Thursday, January 18, 2018

Toon Rock: Mambo #5, Bob The Builder style (2001-2)

In 1999, Lou Bega scored a 1-hit wonder with a remake of Perez Prado's "Mambo #5". Bega's still trading off that song today.

A couple of years later, the producers of the British children's show, Bob The Builder, which has been seen here in the US on PBS & Nickelodeon, decided to retool the lyrics (pun intended), substituting the names of the women in the lyrics for various tools.

So let's scope out a construction worker's boppin' anthem.....



Yes, I found this hysterical. We'll have a full review on Bob The Builder and some other modern British toons another day. Anyway, this "Mambo" hit #1 in England, and also found the top 10 in Ireland & Australia.

4 comments:

Steven Dolce said...

Me used to watch this on Nick Jr. back in 2001-2002.

hobbyfan said...

Not sure who has the rights now, but thank God Chumptoon Network never got its hands on it.

Steven Dolce said...

Well, PBS currently owns the rights to it since 2005.

hobbyfan said...

And commissioned a revamped version of the series in 2015.