Movin' with Nancy: Nice 'n' Easy

Movin' with Nancy: Nice n' Easy is the name of a planned 1971 NBC television special based on Nancy `71, the Las Vegas show starring Nancy Sinatra and the Muppets.

The special, which was scripted as Moving with Nancy in Muppetland, was filmed between August 22 and 25, 1971 at the NBC studios in Los Angeles.

The following is a list of songs performed on the show:

• "Nice 'n' Easy"
• "Ain't No Sunshine"
• "I Feel the Earth Move" (Jerry Nelson and Frank Oz as Feather Monsters)
• "Hugga Wugga Buggy Mugger" (The Muppets)
• "Watch Your Footwork" (Hugh Lambert, Sugar Ray Robinson, Frank Sinatra Jr.)
• "Young at Heart" (Nancy & Frank Sinatra Jr.)
• "Who?"
• "Mahna Mahna" (Nancy & The Muppets)
• "Brotherhood of Frog" (The Muppets)
• "Fortuosity" (Nancy & The Muppets)
• "Well Did You Ever" (Hugh Lambert, Frank Sinatra Jr.)
• "I'm Flying"
• "Spice" (Frank Sinatra Jr.)
• "Do I Hear a Waltz"
• "I'm Not Afraid"
• "Draw Me a Circle" (Thog, Nancy & Frank Sinatra Jr., Sugar Ray Robinson, Hugh Lambert)

Release

In 2005, according to the fansite Sinatra Discography, Sinatra expressed interest in releasing the existing footage on DVD:

“Movin’ With Nancy, Nice ‘n’ Easy was taped at NBC Burbank studios. It’s a shame we couldn’t finish it (no money) because it would have been a good show. What we have of it is more a collection of what would now be called music videos. They are still entertaining and fun – especially the Muppets segments.”

However, in January 2006, Sinatra stated on her family website forum, that although it was her dream to release a collection of the special — along with Movin' with Nancy (1967) and Movin' with Nancy On Stage (1971) — no distributor was interested in releasing the project. Sinatra said she is working to get the product picked up and hopes that she will be able to find someone in time for the 40th anniversary of the shows (December 2007).

Years later, Sinatra screened clips from the special at a benefit for the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs.

In October 2021, when she was spotlighted on Turner Classic Movies, Sinatra briefly spoke of the special and shared two stills featuring the Muppets.

Notes

• Two songs in the show came from the 1967 Walt Disney film musical The Happiest Millionaire: "Watch Your Footwork" and "Fortuosity" (both written by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman).

External links

• Jim Henson's Red Book - Opening night Nancy Sinatra – Hilton International (6/16/1971)