Doug Loves Movies - Laura Benanti, Brad Oscar, Alex Brightman and Julia Mattison guest

Episode Date: August 8, 2016

Live from the Gramercy Theatre in New York City, Doug welcomes Broadway stars Laura Benanti, Brad Oscar, Alex Brightman and Julia Mattison to the show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Doug hates candy wrappers, screaming babies, sticky seeds With 50 acid pop or kernels in his teeth There's still not one that he won't see Cause Doug loves movies Hey, hey, hey everybody My name is Doug Hey, hey, hey, everybody. My name is Doug, and I love musicals. This is Doug Loves Musicals. You did it.

That's right, you guys. I'm so excited for the 30th time that we've done this show here in the Gramercy Theater. It's taken us 23 years, but we've done it 30 times. And so for the very first time, I'm going to get to present

an episode that literally is Doug Loves Musicals. Take your disappointment and shove it if you're not into musicals. It's Sunday, August 7, 2016 and we're in New York City! The best name tags in the world come from New York City! The best name tags in the world

come from New York City. Donald Trump wants name tags to come from China. That's so funny. They brought the house lights up and gave me the idea to ask to see the name tags and then they turned them down

as soon as you guys started lifting up your name tag. Holy crap. It's like you guys in the balcony know that you don't have a shot at all. You're just like, we're gonna get there a few minutes before show time and we'll just sit up in the balcony.

We won't have any signs. But, oh boy, are there some crazy ass signs. So we got Return of the Living Dead part two, but you just changed it to Part Paul? Return of the Living Dead Part

2 Paul. Return of the Living Paul? That's what that's supposed to be? And do you know that I'm in that film okay that's why you did that you just don't see a lot of people excited about that movie and it's a really elaborate

thing you got there you got a scary head on top it's just not befitting the episode I'm about to present of this show it's a lot of violence in this crowd, but fucking Les Miserables, you really nailed it, dude.

Show everybody that thing. It's hilarious. It's like, what if this dude, this derl, was the castle in the cloud girl? Cosette. My New York brand is Crisis.

My Doug brand... Chris's. Oh, God damn it. I'm just going to go around. Okay, shut up. I'm going to... No, I know what movie it's like He's like, our brand is Crisis, but I changed it to Chris's.

I'm just going to do, for the sake of this special episode, I'm just going to find the musical ones. And this woman over here changed cats to mats. Which would never have gotten chosen on a regular episode of this show. But you have a shot tonight.

And there's lots of great ones out there, so thank you all for bringing them. And, um... It's my friend in the front row who always brought, in the early days, he brought a Spuds McKenzie doll, I guess you'd call it. A stuffed Spuds McKenzie.

And, um, you know, did it ever get picked? Yeah. It got picked? Well, good guess you'd call it, a stuffed Spuds McKenzie. Did it ever get picked? It got picked? Well, good for you. But he was asking me for hints about the guest tonight on Twitter, and I said, I'm not going to give you any hints, Spuds. And then he said he might bring Spuds back tonight. And then he didn't. Yeah.

Another great story. It's time for Doug Plugs. This Thursday, August 11th, Doug Loves Movies returns to Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. And on Saturday, I'm so excited about this, I wish you guys could be there, I'm going to be in San Francisco

interrupting Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery in The Rock. We're going to be in the Castro Theater, and the car chase is going to go zooming by the outside of the theater in the film. And I cannot wait for it. It might be my favorite movie of both of those actors. And we'll see if it holds up.

It's the gigantic Castro Theater, I already said that, at 420. Earlier that day, they're going to show, just for fun, they're going to show The Great Muppet Caper. And then, yeah, I think Dave Goels, who does the voice of Gonzo, was going to be there.

And then after my show is one of those found footage festivals where people bring a bunch of fucked up shit you don't want to see I certainly wouldn't want to see a musical called Nats that sounds horrible just all buzzing around your face I hate it when the cats come out into the audience and cats just like get Just like, get that costume away from me. I haven't seen Cats in like 30 years, probably. I'll check it out again. I don't care.

Boo, Cats. Cats, you suck. For more details and links and whatnot and tickets for my shows, go to douglosemovies.com shows Go to douglosemovies.com That's douglosemovies.com So not only did everyone here tonight Get in attendance Who bought a ticket They got a commemorative poster

For the occasion And Is there free popcorn too? I just looked around and didn't see anybody eating popcorn. I'm like, oh shit, maybe they welched on the popcorn. Maybe they reneged on the popcorn, but that's great. So enjoy the popcorn and the posters, and you guys get one more thing tonight.

Oh shit. I made that too. That was too Oprah-esque. Like it's going to be the most amazing thing. Let's not get crazy. It's a pretty good thing. I think a lot of you will like it. I'm going to guess 60% of you will like this.

If you just go queue up right after this show you guys get the first chance to buy tickets for the East Coast 12 Guests of Christmas right here at the Gramercy on Monday, November 28th. So check your calendars. It's the Monday

after Thanksgiving, so you'll come back from wherever you were, and you'll be like, oh shit, life sucks again. And then you'll come out and watch me argue with 12 people. 12 angry men and women. Yeah, so just go right outside afterwards.

And also, no service fees. And I think, 12 guests at Christmas, I didn't run by anybody, but I think it's $25 tickets, and so the service fees are probably like $4. So you guys will get them for $21, I think. Anyway. Anyway. Anyway.

Also on sale soon or now, wish you guys could be there, the 12 Guests of Christmas West Coast Edition, and that's out at Largo in L.A. on December 13th. And I think last year I might have thrown down a the East Coast one was better gauntlet on behalf of the audience and the guests that I had on stage. Everyone was more polite. Everyone spoke

when spoken to. Let's look at the prize bag. I've got a nice tote from the Traverse City Film Festival. I was just there. I had a wonderful time. A Doug Loves Movies t-shirt. Oh, this is crazy. I was on a VH1 special

where I had to talk about the 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s. And this is just 46 minutes long and it's clips just clips from the 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s. I almost kept this one. If I had a DVD player, I would have kept it.

But I don't have one. So I just think that would be just fun to put on at a dumb party or something. You know? Because songs, who wants to hear the whole song of anything? A cookie from my hotel. A pipe from Peacemaker, only used once. I think somewhere in here is a guitar pick from the band Dirty Heads.

And then, because it's the 30th show here at the Grammar Scene, I do appreciate you guys coming every show, selling out every show. It's always fun. Sometimes we get to add shows. Possibly we will in the November show. But a previous sponsor of this show was kind enough to send me,

and I just don't... Maybe you'll know why I don't like it as soon as I pull it out. It's not that I don't like it, but it's just a beautiful black watch from Movement. Yeah, and it's just really nice. And I just don't, I'm just not a watch wearer. I take my phone out of my pocket when I want to know what time it is.

But anybody that wears a watch, this is a really nice thing. So I didn't want to just sit in my home. I'll take it. Okay, we've got... I'm going to give it to that guy. That's all I was looking for, was someone to yell, I'll take it. I'll take that off your hands. Don't take

that watch to a shelter. I'll just adopt it right now. I saw, you know, I was kind of a crusader for shutting down SeaWorld, and now I might have a new thing, because I saw at the Traverse City Film Festival a documentary that I believe is on Netflix currently called The Champions, and it's all about the dogs that survived

and were rescued from Michael Vick's shitty dog fighting ring. And I don't know why I laugh when I say it, but just because it's just like, what can you do? Because it's just so horrible. But the movie's not about, you don't see any dog fighting or anything, but it's about these dogs that got rescued. And at the film festival, I got to meet one of the dogs that got rescued.

And it's like so much better than meeting a celebrity. So much more emotional. So anyway, plus we've got whatever stuff the guests brought for the gift bag tonight. And I've seen all four of my guests this evening in Broadway shows. On Broadway. And two of those shows are still running and we'll talk to them

about that. Please give a big warm welcome to Alex Brightman, Julia Madison, Brad Oscar, and Laura Benanti. Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah. What a group. Good evening. Thank you for being here, all of you. Thanks for having me. We're going to meet you individually now, if that's okay. First of all, let's say hello to, on the far end over there, it's Laura Benanti. Woo!

Hi. Ow, ow. Hello. Tony winner for Gypsy. Yep. Nominee for She Loves Me this year. Yep, didn't win. Thispsy. Yep. Nominee for She Loves Me this year. Yep, didn't win. This year.

Yep. And probably the greatest credit a person can have, playing a dual role on the CW Supergirl. Yeah. Allura and Alastra. What are their names? And Alastra. Alastra.

No, it's just. Alastra Girl. Just laxatives. No, Allura and Astra. Astra, yeah. They're sisters. One is evil and one is good. Yeah.

I think I know the difference every time I watch. That's how good you are. Yeah, because one has a white stripe in her hair. They're like, the evil one should have something physically different. I'm like, oh, I couldn't possibly do it with my acting. Yeah, but you probably know me from the Melania thing from Colbert. Oh, yeah, I should have mentioned that. I apologize.

No, that's like the only thing people know me from. That's a pretty sweet thing to know you from. That was pretty good. That was pretty hilarious and politically helpful. You're welcome. Yeah, anything to make fun of Trump. I love it. I'm down with it.

But let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the wonderful world of musical theater. She Loves Me is not playing anymore because it was a limited run to begin with that got extended briefly. Yeah, it got extended, but they did record it and it was the first musical to be live-streamed all over the

world? Yeah. There was one performance that you just did it live and people could pay and watch it. Yeah, and then in November, it's going to be in movie theaters. So it's kind of like a movie. Oh, I'm going to see that. It's kind of like being in a movie. Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to see it in a movie theater and the whole time go, I saw it live once.

You guys aren't as good as I am, but it's still fun to see it again. And that's where you can feel free to check your phones while you're watching it in the movie theater rather than in the actual

fucking theater. How dare you? You don't check your phones even in a movie theater. That's what I'm saying. That's the joke I was making. Oh, okay. Let's meet another

new guest to the show, but I've been friends with her for a while. I'm very happy to get her involved tonight. It's Julia Madison, everybody. How's it going? Let's just jump right to best known for. What is that commercial where you're so excited about yogurt that you kick your foot in the air?

Oh, it's the Yoplait Greek Taste Off. There you go. Yes. I was the Yoplait girl for a while. I've graduated. I'm currently

in a TD Bank commercial where I say the pens are free. Whoa! Yes! Commercial money. I liked it so much better for a second there

because I thought you said pants. Pants are free. I was like, that's a crazy commercial. That's a second there because I thought you said pants. Pants are free. I was like, that's a crazy commercial. I think it's a deal. Free pants at the bank. I would change.

TV Bank, though, is like, is that only in New York? I think it's like East Coast. Yeah, I don't even feel like it creeps down the coast. Not as big as the Yoplait.

It's a downgrade. Yeah, I don't know. But I love TV Bank. I probably use their ATMs every once in a while because, you know, sometimes you just pay the service charge. Yeah. You just do it. Whatever. They get rid, I don't know. I probably use their ATMs every once in a while because, you know, sometimes you just pay the service charge.

Yeah. You just do it. Whatever. They got rid of the penny arcade. What? TD Bank users. They got rid of,

yeah, bullshit. They got rid of the penny arcade. Boo! Boo! Boo! I don't understand what's happening.

So I met Julia in a rather peculiar way because I was watching the Broadway show Godspell over at the Circle in the Square Dealey and in the round, and it's rather, you know, it's an intimate theater. Fun Home is there now, closing September 10th. And I'm just going to show off everything I know about current theater.

I love it more than I do. But so I was watching Gotspell, and she was in it. She was an understudy for an actress who couldn't be in that performance. I didn't know the difference. I was just watching it. And she came over and touched my face during her big song. I did. She walked up into the audience and just reached out and touched my face during her big song. I did. She walked up into the audience

and just reached out and touched my face. I did. Classic friendship tale. That's how we met. And what did you say? Yeah, the show was going on, you guys. She was the center of attention. Came over, touched my face, said something about my beard or something. I think you had a mustache at that point, like a handlebar.

Like a goatee maybe? Yeah, I think I said something about that yeah i think you i think you put the back of your hand on my face oh you remember the details very intimate and it's something about a beard you know yeah and then but it was really it's a funny song you say a lot of funny things in that song yeah it was a fun show because during the song i got to every night make up new jokes and mess with people in the audience and uh two buddies in the show and i we all recognized you and so I was going through the Rolodex of

things that I could reference and I just went for a, you know, plain old facial hair joke. Classic. Oh, that was good. Yeah, there was just like references to other Broadway shows and stuff. Speaking of that, we're going to get to a guy who's in a show that's all about that.

Yeah, so that was great that we met there, and we tweeted at each other, and we've been friends ever since. Yep, almost five years. Oh, shit. It's been a long time. That's probably around the time the first show we did here at the Gramercy was probably around that time. Maybe even that same weekend.

But yeah, so thanks for being here. And before we get to Alex we got one more newbie one more first time guest on the show it's Brad Oscar everybody probably best known for have you been on every version of Law and Order no just two

two of them how many have there been? Five, four? Well, I guess there are, yeah. I just consider, you know, Vanilla, SUV, and Criminal Intent. Right? Law & Order, Vanilla, Vanilla.

Everyone's been on Vanilla pretty much because that's just the, yeah, yeah. And then I did another Vanilla and I was cut from it and I still get like a $1.62 check in the mail every couple months. Oh, it's so lucrative, this business. I tell you. Please.

I'd kill to say, I want the pens! I like the pens! Give me some pens! Fuck me with pens! That's exactly how much I always sounded. It's true. No, you can't swear on this podcast. I'm sorry. No, you can fucking swear. Oh, God. Thank God. I'll never be invited back. God. He's just sticking around.

All right, sorry. Back on task. But you are, Tony, nominated as well this year for a show that you've been in for, or you were nominated last year. Last year, yes. For a show that you're still participating in called Something Rotten.

Something Rotten. Yes. Which I've raved about on this very stage because it's super fun. Rotten. It's really Rotten. Yes. Which I've raved about on this very stage, because it's super fun. It's like finally somebody's taken down Shakespeare. Yeah, exactly. And it's really, the show really fucks with Shakespeare. And if you've always been like me, and like Shakespeare is the part of theater that you tolerated instead of loved, it's such a fun show.

Yeah, exactly. I really just felt the same way as the lead character. God damn it, I hate loved. It's such a fun show. Yeah, exactly. I really just felt the same way as the lead character. God damn it, I hate Shakespeare. But he's got a lot of great reasons for hating him. I'm not smart enough to hate him for the right reasons. So it's very entertaining. And you play the... What's the name of your character?

The wacky soothsayer, the nephew of Nostradamus, Thomas Nostradamus. Thomas Nostradamus. Thomas Nostradamus. Who gets things sort of mostly right, but only sort of mostly, and therein lies the fun. Yeah, and you, a guy comes to you and says, help me write

a play as good as Shakespeare, and you help him out. Yeah. It's really fun, and you were telling me backstage that there's been a lot of cast changeover. Yeah, just because we've been running, because we've very gratefully been running for over a year now, almost a year and a half.

Yeah, we had some big cast changes. A lot of people have moved on to do other stuff. So, yeah, it's a whole new show in many ways, and yet, as I was telling these guys, they're all really well cast. We have an extraordinary group of actors in this city, especially musical theater performers, who are at the top of their game, all of whom are sitting up here as well, my God. And so yeah, it's been really fun to get to play now with new people,

all of whom are really well cast and well suited for their roles, but sort of doing their take, but still within the spirit of the show, and watching the show play in a whole different way, and yet in the same way. Still bring the same joy and get the same laughs. And what do you do during those huge stretches of time when you're not on stage?

Oh, gee. Well, I climb the stairs to and from my dressing room. Right, which they all do in every theater here. The dressing rooms are fucked up here. Woeful, yeah. These theaters are 100 years old, so, you know, yeah, yeah. I usually watch baseball. I hope there's a game on, and I usually watch a game.

Sort of that distracts me, you know, or play a little soccer. If someone comes and grabs you, right, you don't need to be listening for a while. No, but you hear the show. The show's on the monitor. You hear the show. It's there.

So yeah, it's your responsibility to, yes, you can. Oh, I'm so sorry. Did I miss my cue? I'm so sorry. I was hoping the Mets could win a game. Yeah. Oh, boy.

So anyway, yeah. But you know, the show goes by pretty quick I don't have that much down time Even though I have a lot of off stage time You know Between doing this and doing that By the time you get in play So yeah

Yeah yeah It's really fun I love that show I'm gonna come see it again Speaking of shows I'm gonna see again Oh Man Let's hear it for Alex Brightman everybody

Double golf Double golf for Alex Brightman, everybody. Double gulp. Double gulp. I saw you, Tony nominee, in School of Rock. And you are now threatening to leave, I hear.

I've threatened to leave. Unless they pay you more money. No, yeah. That's what it is. Your contract is up. Yeah. You don't hold out for more

money in theater. Your contract's done. There's no money to hold out for, really. You just do it and it'll be a year, pretty much. It's taxing on my body and voice, so I'm going to move on to things that are as fun and less taxing.

Yeah, that makes sense. You've got a great understudy, I'm sure. Yeah, I have, I think, 19 understudies now, yeah. Whoa. All right. And when's your last performance? November 6th. Okay.

Yep. I'm going tomorrow night. Are you really? Yeah. That's going to be a... You better be on tomorrow night. I'm on tomorrow night. If I show up and they make that announcement,

or that little piece of paper falls out of my program, I will fucking flip a switch. Here's the funny thing. I had a show tonight, but I got a personal day to be here. So I'm supposed to be there. So, you know. But this air is late.

If anyone asks, I'm not there. They're recording this. Oh, they are. Yeah, you, I'm not there. They're recording this. Oh, they are. You're in trouble, buddy. Are they allowed to ask what you need your personal day for? Is this personal? Yeah, it's personal. Just keep it to yourself.

Yeah. Laura, I've seen you apologize to people on Twitter for missing a performance because they probably go out of their minds at you on Twitter now that that's a possibility. Wait, I didn't hear the last thing you said? Now that they can tweet at you, the first Broadway shows you were in,

no one could write to you right when you didn't show up and say, why aren't you there? Yeah, they'd have to write a letter that I then would read. Yeah, they'd have to mail it. But yeah, when people tweet at you and they're like, I'm super disappointed that you weren't in, I feel bad. But at the same time, it's like, I'm a human being.

Well, no, I actually don't, sir. You don't know me very well. That's clearly someone who's never met me. Get a life! Oh, then you do know me. Okay, yes. If it was get a life, then yes, you do. He's very angry on your behalf. No, it's like sometimes you get sick, you know, and you're just a person. And for me, especially in this show, it was such a difficult role and such difficult singing. And if you're sick, you're sick.

I don't want to show up and get the other cast members sick, and then they're out too. Or also, like, you just can't imagine watching a Broadway show and somebody's like a coughing fit or sneezes or something. Like, that's just, what the hell's going on? Yeah, exactly. I mean, I feel two ways about it. You pay a lot of money to see somebody on broadway and i don't want to see somebody who is struggling through a song i would rather see a really amazing understudy who's like giving it their all so yeah i've apologized to people on twitter i've also yelled at people on twitter for being mean to me about it i often feel you know i mean we don't

complain but no other no other sport no other art ballet opera dance you know, I mean, we don't complain, but no other sport, no other art, ballet, opera, dance, you know, baseball players play almost every day, I guess, but nobody else does with their body and their voice and their physical and their psyche and their emotional state, because it is a very live experience. Nobody does that eight times a week.

You know, and we do, and we accept that. It's part of the deal. I get it. But, I mean, that's why there are times when the body just goes down, and you can't, for whatever reason that might be, you know. And I think nobody hates it more than us. I know that I hate it. I mean, you know, I hate to have to call, you know, I sit there thinking, oh, well, now this is happening, and oh, now they're doing that number,

and I wonder how my understudy's doing it. You know. But you can turn the sound on in your baseball game. Yes, exactly. Exactly. And understudy's doing it. You know. But you can turn the sound on in your baseball game. Yes, exactly. Exactly. And drink while I'm watching it. Or when you're at home, not at the show, you just put the soundtrack on and play in the background of watching baseball. That would be so sad.

That would be so sad. So sad. Alright, so let's get into what you guys brought for the old prize bag tonight. We'll start with Alex because he's got his own bag in his hand here. All right, I brought a couple of things. I brought my favorite candy, Dots.

Oh, I want the Dots, I want the Dots. Yep, I brought my, there's a bunch of favorites. I brought my favorite character from The Walking Dead, Morgan. I don't like what he's about to do. Oh, Morgan. Morgan. No, not Negan. Not Negan.

Morgan, the man with the stick. I brought a book that's been on my shelf for a long time called Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula. And then the last thing I brought, which is bookmarking this, is from 1993. I just moved, so I bought a bunch of things. It's 1993 from the Flint Center in De Anza

College in Cupertino, California when I saw David Copperfield for $17.50 and he signed my ticket stub. You're giving that away? Oh, now it's gone. That is priceless. Copperfield does the big tricks.

I do the little tiny ones. That's really something amazing to give up like that. You sure you don't want to keep that? I do think that's not right. Copperfield's signature is bullshit. He just takes a magic marker give up like that. I mean, I don't... You sure you don't want to keep that? Do you think that's not right? Because also, Copperfield's signature is bullshit. Yeah.

He just takes a magic marker and draws... My signature on David Copperfield. He draws the rings around Saturn and calls that an autograph. Magic marker?

Shut up! Get a life! That was pretty good though, magic marker. That was a good... It was a good joke, sir. Yeah. It was a good joke, sir. Yeah.

It was a good one. Tweet it to me tomorrow. People write to me all the time, stuff like, why didn't you say magic marker when you were talking about the pen? Oh, man, yeah, you're right. I should have said it. Julia, what do you got? Well, I have some mango high chews. I've been dabbling in these as of late.

They're quite delicious. I have a weird lips bottle opener. This was a stocking stuffer at Christmas time, so it's from my parents to you. I love your parents thought you would enjoy that. Why would I, right? So trendy. And I have some light-up Happy New Year glasses.

And notice it doesn't have the specific year, so these babies could last you every New Year's till you die. So, that's what I have. I don't like those ones anyway where the two and the zero or the circles around your eyes. I'm happy to get rid of them, to be honest. Yeah, this is pretty awesome. They're great.

Great stuff. And an American Apparel bag. Yeah. If anyone wants that. Smut shop bag. Are they going out of business, American Apparel? Let's give them a plug. I feel like they've been having some trouble.

What? I feel like I heard that somewhere. Yeah, yeah, they're bankrupt or something. Brad, what do you got? I have a beautiful limited edition Something Rotten notepad that were made for the opening night of Something Rotten by my husband.

So we got one of these. And, oh, wow, this. Get ready. Uh-oh. This, from last weekend. You know, Bernadette Peters does this Broadway Barks thing in Schubert Alley to adopt pets. It's a great cause. It's a great cause. But I have to say, the last couple

years, their artwork for the event is unbelievably shit. Last year, the poster looked like Cujo. It was like, come to Broadway Barks. I was like, God no! Please no! This year, this is great. And here it can be yours.

They got it together. The T-shirt from this year's Broadway Barks. All of the lovely animals are dressed as characters from Hamilton. Yes! It does not get any better than this. So there you go. I mean, yeah, someone thought of this and said yeah let's do that There's a lot of terror in their eyes

That sounds way better Yes I gladly and with love hand that There we go Alright I don't know I'm sorry Laura that you have to follow that It's rough No no no

I have a feeling that they're going to like what you brought I have to say up until about 45 minutes ago, I literally had no idea what this was. I said yes because I think you are hilarious and I'd love to super high me, and I was like, sure, I don't know what it is, but I'll do it. So then I'm listening to it, and I'm like, oh, shit, this is genuinely about movies,

which I know nothing about. There's a contest involved. I hate contests, and I'm terrible at them. And I was like, what can I bring? No one in this audience is going to want a CD from a musical. Did not know it was all about musicals at all. So I brought a $25 gift card from Starbucks. And a lightsaber.

And a lightsaber. Did I tell you that that would go over all right? I told you you brought the right thing. Hold on, I'm just going to find the gift card. Oh, she's got to find the gift card. I'm like your Nana right now. It's in here. You know it's in here.

Oh, I love this thing. I love the way it shoots out. That's what's on there. Oh, I don this thing. I love the way it shoots out. That's what's on there. Oh, I don't want to break it, though. I don't want to break it. Wait, but where legitimately is it? Just from looking at the front row. All right, you can look for it for a while. I know how ladies' purses are.

All these fireworks. You're reaching in there down to China. So many bags tonight I'll find it nobody panic people Broadway people know how to bring a gift

some of you people in the first three rows got so genuinely psyched for that lightsaber it was so embarrassing to watch up here it was like it was not fake

like woo it was like it's insane. It does not make me feel comfortable with the rest of the generations of this. Well, you know, most of these people have a shot at winning this thing. So, you know,

it's pretty exciting. I feel like it's like $3. It's in the back? It's backstage. Can you tell them where to go to get it? Yeah, it's in a plastic bag, a plastic Dwayne Reed bag backstage. Can you go look for that? Also totally your grandma.

It's just in one of my plastic bags. With my sour balls. Don't forget my sour balls. Wait, there is sour balls in there, and I'm not joking. Like, legit, bring those out, too. I will share that shit with everyone. Is it this Dwayne Reed bag? No.

Oh no that's just an extra from American Beauty. Jinx you owe me a coke. We finish each other's sandwiches. There it is. Legitimately. Jinx, you owe me a coke We finish each other's Sandwiches There it is Legitimately Wait, where the fuck is it?

Oh my god Wait, where's my husband? Tell them I bought it Tell my husband I love him I might not get out of here alive. All right, you well-trained. Give him your Amex. All right.

There's about as much on it. That's like $25. I seriously think everyone would be sad if you couldn't find the lightsaber. I don't think they care that much about the $25 at Starbucks. What can you get for $25 at Starbucks? Like a grande and a...

A lightsaber. A lightsaber. A lightsaber. Yeah. All right. But yeah, if you ever find it, we'll forward it to the winner tonight. All right. We'll make sure they get taken care of.

Before we get to the game portion of the show, the contest that you're worried about, because you can't even focus on a contest right now anyway. I'm sorry, I'm going through my plastic bag. That's so funny. I do that stuff all the time, but it's just with my pockets. Oh, shit. Oh, my pockets! Yes!

That was some David Copperfield type shit right there. That was good. That is the best thing that's ever happened to me. So when I say that tonight's all about musicals, what I'm really driving at is movie musicals, because I grew up on movie musicals. I didn't see my first Broadway show until I was in my 20s, and finally got out to New York and the first thing I saw was some boring thing

just because Al Pacino was in it. But I digress. You guys have all... It's called Chinese coffee. Oof. Yeah. Sounds boring. It was like a two-man thing

and one of them was going, Ha ha ha! Exactly. So... like a two-man thing. And one of them was going, ha, ha, ha. So. And then I saw. That could be Pacino or an Asian guy. And I learned nothing from that experience.

I just went and saw Al Pacino in a one-man show after that. Like, let's get rid of that other guy. So I'm in Huey. But anyway, you guys want movie musicals. Let's shift

the show over to movie musicals. You must also have some that inspired you in your careers. Let's start with Alex. I'll just answer for you. School of Rock. Julia. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Also not a movie musical, really.

No, but yeah, I like to call it a musical. And I like that the songs from the movie are in the musical, but the new songs in the musical are as good. And shockingly, I don't think of Andrew Lloyd Webber as being able to write that sort of thing,

but he did. He did. He nailed it. He nailed it, man. My favorite movie musical that shaped me was the craziest thing still I've ever seen. The Who's Tommy, the movie. With Jack Nicholson and Tina Turner and Roger Daltrey. Insane. Watched it way too young.

Yeah. Me as well. I'll never get over Ann-Marg Margaret rolling around on a sofa full of beans. Just like sofa cushions that are white and she's rolling around and just covered in beans. Beans and soap. Like baked beans. Yeah. Yeah, the soap didn't bother me so much.

Something to get all those beans off of her. Yeah. Yeah, that's a trippy-ass movie. It's great. And then did you ever see the Broadway version of it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you like that? Or did you ever play in it?

That was my second Broadway musical I ever saw, and Michael Cerveris changed my life. I was at the stage door, and he came down and reached, I was like eight, nine years old, and he said, is this your first Broadway show? And I lied,

because I saw Cats and didn't like it. Written by my boss. And then I saw Tommy, and so that was my first one that really kind of struck home, and I said, yeah. And he said, well, thanks for coming to my show. It means the world to me. And so that I now do at every stage door. Every once in a while, someone's first Broadway show,

I say the same thing. And I only say that so I can maybe get extra points later in this show. But also now you know what to say to him to see if he's telling the truth or not. It's come tomorrow night. It's my first Broadway show. I don't give a shit. I'm going to try it tomorrow.

I'm going to yell it during your curtain call. It's my first Broadway show! Except for seeing this one before. It was like a talking dog there, I think. Yeah, that guy... That was like a fake laugh. I feel like that's not a real human. No, it was?

Okay, that's a person. We got all kinds of laughs here on this show. It's really delightful. But I was going to follow something up. What's his name? Michael Severus? Yep. Severus. In Fun Home right now. He's in Fun Home, yeah. To the end of September 10th.

And he was great in that. But you know what I really liked him in also? His Assassins. So good. Amazing in Assassins. I did a play with him where I had to sit on him while he was naked. It was called the vibrator play. Yeah, the vibrator play. And every night I'd have to undress him and then he would lay on the ground and I would be fully clothed and I'd have to just sit on him.

And then the curtain would come down. It's a good way to get to know someone. You're welcome for that story. Was there any dialogue or anything? In the play? Yeah. No, it was just the porn. It was a dance piece. It was just like a porn on Broadway. It was a Broadway porn. Sounds like an odd In the play? Yeah. Yeah. No, it was just the porn. It was a dance piece.

It was just like a porn on Broadway. It was a Broadway porn. Sounds like an odd cabaret act. Yeah, exactly. Sit and curtain. Truly, what was the last, I mean, what's the one that influenced you the most? The first big one? You had to pick one.

I was really obsessed with Grease when I was a kid. I really was. I saw it so many timesase when I was a kid. I really was. I saw it so many times. No applause. No applause. There were more applauds for Michael Cerveris than there were for Grease in this room. But I appreciate that because he's fantastic. Grease I'll look back on now and I'll question why I was so obsessed with it.

But I will say I loved it. And I just thought it was fantastic. I've never liked it. I've never liked it. I've never liked it, and I've watched it a million times. I will watch it, but I just sit there picking at it. Because something about it seems so amateur, but then also at the same time, it's fun to watch. You know why I think I liked it was because I was so young watching it,

I had no idea what anything meant. So any reference, any like, oh, she watching it, I had no idea what anything meant. So, like, any reference, any, like, oh, she's pregnant, I learned that last year. Like, all the plot stuff that was real, like, adult or high school, whatever stuff as a kid, I was like, oh, it's flashy, and they're dancing, and they're singing on bleachers, I can't wait to go to high school.

Yeah, I mean, that prom, that dance sequence on TV, it's like it's you know it starts with uh everybody's kind of fighting over who gets to fuck who yeah and then and then it ends with three dudes uh you know pulling their pants down and showing their asses yeah i thought it was just some innocent child play that was so fun it's just all kids stuff that movie. So I apologize for my choice. It's not a bad choice I don't think. Especially

you can interpret the question any way you want because I don't like what's your favorite, what's the most important question because I never have a great answer. But Brad, what's your answer? I would say as far as movie musicals and those that shaped me as a kid, so let us go back a little bit further

than Grease the film. The jazz singer. The jazz singer, the first one. No, no, no, no. It could have been the Neil Diamond one. Come on, man. That's right. And that's a musical.

It was the 80s. No, I would say really Dr. Doolittle, the Rex Harrison, that musical Dr. Doolittle. Oh, okay. You know, that was like a huge bomb at the time. I didn't know it, of course. I was very, you know, very young, but that and that, you know, and that album, you know, was playing that album to death.

That, and then very soon after was, of course, Willy Wonka. That original, that film as well. Those are, yeah, very, for me, very seminal, and I still, you know, see those films on TV or hear that score, and yeah, it brings up all that, you all that fabulous emotional recall that music does.

I'm sorry. My phone's making noise. I apologize. It's so rude. You've got to close those apps. Yeah, I just... I butt app or something sometimes in my pocket and I don't got this thing figured out.

But like I said earlier, it's what I use to see what time it is. Again, that's a rude thing to say during your answer. I had to check the time while you were talking. But the people listening don't know that I'm doing that and the people here are riveted. There's a clock right there. Yeah, there is.

841. Super convenient. It's been here for 30 shows, I reckon. It's super convenient. It's been here for 30 shows, I reckon. But, you know, my phone's not... Yeah, that's the same time. So... Do you watch Dr. Dolittle now and go,

whoa, or you can't even watch it, so it's just not for you anymore I mean I don't sit and watch it through it's the kind of thing if it's on and I flip by it you know I'll watch it for a little bit yeah you hang out until the push me pull you shows up yeah exactly exactly that's the funnest part of the big snail

but you know I think that I mean you know again it's things that I identified with at that age that sort of turned me on to the whole you know sort of thing the whole musical thing yeah that's interesting I imagine Willy Wonka sort of did that on to the whole, you know, sort of thing, the whole musical thing. Yeah, that's interesting. I imagine Willy Wonka sort of did that for me because there's something about that movie where it's, you know, there's songs constantly, and you even have that one ballad,

Cheer Up Charlie, that, like, I hated as a kid, and now I still, you know... I thought that was soup for the longest time. It's a good bathroom break, you know, when that song is on. But there's a Willy Wonka Broadway you know, when that song is on. But there's a Willy Wonka Broadway version coming soon.

Yes, there is. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I guess it'll be called, right? Mm-hmm. Or is it Willy Wonka? Charlie. Okay. And yeah,

that's coming soon. And it was on the West End and I saw it there, but I'll say no more. Different here. Right? Different. I think so.

Here. Yes. Will be. I hope so we'll be we'll be right f yes we'll be uh laura what do you got uh i really loved mary poppins you got like suffrage you got like votes for women you got feminism you have banks crashing a magical bag right and you have an acid trip of jumping into the cement and all of a sudden you're like dancing with cartoons it was pretty amazing yeah there's a lot going on in that a lot and then of course julie andrews

being just incredible i kind of want to change my answer to that much Much more applause for Julie Andrews, you assholes. Julie Andrews! Thank you. Ugh. I never got into Sound of Music ever. What? I was very into that. Do a mic drop. Do it. No. No, I just, for some reason, you know, as a youngster,

it felt boring to me. It's long. It is for sure long. It is long. And as an adult, it's got too much Nazi in it for me. You don't love a Nazi? All right. But you know what I mean? Wasn't that weird? The NBC version, which you participated in.

I did. Yeah, my first job ever on Broadway is I played Maria in The Sound of Music when I was 18. And then I did the NBC live version with Carrie Underwood. I played the old lady who he doesn't marry. She's not old. Don't say that. She's old. He struggles over the decision.

It's a tight race, I think, between the two of you. Wait, say what? I thought you came off pretty great in that. Oh, thanks. But what I was going to say, though, is what I didn't like is just you're flipping around the channels and you land on American Television Network and there were giant Nazi flags in that production. Oh, thanks. But what I was going to say, though, is what I didn't like. It's just you're flipping around the channels and you land on American Television Network. And there were giant Nazi flags in that production.

Oh, for sure. With just smiling children in front of them. All blonde. You're like, what's going on? Donald Trump loves it. It's his favorite. It's his favorite. I only saw two minutes of it, but there were banners and children.

It was wonderful. They were all blonde. saw two minutes of it, but there were banners and children. It was wonderful. They were all blond. I'm going to hire them as my cabinet. Maybe a couple end tables. Alright, so... Because he doesn't know how government works.

Do you see? He doesn't know. He'll figure it out. Because he doesn't know how government works. Do you see? He doesn't know. He doesn't know. He'll figure it out. All right, you guys. That was a great round of discussion. And it's time for Bert Kreischer to turn the show off because I'm about to say, let the games begin. Yay!

Wow. Let the games begin. Oh, wow. Oh. Let the games begin. I should have sang it. That's what I realized. Wow. You did great. Wow.

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Oh my god. Let's start with, uh, what's happening? Yeah. Throwing food at me? Edibles. Oh, great. I love you. Sure. Wait, you're tossing it at me like we're dogs or something

what if I just caught that like a hacky sack that would have been fucking incredible and the bags are all wet what is going on man oh they were in ice what if

well you're such a sweetheart I'm cold that's a what oh a gummy bear look one gummy bear in a plastic bag why would you give them

just one regular gummy bear it's look at how much him just one regular gummy bear? Look at how much cocaine is on that gummy bear. That is a functioning pipe. Alright, so where were we before food was tossed at us? Who are you playing for down here, Laura? I'm playing for Sarah Normal Activity.

Look at all that candy on there. There's some Kit Kat and Twix and M&M's. And look at your face. You're on here. I'm on there, yeah. I'm often on the, I think I'm probably on all of them, except for Les Miserables. That's right.

But great job. Sarah's your name, right, Sarah? Right here. There you are. Good job, Sarah. Thank you. What do you got there? It's so good.

How would you describe that, Brad? It's fantastic. All I know is look at this pipe. It's loaded. Oh, nice. I didn't even know that when I picked it. But I just, yeah, I'm into sort of the, you know, this sort of scully, fabulous thing. What exactly is the name here?

Is the name on the front? It's Return of Living Paul. Thank you. Thank you, Paul. I feel like the viewers should know about the rat inside the mouth. There's a rat inside the mouth of a zombie head. He's missing an eye. And then there's lots of pictures of other zombies.

And it's in an interesting shape. Is this like so you could sit comfortably on the train coming in? Is that right? Just put your legs through here? Not very easy to hold, but hey. I got to get a, not a Periscope, but a Vine of all of these name tags. Julia, tell us about yours. This is the

Mike Who Shagged Me, classic Austin Powers, with some light up lights with a battery pack on the back. I'm just very impressed by the technology. Yeah, that's pretty damn sweet. Classic. And oh wait, sorry.

Alex, go ahead and tell them what yours is. I'm playing for Les Miserables. It's the best use of kid pics I've ever seen. And that's it. All right. You don't want to say some more about it while I'm making this line? Sure, yeah, yeah, I'll say more about it. The sheen on this rivals that of Charlie or Michael.

What else? That was off the top of my head. I feel like that was pretty damn good. The weight of this rivals, I don't know. I was going to say something about Vegas Loser. I love it. It's a great one. Everybody, great name tags and great selections.

Let's play some games. Yes. Oh shit, look at the time. Mine's one minute faster than that one right now. Alright, here we go. First game. Oh yeah, feel free to put them down All right, here we go. First game. Oh, yeah, feel free to put them down.

No, let's go. I'm ready. Everybody needs to be back in position before I tell them what's going to happen. Don't want to surprise anybody with this. All right, go! Here's how it works. This game on a regular episode of Douglas Movies is called Douglas Musicals because what I do is I just start naming songs

from a movie musical and you guys guess as often you want just the first person to name the correct movie musical. You shout it out. All of these songs. Just any time you want to guess, as many times as you want to guess until we get a right answer,

which usually happens at least by the last one. Because many movie musicals have a song in the movie that's the title of the film. So heads up on that. Alright. What movie musical

has the song Cry For Me in it? Jersey Boys. Little Shop of Horrors. No and no. Cry Baby? No. That's a musical.

Remember, it's just people on stage. No audience guesses, please. Where Has the Love Gone? Is also a song in this movie. How about I Found Me? I Found The? I Found Me.

Me. I Found Me. I think it goes like this. I found me. Oh, that I found me. Oh, that I found me. Pleased as can be. I found me. What a lovely day when I find me.

Again, I have Sean Cullen disease all of a sudden. Something Muppets now. There was a song. Yeah, it was very Muppet-y. Yeah, Something Muppets now. There's a song, yeah, it was very Muppety. Yeah, Something Muppets. I found me over in the rainbow. There's a song

in this movie called Coming. This isn't a real thing. C-O-M-I-N-G, Coming. Oh, this is weird timing. There's also a song called Child of Love.

What is this? It's a movie musical. There's also a song called Child of Love. What is this? It's a movie musical. It's a movie musical? Uh-huh. It's also got... Specially made for me. A lot of... It's a selfish story.

Here's one that I might give it away. There's a song in this musical called Speed. Why would that have given it away? Because if you saw a musical and a song called Speed in it, you'd maybe remember it. How about this song? Show Business. Show Business is

spelled B-I-Z-N-E-S-S. Or how about How to Be a Master. What is this? And it's not of a house. This sounds like nine different musicals. Oh, here's a... This will give it away.

There's a song in this musical. It's either called B-I.M. or B.I.M. These people in the audience know it. I have no idea. Okay, keep it to yourselves, guys. I'm embarrassed. There's another song called Universal Melody. And finally...

The apple. The apple tree. The apple. The apple is correct. What is B-I-M? What's the apple? You added a tree. I don't know.

But people in the audience got it when I said the B-I-M. It's BIM? And what does that mean? BIM marks. People have BIM marks? Oh, God. I've never heard of this. Never heard of it.

Adam and Eve in the Future, and it's supposedly just one of the rottenest musicals ever made. Cool! I don't even know who's in it. I've never seen it. But it's called The Apple and some people love it in a sick way. These guys probably also like

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Xanadu. like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Xanadu. I like the stage version of Xanadu. The musical, the Broadway musical was good. I love this Les Miserables guy. Did you have any idea that you were sitting in front row of a show with all Broadway panelists?

That's so crazy. The shirt he's wearing. The theme just runs throughout. I bet he's got underwear on that has that. It's Hermione. It says, lay wizard up. Up. You're a very special kind of nerd, sir.

My kind of nerd. Alright, this next game. Don't be offended by the title. It's just silly. It's called ABC Deez Nuts. And the reason it's got ABC in there is because it's a spelling game. Are you guys good at spelling? You don't have to be good at it. You just have to be, like, second grade level.

I think you'll get you at it. You just have to be second grade level. I think you'll get you through it. Because basically what it is, is I've come up with something that I want to spell, and we're going to go through each letter of this thing that I want to spell. You've played this before, Alex, and the idea is when I get to you, I'll tell you the letter. You don't have to figure it out on your own.

And then you just name any movie that begins with that letter, and you're still in the game. Movie, musical, or movie? A movie. Cool. But you can't, you know, you'll get knocked out if you can't think of something. But it doesn't have to be a musical.

It could just be a movie. It could just be a movie, yeah. Yeah, there's no reason to limit it. But if you say the movie that I've pre-written down when it's your turn, then you win the whole game automatically. I feel a strong connection with all of you. I think it's going to happen. So Alex won that last game.

So we'll start with you, Alex. Just name the first letter of this phrase. The phrase is The Great White Way. In honor of Broadway. So just, you start us off with the letter T. Any movie that begins with the letter T. Terminator. Nope, I went

with The Sound of Music. Julia H. Hedwig and the Angry Inch. No! Did you think that? Hairspray. E, Brad. Any movie that begins with E.

It doesn't have to be a musical. E, Eraserhead. Okay. Which, now that you're saying it out loud, great idea for a musical. Probably, right? Yeah. I went with Enchanted. Oh, good. Yeah, yeah. G for

you, Laura. Gigi. Gigi! I went with Grease 2. Alright, Alex. Bring it home with R. Rock of Ages. That is the one I wrote down. Yay! All right, so Alex wins, but this game's too fun to stop.

Another E for Julia. Oh, no. E's are hard. Another E for Julia. Oh, no. E's are hard. It's tough, right? Yeah.

You don't have to. You can give up. Can I just say Euro trip? Yeah. That's good. That's good. That's the first thing in my head. I went with everyone says I love you. Oh, obscure. Yeah, that Woody good. First thing in my head. I went with Everyone Says I Love You. Oh, obscure.

Yeah, that Woody Allen weirdness. Deep cut. Julia Roberts, one of our greatest singers. A is the next letter for Brad. A, A, A chorus line. Oh, that's a good one. Nice. I went with Absolute Beginners.

T, Laura? Terminator? I said The Singing Detective. What is that? Oh, you haven't seen The Singing Detective? The BBC miniseries was awesome and then the movie they made with Mel Gibson and some other people wasn't as good.

Isn't it also Pennies from Heaven? The Steve Martin. Yeah, same dude who wrote both of those things. Right. Yeah. W is your letter there, Alex. Water World. The musical.

Another great idea for a musical. Just call them the musical. We could do it. It's all there. I went with Walk the Line. We could do this all day. I went with Walk the Line. H, Julia, do it. I know you got it. Did I say hairspray this time?

I don't repeat them, but that would be funny to do. Holiday Inn. Oh, it's going to open here on Broadway in a few months. I went with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Ah, classic. Now Brad's going to get this next one. I. I.

I. I. Movie that begins with I. I. A musical if one happens to come to you. I'm going to get this. If one comes into your head. Sadly right now, nothing.

I. Into your beautiful skull. I. I. I. Into your beautiful skull. I. I. I. I just gotta wait for it to come into you. I. You don't want it to go into something else.

You want it to go into you. I. I have no idea what's going on right now. I have absolutely no idea what's going on right now. You think I know what's going on right now I have absolutely no idea You think I know what's going on? I'm trusting that you do Someone's gotta be flying the plane I, why am I having trouble?

The audience knows what's going on This is so sad No, it's alright, it's kind of a tricky thing Because you start saying I out loud and you're making the wrong I sound. Right, and I want to go like with in or im or in. You guys are terrible. You're like that Kristen Wiig character who can't, you know, keep a secret. Into the woods.

Just say into the woods. I apologize. I apologize. There are various things that have gone into this day that have obviously left some brain cells unable to participate in this evening's event. It's your day off. Yeah, enjoy it. Into the woods.

Into the woods, of course. Boo. Laura, do you have a tea? The King and I? Yeah, that's a good one. I enjoyed that Lincoln Center revival, but I went with the apple. I think Alex is going to get this next one. E. No, I'm not. No?

No, I'm not. But? No, I'm not. Okay. But I do have one. Okay. Pray love. Yeah. That begins with E. Beautiful, beautiful.

Did someone just say fuck you? Finally you came up with... Fuck you. That's the first one that's come up that I have in there at the urge to say that should be a musical. We already heard Julia Roberts sing. I went, you know, it's kind of tricky because a number begins with the letter E and that's eight mile.

Eight mile. Yeah. W for Julia. Slam dunk it. Slam dunk it. I'm thinking a musical should slam dunk it. All you gotta do is come up with a W that's been referenced already tonight.

Oh, no. Let's make it more embarrassing than you can remember. That's much more embarrassing. Reference tonight. I have one, but it wasn't Reference Tonight. Do, do, do, do, do. Is it so obvious that I'm just... Do, do, do, do.

Oh, Willy Wonka! Full title? I got that from your dancing. Full title? I got that from your dancing. Full title. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Jesus Christ, if I messed that up. I love this game. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

A for Brad. Another A, another A this might be one of my favorite movie musicals of all time and it's not it's never been done on stage it's just a movie musical begins with A Anchors Away

no no Anchors Away American no American in Paris already was done well I already had an answer right Anchors Away oh yeah that's your answer yeah all that jazz American in Paris already was done. I already had an answer, right? Anchors Away.

That's your answer. All That Jazz. One of my favorites too. Great movie, but not just as a musical. Everything else about it is great as well. It does a lot of things well. And why? I've been thinking. You've been thinking ahead?

And nothing begins with why? There's no movie that begins with Y. What about Literally, I don't I can't, I don't know. Julia has a guess. I do. It's a good one. What is it? Yentl? That's correct. Yay! Yes!

Alright, there's one movie that begins with a Y. It's a lot easier when the pressure's not on you. It's not your turn, you come up with the answer. I like it. This is another game where I'm going to come straight at you individually. It's called Whose Tagline Is It Anyway? And since you've already caught on to my little game of everything's a movie musical,

I'll say for this next game, for the most part, they are. They have something to do with Broadway, all of these movies. But who won that game officially? Alex? So we'll start with Alex, but we'll go in a different order. We'll go to Alex, then Laura, and then Brad, and Julia. And you get to steal if the person next to you doesn't get the right answer. I'll say a tagline from the poster or an advertisement for a motion picture. And you guys have to guess what movie it's for.

We start with Alex. This is the tagline for this movie. This is the tagline for this movie. All the excitement, the glamour, the tenderness, the music of the greatest entertainment of our time. I don't know how that haiku got past whoever made the decision, but it doesn't seem like a great tagline. What would you think that was for? Moulin Rouge.

Oh, that's a great guess. No. Okay. Laura, do you have any guess of what is the glamour, the tenderness, the music, greatest entertainment of our time? I do not. Okay, Brad? Is it like that's entertainment? Oh, that's of our time. I do not. Okay, Brad? Is it like That's Entertainment? Oh, that's a great cast.

I like those movies. There's two of them. Yeah. Three of them. Three? That's Entertainment 3? The legend continues. No.

Julia, anything? Can I hear it one more time? Yeah. All the excitement, the glamour, the tenderness, the music of the greatest beard-touching entertainment of our time. Bear-touching? Beard. Beard-touching.

It's a Godspell reference. The greatest beard-touching entertainment of our time. Do you have a guess? Someone just said it out loud. And it was into a microphone. This is so shameful. I'm so embarrassed. I'd like to steal.

It was for the movie version of Godspell. I thought I'd sneak that one past you. Oh, that's embarrassing. But there's no way to know what movie they're describing there. I mean, I agree that that's what that movie was. It was definitely all the excitement, the glamour, and the tenderness. Excitement, glamour, tenderness. The music of the greatest entertainment.

If they said, like, fountain dancing, then I would have gotten it. This next one should be a little more specific and easier to try to figure out, and we start with Alex again. What movie musical had the tagline the happiest sound in all the world? Right.

The Sound of Music. in all the world? Right. The Sound of Music. That's correct. Yeah! Laura, which movie had the tagline Take Notes? Wait, why is everybody laughing? What's happening? Wait, what?

I don't understand what's happening. I apologize in this case. I didn't know that I was planning this that greatly, that the audience would just sit and laugh at everybody for not understanding very confusing things. But the tagline was, Take notes, and it's a movie musical. According to me, some people would argue it's not a musical.

Yes! I don't know. I don't know it. What'd you say? I said I don't know. No guess? Okay. Brad?

School of Rock. That's right. Never heard of Rock. That's right. Never heard of it. You're beautiful, Laura. All right. So she is beautiful. You're right, lady in the audience. All right. Starting with you, Julia.

Okay. This holiday season, be Italian. This holiday season, be Italian? Yeah. Be Italian. That's a song. Nine? Nine is credit.

College. College. Things are really heating up in this game. All right. Alex gets this next one. The girl who became the greatest show in show business. It's not that one about the twins that are conjoined.

No. One more time. I know what one it was. I didn't say it out loud. All right. The girl who became the greatest show in show business. Gypsy. That's correct. Yeah.

I mean, Gypsy. Double golf. Laura? Be careful what you wish for. You couldn't have given me Gypsy? That's what's funny about this. I don't control the timing of it.

Be careful what you wish for? Yeah. Let's narrow it down for you a little bit. What you need to do is just think really hard and let it just go into your head. Into your head? I'm feeling so much better about myself. I did preface this by saying

I don't know anything about musicals. Or movies. Go into your head. Be careful what you wish for. Yeah. I don't know. I pass. I don't know. I gotta steal again on this? It's true. You gotta jump in. I can all jump in? I on this it's true you gotta jump in

I love this just guess just say something say the name of a music I finally know it it's Into the Woods.

What's better than a running gag? I'm pretty sure when I was saying into your head to Brad to get him to say Into the Woods, Laura was just thinking about what, you know, the next thing might be. I was thinking about the letter Y. All right. Where are we at? Oh, okay.

Brad gets a point. Ooh, this is really getting tight. Julia? Last place. You have a point. I have zero points. I got you. An adventure as big as life itself.

Big Fish? That's right. Holy shit. And while the movie wasn't, the movie wasn't a musical, but I had to throw it in because that's where Brad and Alex met each other is performing in Big Fish.

Actually, if we're going to be factual, Brad and I met in Philadelphia. Sorry, Grammar Suite Theater. Brad and I met in Philadelphia doing a musical actually titled Brad Stars of David

for real Stars of David oh was it a guy named David who had throwing stars and he got into fights he's a ninja we were paid

in sour balls we met there but then soon after we did Big Fish We were paid in sour balls. We met there, but then soon after we did Big Fish. By all accounts, Big Fish was a really fun show that just didn't get a fair shake. Thanks, Les Miserables. Julia got that.

We got a three-way tie plus another person. There's no reason to make a big thing out of it. But Alex can take this whole thing home right now. In fact, whoever gets this next one right is the winner of this game. Even you, Laura. Nope, that's not true. That's not mathematically possible. We'll give it to you. Alex, he's gonna party

like it's 1985. The wedding singer. That is right. That's good. Good, Alan. Good. But yeah, if my research is right,

one of you is in a production of each and every one of those that we just played. That's correct. I was, and I didn't get literally anything. But that's, you're moving forward.

You're not just dwelling. You're just going on to the next thing. Thinking about a lot of things. Stay in the moment. Yeah, and you're really going on to the next thing. I'm thinking about a lot of things. Stay in the moment. Yeah, and you're really going to hate this next game probably. But it might, I don't know, it might be right for you. We'll see.

Is it napping? Try it on, see if it fits. Napping? Everybody lie down. Whoever can go to sleep the fastest. I would love that challenge this is a great game like if they could hook something up to you

so they'd know for sure when you're asleep hit rem yeah well I don't know if you have to get that deep into it getting all the way to rem sometimes rem will wake me up like oh I'm remming I feel like we're talking about two different things. No, there's a song about

Remming and then there's a song called Child of Love. Alright, so... Ha ha ha! Lots of good cartoon laughs in the crowd tonight. Okay, so... This is the final game of the evening. It's going to determine who wins the prize bag. Don't be sad.

There'll be more games to come in the future. But, you know what? Really quick, should we throw some donuts? So here's the idea, you guys. People bring donuts. Tell them don't bring donuts. They bring donuts. Especially when Duncan is right fucking next door. And

we throw them back at the audience. Can you grab some there, Alex, and pass them out to Laura and Brad and Julia, and I'm going to open this big one right here. There's zero grams of trans fat in these, you guys, so if you catch more than one, be sure to eat them right away

and also have another meal tonight before you go to bed. They hold up their name tags because I would like to hit Tom Hanks in the puss Just try to hit that green mile sign if you can Who me or Julia? Julia Hit the green mile sign in the puss The pressure's on I'll show you how like this

Okay ready? Ready? Throw the trophy down Okay, ready? I just killed a girl. I killed a human being. No deflecting. I'm so sorry. That guy totally blocked it. Don't block it.

I want to hit Tom Hanks. I killed someone. All right, I'm going to try. I want to hit Tom Hanks. I killed someone. All right. I'm going to try. I want to hit it so bad and then yell, Hanks for nothing. I got so excited. Go ahead, Brad.

Oh! Third time's a charm. Hey! Maybe if I underhand it, I'll do it. Yeah. Put the signs up, because you can't catch it if you're holding a sign up. Okay. I want to go really deep.

I want to go deep. Balcony. I'm going to go balcony. I'm going to underhand it. I'm going to make it nice and underhand. Whee! There we go. That is a nice toss.

There we go. That's better. I want to try that again. It seems like a kind of a flimsy... That's like a carnival game. It won't even fit in there. I got that, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Up in the sound booth

Put your kombucha away I knocked a kombucha off of the sound booth One time I hurt my arm so much Are you all satisfied? Do you want to do another one? I'll do one more That guy gave me the high sign over there I'm going to go as far That guy gave me the high sign over there

I'm going to go for the farthest I've ever thrown This one's a messy one Yeah Oh Julia Lovely underhander Oh, Julia. Lovely underhander. I'm trying to be gentle because I killed someone earlier. I hit an airplane out of a guy's hand. All right. Thank you for bringing the donuts.

Thank you for letting us throw them at you. Lawsuit? Lawsuit? Great. Great. Great. Can't wait for it. I don't know my own strength. We gotta put up

signs now. You might get hit in the face with a donut. That's why we're here. So be ready. You got it, man. The balcony

is not going hungry. Alright, so this game is called How High Can You Get? We're going to pass Brad's name tag around, and we're all going to take hits off of it. May I have another Cheetos and soda if someone's listening? Here's how it works. Wait, who won that last one? Alex again? Alex is dominating

today, but I feel this next game is going to be Laura's if I had to predict. So, we're going to start with you, Alex, and then we'll go down the line to the opposite order to Julia and Brad and Laura. And How High Can You Get is a game where we do rounds of,

it's all musicals all the time. That's the category. Oh, thank you so much for the beverage. I thought for a second I thought you were, I thought someone was going to throw more food at me. I thought someone was going to throw more food at me. Again, I've got to just throw in one more. Maybe I'll do one at the end, too.

But the Gramercy Theater has been really great for this show and all of us. Just knowing that Adam Levine stood on this stage, it just gives me goosebumps. I can see that. The first round, you have to name a musical, and you can start thinking ahead if you want. In the first round, each of you has to name a musical that is only one word in the title. These are movie musicals, not on stage. But we've said a lot of them tonight,

so there's a lot to pick from. And then everyone who successfully gets to that round has to name a movie musical that is two words in the title. And then 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and then it'll be hilarious if we get to 9. Because that's the name of a... Okay.

So, start us off, Alex, a musical with one word in the title. Movie musical. Movie musical. Cabaret. Yes, excellent choice. Life is one, old chum. Julia?

Oliver. Not to be confused with Oliver and Company, which I think did have songs in it and could be somebody's three word. Brad? Can't let the evening go by without mentioning Showgirls! Yay! Can we say ones that have already been said?

What? Can we say ones that have already been said or no? That'd be weird. Then everyone would just say Oliver. No, no, I mean that we said in the past. No, no, hopefully that's a road map to success. Okay, Oliver. All right. No, no, no. I mean that we said in the past. No, no. Hopefully that's a road map to success. Okay, great.

Thank you. I just said one right before you all said yours, and nobody said it yet. All right. So, Grease. Yeah, Grease. Yeah. Grease. Very good. All right.

And we shift the starting point around each time. So, Julia starts the round of two. With two? Mm-hmm. Funny Girl. Mm two? Funny girl. Brad? Hello, Dolly. Hello, Dolly. I've got a kind of a cough, so I thought

I could do it pretty good right now. Laura? The whiz. How come you weren't in that one? Because I'm white. What's the next one going to be? Do you know? Oh, yeah. Hairspray.

Oh, okay. Yeah. All right. That'll be a fun one to watch like that, I think. Sure. I think Fox really blew it open with Grease the way they actually got audience in there. But the audience didn't get any of the jokes. No.

Like, there's no laughter, but at least there's an energy. Sure. Like, the whiz is just like, these guys are in a lonely-ass forest. I know. They're belting for no one. All right. Who's on? Alex.

For two. Two-worder. The producers. Wait, how do you know it's it on? Alex. For two. Two-worder. The producers. Wait, how do you know it's on you? Because Laura just went. I just went. Okay, cool. The producers.

The producers. Yeah, yeah. Which I saw Brad Oscar in that particular show. All right. We're up to three and starting with Brad. Three title, three word. I mean, really? Yeah.

I mean, really? You can really say it. He's ready. Into the woods. Ah, the rule of three, the rule of three. The music man. Fuck. Oh, that was nice.

Oh, we're in trouble. Oh, no. Just kidding. School of Rock. Damn it! I don't know why I thought I was safe going with School of Rock after the music band with you. I'm not here to make friends, Julia.

Oh, boy. Oh, boy. I feel like... You don't have a three-worder? The Lion King! Yay! It's a fun... I've played this game before, and it's a fun process to just be

just thinking of titles and find the one that's three words oh no that one's too long how to succeed in business without really alright we're up to four Laura not Brad? isn't it Brad's turn? no or wait he went first that last round

with the into the woods thing oh sure the king and I oh it's four count on your fingers it's four restaurant, but the Into the Woods thing. Oh, sure. Oh, The King and I. Mm-hmm. Oh, it's four. Count on your fingers. It's four. I don't know if this was a movie. I know it's a musical. So, I'm just going to say it, because I don't give a shit. Well, you've been winning. You're dominating the whole night. Don't throw it away on a whim. No, I won't. It's...

I'm just going to go out on a limb because it's my mom's favorite musical. The Me Nobody Knows. Yeah! Alright! Support! I know it's a musical. I'm not sure if it's a movie musical.

It's not a movie. Yeah, I don't think they ever made that into a movie. Well, then I'm out then. I love movies, and especially musicals. I don't think it's been made into a movie. No one here is disputing that, so sorry, Alex. That's okay. But it was a tribute to your mom.

That's a good way to go out. It's very sweet. For your mom. It's really beautiful that you did that dumb thing for your mom. But it's about time you lose. Go ahead there. The Sound of Music. The Sound of Music.

Do you know what you know about this movie? It is. Oh, wait, what? I thought he was just yelling something random. 1980 TV movie. TV movie. Sorry, pal. Yeah, wait, what? I thought he was just yelling something random. 1980 TV movie. TV movie. Sorry, pal. Yeah, good try. I feel good, though. Take that over to Doug Loves TV

and we'll deal with it. I didn't even know they ever made TV movie musicals that weren't like, you know, Rankin and Bass. What'd you say? Whose turn is it? Sound of music. The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Yes!

Are we still on four? That's a fun euphemism for bowel movements. Did you do four already, Laura? I did four, yeah. Okay, so now we're on to five, and we start with Julia, because Alex is out. Yeah, you've got to start using your fingers when we get to five. I didn't see that. You saw that?

Walt Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Yay! I knew it would work for me at some point. Yay! Yeah, you come up short a lot, right? Yeah. God damn it. This is fun.

You can throw yours in for fun at the end. I had a four. It's good. Oh, what's your four? That thing you do. Oh, yeah. That's good. I'm having trouble.

Five, five, five, five. I just thought of a five, I think. Yeah, no, I'm getting six and sevens, but I'm not getting... Sixes? I'm all at sixes and sevens. I don't know, is there a clock that's going to go... Any second? I don't know. No, I make a noise with my mouth

I want to stay in I want to stay in I'm trying to think I'm trying to think Seven Brides for Seven Brothers my mother's favorite film my mother's favorite film that's really confusing with all those My mother's favorite film. My mother's favorite film.

Oh. That's really confusing with all those sevens in a five word title. Yeah, yeah. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Uh. No? No, the movie's... But we got something for the next round.

The movie's called Willy Wonka. That's a musical? Yeah, sort of. Okay, I agree with you. Settle down. All right, she's good then. She's good, she's good. Thanks, guys!

That's how bad they feel for me. So Brad has to do six now. Oy. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Okay. How about...

It's so funny what you're missing right now. Oh. Oh, it's six and now. Oh. Yeah. Yeah, now where are they? No. No. No. Oh.

Mmm. Uh. Yeah, no. Ooh, I got an eight. Um, tap out? Oh, well, Willy Wonka and... Wow. Yes. Thank you.

You're welcome. You got you. You're welcome. You got there. You got there. That's good. Do you have one, Laura? No. Why waste the people's time? It's tough, right?

With all my thinking. Oh, man. I can't believe we glossed over Chitty Chitty Bang Bang when we were in the fives. Fours? Fours. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang when we were in the fives. Fours? Fours. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Bang. The sequel? Two?

Chitty Chitty? Chitty Chitty? Bang Bang Bang Bang. Julia? I don't know. I know Shuffle Along has a long title, but I think that's like 12 words. It's not a movie. Shuffle Along. Is that a movie? That's not a movie, though. I know Shuffle Along has a long title, but I think that's like 12 words. Is that a movie?

No, I give up. Birdman wasn't a musical. That had a lot of words in it. Is that one word? Wait, so who's the winner? Brad won? Let's hear it for Brad, everybody. Thank you. I won because of you. Let's hear it for Brad everybody I figured out how to succeed in business Without really trying is a good one for later Right a funny thing happened on the way to the forum

Sixes are hard What's the longest musical title anybody can think of Shuffle along I think A funny thing happened on the way to the forum That's probably about the same as business Sunday in the Park with George is a good one That wasn't a movie though The funny thing happened on the way to the forum? That's probably about the same as business. Sunday in the Park with George is a good one. That wasn't a movie, though. Oh, Sunday in the Park with George.

Damn it. Yeah. We don't care where you're from. Wait, is Sunday in the Park with George a movie? Is who, huh? I apologize. Was Grease 2 a musical? Yeah.

Yeah. I apologize. Was Grease 2 a musical? Yeah. Sweetie Talk, Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. Yeah. That was a long one. Those are good songs.

All right, you guys. It's hard. I think we're all pretty much experts. Stop the world, I want to get off. Yeah, that's a long one. Yeah. Sure. Sweet Charity or How I Learned to Love the War and Stop Worrying About the Bomb.

Yeah, there's a lot of long ones. All right, let's give the prizes to the person that Brad is playing for. Yeah! Your elaborate zombie thing, Paul, worked out for you. It got picked and you get all that stuff. The more you get.

And he probably wants the name tag back, too. The edibles and the pipe. Yeah, you always bring stuff. You're too generous. He says the pipe is for me. So hang on. Let me tear that off of there. I don't think I'm going to be able to.

Could you do it? He's going to do it. All right. Thank you. Good job, Brad going to do it. All right, thank you. Good job, Brad. Good job, everybody. That was super fun. And then you have to read this, right? Uh-huh.

Do you want the candy bars on there? No, thank you. You picked it, so you get to keep that stuff if you want. You're good? All right, I don't want it I'll throw them good idea just throw stuff at us they can't wait for the 12 guests at Christmas

because there will be 12 people throwing shit at them but Laura what's coming up for you what can you plug at this part of the show I just have a bunch of concerts coming up and then I'm thank you, one person. And then some TV stuff that I can't

talk about yet. Nice. I'm smelling a third sister on Supergirl. She's the tired one. Oh, thanks, dude. Look at this thing. This is crazy. I can't smoke out of that. I'll freak out. Jesus. Oh thanks dude Look at this thing This is crazy Scary Like I can't smoke

Out of that I'll freak out Jesus Well thank you so much For being here I really appreciate it Laura Benanti everybody Thank you

Brad is in Something Rotten Eight times a week eight times a week. Eight times a week. St. James Theater, West 44th. It's the name of the show, not a critique. Exactly, yes.

Very brave to name a show Something Rotten. Yeah, right? And it worked. It's such a... I'm always looking at the grosses for shows because I worry the ones I like are going to close.

And you guys, it does really well. And I'm happy for you. It's fun. Super fun. Anything else you got coming up that you can't tell us about? Just vacation. Don't come see the show next week. I'll be in this week, but don't come see the show next week. Okay, skip it next week.

Then I'm back. Numbers are going to plummet. Show's going to close before it gets bad. Terrible strategy. No. No, I'm sticking around. Hopefully we're going to run through the year at least, and it's great fun. And you know what I like about it, too, is I think it's a musical for people who think

they hate musicals, too, as well as Shakespeare. Because it's sort of, yeah. So, yeah. It drove me crazy, you know, like you run into a lot of people when Book of Mormon came out going, oh, it's great for a musical, you know, those people. And they drove me crazy because it's like, no, you're just loving a musical. Like, it has a lot of the tropes and a lot of things that musicals

all have, but it's also hilarious. And so is Something Rotten. So see it if you guys get the chance. For reals. Julia, what do you got coming up? You got lots of YouTube stuff people can look at, right? Yeah, lots of concerts and things. Recently released a show, Brooklyn Sound.

You can go to visitbrooklynsound.com. It's a lot of fun. I promise you'll like it. I don't know if you'll like it. But it's on the internet, so go watch it. Nice. And, yeah, you know, TD Bank, baby. Free pens.

Pens. Yeah, I've been using hotel pens way too much. I'm going to get a TD Bank pen. Go to town with that. Did I get your name tagged from you? I have. Oh, there it is. Cool. Julia Madison, everybody.

And Alex Brightman is going to be in the show until October? November. Oh, November. November 6th. So get in there. Get in there. I mean, see it after he's gone if you have to.

Sure. But see it while he's there if you can. Still a good show. Yeah. It's a really fun show. Thanks, man. Because there's so many movie adaptations come along. It's a really loud walkie-talkie.

I was worried something was really going down. But I don't know what I was saying, and nobody cares. I'm just trying to find these shitheads. And you can't talk about what's coming up for you after it? I'm going to Vegas, and then I'm going to go, just for fun,

and then I'm going to go to Punta Cana, just for fun, and then I'm going to write a bunch of things, and'm going to go to Punta Cana just for fun and then I'm going to write a bunch of things and one with this thing right here. This beautiful, beautiful thing here. We're writing a pilot together and a whole bunch of stuff. A lot of TV watching I can't talk about. Stranger Things on Netflix.

Saw it already. All done. So good. All done. So good. All done. Waiting for season two. Can't wait. All right. Alex good. All done. So good. All done. Waiting for season two. Can't wait.

All right, Alex Brightman, everybody. And, you know, thank you again to the Gramercy Theater. I knew I'd get one more in. And also just to these four people for making my little dream come true of having really super talented Broadway people on this stage to show you how also funny they are. They don't even have to sing and dance to entertain you. And let's say their names one more time. Laura Benanti, Brad Oscar, Julia Madison and Alex Brightman and as always 18 months of presidential campaigns

to basically be decided by Ohio and Florida is a shithead these are all really gooey. I don't know how you got them so melted, Paul. Yeah, they still want them. It's amazing. Oh, that girl is really into it. Yeah, that gave them to her.

Good. Okay. Tom Brady is a soft-sacked shithead. And you can come back and get your name tags if you want them back. There you go. And finally,

and thanks again, everybody, any person at any given time in Times Square is a shithead. Once again, today's show is brought to you in part by Spotify's Discover Weekly. Discover Weekly allows you to lose yourself every week in the thrill of new music discovery.

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