Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for December 02, 2012

I can just see this as a Pixar movie…maybe with Heather Morris as Phoebe and Naya Rivera as Marigold.

I am the very model of a modern single bachelorI often scrape the fungus off my toenails with a spatula

It’s a unicorn musical! Looks like she didn’t know she had an audience. Kinda like getting caught singing in the shower. Horses skip the singing and stick to dancing.

To stare at her in wonder is completely justifiableTo stare at her in wonder is completely justifiableTo stare at her in wonder is completely justifia-fiable

Come on, Phoebe, you’re falling down on the job. A patter song needs a chorus.

That’s from The Pirates of Penzance, an operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan. (Not to be confused with Gilbert O’Sullivan.)

The song is sung by Major General Stanley.

Unicorns eat sushi!

For those who have not heard the original – check out You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSGWoXDFM64

It does sing well to Gilbert & Sullivan’s “I am the very model of a modern major-general”

brava! brava!

I wonder how many of us, myself included, began singing this in our heads after the second panel.

Encore!

Brilliant! I love it!

Best one yet! Kermy cheer

I’m called splendid marigold,magical marigold,and I am sure you see why.

When talking, Marigold never compounds her words, such as “I’m” and “I’ve”. Singing has it’s own rules of vocabulary.

Bravo, Marigold! Bravo Phoebe!And Bravo, Dana!

Poor Wandering One!

I want a flugelhorn!

Why is it I hear Danny Kaye’s voice when the Unicorn sings?

Great song unicorn!

and it is the 1st and possibly only and last time Marigold has used contractions. She must respect accurate quotation of songs over proper grammatical speaking.

@kasparv oh yes! And I’m still humming the song @Nabu…. Nice Impossible Dream copy

@dana Thanks for the lovely start to my Sunday. Maybe every Sunday can be Musical Theater w Marigold

Lovely and delightful and ingenious!Thank you Dana!

every time I think I couldnt love this strip anymore, Dana blows me away with even more greatness!!

Turns out there are alternate pronunciations of “cuneiform,” one of which works pretty well here.I wonder if Dana would’ve thought of the flugelhorn if not for MLP:FIM.

This was awesome. I had to sing along! Thanks for brightening my day.

I wish I could come up with lyrics for the rest of the song. Maybe someday…

Gilbert & Sullivan! Beautiful…

i suppose that back hand and fore hand have no meaning in Unicorn Pingpong…

When imaginative duty’s to be doneTo be doneA cartoonist’s lot is quit the merry one

I wondered when the readership would start filking this comic. I’m surprised it took so long.

Just wonderful! It’s heartwarming to see Dana “Making it” and no one deserves it more.

Love it!

And I was just linked to the Animaniacs version today. How apropriate.

I want this on my mousepad…