Willson's offer was accepted and he consulted with Physical Fitness Council director Ted Forbes to ensure that the song would be effective.
[1][2] The latter included 11 floor exercises for school children designed by Bud Wilkinson, the head coach of the University of Oklahoma football team.
[1] The original Physical Fitness Council was promoted in 1962 and 1963 through a series of public service TV commercials featuring baseball player Stan Musial, filmed at Roosevelt Elementary School in Tampa, Florida.
The commercial shows people swimming, running, and checking their weight while connected to iPhone apps and accessories to a recording of "Chicken Fat".
[4][5] It was reported to be a 2000 recording by Bernie Knee, a jingle writer and part-time cantor, which was released by Kimbo Educational Music,[1][6] though he died in 1994.