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| Music by | Luigi Denza |
| Lyrics by | Peppino Turco |
| Date | 1880 |
"Funiculì, Funiculà" is a famous Italian song, originally composed for the funicular of Mount Vesuvius. The music has been used in many productions since then, including Muppet ones.
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- The Placido Flamingo song, "The Telephone of Brazil" is sung to the tune.
- Placido later performed a song about the letter H to the tune of the song.
- In episode 207 of Muppets Tonight, Gilbert Gottfried sings "the clean version" of the song while he and Kermit are stuck in his wet cement.
- The Singing Pizza Elmo toy uses the melody for Elmo's song about pizza.
- A band of accordion players also performed the song for Telly in a 1999 episode of Sesame Street.
- A portion of the music was incorporated in the last verse of "The Pasta Song."
- Abby Cadabby's song, "For Broccoli Hurray-Hurrah," is performed to this tune.
- In a season eight episode of Plaza Sésamo, Verduberto and La Abuela perform the song while preparing a sandwich. In a season 12 episode, Don Boni teaches Lola and Abelardo Montoya about opera as everyone on the plaza sings opera to this melody.