Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

#1

Sondheim 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.

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Updated On: 3/3/07 at 02:03 PM

#2

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:05pm

how odd, haha

#3

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:15pm

In Krusty's defense, their easily confuseable. After all, Sondheim did once dream of musicalizing Sunset Boulevard.

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#4

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:17pm

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#5

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:24pm

That'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.

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#6

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:40pm

Actually it was sung by Dan Castellaneta and Dan Castellaneta. (as Krusty and Sideshow Mel respectively)

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Updated On: 3/3/07 at 02:40 PM

#7

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:55pm

I've been waiting for this since I read about it in Entertainment Weekly last summer. The clip looks great. Looks like a good episode.

#8

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/3/07 at 3:38pm

Thanks 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.

#9

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/3/07 at 11:08pm

I 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.

#10

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/3/07 at 11:14pm

There 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.

#11

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:37am

I 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.

#12

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:39am

I enjoyed the Evita parody, but I hated the My Fair Lady take-off. That was not good.

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#13

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:41am

It was mildly amusing, although you're right, Evita was better.

#14

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:49am

Their take on The Lion King was hilarious. I can't wait to see this episode.

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#15

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:52am

Most of their musical take offs are hilarious, going back to "Monorail" (Music Man) and the "Sherry Boggins" Episode, just to name two classics!

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re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:54am

Those are great. I loved when they did Paint Your Wagon with Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood as well.

#17

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:57am

One of the best ones they did was Streetcar! The Musical. That was brilliant.

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#18

re: 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.

#19

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 1:06am

I love those lyrics, but I really enjoy the back-handed refrence to "No Place Like London" from Sweeney in the opening number.

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#20

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 8:08am

Remember this:

Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in $$$

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#21

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 9:15am

There 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!"

#22

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 11:23am

Gotta agree with Homer on that one.

#23

re: Sondheim to play himself on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted: 3/4/07 at 12:50pm

Sondheim and the Simpsons together - I think if that was on all the time I'd lose Jason to the TV permanently!!!

#24

re: 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.

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#25

re: 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!"