# Musical episodes of non-musical series. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562 "2014-05-29T15:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/1 "2014-05-29T15:19:51Z")
Buffy had one. Todd and the Book of Pure Evil had one. I liked them both. Please point me to more. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/2 "2014-05-29T15:25:15Z")
Simpsons All Singing, All Dancing ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/3 "2014-05-29T15:33:31Z")
Xena had “The Bitter Suite.” ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/4 "2014-05-29T15:43:56Z")
South Park is a big one. Episodes that were musicals or that included musical numbers include: It’s Christmas in Canada (Welcome Friends to Canada, French Canada, and other songs) Chocolate Salty Balls Fat Camp (The Prostitute Song) Good Times With Weapons (Let’s Fighting Love) Elementary School Musical (several songs) Pee (Minorities at my Water Park) And, of course, the South Park movie (Bigger, Longer, and Uncut) _is_ a full musical. I blame Canada. Oh, and Kyle’s mom is a bitch. Some other episodes have songs in them but arguably aren’t “musicals” per se because the performance of the songs are part of the plot (e.g. a concert) rather than spontaneous character singing. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/5 "2014-05-29T15:49:16Z")
Probably doesn’t qualify, but The Flintstones: “Let the Sun Shine in…” Heh, I haven’t thought about that in a long time. Big Bang Theory: Raj’s fantasy sequence with Bernadette. How I Met Your Mother: Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit. Really good stuff!!! There was an episode of Two and a Half Men. I thought it was pretty lame and remember little about it. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/6 "2014-05-29T15:54:02Z")
Scrubs, “[My Musical](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0937129/).” I vaguely remember Drew Carey Show’s episode “[New York and Queens](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0566470/).” ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/7 "2014-05-29T16:03:38Z")
Can anyone complete a [Christa Miller](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588096/?ref_=nmmi_mi_nm) hat trick? ^^^ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/8 "2014-05-29T16:09:28Z")
There was a musical episode of _ **Ally MacBeal** _. Not surprisingly, Jane Krakowski was the only really good singer of the regular cast members. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/9 "2014-05-29T16:10:34Z")
I vaguely recall \*\*\*Moonlighting \*\*\*having a musical epsiode, but I can’t remember any details at all… and I’m not 100% sure I’m not imagining things! ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/10 "2014-05-29T16:44:19Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I vaguely recall \*\*\*Moonlighting \*\*\*having a musical epsiode, but I can’t remember any details at all… and I’m not 100% sure I’m not imagining things! Yeah, that rings a bell. I’m remembering an image of a horse wearing sunglasses. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/11 "2014-05-29T16:47:24Z")
**Bob’s Burgers** just had one a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/12 "2014-05-29T17:53:39Z")
> [@jerez](#): > > Yeah, that rings a bell. I’m remembering an image of a horse wearing sunglasses. There was no singing in “Atomic Shakespeare.” The Drew Carey Show had several episodes with musical numbers, but I don’t recall any that were _exclusively_ musical. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/13 "2014-05-29T18:26:33Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > There was no singing in “Atomic Shakespeare.” Ah, was that the episode? My mistake, then. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/14 "2014-05-29T18:44:21Z")
Here’s the last thread we did on this subject - [Musical episodes of TV Shows - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=701977) I don’t know how many new episodes have been completed since then. And this link has a bunch more - [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MusicalEpisode](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MusicalEpisode) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/15 "2014-05-30T06:55:01Z")
I guess those links pretty much make this thread moot but I was just coming to add Grey’s Anatomy. After all Sara Ramirez does have a Tony for best featured actress in a musical. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/16 "2014-05-30T09:19:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > There was no singing in “Atomic Shakespeare.” [Sure there was](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRaqV7A8YQo). My favorite Moonlighting musical sequence, however, was more strictly a dance scene, as they didn’t record any original music: [Big Man on Mulberry Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvki5MKPAI). Directed by Stanley Donen! ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/17 "2014-05-30T15:47:55Z")
I didn’t see it in either thread, so let me recommend the["Brigadoom"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n7iIYhjiSQ) episode of the German-Canadian SciFi series **LEXX**. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/18 "2014-05-30T15:56:45Z")
_[Psych: The Muscial](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3142346/)_ ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/19 "2014-05-30T21:06:31Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I guess those links pretty much make this thread moot but I was just coming to add Grey’s Anatomy. After all Sara Ramirez does have a Tony for best featured actress in a musical. I was also coming in to say this one - some [damn fine singing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUS4OpDbCsE) going on there. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562/20 "2014-05-30T22:00:41Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > [Sure there was](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRaqV7A8YQo). > > My favorite Moonlighting musical sequence, however, was more strictly a dance scene, as they didn’t record any original music: [Big Man on Mulberry Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvki5MKPAI). Directed by Stanley Donen! Forgot about that little ditty. With good reason. I sit corrected. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-non-musical-series/689562.md?page=2)