Annie (99): ABC Musical Madness

[@ninaavins4887]

Oh man, middle school Choir-produced theater flashbacks! (Annie Jr. technically) I was Miss Hannigan. Everybody had to buy their own costumes, we had no set, we had to recast the butler like three times, our Sandy was this poor girl in an unconvincing dog costume who had to sing "Ruff-ruff-ruff" over and over during "Tomorrow", but I think the crowning silliness of it was the fact that our Annie was this eighth-grader who was already, how do I put this delicately, *blossoming* and was clearly built to haul a hay bale under each arm, while our Warbucks was a shorter-than-everybody, skinny-as-all-get-out, flute-voiced sixth grader. If I recall correctly, during "I don't Need Anything But You", we had to switch around who was picking whom up.

[@StealingFocus]

God I love kids' productions of Annie. They're just GOLD.

[@ninaavins4887]

@@StealingFocus Oh, and did I mention that, after all the frantic searching we did for hair dye to turn our brown-haired Annie's curls that classic orange, the best we were able to land on was a sort of dark fushia?

[@MusicalswithCheese]

That street sure is easy.

[@natsmith303]

I mean, you were already getting a thumbs-up from me, but the dog in the opening put it over the top.

[@jeffscotcarey]

Thanks! Charlie is our most prized Thespian. A bit of a diva it's true but, somehow... we got him to take scale.

[@natsmith303]

He was just doin' it for his WAG card.

[@AMoniqueOcampo]

I'm just appreciating that y'all are loving on this musical! I have such a nostalgic love for it! It's not a perfect musical, but I still love it!

This is the best film version. Better than the original.

[@Sadiep16]

A great review, Emily, Gerald, and My-Isha. The beginning bit was hilarious and yes how do someone not have the score of Annie printed on their soul? You bring up solid points about what works and doesn't work (fake mother Miss Hannigan). I still love this version of the story mainly for the stellar cast. I prefer their reeditions of the songs compared to the 1982 version except Miss Hannagan(though Kathy Bates does a great job given what she had to work with). While Victor Garber can't sing well, his personality as War bucks, goes along way with him connecting to Annie. The reprise of NYC as a soft lullaby is really perfect. What did you think of him prosing to Grace at the end of the film? Wonderful job and cannot wait for the next one.

[@StealingFocus]

Victor Garber is a GREAT singer! He was the original Anthony in Sweeney Todd and John Wilkes Booth in Assassins! I lub him. :) I'm glad you liked the review!!! Thanks so much for your thoughts!

[@jenniferschillig3768]

@@StealingFocus Yep, and Jesus in the original cast (and movie version) of Godspell.

[@rogue7723]

I also gotta see videos of them as Miss Hannibal and Rooster in the show.

[@ThePonderer]

I was literally just listening to this movies version of Easy Street like two hours ago. What are the odds?

[@jenniferschillig3768]

PUPPY!!!! I give this version lots of props for restoring the Christmas setting and two of the best songs ("NYC" and "Something was Missing"). And the actors with Broadway credentials. The 1982 version had its charms, but this is miles better.

[@rogue7723]

If only it had “We’d Like To Thank You, Herbert Hoover.”

[@ariellakahan-harth8831]

For some reason, Gerald messing up "Tomorrow" just made me scream with laughter.

[@rogue7723]

Same with me :)

[@DemiSemme]

I went to an all-girls camp, so I was Rooster... AND THEY CUT EASY STREET. THEY CUT IT. THEY CUT LILY ST. REGIS TOO. IT WAS A TRAVESTY, IF I'D HAD MY PHONE, I WOULD HAVE CALLED THE THEATRE POLICE!

[@StealingFocus]

Ok so... that's INSANE.

[@jeffscotcarey]

Wow! Astounding. Still though, it was fun in the 2nd act when you got to be the Mudges right?? :)

[@ebwarg]

I remember when this first aired, as soon as it ended they advertised that it would be available on home video the very next day (Tomorrow, as it were). I thought they missed out on a golden opportunity by not making that version longer.

[@AngryIrishBenjamin]

Good video, people I first learned about from Some Jerk with a Camera's Avengers: Infinity War vlog!

[@Smacgregor88]

Krusty as FDR: Annie, we got do something about this crisis. *He got up from wheel chair* We... oh god, I forgot I'm crippled!

[@oliverpony]

Cathy Bates and Victor Garber were also in Titanic together a few years earlier coincidence I think not

[@AngryIrishBenjamin]

It's funny how now that Disney owns Marvel this musical can get those comparisons to the Marvel Universe.

[@ebwarg]

AngryIrishBenjamin Plus, the 1982 movie had a Marvel Comics adaptation! (watch it turn out that this is mentioned later in the review...)

[@Dimensioneer88]

Disney dancing around history like it never existed? Perish the thought!

[@StealingFocus]

who'da thunk, right?

[@Dimensioneer88]

@@StealingFocus Love that you responded. I just thought of another idea for a review: Anastasia. Though I think it sucks that In The Dark of the Night didn't get the Broadway treatment. Some Jerk might be an interesting co-reviewer since, after the Disney Fox merger, it's now technically a Disney movie.

[@brandyloutherback9288]

I love Maybe, it's my favorite song in the score! It's also Aileen Quinn's favorite song, you know the girl who played Annie in the 1982 movie!

[@simplycinderfella3418]

I was happy enough that you guys did a video on Cinderella...now you guys are doing Annie!!!! Yes...just yes... that's all

[@PDComicBookNetwork]

Not just Daddy Warbucks the character, but Annie cartoonist and creator Harold Grey was a hard-line Republican that absolutely loathed FDR and actually had Warbucks die "of despair" in the comic strip upon Roosevelt's re-election. (Warbucks did return to the strip, obviously, but his return was heralded with yet another dig at FDR's New Deal) Suffice to say, he would never have approved the positive portrayal of FDR in the musical if he's lived that long. (I type this, assuming this information may come up later in the video and I'll just look like an idiot posting it before I finished watching.)

[@jeffscotcarey]

Fantastic information. Wow. Thank you!

[@rogue7723]

What's interesting/weird is that nowadays FDR might be considered a Republican.

[@ebwarg]

4:34 🖐

[@bluecorp8557]

“You think a wig and glasses will work?” Just the glasses worked for Superman.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Will The Music Man be next in this series? (I'd love to see you tear THAT misbegotten adaptation to pieces.)

[@StealingFocus]

We had so many plans and then PANDEMIC. So it's on the back burner for now. Eventually we'll get to all of 'em!

[@lillianward2810]

I can’t believe I forgot Audra McDonald was Grace.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Another irony about this musical praising FDR and the New Deal...the strip's original creator, Harold Gray, was a reactionary and a "pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps" extremist and HATED both FDR and the New Deal.

[@rogue7723]

Sounds like he didn't consider that there are people who can't even afford boots to attach straps on.

[@thomasburghardt7860]

I hate to do this but actuallyshe's actually picked up a by Daddy Warbucks his wife who picks her up just to spite her husband her I was going to sell that merged with her that they decide to keep her and the his wife is the villain of their comic

[@thewonderfulworldofderek6087]

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[@sleeping_angels5603]

I love the 1982 version better still

[@sabrinacoleman9636]

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