# The Daily Feud: Showtunes by Ellen Cherry \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 10, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037 "2008-11-10T15:13:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/41 "2008-11-11T15:31:12Z")
1. My Favorite Things 2. Billy 3. Some Enchanted Evening 4. Will 5. Divine 6. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 7. Frank N Furter 8. The Sound of Music 9. Jesus Christ Superstar 10. Patti LuPone 11. Actually, mine is “There is Nothing Like a Dame”, but I think this will be more popular. 12. No contest! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/42 "2008-11-11T15:51:48Z")
1. The Lonely Goatherd 2. Amos Hart 3. Some Enchanted Evening 4. Curly 5. Divine 6. Cats 7. Rumpleteazer 8. Cannibal 9. Jesus Christ Superstar 10. Jessica Tandy ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/43 "2008-11-11T16:37:39Z")
1. Edelweiss 2. Billy Flynn 3. Some Enchanted Evening 4. Jud 5. Divine 6. Spamalot 7. Nathan Detroit 8. Cats 9. Godspell 10. Julie Andrews - My Fair Lady 11. My favorite Oklahoma player was Greg Pruitt 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/44 "2008-11-11T16:40:16Z")
New feud before the old one closes? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/45 "2008-11-11T16:51:09Z")
Yes, I wanted it to be posted on Veteran’s Day. It will be scored tomorrow. This one will be scored today. The more the merrier, huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/46 "2008-11-11T22:08:58Z")
1. Name your favorite song from The Sound of Music. \*\*1. Edelweiss 7 2. My Favorite Things 7\*\* 3. Do-Re-Mi 5 4. Climb Every Mountain 4 5. Sixteen Going on Seventeen 2 6. Maria 1 7. So Long, Farewell 1 8. The Lonely Goatherd 1 9. Name your favorite Chicago character. **2. Mama Morton 7** 10. Amos Hart 6 11. Billy Flynn 6 12. Roxie Hart 5 13. Velma Kelly 3 14. Eddie Haskell 1 15. What’s your favorite song from South Pacific? **3. Some Enchanted Evening 15** 16. You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught 4 17. There Is Nothing Like a Dame 3 18. I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair 2 19. A Wonderful Guy 1 20. Bloody Mary 1 21. Honey Bun 1 22. This Nearly Was Mine 1 23. Who is your favorite character in Oklahoma? **4. Ado Annie 10** 24. Curly McLain 5 25. Aunt Eller 4 26. Jud Fry 4 27. Ali Hakim 2 28. People will say We’re in Love 1 29. Slim 1 30. Will Parker 1 31. John Travolta or Divine (Hairspray)? **5. Divine 24** 32. John Travolta 4 33. What’s your favorite musical? **6. 1776 5** 34. Les Miserables 3 35. My Fair Lady 2 36. Spamalot 2 37. The Music Man 2 38. West Side Story 2 39. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1 40. Cats 1 41. Chicago 1 42. Guys and Dolls 1 43. Little Shop of Horrors 1 44. Miss Saigon 1 45. Oklahoma! 1 46. Phantom of the Opera 1 47. Sunset Blvd 1 48. The Last Five Years 1 49. The Mikado 1 50. Wicked 1 51. Who’s your favorite character (in a musical) of all time? **7. Nathan Detroit 4** 52. Eliza Doolittle 2 53. John Adams, 1776 2 54. Rose (the mother in Gypsy) 2 55. Don Quixote / Alonso Quijana 1 56. Dorothy in Wizard of Oz 1 57. Eponine 1 58. Frank N Furter 1 59. Gypsy Rose Lee 1 60. Mimi in Rent 1 61. Moonface Martin 1 62. Norma Desmond 1 63. Professor Harold Hill 1 64. Professor Higgins 1 65. Rosie (mamma mia) 1 66. Rumpleteazer 1 67. Sky Masterson 1 68. Sweeney Todd 1 69. Tevye, from “Fiddler on the Roof” 1 70. The Phantom 1 71. The Pirate King 1 72. The Sergeant of Police from The Pirates of Penzance 1 73. What’s the worst musical? **8. Cats 6** 74. Rent 4 75. Carrie: The Musical 3 76. Annie 1 77. Cannibal 1 78. Carousel 1 79. Cop Rock 1 80. Grease 1 81. High School Musical 1 82. Little Shop of Horrors 1 83. Mame 1 84. Paint Your Wagon 1 85. Pippin 1 86. Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don’t You Ever Forget It) 1 87. Spice World 1 88. Springtime for Hitler 1 89. The Producers 1 90. The Sound of Music 1 91. Which has the best Jesus: Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar? **9. Jesus Christ Superstar 19** 92. Godspell 9 93. Name a Tony award winner from a musical (male or female.) **10. Nathan Lane 9** 94. Patty LuPone 5 95. Rita Moreno 3 96. Ben Vereen 2 97. Bebe Neuwirth 1 98. Bernadette Peters 1 99. Betty Buckley 1 100. Daisy Eagan 1 101. Jessica Tandy 1 102. Julie Andrews 1 103. Michael Crawford 1 104. Stephen Sondheim 1 105. Zero Mostel 1 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/47 "2008-11-11T22:16:24Z")
And the winner is ~~~drumroll~~~ **42fish**!!! Way to go! **42fish** got 7/10 top answers, which I think is phenomenal considering the wide openness of this Feud. Good job! Perfect was 378.59. Thanks for playing everyone! Thanks **Ellen Cherry** for a musical twist! New one tomorrow after the Veteran’s Day Feud is over. \*\*1. 42fish 346.43 \*\* 2. Sigmagirl 332.14 3. Mahaloth 321.43 4. Zebra 317.86 5. astorian 310.71 6. Freudian Slit 300.00 7. Sternvogel 289.29 8. tarragon918 285.71 8. swampbear 285.71 10. zamboniracer 275.00 11. This’ll Do 271.43 11. want2know 271.43 13. gonzoron 264.29 14. jali 253.57 14. storyteller0910 253.57 16. Baker 250.00 16. Queen Tonya 250.00 16. garygnu 250.00 19. lawoot 246.43 19. MadTheSwine 246.43 21. jsgoddess 239.29 21. gonzomax 239.29 23. Spoons 210.71 24. Ellen Cherry 185.71 25. OtakuLoki 182.14 26. anyrose 178.57 26. Elendil’s Heir 178.57 28. Bricker 125.00 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/48 "2008-11-11T22:25:43Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Yes, I wanted it to be posted on Veteran’s Day. It will be scored tomorrow. This one will be scored today. > > The more the merrier, huh? 😃 How _decadent_! Love the musical themed ones. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/49 "2008-11-12T00:28:59Z")
Wow. I’ve logged a 2nd, 6th, and now a 3rd. Never in the categories I expect. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/50 "2008-11-12T00:37:32Z")
Oooh…tied with **Swampy**! May I have my (honorary) gay card now please? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/51 "2008-11-12T01:00:33Z")
**Bricker** , **Elendil’s Heir** , and **anyrose** , may I offer you some pie? 😉 Thanks again, **Dolores**. And **Ellen Cherry** - a very fun topic. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/52 "2008-11-12T09:02:38Z")
May I just say that I’m rather surprised (and pleased) that _1776_ took top honors as “Favorite Musical”? ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/53 "2008-11-12T09:53:12Z")
!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037/54 "2008-11-12T14:07:45Z")
Wow, second place and I said _Spice World?_ Hot damn! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-showtunes-by-ellen-cherry-game-over/472037.md?page=2)