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Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:48pm

I was just thinking about this...what musicals have been represented in non-musical movies by performances, etc. The two I can think of are Jesus Christ Superstar in "Along Came Polly" and Sweeney Todd in "Jersey Girl". Oh! And what about TV too? I saw a Simpsons episode based on Evita and a Family Guy where they do The King and I. What else?
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re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:49pm

Godspell in "Meet the Parents" and "Wet Hot American Summer."

I'm sure there are more, but I didn't get enough sleep last night.
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re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:51pm

When was Godspell in Meet the Parents?
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re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:52pm

i know theres lots of movies with musical references i can only think of Saved right this second-they sing jesus christ superstar on easter!
not movies but Gilmore Girls makes a lot of musical references ex: 2nd to last show this season Lorali mentions wanting to seeSpamalot and paying a lot of money to get the tickets.

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re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:53pm

At least I think it was Meet the Parents. Ben Stiller goes into a store and hears "Day By Day" playing on the radio, and then is asked to say grace at dinner and says "Day by day... day by day... oh, dear Lord, three things I pray... etc"

Updated On: 6/28/05 at 01:53 PM

#6

re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:55pm

Ohhh!! I got it!
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re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:55pm

family guy also did gypsy, by singing, "I had a dream, i dreamed it for you meg griffin!" quite funny...
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#9

re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:57pm

Family guy also made fun of Rent...

I think the line was:

"If you want to do a bad play, do Rent!"
Or something like that.
I was offended, but still laughed.
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Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:59pm

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#11

re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:03pm

If anyone has seen "Oliver and Company" the movie I remember one of the dogs singing a bit of "I could have danced all night" from My fair Lady
#12

re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:12pm

Ok, so moving away from TV...CAMP had some good looks at
"Company" "Follies", "Promises, Promises", "Dreamgirls", and "Fiddler"...haha...the Black fiddler on the roof always makes me laugh...same with the white girls doing Dreamgirls.
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#13

re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:14pm

Family Guy had an episode when Meg, Chris, and Stewie did a rendition of 'So Long, Farewell'. It was quite funny.

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re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:19pm

Gilmore Girls referenced Caroline, or Change (far too late to help ticket sales, but still). There was a psuedo-West Side Story sequence on Scrubs. And I think I remember a school production of Cabaret on Veronica Mars.
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re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:30pm

Greg Focker uses "Day by Day" as his prayer...sorry if someone already posted that...I'm too lazy to read all posts.
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re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:00pm

Movies, people! Movies!
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#18

re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:04pm

Well.. sorry one more T.V Will and Grace has a lot of Theatre stuff, I rememer one day one of the guys were saying. "Thats almost as weird as Harvery Firestein playing Tevya on Fiddler on the Roof"
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re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:06pm

CONNIE AND CARLA is filled to the brim with musicals! Very funny movie! Two thumbs way up.
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#21

re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:12pm

Can't think of any that haven't already been posted..

But wanted to extend a warm welcome to Gerogeanne...welcome to the boards!
#23

re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:14pm

Will and Grace always has cheeky theatre references. A few of my favorites:

Karen to Jack as he demands 500K and her bustier collection because Rosario wants a divorce: "You ain't gettin' eighty-eight cents from me Rose!"

Jack referring to his genitals as "Master Harold and the Boys"

Jack to Will when Will is becoming addicted to pain pills: "Effie we all got pain!"
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#24

re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:15pm

'Family Guy' is loaded with Broadway references because Seth McFarlane is a Broadway addict. He loves it, he worships it, he has 'Hello Dolly! Karaoke' in his car.

As for movies with Broadway references...well, Mel Brooks has a lot of Broadway in all his films, because, obviously, he loves it. Such as 'Young Frankenstein', soon to actually hit Broadway, with the "Puttin' on the Ritz" follies-esque bit.

My sister asks me to put in that in a Teen Titans episode, Raven was going off with some goth guy, and he asked her "So...do you like showtunes?"
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#25

re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

Posted: 6/28/05 at 3:16pm

Can't think of any that haven't already been posted..

But wanted to extend a warm welcome to Gerogeanne...welcome to the boards!


Thank you! re: Musicals Represented in Non-Musical Movies

I also remember the Jesus Christ Superstar reference in Saved!. The movie was hilarious, and that part was hilarious, as well. I think I laughed for ten minutes at some of the comments a few characters made in the scene.
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