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The Greatest Showman & 1776: America Decides!

Before we stumble to the polls on this surreal, demoralizing Election Day of 2024 and then strap in for a long, grating night (or several nights) of cable news speculation, touchscreen charts, and punditry, let's take a couple of hours to remember a couple of musical whitewashes which feel almost as false as the rest of this whole thing feels. INYTLM is back to offer you an invaluable civic resource: two cynical musical theatre analogies that perfectly match the two major presidential candidates on the ballot. 
Is anybody theeeeeeeere? Does anybody caaaaaaare?

Heathers & Hedwig: Part II (w/special guest: Jenna)

Remember last week when we had our first guest ever? And her name was Jenna? This is Part II of that. It's in two parts because we talked for over four hours! And when we were done all of the nearby restaurants were closed and we were starving. 
This second part is dedicated to our analysis of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. But if you missed last week's Heathers discussion go ahead and check that out. Seriously. It's a hoot.
Jenna emphatically refuses to let me tell you her last name. But check her out on Instagram and TikTok: @foxwithamonocle. You may or may not even see her last name listed on one of those!
So if you've got no other choice, you know you can follow our voice(s) through the sharp noise and takes of this wicked little pod!

Heathers & Hedwig: Part 1 (w/special guest: Jenna)

INYLM welcomes its FIRST GUEST EVER. Jenna stops by and tells us how much she needs you to like Heathers The Musical! This is the first installment in a FOUR HOUR marathon two-parter. Tune in next time to hear Part 2 in which we talk about how much Chris needs you to like Hedwig and the Angry Inch! 
Jenna will not let me tell you her last name, but check her out on Instagram and TikTok: @foxwithamonocle.
Our pod is God, we're what killed the dinosaurs!

Best of INYTLM: Chris Gets Worked Up

Ranting and raving. Sampler platter edition.
 
00:25 - (Intro)
04:08 - (The Lyrics Police Files)
09:45 - Rent
16:24 - Carousel
23:49 - Jesus Christ Superstar
28:03 - Ragtime
33:25 - My Fair Lady
36:51 - American Idiot
40:05 - She Loves Me
43:47 - The Muppet Christmas Carol
45:26 - Scrooge
49:17 - (miscellaneous)
50:38 - Cats
55:31 - Parade
58:01 - Miss Saigon
1:01:15 - Hair
1:04:17 - Hamilton
1:09:48 - Man of La Mancha
1:13:08 - Little Shop of Horrors
1:19:33 - Oliver!
1:21:19 - Les Miserables
1:23:52 - The Who's Tommy
1:25:04 - Evita
1:31:27 - Jekyll & Hyde
1:37:55 - Pippin
1:47:44 - (Goodbye!)
 

Disney Musicals 1989-1994: Rotten Renaissance Rising

Here are the timestamps I promised I'd give you, you're welcome.
00:30 - Aimless Solipsistic Preamble
02:45 - Extensive Slander of Michael Eisner, Disney, and Disneyland.
34:17 - The Little Mermaid (1989)
49:31 - Beauty and the Beast (1991)
1:04:24 - Aladdin (1992)
1:29:40 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
1:43:38 - The Lion King (1994)
2:06:40 - What Does It All Mean?
 

All That Jazz & Yankee Doodle Dandy: The Dreadful Fear That You're Ordinary

If you'd have asked me years ago which of the protagonists of these two movie musicals was sympathetic and which was unredeemably evil, I'd have had a very different answer than the one I have today.
The tragedy of this episode is that in my recent quixotic podcasting efforts, this is more fun than I've had in a while but the movies are obscure enough that I can't imagine people will click on this one. Click on it, click on this one!
 

Newsies & South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut: Revolting Children

Open your phone and seize the pod. 

Moulin Rouge & Everyone Says I Love You: Love Stripped of Meaning (Karaoke Hell II)

And I can't remember if I cried cuz Moulin Rouge felt so contrived
But I got bored and mortified the day movie musicals died. 
 

Best of INYTLM: Sondheim on Adderall

It's come to this. Special thanks to listener Gene Bonner* for putting this all together. Here is our first best-of episode, full of highlights and clips from the first ten episodes of this podcast (back when it was called Sondheim on Adderall).
 
*Gene Bonner is not real. There is no Gene Bonner. I cut it together myself and I'm too embarrassed to admit it.