Comments on: Thanksgiving 2006

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:46:08 +0000

You forgot to mention getting your ass kicked in cricket.

By: AmJan

AmJan — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:58:59 +0000

@Rebecca (why the @? I am a follower): Seriously, we KNOW the Dave Pell story already! Sheesh!

@Mom/Nana… was Emily there????

@Josh: Thanks for the “as usual”. Phew. Always trying to please you (and Derek).

@YouTubers, you definitely don’t want to miss Chris Bliss juggling to the Beatles. Mesmerizing.

By: zeekster

zeekster — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:40:53 +0000

@ Josh @ Marli – My research shows it was written in 1968 by an Italian composer (Piero Umiliani) for a Sweedish porn film. Henson most likely heard it first on Dave Pell’s 1969 album, Mah Na Mah Na (correct spelling) which was a bunch of “sun-shine pop” covers and included a cover of the title track.

By: Joshua Zamrycki

Joshua Zamrycki — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:12:46 +0000

@Marli – Legend has it that Uncle Dave wrote Mahna Mahna. It was he and his band that were fooling around in the recording studio when they just came up with it – though you won’t find that info via any Google search.

@Sarah – Happy Thanksgiving

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:13:55 +0000

I just had my first ever Thanksgiving dinner. I have to say though it was a bit of a disaster. Not many ovens in Quito and the place who cooked it for us hadn’t de-frosted it!! mmm… so the main part of the meal was mashed potatos, gravy and cranberry sauce! all very good but the turkey arrived warm once we’d given up and started on pudding! Odd.

By: Marli

Marli — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:25:34 +0000

What’s the connection between Dave and Mna Mna?

…and we now have 3 different spellings for it

I’m glad you had a good thanksgiving. Also, Rita Moreno is one of the best Muppet shows ever, though George Burns and Christopher Reeve will ever be my personal favorites.

By: Joshua Zamrycki

Joshua Zamrycki — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:53:16 +0000

@Mom – she slept through most of it. And we left the camera at home.

@Rebecca – I totally told people about Dave’s connection to Mahna Mahna and nobody believed me! Their puny earth-minds couldn’t handle the truth.

By: zeekster

zeekster — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:34:23 +0000

not that i know the complete story… but you might be interested to know there is a strong connection between Mah Na Mah Na and Dave Pell.

By: Mom

Mom — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:42:01 +0000

but, but, but what about pictures of Emily’s first Thanksgiving??????

By: marcy

marcy — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:08:52 +0000

glad you had a good one