The song also appeared on the 1968 soundtrack album for the film. The original Muppets version involved a character named Bip Bippadotta In the original version of the sketch, which first aired on ...

So they worked some safe territory into the contract—namely, Jim Henson and the Muppets. Henson and Michaels shared a manager (Bernie Brillstein), and the collaboration seemed promising at first.

What?! The film Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso (translated: Sweden, Heaven and Hell) first used the song in 1968, making that its first appearance ever (albeit with no Muppets). In those days ...