Jersey Boys on TODAY now!!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 9:40am

Harvey's there too!

[sally1112]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 9:42am

It's so fun!!!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 9:43am

"I watched you through my shower while dreaming how I'd like to scrub Matt Lauer."
-Harvey Fierstein

"Yeah, Harvey and I are gonna snuggle right after the show."
-Matt Lauer

Updated On: 5/31/06 at 09:43 AM

[wicked_mimi]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:03am

They were soooo cute. Props to the boys for learning basically 2 new songs. Anyone else enjoy how John pronounced a "broadway legend's" name wrong... haha!

[JerseyGirl]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:06am

Oh Katie Please don't go-o You're the one girl in town I TIVO. =)

gush gush gush, that performance was just... perfect.
JRS is so funny, bringing the huge headshot of Katie in front of them while they were singing... he's too funny. I love how the songs let all the guys sing solos, showcased their voices too, and John was just smashing during Bye Bye Katie.

I Heart Jersey Boys. =)

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:07am

They did a great job. To get up this early, perform to "new" songs and then to have to do two shows today. Great job and loved the number with Harvey!!!

[Katurian2]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:21am

They have used sooo much Broadway music! RENT is playing in CO now, and Idina was on earlier singing Wicked.

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:22am

This is so sad, i didnt get to see it =(. I hope they put in on msn.

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:33am

They were cute but how funny that JLY doesn't know how to pronounce Harvey's name!

[Candleshoe2]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:38am

So does anyone know what Megan Hilty is supposed to do?

[folkyboy]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:41am

i'm so pissed my TiVo only taped the 1st two hours of it and i missed Jersey Boys!

[cate_w]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:42am

Apparently the Today show website lied about Megan Hilty

[alli2]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:43am

did anyone record it and can post the clip online? =)

[Katurian2]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:47am

How far into it is the Jersey Boys segment? I'm on "This One's for the Girls" at the moment. (CO is sooo behind!)

[folkyboy]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:48am

if you'll look above it said it aired at 9:40

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:49am

The Jersey Boys were on in the final half hour.

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:51am

Hey kids

well, the "what an egomaniac" police are really gonna be after my ass for this, but here are the lyrics (and I think they and the clip are on The Today Show website, which doesn't work for Mac's, so screw 'em!):

JERSEY BOYS
NOTHIN COULD BE SHADY
WHEN YOU'D START YOUR DAY WITH KATIE
IN THE MORNIN'

WHO ELSE COULD MAKE PASTA, GEE,
THEN SHOW HER COLONOSCOPY
WHILE YAWNIN'?

HER FEELINGS WERE NO MYSTERY
THAT WAS HER SUCCESS
NOW SHE IS MAKING HIST'RY
BUT OVER AT CBS!

SHE MADE DIANE SAWYER
CALL HER AGENT AND HER LAWYER
EVERY MORNIN'

SMART AND NEVER FALTERS
HALF THE AGE OF BARBARA WALTERS
HOW WE'RE FAWNIN'

AND WHEN IT CAME TO BROADWAY
WELL, THE LADY HAD CLOUT
ONE RAVE FROM HER
AND YOU WOULD SELL OUT

OH, NOTHIN COULD BE SHADY
WHEN YOU'D START YOUR DAY WITH KATIE
IN THE MORNIN'

JOHN
“And now, a lovely lullaby from another denizen of Broadway, Mr. Harvey Fierstein!”

HARVEY
ROCK A BYE SWEET KATIE
WITH A BEDTIME LULLABY
YOU JUST SLEEP
GO COUNT SHEEP
GIVE THAT SUN THE FISH EYE

FOR FIFTEEN YEARS YOU'VE ROUSED US UP
JUST WHAT IS IN THAT COFFEE CUP?
I WATCHED YOU THROUGH MY SHOWER
WHILE DREAMING HOW I'D LIKE TO SCRUB MATT LAUER

SLEEP TILL NOON OUR LADY
GIVE A MIDDAY BRUNCH A TRY
THEN STAY OUT LATE
HAVE A DATE!
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO FLY

TOMORROW MORNING WHILE THE CREW'S HERE PREPPIN'
KEEP LAUGHIN 'CAUSE YOU'RE DONE WITH PRE-DAWN SCHLEPPIN'
ROCK-A-BYE OUR ROCK-A-BYE KATIE
WITH A BEDTIME LULLABY

"key change!"

SET YOUR ALARM CLOCK TO A DECENT HOUR
BUT OH! THE WAY I'D LIKE TO WAKE MATT LAUER
ROCK-A-BYE OUR ROCK-A-BYE KATIE
AS WE SAY ONE LAST GOODBYE!

“Come on fellas, sing it with me!”

ALL
YOU'VE GOT US ALL WEEPING
ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS SLEEPIN'
IN THE MORNIN'

KATIE, OH, IT'S GRIEVIN' US
THE FACT THAT YOU ARE LEAVIN' US
THIS MORNIN'

WE KNEW THIS DAY WAS COMIN'
NOW IT'S TIME FOR GOODBYE

HARVEY
STIFF UPPER LIP CAUSE

JERSEY BOYS
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY!

ALL
SO, LET US HUG AND KISS 'ER
FOR WE'RE SURELY GONNA MISS 'ER
IN THE MORNIN'
YES WE'RE MOURNING!!

[folkyboy]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:55am

OMG you are making me so jealous that i missed that!

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 10:57am

Thanks so much Marc! That bit was completely adorable.

[treyisthekiller]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 11:08am

haha. bye bye katie. that was clever. JB were amazing as usual. whens their next tv performance? June something...

[Corine2]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 11:19am

Cute,
It would have also worked well with the cast of Hairspray.
Not, to take away the glory from the BOYS.
But, it could have been cute sung to Good Morning Baltimore.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 11:23am

if anyone wants a video of the Jersey Boys singing today, it is on the Today Show website...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/

it's under "Today Says Goodbye To Katie"

[Katurian2]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 11:46am

OMG! That was the CUTEST thing I have ever seen! I love the Harvey's Matt L. jokes. That was sooo sweet.

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 1:15pm

I just found the Jersey boys on msn, they did great, I love it!

[jerseyboyslover]

Posted: 5/31/06 at 1:57pm

If anyone want the words to one of the song that the guys did e-mail me I'v got them.