# Musical episodes of TV Shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568 "2013-09-11T14:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/1 "2013-09-11T14:10:30Z")
I’m compiling a list. Off the top of my head: Buffy’s “Once More, With Feeling” (IMHO, the standard against which all others are measured and inevitably fall short) Scrubs’ “My Musical” …and wasn’t there a Moonlighting episode with a convict gang that broke into song? What else? (The top of my head didn’t get too far). ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/2 "2013-09-11T14:15:39Z")
Simpsons did a few, I think. Definitely Simpsoncalifragil…_doh_…cious. Maybe a clip show as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/3 "2013-09-11T14:18:25Z")
And I guess if we want to just shut the thread down, there’s always TvTropes: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MusicalEpisode](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MusicalEpisode) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/4 "2013-09-11T14:19:50Z")
Drew Carey Show had one each season. The Dick van Dyke Show didn’t have musical episodes, but put musical numbers into quite a few. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/5 "2013-09-11T14:33:50Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > And I guess if we want to just shut the thread down, there’s always TvTropes: [Musical Episode - TV Tropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MusicalEpisode) That’s awesome. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/6 "2013-09-11T16:15:31Z")
Seems like most shows that have a good singer/broadway performer will eventually find an excuse to get them to sing. How I Met Your Mother, the big musical number: [How I Met Your Mother Season 05 Episode 12 Girls Versus Suits Suits Song - YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CiweaZQ8g5U) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/7 "2013-09-11T16:24:13Z")
I begged my (female) college roommate to watch an episode of Xena with me. It ended up being the musical one, she looked over and said “Are they all like this?” ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/8 "2013-09-11T16:24:49Z")
The whole episode, or is one musical number sufficient? There was an episode of _[Two and a Half Men](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/two-and-a-half-men-musical-douche-video_n_2453560.html)_ that broke out into a Broadway-style show tune. In one \*Taxi \*episode, the cast danced to _[Lullaby of Broadway](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqrMu1pbaNM)_. In _The Big Bang Theory_, Raj and Bernadette once performed a _[Bollywood-style routine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJV3UqsycKs)_. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/9 "2013-09-11T17:14:20Z")
Daria did one. Ally McBeal ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/10 "2013-09-11T17:23:09Z")
**Pushing Daisies** had Kristen Chenoweth singing “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” plus had her do a duet with Ellen Green for “Birdhouse in Your Soul.” I’m disappointed that, with great Broadway singers like that, they didn’t do it more often. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/11 "2013-09-11T17:28:26Z")
[One episode](http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men/episodes/season-3/my-old-kentucky-home) of _Mad Men_ was not a musical but did include several performances. The copywriters, stuck in the office over the weekend, resort to marijuana. The dealer went to Princeton with one of them–we hear an _a capella_ performance as they reminisce about the old college days. Roger hosts a party that includes his cringe-inducing blackface performance. And a snappy Charleston danced by Pete & his wife. Finally, Joan’s horrid husband tries to embarrass her by making her play accordion for dinner guests. She sings “C’est Magnifique” charmingly… ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/12 "2013-09-11T17:39:14Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **Pushing Daisies** had Kristen Chenoweth singing “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” plus had her do a duet with Ellen Green for “Birdhouse in Your Soul.” I’m disappointed that, with great Broadway singers like that, they didn’t do it more often. Pushing Daisies had Kristen Chenoweth singing quite a bit IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/13 "2013-09-11T17:54:04Z")
Phineas and Ferb - Rollercoaster The Musical! (even more musical than their regular shows). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/14 "2013-09-11T18:49:09Z")
“[The Nightman Cometh](http://itsalwayssunny.wikia.com/wiki/The_Nightman_Cometh)” episode of _It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia_ (which was also performed live) ---
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Gilligan’s Island, “The Producer” _I ask to be, or not to be That is the question that I ask of me…_ ---
**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:** [September 11, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/16 "2013-09-11T19:00:18Z")
Not to mention the episode with the Mosquitoes (Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/17 "2013-09-11T19:29:20Z")
Towards the end of the second season of _American Horror Story_, there’s a big musical number in the creepy mental asylum. The fact that it’s in a mental asylum should give you some idea about what’s really happening during the scene. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/18 "2013-09-11T19:33:15Z")
Grey’s Anatomy did a musical episode. I thought it was kind of weird. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/19 "2013-09-11T21:12:21Z")
Lest we forget: [Cop Rock](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop_Rock) [That’s Life](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062606/) The musical version of _The Honeymooners_ and some other experiments in combining continuing storylines and characters with musical numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/20 "2013-09-11T21:26:34Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Pushing Daisies had Kristen Chenoweth singing quite a bit IIRC. Why wouldn’t you? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568.md?page=2)