# Surprising musical moments on a usually non-musical television show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [February 26, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026 "2026-02-26T18:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/61 "2026-02-27T14:25:12Z")
I always thought she looked like she (the space hippie girl) was flailing away on an old fashioned steering wheel from a car. Maybe a Buick. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/62 "2026-02-27T14:35:42Z")
I LOVE this video! It’s said that Mary and Ed gave up some of their dialogue to make room for all of Georgia’s number. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/63 "2026-02-27T14:37:48Z")
Bonnie Bramlett (of Delaney and Bonnie) was part of the cast on ‘Roseanne’ for a while. There was a scene on an episode (“Scenes From A Barbeque”) where they were all chilling in the backyard and she sang ‘You Really Got A Hold On Me’. that was just spine-tingling. It was a surprise to all of them as it wasn’t in the script. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/64 "2026-02-27T14:48:45Z")
“I can’t believe it. It’s only Chris Martin from Coldplay! Chris, what are you doing in a factory in Wigan? It’s mental!” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/65 "2026-02-27T14:54:01Z")
“Chubby little loser…” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jv6mEv_rDdE/hqdefault.jpg "Extras David Bowie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE) (1:26) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/66 "2026-02-27T15:06:49Z")
I’ve always thought they just polished a wheel off a Schwinn and handed it to her, saying “Here. Use this.” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/67 "2026-02-27T15:18:53Z")
🤣. Good one! ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/68 "2026-02-27T15:30:46Z")
Arguable how “non-musical” the show was but Motorhead singing Ace Of Spades on the Young Ones immediately came to mind…. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wR3xwENK7Jo/hqdefault.jpg "Motorhead on The Young Ones - Ace Of Spades HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR3xwENK7Jo) ---
**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:** [February 27, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/69 "2026-02-27T15:36:00Z")
Harpo Marx on “I Love Lucy”. [Harpo plays “Take me out to the ball game” on I love Lucy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H16vDiX_PCo) ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/70 "2026-02-27T15:57:34Z")
Colin Hay singing “[Overkill](https://youtu.be/lL8LBifGHqI?si=BAGTaux-ZCycnqEp)” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/71 "2026-02-27T16:18:03Z")
New York Philharmonic conductor Alan Gilbert made a cameo on _30 Rock_ introducing the Phil’s performance of “a special three-hour arrangement of the theme from _Sanford and Son_.” (Likely a nod to Alec Baldwin’s gig as their radio announcer.) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/72 "2026-02-27T16:33:14Z")
There are a bunch of songs in The Magicians. “One Day More” from Les Miz: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5bxYEiZhSlQ/maxresdefault.jpg "THE MAGICIANS | Season 2, Episode 9: 'Music Hath Charms' | SYFY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bxYEiZhSlQ) “Here We Go Again” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GnsY4SJJMF8/maxresdefault.jpg "Here We Go Again (Musical) | THE MAGICIANS | SYFY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnsY4SJJMF8) > [@](#): > > Four octave range, bitch > [@](#): > > Showoff! > [@](#): > > You do Whisk(e)y, not Wisdom “Take on Me” (very interesting version IMHO) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/58lhyncLoBU/maxresdefault.jpg "THE MAGICIANS | Season 4, Episode 13: Take On Me (Full Extended Version) | SYFY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58lhyncLoBU) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/73 "2026-02-27T17:57:12Z")
Ninja’d. But I give you instead, Robert Morse (Bertram Cooper) in Mad Men singing “The Best Things In Life Are Free”: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FKgPTkIulEI/hqdefault.jpg "Mad Men: The Best Things in Life Are Free - Bert Cooper") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKgPTkIulEI&t=1) ---
**Author:** ![Lizzie1210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Lizzie1210](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizzie1210)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/74 "2026-02-27T18:19:24Z")
There was a wierdly and highly stylized musical number/dream sequence on the medical drama ‘House’. For the life of me, I cannot recall what the song was….but the delivery was wildly entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/75 "2026-02-27T18:20:03Z")
For the Paper Chase folks - here you go: [You’re Gonna Hear From Me](https://youtu.be/zmIp-QJqldA?list=PLuKCuijf9J-VpqBK-lAk79S2euyEWDiIP&t=1902) ---
**Author:** ![anny\_m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/76 "2026-02-27T18:54:52Z")
When one of the interns died on Bones, the rest of the cast reminisced about him. One mentions that his favorite song was “Coconut” by Harry Nilsson. Later, they spontaneously sing the song in tribute to him. ---
**Author:** ![SpinyNorma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SpinyNorma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinyNorma)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/77 "2026-02-27T19:17:51Z")
\*\*[Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckdawrek)\*\*bad x 3 [23h](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/6 "Post date") I always liked the Hamlet musical on Gilligans Island. I have never come across anyone else who remembers that, neither from the original show or its countless reruns. My Evil Brain, on the other hand, has been taunting me with far too many bits from the musical version of Hamlet since it originally aired back when my age was in single digits. My age is now closer to triple digits than single ones and my aforementioned Evil Brain still randomly squeals “Hey! Remember this?” before serenading me with things like “Hamlet! Hamlet!/ Don’t be a lamb, let/This be your solemn vow” or “I ask to be/Or not to be/That is the question/That I ask of me”. I also can’t hear music from Carmen without hearing the Gilligan Hamlet lyrics. My brain hates me. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/78 "2026-02-27T19:25:40Z")
_Everybody Loves Raymond:_ a relative visits from The Old Country, and at one point they sit around the table and sing (rather bawdy) Italian folk song. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ztyYUduTBxY/hqdefault.jpg "Everybody loves Raymond - The Barones speak Italian") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztyYUduTBxY&t=101) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/79 "2026-02-27T19:32:21Z")
Hamlet dear, your problem is clear: avenging your father’s death! From Ophelia, no one can steal ya ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026/80 "2026-02-27T19:32:39Z")
I’ve always enjoyed this scene of Jason Segal playing along with Rush’s “Spirit of Radio” from the show **Freaks & Geeks.** It starts off with an epic jam session with Rush but then his dad comes in and just hears the drum part so that makes it more comedic. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lxovVQvmJZY/hqdefault.jpg "Freaks and Geeks RUSH") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxovVQvmJZY) Also, I know we’re not supposed to be in to **Father Ted** anymore (the creator turned out to be an anti-trans prick) but I think fans of the show will still always hang on to “My Lovely Horse.” I get this song stuck in my head whenever my friend talks about her horse - and that is a lot. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jzYzVMcgWhg/maxresdefault.jpg "My Lovely Horse | Father Ted") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026.md?page=5)