"Rubber Duckie" is a song sung by the Muppet character Ernie (voiced by Jim Henson) on Sesame Street. The song is named after Ernie's toy, a rubber duck affectionately named Rubber Duckie.
The song became a surprise mainstream hit, being nominated for the Best Recording for Children Grammy in 1971, but losing out to the album The Sesame Street Book & Record, which contained the song.
The song had three follow-ups, "Do De Rubber Duck" and "D-U-C-K-I-E" and was the centrepiece of 1988's "Put Down the Duckie" which was performed by Hoots the Owl but also featured Ernie.
The song made a brief appearance in a scene in Three Men and a Little Lady, and during an episode of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?".
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Famous quotes containing the word rubber:
“Time for the flat-headed man. I recognize that listener,
Him with the platitudes and rubber doughnuts,
Melting at the knees, a varicose horror.
Hello, hello. My nerves knew you, dear boy.
Have you come to unhinge my shadow?”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)