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Yankeeboy
#0Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:39pm

Hey I'm looking for fall-down funny duets that could be sung by a man and a woman. If possible, I'd like to stay away from mainstream Broadway, but all suggestions are welcome. New and old, rare and well-known. I NEED IDEAS! My AIM is Superben444. If you wanna contact me that way too.

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broadwaystar2b
#1re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:46pm

"Therapy" from Tick Tick Boom comes to mind immediately

peach
#2re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:47pm

"Therapy" is fantastic, original, and an absolute riot. Great suggestion!

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xxnewgirlxx
#3re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:48pm

OK, you can't get more mainstream, but "Love is My Legs" from DRS is the funniest duet on Broadway today. C'mon! "Feetbones of love"??

Sorry for not really helping...

Updated On: 10/4/05 at 03:48 PM

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broadwaystar2b
#4re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:51pm

"The Song That Goes Like This"
~Spamalot
"Can You Feel The Pain Tonight"
~Forbidden Broadway's Spoof on "Can You Feel The Love Tonight"
Actually, I'd highly recommend checking out Forbidden Broadway spoofs in general




Updated On: 10/4/05 at 03:51 PM

hypertruffle
#5re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 4:00pm

'I Got it All' from On The Twentieth Century.


"The cynicism you refer to, I acquired the day I discovered I was different from little boys!~All About Eve

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cathywellerstein
#6re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 4:08pm

"anything you can do, i can do better"
~annie get your gun

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Enjolras77
#7re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 4:13pm

What venue will these songs be performed at? You said you were trying to stay away from mainstream Broadway so I am assuming that the audience will not be familiar with musicals. Although "Love is my Legs", "The Song that Goes Like This", and the Forbidden Broadway stuff IS hilarious...the audience may not be able to follow the jokes if they are not familiar with the plots of the shows or the shows/performers they are spoofing. If this is the case, the song would need to be able to stand alone and not be dependent on plot or with someone being familiar with the source material to find it funny. Also, there should be sheet music available so it could be performed (to my knowledge there is no DRS or SPAMALOT books available yet although I wish they would hurry up and come out!). I still vote for "Therapy"---the song is funny and can stand on its own. I will try to come up with a few more ideas!


"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man

Kringas
#8re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 4:17pm

"The Tennis Song" from City of Angels


"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey

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WickedGeek28
#9re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 4:21pm

"You're The Top" Anything Goes.

She calls him broccoli for god sakes!


"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

YankeesFan175
#10re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 4:24pm

secrets
~in my life


oh, sorry, you meant something thats supposed to be funny? uum, i second anything from forbidden broadway.


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Updated On: 10/4/05 at 04:24 PM

SahDu
#11re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 4:46pm

Definitely agree with Therapy, very funny. Humming from Carnival can work if done correctly. It's pretty funny.


EDIT: How about Schadenfreude from Avenue Q. It is technically MF but will depend on the voices of those singing. A little explicit too. But it could work.

EDIT 2: The Doctor Is In from Charlie Brown. My New Philosophy also from Charlie Brown is MF too...showcases the girl more then the guy. But the song is hilarious.

Updated On: 2/15/14 at 04:46 PM

Bwaybaby109
#12re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 5:12pm

A Stud and a Babe from I love You You're Perfect Now Change is cute
Speed Test from Millie is cute too
I def agree with Therapy


"Have a child for warmth and a baker for bread and a prince for... whatever!"

#13re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 5:26pm

"I'm past my prime"- from "Li'l Abner", "Do we?" from "70, Girls, 70".

Tir Na Nog
#14re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 5:27pm

How about "Little priest"? As long as it's not for an audition lol


"One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music". - Stephen Sondheim

Sant
#15re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 5:36pm

I Remember It Well - GIGI

Schadenfreude - AVENUE Q

Money - CABARET

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hot_brdwy_diva
#16re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 6:11pm

Lets Call the Whole thing Off - Shall We Dance
Marriage Tango - I love you you're perfect now change ( a lil edgy)
You're Just in Love(I wonder Why) - Call Me Madame (I've heard a medly of this song and Anything you Can do.. I think Mac Huff makes it..not sure)

You could do a medly of Puttin on the Ritz and Diamonds are a Girl's best friend. That would be cute.

If I think of more...I'll post.


"You just have to do what your voice tells you to do." -Linda Eder

ashley0139
#17re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 6:47pm

Therapy Therapy Therapy!


"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

Labashier
#18re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 7:54pm

As said numerous times, Therapy from TTB.

If you can find the music, Expose from Zombie Prom is HILARIOUS.

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrel
#19re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 8:19pm

"Love is My Legs"- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

"Therapy"-tick, tick...BOOM!

#20re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/4/05 at 8:27pm

follow your heart from urinetown can be really funny, when done well. plus it's just a great song.

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Yankeeboy
#21re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/5/05 at 1:14am

Holy bejeezus! I didn't expect such an enthusiastic response! Thanks so much!

This is actually for the senior cabaret at the University of the Arts. So the audience is quite fluent in musical theater. Actually, that's why we wanted to stay away from mainstream contemporary Broadway, because let's face it, as great a song as Shaudenwhatsahoozits is, there are equally good songs that people HAVEN'T actually heard 10,000 times. I'll definitely look at your suggestions. Thanks so much!

Ben

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cathywellerstein
#22re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/5/05 at 1:31am

oh oh oh!! i just thought of an absolutely great and amazing one! it's by musical theatre composers but it's not heard a million times.

it's called "nothing i wouldn't do" by Heisler and Goldrich. Sherie Rene Scott sang it with Billy Porter. there used to be a video clip of it on broadway.com but i can't find it. but anyway, it's not hard music to learn on your own.

i'm dying to perform this sometime. i think it's a great song. it's cute but funny at the same time. and it's still tasteful. it sounds perfect for what you're doing! check it out! it's available from the H&G website

marcy heisler and zina goldrich Updated On: 10/5/05 at 01:31 AM

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jollipops
#23re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/5/05 at 2:03am

It may be a bit late but 'The First Time' from Beautiful Game is fairly funny...

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hushpuppy
#24re: Funny M-F Duets
Posted: 10/5/05 at 11:03am

Cole Porter's 'Cherry Pies Ought to Be You' from OUT OF THIS WORLD


'Our whole family shouts. It comes from us livin' so close to the railroad tracks'


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