Italian Street Song

Written by	Victor Herbert and Rida Johnson Young
Source	Naughty Marietta
Publisher	Warner Brothers, Inc.
First	Episode 2485

"Italian Street Song" is a song from the operetta Naughty Marietta by Victor Herbert.

Placido Flamingo and the Sesame Street All-Animal Orchestra sang this song in the Sesame Street sketch "Pretty Great Performances", conducted by Seiji Ozawa.

Notes

• Performers and puppeteers include Peter MacKennan (Placido's right hand), Jerry Nelson (the announcer and chickens), Camille Bonora (cats), Jim Martin (geese), Richard Termine, Bryant Young (frogs), Caroly Wilcox, Pam Arciero (woodpecker), Kevin Clash (sheep and seal), Martin P. Robinson (duck and beagle), and David Rudman (pigs). Fred Newman additionally supplies some of the animal voices.

• This segment was directed by Jon Stone and taped on October 22, 1987.

• The all-animal orchestra consists of several puppets reused from The Muppet Show, including a sheep, a cat, a seal, and pairs of chickens, frogs and geese.

• Clips from this segment were later used in the song "Hand Talk".

Releases

Video

• Put Down the Duckie (1994)

Online

• SesameStreet's YouTube Channel