Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show- Page 3
Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#50
Posted: 3/19/07 at 5:17pm
Some of the lyrics of "With One Look" from Sunset Boulevard are totally laughable:
"Silent music starts to play"
"To my people in the dark, still out there in the dark"
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#51
Posted: 3/19/07 at 5:18pm
There are so many funny ones in Wicked;
G(A)LINDA: Oh look, the artichoke is steamed!
ELPHABA: Your driver nearly ran me over!
FIYERO: Well, maybe he saw green and thought it meant go!
G(A)LINDA: It's good to see me, isn't it?
Cheesy, but I love them.
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#52
Posted: 3/19/07 at 6:16pm
RENT:
When Roger sees that Mimi and sceams "NOOOOOO!!" on pitch...I agree with whoever posted that..I always found that a little wierd.
When Mimi doesn't die and she says "A leap of...mm..m.MMMMOOOOOO!!!" That was ALWAYS a little awkward to me, especially wiht DRV doing it. Also, when she is telling them what Angel said to her...mainly the lines "...and she looked GOOD!" and "Turn around girlfriend..etc." just the way DRV read them...*shudders*
WICKED:
All of the refrences to The Wizard of Oz and all of the green jokes...okay, that's 95% of the show..
THE PRODUCERS:
Almost every line is cony and cheesy but that's what I love about it.
many others. Every show has at least one of these moments.
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#53
Posted: 3/19/07 at 6:40pm
two ridiculous lines:
Wendy: John, Michael, wake up. There's a boy here who's going to teach us to fly!
John: Is there? Then I'll get up
--Peter Pan
Dorothy: The broom. May we have it?
Guard: Please. And take it with you.
--The Wizard of Oz
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/07
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#54
Posted: 3/19/07 at 6:45pm
"Yeah it's "Ye Gads" and it's annoying."
"Ye gods," actually. But still annoying.
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#55
Posted: 3/19/07 at 6:51pmI always thought the "tigers come out at night" line in "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miz, which has with no subtext whatsoever, was out of place
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#56
Posted: 3/19/07 at 6:57pm
So call me hypocritical, but while I believe "Oh Noah/You go-a/All the way back to the protozoa" falls on the good side of the cheese line (albeit just), I find that "Greatest man since Noah/Only goes to sho-a" from "Joseph..." most definitely falls on the bad side.
In general, I think that composers should not try to rhyme things with Noah. Although Stephen Schwartz was successful in rhyming something with Noah, he did come up with "protozoa"
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#57
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:00pm
Random, though.
'The tigers come at night/With their voice as soft as thunder/as they tear your hopes apart/As they turn you dreams to shame' is not literally talking about tigers, it's about men, really.
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#58
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:04pm
i'm very surprised no one has said this yet. from brooklyn:
"with our tears, we can water roses."
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#59
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:16pm
The line from Les Mis:
As surely as the eagle flies,
the people too must rise.
I think there's a line before it too but I can remember it.
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/07
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#60
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:17pm
A few gems from Martin Charnin:
No one cares for you a smidge
When you're in an orphanage!
from Two by Two:
Japheth: Gentle Lord, who made the trees and grass f' me...
(Gee Martin, what's THAT going to rhyme with?)
Lord, I know I run the risk of BLASPHEMY...
Sons: Like the summer and the winter -
Noah: Stop this rage you're going inter!
When it comes to cheesy lyrics, Martin Charnin is the original Big Deal.
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#61
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:23pm
'The tigers come at night/With their voice as soft as thunder/as they tear your hopes apart/As they turn you dreams to shame' is not literally talking about tigers, it's about men, really
well, yes that's what I meant. Les Miz tends to be a musical with very hit you over the head emotion (you know what everyone's feeling because it's always right there) so for a line of subtext/symbolism/a metaphor, it just seems out of place
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#62
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:24pm
Nice one on the big deal reference!
I have to say, I wrote some of the chessiest lyrics ever for one song last year, but I cut them. I won't even dare to repeat them.
One gem from the original concept of Phantom, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe;
I would send you flowers,
But what good are flowers?
Flowers only last for hours...
*cringe*
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#63
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:27pm
Oh, on the point of Les Mis, there's a slightly bad one, in the Prologue;
'Drink from the pool, how clean the taste,
Never forget the years, the waste'
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#64
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:28pm
I would send you flowers,
But what good are flowers?
Flowers only last for hours...
Oy.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#66
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:39pm
Anything from "This is the moment" from J&H (hour, flower etc.)
Also "Gotta a rocket in your pocket" from "Cool" WSS(just makes me laugh)
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#67
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:41pm
"Dorothy: The broom. May we have it?
Guard: Please. And take it with you."
Haha. That one was always one of my favorites.
DOROTHY: The broom, may we have it?
GUARD: Please!
DOROTHY: Thank you!
GUARD: Woah, woah, woah, we didn't say anything about you taking it elsewhere.
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#68
Posted: 3/19/07 at 7:46pm
Mine is from Footloose.
Right after Shaw says something semi-insulting, Ren grabs his chest and makes a big show of pulling an arrow out before finally saying, "I believe this is yours."
I also hate in "Heaven Helps the Man" when Willard starts screaming, "Air! I need air!!!"
Pretty much, I just hate Footloose.
"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: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#69
Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:30pmI don't see that Les Mis Prologue line as cheesy. He is actually taking a drink of water at that moment, so it's not out of place.
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#70
Posted: 3/19/07 at 8:32pmbonecake
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
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re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#71
Posted: 3/20/07 at 1:36amVirtually everything in ME AND MY GIRL, though it is the whole point of the show.
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#72
Posted: 3/20/07 at 1:46amPersonofInterest, I agree with you...I LOVE FOOTLOOSE TOO! Haha glad I got that off my chest
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#73
Posted: 3/20/07 at 1:52am
There are tons I can't think of right now (because I'm supposed to be doing homework), but one that JUST happened (I'm listening to my iPod) almost made me spit out my Cheerios
In the INTO THE WOODS (1991 LONDON) album, the entire song "Our Little World." Some of the lyrics:
Growing my hair
Braiding my hair
What do I care what we're doing out there?
If what was growing was only her hair
And not her
That I'd prefer
re: Worst/Corniest/Cheesiest Line in a Show#74
Posted: 3/20/07 at 1:57pm"You make me beam" from Little Women. AHHH!!!
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