Dance in Smarty Pants! (song)

Dance in Smarty Pants! is a song sung by Arty Smartypants and The Vowelles, and several guest stars dance in smarty pants (including Elmo and Bert from Sesame Street), Leon Redbone, India Arie, and others including the real-life children, Marmy Smartypants, Lionel Lion and Leona Lion.

Appearances

 * Episode 33: The Good Seed (incomplete)
 * Episode 35: Zoop! Zoop!
 * Episode 36: Clickety-Clack, Clickety-Clack!
 * Episode 40: The Last Cliff Hanger
 * Episode 42: Oh, Yes, It Can!
 * Episode 51: Rats
 * Episode 60: You Can't Catch Me!
 * Episode 70: Dance in Smarty Pants!
 * Episode 101: Ruby Sings the Blues / The Camel Dances

Version 1
Hey!

Oh, yeah!

Listen up, you guys and gals Go and round up all your pals Gonna teach you a brand-new dance

You can do it with your mother You can do it with your brother Your uncles or your aunts

Yeah, it's very, very spunky You can do it with a monkey Or an anthill full of ants

Doesn't matter if you're clunky You'll be hip and you'll be funky When you dance in smarty pants

Watch me now, hey!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Chorus: Dance in smarty pants!

Again!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Dance in smarty pants!

Oh, thank you, girls!

Well, snakes may wriggle And hyenas, they giggle And horses like to trot and prance

(The Vowelles says "That's right!".)

But no creature anywhere Can quite compare To a dancer in smarty pants

Yes!

It really doesn't matter If you're skinny or you're fat or If you practice in advance

Just put on a smarty record And some trousers that are checkered And dance in smarty pants!

Just do it!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Dance in smarty pants!

Take (or Shake) it home now!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Yeah, ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Is it over yet?

Dance in smarty pants!

Version 2
Hey!

Oh, yeah!

Listen up, you guys and gals Go and round up all your pals Gonna teach you a brand-new dance

You can do it with your mother You can do it with your brother Your uncles or your aunts

Yeah, it's very, very spunky You can do it with a monkey Or an anthill full of ants

Doesn't matter if you're clunky You'll be hip and you'll be funky When you dance in smarty pants

Watch me now, hey!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Marmy: Dance in smarty pants!

One more time!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Chorus: Dance in smarty pants!

Well, snakes may wriggle And hyenas, they giggle And horses like to trot and prance

(The Vowelles says "That's right!".)

But no creature anywhere Can quite compare To a dancer in smarty pants

Yes!

It really doesn't matter If you're skinny or you're fat or If you practice in advance

Just put on a smarty record And some trousers that are checkered And dance in smarty pants!

Just do it!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Dance in smarty pants!

Take (or Shake) it home now!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Yeah, ooh, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Is it over yet?

Dance in smarty pants!

Version 3
Hey!

Oh, yeah!

Listen up, you guys and gals Go and round up all your pals Gonna teach you a brand-new dance

You can do it with your mother You can do it with your brother Your uncles or your aunts

Yeah, it's very, very spunky You can do it with a monkey Or an anthill full of ants

Doesn't matter if you're clunky You'll be hip and you'll be funky When you dance in smarty pants

Watch me now, hey!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Marmy: Dance in smarty pants!

One more time!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

The Vowelles: Dance in smarty pants!

Oh, thank you, girls!

Well, snakes may wriggle And hyenas, they giggle And horses like to trot and prance

(The Vowelles says "That's right!".)

But no creature anywhere Can quite compare To a dancer in smarty pants

Yes!

It really doesn't matter If you're skinny or you're fat or If you practice in advance

Just put on a smarty record And some trousers that are checkered And dance in smarty pants!

Just do it!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Dance in smarty pants!

Take (or Shake) it home now!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Is it over yet?

Chorus: Dance in smarty pants!

Short Version 1
Come on, everyone! Let's show it how it's done!

Watch me!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Chorus: Dance in smarty pants!

(Arty says the celebrity's name and "You can do it!".)

Short Version 2
Come on, everyone! Let's show it how it's done!

Watch me!

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

Is it over yet?

Chorus: Dance in smarty pants!

The Great Smartini's Version 1
Yes, I'll do a magic dance in my magic smartypants.

Ooh, aah, I dance in smarty pants Yeah, ooh, aah, I dance in smarty pants, smarty pants Aah

The Great Smartini's Version 2
Yes, I'll do a magic dance in my magic smartypants.

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

The Great Smartini's Version 3
Yes, I'll do a magic dance in my magic smartypants.

Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh, aah, dance in smarty pants Ooh-aah

The Good Seed Version
Listen up, you guys and gals Go and round up all your pals Gonna teach you a brand-new dance

You can do it with your mother You can do it with your brother Your uncles or your aunts...

You can do it with your mother You can do it with your brother Your uncles or your aunts...

...do it with your brother Your uncles or your aunts

Yeah, it's very, very...

Marmy's Favorite Book
Lionel: Ooh, aah, Marmy's favorite book! Ooh-aah!

Happy Birthday Dance! (First Version)
Theo: Ooh, aah, happy birthday dance! Ooh, aah, dance a birthday dance! Ooh-aah!

Lionel: (spoken) Hey, let's do it, everybody!

Everyone: Ooh, aah, happy birthday dance! Ooh, aah, dance a birthday dance! Ooh-aah!

Happy Birthday Dance! (Reprise Version)
Marmy: Happy Birthday Dance!!!

(Everyone starts to dance as confetti and streamers dropped by.)

All: Ooh, aah, happy birthday dance! Ooh, aah, dance a birthday dance! Ooh-aah!

Dance in Stany's Pantskis!
Theo: Ooh, aah, dance in Stany's pantskis!

Both: Ooh, aah, dance in Stany's pantskis! (2x)

(Lionel interrupted the song, while the lions how to wear smarty pants.)

Do the Rubber Stampy!
Both: You can stamp in smarty China

Cleo: Or in smarty Carolina

Theo: Smarty England, or smarty France.

Cleo: Makes no difference where you are, you will be a stampy star

Theo: If you stamp in smarty pants. Like this.

Both: Ooh, aah, do the rubber stampy! (x2) Ooh, aah!

Do the Shiny Booky!
Both: Ooh, aah, do the shiny booky (x2) Ooh, aah!

Noisy, Noisy, Noisy
Both: Ooh, aah, noisy, noisy, noisy

Lionel: Ooh, aah

Both: Noisy, noisy, noisy

Both: Ooh, aah, noisy, noisy, noisy

List of Characters, Guest Stars, Puppeteers, Puppets and Mascots

 * Theo Lion
 * Lionel Lion
 * Cleo Lion
 * Leona Lion
 * Barnaby B. Busterfield III
 * Walter and Clay Pigeon
 * Fred Newman
 * Bruno Kirby
 * Leon Redbone
 * Jasmine Guy
 * Roma Downey
 * Mr. Pantomime Horse
 * Teresa Weatherspoon
 * David Garrison
 * Michael McGrath
 * Hugo Suárez
 * Inés Pasic
 * Walter Bobbie
 * Ruth Westheimer
 * Elmo and Bert from Sesame Street
 * Al Franken
 * Oliver Platt
 * India Arie
 * Melissa Etheridge
 * Steve Carell
 * Mo Rocca
 * Kelly Ripa
 * Meredith Vieira
 * Mo Lewis

Trivia

 * In the versions with Elmo and Bert, while Elmo's performer at the time, Kevin Clash and Bert's current performer Eric Jacobson performed the respective characters and their left hands, Clash did Bert's right hand and Jacobson did Elmo's right hand.
 * Arty Smartypants sang the verses; but similar to Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” music video.
 * The stock clip of Dance in Smarty Pants flies around during the virus in The Good Seed.
 * In The Good Seed, the song plays in audio during the virus when Lionel sadly sings "I'm Not Gonna Be a Librarian".

Goofs

 * At 0:37 in Version 3, Heather Asch's forehead can be seen!
 * During the shot of Leona and Lionel in the short version, Lionel's shirt, while still green, is a much brighter shade of green and is transparent as a result of using a green screen. This was corrected in the full version.