Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
#25re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/18/07 at 10:42pm
CONFESSION TIME:
I LOVED FOOTLOOSE!
There. I've said it. I'M FREE!
Bobby_child
Swing Joined: 10/20/06
#26re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/18/07 at 10:50pm
from Crazy For You!
Polly: You wanna dance bobby?
Bobby: Who could ask for anything more.
#27re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/18/07 at 10:54pm
"Let the green girl go!"
Wicked.
Reason # 1325 you could tell that Winnie Holzman wrote sitcoms. But I love it.
RockabyeHamlet
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/05
#28re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 10:48am
"Shoot up some you in the you of some song"- Spring Awakening.
-I understand how it relates to the song title, but Come On! That makes, "Waltzing in her flat, waltzing with her cat," sound like Shakespere!
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
#29re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 10:54am
The Wicked punch line is actually "Lemons and melons and pears"
My friend and I are having a Broadway pary, and all the food is stuff from musicals, so that's what's going in our punch.
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever."
#30re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 11:09am
Kasim beat me to this one from Wicked:
"Apples, peaches, and pears" then Glinda responds "Oh my"
#31re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 11:15amDepending on how the actress delivers it: "I'm pretty. I'm a pretty girl, mama!" from Gypsy. It can be poignant or laughable based on the line reading.
#32re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 11:22am
The end of Thoroughly Modern Millie:
(pretty much the entire last two pages, but these are my two favorites)
Millie: You don't think...
Jimmy: I do.
Millie: You don't mean...
Graydon: WHITE SLAVERY!
(because that's always the logical conclusion when someone doesn't show up for something)
AND
Muzzy: So you see snookums, you can marry the boss after all.
Milly: Who cares? I found myself a green glass love.
Jimmy: Funny, I found myself an emerald.
#33re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 11:28am
also WICKED: "Nessa, I've got something to confess-a." Just- no.
Reason # 1325 you could tell that Winnie Holzman wrote sitcoms. But I love it.
Hey Winnie Holzman created My So-Called Life and birthed Jordan Catalano unto the world, she can totally write all the cheesy sitcoms she wants. :)
#34re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 12:54pm
I've always hated this Into the Woods Cinderalla line in the second act:
"My father's house was a nightmare. Your house was a dream. Now I want something in between."
Like a bad Hallmaek card.
#35re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 1:04pm
Smokey in Damn Yankees
[Joe is in trouble and being possibly sent to jail at the end of Act One and Smokey says:]
"Come on Joe, you're in the act.
[He's being sent to jail and they still expect him to sing and dance!?]
fossemoves
Stand-by Joined: 4/19/05
#36re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 1:07pm
Children of Eden:
Chorus: "Oh Noah! You Go-a! All the way back to the Protazoa!"
#37re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 1:11pm
if penny didnt say it-it wouldnt work but it does....
"theres gonna be armed gaurds though motormouth"
"YEAH WITH ARRRRRMMMMMMMSSSSSS!"
BDrischBDemented
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/05
#38re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 1:16pm
"also WICKED: "Nessa, I've got something to confess-a." Just- no."
Actually, the line is "...something to confess a reason why", so the "A" is part of the second thought ("...something to confess. A reason why...").
I can't believe I just defended "Wicked". Lookame playing Devil's Advocate!
bwaymizfit2
Understudy Joined: 5/19/06
#39re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 3:30pm
In response to
"Children of Eden:
Chorus: "Oh Noah! You Go-a! All the way back to the Protazoa!"
I love that line in that it's so SUPER cheesy. We just did Eden and us techies had a little dance party back stage during that line. Good times.
#40re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 3:37pm
Actually, the line is "...something to confess a reason why", so the "A" is part of the second thought ("...something to confess. A reason why...").
See, I've always heard it as two 'a's right there- "I've got something to confess-a, a reason why..." But maybe not, maybe it is just confess... ok so now I have to go listen to the cast recording again, thanks! :)
#41re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 3:47pm"I jumped over the... MOOO!" I love Rent, but that's the worst line ever. Especially because it's supposed to be a beautiful, touching moment but it's ruined for me because I'm cringing at the line.
#42re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 3:52pm
Slight threadjack, but:
"Hey Winnie Holzman created My So-Called Life and birthed Jordan Catalano unto the world, she can totally write all the cheesy sitcoms she wants. :)"
AMEN.
Fenchurch
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/16/06
#43re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 4:28pm
"I sort of hate to ask it
but do you have a basket"
cheeeeeeeziiiiieeee
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual." - muscle23ftl
#44re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 4:29pmAnything with the words "terror" and "tartar" in the same sentence. Makes me think of that green stuff you eat on fish.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#45re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 4:33pm
"I'll Call.
I hate the fall."
and
"No one said that Romeo was a monster -- Why are you?
I'm as old as Juliet..."
Oh Lord.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#46re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 4:38pm
ive been obsessed with this bit from THE ROSE TATTOO lately...i dont know if i love it or hate it...
Rosa: i've never been to a hotel before...
but i know that they have numbers on the doors.
& sometimes numbers are lucky....
...arent they?
...lucky?
ok, i love it.
whoisquilty
Swing Joined: 4/26/05
#47re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 4:46pm
Maybe isn't really a line...maybe it's a lyric...but it's screamed, so we're going with dialogue within a song:
"Look at her, she's wicked, get her!" (entire chorus of Wicked)
Makes me roll with laughter *every time*.
#48re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 5:03pm
Muriel in DRS. "It's all accordion to how you look at it!" Always got groans from the audience.
And Hairspray has oodles of cheesy lines. One of my favorites is "Oh Link, what a special night. Your ring, and our very own blowtorch!"
#49re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
Posted: 3/19/07 at 5:16pm
From Aida:
"Like father, like son ... I think you should run"
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