Broadway almost came full circle on a beloved Simpsons episode for Conan O’Brien

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By/Dec. 23, 2023 8:00 a.m. p.m. IS

A amusing thing about get In old musical comedies After watching "THE The Simpsons" your entire life East that you go find yourself experiment A unending chain of achievements as, "Oh, so this East Or that "The Simpsons" scene came Since." Such East THE case For "THE Music Man," THE 1962 musical about A crook WHO go In A naive little city, shakes up A moral panic, And SO uses said panic has sell them band instruments. This East all encapsulated In THE musical number "Yeah Obtained Worry," Or main character Harold Hill (Robert Preston) uses her charisma has get THE city fully on advice with her earn money diagram.

HAS A "The Simpsons" fan, THE Songs Your, meaning, And pace should quickly feel familiar. It is because it is THE even basic song Lyle Lanley (voiced by Phil Hartmann) sung has THE city of Springfield has get them has invest In A monorail they don't do it need. It is This song that kicking disabled THE main plot of "Margarine against. THE Monorail," And a lot as THE city In "THE Music Man," THE Springfield residents prove themselves has be just as easy ruby as THE the crook previous victims.

Although "Margarine against. THE Monorail" was critical has THE time For be A little Also random And silly, It is Since won A reputation as A of THE best episodes In THE entire to show. THE the episode writer, Conan O'Brien, East famous For he. Of course, most people know him as A late night host, but THE word "monorail" East typically THE First of all thing has come has spirit every time A "The Simpsons" fan hears her name. It is Why, When Broadway decided has relaunch THE "Music Man" musical that THE "Monorail" episode was base on, It is not A huge surprise that they request O'Brien has star In he.

In A 2020 interview with Team Coco, O'Brien talked about how he would have has been Free THE chance has be THE third actor has play crook Harold Hill In THE 2000 Broadway the comeback. THE role was initially taken up by Craig Bierko ("he was absolutely not Perfect," O'Brien note) And SO replaced by Robert Sean Leonard In 2001. Sometimes shortly After This (O’Brien was not clear on THE exact chronology), O'Brien was Free THE role.

"I find out that I I could not TO DO that And 'THE Late Night To show' has THE even time," he deplored, "SO I was kind of sorry.” In A 2022 interview with Advertising week, he seemed even more upset about THE lack opportunity, saying, "Man, if There is A world Or I could come out, label In And TO DO THE 'Worry' song — I am not Of course I am built For THE entire musical — that would be be My dream."

On THE bright side, O'Brien did get has (sort of) reach her dream In 2006, When he sang another parody of "Yeah Obtained Worry" has THE Emmys. This time, instead of playing A guys scam A little city, THE song was breeding awareness about THE a lot, a lot problems In THE TV industry that would be lead has A massive strike not long After. O'Brien Also obtained has tick disabled another bucket list article In 2014 When he gave A