Changes: Brush Up Your Shakespeare

Written by	Cole Porter
Date	1948
Source	Kiss Me Kate (musical)
Publisher	Chappell & Co. Inc.

Revision as of 21:17, 27 April 2015

"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" is a pun-filled song that suggests quoting William Shakespeare as a means of wooing and wowing women. The song references the titles of fourteen of Shakespeare's plays. and was originally written for Kiss Me Kate, a backstage musical variation of The Taming of the Shrew, which focused on putting together a production of the play.

Christopher Reeve, Fozzie Bear, Link Hogthrob, and a skull named Yorick sing "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" as part of a Hamlet sketch on episode 418 of The Muppet Show.

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-[[Christopher Reeve]], [[Fozzie]], [[Link]], and [[Yorick (Muppet Show)|Yorick]] sing '''Brush Up Your Shakespeare''' as part of a ''Hamlet'' sketch on [[Episode 418: Christopher Reeve|episode 418]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.
+"'''Brush Up Your Shakespeare'''" is a pun-filled song that suggests quoting [[William Shakespeare]] as a means of wooing and wowing women.  The song references the titles of fourteen of Shakespeare's plays. and was originally written for ''Kiss Me Kate'', a backstage musical variation of ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', which focused on putting together a production of the play.
+[[Christopher Reeve]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Link Hogthrob]], and a skull named [[Yorick (Muppet Show)|Yorick]] sing "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" as part of a ''[[Hamlet]]'' sketch on [[Episode 418: Christopher Reeve|episode 418]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.
 [[Category:Muppet Songs]]
 [[Category:Muppet Show Songs]]


Written by	Cole Porter
Date	1948
Source	Kiss Me Kate (musical)
Publisher	Chappell & Co. Inc.