Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
#0Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/28/05 at 4:04pm
Or shows in gereral. They don't have to be good. You know when your watching/listening to a show and you just wanna smack your head because some lines are so damn cheesy?
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My vote goes to anything in the song Clambake (oh God...) especially "vittles we et were good, you bet! The company was the same." I was literally rolling my eyes with a fixed grin on my face when I was in this show.
#1re: Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/28/05 at 4:06pm"For the first time in my life, I'm feeling...Wicked"
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#2re: Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/28/05 at 4:14pmPretty much the whole book of WICKED Updated On: 1/28/05 at 04:14 PM
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Posted: 1/28/05 at 4:28pm
"How we gonna pay last year's rent? This year's rent? RENT, RENT, RENT, RE-ENT, RENT, WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY RENT! Cause everything is RENT!!!" -Rent
Unnecesary Rent-ness.
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Posted: 1/28/05 at 4:35pm
Jellicles can and Jellicles do. Jellicles Do and Jellicles can. Jellicles can and Jellicles do. Jellicles do and Jellicles can.
And in case you were curious, Jellicles can and apparently they also do.
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Posted: 1/28/05 at 4:38pmOY
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#8re: Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/29/05 at 1:57pm
La Cage is a good show, not a great show. However, it is filled with lines that are so bad they can actually make you cringe. One of Les Cagelles says something like "if beauty is skin deep than why are people?"
Harvey winning a Tony for the book of the original production of La Cage was simply ludicrous. I have not seen the revival but the original book was dreadful. Many had hoped a new book would be provided for the revival, but alas, that did not happen.
I am not the only one who thought Harvey's book for this musical was terrible.
I don't recall him being asked to write the book for any musical after his "triumphant Tony win" for writing the book of La Cage.
"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#9re: Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/29/05 at 2:04pm
It's a cheesey line, but that's why I love it:
"They can stop us from kissing, but they can't stop us from singing" (*cue song)
-Link Larkin, Hairspray
Eeeeeeyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaannnnnddddd aaaaaaaiiiiiiiiyyyyyyaaaaaammmmmmmm teeeeeeeelllllliiiiiinnngg yyyyooooooouuuuuuuwwwaaaahh...
PleaseChangeMe
Featured Actor Joined: 8/24/04
#10re: Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/29/05 at 2:17pm
Again, while it may fit the show, it is the worst line ever said on Broadway.
Wait...this was cheesy lines in *good* shows?
BrdwayBaby
Understudy Joined: 1/24/04
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Posted: 1/29/05 at 2:17pm
"There's gold in them there hills, and Im gonna get it or die trying" -Thoroughly Modern Millie.
....Come on.
"Gimme Gimme That Thing Called Love"
RonR
Swing Joined: 1/20/05
chickenlover
Swing Joined: 1/24/05
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Posted: 1/30/05 at 1:25am"oh Ruth, I just want someone to do me in the butt!"-Eileen Sherwood in Wonderful Town...
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Posted: 1/30/05 at 1:27amwicked doesn't count she said cheesy lines in GOOD shows...
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Posted: 1/30/05 at 2:16am
"They can stop us from kissing, but they can't stop us from singing" (*cue song)
-Link Larkin, Hairspray
I LOVE that line! It's just part of the tongue-in-cheek, joyous rediculousness of HAIRSPRAY.
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Posted: 1/30/05 at 1:20pm
You're a good man Charlie Brown
"Happiness is everyone and anything at all, that's loved by you."
Don't get me wrong i love that show but come on.
CAGES OR WINGS? WHICH DO YOU PREFER? ASK THE BIRDS. FEAR OR LOVE, BABY? DON'T SAY THE ANSWER, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#17re: Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/30/05 at 1:24pm
One of Les Cagelles says something like "if beauty is skin deep than why are people?"
WISHIHADATONY, that line is supposed to be stupid. The Cagelles (in the original production) were rather, uh, blonde. Most of the behind-the-scenes Cagelle stuff has been cut in the revival, though. Shame.
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Posted: 1/30/05 at 1:27pm"Phantom of the Opera"
"I think Harvey [Fierstein] wishes he were a black woman. I say he's the largest black woman in the show. I wish Harvey were straight, cuz I'd do him in a minute. I like big burly mother f***ers like him." ~Mary Bond Davis on Harvey Fierstein Thanks to Mistress @ spouzic.com
Blair
Broadway Star Joined: 11/4/03
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Posted: 1/30/05 at 1:27pm
"I will, Irene, I WILL!" - Hello, Dolly!
It's the cheesiest, but funniest thing ever. Everytime I hear it, I burst out laughing.
UsherMJD
Swing Joined: 1/19/05
#20re: Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/30/05 at 1:31pm
Cats. . . its one big two hour long cheesy line, put to music and with choreography.
I know we're supposed to talking about Cheesy lines in good shows, but when the entire show is the cheesy line you have to mention it.
But I must also add. . . (and I don't have the libretto in front of me so I'm paraphrasing) "I think I found my green glass love. - I just found me, an emrald" -Millie
(Someone correct me w/ the word for word quote if I got it wrong)
NightLaughs
Leading Actor Joined: 6/26/04
#21re: Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/30/05 at 1:31pm
I liked Charlie Brown but that entire song made me cringe.
Rent- "Think twice before you poo-poo it." Whaaaa?
If you limit your choices to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise."- Robert Fritz
ProducersFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/04
#22re: Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/30/05 at 2:14pm
My roommate and I always get a good kick out of these lines in Millie:
"I'm on the way up!"
"I'm on the way down!"
"It's a good thing we met in the middle!"
Oy... would you like some wine with that cheese? 
~Jessica
"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure."
~Roger Bart
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#24re: Cheesy Lines in Good Shows...
Posted: 1/30/05 at 2:29pm
"The puppets. They were you?" in Carnival.
Really, really disagree about "Happiness" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. "Happiness is anyone, or anything at all that's loved by you." It's almost a profound thought, and really lovely.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
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