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17 December 2005

MeCha: The Musical. I'm thinking of asking for the keys to Radio Mecha, in order to play a set consisting exclusively of pre-1970 Broadway show tunes. Question: will you all run screaming, or will you listen, dabbing a wistful tear from your eye, as Robert Goulet sings "If Ever I Should Leave You"?

post by: jokeefe at: 18:34 | 22 comments

Holy crap, I would so listen. I would run around and scream too.

posted by panoptican 17 December | 18:36

I would totally listen!

posted by TrishaLynn 17 December | 19:03

If ever I should leave you...It wouldn't be in summer...

The pre-1970 ones are the only ones I know. Unfortunately, I can never seem to listen to radio mecha. Lots of hiccups.

posted by jrossi4r 17 December | 19:03

do it
please?

posted by ethylene 17 December | 19:07

I would not listen. As much as I love cinema, musicals make me break out in hives unless they are sexually-ambiguous rock operas. I do think it is an excellent idea nonetheless.

posted by sciurus 17 December | 19:10

i'd listen too, as long as you throw in a little movie musical stuff too.

posted by amberglow 17 December | 19:18

I'd listen!

posted by LeeJay 17 December | 19:34

I'd listen too, as long as you throw in a little movie musical stuff too.

Yeah, I'm planning on it, actually. Pre-1970 and mostly Broadway is what I'm looking at right now, actually. With a bit of filmic stuff too.

Excellent! I'll email Mr. Geezer.

posted by jokeefe 17 December | 19:36

I'm with scirius, but that shouldn't stop you from doing it, since it sounds like others would enjoy it.

posted by BoringPostcards 17 December | 19:48

I would listen; it would probably remind me of the stuff my mom played when I was growing up (she was a singer).

posted by matildaben 17 December | 19:59

I'm putting it together now.

It's so nice to spend some time in an irony-free zone, I have to say. Oh, and Julie Andrews? A goddess who walks among us.

posted by jokeefe 17 December | 21:30

She's on ABC right now, jokeefe.

posted by jrossi4r 17 December | 21:33

Really? Damn, I must have missed this.

posted by jokeefe 17 December | 22:02

Applause! Applause!

posted by moonbird 17 December | 22:36

God bless you jokeefe, but I'm with scurius on this one. By all means do it, but I won't be able to listen to it. Working in theater killed musicals for me like Black Flag kills roaches: dead.

posted by bmarkey 17 December | 23:33

Not to worry: I'll give you plenty of warning. :D

But who doesn't like listening to Put the Blame on Mame, huh?

'Course it works better if you're actually watching Rita Hayworth smoke up the screen, I suppose.

posted by jokeefe 17 December | 23:56

I loooooooooooooove musicals! I would definitely want to listen. If I could figure out Mecha radio :-\

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 December | 00:00

I like old musicals. a lot. Maybe we need a 12 step group?

posted by theora55 18 December | 00:22

I originally mistyped that as 21 step group. That must be the one for dyslexics.

posted by theora55 18 December | 00:23

I spent two years in a college full of theatre majors. So, I , of course, would run screaming. And possible commit hari-kari.

posted by jonmc 18 December | 00:33

By cosmic coincidence, The Sound of Music is on CTV right this minute. God, it's awful. It doth both suck and blow. Good thing I hadn't planned on using any songs from it.

But it's worth it just to hear Julie Andrews sing. Yeesh, what a voice.

posted by jokeefe 18 December | 01:30

Awful? Awful??

The Sound of Music rocks!!

posted by mudpuppie 18 December | 01:39

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