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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [James Poniewozik](https://time.com/author/james-poniewozik/) ## James Poniewozik Nov 13, 2014 3:09 PM UTC  Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson and Numan Acar as Haissam Haqqani in Homeland (Season 4, Episode 6). - Photo: David Bloomer/SHOWTIME - Photo ID: Homeland\_406\_0527.R Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson and Numan Acar as Haissam Haqqani in Homeland (Season 4, Episode 6). - Photo: David Bloomer/SHOWTIME - Photo ID: Homeland\_406\_0527.RDavid Bloome/Showtime by [James Poniewozik](https://time.com/author/james-poniewozik/) ## James Poniewozik Nov 13, 2014 3:09 PM UTC So [_Duck Dynasty_ is becoming a musical](http://time.com/3582415/duck-dynasty-musical). Others may scoff, but I say why not! There’s an illustrious history of mixing TV and music; _South Park_ sang its way to the movie screen years ago; and if [Jerry Springer can be the basis of an opera](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%5FSpringer:%5FThe%5FOpera), who are we to say the Robinsons can’t pull it off? Of course, if TV has taught us anything, it’s that success will breed imitators. So producers, let me humbly suggest your next season’s worth of screen-to-stage adaptations: **_Homeland_** **.** Nothing against his performance as Saul Berenson, but you cast Mandy Patinkin in something and don’t have him sing? Now _that’s_ a crime against the state. **_The Real Housewives of New Jersey_** **.** Teresa Giudice brings down the house with _Chicago_‘s “Cell Block Tango.” **_Marvel’s Agents of_** **_Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark_** **.** An action-packed, danger-filled thrill ride starring, to hold down costs and not interfere with the storylines of future movies, all of Spider-Man’s non-superpowered peripheral characters. When it comes down to it, wasn’t the story _really_ always about J. Jonah Jameson? **_Firefly_** **.** Creator Joss Whedon wrote a musical episode of _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ and _Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog_. Why not continue the story of the Serenity crew in song? Or it could just be a non-musical play if he prefers. Or it could be on TV, really, whatever works for him. A movie? Web video? God, I just want _Firefly_ back. **_Girls_** **.** Flushed with gotta-sing-gotta-dance fever after starring in NBC’s _Peter Pan Live_, Alison Williams headlines Broadway’s favorite hipster musical since _Rent_! Book by Lena Dunham, [score by Edie Brickell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsFEaJRnPeU). **_The Good Wife_** **.** Advantage: Already employs Alan Cumming, Stockard Channing, and half the New York City theater community. Plus: _Book of Mormon_\-style subplot involving Grace and her church group. Minus: Will probably have to include [that chicken song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67CzLpzJI6U). **_The Walking Dead_** **.** How much can it cost to get [the rights to “Thriller”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA)? **_AfterMad_** **: The Bert Cooper Musical.** He may have shuffled off _Mad Men_ to the tune of “The Best Things in Life Are Free,” but now Broadway vet Robert Morse brings Bert’s loveable Japanophilia and Ayn Randianism to the afterlife! **_Game of Thrones_** **.** Not the dragon-filled, special-effect-laden spectacle you were expecting, but instead an interactive, intimate dinner-theater event along the lines of [_Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding_](http://www.tonylovestina.com/about-the-show/). How interactive? Just wait ’til they lock the exits and start playing “The Rains of Castamere”! **_Smash_** **.** Just kidding! Not _Smash_. 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