My Fair Lady

Classic Sesame Street - My Unfair Lady

"My Fair Piggy" Doll.

"The pig is big and did a wiggly jig."

Baby Piggy imagines herself in the role of Eliza Doolittle.

"My Fair Animal" from the Muppet Babies reboot.

Sesame Street at SeaWorld spoof poster.

My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and later became an Academy Award-winning film in 1964. Its songs have been used or parodied in various Muppet productions. The musical was adapted from the George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion, but with a significantly different ending.

Songs performed in Muppet Productions

• "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" in various appearances

• "Ascot Gavotte" in episode 305 of The Muppet Show

• "I Could Have Danced All Night" in The Muppets episode "The Ex-Factor"

References

• In the opening scene to Episode 0682 of Sesame Street, Bob comforts Jane about her name. The camera cuts to various scenes, including Bert reluctantly reciting "the rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain."

• In the opening scene to Episode 2525 of Sesame Street, Mr. Snuffleupagus and Alice Snuffleupagus prepare to greet the viewer. When Alice grasps it, Snuffy exclaims "By George, I think she's got it!" (which was also said by Professor Henry Higgins, a character in the musical).

• Tracey Ullman appeared as a Grouch parody of Eliza in Episode 2584 of Sesame Street.

• In the street story for Episode 2952, which spoofs the musical, Grundgetta fills the Eliza role, taking nice-lessons from Professor Huggins (Jerry Nelson).

• Duffy the duck gives Snuffy duck lessons in Sesame Street Episode 3095, having him repeat the "rain in Spain" phrase entirely in quacks. Once he masters it, the two begin to sing it as a song, and Snuffy exclaims, "By George, I've got it!"

• "I Could Have Danced All Night" was parodied by the Count and The Countess as "I Could Have Counted All Night" on Sesame Street.

• "The Rain in Spain" was parodied by Oscar the Grouch in season 20 with "Grouches in the South of France" and was parodied again in episode 4081 of Sesame Street with "The Pig is Big".

• In the first scene of Sesame Street Episode 2828, after Luis is able to teach the Two-Headed Monster how to say "hola" he exclaims, "By George, they've got it!" The monster briefly sings the parts of the word to the melody of "The Rain in Spain."

• Sesame Street also spoofed "I've Grown Accustomed to her Face" with "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Fur."

• Oscar exclaims, "By George, he's got it!" when Telly catches on to the moral of Oscar's story in Sesame Street Episode 3112.

• "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" was parodied in Episode 3119 of Sesame Street with the song "Wouldn't It Be Yucky."

• Henry Piggins is a spoof of the character Henry Higgins.

• In the Muppet Babies episode "This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood," Baby Piggy dreams of becoming a Hollywood star. During a song montage, one of the films she's shown to have starred in is "My Fair Piggy."

• "Get Me to the Perch on Time" takes its title from the show stopping number "Get Me to the Church on Time."

• A 2009 Tonner Miss Piggy Doll was titled "My Fair Piggy," inspired by the look of Eliza Doolittle.

• In a Twitter posting on January 10, 2011, Ernie tweeted that Rubber Duckie's favorite classic movie is "My Fair Duckie."[1]

• A penguin bride-to-be sings a spoof of "Get Me to the Church on Time" in the "Elmo the Musical" segment, "Airplane the Musical."

• A poster for "My Fur Lady" (starring Abby Cadabby) hangs on the wall in the theater found at Sesame Street at SeaWorld. The poster is modeled after the 1964 film poster, rather than the Broadway one.

• The Muppet Babies episode "My Fair Animal" deals with Piggy giving Animal a makeover in order to suit her way of play.

Connections

• Lauren Ambrose played Eliza Doolittle in the 2018 Broadway revival
• Julie Andrews originated the role of Eliza Doolittle on Broadway
• Mary Sue Berry played a servant and was part of the singing ensemble during the original Broadway run
• Theodore Bikel played Zoltan Karpathy in the 1964 film
• Peter Flack directed a 1970s Swedish production at Riksteateren
• Louise Gold played a servant in a 1975 British production
• Stefan Ljungqvist played Alfred P. Doolittle in a 1989 Swedish production
• Kirsten Price played Eliza Doolittle on stage in Denmark
• Jonathan Pryce played Henry Higgins on stage in the 2001 London revival
• Diana Rigg played Mrs. Higgins in the 2018 Broadway revival
• Sidsel Ryen played Eliza Doolittle in a 1973 Norwegian production
• Paxton Whitehead played Colonel Pickering and was a replacement as Henry Higgins in the 1993-1994 Broadway revival

External links

• Internet Broadway Database
• IMDb