Cuanto Le Gusta

Music by	Gabriel Ruiz
Lyrics by	Ray Gilbert
Publisher	APRS (Mexico)

Puppeteers filming Cuanto Le Gusta number.

"Cuanto Le Gusta" is a song first recorded by Carmen Miranda and The Andrews Sisters in 1947. Miranda subsequently performed the number in the 1948 film A Date with Judy.

On The Muppet Show, the song was performed by Miss Piggy and a chorus of Spanish-themed pigs in episode 210. Piggy is upstaged mid-song by a trumpeter who performs upside-down. At the end of the number, she is lifted into the air by the other pigs who promptly drop her as they take their bows. In a later scene in the same episode, Piggy is heard telling someone, "How should I know what 'cuanto le gusta' means?"

Notes

• In the 2005 book It's Not Easy Being Green, Dave Goelz talks about Jim Henson's love of upstaging and, in particular, filming this song:

“I remember during the instrumental break on a production number featuring Miss Piggy, I had my character lean over the balcony backwards and play a trumpet solo upside down, and Jim was in hysterics.”

• In the 1993 book Jim Henson: The Works, on page 121, Dave Goelz also recounts the story about filming this song:

“On one occasion Jim and I were relegated to a position high on a balcony, far in the background of a Spanish town set with working pig musicians. Far below, Piggy was seducing the camera with a spirited musical rendition. During the instrumental break Piggy began dancing. Meanwhile, my pig leaned backwards over the balcony for an upside-down trumpet solo, and that broke Jim up. He loved that kind of thing.”

• "Cuanto le gusta" means "whatever she likes". With an accent over the 'a' -- "Cuánto le gusta!" -- it would mean "how she likes it!".

Releases

Audio

• The Muppet Show 2 (1978)
• Muppet Hits (1993)

Video

• The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985)
• It's the Muppets: More Muppets, Please! (1993)