two try to reenact one of the last scenes in the movie, and Kermit delivers Bogart's famous farewell. Miss Piggy is blown away, and Kermit yells after her, "Here's looking for you, kid!"

• A Ready to Learn segment features Grover (at the piano) and Cleo Lion (of Between the Lions) reminiscing about the "rhyming game." (YouTube)

• A Sesame Street segment, "Great Movie Classics," showcases a different version of the film: in this version, Rick keeps telling the pianist to keep saying the alphabet ("Say it again, Sam").

References

• Lines from Casablanca are parodied in the Dinosaurs episode "Georgie Must Die." After gathering supplies for his mission, Earl bids farewell to Fran:

Earl: "You know the troubles of two little dinosaurs don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. ... Oh! Almost forgot the beans. Half a dozen cans should do it. Maybe six. ... Well, farewell, Fran."

Fran: "Oh, Earl, don't go!"

Earl: "Frannie, I've got to go. If I don't, I'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not for the rest of the week. But probably by the end of the month. Do you have a calendar?"

• Fozzie Bear performs an impression of Humphrey Bogart's role in Casablanca in Episode 107 of The Muppet Show. Rich Little later does the same in Episode 204.

• In the Dog City episode "Sick as a Dog," Eliot Shag, delirious from fever, spouts "I don't know any more, Rick. You'll have to think for the both of us."

• Wolle says, "Play it again Annette" in the Sesamstrasse episode 2316.

• Kermit paraphrases one of the film's most famous lines in his book Before You Leap, and makes note to save it for his next movie: "I'd regret it - maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of my life."

• In a Sesame Street sketch where Grover is a street musician, Mr. Johnson laments, "Of all the benches in all the parks in the world, I had to pick this one!"

• After Osvaldo, el Gruñón refuses Oscar's offer to join him for a stroll through the rain in Sesame Street Episode 1316, Oscar the Grouch remarks, "I think this is the beginning of a great friendship!"

• When believing that Bob is unable to speak English anymore (having heard him talk to someone in Japanese), Telly Monster worries that, "This is gonna be the end of a beautiful friendship!"

• Oscar comments, "I think this is the start of a beautiful relationship," while arguing with Buffy in Episode 1544 of Sesame Street.

• After introducing Big Bird to Rusty in Episode 1706 of Sesame Street, Mickey says, "I have the feeling this is gonna be the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

• Following the appearance of a rainbow at the end of the Snuffleupagus trash heap led by Snuffy in Sesame Street Episode 2058, Oscar tells him, "this could be the start of a beautiful friendship!"

• In a Sesame Street insert, Vincent Van Grouch (Danny DeVito) chooses Oscar in his trash can to be in the Metropolitan Museum of Trash. The scene concludes with Oscar saying, "Vinnie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

• As Elmo and T.J. greet each other in Sesame Street Episode 2288, Bob remarks, "I think this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

• Just before Kermit starts singing "My Polliwog Ways", he says, "play that piano, Sam!" Then, the first shot we see of the imaginary nightclub is a Fat Blue frog pianist meant to represent the famous saloon player from the movie.

• In Episode 2308 of Sesame Street, as Count von Count and Forgetful Jones appreciate their newfound friendship, The Count says, "This is the beginning of a beautiful relationship."

• While performing in Hooper's Store during Sesame Street Episode 2325, Don Music sings "You must remember this", the first line of "As Time Goes By" before jumping to a new tune.

• In Episode 2548 of Sesame Street, Oscar witnesses his pet seagull, Stinky, retrieve a shoe thrown by him, and intentionally drops it onto Luis and Uncle Wally's chess board. Oscar says, "This is definitely the beginning of a beautiful Grouch friendship!"

• In Episode 2696 of Sesame Street, when Telly asks Gina to notify him whenever she plans to throw any reusable objects away after having a luncheon by Oscar's can, Oscar overhears this and states, "This could be the ending of a beautiful friendship..."

• When Oscar and Prunella the Grouch are arguing with each other in Sesame Street Episode 3119, Gordon states, "Sounds like this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

• Oscar admits that Super Nanny isn't "so bad for a neatnik" in Sesame Street Episode 3122. Penny Pipkins returns the compliment and tickles Oscar, who asks her to keep it up. Oscar admits that, "This could be the start of a beautiful mismatch!"

• In Episode 3187 of Sesame Street, Telly attempts to free his domestic potted plant into the public park. In the midst of his emotional farewell, he states, "I know that what I feel doesn't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world."

• As Ronald Grump and Oscar begin to bond near the end of Stars and Street Forever!, Grump tells him, "This could be the start of a really rotten relationship."

• In a season 26 segment (First: Episode 3294), Oscar enjoys the sound of the Tokyo String Quartet tuning up. After they play a beautiful piece for him instead, they return to tuning up which Oscar responds much more positively to, saying, "Play it again, Sam!"

• When certain hair pieces are placed onto a face in the Face Treehouse location of Elmo's Preschool, Elmo will quip, "Hair's looking at you, kid!"

• Baby Bear agrees to scratch Telly's (pretending to be a dog) back in Sesame Street Episode 3798. Baby Bear says, "I think this is the beginning of a very weird friendship."

• As Gina sees Telly and Delly Monster begin to bond in Sesame Street Episode 3805, she says, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

• In Sesame Street Episode 3950, when Oscar introduces the piano player for his Grouch alternative band, he tells her, "Play it again, Slam."

• When The Amazing Mumford and Louie begin to enjoy each other's company in Sesame Street Episode 3999, Mumford says, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!"

• Baby Bear starts to warm up to having his newborn sister around in Sesame Street Episode 4056. He then says to Curly, "I think this is the beginning of...something."

• In the Sesame Beginnings video Beginning Together, Louie sees the babies hugging each other and says, "This could be the beginning of some beautiful friendships."

• In Elmo's World: Friends, just as Elmo tunes to the Friends Channel, the TV announcer thinks that "this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

• In Elmo's World: Eyes, a fish quips to scuba-diver Elmo, "Here's lookin' at you, kid."

• In the introduction to Elmo's World: Eyes in Elmo's World: All About Faces, Elmo says to the viewer, "Elmo's lookin' at you, kid!"

• Ernie utters, "Here's lookin' at you, kid" in a 2017 Vanity Fair video in which Sesame Street characters deliver movie quotes.

• In Episode 4831 of Sesame Street, when Oscar notices Fido's newly found love for mud, he says to him, "This could be the start of a beautiful friendship."

• In Episode 4929 of Sesame Street, as Oscar starts a conversation with a sanitation worker (Allison Williams), Abby observes, "It looks like the beginning of a beautiful Grouchship."

External links

• IMDb