Desperate Housewives + Stephen Sondheim

[jacobp]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 9:40pm

I was on itunes and happened to notice the titles for the season 3 episodes.....a majority and maybe othes i didnt know of were Sondheim songs did anyone notice this or am i pulling a toby and going insane.....check it out!

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 9:42pm

i know one eposidose is called sunday in the park with george

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 9:42pm

This is well known. Marc Cherry (the creator) has stated that all of the episodes are named after a Sondheim song or lyric. And if not a Sondheim song, than a showtune in general.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 9:45pm

I pointed it out to my mother who watches the show the other night. the last episode was "No fits, no fights, no feuds"--Gypsy obviously...


It makes me wish I watched the show :) there has been TONS of them.

[jasonf]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 9:45pm

Not all, wickedfan - but the VAST majority are named after Sondeim songs or lyrics (ie this week was "No fits, no fights, no feuds" - not a title, but a lyric...

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 9:46pm

lol jasonf...beat you by a hair :)

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 9:46pm

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Updated On: 1/8/07 at 09:46 PM

[jacobp]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 9:48pm

Sorry didnt know this was posted thanks MargoChanning

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 9:56pm

I stated jasonf, that if they were not a song title than they were a lyric. Or if not written by Sondheim than they were a showtune in general, one I believe was called "Anything You Can Do".

[Difran]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 10:07pm

i really like these references
its kinda fun
like in season 1

"pretty little picture"
"Children will listen"

and season 3

"it takes two" (the best song in into the woods)

im glad u pointed that out thanks

[Horton]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 10:41pm

I love how we are not the only theatre freaks out there, its like medication, without side effects.

[galindagirl2]

Posted: 1/8/07 at 11:00pm

Marc Cherry was a musical theater performer before creating "Housewives" :)
Please excuse me if this was already common knowledge...

[Pgenre]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 11:38am

And Marc Cherry has vowed to devote his entire post-HOUSEWIVES career to writing librettos for musicals. He explicitly stated this information in article I read... not sure which. Maybe someday he could work with Sondheim? Could be interesting... but they better get crackin'!

A Good Nightmare Comes So Rarely,
P genre

[ahmelie]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 12:12pm

1 Pilot
2 Ah, But Underneath
3 Pretty Little Picture
4 Who's that Woman?
5 Come in, Stranger
6 Running to Stand Still
7 Anything You Can Do
8 Guilty
9 Suspicious Minds
10 Come Back to Me
11 Move On
12 Every Day a Little Death
13 Your Fault
14 Love Is in the Air
15 Impossible
16 The Ladies Who Lunch
17 There Won't Be Trumpets
18 Children Will Listen
19 Live Alone and Like It
20 Fear No More
21 Sunday in the Park with George
22 Goodbye For Now
23 One Wonderful Day
24 Next
25 You Could Drive a Person Crazy
26 You'll Never Get Away From Me
27 My Heart Belongs To Daddy
28 They Asked Me Why I Believe In You
29 I Wish I Could Forget You
30 Color and Light
31 The Sun Won't Set
32 That's Good, That's Bad
33 Coming Home
34 One More Kiss
35 We're Gonna Be All Right
36 There's Something About a War
37 Silly People
38 Thank You So Much
39 There Is No Other Way
40 Could I Leave You?
41 Everybody Says Don't
42 Don't Look at Me
43 It Wasn't Meant to Happen
44 I Know Things Now
45 No One Is Alone
46 Remember (1)
47 Remember (2)
48 Listen to the Rain on the Roof
49 It Takes Two
50 A Weekend in the Country
51 Like It Was
52 Nice She Ain't
53 Sweetheart, I Have to Confess
54 Bang
55 Children and Art
56 Beautiful Girls
57 The Miracle Song
58 No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds
59 Not While I'm Around
60 Come Play Wiz Me

No Losing My Mind? They must be saving it...

[bigbigbill]

Posted: 1/9/07 at 12:45pm

I knew I loved this show for a reason.