The greatest practical joke played on the common folk is

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 11:50am

GOD

(you want some money, god?)

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 11:54am

George W. Bush as President. Twice.

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 2:31pm

Eat up, there's more lasagna.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 2:34pm

What, you don't think sexual repression rooted in words that were written by people thousands of years ago isn't GOOD for humanity?

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 2:38pm

You'll earn your saintly reward aiming your missiles toward the heathen who do not believe in all the crap that you believe in.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 2:40pm

Of course. War in a certain region is going to expedite the return of You-Know-Who!

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 2:45pm

You think there's a god? There isn't a god? Not when you've got those crazy nuns like Mother Theresa who don't give those Indians rubbers and so they have babies and babies and everyone's crowded and hungry and starving.

Of course, if Indian food was all I had to eat: I wouldn't eat.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 2:46pm

Um, if there was no god, why does he help so many R&B and Hip Hop singers win awards?

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 2:47pm

And why doesn't he murder those sons-of-bitches who write all those stupid new TV shows? Look at the world!

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 2:48pm

(By the way, I'm singing one of my favorite musical theatre songs.)

[BWF]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 2:59pm

Are the uncommon folk playing the joke?

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 3:10pm

Ask William Finn.

[Jon]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 4:19pm

Umm... the lyric is "You wan't some manigott'?" - as in "manicotti".

I just closed a production of SWIWS last Sunday.

Ask Michael John LaChuisa.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 4:29pm

I actually adore that song.

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 6:22pm

Okay, Jon. Good to know.

However, I like my version better because it works outside of the context.

"You want some money, god?"

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 6:25pm

And I happened to be listening to a William Finn song when I made that mistake.

So, BWF, ask MJC.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 6:55pm

I always knew there WOOOOUUUULLLLDDDDDD be a miracle!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 8:31pm

Umm... the lyric is "You wan't some manigott'?" - as in "manicotti".

HAHA! I was going to say that but you beat me to it. Though I do enjoy "money, god?"

One of my favorite songs. Although I do like There Will Be a Miracle better.

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 10:25pm

I love the entire show!

And I'm also trying to find an alternative lyric for "eat up this warm lasagna" and "so mange a feast before you fall..."

Suggestions?

[ashley0139]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 1:09am

I know the first one is "eat up there's more lasagna."

[Namaste]

Posted: 5/20/08 at 2:04am

Then why do all of the lyrics online say "you want some warm lasagna"?

I love Mary Testa, but I wish I could understand her a little better in this song.