Most Humorous Song

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 3:44pm

Yeah, so we had what made you cry...what made you laugh? Here're mine:

'Popular'-Wicked
'Loathing'-Wicked
'The Internet is for Porn'-Avenue Q
'Two Ladies'-Cabaret -That one takes the cake for me, lol.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 3:53pm

ANY song from Avenue Q.

[Hello Gorgeous]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 3:56pm

Big Ass Rock-The Full Monty

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:00pm

Yes. A bunch of songs from The Full Monty also.

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:03pm

AVENUE Q all the way!'
I also like many songs from FORBIDDEN BROADWAY

and some songs end up being humorous when done on the stage.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:09pm

Getting Married Today

All it takes is a smart actress who gets it. It is the only part of Company that works consistently no matter what the rest of the production is like.

"...but by Monday
I'll be floating
In the Hudson
With the other garbage.
I'm not well."

[Oscar Jaffee]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:17pm

"A Little Priest" from "Sweeney Todd"
"Repent" from "On the Twentieth Century"

[i luv stevo]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:18pm

poor judd is dead always makes me laugh

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:35pm

I must agree with "Getting Married Today." Alice Ripley brought the house down with that song at the Kennedy Center production of COMPANY as couple years ago.

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:38pm

"Springtime for Hitler" was the funniest thing I have ever seen.

[InspectorJavert]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:40pm

king of broadway
betrayed
mushnik and son
snuff the girl

[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:40pm

You Must Meet My Wife from A Little Night Music

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:41pm

"Buddy's Blue" from FOLLIES

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:43pm

1 of the funniest songs i can think of on the top of mah head is Keep it Gay! ~l8R~

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 4:48pm

I forgot about every single song from 'Rocky Horror,' particularly 'Eddie's Teddy,'Swords of Damocles,' and 'Sweet Transvestite.' Also 'Timewarp,' but you have to see it performed to see why it's funny.

[lc1965]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 5:02pm

Not necessarily the absolute funniest, but good, hearty smiles:

Gotta Getta Gimmick (sp?) (Gypsy)
Dressing Them Up (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Gotta Loada Toad (A Year w/ Frog & Toad)
Take Me To The Church on Time (My Fair Lady)
The one from Barnum that starts "Quite a lotta/Roman terra cotta...)
Adelaide's Lament (Guys & Dolls)
Arkansas (Big River)

[JakeB]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 5:09pm

I walked to college the other day and was laughing very hard to the first act of Jerry Springer the Opera. I hate to rabbit on about this but it really is just so funny, especially Talk to the Hand and the final song.. "Jews and blacks'll go to Hell" sing the Klu Klux Klan. It's funny in the same way as The Producers, though perhaps much more shock value at Jerry.

Other than that - Stars and the Moon from Songs for a New World.

Posted: 11/18/03 at 5:12pm

Springtime for Hitler
King of Broadway
Jubilation T. Cornpone

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 5:41pm

I keep forgetting something.

'Boho Days'- Tick Tick Boom

[Craig]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 6:10pm

Barnum song you are quoting is called "The Museum Song"

As for me, one of the best "theater" comedy songs has to be David Friedmans "My Simple Wish"

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 6:13pm

* "Keep it Gay" from THE PRODUCERS
* "Springtime for Hitler" from THE PRODUCERS
* "Mama Says" from FOOTLOOSE (so sue me...Willard is the only bright spot in an otherwise bland show)
* "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" from AVENUE Q
* "Bless the Lord My Soul" from BAT BOY (this is mostly because of how it was acted)
* "Run Freedom, Run" from URINETOWN (again, because of staging. Love it when Bobby "heals" Becky Two Shoes)
* "Don't be the Bunny" from URINETOWN

[bob8rich]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 6:26pm

There are so many great comic songs - these are just a few that spring readily to mind:

A LITTLE PRIEST - Sweeney Todd
TO KEEP MY LOVE ALIVE - A Connecticut Yankee
EVERYBODY'S GIRL - Steel Pier
HE AND SHE - The Boys From Syracuse
GEE, OFFICER KRUPKE - West Side Story
WE'RE GONNA BE ALRIGHT - Do I Hear A Waltz?
GETTING MARRIED TODAY - Company

Updated On: 11/18/03 at 06:26 PM

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 6:29pm

Over the Moon!!! when done right, it has the audience rolling in the aisle!!

Most of ILYYPNC is jaw-droppingly funny..A Stud and A Bbabe, Marriage Tango, ect.! great stuff =)

[dotmarie]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 6:58pm

"Agony" (and the reprise of course) from Into the Woods.


Oh and Urinetown, I love the part in "Mr. Cladwell" when Hope sings "Daaaaaaaa, Da-da, da-da, Daaaaaddddy! THAT'S MY DAD!" It cracks me up. I'm really easily amused.

[sambaflora]

Posted: 11/18/03 at 7:28pm

'Candide' takes the cake for me when it comes to humour + wit.
From 'Oh, Happy We!' to 'Glitter + Be Gay' to the ode to syphllis in the 'Auto-Da-Fe' (Oh my darling Paquette, She is haunting me yet with a dear souvenir I shall never forget.....").
As well, I guess it doesn't hurt for the lyrics to be attached to that top-drawer score.