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Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.

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If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Not big Rogers & Hammerstein fans, I see

They had to name the musical after getting two characters. "Emile deBecque and Ensign Nellie Forbush" baffled them - badly. One guessed "The Pirates of Penzance"! The next must have figured he'd just said the wrong G&S work, and tried "HMS Pinafore".

I couldn't believe it.

And then "Aunt Eller Murphy and Lauie Williams" left them totally blank.

(South Pacific and Oklahoma!)

1 comment:

Kathie8:47 PM, May 26, 2011
None of tonight's contestants recognized the two characters each from "South Pacific" or "Oklahoma!" but at least one knew "The Sound of Music" (sigh...). I was dumbfounded, too, Ridger. Of course, we did "Oklahoma!" as our high school musical my senior year (I was in the orchestra), although I would've known all of these answers anyhow. Young people these days -- harrumph!
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