Most Humorous Song
Most Humorous Song
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/03
Most Humorous Song#0
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.
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 3:56pmBig Ass Rock-The Full Monty
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:00pmYes. A bunch of songs from The Full Monty also.
Joined: 12/31/69
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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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
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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."
Stand-by Joined: 5/15/03
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:17pm
"A Little Priest" from "Sweeney Todd"
"Repent" from "On the Twentieth Century"
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:18pm
poor judd is dead always makes me laugh
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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.
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:38pm"Springtime for Hitler" was the funniest thing I have ever seen.
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:40pm
king of broadway
betrayed
mushnik and son
snuff the girl
re: Most Humorous Song#11
Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:40pmYou Must Meet My Wife from A Little Night Music
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:41pm"Buddy's Blue" from FOLLIES
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:43pm1 of the funniest songs i can think of on the top of mah head is Keep it Gay! ~l8R~
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/03
re: Most Humorous Song#14
Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:48pmI 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.
Leading Actor Joined: 7/29/03
re: Most Humorous Song#15
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)
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
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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.
Joined: 12/31/69
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Posted: 11/18/03 at 5:12pm
Springtime for Hitler
King of Broadway
Jubilation T. Cornpone
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/03
re: Most Humorous Song#18
Posted: 11/18/03 at 5:41pm
I keep forgetting something.
'Boho Days'- Tick Tick Boom
re: re: Most Humorous Song#19
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"
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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
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
re: Most Humorous Song#21
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
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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 =)
Broadway Star Joined: 8/14/03
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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.
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