Bustin' Out - Schmicago (Schmigadoon! season 2)

[@bonzupippinpaddleoxacoppil484]

Love that Gopher’s puppet notices the bus before he does

[@ClarqueAllen]

This is what I love about you guys--always finding those little details I've missed.

[@TigerTigerII]

That CHOREO on the prison bars line was BRILLIANT! The way their arms formed a heart and the shackles were the bars inside...genius!

[@animationmusicals]

''they're here'' *wall proceeds to break open*

[@beek.4860]

This number is like Company and Chicago had a bizarre, campy lovechild that spent weekends with its quirky uncle Cabaret.

[@kittykat123425]

This is definitely riffing on You Could Drive a Person Crazy

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

Exactly😂😂😂

[@netashtein7165]

Yeah exactly. Narratively its like cabaret where the song describes what's really happening outside but musically its mainly company with Chicago sprinkled on top

[@beek.4860]

@@netashtein7165 Yesss you get it!! I couldn't put that into words lol

[@mikebeam822]

don't forget cousin Pippin

[@Mr135Jonathan]

pretty sure that the cop man is gonna be doing some Rocky Horror Picture Show by the end of the season

[@Funkyk2]

I agree. It seems like he is hiding himself.

[@captaintalon4485]

​@Funkyk2 I'm from the future and I'll give you a hint watch the season finale to find out if you're correct

[@edanlaron5552]

ok, that prophecy was way too accurate. How did you know?

[@georgiairving1234]

the poor sergeant wants to be on the stage so bad!

[@mgg5418]

By the end of the season he’ll be in drags I’m 100% sure of it 😉

[@kingjac4058]

@@mgg5418 lol I would love to see that

[@mgg5418]

Well it wasn’t full drag but it was in the ball park 😂👍

[@driftingthruspace]

HE FUCKING DID IT HE PERFORMED !!!!!

[@TheMilitiaGamer]

God I miss this show so much...

[@seansilence2697]

Loved this song. They sound great together

[@jlasf]

I've got the name for next year: Les Schmiserables. Set in "Paris" with references to "Phantom" and "Les Miserables."

[@alekseyl172]

Bon sang, that's brilliant! Now, I wish they would actually do this.

[@jamesrawlins735]

Sadly we aren't getting season 3.

[@jlasf]

@@jamesrawlins735 Unless someone else picks it up. It's all written and ready to go. I bet the actors would take reduced pay to do it.

[@northernbohemianrealist]

I was hoping for Schmiked. Ariana Debose has the pipes and Kristin Chenowith is already there.

[@richardbourton4523]

I wondered about an animated series called the Lion Schming, when they get to 90s musicals, since most of the iconic movie musicals of that decade were animated.

[@cora1334]

I'm living for these harmonies 😍🎶

[@katec2886]

This and “bells and whistles” were my favorite parts of this season

[@andrewhavens5937]

My only complaint about this season is how they’ve essentially just sidelined Ariana DeBose. To me she was the best part of the first season.

[@damdaniel5106]

I’ve been thinking about this. It’s nice to see people like Dove take a bigger role this season although it feels like we are sacrifice Ariana. It might also be that Ariana had other projects to be doing, she is an Oscar winner. Hopefully she’ll be more present in the final two episodes.

[@andrewhavens5937]

@@damdaniel5106 yeah that was my thought. The first season was basically filmed during her rise to fame, now she probably has too little time to devote.

[@tofubyul]

@@damdaniel5106 Yeah I read from one of the interviews that Cinco Paul nearly couldn't cast her due to her busy schedule. We have seen so little of her, Ann Harada and Jaime Camil in Season 2 ):

[@DemiSemme]

She’s getting at least one solo number based on preview photos, and it’s gonna be Dreamgirls inspired, based on the hair/outfit.

[@tofubyul]

@@DemiSemme That's fantastic news!

[@remylee1612]

You are doing the work of the Gods.

[@NicholasSullivan]

You could drive a person crazy - Company

[@alexsmith4937]

Great catch!

[@edanlaron5552]

totally

[@benzaiten933]

I love all the songs so far! I think they're vibing a bit more with me than the firs season songs.

[@stevenzumbrun6105]

Who has a good ear? I think Dove's on soprano, Arianna on mezzo, and Cecily on alto, but I can't be sure...

[@JesseHernandez]

We need a soundtrack for this show now

[@lumberdeck4182]

Melissa looks so pretty in the stripey dress. Love it!

[@danielalford4835]

I wish there were more references to COMPANY, besides the do-dos and drunk “I’ll drink to that” broad. Hopefully we’ll see more of COMPANY in future seasons

[@RectanerTreadway]

“Bobby is my hobby and I’m giving it up” is also there

[@blunderstruck1]

the patter part of Bells and Whistles feels a lot like I’m not getting married today but maybe that’s just because I don’t know a lot of patter songs

[@edanlaron5552]

I think the song the lawyer sings in the court also references I'm not getting married today

[@floridaflamingogirl3119]

The whole "here comes bobbie, bobbie baby" jingle was a huge Company spoof

[@thatdarnsatan]

I love the soulful ache in Rivera's eyes.

[@matthewmorris4797]

not adding the chain and shoes sounds in the official soundtrack was a CRIME!

[@pushingdasies1]

Its killing me they aren't doing single episode albums yet of these songs! Do we have to wait till the season is done to get an album of this?

[@seansilence2697]

It's on spotify now!

[@andrewhavens5937]

The only thing I dislike about the album is that they take out all of the dialogue scenes, so this song is missing the entire section where Josh and Topher break out of jail, just leaving awkward silence.

[@ladyrandom7080]

Wow, this song is really catchy!! 🥰💖

[@eauxkei702]

I wish they would have let the "Chicago/Cabaret" era and "Hair/A Chorus Line" era be two different seasons but I am loving the songs.

[@ccfloormusix3287]

Chicago and A Chorus Line came out the same year though

[@etimoreaastrid.1432]

@@ccfloormusix3287 .

[@etimoreaastrid.1432]

@@ccfloormusix3287 What they said

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

1:52 =You can drive a person crazy😂😂

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

0:06 =COMPANY!!!

[@pauleydm]

It's nice to see Patrick Page...

[@lonelylittledot]

I love this show so much! I'm really pissed that it was cancelled, and I'm still secretly hoping for a S3 🙏

[@tranha3616]

Oh my god this is amazing. And I usually dont even like musical. Im literally first season Josh 😂😂😂

[@LucasFerreira-rl9nd]

YEEES THANK YOU❤

[@haileygiabiconi8830]

I love this!! Can you do Patrick Page's number at the end of the third episode? 2 birds with one stone is the title I believe

[@ClarqueAllen]

Here you go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnKmm6isq6mDndk

[@chr1s415]

Thank you!

[@captaintalon4485]

So is only Melissa and Josh aware of the narrator and to everyone else he's some random person?

[@ClarqueAllen]

At the end of Episode 3, during "Two Birds With One Stone," the narrator is standing next to Octavius Kratt and hands him a pair of binaculors. If Kratt wasn't aware of the narrator's existence he would have seen the binoculars floating in mid-air. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnKmm6isq6mDndk

[@izzisart]

I think they're aware of the narrator, but to them it's normal, if that makes sense?

[@Betsymcdonough]

I sing this song too much for my own good

[@juliannehannes11]

I want the outfit now

[@ninabean100]

The way she pretzels herself on that chair - such a fun tribute to fosse-esque choreo!!!

[@ClarqueAllen]

????

[@NDTheatreGuy]

Can you also post their Chorus Line number??

[@kristinedel4824]

since Cecily was here I assumed this was snl at first lol

[@GoldNooby]

I’m mad that none of my friends have heard about schmigadoon :(

[@ClarqueAllen]

It's a tragedy that more people haven't known the magic of Schmigadoon.

[@megelizabeth9492]

Think of your Life, Josh!

[@brianbommarito3376]

Like an SNL skit, only funnier. Much funnier.

[@jim85ps2]

What an original comment 😂

[@jenniferhanses]

I like this number, but I think the costumer missed a trick with Dove Cameron here. She looks so scrawny and flat. And no, I'm not trying to say anything negative about her body, this is a costume issue as she looks lovely in pretty much everything else. The costume did not show her off to good effect. Part of it is that Melissa is Amazonian compared to the other two. She's just a big girl (tall, broad shouldered). And apparently Dove is tiny. But part of it is the cut of the costume. The other two ladies have kind of wings off of their bra cups, and Dove has a flat strip that makes her look flatter. Additionally the other two have more conservatively cut bottoms while Dove's are cut in the kind of 1980's thigh high look, which is supposed to make your legs look longer. The problem with this is it makes your actual torso look smaller, which is not the best when you're a little twig of a thing. Whoever they brought in for costume design on this did great with the other two ladies, but it's like they didn't know how to dress someone who was thin and petite.

[@jenblack98]

I wonder though if this was kind of the point. Dove Cameron's character is a "Parody" of Sally bowles from Cabaret and flapper dancers from the '20s and '30s. having a flat chest and somewhat of a "boyish" figure was very much in and trendy and it would look quite out of character for her to go from clothes that fit more with that style to something that emphasises her chest.

[@jenniferhanses]

@@jenblack98 That would be an interesting take, but it doesn't follow through. I mean, they were doing gender queer stuff with the Emcee earlier, but here she's very clearly feminine to go with the Andrews Sisters kind of vibe of the song. They didn't put her in pants or give her shoulder pads to make her more masculine or gender non-conforming. In fact her feminine form is highlighted. And there's also always the problem of making one of your female leads look like there's something wrong with her when there's not supposed to be. The two other ladies are rather zaftig in their outfits. You can't make Dove put on weight for one number, but emphasizing how much of a tiny twig she is is going the wrong direction in that company. I mean, you could maybe have done something to fix the problem a little bit by lining them up by height, but they didn't want to do that because Cecily was supposed to be becoming a star, so she needs the middle slot. And that still doesn't fix the whole thing, it's just what should have been done except for plot. Which means you're left with costuming (and maybe makeup, but I know far less about makeup and didn't spot any obvious flaws with that.).

[@Id10tWitch]

I think the man who plays Kratt played Hades in Hadestown

[@laylaniccolemeale18]

The only things annoying me is that doves top is different

[@laylaniccolemeale18]

Like the cut of the neckline is different and it’s bugging me a little

[@ClarqueAllen]

All three costumes are different.

[@celestefae3560]

I think it’s meant to compliment the different body types. Dove is boxy-er than the other two so she doesn’t have a deep neckline.

[@laylaniccolemeale18]

@@celestefae3560 probably idk just i noticed it first and was like AHH

[@laylaniccolemeale18]

@@ClarqueAllen yeah ik hence why i only mentioned the neckline

[@1andonlyneo]

Ariana was carrying this performance. No offense to the other girls but Ariana has more experience being a chorus girl on broadway that she makes this piece look more coherent. If that makes sense

[@simasantos8376]

Dove is literally a Broadway girl...but okay

[@am-lo1pz]

​@@simasantos8376I think they mean this is an ensemble number and Ariana has most experience working in an ensemble situation?

[@1andonlyneo]

@@am-lo1pz yes thank you

[@TikiKrissy]

@@simasantos8376 Dove has never been on Broadway. I'm sure she will in the future, though!

[@1andonlyneo]

@@TikiKrissy she has been in off-broadway for Clueless musical which isn't a big success since no one is even aware that it existed.