tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post8281917523740442724..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Laugh-Out-Loud Songs In MusicalsJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-88455473816832384992010-07-13T11:15:05.105-04:002010-07-13T11:15:05.105-04:00"If the Ku and the Klux and the Klan can,
Ba..."If the Ku and the Klux and the Klan can, <br />Baby, you can can-can too!"Richard Heftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-70901755541626630522010-07-12T18:30:23.570-04:002010-07-12T18:30:23.570-04:00"It's a Business" from "Curtain..."It's a Business" from "Curtains." Well, at least the spoken lines always kill me: <br /><br />"I put on 'The Iceman Cometh'--and nobody came-eth!" <br /><br />"For me the theater is a temple..."<br />"What, so it should only be filled on Shabbos?!"Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-6553768119165298392010-07-12T09:59:04.663-04:002010-07-12T09:59:04.663-04:00David Tomlinson's songs in "Mary Poppins&...David Tomlinson's songs in "Mary Poppins" (maybe some other ones in it as well), as well as anything Rex Harrison sings in "Dr. Dolittle" or "My Fair Lady". I think it's the speak-singing, as stevef pointed out. So I guess it's kind of cheating. Anthony Newley's singing in Dolittle is also pretty funny.<br /><br />I also like "Make 'Em Laugh" from "Singin' in the Rain", but I don't know if it's really the lyrics that make me laugh.<br /><br />Most of the time it seems that the performances are make me laugh, rather than the lyrics.<br /><br />Maybe Barney's suit song from How I Met Your Mother's 100th episode. And if we're counting songs from TV shows, the Simpsons has some funny ones.<br /><br />Some Muppet songs are pretty funny, like "Movin' Right Along", "I Hope That Something Better Comes Along" and "Hey, a Movie!"Aaron Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389783349170248351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-72592669947666338322010-07-11T23:28:00.457-04:002010-07-11T23:28:00.457-04:00"The Internet Is For Porn," Avenue Q."The Internet Is For Porn," Avenue Q.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098471743485897147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-27817799535045702362010-07-11T12:18:52.619-04:002010-07-11T12:18:52.619-04:00Does Tubular Boobular count? :PDoes Tubular Boobular count? :PKaseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14658697975083699628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-44612225014422159022010-07-10T10:21:43.340-04:002010-07-10T10:21:43.340-04:00I immediately thought of Markell and Bernstein’s S...I immediately thought of Markell and Bernstein’s Something (Upstairs at O'Neals): the teacher Morales complained about in A Chorus Line returns from beyond the grave to complain about her. Viewing all of Nothing’s story beats from the opposite view is, I think, an inherently funny idea. Larry O’Keefe’s Sensitive Song starts out like the world’s sweetest, sappiest ballad, and then shocks us by becoming a vehement tirade against the “skanky whore” the singer’s dumping. Both of these songs have listeners falling on the floor in hysterics; NOT mere chuckles and smiles.<br />But they're not from book musicals. Here are some that are:<br /><br />Big Ass Rock (The Full Monty)<br />Butler's Song (So Long 174th Street)<br />David Kolowitz, the Actor (So Long 174th Street)<br />Everyone's a Little Bit Racist (Avenue Q) Fish (The Apple Tree)<br />Gooch's Song (Mame)<br />If You Were Gay (Avenue Q)<br />I Get Embarrassed (Take Me Along)<br />Jubilation T. Cornpone (Li'l Abner)<br />Love Is My Legs (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) Lovely (reprise) (...Forum)<br />Original Musical ([title of show])<br />You Can Be As Loud As the Hell You Want (Avenue Q)Noel Katzhttp://www.weddingMusical.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-36646652483645702012010-07-10T08:53:51.612-04:002010-07-10T08:53:51.612-04:00There's half a dozen songs from Once Upon a Ma...There's half a dozen songs from Once Upon a Mattress that make me laugh out loud. Shy, A Girl Named Fred (even without the visual business), Happily Ever After, Sensitivity...<br /><br />Marry the Man Today from Guys and Dolls.<br /><br />I'd mention That's Your Funeral from Oliver!, but the musical is so edgy in its dark humor that I find it's hard to get a laugh from it (it was cut almost immediately, that may be why.)Sean Gaffneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061622951360610092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-79518092087357773712010-07-10T07:22:50.487-04:002010-07-10T07:22:50.487-04:00It's probably obvious, but "A Little Prie...It's probably obvious, but "A Little Priest" from <i>Sweeney Todd</i> always makes me chuckle. "Why Do the Wrong People Travel?" from <i>Sail Away</i> makes me laugh. What else? "A Weekend in the Country" from <i>A Little Night Music</i> (specifically "Pack everything I own that shoots"). I know I'm forgetting several.David Welshhttp://precur.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-26456513201881659212010-07-10T03:13:24.509-04:002010-07-10T03:13:24.509-04:00Ella Fitzgerald's recording of "Bewitched...Ella Fitzgerald's recording of "Bewitched..." is probably the best example, but it's not part of a cast recording. That doesn't stop me from listening to it.<br /><br />I always thought "Poor Judd is Dead" sounded funny on the original cast recording of "Oklahoma," but in the movie it falls flat for me. <br /><br />I've heard some stuff from "Young Frankenstein" that must be getting laughs."I Love the Brain!"<br /><br />Maybe it's too easy, but listening to Rex Harrison in "My Fair Lady" draws a chuckle every time. "Why Can't a Woman?" and "Why Can't the English?" are spot on. I think the secret is in Harrison speak-singing the lyrics. The added inflections make it work.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098471743485897147noreply@blogger.com