# What Show Tunes are these? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-tunes-are-these/352744 "2006-04-15T02:28:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-tunes-are-these/352744/1 "2006-04-15T02:28:13Z")
Are these famous lines from show tunes? And, if so, what shows? a) Something familar, something exciting…a comedy tonight! b) Some enchanted evening, you will meet a stranger… c) Hooray for Hollywood… d) It had to be you, it had to be you… I don’t know if they’re showtunes, or not. But, you will hear them referred to over the ages. So, what’s their origins? - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-tunes-are-these/352744/2 "2006-04-15T02:30:54Z")
a) is the opening tune from _A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum_, a musical set in ancient Rome. b) is from _South Pacific_. ---
**Author:** ![Wygtya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wygtya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wygtya)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-tunes-are-these/352744/3 "2006-04-15T02:33:47Z")
a) Something familar, something exciting…a comedy tonight! - Comedy Tonight from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Steven Sondheim b) Some enchanted evening, you will meet a stranger… -Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific, Rodgers and Hammerstein Funny that you asked abou these - I just auditioned for Forum last week and am currently directing a revue of Rodgers and Hammerstein music called . . . drumroll please . . . Some Enchanted Evening! ---
**Author:** ![Wygtya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wygtya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wygtya)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-tunes-are-these/352744/4 "2006-04-15T02:44:04Z")
c) Hooray for Hollywood is a Johnny Mercer song from an old Warner Bros movie called Hollywood Hotel. d) It had to be you. was written by Gus Kahn and I. Jones in 1924. I don’t know if it was written for a particular show but it has become a standard and has been used in movies “A League of Their Own” leaps to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-tunes-are-these/352744/5 "2006-04-15T03:17:07Z")
And, to slightly correct the first one, it’s: Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone, a comedy tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-tunes-are-these/352744/6 "2006-04-15T18:21:31Z")
> [@Wygtya](#): > > d) It had to be you. was written by Gus Kahn and I. Jones in 1924. I don’t know if it was written for a particular show but it has become a standard and has been used in movies “A League of Their Own” leaps to mind. I. Jones was the noted bandleader Isham Jones, and, no, it was not written for the stage. ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-tunes-are-these/352744/7 "2006-04-16T03:43:24Z")
> [@Wygtya](#): > > d) It had to be you. was written by Gus Kahn and I. Jones in 1924. I don’t know if it was written for a particular show but it has become a standard and has been used in movies “A League of Their Own” leaps to mind. “I’m singin’ to Nelson. Ain’t I, baby.” “You _sure_ are.” Great scene.