• This song was sung in the 1969 premiere episode of
Sesame Street. • It was broadcast on the BBC (to some criticism) on November 14th 1973 during coverage of the marriage of Princess Anne (now the Princess Royal) to her first husband Mark Phillips, to ‘welcome him into the royal family’ • In October 1975, this song was adapted into Japanese to welcome Emperor
Hirohito at
Central Park, New York City. • In 1977, the song was sung by
The Muppets on the seventh episode of the second season of
The Muppet Show to its guest star
Edgar Bergen and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy. • A rearranged version of the song was used as the theme of the ITV sitcom
Home to Roost. • The first couple lines of the song were sung by Carlton Banks and the Alagaroos in the 13th episode of the 1st season of
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. • In Christmas 2011,
BBC One used famous celebrities to sing the song for promotion. • During the
COVID-19 pandemic a rewritten version of the song was aired during trailer breaks in
CBBC and
CBeebies programming, sung by cast members and presenters of TV shows aired on both channels and the objective of the song was wishing viewers well during national
lockdown. The tagline was "consider yourself part of our family". • A parody of the song titled "Conceive of Yourself" appears in the 2nd season of the 2020 reboot of
Animaniacs, in the episode "Wakkiver Twist: Part 2", which itself is a parody of
Oliver! • Part of the song is sung by Detective Charles Boyle (portrayed by
Joe Lo Truglio) in the season 1 episode of
Brooklyn 99 titled "
M.E. Time." ==References==