twee twee twetwetwe. badabadump.

March 14, 2005 8:25 PM

So, the Office Season 2 episode 1 opens up with a little impromptu song performance. What song and what is it from?

It goes a bit like this: badabadump. duh dah duh duh-duh. badabadump. duh duh dah duh badabadump. duh dah duh duh-duh, duh duh-duh, duh duh-duh duh duh duh duh duh-duh duh. And repeats. I heard rumours that it was from the Muppets show, but damned if I can google noise.

posted by graventy to Grab Bag (10 answers total)

Best answer: Mana Mana (here's a fun little WMV movie).
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:42 PM on March 14, 2005

Best answer: It's Mahna Mahna by the Muppets. Note that David Brent gets it horribly wrong.
posted by paradigm at 8:44 PM on March 14, 2005

Ah, "Mahna Mahna", not "Mana Mana". Apologies.
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:46 PM on March 14, 2005

Best answer: It may have been popularized by the Muppets, but it's originally from a 60's Swedish porn film. Seriously.
posted by eschatfische at 9:08 PM on March 14, 2005

That link is amazing, eschatfische. I had no idea.
posted by AlexReynolds at 9:12 PM on March 14, 2005

They played it on 'top 40' radio in 1969, years before the Muppet Show. Another pop tune from the same period also had porno-film origins, much more obviously: "J'taime" [which I think was first heard in "I Am Curious (Yellow)"].
posted by Rash at 9:29 PM on March 14, 2005

It is also currently featured on a series of Dr Pepper commercials in the US.
posted by spynotebook at 3:12 AM on March 15, 2005

Response by poster: Sweet. You guys rock.
posted by graventy at 3:18 AM on March 15, 2005

new tagline!

MetaFilter: duh duh-duh duh duh duh duh duh-duh duh. And repeats.
posted by matteo at 3:36 AM on March 15, 2005

Wow, eschatfische. That sure fulfills my "something new every day" quota for today.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 8:13 AM on March 15, 2005