Cornelius The Dancing Chicken is an animated plush chicken toy that was made in 1997-1999, and remade in 2001. He bobs his head side to side and opens and closes his beak to the song "Chicken Dance". When Cornelius is activated, the song starts out in a slow and steady pace, and then plays 2 more times, speeding up each time.
There's many versions and variants of him.
Versions and Variants
- Sound Activated Version (Polka)
- Button Activated Version (Polka)
- Sound Activated Version (Marching Band)
- Button Activated Version (Marching Band)
- Button Tag Version (Polka)
- Button Tag Version (2001 Remake) (Polka)
- Button Pad Version (2001 Remake) (Polka)
- Sparkly Variant (Polka)
- Blue With Sparkles Variant (Polka)
- Pink With Sparkles Variant (Polka)
- Yellow With Sparkles Variant (Polka)
- Sparkly Variant (Button Tag) (Polka)
- Blue With Sparkles Variant (Button Tag) (Polka)
- Pink With Sparkles Variant (Button Tag) (Polka)
- Yellow With Sparkles Variant (Button Tag) (Polka)
Trivia
- Cornelius The Chicken makes an appearance in a Baby Einstein video "Baby Bach" in 1998-2003, and at one point, is seen with Sunny the Singing Sunflower.
- They are 2 different music versions of him, which were Polka and Marching Band.
- Cornelius’ polka 2001 remake recording was also used from the Chicken Dance Hamster, Cletis the Happenin' Chick, and The Choking Chicken.
- Cornelius The Chicken with smaller tush tags was from 1997-1998, while the bigger tush tags was from 1999-2001.
- The 1997-1998's tush tags are the same from Rocky The Rocking Gorilla, Harry D. Ape, and other vintage items.
- They are 4 different box versions with him.
- The Marching Band chickens that have a zipper on the bottom, rather than velcro, is a different version because the song slows the music down at the very end.
- The sparkly variants and the 2001 remakes' body shape are noticeably a little slimmer than the older ones.
Gallery
Videos
(Gemmy) Cornelius the Dancing Chicken - Chicken Dance (EASTER)
Cornelius The Dancing Chicken in action










