"Symphony No. 5" is the fifth symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, which he worked on from 1804 to 1808. Catalogued as opus 67, it is also known as the "Fate Symphony."

References[]

• M.A.M.M.A. plays a short snippet of the piece in episode 407 of The Muppet Show.

• In a Letter of the Day sketch about the letter L, Cookie Monster hums the tune to distract himself from eating the letter cookie. The music is also used as the segment's ending music button.

• A woman gargles in the underscore in the "Rumpelstiltskin" story in Muppet Classic Theater.

• Gonzo plays the tune on the harmonica in The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside. The title card for his mini-game reads, "The Great Gonzo Presents Death Defying Acts of Culture: Act I: Beethoven's Fifth (I don't much care about the first four.)"

• Grover hums the song before running into Ernie in the Sesame Street song "Opposite Game."

• In a Sesame Street cartoon about the letter M, various parts of an orchestra are shown preparing to play by riffing the first few notes of the song. (First: Episode 4210)

• The intro to the song is incorporated into the beginning of the Sesame Street song "Oh, G (I Love That Letter)."

• Pepe the King Prawn conducted the Hollywood Bowl orchestra playing the song during The Muppets Take the Bowl.

• A mouth practices whistling, eventually whistling the piece in a Sesame Street animated segment (First: Episode 2086).

• Baby Rowlf plays the piece at the request of Baby Animal in the Muppet Babies episode "The Best, Best Friend".

• Elmo and Bob listen to the piece while at the library in Sesame Street Episode 2565.

• A baby Honker listens to the piece on Maria's baby-sized headphones and radio in Sesame Street Episode 2567.

• Big Bird briefly sings about the letter O to the melody in Episode 3452 of Sesame Street.

Releases[]

Audio

• Elmo and the Orchestra (2001)