Andrew Rannells on Why PBS Is Not Just for Gay Kids

[@jasmin9505]

andrew has to continue being on every talk show in existence for forever, he's such a delight

[@hannahjohnson4322]

jasmin and not once will he ever not mention omaha, nebraska

[@obtainthisyeast9835]

fun drinking game: binge interviews with andrew and take a shot every time he mentions Nebraska or Omaha

[@almapoole2663]

I may die, but sounds like fun.

[@bat5092]

I actually have been binge watching interviews with Andrew all day (I finished Falsettos two days ago, and now I’m obsessed)

[@MyMxlodiii]

@@bat5092 I watched Falsettos maybe a month ago and I'm obsessed to lol

[@bat5092]

xx_BuckyBarnes_xx same! do you want to be friends because i don’t know anyone who’s watched falsettos haha

[@MyMxlodiii]

@@bat5092 sure!! Do you have Instagram?

[@thepickledorangesorangespi4289]

Saw him in Falsettos on closing night, and he's my hero! I love Andrew so much, and I hope to GOD PBS can show Falsettos before they get defunded. I feel the world really needs to see that show.

[@beggers5]

With this President it will!

[@epicgravity9087]

Don’t worry, I️t aired

[@redacted6969]

Falsettos is a masterpiece

[@taisgrim]

Whenever he says stuff like "I don't fully understand the technology" my brain goes into error mode and I remember that he's not in his late twenties

[@sophiat8250]

Ooh my God how charming is this guy? The whole audience must be sitting there with hearteyes

[@becasaurusbex8204]

Andrew is is a god

[@claudiabrady6368]

Hun I am😂😍

[@skylamoreno]

Becky Owen never a truer statement

[@edensisay1403]

Jamie Mueller KlamkPaapplqqAslSkkpkaklwllAmmkwemmn. OiiiaiA&1&/@@-@-&1&’k

[@madi1420]

andrew rannels and john mulaney have the exact same energies

[@insertedgyusername3006]

andrew rannells and john mulaney have the exact same energies, but andrew rannells has more “jazz hands” energy

[@woke6878]

andrew rannels is just gay john mulaney

[@Anonymous_Guest]

Andrew Rannells is what John Mulaney could’ve been if that one angel remembered to flip that last switch. Most of y’all probably won’t get that, it’s from one of his stand-up bits.

[@kylieedington7446]

@@Anonymous_Guest i’m so glad that someone commented this 😂

[@luciacastro-bigelow7949]

andrew rannels is final switch john mulaney

[@spicysausage2238]

“PBS... It’s not just for gay kids” *DeAd*

[@bjkmurray]

Andrew Rannells! Beautiful voice, actor, human. Nebraska, I thank you.

[@Kasino80]

"it's not just for gays anymore"

[@venaacavaa]

Kasino80 i thought i was the only one :D

[@stalematesibling]

NPH, is that you?

[@AnkushMudgal0396]

My thoughts exactly!

[@heleneschenbacher8512]

You DO realize that he WAS referring to NPH’s opening number---that was on purpose--so GLAAD you picked up on it! BTW I purposely spelled GLAD GLAAD--so look GLAAD up!

[@AnkushMudgal0396]

Yes, I think everyone here understood that reference. And I appreciate your Pun.

[@HanzieTay]

I BELIEEEEEEEEEVE

[@adriennevixen]

It's ALL I can think of!!!

[@HanzieTay]

Same haha! I love it

[@noicecream2335]

Hannah Taylor team rock blasting off AGAAIIIIINN

[@ryeliths]

i used 2 watch pbs kids when i was younger..... like a lot... makes so much sense why i became this way really

[@Velisatra]

This guy looks like if Ryan Reynolds and Jared Padalecki had a love child. And then John Leguizamo had a love child with that child.

[@kaylamcook696]

Tiffany Wh-why is this so...accurate...?

[@almapoole2663]

@@kaylamcook696 😂😂

[@mialake6744]

I...this is so accurate what

[@emilysh3989]

nathan kress falls somewhere in the mix

[@mothboy9137]

I may be a lesbian, but I'd die for Andrew

[@ellaa_enchanted]

nah but fr

[@drayiskewl]

*mentions Falsettos* *Crys* (I'm watching these videos to recover from watching the Falsettos bootleg)

[@singenstattatmen5096]

And then he starts the damn interview by saying 'you told me everything was gonna be fine'. :'(

[@RexTee438]

I don't know who this guy is but I like him , he seems cool & nice

[@leonatumnus6455]

We're all madly in love with him

[@taisgrim]

He is a broadway actor, and a very good one at that!

[@gabbywest5723]

Leona Tumnus and Tais Grim, I love how you both represent different sides of the Broadway fandom

[@Dani-it9vc]

His most successful roles are that of Elder Kevin Price in the Book of Mormon and Whizzer Brown in Falsettos (2016 revival)

[@emilysh3989]

Danara De Jong and James from Pokémon: live. *tHaTs mY fAvOriTe rOLe*

[@paytonk9667]

Tag urself I'm the gay kid

[@adelinelongtine1777]

Payton _ I'm Andrew's nose

[@emmarennard6501]

I'm not just for gay kids *wink wink* *finger guns*

[@yikesonbikes15]

Oof I’m da gay kids 🤣

[@trexthriving]

i'm andrew's flawless hair

[@bubblecola1733]

im andrews tiny face with the nose

[@chalkkish]

Ok. New record. Less than a minute in, and he’s already mentioned Nebraska.

[@madelinejserrano2198]

Andrew Rannells is such a talented actor! Perfect example, "Girls" would not be the same without him!!

[@gobig2184]

I love him in Girls too but...he's clearly playing himself. So not such a great actor.

[@alarbu17]

GoBig still a good actor.

[@goodjobeli]

GoBig have you seen any of the musicals he's been in? because he's definitely not a big-head mormon missionary

[@sirdouglas2010]

Love this guy and his character on Girls. Fabulous!

[@danialtahir]

Vinky Elijah ❤️

[@riparianlife97701]

I got to see him live doing "Turn it off" in Book of Mormon. He's fantastic!

[@Dani-it9vc]

That's mah jam

[@armchairrocketscientist4934]

Not that there's anything wrong with people of the LGBTQ community or anything, but I am a straight white male, and I watched a lot of PBS growing up. Looking back now, I'm glad I did. Some of the stuff they have on Disney channel and other kids networks is really stupid. Heck, I still find some of the shows like Arthur that I watched as a kid entertaining at 19. I think that PBS played a huge role in how I grew up. My parents had to force me to get a phone, and I still don't use social media other than youtube. This is why it makes me pissed off at trump. I really wish more conservatives would step up to the guy. From either party's standpoint he's a total idiot who apparently had no idea that when you became president you had to do this thing called "work". The funding getting cut out of all these programs is horrifying, cause trump clearly has no idea what impact it will have. All he cares about is nuking ISIS and North Korea to oblivion.

[@leahclifford4559]

Theres just a dumb mentality amoung some people that entertainment for children shouldnt be given maximum effort because their sense of taste is still growing and developing and theyd be perfectly fine with dumbed down trite. But PBS thought that it could take a child's developing sense of taste and get children interested in literature, art, science or just learning how to be kind and understanding to the world around them. PBS always put effort in.

[@armchairrocketscientist4934]

One should never, ever discredit children. Children are way smarter than many make them out to be. TV should be challenging their minds. What I love about PBS is that it was both entertaining to me as a kid and it taught a variety of topics, like math, english, science, etc. One of my favorite shows from PBS, Arthur, was something that everyone, including my parents enjoyed watching. It was very well written, and rather than teaching science or something like that, it actually taught social skills.

[@beepbeepeddie8010]

awesome astronaut youre talking about pbs kids

[@EnLaLuna23]

This comment was a trip

[@agreenpar]

benplattypus it's still PBS.

[@hannahjohnson4322]

Not even a minute in and we got our dose of “growing up in neBRASka”

[@singenstattatmen5096]

"You told me everything was gonna be fine." Anyone else getting major 'everything will be alright' flashbacks from Falsettos? And just like the election, everything was not alright...

[@coquio]

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[@ToxicFaithPHD]

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[@ivonedefigueiredo9301]

Alfalfa Male I

[@Marqui1015]

It has so many awesome parts You simply won't believe how much this book can change your life.

[@tatehildyard5332]

Gwyneth Marquez Hello. My name is Elder Green. I would like to share with you this book of Jesus Christ.

[@nmo375]

Hello! My name is Elder Young Did you know that Jesus lived here in the USA?

[@davidn1121]

I looooooove Andrew Rannells💙

[@amandaunzicker4190]

I was opened up to Broadway shows on PBS in 2010 to Les Miserables❤️

[@onemercilessming1342]

In NE PA, the PBS station was an innovator by operating 24 hours a day (back in the 1970s +). After 11:00 PM, the station ran older (er) movies from the 30s, 40s, etc, mostly black and white. As an insomniac, it was a way to fill sleepless nights, especially in those brutal NE PA winters. Later, my children enjoyed Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, etc. There is much to be said for public TV and public radio. As Andrew Rannells said, it's a way for those who might not ever get to see theatrical productions, opera, symphonies, and a host of other worthwhile endeavors, to have some exposure to them.

[@macncheesetv9816]

1:43 IIIITTTSSS NOT JUST FOR GAYS ANYMOOOOOORRRRE

[@julialosey8837]

😂

[@ManDudeYeah]

He looks and sounds like a very sophisticated Adam DeVine.

[@kerriisms]

PBS was all I watched as a kid.

[@AngryKittens]

You know! Tina Fry!!! Arny Peehler's best friend.

[@Redhotchilipprs]

What a shame man. PBS is so amazing. Helped me in so many ways growing up.

[@NewMessage]

Oscar the grouch wasn't too worried about the budget cuts, until he figured out he was about to get a whole lot of roommates.

[@catherinehorowitz3930]

pbs kids was my literal childhood and also when i was 11 i watched the pbs broadcasts of the les mis 25th anniversary concert literally whenever they aired which was. a lot like that was a BIG reason why i got into theatre

[@c.w.r.794]

Hopefully some gay girl in Kansas will get to see Andrew, Stephanie and Christian on PBS.

[@beggers5]

I grew up watching PBS and continue to watch it to this day as they offer great programming. I do not think that PBS will go away they will just have to gain more sponsors and donations from the public. I know that we would not want them to go the commercial route but they might have to do that in order to gain money for programming.

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

I love Andrew so much. Also, am I the only person who first heard him when he was a voice actor for 4Kids Entertainment? He was Lenny (Ren) from Shaman King.

[@mars.529]

Andrew Rannells will make a great Talk Show Host.

[@sofiaflick3541]

“You told me everything was gonna be fine. *Looks slightly disappointed*” that is ME in the beginning of act 2 of Falsettos. Omfg.

[@rrrrogahtaylah2636]

HOW IS HIS SKIN SO PERFECT

[@samanthab1923]

I like to imagine who are Seth's friends away from the show & I think Andrew is one of them! 😀

[@iamchristian815]

I know Tina Frye! She was my neighbor in Indiana for about 15 years.

[@gigitastic90]

Oh lordy. I just realized every LGBTQ+ friend I have grew up LOVING PBS as kids. Like not just the Broadway, Old British comedies, and Masterpiece theater (which we did /do still love) we also seemed to prefer PBS kids to like... regular kids tv? Or we only had access to it ? (why do so many of us young gays end up hanging out in our grandma's living room? And why did we all love being there? I thought I was the only weirdo who did this but apparently I am not??)

[@sofiaflick3541]

Gigi Griffith Omg YES. I’m extremely gay and I grew up watching PBS and PBS Kids, usually in my grandparents living room. Wow.

[@julesk2629]

Pbs is literally the best

[@Mia-jk9fo]

OH MY GOD I JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM A BIG HUG

[@MrRob_2020]

April 2017 - "Ahhh remember how naive we were ..." Greetings from December 2020 .... help us.

[@TaylorPlaysRoblox]

im shook if pbs is what the gay kids watched then everything is making more sense now

[@fabrizio483]

Why are we, gay kids, always smarter and more sophisticated?

[@cyberbob19]

Fabrizio Another extension of lying to yourself.

[@LogicOverEverything]

Fabrizio cuz people are scared to treat you how they really want to.

[@ozzstriker101]

Fabrizio Nope. That's just your ego.

[@fabrizio483]

+ozzwhatever It's a joke, you dope.

[@danisol814]

Fabrizio cuz yuh got a pole stuck in your...

[@emilymae4206]

His laughhhh

[@lisstherese]

Watching this now makes me go: oh boy you had no idea! It got worse people!!!

[@dannysimion]

I'd say he's second to Stephen Colbert in interview. hes hilarious too in this one. PBS is not just for gay kids, its for all kids. lmao

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

LOL! In the UK, we have 'bonfire night' on the 5th, celebrating the prevention of the destruction of Parliament. Perhaps the US could start its own bonfire night on the 8th. Commemorating the end of democracy in the US...

[@sadem1045]

"Not just the gay children - ALL the children."

[@aniiarrudi1275]

my god he's so beautiful I cant

[@alexg.1707]

Maybe I'll join the early squad...

[@NinaTuxbury]

back at talking about omaha, nebraska again.

[@caden9120]

special boy

[@bunnycl0wn]

such a wise man!

[@everycoLor_312]

he's a favorite

[@Dreaming.Marine]

even though it has now aired, the gay children of New Zealand still cant watch it😢

[@alissa4338]

"thanks carol"

[@gregorykollarus8190]

I love him

[@imparticle9]

aaaand he just put the nail their coffin 😂. America still isn't ready my man.

[@traceyknutson3989]

♡Andrew

[@ryleighgray914]

3:17 aBsOuLtLy JaSoN

[@darrenclear8254]

I would also work at a yard sale for Tina.

[@davidsterling7570]

EGGMAN SIGHTED. SHADOW, WILL YOU ASSIST ME?

[@dogsforever5707]

This man is absolutely wrong, I grew to not allowed to watch the Disney channel or Nickelodeon, only pbs and I'm super gay now. Pbs is not only *just* for gay kids, if you're not gay and you watch it you will automatically be gay. I don't make the rules, I just follow them.

[@venaacavaa]

he'll always be this mean band guy from himym to me... i cannot see him as non-evil person ^^

[@rouzbeakhlaghi3038]

You know a good actor when you hate the person because of the character they played! I always see the flaming fires of hell in his eyes!!

[@venaacavaa]

Rouzbe Akhlaghi yes!!

[@Saruva_Eduardo]

Phew, finally I can feed my straight kids peanut butter sandwich!

[@michaelleiner9004]

As a gay Jew, falsettos is such a nice musical

[@sapphael.]

Falsettos is brilliant

[@Summer-tz4to]

WhEn I wAs A kId In NeBrAsKa

[@annelangdon6596]

in NEBRASKA

[@Ava-j5n6z]

in nebraska

[@ChloeE623]

Well yeah cuz duh. I watched Clifford and Cyberchase. PBS *slapped* hard. It’s cool cuz I’m only half gay.

[@elinathan8363]

i feel so targeted as a gay kid who watches pbs. i watched cats on pbs and i thought it was dumb but now i really love musical theater. my german teacher showed the class rick steven's european tour of bavaria and i, the only gay kid, was the only one in that class that had actually seen it before.

[@reginarb7428]

Where’s the cubix at ????

[@mawstudios1121]

Reginarb7 I know right

[@reginarb7428]

MAWStudios seriously you can’t discriminate against cubix that’s just plain stupid you can’t do that to Connor

[@erinwasko99]

I watched PBS as a child... I'm gay... NICE

[@kitty9710]

Turn it off like a light switch

[@bclr6843]

And everything has been fine

[@insertname1857]

"PBS- it's not just for gay kids" i mean,,, gay kids and middle aged women no wonder i turned out gay (im joking of course i know straight people watch PBS, everyone should its a great channel)

[@ewasiewkowska525]

Uwaga na słowa

[@chaveintown2736]

Yay^-^

[@thebowows]

*omaha nebraska*

[@epiccollision]

This timeline sucks...I grew up on gay pbs thanks!

[@stacistaci100]

ohAMA NEBRASKA

[@elsab.8284]

NEBRASKA

[@lucicorinne297]

*OMAHA NE BRaSkA*

[@lizzielawton.performer]

omaha nabrASKA

[@ewasiewkowska525]

Nie śpie

[@ewasiewkowska525]

Wstyd

[@superduper.cooper]

Exactly I watched PB- oh dang nabit I don’t prove a point 🌈🌈🌈

[@kkquikB1]

why include C Clinton? Let the dynasty fade away please

[@KoiPuff]

kkquikB1 "Ugh, I hate the Clinton dynasty! ... Oh Trump's put both his daughter and son-in-law in high level positons? Great!"

[@Kuolema1337]

OnigiriPuff Why not both ???

[@senselocke]

"If Tina Fey asks you to do anything, you're just like, yye-EAH!". (If you know what I mean) **nudge nudge, wink wink**. I'm sorry, that's creepy, I'll stop. She's married, I'm married, this is disrespectful. I just think she's _really_ _pretty_ is all... I'll just go now...

[@Sticklemako]

Chelsea!! Really, cant the Clintons just get lost

[@step30dub]

Really love pbs I have watched pbs for the last 22 years of my life for the news for arthur for in between the lions would be sad to see it go. I live in the south and pbs is life.