The Cabin Fever song from a 1996 Muppet movie is based on a classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson (Wikipedia, 2015, ¶1). The song has been burning inside my head for the past several days. So I decided to find a video clip that I could share here.
This song has been memorable not only because I love the Muppets, but also because the
ship-board setting for the song in the video (Baker, 1996) contrasted so vividly with a snow-bound
mountain cabin image that I've held from childhood adventures–including reading!
That is, my image related to the
second definition of the noun (n.)
cabin in WordNet 3.1, and the Muppet movie scene represented the
first. As far as collocations go, "cabin fever" may not occur very frequently outside this song. Nevertheless, you may find it catching.
Doing a bit more browsing around the topic of cabin fever, I think I may have found a remedy, namely getting out and communing with nature (Berman, Jonides & Kaplan, 2008). Perhaps that's what I should be doing now, instead of planning another post!
References
Baker, Martin G., & Henson, Brian (Producers), & Henson, Brian (Director). (1996). Muppet treasure island [Motion picture]. United States: Jim Henson Productions.
Berman, M. G., Jonides, J., & Kaplan, S. (2008). The Cognitive Benefits of Interacting with Nature. Psychological Science, 19(12), 1207–1212. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02225.x
Wikipedia. (2015, February 11). Muppet Cabin Fever. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muppet_Treasure_Island
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