The Toreador Song

"The Toreador Song" is sung by the bullfighter Escamillo in an attempt to woo the lady for which Georges Bizet's opera is named: Carmen.
==References==
* A portion of the amalgamous opera Pigoletto from The Muppet Show episode 409 includes the Toreador Song.
* It was performed by Fozzie Bear and a matador in The Muppet Show episode 418.
* The introduction of the song is used as underscore in the Muppet Babies episode "Sing a Song of Superheroes" for the sequence in which Skeeter goes over the waterfall in a barrel.
* Later in the same episode, the song is set to lyrics as a victory march for getting the water turned back on.
* The tune was sung by Kermit with new lyrics in a public service announcement for the V-Chip.
* In The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside, a team of rat lawyers led by Rizzo the Rat sing the trademark notice to this tune.
* In Sesame Street Episode 1671, Big Bird hums the tune to himself while walking to Hooper's Store.
* In Episode 2317 of Sesame Street, the tune is performed by Placido Flamingo with a quartet made up of three Honkers and Olivia.
* In Episode 3113 of Sesame Street, Dr. Sing sings "Let's Check the Bones" to the tune of the song about checking Telly Monster's x-rays to himself.
* A 1994 Sesame Street insert features Samuel Ramey singing a spoof of the song about the letter L. 
* In the book and tape set Grover's Overtures, Placido Flamingo stars in a production of Carmen and gives Grover directions while singing to the tune of the song.
* The song was used in preview clips of The Muppets when Kermit the Frog interrupts Miss Piggy and Pepe the King Prawn practicing their duet in her dressing room. The song was replaced in the actual film by "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing. 
* The song plays in Muppets Most Wanted during Gonzo's indoor running-of-the-bulls act.
* In the Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Music to My Ears", Tutter noisily vocalizes an excerpt of the tune.
==See also==
* "Habanera", also from Carmen
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