That has got to be the strangest post title I have come up with so far.
Again, it’s all down to the Muppets creator Jim Henson, apparently being the first sketch of the first episode of the Muppets. The “Mahna Mahna” [^] song is a work of brilliant comic timing in all of it’s Muppet guises, and the final “Phenomenon” variation exploits the cult following. With so many people struggling to say phenomenon, how many takes were done before they got the final version?
Banana Boat sunscreen revisited the song for a series of ads that they ran in Australia a few years ago.
Special bonus link: Kermit goes to the Animal Psychiatrist [^]