Musical Hell TV: Musical Shorts Gift Pack

[@MotownFan1962]

Fun Facts: - Anita Ellis, who does the singing for Tad Tadlock in "A Touch of Magic", also did the singing for Rita Hayworth in "Gilda"; she's also the sister of Larry Kert (the original Tony in "West Side Story" and the second Bobby in the original run of "Company") - Ed Kenney, who does the singing for James Mitchell in "A Touch of Magic", originated the role of Wang Ta in "Flower Drum Song" (he was a Hawaiian of Chinese, Swedish, and Irish decent) - Joseph Lautner, who does the singing for Marc Breaux in "Design for Dreaming", starred in the stage revue "New Faces of 1952" with Eartha Kitt, Paul Lynde, Robert Clary, Alice Ghostley, and Carol Lawrence (the original Maria in "West Side Story"); Lautner was not included in the 1954 movie version of the show - Bruce Podewell, who played Buzz in "Mr. B Natural", was a professor of theater and dance at Tulane University for nearly 40 years, until his death in March 2013 - The Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, TX maintains a permanent exhibit on Tad Tadlock

[@chronicallykat4920]

Me a retired dominatrix when you went "Even my portable dominatrix kit" on the floor because my travel kit was kept in a train case just like that

[@erichfiedler1481]

Nothing says Happy Holidays like riffing on the weirdest shorts for the holidays

[@ariellakahan-harth8831]

Fun fact: the "Joseph March" who worked on both of the General Motors shorts was the same man who wrote the poem "The Wild Party".

[@ohnowendigos8804]

Holy CRAP that is insane

[@babyrodent]

As a fan of Cirque du Soleil, I was CACKLING from the "Suddenly, a Cirque du Soleil clown appears!" line for the first short. That was perfect!

[@tvestal100]

"Now it's a hotel room in Branson" this line just killed me lmfao

[@synth5091]

Also - Thurl Ravenscroft providing the bass baritone VO for Design for Dreaming did so much for Disney (Grim Grinning Ghosts), South Pacific (Stewpot vocals), Tony the Tiger, and so much more!

[@jamesryan6008]

Including several Tom and Jerry cartoons.

[@janebyrne6463]

@@jamesryan6008 Don't forget "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch".

[@andrewollmann304]

@@janebyrne6463Or “No Dogs Allowed!” from “Snoopy, Come Home.”

[@KomaedaNettingCommittee]

I didn't expect to hear a Princess Tutu reference within the first two minutes, but it sure made my day.

[@Nagoragama]

"An American Car Company in Paris" got a pretty good laugh out of me

[@Rahshu]

I have to admit, when I first got a dishwasher, I wanted to dance around it, too. I probably did knowing me. I had a similar experience when I got a washing machine. Such are the joys of a working class homemaker. :P

[@MusicalHell]

Having lived in places without a dishwasher, they are indeed one of the most wonderful of modern appliances.

[@SCGLE2025]

⁠@@MusicalHell I couldn’t find anything about the film online. But this pretty old I got to say, :). I was busy with my next project of the Live-Action/Animated Musical Film of the Whimsical Orchestra, the script will be written in the style of Rodgers and Hammerstein Song using AI Known as ChatGPT. All of vocal will be auto tune on Audacity & Auto Tune Evo VST. I hope you enjoy it when it finished and upload on KZbin :), and I hope you review it

[@C.V317]

You know, we really need more events that end in -rama

[@bjornjonsson6583]

Somehow, Diva saying "And then I talk like this and the baby wakes up and cries" reminds me of Phoebe Buffay, though I don't know why exactly.

[@brandyloutherback9288]

The Christmas Magic of rampant consumerism!

[@havenwhiplash4192]

Diva out here giving us a christmas package of devilish delights.

[@BEE-oz7yd]

The only thing that would make it better (for me at least) is if she talked about the Doctor Who Christmas special! They have a musical number in there!!!

[@lOrdofdOrkness73]

early 60s foreplay is weird

[@michaeldomeier]

So the thanks is given to the imaginary friend and not the band director who actually coached and helped the kid? Got it.

[@bjornjonsson6583]

An American car company in Paris😂 Mr Rogers evil twin😂😂

[@violetthewriter]

DO THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL PLEASE!! I WANT THAT THING RIPPED TO SHREDS!!

[@lemonhead94133]

This was hilarious! I loved it. Please make more videos like this.

[@Aeriall.]

Diva, I know you're planning to end the Musical Hell series but I hope you'll do more riff vids because you're a natural at it 😅

[@dunes8817]

Mr B Natural continues to be good riff material. Still so much weirdness.

[@gregorywiederecht]

Did Diva riff on this character before?

[@LuckyLiegeLady246]

@@gregorywiederechtmystery science theater riffed on it.

[@gregorywiederecht]

@@LuckyLiegeLady246 oh, cool! I didn't think they would do short subjects

[@LuckyLiegeLady246]

@@gregorywiederecht they often do shorts before the main movie.

[@gregorywiederecht]

@@LuckyLiegeLady246 Oh, like they used to do in 1930s, '40s, and '50s! Cool stuff!

[@fad23]

Steve Young has been touring his talk about industrial musical shorts. It's utterly delightful and recommended to anyone who enjoys this stuff here, or making fun of it.

[@JoshFreilich]

23:32 did I see this on Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Film Dub, after the whole “ghosts’” sound effects game that everyone was raving about) (Yes, everyone on stage including the audience was still going whOoOoOoOoOoOoOo)

[@MotownFan1962]

Ah, I remember that. "This is crap!!! We can't sell corn with that!!!"

[@sotnosen95]

...Did anyone else notice the fridge at 6:58 has a *potted plant* in it for some reason?

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

This was a gem. Especially Mr B Natural.

[@pinkfeiry]

Ya know, I wish modern commercials had ballet shows on them.

[@optimisticneighsayer5823]

A shrill voiced-spirit should have struck any sane adman as the last thing to sell musical instruments.

[@brandyloutherback9288]

The 1st short: Yeah, Sleeping Beauty, this ain't!

[@gregorywiederecht]

19:32 Ava Astaire and Richard Rodgers🤣🤣🤣 I almost choked!

[@Anynom]

Ah some classic mst3k fodder here

[@lollydolly4590]

Thank you for this holiday gift!

[@jamesryan6008]

Soap opera fans take note, James Mitchell for many years portrayed Palmer Cortland on "All My Children".

[@brandyloutherback9288]

Seriously, did Don Draper come up with this?

[@Aeriall.]

Literally just when I was wondering if you'd post a Christmas episode

[@erichfiedler1481]

I'm pretty sure Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure is our annual Christmas review

[@Aeriall.]

​@@erichfiedler1481True but I was thinking an MHTV video like the Star Wars Holiday Special

[@erichfiedler1481]

@@Aeriall. we already have the Rifftrax version of that space train wreck

[@synth5091]

The first one reminded me of the Fosse dance in Kiss Me Kate!

[@wavesofwoodenlegs]

Thank you for this riffing! It was great! That Mr. B Natural character was annoying!

[@williamcrowe2576]

At least you didn't have to watch any of the Jam Handy shorts. Or the ones from Coronet, or Centron, or Alfred Higgins, or Encyclopedia Britannica...

[@brandyloutherback9288]

The live action Radcliffes, not coming to Disney+, anytime soon!

[@ElvisTranscriber2]

35:09 Strange that we didn't get a comment on Make up Artist Saul *Meth* 😂😂😂😂 I'm sure he had a lot to do with building this trippy hellish industrial musical

[@untitleduntitled4740]

Will you discuss the diary of a wimpy kid musical?

[@synth5091]

Yay! I love Honeymoon!

[@Boomstick836]

I was curious about that one part near the end of the music video “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel. Now I know where it originated from. Thank you 🙂

[@ReggieMosbyJr]

29:21 all jokes aside, I want that fridge

[@samwise495]

Seeing some of these gives me MST3K flashbacks

[@brandyloutherback9288]

Man, the T-Birds prequel is really underwhelming!

[@jamesryan6008]

A Corvair? Paging Ralph Nader!

[@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744]

Musical hell can you review Lifetimes Aaliyah: Princess of R&B?

[@lindaeasley5606]

Those 1950s GM Motorama promotional films were high production cringe

[@packerchu]

Did Donald Fagen allude to 34’ in his “Snowbound” video?

[@packerchu]

Does Mr. B mean in the biblical way?

[@packerchu]

You know, they never did point out how easy the upholstery of the cars was to clean… among other upkeep and costs to not have them rust in the yard.

[@packerchu]

Shouldn’t Buzz be freaking out that Mr. B might be a Cold War psy-op after his precious bodily fluids? #GeneralRipperwarned_us

[@packerchu]

Even Kiki Dee can see Buzz has trouble in his life.

[@packerchu]

Mary Martin refused to be part of Conn’s wicked game.

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

I like the lion king 2 version