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#26

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/13/04 at 8:24pm

(paraphrasing)

Well, I'm off to the Taboo finale party. We have one every night: just in case.

#27

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/13/04 at 10:07pm

Hahaha. That whole EPISODE was about Mamma Mia! At least Will's storyline...

W&G has Broadway references every 2 episodes. One of my favorites is when Will was talking about seeing Fiddler the other night. Karen walks in the apartment and says she was at the show that night also. Something about 'mos and Jews, then: "It's like paying $100 to hang out here!!"

#28

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/13/04 at 10:46pm

yeah they did one about Footloose---

Will: Did you ever have a really good idea, and then once you acted on it, it turned out to be horrible. (or something like that)

Grace: Yeah, its called Footloose on Broadway.

The Kevin Bacon episode is by far my favorite.

#29

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/13/04 at 10:55pm

in "Family Guy"..

"This is worse than SEUSSICAL!"

I love that one!

#30

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/16/04 at 6:40pm

I just thought of another Broadway reference in Family Guy while I was in the shower:

Remember when they invite the boss over for dinner, and he ends up joking and dying. Well, before he dies the kids say goodnight to him and they do the exact "So Long, Farewell" thing from the Sound of Music.

I nearly peed my pants when I saw that.

#31

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/16/04 at 7:25pm

The other day I was in history and my history teacher came into the room and the lights were off. So he asked the class "Are you a curse in the dark type of person or a light the candle?" and i was like "LIGHT THE CANDLE!! because then you can sing light my candle from Rent," I felt like such a dork lol.

#32

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/16/04 at 10:06pm

Lol, dont feel like a dork. I was the smartest person in my AP US History class, b/c half of all the useless information I knew about America was from musicals.

And my teacher would say, "Jill, do you know that only b/c of the song in Oklahoma?" and I'd shyly say yes, and he would just laugh---deep down inside, I think he was a musical lover.

#33

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/16/04 at 10:21pm

Here are two I just remembered:

There was a movie called AIRPLANE! which was about an airport and the flights, and it was one of those movies where there was something funny happening every 5 seconds. They had this one scene where there was a crazy patient on board the "airplane hospital" who was singing, "Everything's Comin' Up Roses" from Gypsy.

Also, in The Nanny, Fran is dating a guy who happens to be a mobster. As they are walking into the Italian restaurant you can see Beauty and the Beast playbills in their hands.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

#34

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/17/04 at 2:42am

omg im rehearsing for suessical right now!

Ways to annoy people: Arrive at a meeting late, say you're sorry, but you didn't have time for lunch, and you're going to be nibbling during the meeting. Then eat raw potatoes. Ask people what gender they are,or Disagree strongly with everything anybody says:)

#35

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/17/04 at 3:25am

Millie -funniest part about yours it that the airline food was making one woman on the plane think she was Ethel Merman. Even better; she really WAS Ethel Merman!

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#36

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/17/04 at 2:05pm

Actually, in Airplane, there was a flashback to a military hospital and a patient in a bed (lt. Horwitz (sp?), who has shell shock or something, thinks he is Ethel Merman...it is actually Ethel merman and she belts out her song...

#37

re: Broadway References in Odd Places

Posted: 9/18/04 at 3:27am

The Lt. Hurwitz reference in Airplane! had me in hysterics for minutes. I actually had to stop the movie - I needed some time before I could go on.

I love the Family Guy Broadway references. So many.

"You. You are the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber. And you, I just don't like you."

The My Fair Lady spoof with "The Life of the Wife is Ended By the Knife" was another one. (I also loved the episode where Stewy actually sang "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"),

Such a great show. Can't wait for it to come back.

Updated On: 9/18/04 at 03:27 AM

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