EPISODE 1: Schmicago (Schmigadoon Season 2) vs Original Influences

Pippin (1972): "Magic to Do" heavily influenced the song "Welcome to Schmicago," and Schmicago's narrator is very similar to Pippin's narrator Company (1970): The character Joanne who sang "Ladies Who Lunch" in Company shows up as a recurrent figure in each episode of Schmicago with her tag line "I'll drink to that!" Sweet Charity (1966): "Do We Shock You" in Schmicago is a parody of "Hey Big Spender" from Sweet Charity Cabaret (1966): The emcee of the Kratt Club is based on the emcee from Cabaret, and Jenny Banks is based on Sally Bowles from Cabaret. "Kaput" has similarities in its choreography / intro / message as "Mein Heir," with a musical progression similar to the title song "Cabaret." At one point, Jenny even sings "please get out of mein hair" as a direct pun/reference to "Mein Heir." As an aside, the roommate Elsie who dies in the song "Cabaret" is the name of the dancer (& Jenny's roommate) who dies in the first episode of Schmicago. All the other Kratt Club girls are named after orphans from the musical Annie (Annie, Kate, Molly, Tessie, Pepper, and Duffy). Chicago (1975): the start of the Overture to Chicago is similar to the background music of the Leprechaun's song. http://lckratzke.blogspot.com/2023/08.... --- Big thanks to ‪@broadwaybyghostlight‬ for his amazing breakdowns of Schmicago! Go to his youtube for much more in depth analyses of each episode, along with interviews with Chris Gattelli and Cinco Paul!