This is one of those little ditties we grew up with, Lloyd and I - - and if I were to look long enough through an endless collection of unmarked cassette tapes I own (somewhere), I'd probably find a recording of us two SINGING this (eventually)...
Charlie tried to teach
his chimpanzee to cha cha cha
to give his chubby chum a chance to dance....
but the chimp would rather munch (cha cha)
another bunch of lunch (cha cha)
than cha cha cheek to cheek
with Charlie's chaps.... (cha cha cha)
Full disclosure, that last line actually goes "than cha cha cheek to cheek with Charlie's aunts" but Lloyd and I IMPROVED it, following closely with the "CH" theme - at least that's OUR opinion.
Been wondering about this animated oddity for years - google searches would lead only to lyrics and some scarce information about it's PBS Electric Company origins, but never a video - until one day I inquired about it on a FaceBook Pop Culture Memories page and someone mentioned "the animation was by Bruce Cayard who did several cartoons for Electric Company and Sesame Street" and another guy offered a link which led to a video - although it wasn't YouTube, and the page it was buggy to say the least - which would probably contribute to it's evasiveness. So before it leaped back into it's rabbit hole I made a copy - and here it is - for now...
Cha Cha while you can...
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