The Musical Theater Episode!

[@matt-lang]

Grant: "When I lived in New York..." Rachel: "Jesus Christ." The best possible response to a story that starts like that.

[@almightysapling]

Rachel plays this game the way I watch this game.

[@j_0anna]

are you aware you share your name with one of my favourite musical writers? because you do

[@danieldonovan106]

@@j_0anna Found the Dikrats

[@j_0anna]

@@danieldonovan106 amen!!!

[@SandyDelMar42]

@@j_0anna Fellow starkid fan I salute you

[@rose-ui6hk]

i learned something important from this: i may _love_ musical theater, but i am not a musical theater nerd

[@evilmonkey2184]

i feel you, i clicked this video assuming i would be able to play along. i new maybe 3 questions total.

[@the.muffin]

yep same lol

[@tinytigertamer]

Same here.

[@tiffiguevara2926]

Same here hahaha

[@burntrosechick]

Saaaaaaaaaaame!

[@anotherhappyday93]

I love that the musical episode is the most aggressive one. And Brennan isn't even in it.

[@ihateladymacbeth8170]

thats just how theater kids are

[@21GeeOff21]

GET IN THE COMMENTS

[@Blakemickens]

I'm pretty sure Brennan is fact checking

[@tylamcgilverson3923]

But yet....im still in the comments

[@HJones93]

theater nerds don't fuck around

[@bookclubish1689]

Theater nerds are some of the most terrifying people you'll ever meet when introduced to a competitive environment

[@tomlaptain646]

@Lady Seashell Bikini just wait till you meet the techies. All the theatre nerd extraness, and all the vanilla nerd anxiety. Drinking with us is wild.

[@ryan225360]

@@tomlaptain646 it’s WILD once like 2-3 strong drinks are in people’s systems 🥂

[@TheEmerald97]

@@tomlaptain646 Don't forget all the pent up aggression from seeing actors do things like touch other people's props.

[@jacobbarker4180]

They’re like gremlins. Not threatening when there’s only a few, but in a group they could kill a man.

[@indecisiverift]

@@jacobbarker4180 I love that the fear behind techies is that it takes a whole group of them to kill one man. XD

[@jacobd1984]

I know this is an older episode, but I still get a kick out of Grant repeatedly reminding everyone that he once lived in New York City.

[@71705558a]

Are you sure that Grant lived in New York? It would be nice if he could clarify that by providing anecdotes of his time there.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

He's the irl version of Monica Rambeau in Nextwave: "This never happened when I led the Avengers." "Will you shut up about that?!"

[@mrwaxx6956]

@@71705558a wewf4r4rr3r

[@Newmanvision]

Wait...Grant lived in New York?! Absurd. Next you’ll tell me that Kirk lived in Japan

[@biancabrooks280]

He reminds me of that little girl from the Magic School Bus who always says “this isn’t how we did things at my old school!” An annoyance

[@romxxii]

I find it hilarious that the Halloween episode dedicated to fans of slasher films was all love and rainbows while the Musical Theater episode is more cutthroat than Jason Voorhies at a college orgy.

[@dseray9494]

Wierdly the Halloween one came out on KZbin first, and referenced this one

[@T.E.A.TimeMusic]

Um, actually...it's Jason Voorhees.

[@AniketPatil-nk1vw]

I think I read this same (or similar) comment on the halloween episode on youtube. Was that you? Anyways, it made me look forward to this episode.

[@christopherhammond5142]

Where do they post the episodes first? I'm only new to it but it's amazing shit, huh?

[@dseray9494]

Dropout is the college humour streaming platform, they got a load of stuff on it, but notably episodes of um, actually

[@NickSchneiderChannel]

The dead silence after Grant spoke at the end was priceless

[@mo0man]

It would have made me so happy if there was the silence, and then the episode abruptly ended without anyone responding

[@miguelwastaken]

The timing of the editing was so good. Cutting to a close-up during the pause.

[@burntrosechick]

Better yet would have been getting a point. If we're being honest. Then silence and cut.

[@electric.nachos]

It's even better because hes not correct. It's only called crew in the US.

[@milkflys]

@@electric.nachos well, that is where they live, where the show is shot, and where the scandal being referenced took place lmao. so he is correct

[@AntonioM120]

Rachel is the personification of "I didnt come here to make friends, I came to win" and I love it

[@Awestruckhero21]

She has definitely made this episode far more entertaining than any of the other um actually epsiodes

[@adamchristensen8566]

@@Awestruckhero21 I would like to offer a rebuttal citing any episode with Brennan. That's right. I'm in the comments.

[@amyoakAnimation]

Now i wanna see an episode with Rachel, brennan and joan. That would be incredible

[@adamchristensen8566]

@@amyoakAnimation How dare you! But honestly...can we get a 'go fund me' to solidify rules, film pilots, provide mid-tier cash prizes, and pitch this show to a top 5 streaming service? This is pop culture Jeopardy that makes me feel like the wasted parts of my life haven't been wasted on just enjoying myself, and it needs to exist for at least the entire back half of my lifespan on a much bigger scale than KZbin or Dropout. I mean, I don't even care about Broadway and this episode is great. Granted, all the guests have chemistry, and that's hard to replicate 'game show style' but I can't help but think this was college humor's million dollar idea.

[@jonjones8468]

@@adamchristensen8566 As much as I would love that to become a reality, I do think that you'd lose something when you take away the "chilling with friends on the couch" vibe. And it'd be almost impossible to keep that with a competition where prizes are on the line.

[@thatshow4579]

If your story starts with "When I lived in New York" you know it's gonna be either really good or really bad, but always narcissistic

[@themastermason1]

Mention pizza near a New Yorker and be prepared to hear a rant about how New York's water, weather or other small peculiarity gives them an edge over other pizza styles.

[@romxxii]

Confirmed Grant is the Britta of the College Humor cast.

[@stoutyyyy]

@@themastermason1 Buffalo still has better pizza

[@jasonflay8818]

@@stoutyyyy Utica

[@stoutyyyy]

@@jasonflay8818 well I suppose they need something since Albany took their steamed hams

[@emstler7103]

I love how scared Trapp is of Rachel

[@LiaaaaaaaaAAAAAHH]

I was about to say the same thing 😂

[@najinea08]

I'm convinced that the only reason he gave the point for the rent question is because he was scared of rachel 🤣

[@jerodast]

Any show host's worst fear is a contestant who comes on and acts so aggressively like they're not having a good time that they start to make everyone else uncomfortable.

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

She has the Izzy Roland "I will cut you if you don't give me the point" energy

[@2c9s]

@@jerodast Agreed. Her ultra-competitive-ness was most likely the reason why Siobhan said she didn't feel great about it. It spoiled the episode for me, too.

[@wtkieran]

Grant has major Britta Perry energy here with all the "when I lived in New York"

[@may08d14]

Omg I kept thinking that lol

[@corinne6523]

bagels

[@benjaminl.barnes5450]

@@corinne6523 paj two-fife-tee-eight

[@nairocamilo]

Ugh, Britta is in this?

[@kae6238]

Literally omg I was just watching community u read my mind

[@azuregolem1047]

Grant O'Brian perplexes me everytime I see him in any game show because he never seems aware of how the game is played but always has the confidence of someone who will for sure win, and then he usually doesn't win.

[@Lonely_Raven_666]

I think he just is confident

[@evildeathcuddles886]

Of course Siobhan won, she was a world famous Broadway star. Even wrote her own play and died shortly after.

[@greekgeek4074]

Died *to the outside world, yes.

[@ishotmyboss]

I was like, 'how is she dead? I follow her on twitter?'

[@melancholymyth]

what play did she write?

[@evildeathcuddles886]

@@melancholymyth Midsummer Nights

[@greekgeek4074]

@@melancholymyth A beautiful musical called Midsummer Nights, a modern take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Recordings of the performance are very rare because some craziness involving a mirror that apparently happened on opening night made it impossible for more shows to happen.

[@russelljohnson7004]

I knew I was watching some real Um, Actually when Rachel came in with the "we're talking about a Brechtian musical where people have to pay to pee."

[@JacksonBockus]

I love how much Rachel knows about music parody and copyright

[@NishithThakkar]

She had a show so she had to be up to date on that stuff.

[@JacksonBockus]

I have, that’s why I’m tickled by it.

[@pachidermo]

@@JacksonBockus The fact her show was network TV *really* stretched the creative bounds they had to work within, both insofar as copyright is concerned but also insofar as FCC compliance, too.

[@chavesa5]

Anyone who can do musical comedy is a safe bet for one of the most talented people you'll ever meet.

[@eggethan]

"So nerd culture is all about being pedantic, huh? I see..." "You are the most pedantic person I know!"

[@Closer2Zero]

The hepatitis thing reminds me of the second time Grant caught syphilis, The disease that killed Al Capone because he likes to Al Cabone

[@MitchellHang]

Dude practically has every STD known to man, except herpes and the Big “A” (which is acne).

[@thornprick2645]

SYPHILIS?

[@minikipp8549]

Oh no don't remind me 😭😭

[@snazzysparkles2773]

Or as Rachel calls it, “Jazz Fever”

[@IrregularityRowan]

Don't forget about the dildo incident

[@Raxerm]

_"That is the nerdiest thing that has ever been said on this show."_ I just wanna remind everyone of the time that Matt Mercer, 2 months prior to this, proceeded to absolutely rip all the flaws from that D&D comic, including some that Brennan Lee Mulligan, the creator of that particular challenge, did not realise were there, earning more points than anyone thought possible. God that was such a fucking rad moment. For reference, it's the _'Jump Man, Folklore, Hounds of Tindalos'_ episode.

[@caimantroup6986]

So here's the thing about that. There was at least one more error than was picked out which I will have to rewatch to find, but it always bothered me that no one brings it up because it's super basic. I can't remember which panel, but at one point someone either takes two actions in a turn without haste, or casts two non-cantrip spells without quicken spell metamagic. Edit: upon reviewing the episode, it's the pit fiend, it can either cast hold monster or use its multi-attack in a turn, not both. In addition, he was recalling the 3.5E stat block for pit fiends that are immune to non-magical attacks. 5E pit fiends are fully affected by silvered weapons and only resistant, not immune, to non-magical attacks

[@joemcwhorter4770]

Um actually,he earned 1 point as everyone does with every question. Not multiple points. All questions including shiny questions only reward 1 point as said in that particular episode that even though he masterfully nailed it,he only got a single point just like the star wars prequel guess answer Murph had earlier in said episode (which they did say specifically in the same exact episode)

[@MattieSheldonTheYoutuber]

@@caimantroup6986also I don’t think anyone mentions Hold Monster being cast on a Goliath? When it should be Hold Person.

[@caimantroup6986]

@@MattieSheldonTheKZbinr The confusion is understandable, but Hold Monster is just a better version of Hold Person that takes a higher spell slot level and is still fully functional against people, it just has the added function of working against monsters and has a higher DC to resist.

[@MattieSheldonTheYoutuber]

@@caimantroup6986 oh you’re right! I never knew that! I need to read my spells more carefully

[@Heart4Metal]

I love the juxtaposition between the musical episode being the most aggressive and the horror episode being the most wholesome.

[@rowansauer9206]

The way everybody froze after Grant said "Umm Actually, it's called 'Crew'" I thought that there was something wrong with my internet.

[@stone5against1]

I've watched this so many times.. but yeah.. that was a great part! hahaha it made no sense in the actual game, but it made sense in the concept of the game..!

[@ChickenGeorgeClooney]

I tried to figure out what the shirt behind them is supposed to be, since it must be one of the slightly off things on the shelf. It's Joseph's Amazing Monochromatic Dreamcoat

[@bee6962]

jackson this is the worst thing i've ever read. thank you

[@ntlespino]

Oh my God it's hideous I love it

[@Ayden_B]

Joseph’s subpar monochromatic nightmarecoat

[@seanpetersen4897]

Josephine's subpar monochromatic nightmarepants

[@MDiggetyHotDawg]

Um actually, to suggest that Wicked takes play at Shiz University is not accurate. A part of the show does, but from halfway through act 1, they leave Shiz and don’t go back

[@zacharymullins2262]

rachel looking genuinely annoyed whenever grant opens his mouth is the best part

[@jerodast]

Rachel looking genuinely annoyed whenever a lot of other stuff happened was also many parts

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

"I may lose but I won't be happy about it!" was the most concise description of the concept of this show ever.

[@Vixin24]

This is one of the best um actually episodes not just because it's so intense but everyone literally knows their stuff. Sometimes on the show you'll have people who don't really know anything and just make wild guesses so it's so satisfying seeing people who really know and love this stuff and can debate it and compete aggressively.

[@cecille5833]

Um actually on a regular episode they’re tested on literally anything from comics to board games to movies to video games to tv shows, and not just one category, if we’re splitting hair I would say that an episode focusing on just one subject is considerably less difficult than a regular episode

[@sexytinatrainconductress7791]

@@cecille5833 I think they mean there are themed episodes where people are often just guessing

[@bernardfarquharson3275]

16:53 I love Grant’s scoff and smug comment “Medium Alison. I don’t know that that’s how the credit is listed.” That’s exactly how the credit is listed 😅

[@brightshining]

That's so funny yo

[@crybaby_claire]

the meta of rachel correcting grants musical parodys while playing um, actually is really funny

[@brontesenth]

My soul left my body when "Food beyond compare" got guessed incorrect twice as Oliver and then Sweeny and almost given away. Glad Grant fixed that.

[@minikipp8549]

I got it so quick I was in pain when it was wrong twice

[@kellyh4839]

One time Trapp talked about how everyone was being so nice but people were cutthroat in the musicals episode and then I could never find it and I was so mad -- I AM SO EXCITED THAT ITS FINALLY HERE!!!

[@turtlemusic1509]

Same here

[@johnbradley1139]

Grant: I act and love musicals! Siobhan: I also act and love musicals! Rachel: THAT'S NOT HOW YOU PARODY A SONG! MUSIC HAS RULES!

[@Amber-ml6et]

I really love the incorrectly cut phantom mask behind Siobhan 😂

[@silvercheetah92]

It’s the other half of the phantom mask

[@SenoraCardgage]

Also it’s replacing the Ninja Turtle mask that’s usually displayed with the two blades.

[@Vaishino]

I propose a musical called Glue about a high school couple that break up over the winter break, set in the 80s.

[@Mr.Monacle]

I don’t know what I find funniest, the thought that you didn’t change the high school setting or the implication that the 80s are the opposite of the 50s

[@jb888888888]

The leads should be played by pre-teens.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Um, actually, I just started reading "The History of Superglue." I can't put it down!

[@silvercheetah92]

@@Mr.Monacle 30 years apart from each other

[@caveman_casey]

I’m getting the impression that theater nerds are way more pretentious than regular nerds lol

[@Blackthorne369]

We are. Only some of us are embarrassed about it.

[@muchosconfuzzlement8258]

Oh we are.

[@alexinitalics188]

Of course

[@Airahar]

They are

[@dirgmario]

Yes.

[@lafortya]

When Grant buzzed in on the real life question I legit got scared Siobhan's streak was going to end.

[@Gboy4001]

As someone who’s been involved in the theatre community, I can confirm that the violent represented here is 100% accurate

[@SuperJNG18]

"Sutton Foster has enough songs that you can sing..." was the point when I realized we're dealing w some hardcore nerds. My people!

[@justxxsunset]

HONESTLY AS A SUTTON FOSTER STAN I WAS LIKE “yes that’s my girl”

[@pineappleshavepeelings]

The irony of that Sutton concert that has since surfaced though 😬😂

[@stevenjbrenneman]

Um actually...while Tim Curry originated the role of and heavily influenced the evolution of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, creation of the character must be attributed to Richard O'Brien, the sole writer of The Rocky Horror Show.

[@coldtea3628]

The word "created" irked me too, but I thought maybe it's theater-speach for being first to play a role...

[@almightysapling]

Thank you I was screaming at my TV. I was like "well, they are clearly going for the "Picture" thing but the Tim Curry thing is wrong too" that I didn't even notice they called Transylvania a planet.

[@carawood9715]

Yeah it’s a common thing in theatre for the first person to play a role to be said to have “created” that role because they’re the first to personify and inspire the interpretations that come later. It’s not really meant to detract credit from the writer(s) it’s just one of those silly theatre things. But I can totally understand wanting O’Brien to get all the credit he so rightfully deserves!

[@jerodast]

I'm not a theater guy but I have heard that term a few times for first actor to play the role on stage. As I understand it just a theater specific term of art you have to read differently than the usual TV show creator or general creator role.

[@asterlyons8564]

Yes, its a theatre thing. "Creating" a role means you are the first person to play that role. No, I dont know why.

[@farisweiss2373]

This is the most violent episode I have heard. I'm exited to watch

[@JeremiahFrye]

Nobody: Absolutely Nobody: Grant: So when I lived in New York...

[@shaneskelton9625]

I was wanting everyone to groan and yell out “we knoooooow!”

[@JChung407]

Grant is the Britta of CH with all of the New York stories

[@EmonEconomist]

It's a shame he didn't have any stories about baggles.

[@simsamtimtam]

this is mixing several things in my head that shouldve stayed apart

[@cherryblossom5239]

Omg, can we have a part 2!?! Us theatre kids are pretty much in severe withdrawal cause of the pandemic! I NEED MUSICAL THEATRE CONTENT

[@cherryblossom5239]

@Lady Seashell Bikini Oh I am so sorry hun! I feel ya. I was going to see Cats with my father, sister and best friend (I had been waiting 10 years for a tour to pass by Québec), Fiddler (was cancelled and refunded) and the tour revival of Notre-Dame de Paris (with my grandmother, who had seen the original tour with Garou in the year of my birth, 1998) We don't get a lot of tours in Québec, but that year I was supposed to see a couple + some ballet and opera shows that I wanted to see. So I am also pretty upset. It is killing the arts, down here. Quebec... we lost so many people who were working behind the scenes and on stage because of the pandemic. I am heartbroken and very bitter about how relieved I felt for opting for a communications degree rather than continuing higher education in theatre.

[@shoestringVA]

There’s a part two on dropout. Grants the only returning challenger

[@lunarvisions7]

Well, I have good news for you today! (Though i would also love for Rachel to come back)

[@adrivoid5376]

Rachel was 100% right with her Urinetown ‘Um Actually’ correction. The lyrics are ‘this is urinetown, always has been urinetown, this PLACE IS CALLED URINETOWN’

[@adamnielson42]

Do you know what metaphor is?

[@CatherineKol]

UM ACTUALLY, I was literally forming this argument in my head. When they say “This is Urinetown” it’s like saying “This is hell/death” or worse than that. Little Sally also has a line where she says “Urinetown is your town if you’re hopeless, down and out.” Which means that Urinetown can’t be a place, because it’d be everywhere. It’s merely a state of being. Also Lockstock says “There is no Urinetown, we just kill people!”

[@karhart6663]

Ah my favorite musical!

Since I'm not a native English speaker, I've always wanted to ask if there's a play on words between urinetown and You're-in-town. 'Cause that would make her be right. But maybe it doesn't sound that close to a native ear

[@milkflys]

@as a native speaker, id say it definitely sounds close enough to be a play on words. but i haven't seen the musical so i can't actually answer the other part of the question😅

[@SirEriol]

"All I'm saying, if we're actually leaning into the thematic nature of Urinetown..." Well, that's not a sentence I thought I'd hear this morning.

[@ellawanless641]

yes!! this is probably my favorite episode, it’s just so chaotic and cutthroat. the contestants came for *blood* and i love it. (and i’m only ~slightly~ biased from my history in theater)

[@shifra1967]

Theater is very cutthroat

[@LucasBenderChannel]

Amazingly, Siobhan always has fantastic hair on these shows? It's so weird but I notice it everytime! props

[@flimflammer2395]

I love that the Phantom mask covers the whole face *except* what it covers in the show

[@maddiedoesntkno]

And Audrey has teef (with braces😂) and Joseph’s dream coat is monochrome

[@SenoraCardgage]

@Zenhunter141Because Raph’s sai usually have a different turtle’s mask displayed with them, although I don’t know TMNT well enough to say which one.

[@v1ntagecassette]

What's funny is that she actually is called Medium Alison. That's how they credit the role

[@Kyrrial]

I give zero shits about musical theatre, but this episode was a TON of fun to watch. I LOVE people talking about stuff they know a lot about (shout out to Erik Singer's accent vids with Wired), and then competing about their knowledge is just a treat. I seriously just love this show.

[@marie_es]

Um , Actually is great that way, I know nothing about berd culture as a while but I still love watching this show

[@harry8wyke]

I found out my friends dad won a Tony- he didn’t even know what it was and wasn’t aware it was that big of an award. His dad legit met Lin Manuel too

[@calihoyer1415]

Same vibes as my acting professor who texted me one day and asked if I'd heard of a game called Borderlands because "he'd just done a few voices for the next [third] one," and "the game seemed to be a big deal." Sounds narcissistic summarized like this, but this man doesn't have a narcissistic bone in his body, I promise--he genuinely did not know that Borderlands is a triple-A game

[@alexanderthegreat1270]

@@calihoyer1415 Any cool characters he voiced?

[@FreezingmoonDSBM]

Huh?? Who is he?!

[@effusivefugitive]

Rachel's face at 20:42 when she realizes the question was specifically written for her is priceless.

[@KelpTheGreat]

There's no question being asked at that timestamp, and her face isn't anything special. I think you must have meant some other time in the video.

[@QuarkaKoala]

@@KelpTheGreatI think it might’ve been 22:00

[@EthalaRide]

I was SCREAMING about the Rocky Horror question. Smacking my empty dr. pepper bottom like it was a button, going "IT'S _THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW!_ The _MOVIE_ is ROCKY HORROR _PICTURE_ SHOW!!" I thought that HAD to be the answer even though I knew the Transylvania was incorrect too, but I couldn't remember _why_ lol.

[@emilywright1390]

My favourite thing from Book of Mormon (aside from Elder mckinley’s entire personality) is a joke in spooky mormon hell dream, where In part of the choreography, McKinley puts a top hat on over his outfit which already involved a hat... he’s literally putting a hat on a hat and I fucking love it

[@ThatCheeseonYT]

I know it's late, but I just realised that There is a second umm actually. Elder Price also had guilt about stealing a donut and blaming his brother, Jack.

[@Rognik]

Siobhan keeps up her streak of getting all the Real Life Skills questions!

[@MialineDavitt]

The theater kid energy of the conversation completely derailing before the show even starts

[@lowkeyobsessedngl]

i will get absolutely nothing right. but i will still watch it. wait, why am I watching this here, I have dropout!

[@transarchist]

They need to do this again with everybody coming back because this was by far the funniest episode

[@Langwidere903]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS THIS IS MY MOMENT

[@dumbitdown7395]

The Moment Is Me

[@soukeynaweber8473]

I could watch this for hours, i need a second musical theater episode

[@Zamzamthegreat]

"Once More Without Feeling" or 'Poetry in High School Speech'

[@murmurva]

Can this be it's own season? I'd say just one more episode but this is the best execution of a musical theatre trivia show on the internet and it needs a full Broadway run. Or just have more episodes with Rachel. Equal levels of chaos and drama.

[@PB-qe6ce]

The vibe I got from this was mean older sister trying to not be a sore loser while cooler friend gets all the points, gay friend can't stop talking about himself and little brother just want everyone to get along while not being sure why he is there.

[@brianmorton9419]

The cabinet positions mentioned aren’t established in section 2; NONE of the cabinet members are. They’re just like “the president can choose some advisors”

[@rachelrachel9152]

Yeah even though I've seen this episode before that was what my mind went to this time, the cabinet is one of those many things that is a long standing institution in our government but not actually specifically written out in any sense in the constitution

[@NerdyOverThirty]

I love Rachel Bloom so much. She's a great actress and her voice is phenomenal.

[@Figgy5119]

The episodes where people actually know the stuff on the show are always the best.

[@GameInDorf]

Rachel seems like the perfect fit for the origin spirit of this format, but boi would I not enjoy playing anything even slightly competitive with her (going by this, she might totally different with other players on the team, on another game etc). I mainly play coop board and video games of people who are this competitive, very much including myself.

[@jerodast]

Honestly she seemed like on a different wavelength than any other player I've seen on this show.

[@Isabelle-hv6ny]

​@@jerodast In a good or a Bad way

[@warriorlizard7246]

I think that absolute silence after Grant buzzed at the very end of the show was the part that ended up making me laugh the most. The rest of the show was hilarious, but just something about it ending on a joke falling completely flat was the perfect ending

[@jordanne229]

It was a correction not really a joke I'd say?

[@zombieowen]

"So nerd culture is just pedantic, huh?" "What do you think you're doing here?!" 🤣

[@elithewholeshebang]

I wish they hadn't glazed over the fact that Grant played the Wiz, I would've loved to hear more about that. They tried to hold on to it, but there was too much much stuff being said 😂

[@ellawanless641]

he brought it up again in a recent episode of dirty laundry! (if you haven’t seen it) it was a high school show and during the production he accidentally talked shit about the pianist while his mic was hot in the theater, causing the hired adult pianist to fully quit during tech week. sounds like pure chaos.

[@arvianworkshop7118]

I was like "that girl looks like Rachel Bloom" and then "oh wow" X'D

[@libsterization]

I hope someone tweeted to say that only a small chunk of Wicked takes place at Shiz

[@ssvoltage]

This is the first time I experienced the feeling when everyone is talking about something nerdy and I don't recognize any of it

[@paulinedunne3481]

that 'the nature of humanity is that every so often someone just reinvents homestuck' but it's 'mr. burns, a post electric play' instead of homestuck

[@Feelthefelt]

i used to watch CH videos and think "wow, they sure are mean to Grant" and now I watch this and I get it.

[@lisazdvoru1660]

I am not sure how much of this channel is a Trapp thing and how much is a College Humor thing, but I would love to see a Game Changer Channel similar to this format. Sam Reich, any chance?

[@noahsvirsky9962]

None of this is a CH thing, dropout is independent now

[@robmckennie4203]

Is Rachel ever going to live down thinking master of the house was from Sweeny Todd? I've never seen Les mis and I know that song is from Les mis

[@aurvis835]

I felt like I was being gaslighted when Trapp kept insisting it was from Sweeney Todd

[@MandatoryHandle]

The bizarre thing is that, as a theatre nerd and a *massive* fan of Les Mis, I too answered Sweeney Todd before the correct answer was read out, and was for a moment confused by Grant's correction. I'm not sure why; the other questions seemed more clear cut, but something about the way Trapp read out the question *immediately* made my mind jump to Toby's performance of "God, That's Good!" when he's advertising Mrs. Lovett's Meatpies, even though the lyrics are very clearly not from there

[@CheeseyBabyLoueNo2]

Love that you got Racheal Bloom on, such a great competitive spirit

[@user-qv2qf1jk5o]

I love how Grant’s automatic reaction to the musical Rent is “oh, gross” (@ 25:19)

[@flimdud9576]

Why do people hate rent?

[@user-qv2qf1jk5o]

@@flimdud9576 if you're interested in an actual good answer to that, i'd recommend lindsay ellis' video on the topic

[@user-qv2qf1jk5o]

@@flimdud9576 though off the top of my head the notorious biphobia might be the biggest single factor turning grant, noted bisexual, off the show. that and... shitty writing

[@ninjacatz10124]

*sees Metropolis listed* how the FCK did they make a musical from a silent german film about fear during the industrial revolution?! wtfff

[@angie.wangie]

Um actually...the cyclone didn't kill Nessa, Dorothy's house falling on her did

[@antonnordqvist3353]

I love how Grant get to make a West wing reference at the end!

[@LiveActionKimPossibleRufus]

I really can picture Grant playing the dentist. Like that mental image is vivid as hell

[@batsybatsybats_]

Every once in a while, I come back to this episode just to remember what it feels like to watch a shark sniff blood in the water. I am LIVING for their competitive spirits, all of them

[@isaiahwasserbeck7312]

Alternative title: Grant tells his life story

[@katarinafil]

These themed ones are great. It's nice to see people that really know about the topic. Seeing people trying to guess every single question is not as entertaining after a wile.

[@thejnus]

I am literally a musical theatre degree student!! THIS IS SO COOL!!! Thank you!!!

[@Eiamii]

This is my favorite 'Um, Actually' episode and I don't even really know much about musicals (except for the really basic ones)

[@jonathanjones4906]

TECHNICALLY... per Officer Lockstock, Urinetown "isn't so much a place as it is a metaphysical place," not a metaphorical place.

[@turbonerdo6838]

Favourite part of the episode was every one giving Groundhog Day the praise it deserves.

[@allisonbergh4429]

YES!! Tragically underappreciated show. But there’s talk of bringing it back to the Old Vic in the next season! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@HASHlRAMA]

Man Siobhan knows about everything wth.

[@datafoxy]

The more I watch this episode, Grant becomes increasingly fun to see.

[@vidkidloserface]

Can't stop staring at Joseph's Greyscale Nightmare Cloak...

[@guessweredointhis5486]

I always find theatre nerds incredibly impressive. Because it isn't like you just know a lot about one show, or production, and know everything about it? It's *every* broadway show. It's one thing being able to tell me who created the sacred beast technique in Naruto, it's entirely another knowing the original cast, secondary cast, writers, lyrics and lyricists of hundreds of productions.

[@aphrael11235]

I love Rachel Bloom more than life

[@stone5against1]

Yeah it's a change from Mike asking a question about something no one on the couch ever heard about, all three knew about all the plays mentioned in every question

[@taylorfox7974]

Impressive amount of confidence to ding in after the literal first word of the question. I would 100% lose this game because I'd be like "well I mean i think i know what it is but ima let him finish just in case"

[@henriquejambu]

I really need to see Rachel getting all the questions right in another episode she deserves it

[@BigSlimyBlob]

Siobhan's amazing. She does great on the regular nerd show, but she can also get on a themed episode and still murder the competition. And she got the real life skills question right again!

[@AlyssaSteiner]

Theatre majors around the world are slamming their imaginary buzzers non stop

[@UTrockyhorror]

I'm really late on watching this but I'd have pulled a Rachel about the Wicked question because the animals weren't being "transformed," they were just being pressured and forced to stop talking so they forgot HOW to talk.

[@timjennings8152]

siobhan keeping to her trademark of winning every real life skillz

[@idgamingfederation202]

a world without Siobhan Thompson in it is a world I don't wish to know.