Leftovers Goulash

Leftovers Goulash
David Read tries to make dishes.
Artist	Arthur Read (Michael Yarmush), David Read (Bruce Dinsmore), and D.W. Read (Michael Caloz)
Runtime	2:08 (extended version) 1:57 (episode version)
Played in	"Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival" Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)

Leftovers Goulash is a song performed by Arthur, D.W. and David in the episode "Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival", where the three talk about the dishes cooked by David Read. The song appears on the "Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)" as track 18. Unlike most of the songs on the album, this song is set to the tune of several classical and operatic pieces, such as Jacques Offenbach's "Cancan", and "La Toreador" from Georges Bizet's Carmen.

Lyrics

Note: The lines in green represent the tracks only heard in the "Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape)".

Dad: Arthur! D.W.! Dinner! Arthur: My dad's a chef You think that's great? Just try to guess What's on your plate He mixes things And then he bakes Why can't he stick To chocolate cakes? I want some ice cream Chocolate would be good Ice cream that tastes... Just like it should! Not broccoli Turkey or a lima bean It's got to taste like ice cream! Dad: You have to try My latest treat A jellied fish Inside a beet (Arthur, D.W.: Yuck!) Why should we eat The same old meals? Wait 'til you taste My garlic eels There are so many things to make A custard soup, a liver cake A curry pie, with prunes and squash How 'bout Leftovers Goulash? (Hey!) D.W.: Nothing brown And nothing soupy Nothing slippery And nothing gloopy Nothing mashed And nothing steamed And nothing runny with eyes or feet That smells or wiggles when you touch it or with crusts and nothing creamed!

This smells like fish! I can't stand fish! I can't believe this cookie Smells like fish! (Arthur: Ice cream!) It tastes like fish! (Arthur: Ice cream!) Like chocolate fish! (Arthur: Ice cream!) Why would anybody eat a cookie fish? Dad: There are so many things to make (D.W.: It tastes like fish! Arthur: I want some ice cream!) A custard soup, a liver cake (D.W.: I can't stand fish! Arthur: I want some ice cream!) A curry pie, with prunes and squash (D.W.: I can't believe this cookie smells! Arthur: Not broccoli, not turkey!) How 'bout Leftovers Goulash? (Arthur: It's got to taste like ice cream! Hey!) (Arthur and D.W.: Hey!) Dad: Take a pot And add a lot Of codfish mash And kidney hash! Let's add some snails And catfish tails, Some brains and feet Can't wait to eat! A sloppy scoop Of runny gloop A squid on toast A rhubarb roast Some tofu stew With extra goo Leftover squash It's called goulash! (Hey!) (Arthur and D.W.: We're not hungry anymore! Hey!)

Trivia

• True to its name, Leftovers Goulash combines melodies from various classical and operatic pieces.
  • Arthur: Franz Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Friska
  • Arthur: Georges Bizet – Toreador Song from Carmen
  • Mr. Read: Jacques Offenbach – Infernal Gallop (Cancan) from Orpheus in the Underworld
  • D.W.: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Allegro
  • D.W.: Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, Allegro con brio
  • Mr. Read: Franz Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
  • Ending: Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, 4^th movement
• This is the first reference to George Bizet's opera Carmen and the first episode to feature "La Toreador" in particular. The song "La Toreador" from Carmen is referenced again in the following season with the episode "That's a Baby Show!", and both the song and the opera are again featured in the Season 9 episode "Lights, Camera... Opera!".
• During the song, fragments of several episodes of the series Arthur are shown. The episodes are:
  • "D.W.'s Imaginary Friend"
  • "Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe"
  • "So Long, Spanky"
  • "The Half-Baked Sale"
  • "D.W. Thinks Big"
  • "Dad's Dessert Dilemma"
  • "D.W. Gets Lost"
  • "Arthur Makes a Movie"
  • "Arthur's Faraway Friend"
  • "D.W.'s Snow Mystery"
  • "Buster's Dino Dilemma"
  • "Buster Baxter, Cat Saver"
  • "My Dad, the Garbage Man"
  • "Arthur's Lucky Pencil"
  • "D.W., the Picky Eater"
  • "Arthur's Baby"
  • "Buster's Back"
  • "Arthur Cleans Up"
  • "D.W. Rides Again"
  • "Arthur Accused!"
  • "Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest"
  • "D.W.'s Perfect Wish"
  • "The Big Blow-Up"
  • "Arthur's Mystery Envelope"
  • "Arthur's Family Vacation"
  • "D.W. All Fired Up"
  • "How the Cookie Crumbles"
  • "Meet Binky"
  • "D.W. Blows the Whistle"
  • "D.W.'s Deer Friend"
  • "Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble"
  • "Attack of the Turbo Tibbles"
  • "Arthur's Spelling Trubble"
  • "Arthur's Chicken Pox"

Composition

The song is set in F major.