# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/21 "2013-09-11T23:26:45Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Simpsons did a few, I think. Definitely Simpsoncalifragil…_doh_…cious. Maybe a clip show as well. Yep > **[All Singing, All Dancing](https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/All_Singing,_All_Dancing)** > > Ooh, why did they have to screw up a perfectly serviceable wagon story with all that fruity singing?Homer about the film "All Singing, All Dancing" is the eleventh episode of Season 9. In yet another clip show episode, Homer is appalled that the... I believe that might’ve been the first clip show (of ANY series) that I’ve thought “hey that didn’t absolutely suck” about. Simpsons has since had a few other clip shows I would fit into that category as well (the previous few Simpsons clip shows definitely DID NOT). ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/22 "2013-09-11T23:30:07Z")
There is an upcoming episode of [Psych: The Musical](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cltruRNdKw0) coming in December. I can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/23 "2013-09-12T02:56:46Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Gilligan’s Island, “The Producer” > > _I ask to be, or not to be > That is the question that I ask of me…_ _Neither a borrower nor a lender be Do not forget Stay out of debt Think twice, and take this good advice from me: Guard that old Solvency There’s just one other thing You ought to do: To thine own self be true_ by William Shakespeare and Sherwood Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/24 "2013-09-12T03:23:39Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > _Neither a borrower nor a lender be > Do not forget > Stay out of debt > Think twice, and take this good advice from me: > Guard that old > Solvency > There’s just one other thing > You ought to do: > To thine own self be true_ > > by William Shakespeare and Sherwood Schwartz Lyrics by William Shakespeare and Sherwood Schwartz. Music by Georges Bizet. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/25 "2013-09-12T04:06:38Z")
Pretty sure _The Love Boat_ did a musical episode once. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/26 "2013-09-12T09:48:39Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Lyrics by William Shakespeare and Sherwood Schwartz. > > Music by Georges Bizet. It deserves a link.😃 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bXId5jOTxdg/hqdefault.jpg "Gilligan's Island Polonius' Advice to Laertes sung to the Toreador Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXId5jOTxdg) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/27 "2013-09-12T11:17:37Z")
There’s an episode of _Scrubs_ where Colin Hay of Men at Work keeps showing up singing “Overkill.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/28 "2013-09-12T16:17:40Z")
I recall a Munsters episode with the Standells (of “Dirty Water” fame). They performed a few Beatles tunes. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/29 "2013-09-12T16:22:01Z")
Don’t forget Cop Rock, which was entirely musical episodes, for at least the short life of the show. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/30 "2013-09-12T17:09:56Z")
Xena did one, (The Bitter Suite?) were she and Gabrielle are forced to reconcile after Gabrielle’s daughter kills Xena’s son. I think Lucy Lawless did her own singing but they dubbed in Renee O’Connor. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/31 "2013-09-12T17:20:43Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > 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?” Xena had two musical episodes: “Once More With Feeling,” which resolved the Xena-Gabrielle Rift Arc, had all -original songs, and was the best episode of the series, and another, when Xena was pregnant, had all rock & roll covers, and while not as wonderful as the first nonetheless featured Renee O’Connor cage-dancing and thus was the best thing on television that week. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/32 "2013-09-12T17:25:19Z")
> [@txtumbleweed](#): > > Xena did one, (The Bitter Suite?) were she and Gabrielle are forced to reconcile after Gabrielle’s daughter kills Xena’s son. > > I think Lucy Lawless did her own singing but they dubbed in Renee O’Connor. You are correct. Lawless, Kevin Smith, and Ted Raimi did their own singing; O’Connor and Hudson Leick did not. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568/33 "2013-09-12T17:54:56Z")
The Drew Carey Show featured song and dance numbers occasionally. [Rocky Horror v Priscilla](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRyAwr4Yb5A) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-episodes-of-tv-shows/668568.md?page=1)