Aside from its notoriety as the primary silent comedy sketch scene music for "The Benny Hill Show", "Mahna Mahna" became familiar to many from its renditions by the Muppets on television. In 1969, the first season of "Sesame Street" featured a sketch featuring two Muppet girls voiced by Frank Oz and Loretta Long who are unsure of what to do, until they decide to sing a song. Enter an unusual-looking short, shaggy-haired male Muppet character who begins singing "Mahna Mahna", prompting the girls to join him. None of the characters had names at the time, but the male Muppet who led the "Mahna Mahna" call-and-response was eventually going by the alternate identity Bip Bippadotta (ref. Kip Addotta), so as to distinguish him from the official Mahna Mahna character that would be developed later on. The Muppet character called Mahna Mahna was originally performed by Muppets creator Jim Henson, and is now performed by Muppeteer veteran Bill Barretta.