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The Best Animaniacs Songs to Teach You About Life – Buy the DVDs Here!

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I was shopping this weekend and saw the entire series for the Animaniacs on DVD and almost bought it.  The Animaniacs was an awesome warner brothers cartoon show when I was a kid and one that everyone loved.  They were funny and educational, even though they were a bit off in the way they would teach you things.  Even though they made a lot of comments I didn’t get when I was a kid, here are ten of my favorite songs from the Animaniacs TV show.  Feel free to share your own favorite songs from Animaniacs below in the comments section.

If you’re an American like me, you should be ashamed if you cannot name all of the presidents. Although I can’t, this song is kind of funny and is actually an awesome way to learn them in order, things about them and be able to repeat it. A couple of the things are offensive like when they make a joke about the first president to be assassinated, but at the same time none of us were around so it doesn’t effect us like JFK does, even though it probably should. This song is awesome and is actually probably the perfect song if you have kids who need to learn about the US presidents and be able to name them in order.

In this video, Yakko teaches us how to Multiply. I suck at math so anything like this should be helpful, and it was, but unfortunately also got me confused at the same time. Either way he makes a ton of sense, but I still cannot follow any of his logic or the solutions without a calculator.

I am proud to say that I can name all 5 states and most of them in alphabetical order. I learned with a song when I was younger. I am embarrassed to say that I cannot name all of the capitols of the states and which states they all belong to. Go ahead and try. I remember learning them when I was a kid, but cannot remember them all now. I know a few random ones like Bismark, but I always get messed up when you have a large city in a state and it isn’t the capital of that state. If you need a song to help you learn all 50 state capitals, try the 50 state capitals song from Animaniacs.

Now that you’ve seen they are a bit crazy, here’s their shrink singing about them being insane. The shrink episodes were always awesome. Not as good as some of the others, but he was always funny. Especially when they drove him crazy.

Speaking of driving him crazy, in this showtune about therapists, you’ll actually see how they drove him crazy. In this song he tries to split them up for individual therapy sessions. Instead of getting through to them, they drove him mad instead.

Now it’s time to go from therapy to something that can cause you to need a therapist, learning another language. Even though math drove me crazy, learning another language was harder. In this showtune you’ll see how they learn to speak another language,,,even if it isn’t real.

If you cannot name all 5 senses, 6 if you’re a demon kid from the movies, then this song will help you remember them. This is one of the most forgotten showtunes from the Animaniacs, but it is still a good one. It isn’t one of my favorites but it’s still a funny one.

Even though Love isn’t one of the senses, it still effects you and makes most of your senses react. You smell things harder, you feel tears and pain and you can also hear things when you’re happy that you wouldn’t have paid attention to before. When you get your first kiss from the person you fall in love with you feel and taste things you can only have when you’re with that person and that’s why they have a song to teach us about love.

One of the first things many of us do when we fall out of love is go and eat. Ice cream is one of the most popular foods you see people eating in movies when they first break up with someone. It’s also something I think most of us go for. That’s one of the reasons that the Animaniacs created a song about being careful what you eat.

If they haven’t covered anything else you can think of, try their song about the universe. In this song you’ll learn about everything that exists, at least in their universe. I actually forgot about this one when I was writing this post.

The animaniacs were famous for the showtunes. They have one where Yakko sings all of the songs in the English language, one about hay pennies and not being greedy and even parodies of actual showtunes. The animaniacs were one of the most popular shows and it was exciting to see that they are now selling the animaniacs dvds again. If you liked the videos and have a favorite song from the animaniacs, feel free to share it below. You can also buy animaniacs dvds on sale by clicking on any of the images in the widget above in the post.

The Follies Take on the Love Boat & Streisand with I’m The Greatest Star

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I wasn’t actually alive yet when the Love Boat was on tv, but it was one of those shows that always had a million guest stars on it. On one episode they decided to have their own mini battle of the Divas by bringing on Carol Channing, Ann Miller, Ethel Merman and Della Reese. Not only were all of these fabulous Follies stars excited to be on the ship, but when they started coming on one by one, the drama began. I love how each of them thought that the other women would be back up for them, and then comes in Ethel Merman.

Instead of the classy, stuck up or fun and happy entrances, she comes in belting out a tune and just lets everyone else know that they are there to support her. That is one of the reasons I love Ethel Merman. She can belt out a tune, say something rude and still have everyone love her. Her personality is amazing in that even when she says something rude, she can actually make it a joke and have everyone laughing. That is one of the things that made her famous. She had a huge personality that everyone loved and just like Carol Channing whose voice wasn’t a normal broadway sound, they can both pull it off with their ability to stand out. But what happens when you have all four of these amazing women on one stage? You give them a song from a show all about the Follies that lets them compete. There is also only one song that could be perfect for it. “I’m the greatest star” from “Funny Girl”. The only thing missing was Barbara Streisand coming out as another surprise guest and taking over the entire show.

This clip is an awesome clip to just make you laugh if you love the Follies and these ladies. If you were never a fan or didn’t like them, then you probably won’t like it. However, if you love Carol, Ann, Della or Ethel, you’ll love this clip and definitely want to share this post on Facebook and Twitter with your friends. Please also feel free to leave a comment below.

Scooby Doo the Musical on Tour – Find Cheap Tickets Here

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I just saw a commercial for a brand new show called Scooby Doo the Musical which is now on tour. This looks like one of the cutest musicals for kids. It features the entire cast, a ton of special effects like smoke machines, awesome music and all of your favorite characters, including a spooky a ghost. I’m completely tempted to go, but I want to find a couple of friends who would also want to see it because it is kind of embarrassing to go to a show for kids by yourself. If you are looking for cheap tickets to Scooby Doo to Musical on sale, click here to visit my post on how to buy broadway tickets on sale and you will more than likely be able to find Scooby Doo the Musical tickets on sale for whatever city you are in.

Everyone loves Scooby Doo. I think we all remember watching him and his friends Freddy, Velma, Dafne and Shaggy solve mysteries and were all excited when they would take the mask of the monster or bad guy in the show. The show has been on for decades and brought in a ton of celebrities and changed over the years. You have Scooby as a puppy, as an adult, you get to meet his family members and now in the new version, you find out that the gang isn’t actually even the first group of teenage mystery solvers and they are just picking up where the others had left off. Not only is Scooby Doo an American Icon that everyone knows around the world, but Scooby Doo the Musical looks like they are keeping the original cast, costumes from the original show and it keeps with the original theme. I hate when shows that are based on a tv show or movie take away everything you loved about the show and create something brand new. Because Scooby Doo the Musical looks like they are keeping everything, including the story lines, I am completely excited to go see it.

If you’ve already had a chance to see Scooby Doo the Musical on tour, please feel free to leave a comment below and let us know what you think. It would be great to have some feedback on what age group it’s good for and even if it is also fun for adults who grew up watching the tv show. You can also find tickets to Scooby Doo the Musical by clicking on the banners in the post I linked to above about finding broadway tickets on sale. Thank you again for reading and if you go to see the touring cast, come back and let me know what you thought of it.

If You Didn’t Think Broadway Could Get Gayer – The British Have Done It!

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When Bette Midler took on Broadway and launched Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical around the same time that Harvey Fierstein’s show La Cage Aux Follies was in revival, we thought that broadway was about as gay as you can get. Now instead of having a ton of gays in musicals about gays, the British comedy team of Jennifer Saunders and Joanne Lumley who have entertained us as Patsy and Eddie on the hit tv show Ab Fab (Absolutely Fabulous) have put together a movie version of the show. It isn’t just a movie though, it’s an actual Musical according Vogue Magazie in the UK.

Not only is the show Ab Fab an iconic gay standard, but turning it into a musical takes a gay show to an entirely new level.  What’s even more shocking is that Jennifer Saunders, the writer and star of the show, just finished writing a new musical based on, for or featuring the music of the Spice Girls.  I don’t think it is going to get much gayer than this, but if anyone is going to be able to do it and to bring even more gays back to the theatre, it is definitely the two of them.  Even people who hate theatre, which are a few of my friends, love the show or the Spice Girls and having both of them being produced, worked on and coming out around the same time (I hope at least), is absolutely amazing.

If you’ve never seen the show Ab Fab, I highly recommend it.  It is a British comedy so there is a lot of humor and things you may not get.  It is also about two women who work in PR and fashion, do drugs, go to clubs, party, shop, obsess over designer clothing and also cause issues without any regard for anyone else or how much things cost.  By the time you finish watching the original seasons and episodes, I don’t think you’ll be able to resist saying sweetie darling, having a cigarette or even a bottle (not glass) of Stoli on the top of the nearest sky scraper waiting for your best friend to show up via helicopter to rescue you.  I can’t wait for both shows to come out and to see what they come up with.

I Want to Put on – My, my, my, my, my, Boogie Shoes – Glee

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It’s insane how fast this year has gone by and that Christmas and Hanukah are only a few weeks away. I’ve had Boogie Shoes from Glee stuck in my head all week and it is actually the perfect song for the Christmas and Hanukah rush at all of the stores. (Not to mention I love the remake they did of My Boogie Shoes for Glee.)

If you haven’t gone shopping, bought all your gifts or starting planning for holiday parties yet. If you don’t have outfits picked out, a gym membership for after or even have your tickets to go home yet, then you probably need to put on your boogie shoes and get moving. I love this song because the remake the did of My Boogie Shoes from Glee is a lot more upbeat, faster and a lot more fun than the original version. It is perfect to listen to when you’re running errands, dealing with stores and holiday shopping or just trying to motivate to get ready to go out, etc… I do have to be honest though, I haven’t watched Glee at all this season and probably won’t watch again.

The finale when Rachel went to New York was the perfect way to end watching Glee for me. I’m sure they still have great music, I love that people tell me what’s going on, but without the original cast together and all of the new people, I have no desire to watch. Darren Chris is hot, the new cast is fun and they have great voices, but I miss when it was a bit simpler and you were actually excited to see it. They had to get rid of some of the old cast because it is a high school, but at the same time that killed off any desire to watch the show. They’ve also stopped playing any new version of Glee songs at any of the showtunes nights that I have gone to which also makes me think that it isn’t worth watching anymore. Hearing the new songs they would create and seeing the videos at Showtunes Night and other nights always made me excited to watch, but because they stopped playing them I completely forgot about the show. I’m sure it’s still a good show, but I stopped watching. If anyone still watches and wants to share their favorite new song from this season, feel free to leave a comment below.