Broadway Malady

Season 3, Episode 36, Aired

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To make money, Pinky suggests they stage a Broadway musical. Brain loves the idea but refuses to sell-out and do an Andrew Lloyd Webber-type show. Pinky goes on with Mice and becomes a major hit while Brain's Angst plays to a tiny theater filled with cardboard cut-outs of audience members.moreless
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      • Brain: We'll start with all the money you made on your musicals. Pinky: Sorry Brain, but I invested it all in a sure-fire thing: Waterworld - The Musical! Um, does sure thing mean you lose all your money?

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      • This cartoon was first aired as part of episode 44. The gag credit for this episode is: Schadenfreude - joy at the misfortune of others.

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      • Pinky: I invested it all in a sure-fire thing: Waterworld - The Musical! Waterworld was a 1995 Kevin Costner film infamous for being one of the biggest bombs in cinematic history.

      • The reviewers who praise Pinky's musical are takes on film reviewers Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, and Gene Shalit.

      • The ad for the play Fanboys Of The Opera is a parody of the Andrew Lloyd Webber play Phantom Of The Opera.

      • The musical staged by Pinky named Mice is a reference to Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats.

      • As Pinky is accepting his award, he says he "misses Norman Brain". In the famous finale of the 1954 film A Star is Born, Vicki Lester (Judy Garland)proclaims that she is "Mrs. Norman Maine" in reference to her late husband.

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