Posted in: Musicouching by cutedrishti8 on September 15th, 2009 | 8 Comments
“Shipoopi” is a song in the 1957 musical The Music Man.
The song is sung by the character Marcellus Washburn, friend of Harold Hill. In the play, the song is regarding finding love and happens at about the same time that Marian begins to fall for Professor Hill’s wooing. Some version of the musical don’t feature Harold and Marian at the dance, and it is not known that the song is particularly about them, so the song may be considered as somewhat of a humor.
In 1962 film edition of The Music Man, Buddy Hackett played the character of Marcellus Washburn. According to the film documentary included with the comprehensive DVD release, choreographer Onna White was able to take someone not well known as a dancer, and make Hackett a dancing star for this number.
Here is the video
Goodselfme September 15th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Thank you!
Hugo La Rosa September 15th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Funny and entertaining. Excellent post!
unown971 September 15th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Great article!
Guy Hogan September 15th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
I always liked The Music Man. This article brought back some pleasant memories.
papaleng September 16th, 2009 at 12:02 am
I have watched the Music man, and I can now recall the lyrics of this song. Nice post.
gianne September 16th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I really like this. I have watched the Music Man as well.
lillyrose September 16th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
very funny! great post x
Rose2798 September 20th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I remember they played this song on “Family Guy”.