<Li> A few lines of the song were sung in the film Mona Lisa Smile and it is on the official soundtrack . The Harvard Din and Tonics perform the song in the film . </Li> <Li> A few lines of the song are sung by some Muppet rats at the beginning of the second - season episode of Muppets Tonight guest - starring Pierce Brosnan . When host Clifford tells the audience that the show can be seen everywhere from Istanbul to Constantinople, Rizzo the rat corrects him that Istanbul is Constantinople . </Li> <Li> On NBC's America's Got Talent on August 16, 2011, the act Those Funny Little People performed a routine to the They Might Be Giants version of this song . </Li> <Li> On CBS' Cold Case, the 2008 episode "Pin Up Girl" features a scene set in 1953, where the victim entertains her companions by singing and dancing to the Four Lads version of the song . The song ends up being part of a clue that helps move the case forward . </Li>

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