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Ashman and longtime collaborator [[Alan Menken]] also wrote the song "[[Wonderful Ways to Say No]]" for the [[1990]] animated TV special ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]''. The song was performed by an all-star cast of characters, including [[the Muppet Babies]].
 
Ashman and longtime collaborator [[Alan Menken]] also wrote the song "[[Wonderful Ways to Say No]]" for the [[1990]] animated TV special ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]''. The song was performed by an all-star cast of characters, including [[the Muppet Babies]].
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He wrote the Academy Award winning song "Under the Sea", which lyrics go "Under the sea, Under the sea, Darling it's better
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Down where it's wetter, Take it from me". In an episode of [[Dinosaurs]] it was spoofed as "Under the Water", which lyrics went "Under the water, Under the water, every son and daughter, really oughta, live under the water"
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Revision as of 02:15, 4 March 2009

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Howard Ashman (right) with songwriting partner Alan Menken.

Howard Ashman (1950-1991) was an Academy Award-winning lyricist famous for writing songs from Disney movies such as The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. Ashman also wrote the lyrics for the 1982 musical Little Shop of Horrors, which was adapted into a feature film by director Frank Oz in 1986.

Ashman and longtime collaborator Alan Menken also wrote the song "Wonderful Ways to Say No" for the 1990 animated TV special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue. The song was performed by an all-star cast of characters, including the Muppet Babies.

He wrote the Academy Award winning song "Under the Sea", which lyrics go "Under the sea, Under the sea, Darling it's better Down where it's wetter, Take it from me". In an episode of Dinosaurs it was spoofed as "Under the Water", which lyrics went "Under the water, Under the water, every son and daughter, really oughta, live under the water"


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