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4 unusual facts about Three Little Fishies


Hal Kemp

His major recordings were "There's a Small Hotel", "Where or When", "This Year's Kisses", "When I'm With You", "Got a Date With an Angel" and "Three Little Fishies".

Three Little Fishies

In a 1981 Episode of Three's Company, a wacky misunderstanding occurs when Jack and Janet overhear a psychiatrist played by Jeffrey Tambor repeatedly saying "boom, boom, dittum dottem..." while trying to remember the words to this song to help him get through to a patient.

In Force of Habit, the 15h episode of the 1982-1983 television show Tales of the Gold Monkey, the main character, an ex Flying Tiger named Jake Cutter, played by Stephen Collins, sings the song in the middle of a storm to keep morale up in his plane.

"Three Little Fishies" is a song recorded by Kay Kyser & his Band, with words and music by Saxie Dowell.



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