Broadway References in Odd Places

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 12:11am

I don't watch this show on Disney, but I happen to have it on and it is playing in the background. Anyways, there was just a scene where this guy came to pick some of the girls up in a limo. You know how some horns in a car have a tune to a song? I could've sworn I heard the horn on the limo do a quick instrumental, "We're in the money."

Also, I was reading an advice column one time and this lady had made wedding dresses for a couple of relatives. She wanted to ask for some money in return for making the dresses, but the person hadn't offered to pay. Anyways, the ladies responded, "No good deed goes unpunished," which instantly reminded me of Wicked. Of course, there was more advice to follow after that.

What are some references to Broadway shows you have seen/heard in weird places?

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 12:13am

Family Guy


but I ALWAYS burst out into song when I see somwthing that reminds me of a showtune.
No matter where I am.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:17am

Me too, Priest.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:25am

Who doesnt?
And I always feel like such a geek when I notice something Broadway and nobody else does, and then you have no one to share it with...

[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:28am

When I first read the title of this thread, I immediatly thought "Family Guy!"

[J-Pill]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:47am

Um, yesterday we were driving behind a massive truck with the word BROADWAY on it, then my dad moved his head out of the way and it said ROADWAY......... Updated On: 9/13/04 at 01:47 AM

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 1:57am

"This isn't the first time you ruined a performance." ~Lois
::Cats dancing on stage at the Winter Garden::
::Peter crashes his car through the stage wall and crushes a 'cat'::
"Oh God, I didn't see it there. It just jumped out at me! Oh God!" ~Peter

Oh "Family Guy," how I love your theatre references!

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 2:15am

Not sure if this counts, but I'm throwing it up here anyway.

Just about anything that anyone says reminds me of a showtune.
Examples from today...
(yes, this is just from today.)

Friend said: "I was just listening to some Nirvana"
I thought: "No, it's not Nirvana, but it's on the way." (Last 5 Years)

Friend said: "What a cute dress"
I thought: "Welcome to my party! Glad you like the dress" (Wild Party)

Friend said: "That really bothered me"
I thought: "Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered am I." (Pal Joey)

Friend said: "I can't study unless it's quiet"
I thought: "Where is my quiet girl?" (Wonderful Town)

Friend said: "Just wait one moment"
I thought: "Just for this moment, as long as you're mine" (Wicked)

Friend said: "I don't think she's a natural blonde"
I thought: "So if you're a redhead, a blonde or brunette, take my advice and you might just get the only thing better than hairspray; that's me!" (Hairspray)

Friend said: "I dare you"
I thought: "You want me baby? I dare you. Just try and tear me down" (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)

Friend said: "I think we're going to give up on cable and get satellite."
I thought: "a summer in Ohio without cable, hot water, Vietnamiese food, or you" (Last 5 Years)

Friend said: "Do you have any ice?"
I thought: "WHERE THE HELL'S MY ICE?!" (Wild Party)

Friend said: "I was soooo late"
I thought: "I may be late, but if you can just wait I will make it eventually" (Last 5 Years)

Friend said: "I won't do THAT ever again."
I thought: "No good deed will I do again! Ever again!" (Wicked)

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 10:40am

millie_dillmount - No good deed goes unpunished was an expression from my 77 year old mother's childhood and she said it all her life...so that phrase was "borrowed" for wicked - as was most of the music...

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:21pm

I also imediatly thought of Family Guy. I dont think there is a single episode that doesnt have some musical reference.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:26pm

I was in class today (Spanish) and we were discussing Don Quijote.
It was SO hard to keep myself from bursting out "I, DON QUIJOTE, THE LORD OF LA MANCHA..."

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:28pm

But still, it reminded me of Wicked.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:30pm

One of my friends "Spanish names" in Spanish class is Don Quixote.
I do burst into song everytime he is called on.
And the teacher wouldn't let me be Evita, or even Evito.
So I am Che.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:33pm

Did any of you see the revival of Man Of La Mancha? - when Cervantes (as the Don) climbs onto the wooden horse to sing the second half of "I, Don Quixote", they projected a shadow of a real knight riding his horse on the wall behind him - it was an AMAZING affect!

[Mythus]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:38pm

Redhot, it actually moved along with him? That's incredible.

Odd places, eh? Well, this was actually a reference by me, but it still counts. I was in Chemistry class, and the teacher was saying something, and asked, "Can you do that?" and immediately, I sang, "I can do that! (taps foot) I can do that!"

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 4:43pm

redhot- I saw it, but I don't remember that. That's really incredible, though!!

Simpsons also has a bunch of Broadway references.

Whenever someone says anything that is just a little close to a song, I will sing that song. My friend today said she needed a makeover, and I burst into "Popular". Or a friend of mine was going to do a magic show for the little 1st grade Girl Scouts, so I burst into "Magic to Do"..... and then there was the time I was in religion class, and the passage from "Light of the World" from Godspell came up, so I HAD to burst into that...

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 7:52pm

The last lyric in Hairspray's "Big Dollhouse", 'For me!" refrences back to the finale of Gypsy.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 7:54pm

I love the simpson refrences to broadway shows. Theyre always so fun and witty.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 7:56pm

Once I was watching Spongebob with my little brother, and I wasnt really paying much attention to it and then all of a sudden (and I was rehearsing for this show at the time):

Spongebob: Patrick, is the part of the song where we start kicking?
Patrick: No Spongbob, thats A Chorus Line.

[CJR]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 7:57pm

OMG Little Fish! I SOOOO came to post that exact quote!!!!!!

Also, in Rugrats, there was one episode where Angelica turned around and said "JAZZ HANDS!"

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 7:57pm

In English class this week we are watching INTO THE WOODS and deciphering synechdoches in the musical.

My English teacher is the coolest.

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 8:03pm

ooh Family Guy is the BEST!!! Seth McFarlan is a genius! Remember the one where Lois was directing a production of The King and I, but Peter kept changing stuff?

Peter: Jeez, Lois, I thought you wanted to do a *good* show! If you wanted to do a *bad* show, we could have just done RENT!

And who can forget The Simpsons!?! Remember when Homer was in RENT 2: Return of the Landlord?? classic stuff =) Updated On: 9/13/04 at 08:03 PM

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 8:08pm

In "Miss Congeniality," Sandra Bullock is getting her teeth cleaned and her hair done at the same time. She says, "Ow! Can I get some novacaine?!" and the dentist says, "It's just a cleaning." She replies, "No, I'm talking about Sweeney Todd back here!"

[Alix7272]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 8:11pm

sounds funny but when were reading romeo and juliet in 8th grade i saw references to broadway all over, even though it went the other way around. the ball kept reminding me of masquerade from phantom and there was a producers reference.
i always see shows in everything!

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 9/13/04 at 8:12pm

How could i have forgotten the Will and Grace refrences. Like when Lyle's daughter was in taboo. haha and when they said something about mamma mia.