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"'''I Got Plenty o' Nuttin''''," from the opera ''Porgy and Bess'', is performed in Act II by Porgy, explaining his positive attitude toward being poor.
 
"'''I Got Plenty o' Nuttin''''," from the opera ''Porgy and Bess'', is performed in Act II by Porgy, explaining his positive attitude toward being poor.
   
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==References==
In a [[Season 33 (2002)|season 33]] ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[The Number of the Day|Number of the Day]] sketch for the number [[0]], [[Count von Count]] celebrates the disappearance of his [[Pipe Organ|pipe organ]] by singing a few bars of the song.
 
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*[[Oscar]] hums the song while showering in [[Episode 1159]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]''.
   
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*Oscar and his [[Grouch]] singing group warm up their pipes by singing, "We've got plenty of nothing, and I'm givin' it all to you!" in [[Episode 1254]] of ''Sesame Street''.
A parody commercial of food songs in [[Episode 112: Food|episode 112]] of ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'' includes the song "I Got Plenty o' Mutton."
 
   
 
*In a [[Season 33 (2002)|season 33]] ''Sesame Street'' [[The Number of the Day|Number of the Day]] sketch for the number [[0]], [[Count von Count]] celebrates the disappearance of his [[Pipe Organ|pipe organ]] by singing a few bars of the song.
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*A parody commercial of food songs in [[Episode 112: Food|episode 112]] of ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'' includes the song "I Got Plenty o' Mutton."
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Latest revision as of 21:43, 16 May 2023

PlentyOfNuttin
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
Date 1935
Source Porgy and Bess (opera)
Publisher Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund; George Gershwin Music; Ira Gershwin Music; WB Music Corp.

"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'," from the opera Porgy and Bess, is performed in Act II by Porgy, explaining his positive attitude toward being poor.

References

  • Oscar and his Grouch singing group warm up their pipes by singing, "We've got plenty of nothing, and I'm givin' it all to you!" in Episode 1254 of Sesame Street.