Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#1Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:03pm
I just saw a clip on tv.com and he is in a scene with Krusty the Clown, only Krusty has him confused with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
redfuzzycow
Swing Joined: 2/17/07
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#2re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:15pmIn Krusty's defense, their easily confuseable. After all, Sondheim did once dream of musicalizing Sunset Boulevard.
#3re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:17pm
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#4re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:24pmThat's funny. Sondheim's work has been represented on The Simpsons. A version of "Send in the Clowns" was sung by Kelsey Grammer in a Krusty reunion segment.
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#5re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:40pmActually it was sung by Dan Castellaneta and Dan Castellaneta. (as Krusty and Sideshow Mel respectively)
#6re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:55pmI've been waiting for this since I read about it in Entertainment Weekly last summer. The clip looks great. Looks like a good episode.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#7re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/3/07 at 3:38pmThanks for the heads up! For some reason I had this down for March 25 (which is apparently the show when Krusty's "show" goes on). I will have to figure out TiVo by tomorrow night.
ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#8re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/3/07 at 11:08pmI am soo excited for this episode. I love the show anyway, but I love it even more when they reference musical. This will be the best episode since they did a whole-episode parody of Evita.
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#9re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/3/07 at 11:14pmThere is just something hilarious about the way he says "I didn't write Cats." I haven't watched Simpsons for a while but maybe I'll tune in for this episode.
#10re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:37amI found the Evita parody rather lame, acutally. One of my favorites of recent years was their hillarious take on Raffi. God, now there was a good first act, it went downhill from there.
#11re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:39amI enjoyed the Evita parody, but I hated the My Fair Lady take-off. That was not good.
#12re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:41amIt was mildly amusing, although you're right, Evita was better.
#13re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:49amTheir take on The Lion King was hilarious. I can't wait to see this episode.
singingbackup
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/06
#14re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:52amMost of their musical take offs are hilarious, going back to "Monorail" (Music Man) and the "Sherry Boggins" Episode, just to name two classics!
#15re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:54amThose are great. I loved when they did Paint Your Wagon with Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood as well.
#16re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:57amOne of the best ones they did was Streetcar! The Musical. That was brilliant.
#17re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 1:01am
STELLLLLLLLA!
Why'd you make me yella
You're puttin' me thru hella
STELLLLLLA!
Another classic. Season 4 was great for musical episodes.
#18re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 1:06amI love those lyrics, but I really enjoy the back-handed refrence to "No Place Like London" from Sweeney in the opening number.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#19re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:08am
Remember this:
Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in $$$
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#20re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 9:15amThere seem to be two things the creators of Simpsons truly hate: Arby's and Cats. They rarely miss a chance to slam either. Remember when Snowball saved Homer from the fire and Kent Brockman interviewed Homer? Homer praises his cat wildly, going so far as to say from now on, he'll eat only CAT-sup and never KETCH-up. Brockman says "I suppose you love the broadway musical Cats" and Homer replies "God NO! IT SUCKS!"
#21re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:23amGotta agree with Homer on that one.
#22re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:50pmSondheim and the Simpsons together - I think if that was on all the time I'd lose Jason to the TV permanently!!!
#23re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 1:26pm
Only problem is, "The Simpsons" isn't funny anymore. If I get one actualy laugh per episode, it's a miracle.
Why can't he be on "Family Guy", that show kills me.
#24re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday
Posted: 3/4/07 at 1:29pm
I wish he were on Family Guy too. They are a million times funnier than The Simpsons nowadays.
I like the episode where Peter runs over the production of Cats.
I do love the Arby's jokes though.
"I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's"
"You must be really hungry!"
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