Game of Thrones: A Musical Like No Other

So I still don't have any idea what "Red Nose Day" is, even after the events of the past few days.  However, in spite of this ignorance of its purpose, I have to be thankful for it because Red Nose Day has provided some of the best entertainment I've discovered lately.

That entertainment of course, like much else this spring, pertains to Game of Thrones.

Now, originally, upon viewing Game of Thrones, I wasn't such a big fan -- too much political intrigue and pickle shots and not nearly enough violence or character development there in the first season.  By the events of the season finale though, I was hooked, and now I'm almost caught up, having just finished season 4 this very evening.

I'm not always thrilled with the changes made between the page and the screen, and I can't say I love the gore that's come about either -- I never wanted to see a man's skull crushed, thank you very much, but I have now.  (It's just as gruesome as you'd expect too; I can't say I recommend it.)

What I've come to love most about this show are its actors and their characters.  Each was chosen perfectly, so true to the books and so much better acted than I ever expected.

Nowhere is this point driven home more effectively than in the short videos released for Red Nose Day, in which some of the actors take their characters into the music studio for a quick lapse into the Game of Thrones Musical.

Hilarity ensues:

I never knew I needed a reggae Khaleesi in my life until this video.

Neither did I expect that Jaime Lannister had such a sense of humor:

The puns! I was so pleased, so very, very pleased.  And also just dying laughing.

Then of course comes the crown jewel of these little teasers, Peter Dinklage's Tyrion Lannister:

Tyrion Lannister has consistently been in my top 3 favorite characters since I read the books, and since Dinklage brings him to like with such sass, I love him on the show too.  This song doesn't disappoint -- as he counts down the characters that have died while he's "still going strong," I was falling out of my seat, I was laughing so hard.

I haven't seen the full musical yet -- I haven't had the time to sit and watch all of it.  Suffice it to say though: if these little teasers are any indication, that full Game of Thrones musical has got to be incredible. I'm looking forward to the laughs.

And also desperately hoping that Baelish and Jon Snow have songs too.