Schmigadoon! - General Discussion

[HelloooKitty]

Oh yes most def a phantom reference. Along with his statement “I just want someone to love me”- very phantom sentiment. 
 

I figured it and dream girls were just setting us up for next season when they move into Les Smig!

[Spartan Girl]

18 hours ago, QuantumMechanic said:

So in the first season finale the final song hinted at this season by picking up a lot of 60s vibes (the style, the tambourines, etc.)

Anything like that this time around? I didn't get any sense of an era from that final song.

I think this time it was the chandelier dropping that hinted of things to come.

*cue Phantom overture*

4 hours ago, lovett1979 said:

I too was hoping that she would turn out to be the wife/mom. In Sweeney, The Beggar Woman is the only character that doesn't seem to be involved in the plot until the discovery at the end. Likewise, as much fun as it is to have a drunk lady quoting Company in the background, she's the only character that isn't really involved in any of the plots. Making her Daisy would have been much better story-telling AND a better reference to the source material.

That would have been cool but a little too much. Also would have detracted from the theme that there are no real happy endings.

[Rinaldo]

5 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

I think this time it was the chandelier dropping that hinted of things to come.

That, and opening with Dreamgirls (1981).

Edited May 4, 2023 by Rinaldo

[allonsyalice]

Playbill!

[QuantumMechanic]

https://ew.com/tv/schmigadoon-season-2-finale-cinco-paul/

[SomeTameGazelle]

4 hours ago, allonsyalice said:

Playbill!

I thought they might connect the daisy Jenny puts in the gun with her mother's name as well. 

[HelloooKitty]

The quiet and empty backstage before the dream girls number was giving me a bit of the end of “all that jazz” as was the “stay “ at the end of the show. 

[Fake Jan Brady]

12 hours ago, iMonrey said:

Melissa's vintage wedding dress really was beautiful.

It looked better standing up.

Loved the 'Pippin' revival reference to the narrator being replaced with a female version.

[HerkyJerky]

3 hours ago, QuantumMechanic said:

https://ew.com/tv/schmigadoon-season-2-finale-cinco-paul/

From the article: 

What was the thought process with the type of role that each returning performer was taking on? Was it more about wanting to use these actors in different ways or ways you didn't get to show previously? Or is there some connection between who Betsy and Jenny are as people that figures into the mythology of the Schmigadoon! world? 

It's a mix of both because it was giving them a chance to flex another muscle and show their versatility. ... Alan's character in both seasons is tortured by something. Dove's characters are both innocent in their own way, innocent yet kind of knowing. And Aaron's characters are both focused on themselves. There's those sorts of connections.

[kwnyc]

I think they even used the same streetcorner from the last scene of "Godspell."Last scene of Godspell.

[SomeTameGazelle]

On 5/1/2023 at 8:27 AM, allonsyalice said:

Soundtrack releases tomorrow! What banger is gonna top your list?

I find it very hard to choose. With season one they sold the soundtrack by episode and the only songs I had to have were With All of Your Heart, Suddenly, and I Always Always Never Get My Man. With season two am probably singing Everyone's Gotta Get Naked, Bustin' Out, and A Happy Beginning most, but I am having a hard time not listing 90% of the rest of the songs as well.

[QuantumMechanic]

4 hours ago, kwnyc said:

I think they even used the same streetcorner from the last scene of "Godspell."Last scene of Godspell.

I think you meant this video instead:

https://youtu.be/ndOBdlL6Uwg?t=139

[Cthulhudrew]

Holy cow. Ariana's "Over and Done" was incredible.

[xander874]

I enjoyed this season a lot and can't wait for Season 3. I do wish they had added an episode or 2 cause it felt so rushed at the end. I did want some twist that the Narrator had turned out to be the killer or something but I did appreciate the falling chandelier and organ music hinting at things to come.

Seeing Jaime Camil in Rocky drag made me realize that they didn't do much with that show (although I understand) but also we didn't get anything of the Wiz did we? Again, that may have been hard but there could've been some kind of throw away line or shot.

[SomeTameGazelle]

33 minutes ago, xander874 said:

we didn't get anything of the Wiz did we? Again, that may have been hard but there could've been some kind of throw away line or shot.

I am just now listening to an interview with Cinco Paul where he mentions that he actually kept trying to find a place to have a hint of Ease on Down the Road but ultimately could not.

https://www.tedlassopod.com/cinco-paul-schmigadoon-schmicago-ted-lasso/

[Rinaldo]

2 hours ago, xander874 said:

can't wait for Season 3.

Do we know that there will be a Season 3? This ending could easily serve as a series finale.

[QuantumMechanic]

1 hour ago, Rinaldo said:

Do we know that there will be a Season 3? This ending could easily serve as a series finale.

We (and Cinco) are all waiting to see what Apple decides.

[tennisgurl]

I think that chandelier was definitely foreshadowing for season three. Bring on the mega musicals! Phantom of the Schmigohra? Les Schimgerables? 

The lesson was what I was guessing/hoping that it would be, that life can be rough but that's alright, you have to keep going. They also ended up teaching the Schmicago inhabitants sort of the opposite of what the Schmigadoonians had to learn, that everything doesn't have to be all dark and dingy all of the time and you can have happiness even if things can be hard.

So many bangers this season, that Dream Girls song was amazing, so glad that Ariana got a big moments to shine. 

Did anyone else think a bit of Pippin at the end when the narrator was trying to convince Josh and Melissa to give up on the real world and stay?

The only real problem I had with this season is that it was so short, it could have really used those extra two episodes. Hopefully we get a longer season next time!

Edited May 5, 2023 by tennisgurl

[lovett1979]

18 minutes ago, tennisgurl said:

Did anyone else think a bit of Pippin at the end when the narrator was trying to convince Josh and Melissa to give up on the real world and stay?

 

Yes, it was absolutely the end of Pippin, the underscoring matched it as well. (with a little bit of Company thrown in as well)

[Rinaldo]

Essential as always, here is the Broadway by Ghostlight breakdown of Episode 6:

 

If Doug Besterman says he intended a "Being Alive" reference with Kratt's interrupted song, he would know, and I absolutely accept that. But its introductory vamp had a little something of Anthony's version of "Johanna" in it, too, to my ears.

[SomeTameGazelle]

Watching Maybe It's My Turn Now again and loving how much Josh enjoys Melissa's performance -- and the fact that in the next scene before he runs into the Tribe that's the song he's whistling.

[Harvey]

Very curious to see if there will be a season 3. Like what lesson would they need to learn next? What motivation could they have to go back to Schmigadoon? Also it looks like Melissa did get pregnant in the end so I guess they have a kid now.

[brisbydog]

3 hours ago, Harvey said:

Very curious to see if there will be a season 3. Like what lesson would they need to learn next? What motivation could they have to go back to Schmigadoon? Also it looks like Melissa did get pregnant in the end so I guess they have a kid now.

Maybe their kid goes ShmInto the Woods?

[AnimeMania]

Jane Krakowski talks 'sparkler work,' learning trapeze, and perfecting her splits for Schmigadoon season 2

[AnimeMania]

No Stunt Double Needed! ‘Schmigadoon’ Team and Jane Krakowski Break Down Impressive Acrobat Scene

[magpye29]

On 4/6/2023 at 11:36 AM, iMonrey said:

Why did he have a sock puppet?

Gilmer McCormick wore a little puppet all through Godspell.

[WildFlower87]

Cancelled

https://tvline.com/news/schmigadoon-cancelled-season-3-not-returning-apple-tv-plus-1235003518/

[Spartan Girl]

6 hours ago, WildFlower87 said:

Cancelled

https://tvline.com/news/schmigadoon-cancelled-season-3-not-returning-apple-tv-plus-1235003518/

[SomeTameGazelle]

36 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:

In the article Cinco Paul seems to hold out hope that there could be some other path forward. He has written songs for it! It could happen somehow. I hope. Fingers crossed.

[AnimeMania]

‘Schmigadoon!’ Season 3 and Its 25 New Songs Aren’t Happening at Apple

The ‘Schmigadoon!’ Season 3 script and 25 new songs were finished.

[Good Queen Jane]

Surely one of the other streaming platforms could pick it up. Lorne Michaels is a producer. Maybe he could convince Peacock to put it on.

Edited January 19 by Good Queen Jane

[QuantumMechanic]

A revamped Season 1 is coming to the stage:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater/2024/05/07/schmigadoon-stage-musical-kennedy-center/

Paul also says that the already-written Season 3 is 80s and 90s musicals and that he hasn't given up trying to find someone to do it.

Edited May 7 by QuantumMechanic

[AnimeMania]

'Schmigadoon!' Creator Reveals Season 3 Would've Taken Viewers "Into the Schmoods"

Season 3 of Schmigadoon would have referenced classic musicals from the '80s and '90s.

25 new songs were already written invoking Into the Woods, Assassins, Sunday in the Park With George, Dick Tracy, Merrily We Roll Along, Cats, Sunset Boulevard, Starlight Express, Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, Boublil, Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Rent, City of Angels, Side Show, The Wiz, Labyrinth, and more.

[justmehere]

So sad we won't get to see it. No doubt it would have been great.

[krankydoodle]

I put off watching season 2 because I'm not familiar with most of the musicals that inspired it, but just binge watched the whole thing and loved it. I'm even more disappointed now that we're not getting a season 3 because I really wanted to see what they had planned for musicals from the 80s and 90s, especially Phantom, Cats, and Les Miz. It's such a shame that this show didn't get a bigger audience. The songs are so clever and catchy and the dialogue is so sharp. I rewatched the pilot and forgot how many funny moments there are, like when they first arrive at Schmigadoon and Josh compares the singing townspeople to the creepy islanders in The Wicker Man. Or in season 2 when he's confronted by all the naked hippies and notes that a few of them have worrisome-looking moles.

Speaking of the first episode, in the six months before Schmigadoon scene when we see Josh sleeping and Melissa in bed eating candy, I had forgotten about the little dog there too. Does the dog ever get mentioned again?

Keegan-Michael Key has been having a run of bad luck with his tv shows: Friends from College on Netflix, Reboot on Hulu, and now Schmigadoon on Apple all cancelled after 1 or 2 seasons. I didn't watch the Netflix show, but Reboot also deserved better.

[AnimeMania]

‘Schmigadoon!’ Keeps Its Songs Intact as It Leaps from TV Screens to the Stage

Schmigadoon! will have a live stage adaptation at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C from January 31, 2024 – February 9, 2025. It will contain all of the songs from Season 1 plus three more, including a new love song between the mayor and the reverend. This new show was originally written for High Schools to perform.

8 episodes were originally written for Schmigadoon! Season 1 for Apple TV+, but was wittled down to 6.

[HerkyJerky]

4 hours ago, AnimeMania said:

Schmigadoon! will have a live stage adaptation at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C from January 31, 2024 – February 9, 2025. It will contain all of the songs from Season 1 plus three more, including a new love song between the mayor and the reverend. This new show was originally written for High Schools to perform.

I already have my tickets. Can’t wait!