Swing Joined: 11/13/08
I am looking for funny songs from musicals.. what are your top five picks? I am thinking of, but not sold on, the following (no particular order):
We've Got to Clean Out the Freezer - Nunsense
Master of the House - Les Miserables
Brush Up Your Shakespeare - Kiss Me Kate
Popular - Wicked
Agony - Into the Woods
Updated On: 12/5/08 at 11:57 PM
i love As We Stumble Along - Drowsy Chaperone :)
double post Updated On: 12/6/08 at 12:06 AM
All About Ruprecht - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Freddy My Love (Grease) when done correctly is hilarious
Featured Actor Joined: 12/1/08
'Swing Your Projects' from "Subways Are For Sleeping" is an astoundingly funny song. Intricate, fascinating lyrics.
REVIVE "SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING!"
So many of the songs from Avenue Q- The Internet is for ..., Everyone's A little Bit Racist, MY GirlFriend Who Lives in Canada
Big Ass Rock from The Full Monty
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
"somewhere that's green" (little shop) and "Why do the wrong people travel" (sail away)!
you could drive a person crazy ~ company
i'm not getting married today ~ company
another hundred people ~ company
nobody steps on kafritz ~ henry, sweet henry
dance: 10; looks: three ~ a chorus line
i hate men ~ kiss me, kate
gooch's song ~ mame
shipoopie ~ the music man
paris original ~ how to succeed...
adelaide's lament ~ guys and dolls
i cain't say no ~ oklahoma!
come up to my place ~ on the town
i'll never be jealous again ~ the pajama game
turkey lurkey time ~ promises, promises
.... to name just a few
Getting Married Today - Company
You Could Drive a Person Crazy - Company
Schadenfreude - Avenue Q
Didn't I See This Movie? - Next to Normal
You Gotta Get a Gimmick - Gypsy
A Little Priest.
Me
The Song that Goes Like This
I'll Never Tell
Popular
They spring to mind without even thinking...
RENT
-La vie Boheme
-Today 4 U
-The Tango Maureen
they can all be funny if the right people are performing them.
Wicked
-Popular
-Dancing through life
Avenue Q
-Mixed tape
-Sucks to be me
Featured Actor Joined: 12/1/08
"I Just Can't Wait To See Her With Clothes On." Orson Bean sang it in SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING.
Broadway Star Joined: 10/28/08
"Guv'ment" from "Big River"
"Trouble in River City" from "Music Man"
Virtually any song from LITTLE ME, the 1962 musical with music by Cy Coleman and witty lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, starring the hilarious Sid Caesar and Virginia Martin.
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Swing Joined: 11/22/07
Based on a quick review of my collection, and drawing on some less obvious titles, here are a few of the songs that make me personally laugh the hardest.
"He Had Refinement" from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
"Guv'ment" from "Big River"
"It's Enough To Make a Lady Fall in Love" and "Butler in the Abbey" from "Darling of the Day"
"What Do We Do? We Fly!" from "Do I Hear a Waltz?"
"I'm Breaking Down" and "A Marriage Proposal" from "The Falsettos"
"No-one'll Ever Love You" and "I Can't Be In Love" from "Goldilocks"
"Story of My Life" from "Hello Again"
"Whatever That May Be", "Vive la Virtue" and "Never Trust a Virgin" from "The Happiest Girl in the World"
"The Middle Class" from "Jacques Brel"
"You Poor Thing" from "Juno"
"Intermission Talk" from "Me and Juliet"
"Femininity" from "Oh Captain"
"When We're Sixty-Five" from "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"
"She's a Nut" from "On the Twentieth Century"
"Man to Man Talk" from "Once Upon a Mattress"
"They Couldn't Compare To You" and "I Sleep Easier Now" from "Out of This World"
"Please Hello" from "Pacific Overtures"
"What's Goin' On Here?" from "Paint Your Wagon"
"A Lopsided Bus" and "Bum's Opera" from "Pipe Dream"
"Sysiphus" from "Saturn Returns"
"A Trip to the Library" from "She Loves Me"
"A Great Big Bundle of Joy" from "Simply Heavenly"
"Everybody's Girl" from "Steel Pier"
"Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad" from "Tell Me On a Sunday"
"Shaw" from "The Frogs"
"An Old-Fashioned Love Story" from "The Wild Party"
"Cold" from "Whistle Down the Wind"
"Do We?" from "70, girls, 70"
Add to that all of the plot numbers from "Lucky Stiff", and (if you count unintentional humor) every single number in "Ankles Aweigh".
I've probably overloaded you with information, but I hope at least a few of these titles are of interest to you.
Featured Actor Joined: 12/1/08
"Looking Back On Tomorrow" from THE FUTURE IS NOW
"In Esta Hoshka Hoven By the Sea" from MADE IN THE USA
Great Big Stuff and Love is My Legs from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Deep Love from Young Frankenstein
'Bon Voyage' & 'What's The Use?' from Candide
'The Rumor' from Fiddler On The Roof
'Conga' & 'One Hundred Easy Ways To Lose A Man' from Wonderful Town
'Notes' from The Phantom of the Opera
'I'm An Ordinary Man' from My Fair Lady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Every single song from IN MY LIFE. The songs were so bad they were hilarious!
An Original Musical- [title of show]
That's the funniest, but the whole show is pretty funny.
Broadway Star Joined: 6/27/07
There, Right There (Gay or European) - LEGALLY BLONDE
(You're) Timeless to Me - HAIRSPRAY
Everyone's a Little Bit Racist - AVENUE Q
Popular - WICKED
Master of the House - LES MIS
"Keep it Gay" and "Springtime for Hitler" from The Producers
Updated On: 12/9/08 at 08:19 PM
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