Editing The Music Man (section)

===Television===
''The Music Man'' has been parodied in a number of TV shows, including ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]", written by [[Conan O'Brien]]. At some point during the second Broadway revival, O'Brien was approached about playing the role of Harold Hill for a brief run, but he ultimately could not fit it into his schedule. He says, on the DVD commentary track for the aforementioned ''Simpsons'' episode, that it was the hardest choice he's ever had to make professionally, because ''The Music Man'' is one of his favorites. O'Brien did, however, as host of the [[58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards|2006 Emmy Awards]], sing a parody version of "Ya Got Trouble" in his opening monologue targeting [[NBC]] and their slide in the ratings.

The television program ''[[Family Guy]]'' has parodied the musical at least three times. In the episode "[[Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows]]", Lois chastises Brian's high standards in a spoof of "Piano Lesson". In another episode, "[[Patriot Games (Family Guy)|Patriot Games]]", Peter showboats after scoring a touchdown by leading a stadium full of people in a rendition of "[[Shipoopi]]", complete with choreography from the film. In Episode 22 of ''[[Boston Legal]]'', "Men to Boys", Alan Shore sings a parody of the song "Trouble" to convince patrons of a restaurant not to eat the salmon.  Several ''Music Man'' songs were used in ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', for example in the season 2 episode "Sex, Lies and Politics" in which lawyer John Cage spurs the jury into singing "Ya Got Trouble" with him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allymcbeal.tktv.net/music2.html |title=Season Two Music |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1 March 1999 |website=allymcbeal.tktv.net |access-date=5 August 2022 |quote='Ya Got Trouble' (Meredith Wilson) from 'The Music Man,' performed by Peter MacNicol and the jury}}</ref>  Season 2 Episode 15 (2012), "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000", of the TV show ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', makes numerous allusions to ''The Music Man'', including a song based on "Ya Got Trouble".<ref>Schenkel, Katie. [http://cliqueclack.com/tv/2012/01/28/cartoonclack-my-little-pony-music-man/ "Harold Hill comes to My Little Pony – CartoonClack"], Cliqueclack.com, January 28, 2012</ref>

[[MSNBC]]'s [[Keith Olbermann]] has numerous times referred to [[Fox News]] TV host [[Glenn Beck]] as "Harold Hill" on the air.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30109453 Transcript of April 7, 2009 ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' in which Olbermann refers to Glenn Beck as Harold Hill], NBC News accessed April 27, 2010</ref><ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29972795 Transcript of March 30, 2009 ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' (same)], NBC News, accessed April 30, 2010</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110714123757/http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/30766456/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/ Transcript of May 13, 2009 ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' (same)], MSNBC, accessed April 30, 2010</ref>

Robert Hanson stars in a community theater production of ''The Music Man'' in the Netflix original show ''[[Grace and Frankie]]''.