You're Always Welcome At Our House.

[@jccw227]

I remember the watching this, I thinking, “This is a pretty dark song,” and then I looked it up and found out Shel Silverstein wrote it, and then I thought, “Ok, that makes sense.”

[@oddish4352]

"Someone ate the baby" is still his most twisted effort, though.

[@henrygerecke5376]

@@oddish4352 I eat babies

[@oddish4352]

@@henrygerecke5376 Too fattening for my tastes. Gotta watch my cholesterol after all.

[@eldermillennial8330]

@@henrygerecke5376 Why, Mr Moloch, fancy meeting you here.

[@merkretro629]

He wrote songs for Dr. Hook as well.

[@en1440]

The first time I visited my now-wifes family, her older twin sisters sang this song in it's entirety to me. Terrifying.

[@iantaggart3064]

Your anecdote made me laugh more than the actual song.

[@remo27]

That's how you know you have a 'keeper' :)

[@AnonGirl88]

The song as a whole is creepy, but the look she gave while singing 'why I was not at school' was something straight out of a horror film. Absolutely brilliant.

[@crescentfreshbret]

I actually thought that look was sexy :)

[@cosmo8823]

It was strangely out of place it was.......arousing....

[@leejohnson7575]

😭😂🤣

[@dawhoda1]

Its because she's clearly not a schoolgirl and it was sort of a pun

[@flexflame2441]

Whoever survives this lady deserves a medal

[@SailorBarsoom]

That smile just as she says, "And we *know...* you will stay." Freddy and Jason have nothing on her.

[@WWHORROR]

I know I like it

[@oddish4352]

Saw this once as a kid, and periodically found myself singing it for 30+ years, then found it again. Love the muppets, love KZbin...

[@ThefetchNZ]

This song is totally why i loved the muppets as and kid and is probably responsible for my sense of humor as an adult.... love it!!!!!!

[@DementedCaver]

It is so totally fun to use humour like this to make people squirm. *evil grin*

[@nichettucker8972]

Me too. I found this recently. And started singing it ❤️ Bet this won't be on Disney +😂

[@pangaeawriter8766]

@@nichettucker8972 Actually, it is!

[@dawhoda1]

@@pangaeawriter8766 no its not

[@pangaeawriter8766]

@@dawhoda1 It was on my Disney+ account.

[@randymorris8740]

Her smile at the end is nightmare fuel... LOL

[@ChelseatheCreativeFox-pc2xz]

Not to mention those sharp front teeth. 😬

[@debbieallen6310]

This was my favorite song from The Muppet Show when I was young!!! I sang it all the time! Now I see how dark it really was.

[@mazeman90]

My reaction the first time I watched this: "A man came to our house, our house, our house..." Aw that's cute... creepy dress, but cute... "We asked him to come in, and we hit him with a hammer..." O.O

[@kudat5480]

Thank you Shel Silverstien! The mind behind music.

[@jayef53]

This is one of the most warped skits the Muppets ever did. Not that there is anything wrong with being warped.

[@timesnewlogan2032]

This is pretty tame compared to Mr. Henson’s Wilkins Coffee ads. Give ‘em a watch!

[@oddish4352]

Nothing whatsoever. Normal is boring.

[@likeamoundofdirt]

It’s a Shel Silverstein song. Check his albums, and Dr Hooks 2nd album was by him too

[@cgamejewels]

@@timesnewlogan2032 Ikr. I thought Alice Cooper on Muppets Tonight was terrifying. This and the coffee ads surpass him by a long shot.

[@derekobrien5481]

I remember seeing this when I was about 5. It stuck in my head enough that I randomly searched for it on KZbin almost 40 years later, having never seen it meanwhile. Pretty much as creepy as I remembered.

[@nbenefiel]

I have never forgotten this either. I was so glad to find it.

[@Quidam]

Me and my boyfriend watched this and we both were cracking up with laughter.

[@KiraJenLove]

This song is so twisted... I love the Muppets!

[@kittyprydekissme]

I saw this when it was first on long ago, but I never heard the song anywhere else. I always wondered where it came from. Shel Silverstein-- that guy was warped.

[@yaraaltro]

I never realized how creepy this was...

[@lanaerichardson3663]

Yara - Chan yeah, me too. This song plays in my head when I tell people they are welcome to stay with us. I didn’t realize how creepy it was until I just watched it again! 😬

[@rexgomez2281]

I never realized how shocking this song until now

[@oddish4352]

The flower wallpaper and heart shaped cushions were a nice touch.

[@megelizabeth9492]

It’s Shel Silverstein. Of course it’s hilariously twisted.

[@dumhello]

I first saw this at age 13 when it was in re-run status and I didn't find it very appealing.

[@kyndrablankenship1758]

If they ever make a horror movie with the same plot and title, this song would be perfect for the trailer.

[@Z3N1TY0]

Not a horror movie per se, but I do have an entire story I made based on this (story is the best way I can describe i) Has its differences, but the deaths are pretty much the same, plus a couple extra stuff May make a video with this soon thats kinda a short mv with a different song

[@pattwig329]

Of course, thanks for sharing my favourite Muppet moment, honourable mention to beaker and the Swedish Chef

[@Pooky1991]

I look back at Shel Silverstein poems and sometimes get surprised they were in my elementary school library. I loved those poems tho. Probably some of my gateways into horror along with Goosebumps.

[@danielbutton9121]

Ah the wholesome family show of my youth! The terrified live animals of Swedish Chef sketches, the hilarious ceaseless torturing of Beeker, the electric chair scene from the Muppet Movie - Jim Henson = Bros. Grimm of the 1970s & 80s

[@oddish4352]

A few more visitors and they'll have a nice sized chorus. That or 20 years to life, depending on how good their lawyer is.

[@sarahk5412]

It's a crime that this comment has no reactions. 😂😂😂

[@oddish4352]

@@sarahk5412 Well, I only posted it a week ago.

[@hollygaskin4771]

LOL! So dark and sinister! #LoveIt!

[@TheRoarsbaby]

Works for me too Holly!

[@lethanhly79]

same

[@MySerpentine]

*Lovett :p

[@garyv2498]

That Shel Silverstein... heh.... this is f'd up but it's great.

[@exexalien]

Nowadays when I see films rated PG for "frightening scenes", "mild crude humor" (i.e. fart jokes) or "mild adventure peril" (no, I did not make that up), I think back to shows like The Muppets and long for the days when so many "adults" didn't have such a low opinion of children and were aware that many of them are intelligent enough to have a capacity for dark humor.

[@ariandynas]

You realize the Muppet show was intended as adult programming by bringing in big name stars, the recreation of a vaudeville variety show aesthetic and the fact that the pilot to the show was called "Sex And Violence" right? Oh and don't get me started on the Raquel Welch episode, which focuses primarily around a sex icon trying to rework her image and making the puppets pop boners for her. The fact that kids can watch it is an enjoyable bonus but the Muppet Show was never targeted at children.

[@exexalien1733]

ariandynas Yes, you're right about all that and perhaps my rant would have been better suited to the comments section of a different video. Still doesn't keep me from rolling my eyes whenever I see a movie rated "PG" on account of fart jokes though.

[@ariandynas]

exex alien That I think we can both get behind.

[@christophersneed4458]

+ariandynas To extend on that...I think...THINK...that this show was written much like Bugs Bunny cartoons where the surface had enough color and absurdity to appease children, yet there were plenty of jokes and references that were there for adults enjoyment. I don't think MOST children were expected to fully get the adult parts.

[@crescentfreshbret]

Yep, I remember back in the 80's when you could even get away with one "fuck" in a PG movie. Now you can't even come close to that.

[@MySerpentine]

Shel Silverstein is the best

[@blueberry_yourmom968]

When I watched this as a child I was obsessed with it. (Little me needed therapy)

[@DarthShortStick]

I love this! A truly great childhood memory! It help put me on my path I'm on. :)

[@robinchesterfield42]

BWAHAHA I love how happily twisted this is. Now, this is really dark for a kids' show...but if you'd been watching the Muppet Show in order before this, it wouldn't be AS shocking...I mean, Alice Cooper was straight up trying to sell the Muppet's souls to Satan in an earlier episode. No kidding. :) And that's only one example!

[@albertaadams9143]

Same season.🙂

[@anonymousweirdo4207]

And Gonzo was screaming WHERE DO I SIGN

[@j.b.9260]

It wasn't a kids' show.

[@megelizabeth9492]

The song was written by Shel Silverstein, which explains a lot I think.

[@megelizabeth9492]

Anyway, kids like the creatively twisted much more than most grownups give them credit for.

[@aarongranda7825]

This makes ma-na ma-na look normal.

[@pattwig329]

I saw that in the 70s, I was intrigued by the darkness of the skit, well done. Days before the Goosebumps series, scholastic books would occasionally sell books with horror stories, they were dark too, considering. And re-runs of Jonny Quest, which was a nice turn from Hannah Barbera saccharine cartoons. I couldn’t believe it first time a frogman was snuffed or a villain was eaten by a Gila monster.

[@wickedfeylady]

I looooove this song

[@Spookybun]

I searched for this song for over 25 years. When the "complete" Muppet Show disc set came out I ordered it just to get this song. It had been deleted due to it's violence. (Sadly, Marisa Berenson's sister was killed on 9/11 in the first plane that flew into the twin towers.)

[@cnlaw]

I've been looking for this for ages.

[@oshoneumoru]

Saw this episode back in England. I was barely 6 at the time. I think I remember someone changing the channel just as she got to the kid in the basement. After so many years I finally get to finish it! childhood memories! Thanks.

[@muppetfan33]

I thought that as a cute sketch, and the scenery was adorable. Hey, guys can feel this way, too!

[@DementedCaver]

This sure brings back warm fuzzy memories. ;)

[@jadenova]

Such a disturbing song but what a catchy tune.

[@NobodieZ26]

wow, man, just wow! I don't remember this show being so dark.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

I remember hearing this when I was little!

[@nbenefiel]

I remember reading Where the Sidewalk Ends to my kids.

[@Gowalum]

My great-uncle sang it from his 40's to 80's. His version just had the positive lines.

[@dawhoda1]

There's positive lines? Where?

[@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607]

Rip Shel Silverstein and Jim Henson

[@achingforstrength]

I genuinely wish The Muppets had done/would do more Shel Silverstein songs and poems- it's just too perfect of a fit!

[@MattB2603]

When that new muppet show came on a few years ago everybody was saying how adult it was and how the original was more kid friendly. Well here you go.

[@stanrogers5613]

That sort of thing _was_ kid-friendly back in the day. I suggest you take a look at the classic fairy tales, classic campfire songs like "Great Green Gobs of Greasy, Grimy Gopher Guts" and "The Worms Go In And The Worms Go Out" and so forth. As G. K. Chesterton put it: "Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”

[@megelizabeth9492]

I’m convinced that kids actually love the creatively macabre and humorously twisted much more than we give them credit for.

[@xapplimatic]

This one creeped me out when I was a kid, and it still does!

[@rooglesoogle5616]

Love this! 😂

[@ivantheterrible2594]

Why do I get the feeling if I visited this particular house I'd never leave?

[@battybuddy]

Well you'd be welcome..

[@ThomasNessman]

Reminds me of the Halo commercial with the two creepy little girls. Mommy said you could spend the night, or longer.........

[@MySerpentine]

Because duh?

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

like she said "and we hope you will stay" muhaha

[@eldermillennial8330]

Oh, you’d leave eventually… …down the toilet.

[@charlesmangum3108]

Love it; it is so sick!

[@AmeliaHaskins]

My friend sang this to me at school. Lol I love it more!

[@HillaryDePiano]

Ah The Muppet Show. So delightfully weird and dark all at the same time... #muppets

[@dogboy888k]

I remember singing this in the early 70s in infant's school. We had official song books and listened to the ABC radio broadcast "Sing". Good times ! Haven't heard it for nearly 40 years - what fond memories. Sadly, the nanny state wouldn't allow this song through now.

[@aarongranda7825]

This sick stuff could only come from the seventies. So glad I was alive.

[@Gowalum]

My great-uncle would sing a song where all I remember is the words "Your Always Welcome at Our House". He was an old man and I thought it was pretty cute as he would sing it at family reunions. I never did know where it came from and the assumption was that he had made it up so I looked in the words and this is exactly it. Exact the jokes about the oven and all was obviously not part of it.

[@bvthedemon]

So delightfully demented. :)

[@megelizabeth9492]

It’s Shel Silverstein, did you expect anything less?

[@bvthedemon]

@@megelizabeth9492 No I did not, nor would I want Shel Silverstein any other way. What I didn't expect was a reply on a 9 year old comment. LOL.

[@megelizabeth9492]

Honestly, didn't even notice tbh.

[@zh84]

Yes, that's the point at which I thought "WHAT?!?!?!" and realised this song was going in a COMPLETELY different direction to what I had expected!

[@megelizabeth9492]

Considering the song was written by Shel Silverstein, it makes sense. (Honestly, I think we tend to underestimate how much kids love this type of thing. Why else is Roald Dahl and Shel Silverstein himself so popular among the younger set?)

[@Gowalum]

I have a great-uncle who sang this at a family reunion and his nephews were making the stop symble where you put your finger across your throat and move it back and forth. I don't know what the big deal was as this song sounds fine. The great-uncle is a great man so I don't know why they'd be annoyed unless maybe he was singing it over and over.

[@hudsonknight7040]

Luv u shel

[@Fieldsfangirl28]

this is hilarious and Creepy... gotta love the poison lemonade lol

[@meanfrag]

We sung this at school....wtaf haha

[@summertimerobot437]

Hahahahahaha I wish I went to that school! 🤣

[@CheapCoffee]

This is the greatest,

[@nerdychick83]

7 dislikes? Who would dislike this? Such a funny song, love the muppets!

[@cgamejewels]

the little boy's parents.

[@kwillpen]

This has always been one of my fav. songs though I heard a diff. version done by an Irish band.

[@barbarakirk3064]

It was the Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra (West Country band) doing it on the Great Western Musical Thunderbox show where I heard it first.

[@maddiejess7700]

my teacher sings this during class randomly and I decided to search it never doing that again

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

A Very very very fine House :) QC

[@LaughingatpainUSAway]

she would have your back i'm sure...what a killer personality

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

nailed it😉👍

[@cathyflynn9567]

Loved the Muppet Show as a kid! I don't think we even got half the jokes they made, we were laughing at the characters not listening to all the words.

[@notchuckproductions5029]

+Cathy Flynn the muppet show was for adults not kids

[@crescentfreshbret]

It was for adults AND kids.

[@kimnelson9910]

love imbibing bushmills..........

[@edd44choo1000]

I think I'm in love.

[@FireHeart2829]

sooooo creepy....I LOVE IT!!!

[@paulcamic]

Brilliant

[@TeamRemForever]

Probably the most disturbing and unsettling song in The Muppet Show's history!!!!!!

[@EnkaMexi]

thats the tune of my doorbell ;-)

[@AlexReynard]

This is almost the plot of The People Under The Stairs.

[@SailorBarsoom]

Very cute and very creepy. What's not to love?

[@codiserville593]

Shel Silverstein was a musician too, which I didn't know anything of until yesterday or the day before

[@JBurdoo]

I never knew this was on the Muppet show! I learned it from the '60s folk revival group the Highwaymen. Their version of the third verse is "we shot him with a .22" rather than "Took him in the basement." I made up my own verses as a kid. The girl has a creepy smile.

[@hudsonknight7040]

To much coffee?

[@zh84]

@Spookybun: the version released in Britain has this video. I've just been watching it with my niece and nephew, and going purple in the face with laughter. My nephew insisted on having me look up the words on the Internet and read it to him.

[@ThefetchNZ]

This is why I love the muppets. This is why my sense of humour doesn’t fit in today’s world

[@triplucid3563]

H.H Holmes would love this

[@wesanderson75]

God I miss Jim Henson.

[@DreamDancer82]

The man was a genius.

[@carter9834]

"Go hang out with the neighbors" The neighbors:

[@Psycodemoness63]

i have watched this many times and it still makes me laugh at the derange implications that are sung

[@summertimerobot437]

Back here again in 2020 to relive the childhood memories

[@LaughingatpainUSAway]

makes one wonder when someone says they will welcome you with open arms I guess

[@Gowalum]

My brother says he will knock me out if I sing this one more time.

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

I hope you not knocked out yet! I saw your username I just had to say hello😉👍

[@jamespeavler1648]

That sketch was just so cute!

[@jdos2]

I so miss Shelly Silverstein. And Jim Henson, for that matter.

[@mavisrinne3983]

My favorite song from Muppets. Alone with Alice Cooper. Favorite guys Stanley and Waldorf? The old guys in balcony

[@erinjames3302]

I've never heard this. I've got a new theme song 😁

[@kimnelson9910]

cant think of a more irish name than derek laferty............

[@TattooedMisery]

This is my house! Lol!

[@yahulwagoni4571]

An American Boy Scout classic.

[@funnyscares595]

I got the third season of the muppets about a year ago, and when i first saw this, i literally almost turned it off. I thought, "What... isnt this a kid's show?!"

[@TheAnchorArmsChad]

🎵 Yes your always welcome at our house Anytime of the day Yes your always welcome at our house And we hope you will Stay

[@MrPadraic23]

it was a very disturbing song but oh so cute

[@paulrichards8319]

imagine this being on TV nowadays the PC brigade would die

[@CMSonYT]

This is geniunely scary to me.

[@NadaSurferTube]

craaaaaaaaaaay

[@Spaceminx]

Holy Fritzl!