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Daefaroth
Since: Jan, 2014
27th Jul, 2016 11:38:52 AM
The song sounds like "Always look on the bright side of life" from Monty Pythons Life Of Brian, but the rest of it doesn't sound much like the movie at all.
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PaulA
Since: Jan, 2010
27th Jul, 2016 09:50:40 PM
Candide. "All's for the good in this best of all possible worlds."
This production
was shown on PBS about ten years ago — see if it rings any bells. (Oh, and here's the scene where Candide's girl gets it.)
Years ago when I was younger I saw a play on PBS that I found absolutely hilarious at the time, if I remember correctly it starts out with almost everyone in the protagonists village being killed by some sort of invaders I think they were supposed to be Spanish. During that scene they find the protagonist's girlfriend I think and they throw into the air a bunch while the narrator says something along the lines of "and they threw her in the air once, twice, three times, and then they stabbed her" In the meantime shes saying something like wee yay or hurrah until they stab her when she breaks the wall between her and the narrator saying wait what? The Narrator would also take breaks from that to play the main characters master, and when he would a man in a t-shirt reading Generic Narrator would take the place of the narrator. I believe they have some recurring song where they sang everything happens for a reason or to look on the sunny side of life or some other hopeful thing.