[2] The song is "the Emcee’s sardonic introduction" to the Kit Kat Klub,[3] and is set within the cabaret itself.
Filmsite notes this "cheery greeting in German, French and English" contains "three languages to suit the club's cosmopolitan clientele [and] anticipates future hostilities between the three nationalities during wartime".
[4] H2G2 writes The Emcee "Immediately evok[es] the decadent, cosmopolitan atmosphere of 1930s Berlin.
[9] The song was performed by Patrick Brewer (portrayed by Noah Reid) in the Season 5 finale of Schitt's Creek.
[citation needed] Joel Grey performed the song in his episode of The Muppet Show.