Jack Be Nimble

Jack Be Nimble is an English nursery rhyme first published in the early 19th century. The practice of jumping over a candlestick was both a sport as well as a form of fortune telling. The belief was that good luck was to be ahead should you jump over a flame and not extinguish it.
==Adaptations==
* Mother Goose Stories used the rhyme as inspiration for an episode of the series.
* William Wegman adapted the nursery rhyme for a Sesame Street insert featuring his dogs. 
==References==
* The character of Jack Be Nimble has been featured many times on Sesame Street, being interviewed by Kermit the Frog for a "Sesame Street News Flash" segment, and appearing in multiple episodes.
* Oscar reads the Mother Grouch rhyme "Grouch Be Nimble" in Sesame Street Episode 1542.
* Telly Monster can identify Jack Be Nimble by sight, when he's learning to read in Sesame Street Episode 3081.
* In Sesame Street Episode 3193, Jack goes to Finders Keepers to find something new to jump over.
* He was interviewed by Prairie Dawn in a segment for "Nursery Rhyme News," where he doesn't have the energy to jump over his candlestick. 
* Leela tapes Jack jumping over a candlestick set up by Elmo and Rosita in Episode 4164 of Sesame Street.
* Jack's Big Jump was the plot of a 2009 episode of Sesame Street, where the fabled jumper attempted to clear eight candlesticks.
* Lefty the Salesman sells Jack a candlestick in Storybook ABCs.
* Jack appears in the storybook Around the Corner on Sesame Street.
* Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes features Baby Animal in place of Jack jumping over a candlestick.
* The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales also features the Muppet Babies taking on the rhyme.
* Bert and Ernie act out the rhyme in The Sesame Street Library Volume 10, which was reprinted in The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 1.
* In a nod to his "first and last" sketch, Grover takes on Jack in a hobbyhorse race in Sesame Street's Mother Goose Rhymes.
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Category:Nursery Rhymes
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