Bop or Flop?

Why did the Pina Colada song man Rupert Holmes decide to write a meta-comedy musical based on the morose Charles Dickens serial The Mystery of Edwin Drood? Jonah and MJ had no idea, and this episode of Bop or Flop does not answer it. Listen in on their conversation as they discuss tongue twisters, whodunnits, and the definition of love on the show that made MJ fall in love with musical theatre.

Notes

The most recent revival’s stats
https://www.playbill.com/article/they-dunnit-tallies-are-i. n-for-most-popular-drood-killers-closing-night-surprises-too-com-203296

Taron Egerton saying his own name in Thirst Tweets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT8QS5sxONw

Betty Buckley and the cast of Cats at the Tonys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mlllRdIfqw

Betty Buckley Pirate Jenny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9eSMi8rjuk

Classic Looney Tunes clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJI_gygXsfs

Me and Jonah @ Both Sides of the Coin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwIFMCKlVK8

Cocktail Counterpoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV2-KZ8hllM

Drood reimagined as symphonic metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFdN1v2YEE

Dangerous Game - Jekyll and Hyde
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfmsMRwx6Xs

The Tik Tok Ratatouille Musical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92brcqRINdw

In this special “origin story” episode, Jonah and MJ discuss the show that made Jonah fall in love with musical theatre, the 2014 Broadway Production of Disney’s Aladdin. It’s the classic story with a few twists, MJ likes the movie, will she share that same love for Jonah’s precious show, or will she walk all over his dreams like She Loves Me all over again?


Notes


Why Me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU6AfCWuZKI

Humiliate the Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vXZncjGvk

You’re Only Second Rate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhj25HnpSRU

Don Darryl Rivera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suz3ipq2XdQ

Ya Got Trouble - Jonah’s accidental monologue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4bkE9s_jy8

Mutt and Jeff
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicStrip/MuttAndJeff

I AM NOT A PRIZE TO BE WON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridjqMqi9ak

Disney Sessions

Villain Medley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blQncQ-u9zU

Come Fly With Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waARhej4hoY

Friend Like Me Remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oi75jyDLpU

Thinking Out Loud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ9Ng_LVMeQ

Dizzy Gillespie- Salt Peanuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJrUBEtoNQU

Apparently, there's no place like the West End to revive the classic Americana show, The Wizard of Oz, and Andrew Lloyd Webber had to be the one to do it. Listen in as Jonah and MJ lament the loss of an alto role, become Wicked Witch stans, and question why everything has such...*adult* undertones.

Notes

Some production shots
https://www.playbill.com/article/andrew-lloyd-webber-meets-the-emerald-city-colorful-first-pics-of-dorothy-and-co-in-new-touring-wizard-of-oz-com-375635

Everything’s Nice and Fine - Over The Garden Wall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY8bpJcLGBw

Munchkin Land 5:15 - The horrifying Lollipop Guild Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOEq-ImGWJ0

Diva Dance 3:50 - That song that made me think of Glinda at the end of Out Of The Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnTE2h0ZY74

Family Guy Merry Old Land of Oz Parody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39DdEU0vIwI

Jitterbug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB9BdxPDCwQ

The History of Bacchanalia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchanalia

Celtic Woman - They tend to use more straight tone than traditional musical theatre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD6RdI1QqCg

Straight Tone vs Vibrato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBbBM52ZcmI

When You Believe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NieC8KA0EvI

The Transatlantic Accent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpv_IkO_ZBU

Red Shoes Blue Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvm3xmf4FPY

Bad Cinderella
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3gbNpoIS-c

It’s Showtime!!! For this very special Halloween episode, Jonah and MJ sit down with their good friend Scott Worley to discuss the 2018 musical adaptation of Beetlejuice. Join them as they discuss the benefits and drawbacks of pop vocals, how Jonah is precisely like the Maitlands, and the magical architecture of Alex Brightman’s vocal chords.


Notes


Beetlejuice Tony performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2jgBRDPWOA

Dies Irae - Gergorian chant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlr90NLDp-0

Verdi - Requiem Mass - Dies Irae
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AQIGymhSyA

Alex Brightman’s magical vocals chords
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4dmU4NT3-s

Unique Indian Vocal Technique - Gamakas - Like Delia sings in "No Reason"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIPraIlSmIk

The Bunny Song - Veggietales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jakg1_DCG3M

Jump - Van Halen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM

Beetlejuice concept album sung by Eddie Perfect
https://www.playbill.com/article/beetlejuice-musical-demo-album-including-cut-songs-released-october-30

On this week’s podcast, the hosts praise the orchestration and characters of The Spitfire Grill, Jonah laments the lack of fairies and MJ wonders why they wasted Steven Pasquale's voice.

Notes


Hey all! Thanks for watching this most recent episode of bop or flop. I’ve got a couple notes here for y’all. Spongebob Squarepants the musical Live is available to stream on Amazon, so if you’re interested in seeing the majority of the original broadway cast in action, head over there. If another platform becomes available I’ll do an update.

And that’s literally all I have. Not super exciting notes today. AS of recording this bit, I just started listening to The Spitfire Grill, and oh boy that one’s going to be a doozy! Links to a videos and articles mentioned in the episode are in the description, thanks again for listening, and we’ll see you next week.

Spongebob Highlight Photos
https://www.playbill.com/article/look-back-at-highlights-of-spongebob-squarepants-the-musical-as-they-end-their-broadway-run

https://www.playbill.com/article/take-a-first-look-at-spongebob-squarepants-the-broadway-musical

Jonathan Coulton - First of May
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFc08WTEN5g

When The Going Gets Tough - Broadway With The Speed Rap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBzDXfws9h4

Waiting in the wings Spongebob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuzcyO9xewQ&t=1981s

Daddy Knows Best - Broadway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xM9_g_gpE

Foley Artist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFEfKjjE5aM

David Zinn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPzM9LsLsYY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjiagh1YjkI

This week, MJ and Jonah go on a lot of tangents as they discuss the 1993 rock opera, The Who's Tommy. Get ready to get unexpectedly intellectual as they react to murder, 60s spiritualism, pinball cults, the soaring vocals of Michael Cerveris, and Elton John's giant shoes.

Buckle up, kiddos, Jonah and MJ get a little personal with Grand Hotel. The hosts explore themes of tragedy, wasted potential, and the willingness to admit love easily in both their own lives and the the characters', and wonder why every queer plot line has to be so damn tragic.


Notes

The original Baron on Broadway - David Carroll recorded in concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb_azz--iTs&list=OLAK5uy_kp23nw_JhjPS2fHe_6qanlt_TQ2CPa6Zk&index=23


Here’s a baritone singing Love Can’t Happen that MJ loves so much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6I6K_VEtY


Bury Your Gays - A video essay on the portrayal of queer plotlines in media as always being tragic, and why that needs to change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0fZjSluzI8&t=85s


Positano, The city Raffaela sings about in Villa on a Hill
https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/europe/positano-italy-guide-including-top-16193436


Make me a willow cabin at your gate
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/twelfthnight/quotes/page/2/


Heaven (Dancing Cheek to Cheek)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILxo-TUkzOQ


Grand Hotel at the Tony’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euCvQ4ikZZQ&t=17s


In case you want to know how to say cheers in a bunch of languages
https://matadornetwork.com/nights/how-to-say-cheers-in-50-languages/


The choreographers of Bolero also performed it on Broadway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmhGv--EhJM


Here’s that horrible song Jonah was singing at the end there. If you value your sanity, do not watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLljd8pfiFg

Guest host Paige Pederson joins Jonah and MJ to obsess over David Hyde Pierce in the show within a show murder mystery musical Curtains. Join the hosts as they praise how Curtains captures the spirit of show business, learn a bit about how Jonah and Paige as stage managers feel about opening nights, and see if MJ will ever get over her inability to see the merit in songs irrelevant to the plot!

Notes

Lass-oh Vs. Lass-oo
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fforthright.livejournal.com%2F222078.html%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3O6wOhkG7MwL8Ahbz0B1HlXU97h5oFrpC8JlaBbcTvGye-GuXe1zUSvIA%23%3A~%3Atext%3DUsage%252C%25201926%252C%2520p.%2CEnglish%2520pronunciation%2520is%2520la%27so.%26text%3DGowers%2520changed%2520this%2520to%2520%27lasso%2Cmost%2520English%2520people%2520too%27.%255D&h=AT0Hnvrf4GZjWDv2LeeJy9eEBCPiZa3mM_pgPULdYvWCRLGllEKky2Xct5elf0pUAUtzv4Hx9gky4AxsZS2ne72vqZwQtgcdQlE0IoupCI7n5Tesh1U7jOaXkFdn-qJ5RHOok1ZIaw

Enneagram Institute
https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/


Show People at the Tony’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj1hzFmib9M


DHP Performing Hit The Couch - Song Starts at about 4:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwj_n7ElQw
A link to take the test - There is only one official one and many knockoffs, this is the best knockoff.
https://enneagramtest.net/


Cafe Nervosa
https://thecheersfrasier.fandom.com/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Nervosa


Nighthawks - Edward Hopper
https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/edward-hopper-nighthawks-painting


DHP - A Valentine for Niles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpImet3Xwgw


Jason Danieley - Streets of Dublin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEJ9EAlydQI


Karaoke Muppets - Mentioned in a bit that got cut, but it’s so funny we had to share it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwaOoWo0UOo


Parody of the racist songs in the Golden Age (similar to Kansasland) as demonstrated by The Drowsy Chaperone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0YUmen9rcI

In this very special, very long revenge episode, MJ’s good buddy Jackson Johnson rips into Jonah’s favorite musical, the 2016 revival of She Loves Me. They discuss the merits of pure fun, feminism, the treasure that is Zachary Levi, and disagree on whether or not the Red Scare should have played a factor in the plot.


Notes

Hugh Jackman in his pre-Wolverine days in Boy From Oz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA4965Uz8as


Why Hugh Jackman (and everyone) sounds bad in the Les Mis movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ikqU6G6Xgs


That Song In Every Musical That No One Likes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXKUgjYh7lo


She Loves Me from 1993 - This is the one MJ likes more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIN82_siQD4&list=PL457BE0C858F17A63&index=17


Here’s a song that MJ loves Zachary Levi’s voice in. Put him in more pop/rock musicals!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CRBCjLV1FQ&list=PLhAszZScgYlfBha1W9dtEgxzBm04vlrS6&index=14


Laura Benanti doing a quick summary of the whole show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--7F1i9Srtc