Fat Cat

Written by	Jeff Moss and Joe Raposo
Date	1973
Publisher	Jonico Music Inc. Festival Attractions Inc.
First	Episode 0536

"Fat Cat" is a song performed on Sesame Street by Bip Bippadotta and three blank-faced Anything Muppets in sunglasses (performed by Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt,and Jim Henson). In the song, Bip and the Anything Muppets say lists of rhyming words (such as "fat," "cat," "sat," and "hat"), and then the Anything Muppets line up and repeat each set of words. After the recitation of each list, Bip bursts in and interrupts with a sentence combining all of the words in a fast-paced scat, much to his companions' annoyance.

Releases

Video

• Getting Ready to Read (1986)
• Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002, sound effects and on-screen words added)
• Old School: Volume 1 (2006)
• 40 Years of Sunny Days (2009)

Publications

• Sesame Street Unpaved (1998, contains lyrics)

Gallery

Bip Bippadotta (Jim Henson)

Green singer (Jerry Nelson)

Fat Blue singer (Frank Oz)

Lavender singer (Jim Henson)