Why did the Pina Colada song man Rupert Holmes decide to write a meta-comedy musical based on the morose Charles Dickens serial The Mystery of Edwin Drood? Jonah and MJ had no idea, and this episode of Bop or Flop does not answer it. Listen in on their conversation as they discuss tongue twisters, whodunnits, and the definition of love on the show that made MJ fall in love with musical theatre.

Notes

The most recent revival’s stats
https://www.playbill.com/article/they-dunnit-tallies-are-i. n-for-most-popular-drood-killers-closing-night-surprises-too-com-203296

Taron Egerton saying his own name in Thirst Tweets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT8QS5sxONw

Betty Buckley and the cast of Cats at the Tonys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mlllRdIfqw

Betty Buckley Pirate Jenny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9eSMi8rjuk

Classic Looney Tunes clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJI_gygXsfs

Me and Jonah @ Both Sides of the Coin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwIFMCKlVK8

Cocktail Counterpoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV2-KZ8hllM

Drood reimagined as symphonic metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFdN1v2YEE

Dangerous Game - Jekyll and Hyde
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfmsMRwx6Xs

The Tik Tok Ratatouille Musical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92brcqRINdw