"Melons, and lemons and pears!" "Oh, my!" No offence to those who find it funny, but to me this is a really lame, unnecessary reference to The Wizard of Oz and I'm really, really surprised that Winnie Holzman would sink that low. The first time I heard it I was like "OOOookkk!" I don't let it ruin how much I enjoy the rest of the show, but i must admit for a moment there I'm always just disgusted. "Well, there's no place like home' is actually funny in an odd sort of way and not corny or lame. But the thing between Boq and Nessarose...ugh! Does anyone know where I'm coming from?

i never heard that line! when do they say it, and who says it?

Boq and Nessarose. AT the Ozdust Ballroom. During DTL.

okay, what is the context?

Nessa asks Boq, "What's in this drink?"... :ha: ... I personally like this line. But I respect your opinion. :mrgreen:

Rat waiter hands them cups of punch.

Nessa: What's in this punch?

Boq: melons and lemons and pears.

Nessa: Oh, my!

oh, i must have missed that!

And the audience always laughs their heads off like it's actually funny! :roll:

...i thought it was funny.......

i think iwould have laughed too, i think i did, i just don't remeber it... don't shoot! :gun2:

.....I got a good chuckle out of it......

Out of curiousity, why is it so funny? I just though "lame!" and cringed from the almost unbearable corniness.

I always think its funny. Its because WICKED is so not Wizard of Oz that it makes people laugh when they make fun of it or quote it some how.

It was actually fiyero and galinda's line first but they switched it...

this is off topic, but my least favorite line is "If you do something for the Wizard he'll do much for you." i always think that madame morrible and the wizard are secretly doing things on the side..that line just sounds so awkwordly sexual. *laughs*

that reminds me of "When you're good to Mama" from Chicago! :ha:

i was so totally thinking that....even before i scrolled down and saw your post.


i think the lines that kinda quote the Wizard of Oz are funny, but corny. some are good in context, and some it feels like they tried really hard to connect it with the Wizard of Oz

I thought the lemons and melons and pears joke was funny. It was even funnier when some Nessa, I forget who it was (Cristy Candler?), said "oh my" in a very flirtatious kind of way...

"There's no place like home" just doesn't seem like the right response to Nessa asking "what are you doing here?" I liked it better in its original context, when Elphaba uses it as a response to the Wizard telling her she loves Oz too much to actually hurt anyone.

I liked the lemons and melons and pears.

After a while it seems kinda corny, but at first it's funny cuz you're not really expecting it. It's just fun to have those random references to the Wizard of Oz in there. And I think what makes it funnier for people is when they say it naturally so it doesn't sound like a forced joke. When I first heard the line, it was funny cuz it was natural, not a forced reference.

If I answered this honestly I'd have to say most of the libretto and a good portion of the book. I've long had issues with the words. The score is brilliant and the acting, costumes, lighting and other technical aspects have always been superb... but the words? Sorry, no. I don't they're Schwartz's best by any means... but since the good outweighs the bad, I still love the show!

I didnt think the "lemons and melons and pears" line was corny...it was cute but not corny. I think a really corny and annoying line is "Why Miss Elphaba, look. You're beautiful" it is almost impossible to deliver that line and make it not sound corny and that really annoys me!

During Defying Gravity::

Glinda: Elphie, you're trembling. Here, put this around you. *puts cape on Elphie*

People always start laughing at the point, and I don't think it's funny at all. Yeah it kinda shows that Glinda dresses Elphaba, but I don't find it funny. Maybe I just don't get it.

People laugh at the cape, but it's not because they find it funny, if that makes any sense. They laugh at the irony of it, not the humor.

I must say that Winnie Holzman overdid the Ozian words a little bit. They're cute at first and there are certainly some scenes that call for them, but after a while they get kind of annoying, especially when they pop up in the more dramatic scenes when they're really not all that appropriate to the mood.

Also, "a seed dropped by a skybird..." what the heck is a skybird?

a skybird....hmm.....a bird in the sky? lmao...I dunno. but I :heart: that song.

hmmmm.....I have to think about a line that I don't like. ok. in WWOTE. when Nessarose says, "I have to...I have to...magic spell you." that just sounds....weird.

the cape wasnt funny. in a (___) i saw its like she puts the cape around and only one person laffs. its funny.

The cape part isn't really a humor funny, it's more of a "oooooh" funny, because now the look for The Wicked Witch of the West we have always known is complete.
And the skybird isn't Winnie's fault, it's Stephen's :ha:

Are you kidding?!!?

This line gets so many laughs!

I love it!

Which other way? Maybe if they had specified, I wouldn't mind this line so much. :disagree:

I think it's mildly funny... like tickling.... but not :ha: :lol1: funny.... I don't really have a problem with it.

i gave a little chuckle out of it...i hate the lines shall i fetch you a glass of water...i have a list of words i hate and fetch is on it...lol

Wow, I have a very different idea of what is awkward and corny than y'all seem to! This is quite interesting. Another line I don't like is "You look positively.....emerald!" Well, ain't that witty? :roll: I also agree with what someone said earlier about Winnie over-doing all the cute Ozian words. Especially when Nessarose goes "If you hadn't shown me that horrendible book!" I mean, that's supposed to be a serious scene, right? Boq is friggin almost dying! What was the point in throwing in such an awkward word that's apparently supposed to be funny?

That's just the way they talked.

i thought "horrendible" fit into the scene and the lines. i know it's a serious scene, but i didn't think "horrendible" took away from it, it's not as obvious and cute as other words like some of the ones Galinda says earlier (can't think of any off the top of my head now)

Ok. I think this thread is unnesscary

I only got a little chuckle out of the melons, lemons & pears, oh my line. I wouldn't say its exactly corny, but its not a huge laugh out loud moment for me. I think perhaps some of the lines are meant to be corny. Especially when Elphaba & Glinda are in the Emerald City, they are still young and sort of innocent/naieve/childish still. Maybe thats just me though.

haha i was going to type that!

i also dont care for "would it be all right by you...if i degreenify you" cus i hate when they rhyme one word with the same word :?

you knows what really funny? When i saw this topic i imediatly thought of "lemons and melons and pears oh my!" cause its my least favorite line too!!! OMG! yeah its wayyyy cheesy! :roll:

I actually like that line :ha:

I've never like the "the artichoke is steammed" line. Surely Galinda could have been given a better and funnier insult!

Ooh, I love that line! :mrgreen:

"I do, I can't explain....it's just...you know what I mean?" I could have done without...

I thought I was just being perverted when I thought that, lol.

I will try to explain the "It's not lying It's looking at things another way"
Well everyone has always told Elphie she was ugly just because she was different, what Fiyero was saying i think anyway, he finds her beutiful for being different.

i think the point was to make it so lame and cheesy that people would think it's funny... you know, like when you hear a really corny joke that's so bad you have to laugh at it?

Well, and it served the purpose of giving Boq and Nessa some dialogue that showed how nervous they were.

:agree:

cheesy joke #1 why does everyone like mr. mushroom?

because he's a fungi! (get it?)

also, isn't that line the beginning of when boq tries to tell nessa why he brought her there?

I dont really like "Oh miss Elphaba look at you. You're beautiful"
and the way Carole Shelley says "...and Shut Up!" to Glinda is weird...

i love how they do stuff like that...........but i was like *cringe* wow that scary.......but the line is purrdy funny if you jusy think once about it

I agree! It sounds like something that the evil lady with the crazy red hair would say to the little girl in the old Disney move "The Rescuers"! :ha:

Um, why?