Tuesday, April 27, 2010

FOX to Showcase it's Musical Talent (and we're not just talking Glee)

From April 29th to May 5th many of FOX's top shows including; Bones, House, and Fringe will be revamping their style to take on a musical format!


To celebrate this week of musical madness TV Squad has compiled a top ten list of best musical moments in television. It's worth noting that this list features actors who are slated to appear on Glee. Kristen Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies) will be appearing on Glee tonight. Neil Patrick Harris finds himself on the list twice for How I Met Your Mother and Batman: The Brave and Bold. He will be guesting in a few weeks along side guest director and #1 on this list Joss Whedon!

Check out the list below, tell me your favourite musical moments on TV in the comments!

10. 'That '70s Show': 'That 70s Musical.' Even curmudgeon Red catches the fever on the show's 100th episode in season four, when Fez dreams up song-and-dance numbers while prepping for a high school concert. This love letter to the 1970s features characters belting out famous 70s tunes.



9. 'Pushing Daisies': 'Dummy.'
Any time Kristin Chenoweth gets to flex the golden pipes, I'm a happy camper. 'Pushing Daisies' often featured musical numbers, and here's one of my favorites, 'Hopelessly Devoted to You,' from the second episode in season one.



8. 'Northern Exposure': 'Old Tree.'
Pregnant Shelly wakes up one day to discover she's in her own little musical. She can't stop singing, and she's worried she'll never be able to stop. The best part of this tune is when her beloved Holling joins in with a sweet duet in this episode from season four.



7. 'Batman: The Brave and the Bold': 'Mayhem of the Music Meister.'
The talented Neil Patrick Harris gets to show off his chops in this episode from season one, where the Music Meister uses his singing voice to hypnotize everyone within hearing range into obeying him.



6. 'Mad Men': 'My Old Kentucky Home.'
I'm stretching it here, because this isn't a musical episode from start to finish. 'Mad Men' is way too cool for that. But this episode from season three featured the characters engaging in music in a believable way for that era. We got Joan playing an accordion while crooning 'C'est Magnifique,' Roger (in black face!) singing to his fiance, and Pete and his wife dancing a lively Charleston.



5. 'South Park': 'Chef Aid.'
When Cartman comes to school singing the new hit song, 'Stinky Britches,' Chef realizes that the song he wrote 20 years earlier has been stolen. An expensive lawsuit, attorney Johnny Cochrane, a charity concert, and a bunch of famous singers all come together in a musical montage from season two.



4. 'The Simpsons': 'A Fish Called Selma.'
Can anything be turned into a Broadway musical? Yes, and Troy McClure proves it in this musical episode from season 7, where 'Planet of the Apes' takes to the stage.





3. 'Scrubs': 'My Musical.'
When a patient with a brain disorder hallucinates everyone in the hospital singing, it gave us the classic 'Guy Love,' in which Turk and J.D. sing about their, uh, friendship in season 6. Nothing gay about it.



2. 'How I Met Your Mother': 'Girls vs. Suits.'
The show's 100th episode in season five creates a tough choice for our beloved Barney -- menswear or a sexy bartender? He gets some help from backup singers and dancers -- in suits, of course.



1. 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer': 'Once More, With Feeling.'
Joss Whedon's essential episode from season six finds our Sunnydale friends bursting into song for no apparent reason, revealing their innermost secrets in the process. Could it be demons? Witches? Ghosts? Anya has another idea -- bunnies.

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