In the movie he sang `` Minnie the Moocher . '' He sang the song `` The Jumpin ' Jive '' on the famous childrens TV show Sesame Street . Calloway attracted renewed interest in 1980 when he appeared as a supporting character in the film The Blues Brothers , performing `` Minnie the Moocher '' , and again when he sang `` The Jumpin ' Jive '' with the Two-Headed Monster on `` Sesame Street '' .