In a moment of grace, Melissa tells Mildred, “I know what it’s like to want to fix everyone around you because you think that’s the only way to be happy, but it’s not. Non-church people remind the church that our differences are a gift from God. Most people are looking for true love, but churchgoers and non-churchgoers do not always understand that they can help one another find it. True love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. He tells Josh, “The Good Book has something to say about that. Mildred’s husband, Reverend Layton (Fred Armisen), does not believe the church should be given to judgment, but to love. (’Cause we’ve got strife and tribulation in Schmigadoon!) Let’s pray the Lord (Pray the Lord!) will save us soon (Save us soon!) She leads the townspeople in this cheery chorus:Īnd not to mention miscegenation (That sounds bad!) The devil himself, dancing on your front porch … Not loud-mouthed trash with their tommyrot and flapdoodleĬlaptrap and fiddle-faddle and jiggery-pokery The kind of folks who look and talk and act like us … Provided they’re the right kind of people, (Her great-great-granddaddy founded Schmigadoon when he came upon the beautiful land and said, “They’ll never find us here.”) Mildred sings about the fears she has for the town she loves. She does not want outsiders “contaminating our town with their urban ways.” She leads “Mothers Against the Future” - a significant group in many churches. Mildred Layton (Kristin Chenoweth), the head of the local morality police, tries to stop everything and everyone who does not live up to her standards. Mildred Layton (Kristen Chenowith) with backup singers from the Schmigadoon barbershop quartet. Is the church a retreat deep in the woods or a free musical playing in the city park? The church in Schmigadoon deals with the tension between being a sanctuary from sin and a shelter for sinners. While the show is a charming, affectionate parody of 1940s musicals, it also speaks to the church’s need to engage the world. ![]() The creators of Schmigadoon!, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ![]() Josh explains, “It’s like if The Walking Dead were also Glee.” They can go home only if they find true love. ![]() An invisible orchestra swells, and a cast of singing, dancing, smiling townsfolk welcomes them to Schmigadoon, “where the sun shines bright from July to June, and the air’s as sweet as a macaroon.” They get lost and wind up in a small-town square. They decide to go camping - a questionable attempt to rekindle any spark. Apple TV’s Schmigadoon! tells the story of Melissa (Cecily Strong) and Josh (Keegan-Michael Key), two mid-career New York City doctors whose relationship is in a slump.
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