# Stop the fucking world so I can throw this idiot off **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 3, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093 "2002-05-03T16:47:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/21 "2002-05-04T01:54:27Z")
Or politics Bill Clinton: The Musical! ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/22 "2002-05-04T01:55:39Z")
For the truly masochistic: _ **Heaven’s Gate: The Musical** _, or _ **Waterworld: The Comedy** _ (Hey, if ya got Dennis Hopper to do it, it might actually be as unintentionally funny as the movie.) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/23 "2002-05-04T01:57:22Z")
_Myst: The Musical_ The audience is funneled into a room fogged with dry ice. You have to find the plot. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/24 "2002-05-04T02:07:43Z")
“We Were Soldiers Once…, The Musical,” music by Andrew Lloyd-Weber, cribbed from Vivaldi. KA-BOOM! ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/25 "2002-05-04T02:11:47Z")
I’m curious…has anyone seen the Hunchback of Notre Dame musicals, besides the Disney one? If so, were they any good? Because, to be honest, I can’t see Claude Frollo belting out showtunes…or rock tunes in the case of Dennis DeYoung’s version. But it wouldn’t surprise me if that one is quite good… ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/26 "2002-05-04T02:31:16Z")
Why wait for the world to stop? Wouldn’t the centripetal force be a great help in spinning them out in the void? All we need is a really big catapult, right? Heinlein and others have already put forth some ideas on that score… They could also make musicals out of commercials; how about _Summer’s Eve, the Musi–_ OW! Hey! leggo! ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/27 "2002-05-04T02:52:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*Feh, I can top you all. > > _Manos - the Hands of Fate_: The Musical! \*\* From the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide (Reflections on **Eegah!** ) > [@](#): > > _Written by Mary Jo Pehl_ > One haunting nadir of this film relationship is when Dad urges Roxy not to resist Eegah’s aggressive, fondling advances because Eegah may kill them both if Roxy spurns him. Add to this songs sung by Arch Hall, Jr. and you’ve got _Manos the Musical_ I’m sorry. I just felt the need to post that. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/28 "2002-05-04T02:56:28Z")
MST3K-the MUSICAL! I think that would actually be pretty cool ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/29 "2002-05-04T04:12:26Z")
I can top all of that! Walt Disney’s Oedipus Rex I saw that in another thread, I dunno if it still exists. It also should be said that in a world where Wuthering Heights becomes a Broadway musical, anything is possible. All Quiet on the Western Front: The Musical The Scarlet Letter: The Musical Lolita: The Musical ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/30 "2002-05-04T04:38:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Corrado \* > \*\*I won the contest with “Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich, The Disney Animated Musical.” \*\* Well, it’s not a full-length motion picture, but there’s always \Der Fuehrer’s Face\. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/31 "2002-05-04T05:17:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yondan \* > \*\*They could also make musicals out of commercials; how about _Summer’s Eve, the Musi–_ OW! Hey! leggo! \*\* Music by Seals and Crofts!! “Summer’s Eve…makes me feel fresh, glowing like the music of John Tesh…” Okay, maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/32 "2002-05-04T06:12:03Z")
“Late Night with Conan O’Brien - The Musical” No, wait, they actually did that as a bit on the show once. I’ve got it! “Chilton’s Auto Repair Manual - The Musical” ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/33 "2002-05-04T13:13:26Z")
_Cop Rock: The Musical_ Hey! Who threw that? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/34 "2002-05-04T13:20:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Corrado \* > \*\*Actually, shortly after the release of “Hunchback of Notre Dame”, a friend of mine stated that there was no possible worse title to be turned into a Disney Animated Musical. This immediately started a back-and-forth with various titles suggested as “So-and-So, The Disney Animated Musical”. “The Pit and the Pendulum, The Disney Animated Musical”. “Paradise Lost, the Disney Animated Musical.” > > I won the contest with “Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich, The Disney Animated Musical.” \*\* _Caligula: The Musical_. I actually planned to write this my sophomore year in college (I’d already written one or two satire scripts), but never got past the titles. The big love song was to be called “My Favorite Sister.” I’d want Iggy Pop to play Caligula. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/35 "2002-05-04T13:49:37Z")
It’s too late. A couple of months ago, I was ducking radio ads for a stage performance of Disney’s _Aida, The Musical_. I don’t know who wrote the music, but based on what little I could hear before switching channels or leaving the room, Verdi’s got no competition. Sheeesh! No wonder I get depressed! CJ ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/36 "2002-05-04T15:12:49Z")
I hate to admit it but a bunch of these sound really good. I keep wanting to call Ticketmaster. This is true, back in the '80s I was commisioned by a then well known producer to do the book for a rock opera tenatively titled **Kent State**. It dealt with the actual killings of the students back in the early '70s at Kent State University who were protesting the U.S. incursion into Cambodia. I overlaid a love story on top of the conflict between the students and national guardsmen and had the curtain scene ending with the famous image of the girl screaming over the dead student on the pavement. I got paid and received compliments from the producer, but I am not sure if anyone else got any money out of the deal. One of my great fears in life is that the show will some day surface and have a second shot at fame. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/37 "2002-05-04T16:44:25Z")
> [@](#): > > I think to try and create something from your head as a writer is really too tall an order I’m sorry, but I’m having just the teensiest bit of trouble getting past this part. Maybe I’m naive, but isn’t this pretty much _the fucking job description_ of a writer? What a nimrod. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/38 "2002-05-04T18:40:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Manos - the Hands of Fate: The Musical!_ > > Andrew Lloyd Weber is pleased to present … _ **Ishtar!** _ > > I’m eagerly anticipating the premier of _Showgirls, The Musical!_ You guys are _Officially Evil_. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/39 "2002-05-05T17:11:32Z")
Hey, if airheaded producers run through every play, TV show, commercial and music video under the sun, maybe they would eventually make SDMB: The Musical. I would pay to hear songs like “You Goat-Felching Asshat” and “The First Time I Ever Saw You Rant.” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-fucking-world-so-i-can-throw-this-idiot-off/107093/40 "2002-05-05T18:27:34Z")
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