KDTime: Musically Sound

 Episode 70

Musical episodes have not only struck fear in the hearts and minds of fans far and wide. Network execs have had their fair share of facial palms whenever writers bring up the subject. I’m sure a few tv shows might have popped into your mind by now. And I can say that most that’s on my list aren’t that bad. They were actually surprisingly really good. I think that when I watch a show that’s not known for singing or there isn’t any indication that they can sing and I’m surprised by it is nice. But if they just tossed one in there to shake things up I'm like ugh in the words of Phil from The Rugrats in Paris movie “I hates when they sing”. 

Now before I continue. I’ll issue a spoiler alert here. And please note that if one of the shows you love, a personal favorite, is missing from the list understand this, 1 the shows mentioned are ones that i have in fact seen, 2 the musical episode from the show has to have multiple musical numbers, 3 the songs must be completely spontaneous and won’t because there’s a play within the show and lastly these shows I will talk about will not be musical by nature like Phineas and Ferb, glee, Zoey’s extraordinary playlist and crazy ex girlfriend.

The Shows and their episodes:

Grey's Anatomy season 7 episode 18 Song Beneath a Song. 

In this show there is so much going on and then they decided to do a musical that felt like a two parter. But I enjoyed watching it the first time and then I was like uh there was some cringey singing lol. But Callie, played by Sara Ramirez, was amazing. I often listen to her cover of The Story by Brandi Carlile. She’s the only powerhouse from the episode that I enjoyed listening to the most. It surely brought a tear to my eye and I don’t see how it didn’t for others but if I could choose one song from the episode it would be that one.

The Flash season 3 episode 17 duet

I was actually hoping they would do a musical on this show because I know Grant Gustin aka who played Barry Allen could sing because I watched Glee. And of course Jesse L. Martin playing Detective Joe West was fantastic in the Rent movie. And then to have supergirl’s Kara Danvers played by Melissa Benoist is also from Glee. So yea this episode was a treat in my opinion. 

Community season 3 episode 10 Regional Holiday Music

Who doesn’t love a Christmas musical episode? To have Taran Killam in there and a glee themed goings on. Community felt like the kind of college anybody would love to go to. It’s such a wacky place and the group of misfits. I am seriously waiting for that movie. They did the 6 seasons. Now it is time for the movie already.

Futurama season 4 episode 18 The Devil’s Hands are Idle Playthings

I like Futurama. And they did this musical episode and it’s cute. Fry is a simple character who is constantly trying to impress Leela. I enjoyed all the music and the operatic flow and watching Leela’s past and her future with Fry.

Even Stevens season 2 episode 21 Influenza: The Musical

This episode was very cute, all in Ren’s head because she was sick. It had some pretty memorable tunes also like “We went to the moon In 1969” and “Sixth Period”. I enjoyed the music and because the show is less than a half an hour it was pretty impressive to fit several original numbers in there. 

Dexter’s Laboratory season 2 episode 38 LAbretto

Speaking of short episodes, Dexter's Laboratory will always be one of my favorite Cartoon Network shows. This musical episode was cute. Another operatic giving us insight into Dexter's birth. My favorite song is “Hello, Dear Brother”.  The episode also earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in ‘98. 

Psych season 7 episode 15 & 16 Psych the musical

Honestly, we all kind of knew a musical was coming. I love Psych, it’s absolutely hilarious and the casting is gold. And what was even more awesome was by the end of the episode it was an entire "Psych" to the fans because the musical part was all apart of an elaborate playwright proposed by Shawn

Scrubs season 6 episode 6 My Musical

Scrubs, such a wonderfully written series minus season 9. This musical episode was well done. A lady comes in and imagines all the doctors, nurses, other patients, and dead guys singing! 

That 70’s show That 70s Musical season 4 episode 24

I think the best part about this episode is we are getting a good view from Fez’s mind. He’s excited about a spring musical that he is in and spends majority of the time trying to convince the gang to come and support him. Spoiler Alert they do. Also, they sing some 70s classics like Steve Miller's "The Joker," Nazareth's "Love Hurts," The Turtles' "Happy Together." and Peaches & Herb “Shake Your Groove Thing”. It was a very enjoyable episode and I love the bloopers at the end of it. 

Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 6 episode 7 Once More with Feeling

Sarah Michelle Gellar will always be Buffy to us even if she’s done more with her career. We all know her as Buffy. The bad guy in the episode was funny and could hold a tune. The thing that was probably the best part about this episode was that it pushed the story forward. Allowing all the characters to fully express themselves or their deeper feelings through song was a brilliant idea. None of them were going to come clean otherwise. So even if they defeated the evil, it opened the door of a bit more communication for the team.