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The Show Must Go On

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The Show Must Go On	comment	Accidents happen. Sometimes, a catastrophe occurs during the production of a creative work that forces it to a halt - the writer quits, the union goes on strike, or an actor gets injured or suffers critical existence failure. In recorded works intended for later consumption, this can be remedied relatively easily - scenes can be rewritten or reshot, actors can be replaced, shooting can be put on hiatus. However, in live entertainment, the show must go on at all costs - unlike with a movie or a TV show, a live performance has an audience of potentially tens of thousands of people, who have all paid to be there, and are rightfully expecting to get their money's worth. This forces the characters into crazy improvisations, costume changes, awkward stealth to avoid further disrupting the show and any number of desparate things to keep the show going. It must also be remembered that for live entertainers, not only is it about making sure people get their money's worth or ensuring a production continues, performing is something they've dedicated their lives to. It's not something they do, it's who they are, and it's a point of professional pride that no matter what, the show must go on. Even for those who take a less high-minded view, they are professionals after all— meaning if the show doesn't go on, nobody gets their paycheck. Note that the full phrase is something like "the show must go on tonight" (i.e. whatever personal tragedy happens during the day, everyone must be in place and ready to perform when the curtain rises). Compare Throw It In. See also All Part of the Show, Deadline News, Pushed in Front of the Audience. Not to be confused (although it often overlaps) with The Show Must Go Wrong. In the worst-case scenario this can also overlap with Fatal Method Acting— which, it's sometimes been remarked, is about the only acceptable excuse for missing your show.
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The Show Must Go On / int_1253f289	comment	Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy performed an entire 3+ hour concert while suffering from a mixture of exhaustion, dehydration, malnutrition, and stress, collapsing once the show was over. Said concert was recorded and released as a live album, Live Scenes from New York.
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The Show Must Go On / int_160c1407	comment	In 1986 James Hetfield of Metallica broke his wrist in a skateboarding accident, rendering him unable to play rhythm guitar. Hetfield's guitar tech, John Marshall, filled in on rhythm guitar until the injury healed (James still sang, being the band's lead vocalist in addition to the rhythm guitarist). This incident prompted Hetfield's record company to include a clause in his contract forbidding him from riding a skateboard while the band was on tour.
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The Show Must Go On / int_1afaadc2	comment	Before opening night of RENT, composer Jonathan Larson collapsed and died. Needless to say, the cast moved on to perform the next night. What's more, when the cast was told, they decided to pay their respects by just singing through it seated around a table. By the time they got to "La Vie Boheme", everyone simultaneously agreed that Jonathan would want to see the show as it was meant to be, got up, and did the entire rest of the show, sans costumes.
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The Show Must Go On / int_3840524e	comment	Shortly before 1776 opened on Broadway in 1969, Howard da Silva, the actor playing Benjamin Franklin, suffered a heart attack. Back then, journalists were invited to three or four different "opening day" performances for their write-ups. Da Silva told no one, performed all three shows, and then skipped the cast party to check himself into the hospital. His understudy, Rex Everheart, had to perform Franklin for the Original Broadway Cast soundtrack.
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The Show Must Go On / int_3aff800d	comment	In the 2005 remake of Fun with Dick and Jane, Dick and Jane steal from a coffee shop in one scene. According to the DVD commentary, Tea Leoni, who played Jane, dislocated her shoulder while shooting the part where she slides on the counter, but kept going anyway. You'll see that when the scene ends that she's struggling to hold the things they steal.
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The Show Must Go On / int_3f633fb4	comment	We'll say that professional wrestling is like this in general. As a Cracked article put it, a wrestler is supposed to stay in character no matter what happens. Your opponent is legitimately trying to injure you? Ignore it and stay in character. You tore your ACL? Broke your ribs? Don't break character. One of the competitors died during the match, and you're being charged with manslaughter? You can't even let that break kayfabe. A specific example is The Undertaker at the 2010 Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, who got set on fire during his entrance due to mistimed/misaligned pyrotechnics going off. Instead of going backstage to get the injury treated, he took off his smoldering jacket and went down to the ring where he was in a pod for his cue, being handed bottles of water to douse himself with in the meantime. Another example is when Undertaker faced off with Brock Lesnar in WrestleMania XXX. The match started out simple enough, until Lesnar slammed Taker's head against the floor outside the ring almost six minutes in, accidentally giving him a serious head concussion that lasted throughout the match. Both men continued wrestling, however, although Taker had to take a little longer than usual to get up due to his concussion on quite a few occasions. Yet that concussion didn't stop Taker from kicking some serious ass... and then eventually giving the Throat-Slitting Gesture as a signal when it was time for Lesnar to finish him with a third F-5 and end the Streak under Vince McMahon's decision. And when the match was over, Taker was still able to get up after a few minutes and walk out toward the backstage room, where he would immediately be taken to a hospital for treatment.
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The Show Must Go On / int_3fdafaad	comment	WrestleMania 36 was initially scheduled to take place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The logo for the even is even similar to the logo of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the local NFL team. But the coronavirus outbreak put a stop to those plans, moving instead to the WWE Performance Center as well. It was the first WWE pay-per-view without a live audience.
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The Show Must Go On / int_4c99197e	comment	A standard trope in The Muppet Show, whether using a turned-to-stone Miss Piggy as a prop or shoving a wardrobe on stage with the guest star, Chris Langham, trapped inside to sing "Hawaiian Cowboy" (complete with a cowboy hat on top of the wardrobe). One exception is when during the Glenda Jackson episode when Kermit can't take anymore and goes on stage to say "They say the show must go on, but they never explain why. The show's been taken over by pirates, the theater's sailing out to sea and I'm losing my mind..."
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The Show Must Go On / int_584365d4	comment	In Melody, even after the power cuts out at the title character's concert (thanks to Steve, with Bethany's help), Melody still has to put on an enjoyable performance, especially because it's her first concert of this magnitude. She manages to hold her own with an audience participation song until the problem is fixed.
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The Show Must Go On / int_59ba3bee	comment	The day before a Monday Night Football game against the Oakland Raiders, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre learned his father died from a heart attack. Even though he was offered the chance to sit the game out, Favre decided to play anyway, believing it was what his father would have wanted him to do. He went on to have one of the best performances of his career, throwing for 399 yards, 4 touchdowns, and achieving a passer rating of 153.9 enroute to a 41-7 victory.
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The Show Must Go On / int_5a0093	comment	After losing his wife, Bob Barker continued to host The Price Is Right, even though he had every reason to take a break.
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The Show Must Go On / int_5ae0be5a	comment	LuFisto had to compete for the WSU Championship after the former holder Jessicka Havok was banned(read, working for TNA) from the promotion even though she had food poisoning. They had to give her the strap because Athena got a concussion the very same night.
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The Show Must Go On / int_5ae0bec6	comment	The World Wrestling Federation suffered this trope in 1999 during their Over The Edge pay-per-view event, due to the death of Owen Hart happening as he was making his ring entrance. Fortunately, the incident occurred while viewers were watching a pre-recorded segment, so they never saw it; when the live broadcast resumed, all they saw were the ring announcers discussing what had happened. After a brief delay, the broadcast continued, which garnered the organization some criticism later.
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The Show Must Go On / int_5b3356f8	comment	In Turning Red, despite Ming destroying their stage and much of the Skydome itself, 4*Town still puts on a performance afterwards. It's implied that this is due to Mei's friends convincing them to resume singing. The spinoff manga 4★Town 4★Real shows they also continued their world tour.
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The Show Must Go On / int_70018052	comment	Sorted Food: Ben is baking a cake for Barry's wedding, on-site and on the day of the wedding. He realizes far too late that he has forgotten the oranges, whose juice and zest are a key component in one of the cakes, at home. So what does he do? Steals a carton of OJ from the bar and two clementines from the florist's lunchbox, and gets back to work as if nothing happened. And manages to produce a good cake.
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The Show Must Go On / int_7ad62e34	comment	On an episode of The Honeymooners, recorded live, Jackie Gleason was supposed to enter the scene but, for some reason, didn't for a couple of minutes. Art Carney, alone on stage, filled the time getting an orange from the refrigerator, peeling it, and managing to make it funny.
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The Show Must Go On / int_7bfdcea7	comment	The Emperor's New Clothes: What's the Emperor to do when it's revealed his marvelous new clothes don't really exist and he's naked? Pretend not to have heard the complaint, hold himself up stiffer and straighter than ever, and continue with the procession, that's what.
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The Show Must Go On / int_7c60fb0f	comment	The Simpsons: When Krusty is using the Simpsons' house as a set, and the family as co-stars, Homer automatically manages to ruin one sketch by not showing up on time, or in costume, simply wandering onto the set in his underpants and asking Krusty if he wants a beer. Then the mob, who are after Krusty, throw a stick of dynamite through the window. Homer quickly covers the dynamite with a pot and sits on it. As he waits for the explosion, Krusty bitterly thinks to himself that whatever happens, the sketch as it is has become better than what was written.
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The Show Must Go On / int_7ce41b86	comment	The great French actor and playwright Moliere was in the middle of a performance when he collapsed in a fit of coughing and haemhorrhaging. He recovered, completed the show, and died a few hours later. Ironically, the play he was performing was The Imaginary Invalid, in which he played a hypochondriac.
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The Show Must Go On / int_81f5c9bb	comment	Toni Braxton experienced a Wardrobe Malfunction during a concert in New Jersey in 2013, and covered for it by rapping the first verse and chorus of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Big Poppa."
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The Show Must Go On / int_89c084b2	comment	A few months after John Lennon's death, a fan jumped onto the stage during a live performance of The Rolling Stones and made straight for Mick Jagger, singing "I Can't Get No Satisfaction". Security was not there, so Keith Richards hit the guy with his guitar while Mick carried on singing, then put it back on and returned to playing. After the show, Keith went down to the police station and paid for the man's bail.
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The Show Must Go On / int_89f4bc45	comment	A specific example is The Undertaker at the 2010 Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, who got set on fire during his entrance due to mistimed/misaligned pyrotechnics going off. Instead of going backstage to get the injury treated, he took off his smoldering jacket and went down to the ring where he was in a pod for his cue, being handed bottles of water to douse himself with in the meantime. Another example is when Undertaker faced off with Brock Lesnar in WrestleMania XXX. The match started out simple enough, until Lesnar slammed Taker's head against the floor outside the ring almost six minutes in, accidentally giving him a serious head concussion that lasted throughout the match. Both men continued wrestling, however, although Taker had to take a little longer than usual to get up due to his concussion on quite a few occasions. Yet that concussion didn't stop Taker from kicking some serious ass... and then eventually giving the Throat-Slitting Gesture as a signal when it was time for Lesnar to finish him with a third F-5 and end the Streak under Vince McMahon's decision. And when the match was over, Taker was still able to get up after a few minutes and walk out toward the backstage room, where he would immediately be taken to a hospital for treatment.
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The Show Must Go On / int_91f0bd76	comment	In 1994, The Jesus Lizard were playing a show in Texas, when an unknown audience member threw a beer bottle at David Yow's head. After several minutes spent sweeping glass off the stage, getting Yow to his feet, and making sure he was okay, they started the same song over again and continued with the show. Yow even tried to taunt his attacker into doing it again before moving on.
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The Show Must Go On / int_98f62636	comment	This happened on Raw once with Jerry Lawler, who, in the middle of a tag team match he was calling, suffered a heart attack. There were several things amiss. The commentary had fallen silent, the crowd (along with one Kane, one of the wrestlers involved in the tag team match and the referee) was looking at the announce table and something was clearly happening. The heart attack was later announced by Michael Cole, who seemed visibly shaken up. The show continued, but there was no commentary throughout the rest of the show, other than Cole providing updates on his condition. The rest of the show felt so... cold after this.
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The Show Must Go On / int_99623224	comment	While on tour to promote the band's latest album, Animals, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters was suffering from what he though was stomach cramps (it later turned out to be hepatitis), so the band doctor injected him with a powerful muscle relaxant so he could go onstage. He said that he could have played through the pain, but whatever the doctor injected him with caused him to be barely able to lift his arm, causing him to go through "the longest two hours of my life" playing that concert. This experience inspired the classic song "Comfortably Numb."
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The Show Must Go On / int_996edf24	comment	Wonder Woman Vol 1: When the bandstand starts to sink into the pond during a Holliday College band performance the girls keep playing even though they're in water up past their knees.
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The Show Must Go On / int_9a7088bc	comment	During the filming of the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Devil in the Dark" in January, 1967, William Shatner received the news that his father had died. Shatner insisted on finishing the day's work, and only flew home to Montréal after filming had wrapped.
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The Show Must Go On / int_9ad7adc8	comment	During a 1973 concert in San Francisco, drummer Keith Moon of The Who passed out due to a drug reaction. Rather than stop the show, the band recruited an amateur drummer (the late Scot Halpin) from the audience to replace him and finish the show.
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The Show Must Go On / int_a22bb6ad	comment	Another example is when Undertaker faced off with Brock Lesnar in WrestleMania XXX. The match started out simple enough, until Lesnar slammed Taker's head against the floor outside the ring almost six minutes in, accidentally giving him a serious head concussion that lasted throughout the match. Both men continued wrestling, however, although Taker had to take a little longer than usual to get up due to his concussion on quite a few occasions. Yet that concussion didn't stop Taker from kicking some serious ass... and then eventually giving the Throat-Slitting Gesture as a signal when it was time for Lesnar to finish him with a third F-5 and end the Streak under Vince McMahon's decision. And when the match was over, Taker was still able to get up after a few minutes and walk out toward the backstage room, where he would immediately be taken to a hospital for treatment.
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The Show Must Go On / int_b4e89049	comment	In Rock-A-Doodle, when Pinky sees that Edmund's group have infiltrated the seafloor-themed musical number to reach Chanticleer, he sends out his toad enforcers to get them. But first he puts the toads in shark costumes to avoid spoiling the show.
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The Show Must Go On / int_ba9da2e1	comment	During a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 2015, Foo Fighters guitarist Dave Grohl fell off the stage and broke one of his legs. He excused himself for a short period while the other Foo Fighters kept playing, then returned to the stage, carried by paramedics who put him in a chair. He kept playing for over two hours - even while the paramedics were putting his leg in a cast. He then had a totally bitchin' throne made for him to sit in on stage so he could still play the rest of the tour dates. He loved the throne so much, he continued to use it even after his leg was healed enough to walk on.
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The Show Must Go On / int_bc109059	comment	Reportedly, when recording "The Show Must Go On" (mentioned above), Freddie Mercury was in seriously bad shape because of his battle with AIDS. One of the members of Queen approached him and asked him if he wanted to take a break. What Mercury did was down a glass of vodka and say "I'll fucking do it, darling!" before proceeding to nail the song in one take in what Brian May considers one of Freddie's greatest performances.
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The Show Must Go On / int_c01df100	comment	The Wall has a song by this name, where Pink, after having a long personal journey through is past is injected with drugs and forced onstage, despite not being sure if he would even remember the songs. This goes badly, with him emerging as a neo-Nazi when the show goes on.
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The Show Must Go On / int_c3bd95f3	comment	In Davy Jones' Day Off, the crew of the Flying Dutchman slaughter the cast of Romeo and Juliet to sabotage the play that Davy Jones and Ella Devylinn were going to see. The stage manager furiously declares that "THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!" and forces the Dutchman crew to perform the play themselves.
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The Show Must Go On / int_ca1a2026	comment	In the short sports film, Le Mans 1955, after his driver crashes into a spectator area and kills 80 spectators (and himself), Mercedes manager Alfred Neubauer refuses to withdraw the other car, saying that "The race Must go on!" However, later, he withdraws the other car from the race, saying that they proved what they wanted to prove, as said car had just taken the lead.
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The Show Must Go On / int_e21abc1	comment	During the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Do Kyungsoo of EXO sprained his ankle while jumping on the chair during the introduction of the song, "Growl". Regardless, he keeps on singing and dancing while enduring his sprained ankle for about 10 minutes of the group's performance.
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The Show Must Go On / int_ec2c627b	comment	Sing: The final number is full of this: When Judith unplugs Ash's guitar and orders the show to stop, Ash just takes it as the chance to rally the public and start her song unplugged. Next song, when a police chopper threatens to blow him away, Mike fights against the winds so he can finish his song, which gets him to realize he really does love music more than the money. In the last song, when Meena's act literally brings the house down, she takes less than a second's pause to look at the ruined stage, then keeps singing as if nothing had happened, with the night sky and the moon as her backdrop.
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The Show Must Go On / int_fb710c49	comment	Aqours had two incidents of this type happen at their concerts: On the second day of the first Aqours concert, Step! Zero To One, there was an incident in which Rikako Aida messed up her piano solo during "Omoi Yo Hitotsu Ni Nare", causing her to break down into tears. She eventually continued the performance with no issue after the other members of Aqours and the audience calmed her down by cheering her name. An August 13, 2022 fan meeting and live in Numazu still went on as scheduled despite Typhoon Meari affecting the area. Refunds were issued to those who couldn't attend the show.
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The Show Must Go On / int_fe724d7f	comment	Rammstein had a rather scary incident of this trope when a burning metal prop melted its riggings and fell into the crowd, severely injuring several people. The guitarists immediately stopped playing, though the keyboardist, drummer, and bass player continued with the song. Flake, the keyboardist, eventually ran forward and grabbed a guitar, prompting cheers from the crowd, and the concert resumed even as roadies frantically attempted to extinguish the burning prop and tend to the injured. This incident eventually resulted in Rammstein completely rewriting their policies around pyrotechnics.
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The Show Must Go On / int_ff8bc445	comment	During a performance of The Barber of Seville, American mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato fell onstage and broke her fibula. Ignoring the pain, she finished the rest of the act hobbling around the stage and used crutches for the rest of the opera. And as if this wasn't enough, Di Donato refused to let her injury prevent her from singing in the rest of her scheduled performances and sang the role of Rosina from a wheelchair for the five remaining shows in her schedule. If one is familiar with the insane difficulty that is inherent to singing the works of Gioacchino Rossini, even while standing upright and in no pain whatever, the respect level for Di Donato's dedication can't help but go higher.
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Love Live! Sunshine!! / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Macross Frontier / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
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Sensational She-Hulk (Comic Book) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Crimson Cage (Comic Book) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
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Wonder Woman (1942) (Comic Book) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Zatanna (2010) (Comic Book) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Legacy (Total Drama) (Fanfic) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
A League of Their Own / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
A Night at the Opera / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
A Night at the Opera (1935) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
American Dreamz / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
August Rush / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Birdman / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Chicago / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Galaxy Quest / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Ghostbusters (2016) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
It: Chapter Two / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Le Capitaine Fracasse / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
MirrorMask / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Moulin Rouge! / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
On with the Show! / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Rock Star / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Rubber / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Shakespeare in Love / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Stage Door / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
StageFright -Aquarius- / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Stan & Ollie / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Greatest Showman / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Greatest Show on Earth / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Man with Two Faces / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Page Turner / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Radioland Murders / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Three Stooges / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Wing or the Thigh / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Tootsie / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Topsy-Turvy / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Were the World Mine / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Classic Gaming Grand Prix (Lets Play) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Tipping Forties (Lets Play) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Gracefully Grayson / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Murder Wears a Mummer's Mask / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Phule's Company / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Emperor's New Clothes / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
act-age (Manga) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Fabricant 100 (Manga) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Hime-chan no Ribon (Manga) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Hime-chan's Ribbon (Manga) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Ya Boy Kongming! (Manga) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Astro (Music) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Avenged Sevenfold (Music) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
El Cuarteto De Nos (Music) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Foo Fighters (Music) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
GFRIEND (Music) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
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TWICE (Music) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Wall (Music) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Who (Music) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Toni Braxton (Music) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Colgate Comedy Hour / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Conan / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Dark Shadows / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Eigen Kweek / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Family Feud / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Gossip Girl (2007) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Have I Got News for You / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
House of Anubis / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Late Night / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Late Night with Conan O'Brien / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Police Rescue / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Pyramid / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Rehearsals / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Rutland Weekend Television / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Schloss Einstein / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Brittas Empire / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Goes Wrong Show / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Late Show with David Letterman / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Muppet Show / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Muppets (2015) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Sunny Side Up Show / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
This Time With Alan Partridge / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
To Tell the Truth / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Amadeus (Theatre) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Curtains (Theatre) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
MANKAI STAGE A3! (Theatre) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Matilda (Theatre) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Noises Off (Theatre) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Pagliacci (Theatre) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
1776 (Theatre) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Children's Hour (Theatre) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Little Mermaid (Theatre) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Play That Goes Wrong (Theatre) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Final Fantasy VI (Video Game) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Perfect Vermin (Video Game) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Princess Peach: Showtime! (Video Game) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Whacked! (Video Game) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Melody (Visual Novel) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (Visual Novel) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Auralnauts Star Wars (Web Video) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
nana825763 (Web Video) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Sorted Food (Web Video) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Davy Jones' Day Off (Webcomic) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
qxlkbh (Webcomic) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Dr. Dimensionpants / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Duck Amuck / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Magical Maestro / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Presto (2008) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Sing / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Sing 2 / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Stage Fright / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Charles Wright (Wrestling) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Pro Wrestling Guerilla (Wrestling) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
The Undertaker (Wrestling) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
WrestleMania (Wrestling) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Singin' in the Rain / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On

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