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* AlterKocker: The nine old judges of the U.S. Supreme Court describe themselves as "the [[TWordEuphemism A.K.]]s who give the O.K.s."
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'''Fulton''': Of course the first prize, as you all know, is Mr. Wintergreen himself. The second prize is a season pass to Coney Island. And the third prize is an autographed photograph of Clara Bow, or ten cents in gold.
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'''Fulton''': Of course the first prize, as you all know, is Mr. Wintergreen himself. The second prize SecondPrize is a season pass to Coney Island. And the third prize is an autographed photograph of Clara Bow, or ten cents in gold.
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John [[MysteriousMiddleInitial P.]] Wintergreen is campaigning for President of the United States, but his party still has doubts that he can be elected without an issue to run on. "He even ''sounds'' like a President," the party men assure each other, but their vice-presidential nominee, Alexander Throttlebottom, looks like nobody anybody knows. They arrange for Wintergreen to marry the winner of an Atlantic City BeautyContest; with love as his platform, he will surely win by a landslide. But Wintergreen falls in love with a secretary by the name of Mary Turner, who can make corn muffins. The winner of the contest, Diana Devereaux, is infuriated at Wintergreen's refusal to marry her. But her demands for justice are blocked by the Supreme Court, which presides over Wintergreen's inauguration and simultaneous wedding to Mary. The complications do not stop there, with President Wintergreen facing diplomatic threats from France and impeachment from his own party. The popular anxiety about the president, however, quickly turns away from the scandal when the First Lady announces she is expecting a baby. All the country is waiting to hear whether it is a boy or girl. Mary finally gives birth to twins, and Throttlebottom averts war with France by finding a constitutional solution.
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John [[MysteriousMiddleInitial P.]] Wintergreen is campaigning for President of the United States, but his party still has doubts that he can be elected without an issue to run on. "He even ''sounds'' like a President," the party men assure each other, but their vice-presidential nominee, Alexander Throttlebottom, looks like nobody anybody knows. They arrange for Wintergreen to marry the winner of an Atlantic City BeautyContest; with love as his platform, he will surely win by a landslide. But Wintergreen falls in love with a secretary by the name of Mary Turner, who can make corn muffins. The winner of the contest, Diana Devereaux, is infuriated at Wintergreen's refusal to marry her. But her demands for justice are blocked by the Supreme Court, which presides over Wintergreen's inauguration and simultaneous wedding to Mary. The complications do not stop there, with for when Diana reveals she has a famous French ancestor, President Wintergreen facing faces diplomatic threats from France and impeachment from his own party. The popular anxiety about the president, however, quickly turns away from the scandal when the First Lady announces she is expecting a baby. All the country is waiting to hear whether it is a boy or girl. Mary finally gives birth to twins, and Throttlebottom averts war with France by finding a constitutional solution.
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* SiameseTwinSongs: Instead of traditional stand-alone songs, the Gershwins' score consists mostly of long musical sequences with several short songs that lead into one another: the first act finale starts with a brief song for the "Supreme Court Judges," followed by a chorus in praise of Wintergreen ("Hail! Hail!"), followed by Wintergreen singing his inaugural address ("I have definite ideas..."), which leads into Wintergreen's wedding song "A Kiss For Cinderella."
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* ShapedLikeItself: One of the inane campaign slogans sung in the opening number is "A Vote For Wintergreen Is A Vote For Wintergreen."
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* ShapedLikeItself: One of the inane campaign slogans sung shown in the opening number is "A Vote For Wintergreen Is A Vote For Wintergreen.""
* ShoutOut: When the French delegation enters, the orchestra plays the opening bars of George Gershwin's ''An American in Paris''.
* ShoutOut: When the French delegation enters, the orchestra plays the opening bars of George Gershwin's ''An American in Paris''.
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* ThemedWedding: The first act ends with the Supreme Court presiding over a ceremony which combines the inauguration of John P. Wintergreen as President with his marriage to Mary Turner, merging the traditional vows for both occasions.
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We really didn't know you had it in you!\\
Posterity\\
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''Of Thee I Sing'' is a musical comedy by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin, Music/GeorgeGershwin, originally produced in 1931. Its general theme is a satire on U.S. party politics.
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** Then again, it's not unheard-of for Southerners to use "y'all" in the singular. The plural, in this case, being "all y'all."
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John [[MysteriousMiddleInitial P.]] Wintergreen is campaigning for President of the United States, but his party still has doubts that he can be elected without an issue to run on. "He even ''sounds'' like a President," the party men assure each other, but their vice-presidential nominee, Alexander Throttlebottom, looks like nobody anybody knows. They arrange for Wintergreen to marry the winner of an Atlantic City BeautyContest; with love as his platform, he will surely win by a landslide. But Wintergreen falls in love with a secretary by the name of Mary Turner, who can make corn muffins. The winner of the contest, Diana Devereaux, is infuriated at Wintergreen's refusal to marry her. But her demands for justice are blocked by the Supreme Court, which presides over Wintergreen's inauguration and simultaneous wedding to Mary. The complications do not stop there, with President Wintergreen facing diplomatic threats from France and impeachment from his own party. The popular anxiety about the president, however, quickly turns away from the scandal Miss Devereaux when the First Lady announces she is expecting a baby. All the country is waiting to hear whether it is a boy or girl. Mary finally gives birth to twins, and Throttlebottom averts war with France by finding a constitutional solution.
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John [[MysteriousMiddleInitial P.]] Wintergreen is campaigning for President of the United States, but his party still has doubts that he can be elected without an issue to run on. "He even ''sounds'' like a President," the party men assure each other, but their vice-presidential nominee, Alexander Throttlebottom, looks like nobody anybody knows. They arrange for Wintergreen to marry the winner of an Atlantic City BeautyContest; with love as his platform, he will surely win by a landslide. But Wintergreen falls in love with a secretary by the name of Mary Turner, who can make corn muffins. The winner of the contest, Diana Devereaux, is infuriated at Wintergreen's refusal to marry her. But her demands for justice are blocked by the Supreme Court, which presides over Wintergreen's inauguration and simultaneous wedding to Mary. The complications do not stop there, with President Wintergreen facing diplomatic threats from France and impeachment from his own party. The popular anxiety about the president, however, quickly turns away from the scandal Miss Devereaux when the First Lady announces she is expecting a baby. All the country is waiting to hear whether it is a boy or girl. Mary finally gives birth to twins, and Throttlebottom averts war with France by finding a constitutional solution.
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* ChestOfMedals: The French Ambassador in ''Theatre/OfTheeISing'':
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* BreachOfPromiseOfMarriage: In the original version, Diana accuses Wintergreen of breach of promise. The SettingUpdate to 1952 removed the references to the outdated doctrine.
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** Then again, it's not unheard-of for Southerners to use "y'all" in the singular. The plural, in this case, being "all y'all."
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* BlueBlood: President Wintergreen gets the United States into international difficulties with France when its ambassador discovers that Diana Devereaux (who was to have been the President's wife if he hadn't met Mary Turner) is the illegitimate daughter of the illegitimate son of the illegitimate nephew of Napoleon.
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* ChestOfMedals: The French Ambassador in ''Theatre/OfTheeISing'':
-->(Enter the French Ambassador. You never saw so many medals.)\\
'''French Soldiers''': Ze French Ambassador!\\
'''Wintergreen''': I still can't see him!
-->(Enter the French Ambassador. You never saw so many medals.)\\
'''French Soldiers''': Ze French Ambassador!\\
'''Wintergreen''': I still can't see him!
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* CocaPepsiInc: Mentioned in the patter of "Love Is Sweeping The Country":
-->Chevrolet and Ford\\
Have felt this cosmic urging;\\
They, with one accord,\\
Have kissed and now are merging.
* ConsolationPrize: In the BeautyContest:
-->'''Fulton''': Matter of fact, we're getting up some consolation prizes. Got the list, Jenkins?\\
'''Jenkins''': Here you are, sir.\\
'''Fulton''': Of course the first prize, as you all know, is Mr. Wintergreen himself. The second prize is a season pass to Coney Island. And the third prize is an autographed photograph of Clara Bow, or ten cents in gold.
* CulturalPosturing
-->'''Senator from Massachusetts''': Mr. Chairman! I would like to call the attention of the Senate to a matter that has been puzzling me for some time. It has to do with a very interesting bridge hand, in which the cards were distributed as follows: East held the four aces, West the four kings, North the four queens, and South--ah--nothing of any importance.\\
'''[[SouthernGentleman Lyons]]''' ''(Rising indignantly)'': Mr. Chairman! The South will never be satisfied with a hand like that!
-->Chevrolet and Ford\\
Have felt this cosmic urging;\\
They, with one accord,\\
Have kissed and now are merging.
* ConsolationPrize: In the BeautyContest:
-->'''Fulton''': Matter of fact, we're getting up some consolation prizes. Got the list, Jenkins?\\
'''Jenkins''': Here you are, sir.\\
'''Fulton''': Of course the first prize, as you all know, is Mr. Wintergreen himself. The second prize is a season pass to Coney Island. And the third prize is an autographed photograph of Clara Bow, or ten cents in gold.
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-->'''Senator from Massachusetts''': Mr. Chairman! I would like to call the attention of the Senate to a matter that has been puzzling me for some time. It has to do with a very interesting bridge hand, in which the cards were distributed as follows: East held the four aces, West the four kings, North the four queens, and South--ah--nothing of any importance.\\
'''[[SouthernGentleman Lyons]]''' ''(Rising indignantly)'': Mr. Chairman! The South will never be satisfied with a hand like that!
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Wintergreen's Presidential office in the White House has a view of the Washington Monument. He asks his secretary Jenkins what it is, and Jenkins immediately identifies it as Grant's Tomb.
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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Wintergreen isn't too keen on marrying Diana Devereaux or any of the other BeautyContest girls, since he doubts their ability to cook: "Why, the average girl today can't cook--she can't even broil an egg." Mary insists that ''she'' can cook, and introduces him to her corn muffins, which go ThroughHisStomach straight to his heart.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Throttlebottom presides over Wintergreen's impeachment trial. The Constitution specifies that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over impeachment trials, to avoid the conflict of interest.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: "Anybody got a drink?", asks Wintergreen repeatedly, as the birth of Mary's baby is imminent.
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* VicePresidentWho: No one even recognizes Throttlebottom. They can't even remember the name of the person they nominated. He has to join a tour group to see the White House.
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* VicePresidentWho: No one even recognizes Throttlebottom. They can't even remember the name of the person they nominated. Throttlebottom even forgets his own name from time to time. He has to join a tour group to see the White House.
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* ChorusGirls: All the pretty girls assembled for the beauty contest meant to score Wintergreen a wife form a chorus.
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* TitleDrop: "Of Thee I Sing" is the love song that Wintergreen sings to Mary.
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* WhatsUpKingDude: First Lady Mary Wintergreen takes calls from the butcher.
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''Of Thee I Sing'' is a musical comedy by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin, originally produced in 1931. Its general theme is a satire on U.S. party politics. It was the first musical ever to win the Pulitzer Prize.\n
* ElectionDayEpisode: Scene V of Act I is a very silly montage of Election Night which concludes with Wintergreen's victory.
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* HaveAGayOldTime: When Wintergreen is urged to fall in love with some woman in order to get elected. "You make love to her from now till Election Day as no girl was ever made love to before!"
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* HaveAGayOldTime: When Wintergreen is urged to fall in love with some woman in order to get elected. "You make love to her from now till Election Day as no girl was ever made love to before!"before!" Later, a stage direction describes "Miss Turner at her gayest."
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* VoteEarlyVoteOften: The Election Night montage has Wintergreen voting three different times. A little bit later news bulletins say "Wintergreen lacks only four votes to win!" followed by "WINTERGREEN CASTS LAST FOUR VOTES!"
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''Of Thee I Sing'' was a huge hit and won the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize. It was the first musical and the first comedy to win the Pulitzer, previous winners all having been deadly serious dramas.
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* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Supposed Southerner Diana Devereaux makes the classic mistake of addressing a single person as "Y'all."
* ArtisticLicenseSports: Played for a gag. "At the end of the first period in Montreal: Boston Bruins 3, Chicago White Sox 1." (Those two teams are in different sports.)
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* BriefAccentImitation: All the chorus girls, as well as Wintergreen and Mary, make fun of Diana's thick Southern accent.
* ChorusGirls: All the pretty girls assembled for the beauty contest meant to score Wintergreen a wife form a chorus.
* TheDitz: Throttlebottom is a nice guy but not terribly bright. ("What year was 1812?")
* FourthDateMarriage: Wintergreen and Mary fall in love over the course of a single conversation.
* FourthDateMarriage: Wintergreen and Mary fall in love over the course of a single conversation.
* HaveAGayOldTime: When Wintergreen is urged to fall in love with some woman in order to get elected. "You make love to her from now till Election Day as no girl was ever made love to before!"
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* NoPartyGiven: The party that elects Wintergreen and Throttlebottom is never mentioned. They describe themselves as "Republican in most states" but Democrats down in the South.
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* VicePresidentWho: No one even recognizes Throttlebottom.
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* VicePresidentWho: No one even recognizes Throttlebottom. They can't even remember the name of the person they nominated.
--> "You know, vice-presidents don't usually go around in public."
--> "You know, vice-presidents don't usually go around in public."
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* ShapedLikeItself: One of the inane campaign slogans sung in the opening number is "A Vote For Wintergreen Is A Vote For Wintergreen."
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''Of Thee I Sing'' is a musical comedy by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by George Gershwin, originally produced in 1931. Its general theme is a satire on U.S. party politics. It was the first musical ever to win the Pulitzer Prize.
John [[MysteriousMiddleInitial P.]] Wintergreen is campaigning for President of the United States, but his party still has doubts that he can be elected without an issue to run on. "He even ''sounds'' like a President," the party men assure each other, but their vice-presidential nominee, Alexander Throttlebottom, looks like nobody anybody knows. They arrange for Wintergreen to marry the winner of an Atlantic City BeautyContest; with love as his platform, he will surely win by a landslide. But Wintergreen falls in love with a secretary by the name of Mary Turner, who can make corn muffins. The winner of the contest, Diana Devereaux, is infuriated at Wintergreen's refusal to marry her. But her demands for justice are blocked by the Supreme Court, which presides over Wintergreen's inauguration and simultaneous wedding to Mary. The complications do not stop there, with President Wintergreen facing diplomatic threats from France and impeachment from his own party. The popular anxiety about the president, however, quickly turns away from the scandal Miss Devereaux when the First Lady announces she is expecting a baby. All the country is waiting to hear whether it is a boy or girl. Mary finally gives birth to twins, and Throttlebottom averts war with France by finding a constitutional solution.
The show had an unsuccessful sequel, ''Let 'Em Eat Cake'', which featured, among other items, a [[SoapboxSquare Union Square demonstration]], an army of blue-shirted revolutionaries, a [[BaseballEpisode baseball game]], a public execution, and a FashionShow, interspersed with more than a few routines lifted from the earlier show.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The French soldiers' song
* BriefAccentImitation
* ChorusGirls
* DarkReprise: "Who Cares"
* DarkerAndEdgier: In "Of Thee I Sing" the most that's threatened is impeachment and France ending diplomatic relations with the country. In the sequel, "Let 'Em Eat Cake," most of the cast are nearly executed, including many women who try and fail to escape the death sentence by claiming that they're pregnant.
* FrenchJerk: The French Ambassador
* IrrelevantActOpener: "Hello, Good Morning"
* MistakenForServant: The President Elect mistakes the Vice-President for a servant.
* NoPartyGiven
* OpeningChorus: "Wintergreen For President"
* RecognitionFailure: Throttlebottom
* SetSwitchSong: "Love is Sweeping the Country"
* SettingUpdate: The 1952 Broadway revival, regarded as a commercial and artistic failure
* SouthernBelle: Diana Devereaux
* ThroughHisStomach: Mary can make corn muffins!
* TwentyFifthAmendment: Didn't exist at the time the show was written, so it used Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 instead.
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn
* VicePresidentWho: No one even recognizes Throttlebottom.
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John [[MysteriousMiddleInitial P.]] Wintergreen is campaigning for President of the United States, but his party still has doubts that he can be elected without an issue to run on. "He even ''sounds'' like a President," the party men assure each other, but their vice-presidential nominee, Alexander Throttlebottom, looks like nobody anybody knows. They arrange for Wintergreen to marry the winner of an Atlantic City BeautyContest; with love as his platform, he will surely win by a landslide. But Wintergreen falls in love with a secretary by the name of Mary Turner, who can make corn muffins. The winner of the contest, Diana Devereaux, is infuriated at Wintergreen's refusal to marry her. But her demands for justice are blocked by the Supreme Court, which presides over Wintergreen's inauguration and simultaneous wedding to Mary. The complications do not stop there, with President Wintergreen facing diplomatic threats from France and impeachment from his own party. The popular anxiety about the president, however, quickly turns away from the scandal Miss Devereaux when the First Lady announces she is expecting a baby. All the country is waiting to hear whether it is a boy or girl. Mary finally gives birth to twins, and Throttlebottom averts war with France by finding a constitutional solution.
The show had an unsuccessful sequel, ''Let 'Em Eat Cake'', which featured, among other items, a [[SoapboxSquare Union Square demonstration]], an army of blue-shirted revolutionaries, a [[BaseballEpisode baseball game]], a public execution, and a FashionShow, interspersed with more than a few routines lifted from the earlier show.
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!!This show contains examples of:
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The French soldiers' song
* BriefAccentImitation
* ChorusGirls
* DarkReprise: "Who Cares"
* DarkerAndEdgier: In "Of Thee I Sing" the most that's threatened is impeachment and France ending diplomatic relations with the country. In the sequel, "Let 'Em Eat Cake," most of the cast are nearly executed, including many women who try and fail to escape the death sentence by claiming that they're pregnant.
* FrenchJerk: The French Ambassador
* IrrelevantActOpener: "Hello, Good Morning"
* MistakenForServant: The President Elect mistakes the Vice-President for a servant.
* NoPartyGiven
* OpeningChorus: "Wintergreen For President"
* RecognitionFailure: Throttlebottom
* SetSwitchSong: "Love is Sweeping the Country"
* SettingUpdate: The 1952 Broadway revival, regarded as a commercial and artistic failure
* SouthernBelle: Diana Devereaux
* ThroughHisStomach: Mary can make corn muffins!
* TwentyFifthAmendment: Didn't exist at the time the show was written, so it used Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 instead.
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn
* VicePresidentWho: No one even recognizes Throttlebottom.
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