<P> In 1950, Groucho famously' stopped' trading at the New York Stock Exchange by commandeering a microphone and singing the song before telling jokes for 15 minutes, during which time traders suspended their work to watch him perform . </P> <Ul> <Li> In the 1940 movie The Philadelphia Story, Dinah Lord (played by Virginia Weidler) sings the song's first verse . </Li> <Li> The song has been recorded by Stubby Kaye (1961), Michael Feinstein (on his 1992 album Pure Imagination), and Joan Morris (on the 2003 album Bolcom, Morris & Morath sing Yip Harburg). </Li> <Li> Kermit the Frog sings this song, complete with a Muppet pig version of Lydia, on the second episode of The Muppet Show, which features Connie Stevens as the guest star . Muppets creator Jim Henson is said to have considered the song one of his favorites . Henson also drew all the tattoos on the Lydia puppet . The song was also used in Jim Henson's memorial service, performed by Elmo (voiced by Kevin Clash). </Li> <Li> On the television series M * A * S * H, Maxwell Klinger sings part of this song in the episode "Images" after seeing the extensive tattoo work on a wounded soldier . </Li> <Li> An abridged arrangement was performed by The New Tradition barbershop quartet while dressed and acting as the Marx Brothers as part of their final song set as they won the 1985 International Barbershop Competition . They subsequently repeated this performance during shows they performed, and finally recorded it as part of an LP . </Li> <Li> The song is sung by Robin Williams in the 1991 film The Fisher King . In this version, the reference to Andrew Jackson is changed to Michael Jackson . </Li> <Li> In the 1995 Disney comic "The Treasury of Croesus" by Don Rosa, Donald Duck sings the song throughout the comic . This is a pun on the ancient kingdom of Lydia--as Donald asks whether King Croesus really existed, his uncle Scrooge asks him if he has never heard about Lydia, to which Donald replies that he learned all about Lydia on last night's late movie . When asked to share his newfound knowledge, he starts singing "Lydia the Tattooed Lady". </Li> <Li> In the situation comedy It's a Living, pianist Sonny Mann (Paul Kreppel), meeting a woman whose body is covered with tattoos, plays the song until one of the waitresses flips the keyboard cover onto his fingers (a running gag in the series). </Li> <Li> In season 4 of the Canadian sketch comedy series The Kids in the Hall, a sketch is featured in which an escape artist, played by Dave Foley, performs the song at Carnegie Hall whilst being hung from the ceiling and bound in a straitjacket as part of his final public performance . </Li> <Li> In the series finale of Breaking Bad, "Felina," part of this song is featured as a ringtone on Todd Alquist's cellphone when he receives a phone call from his boss and love interest, methamphetamine distributor Lydia Rodarte - Quayle, after Todd has been strangled to death by Jesse Pinkman . </Li> <Li> The song was included in the second episode of the first series of the BBC's Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In the 1940 movie The Philadelphia Story, Dinah Lord (played by Virginia Weidler) sings the song's first verse . </Li> <Li> The song has been recorded by Stubby Kaye (1961), Michael Feinstein (on his 1992 album Pure Imagination), and Joan Morris (on the 2003 album Bolcom, Morris & Morath sing Yip Harburg). </Li>

Lydia oh lydia say have you met lydia