I have decided to do the most ambitious thing in the world! Combining all the celebrities from those two versions and make this into one song. Hoots the Owl (Kevin Clash) teaches Ernie (Jim Henson) to put down his Rubber Duckie with the help of his celebrity friends.

Celebrities (in order of appearance)
John Candy (19501994) from SCTV
Andrea Martin from SCTV
Keith Hernandez and Mookie Wilson
Dee Dee from Dexter's Laboratory
Madeline Kahn
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Joe Williams
Jane Curtin
Phil Donahue of the Phil Donahue Show
Robert MacNeil (who also appeared in Monster in the Mirror)
Paul Reubens from Pee Wee's Playhouse
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (AKA: The Lalaers)
Wynton Marsalis
Celia Cruz
Itzhak Perlman of Shalom Sesame
Gordon Jackson and Jean Marsh of Upstairs, Downstairs
Paul Simon (who also appeared on The Muppet Show)
Jeremy Irons of The Lion King
Pete Seeger
Danny DeVito and his wife Rhea Perlman
The New York Giants: Mark Ingram, Carl Banks, Sean Landeta, and Karl Nelson
and Barbara Walters

This song was written by Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles and directed by Jon Stone

Little behind the scenes note, the Lavender drummer in was puppeterred by David Rudman.

(c) 1986 Sesame Workshop (formely Children's Television Workshop)
(c) 1986 Splotched Animal Music, Inc.
(c) 1986 Jim Henson Productions, Inc.

No copyright infringement intended. FAIR USE!!! Hope you enjoy it.