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#1

Most Humorous Song

Posted: 11/18/03 at 3:44pm

Yeah, so we had what made you cry...what made you laugh? Here're mine:

'Popular'-Wicked
'Loathing'-Wicked
'The Internet is for Porn'-Avenue Q
'Two Ladies'-Cabaret -That one takes the cake for me, lol.
"I really liked the show--Wish I saw Boy's Night...Am I allowed as I am not a boy anymore:)"-duffyny1
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 3:56pm

Big Ass Rock-The Full Monty
~*Christa*~ "Don't ya wanna be the life of the party?" Idina Menzel, THE WILD PARTY
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:03pm

AVENUE Q all the way!'
I also like many songs from FORBIDDEN BROADWAY

and some songs end up being humorous when done on the stage.
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:09pm

Getting Married Today

All it takes is a smart actress who gets it. It is the only part of Company that works consistently no matter what the rest of the production is like.

"...but by Monday
I'll be floating
In the Hudson
With the other garbage.
I'm not well."
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:35pm

I must agree with "Getting Married Today." Alice Ripley brought the house down with that song at the Kennedy Center production of COMPANY as couple years ago.
"Do you know ChrisLovesShows?" "Yes. Why, yes he does!"
#12

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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:40pm

You Must Meet My Wife from A Little Night Music
"MAY YOUR LIFE BE AS BRIGHT AS BROADWAY AT NIGHT"
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:43pm

1 of the funniest songs i can think of on the top of mah head is Keep it Gay! ~l8R~
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
#15

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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:48pm

I forgot about every single song from 'Rocky Horror,' particularly 'Eddie's Teddy,'Swords of Damocles,' and 'Sweet Transvestite.' Also 'Timewarp,' but you have to see it performed to see why it's funny.
"I really liked the show--Wish I saw Boy's Night...Am I allowed as I am not a boy anymore:)"-duffyny1
#16

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Posted: 11/18/03 at 5:02pm

Not necessarily the absolute funniest, but good, hearty smiles:

Gotta Getta Gimmick (sp?) (Gypsy)
Dressing Them Up (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Gotta Loada Toad (A Year w/ Frog & Toad)
Take Me To The Church on Time (My Fair Lady)
The one from Barnum that starts "Quite a lotta/Roman terra cotta...)
Adelaide's Lament (Guys & Dolls)
Arkansas (Big River)
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 5:09pm

I walked to college the other day and was laughing very hard to the first act of Jerry Springer the Opera. I hate to rabbit on about this but it really is just so funny, especially Talk to the Hand and the final song.. "Jews and blacks'll go to Hell" sing the Klu Klux Klan. It's funny in the same way as The Producers, though perhaps much more shock value at Jerry.

Other than that - Stars and the Moon from Songs for a New World.
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 5:12pm

Springtime for Hitler
King of Broadway
Jubilation T. Cornpone
#19

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Posted: 11/18/03 at 5:41pm

I keep forgetting something.

'Boho Days'- Tick Tick Boom
"I really liked the show--Wish I saw Boy's Night...Am I allowed as I am not a boy anymore:)"-duffyny1
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 6:10pm

Barnum song you are quoting is called "The Museum Song"

As for me, one of the best "theater" comedy songs has to be David Friedmans "My Simple Wish"
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 6:13pm

* "Keep it Gay" from THE PRODUCERS
* "Springtime for Hitler" from THE PRODUCERS
* "Mama Says" from FOOTLOOSE (so sue me...Willard is the only bright spot in an otherwise bland show)
* "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" from AVENUE Q
* "Bless the Lord My Soul" from BAT BOY (this is mostly because of how it was acted)
* "Run Freedom, Run" from URINETOWN (again, because of staging. Love it when Bobby "heals" Becky Two Shoes)
* "Don't be the Bunny" from URINETOWN
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy

"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

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#22

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Posted: 11/18/03 at 6:26pm

There are so many great comic songs - these are just a few that spring readily to mind:

A LITTLE PRIEST - Sweeney Todd
TO KEEP MY LOVE ALIVE - A Connecticut Yankee
EVERYBODY'S GIRL - Steel Pier
HE AND SHE - The Boys From Syracuse
GEE, OFFICER KRUPKE - West Side Story
WE'RE GONNA BE ALRIGHT - Do I Hear A Waltz?
GETTING MARRIED TODAY - Company
THEATRE 2020: CURTAINS**** LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS***** WICKED***** KEITH RAMSAY TAKING NOTES WITH EDWARD SECKERSON***** KAYLEIGH MCKNIGHT CONCERT***** RAGS***** ON MCQUILLAN'S HILL** DEAR EVAN HANSEN***** THE JURY***

Updated On: 11/18/03 at 06:26 PM

#23

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Posted: 11/18/03 at 6:29pm

Over the Moon!!! when done right, it has the audience rolling in the aisle!!

Most of ILYYPNC is jaw-droppingly funny..A Stud and A Bbabe, Marriage Tango, ect.! great stuff =)
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 6:58pm

"Agony" (and the reprise of course) from Into the Woods.


Oh and Urinetown, I love the part in "Mr. Cladwell" when Hope sings "Daaaaaaaa, Da-da, da-da, Daaaaaddddy! THAT'S MY DAD!" It cracks me up. I'm really easily amused.
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 7:28pm

'Candide' takes the cake for me when it comes to humour + wit.
From 'Oh, Happy We!' to 'Glitter + Be Gay' to the ode to syphllis in the 'Auto-Da-Fe' (Oh my darling Paquette, She is haunting me yet with a dear souvenir I shall never forget.....").
As well, I guess it doesn't hurt for the lyrics to be attached to that top-drawer score.


Me fail English? That's unpossible! - Ralph Wiggum

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