Dewey: Freddy, what do you like to do? Freddy: I 'unno... burn stuff.
"I read about groupies. They're sluts, they sleep with the band!"
In the movie Dewey tries to offer a better comparison by calling them "cheerleaders," disgusting Summer even further; in the musical she shows him something on her phone and he panics and immediately offers to find her another job.
The very disgruntled face she's making as she waits for Dewey's van to pull up.
"You are a fat loser and you have body odor!"
On the DVD Commentary, all of the child actors literally beg Robert Tsai to say the line for them (he doesn't comply).
Billy continuing to snipe at Dewey even after he declared the trash-talking session over.
Billy: You're tacky and I hate you. Dewey: All right, you see me after class!
"Don't be talking about my bow tie!"
The way Dewey snaps his fingers at Zack to give him the lyrics to his song, then points straight at him and says "No more secret songs!" It speaks to Jack Black's acting abilities that all we see is in the shot is his arm and he can still communicate exactly what he's thinking.
“Actually, it’s Schnay-blay!”
When the principal comes in suddenly in the movie, Dewey pretends to teach "E=MC2." In the stage play, he does the same-only he pronounces it "E equals McDoubled".
"Math is a wonderful thing, Math is a really cool thing. So get off your ath, let's do some math! Math, math, math, math, maaath!"
Dewey trying to correct Marta even though she gave the right answer to 54-45:
Dewey:*still singing* "No, it's eight!" Marta:*also singing, slightly confused* "No, it's niiine." Dewey:*beat as he realizes he probably shouldn't double down on this* "...Yes, I was testing you, iiiit's niiine! And that's a magic number!"
One of the outfits Billy makes for the band and Dewey's reaction. Punctuated by the extremely annoyed expressions on Katy and (especially) Freddie's faces while they're modeling it.
When Ms. Mullins is disciplining a little girl, said girl starts to cry and Ms. Mullins says (in the same stern voice) "Would you like a hug?" — and it's this which prompts the girl to swear she'll be good from now on.
Even funnier is when Ms. Mullins reaches out her arms to hug her, she steps away and screams like she's about to be murdered.
Like in the movie, Summer in the musical adaptation sings "Memory" from Cats. Dewey stops her, saying that the song's from his least favorite composer.note Andrew-Lloyd Webber composed the songs for Cats and the musical adaption of School of Rock.
After saying this, Dewey says that "I never want to hear that song in this building again". The theaters showing School of Rock on both Broadway and West End have had Cats play in them in the past.
This is even BETTER during a show in the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London - where Catsfirst opened in 1981.
When Dewey is convincing a tipsy Ms. Mullins to let his class go on a field trip to a classical music concert (which is really the Battle of the Bands), some of the "classical" artists he says that the children will be listening to are Beethoven, Mozart, and Enya.
Ms. Mullins, slightly tipsy and finally relaxing in a pub with Dewey, jamming to "Edge of Seventeen".
The kids feigning the terminal illness "Stick-it-to-da-man-ni-osis". That is all. The one taking the cake is Freddy, who is pretending to be dead.
When Dewey chastises them for celebrating too enthusiastically and reminds them they are supposed to be dying Freddy falls face first back into the gutter.
The look on Summer's face when Dewey unleashes a sudden Big "WHAT?!" in response to some bad news about Freddy. The flash of terror in her eyes is way too convincing to have been scripted.
Dewey: I have been touched by your kids, and I'm pretty sure I've touched them. (Horrified, disgusted looks on the parents faces. Cut to Dewey running out of the class in a hurry.)
Made worse in the stage play:
Dewey: These children of yours have truly touched me, and I can assure you I have definitely touched them. Horrified Parents: What?? Dewey: Well, most of them.
After having to endure further verbal abuse from the parents, who are understandably upset at her for allowing Dewey to pose as their children's teacher, Miss Mullins excuses herself, walks down the hall and makes herself stand in the corner.
After learning that Dewey's class has gone to the Battle of the Bands, she goes back to the parents and tells them, in a congratulatory voice, "I've just been informed that all of your children are missing!" *shrug!*
The parents' shocked and awed faces right after two of the children sing "Kick some ass!" It's like, "I can't believe they just sung that."
Joan Cusack's hilarious delivery of the following exchange (after Ms Mullins is backstage to congratulate the band).
Dewey: So you're not mad? Ms. Mullens: Mad? I'm furious!
Spider, the replacement guitarist in Dewey's old band, trying to pick up Ms. Mullins.
Dewey at the end of the credits, yelling at the audience to leave the theater: "The cleaner guy's gotta come and clean up the sticky stuff on the floor... aaaahhhh!!"
"Look at that name right there! I do not know that guy!"
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Alex Brightman (the original Broadway Dewey)'s vlogs for Broadway.com, Hard Rock Life, have their fair share of funny backstage antics. Episode 2, in particular, features recurring player (and former vlogger herself) Sierra Boggess in her natural habitat... listening to Barbra Streisand.
, in particular, features recurring player (and former vlogger herself) Sierra Boggess in her natural habitat... listening to Barbra Streisand.