Andrew Eed Basically anything even remotely connect to Matt, Trey or Bobby on this site will be visited by me. XD I really like musicals, as you can tell.
Another way to say that is that the puppets are a medium. The puppets aren’t part of the content, it’s a means of delivering the content, like animation and film
Gary Coleman expressed interest in being in this show as himself, but didn't show up to the meeting. Then when the show was a big hit he threatened to sue but never did. What a flake! He successfully sued his parents though.
TheWorstThrowEver They did approach him and he said no. But they didn't cast a woman as revenge - they just wanted someone to approximate his boyishness.
Thats not it at all, the role was written for him and he agreed to play it but unfortunately died but they kept the part in the play in remembrance of him.
Blade Boy Not true - they were to meet with him about the part, but he never showed up. It was not written for him, but they did offer it to him. He refused. It played on Broadway for years before his death.
Trekkie monster is puppeted by the same two people who puppet Nicky making it hard to have both in the same scene, but Jen and Rick (the puppeteers) pull it off amazingly
At 2:15 you can see John Tartaglia passing the Rod puppet to the girl that does Nicky's other arm, running off, and later returning as Princeton. He is awesome.
The writers openly admit Avenue Q is a parody of late 70s/early 80s children television shows especially retro Sesame Street. You don't know what you're talking about.
you guys are so stupid, the comment is literally above this. let me write it down for you. "It's not a parody or a tribute. It's a musical about the adult life with puppets that give it a Sesame Street feel." -Kr 887 6 years ago
I believe there was a comment I was referring to that doesn't seem to be there now. If I remember correctly, the person said that just because there are puppets in Avenue Q, it was not reminiscent of Sesame Street and that the person who said otherwise had no idea what they were talking about.
The handoff of Rod from John to Jennifer is like clockwork. It happens in a matter of seconds and it's perfect! Little puppetry tips and tricks is one of the reasons why I LOVE this show!
I would buy this if they remade it for DvD (Though i think this would have been better as a tv series and had multiple episodes rather than a Broadway show.) the adult version of Sesame street.
+Bryan Lariviere It was created to be a TV show, but when that didn't happen, they did it off-Broadway instead. From there, they took Broadway by storm!
+The Peanut Gallery "Worst possible quality"? Hardly. It switches to that quite watchable video because that is the only existing footage of the original cast doing that section of the song. If you have better footage, please upload it.
And yet the Simpsons is almost 30 years old........and still hasn't had a last episode yet........I'm not complaining just trying to make you feet better
The show's creators met with Coleman to discuss him being in the project. He stood them up at one meeting and kept them waiting at another, while they were paying his expenses to meet with them in LA and NYC. They paid Coleman for the rights to use him as a character. The contract was a one-time payment with no residuals, since nobody expected the show to move to Broadway and London and have touring companies. Too bad that he never got the joke - it would have been great for him to be in it.
gorillaau There is a school version where that is replaced with a song called, My Social life is Online, and You can be as loud as you want and my girlfriend from canada are both removed entirely.
Anyone know where I can watch the Full Original Broadway performance? preferably Uncensored. Did they ever release it on DVD? Definitely would buy it to watch it.
I LOVE this show so much! I listened to the whole soundtrack all the time after seeing it live almost 20 years ago. Knew all the lyrics by heart. Last night I saw it again at a small production in Toronto at The Medley. ❤😁
I'd like to point out that the camera crew did an excellent job of focusing the cameras on the puppets and cutting the humans out of the shot when possible during close ups. It might seem obvious, but that kind of framing really helps sell the illusion. I also love how all of the puppeteers only make eye contact with the puppets. It really makes them feel like a shadow of the puppets like they're supposed to. It's something I never really noticed before because my eyes were always appropriately drawn to the puppets. But if you do happen to look, the puppeteers are always emoting exactly like their puppets, and have their eyes where their puppets should have their eyes.
I saw this show in NYC while there on my honeymoon. It's great, I wish I could find it somewhere legit, not recorded by someone in the audience, to show my son.
Saw this off Broadway when I was 13 with my parents... my choice.. Loved it! Didn't know what I was getting myself into, though! 😂 But, I appreciate it SO MUCH MORE now that I'm 23.. 😂
Warioman actually that’s where you’re wrong. The shows characters are based off of Sesame Street to parody it. Rod and Nicky are Bert and Ernie, Trekkie Monster is Cookie Monster, and Kate is Prairie Dawn
zd97 Just watched an interview with the girl who currently plays Gary Coleman in the show and she said for the first week at the end of the show she came out and talked about Gary's life and achievements and stuff and then moved on basically.
Brian is only in his early thirties. Kate doesn’t have a boyfriend. The gay couple. The Japanese Americans unemployed social worker. Someone moves into Avenue Q. Gary Coleman says what are you talking about Willis? We live on Avenue Q
It sucks to be me! It sucks to be broke and underemployed and turning twenty three!! I almost have a business degree but I can't pay for school unless they made it free!! It sucks to be me!
Princess Carolyn not much better to be honest. I’m 26, I graduated and got that business degree so that’s cool but I lost my job due to Covid-19 cut backs. Love Bojack Horseman and your handle btw.
Yes they do, and it's still funny. It never really seemed too disrespectful, so there wasn't much reason to change it, just imagine he's still alive I guess. I absolutely love this show!
![The Newfangled Four - It Sucks to Be Me (parody) [from Avenue Q]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cVUTlF-RfPc/mqdefault.jpg)
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It sucks to be the only human in the world of puppets
@Pink Beauty her name is hanukkah eve in one of the other specials. Avenue jew.
Echo there’s also brian
Don’t forget Gary.
@@mickenziedavis3068 well, as one of the other puppets would say: "a celebrity is not a people!" (Don't worry, I'm joking).
You forgot Christmas eve
Sorry Kate. I'm pretty sure Brian's life is worse than not having a date.
ThatRandomJ I almost thought that after you said 'Sorry Kate' you'd say 'I masturbate!'
Wait a minute... you're even in Avenue Q videos? We have way too much in common!
Andrew Eed Basically anything even remotely connect to Matt, Trey or Bobby on this site will be visited by me. XD I really like musicals, as you can tell.
I'm certainly a sucker for them too XD
Andrew Eed I need to up my game, actually. I haven't been on one of these videos for ages.
2:35 "I have an unemployed fiance"
Rod looks at Nicky
OMG I ship it
I feel like that was more for the "unemployed" part. XD Rod is definitely gay, but Nicky stated several times in a particular song that he's not. lol
otp
Oh my shit i ship it
I ship it, I ship...PUPPETS
It's not a parody or a tribute. It's a musical about the adult life with puppets that give it a Sesame Street feel.
well they did parody bert and ernie
Kr 887
and Cookie Monster. and Prairie Dawn.
Can it not be all of those?
Another way to say that is that the puppets are a medium. The puppets aren’t part of the content, it’s a means of delivering the content, like animation and film
Uh-oh.... I'm 14 and I want to be a comedian on late night tv. Does this mean I'm screwed?
no
no
maybe
probably
yes
Gary Coleman expressed interest in being in this show as himself, but didn't show up to the meeting. Then when the show was a big hit he threatened to sue but never did. What a flake! He successfully sued his parents though.
I thought it was actually Avenue Q who approached him to play himself, but he said no so as revenge they got a woman to play him.
TheWorstThrowEver They did approach him and he said no. But they didn't cast a woman as revenge - they just wanted someone to approximate his boyishness.
Thats not it at all, the role was written for him and he agreed to play it but unfortunately died but they kept the part in the play in remembrance of him.
Blade Boy Not true - they were to meet with him about the part, but he never showed up. It was not written for him, but they did offer it to him. He refused. It played on Broadway for years before his death.
Broadway Classics I see. My bad.
Why would you censor a puppets mouth? like we can read a puppets lips?!?!
we just don't know
+Jake Hackney (HolographicMeatloaf) the stupid thing is they sensored the word but you can still hear it,like whats the point??
warriorwolfprincess Makes a statement on *bleep*ing out the word but we can lip read it just fine. This is the same thing but in reverse.
It's supposed to be funny.
You couldn't hear it when it was aired, of course. I restored it.
Me: Where's trekky monster?
Brain: Well...judging by the song, "The Internet is for Porn" he's probabl-
Me: I get it.
but you are your brain...
He meant Brian, sarcasm monster...
Maybe he's like Homer's Brain from The Simpson's.
Trekkie monster is puppeted by the same two people who puppet Nicky making it hard to have both in the same scene, but Jen and Rick (the puppeteers) pull it off amazingly
Banana Doppio, is that you?
I relate to Kate so much. I don't have a boyfriend and I love music and art.
guess you're a monster too huh?
Daniel Lourenço From people in high school then yes.
CalianSonadora Shh. You're making everyone sad.
Same, except i don't have a girlfriend
Hi there
At 2:15 you can see John Tartaglia passing the Rod puppet to the girl that does Nicky's other arm, running off, and later returning as Princeton. He is awesome.
Jackie Moreno
I love him so much tbh
omg! this is highlevel theatre magic
Basically misdirection
I didn’t even notice that
Helps that the puppeteers are wearing dark clothing while the human actors have brightly coloured clothing.
I must say I think Brians problems are worse than Kate's. Being "Broke and unemployed and turning 33" is much worse than being single :P
At least they aren't both.
@@tidepodpadthai2633 True
@@tidepodpadthai2633 I'm both 😢
It's amazing how relatable this song is
It sucks to be me actually 😅😢
I'd die to have Kate's problems instead of mine
Then you have a new problem
@@eh7598 💀
The writers openly admit Avenue Q is a parody of late 70s/early 80s children television shows especially retro Sesame Street. You don't know what you're talking about.
Who doesn't know what they're talking about? Nobody said anything about that
I don’t think anyone said they didn’t think it was a parody of Sesame Street... What are you talking about?
you guys are so stupid, the comment is literally above this. let me write it down for you.
"It's not a parody or a tribute. It's a musical about the adult life with puppets that give it a Sesame Street feel."
-Kr 887
6 years ago
I believe there was a comment I was referring to that doesn't seem to be there now. If I remember correctly, the person said that just because there are puppets in Avenue Q, it was not reminiscent of Sesame Street and that the person who said otherwise had no idea what they were talking about.
Wait that sensor bar over the puppets mouth, like how redundant hahahaha
about as helpful as a screen door on a submarine
18bluecat gu
just in case deaf people were watching
Brennan Flanders +
Dan Da Man But a puppet can only move its mouth in one way, there’s no way to tell what she’s saying
"Try having people stopping you to ask you 'What you talkin' bout Willis?'...*It gets old*."
Can confirm. It does get very old.
I knew Gary Coleman didn't actually die
It can never be said enough: One of the greatest mysteries of all time is how Ann Harada didn't get nominated for a TONY.
Other people were thinking these deep thoughts while I thought haha puppet porn
@@Thementallydiseasedguythe hand goes... _where?_ 😏
The handoff of Rod from John to Jennifer is like clockwork. It happens in a matter of seconds and it's perfect! Little puppetry tips and tricks is one of the reasons why I LOVE this show!
I would buy this if they remade it for DvD (Though i think this would have been better as a tv series and had multiple episodes rather than a Broadway show.)
the adult version of Sesame street.
+Bryan Lariviere It was created to be a TV show, but when that didn't happen, they did it off-Broadway instead. From there, they took Broadway by storm!
I paid for the original cast to come back for a DVD movie version of Avenue Q
wait, is that available? A few years ago I looked for something like that but couldn't find it
Bryan Lariviere I'm actually wanting to be a director when I get out of school. Maybe I could pitch that show.
Bryan Lariviere um this is not for kids right?
Ah the adult parody to sesame street XD
It's not a parody :)
@@eebowai2318 Avenue q is! I forgot what they called it, but the theatre art of it includes musical parodies like this
Alright... maybe it is...
Yas!!!! Sesame street after hours!!!
@@estherwhited3188 *If sesame street was on Adult Swim*
I love that Rod's puppeteer hands Rod over to the girl who puppets Nicky's other hand so he can circle around and grab Princeton
2:12
He has to. Of course, if he didn't do both of them, then he wouldn't have to do that.
Love Gary's expression when everyone says "It sucks to be you!"
I love when they say, "You win!"
Rod and Nicky are my favorite xD
if you were GAY
that'd be OKAY
+Annoying Dogeman because hey i like you anyway
CUZ I MEAN HEY,
I'D LIKE YOU
AN
Y
WAY
+Woozi Pycroft I would say today "Hey guess what I'm gay!, but, I'm, not, gay." (My fav part)
It's been three years why hasn't this lyric chain been finished yet
Thanks for the black bar on the puppets mouth, now i really cant tell what she's saying!
Honestly Avenue Q just feels like a fever dream wattpad fanfiction someone would make with their OCs (and it's absolutely glorious!)
I love how they censored Kate's mouth and not Stephanie's when she swears
I love how they're so fucking happy about it. xD
Area its better than grovelling in it
I know this is supposed to be funny, but at the end, they said, "But not when we're together, we're together here on Avenue Q..."
Recorded by a brave person in the audience. It's the only record of the original cast performing those sections.
This is a multi camera professional setup.
@@jjmarr7130 The part from the Tony Awards is - the rest is amateur footage.
i found where memes are made
Me too man
I found out what created a generation of furries!
Eric Lecarde
Avenue Q didn't create a generation of furries tho
@@QuartzIsAnOxide what's wrong with furries?
*_everything_*
This is my theme song.
Also, are these the people who did "The Internet is for Porn" Song?
dinoatcharterdotnet Both songs are from "Avenue Q".
Yup.
@@vincebln2 BRO FUCKING WHAT?!
That's amazing.
I'm emotional about the fact that Rod and Nicky both said "ours" instead of them both saying "mine" when are asking about who's life sucks more.
It sucks to be me
It sucks to be me
With enormous talent
and lots of brains but
no opportunity
It sucks to be me.
why is this switching between proper TV cameras and someone with a handheld camera in the audience?
To restore the cut sections
I believe this is everyone's theme song at some point of life.
Yes it is
Beautifully edited between professional and audience capture!
0:58
this is what sesame street shouldve been
Yam Jam I
Why does it just switch to the worst possible quality part way through?
+The Peanut Gallery "Worst possible quality"? Hardly. It switches to that quite watchable video because that is the only existing footage of the original cast doing that section of the song. If you have better footage, please upload it.
its not nearly as bad as some of the S*** that you see elseware
Come on that's an exaggeration!
2003
0:15 you're pretty damn close Brian, no need to complain.
I just had a bad day and this perked me back up. Nice knowing I'm not alone in the world of suckiness lol
WHY AM I WATCHING SOMETHING 13 YEARS OLD
There are things over a hundred years old that are worth watching.
And yet the Simpsons is almost 30 years old........and still hasn't had a last episode yet........I'm not complaining just trying to make you feet better
Harm Cael Wow, it's older than most of RUclips userbase.
Ur pfp gives me life :3
Cyber Cemetery Rite? Destiel is best ship
I love all the voices in this, especially Kate’s. The casting choice was perfect
holy sht i have been search for this for FOREVER
It's been right here for ten years!
It's so ironic because the woman puppeteer also does a character on sesame street even though this is like a spoof
It's not a spoof, it's more like sesame street for adults
The guy doing Nicky's mouth, Rick Lyon also worked on Sesame Street
All the puppeteers here worked on Sesame Street.
"How's life?"
"Dissapointing."
I felt that in my soul.
The show's creators met with Coleman to discuss him being in the project. He stood them up at one meeting and kept them waiting at another, while they were paying his expenses to meet with them in LA and NYC.
They paid Coleman for the rights to use him as a character. The contract was a one-time payment with no residuals, since nobody expected the show to move to Broadway and London and have touring companies.
Too bad that he never got the joke - it would have been great for him to be in it.
I love avenue Q so much! My theater is doing it and I play Kate monster! I never loved life so much because the show is my life😂
I'm trying to get my school to do it, so I can sing this and Everyone's A Little Bit Racist.
Gabbagirl 506 Sounds like a blast... what about the "Internet if for porn"?
gorillaau There is a school version where that is replaced with a song called, My Social life is Online, and You can be as loud as you want and my girlfriend from canada are both removed entirely.
Gabbagirl 506 THATS so lucky that you are Kate! She’s one of my dream roles! 2nd place right after Veronica from heathers
@@loganmiller7827LUCKY I couldn't even get my theatre teacher to do Little Shop of Horrors
here is my personal chorus:
It sucks to be me sucks to be me
It sucks to be
Single
And ignored
And not have company
It sucks to be me
Toa Gatanuva bionicle squad
Toa Gatanuva no one caresssssss
@@Zach135 why you rude lmfao
It sucks to be me
It sucks to be me
It sucks to be an artist whose work gets criticized
It sucks to be me
I was born after Avenue Q was made. It’s so brilliant and it has aged perfectly
Bro same
Great editing job! This version blows any other one out the window. Thanks for your work.
Anyone know where I can watch the Full Original Broadway performance? preferably Uncensored. Did they ever release it on DVD? Definitely would buy it to watch it.
SuperSpyMario No DVD - it's still playing Off-Broadway.
Oh well Thanks for the info.
Broadway Classics Still?? It's been years hasn't it.
Young King Charles Yes - some Broadway shows run for decades.
SuperSpyMario If you search Avenue Q full show on YT there's a vid of it uncensored.
just saw this a few weeks ago at new world stages.. my life is changed. this show is magic.
the "Gary Coleman" gets me laughing all the time dear lord😂😂😂😂 i love when they say "were together" for some odd reason
I LOVE this show so much! I listened to the whole soundtrack all the time after seeing it live almost 20 years ago. Knew all the lyrics by heart.
Last night I saw it again at a small production in Toronto at The Medley. ❤😁
I’ve known every word to this show since it came out but have never seen what it looked like!!!!!
If they made an Avenue Q movie adaptation, I wonder if they'll just show the puppets or will they also show the puppeteers?
Hollywood make this a movie already
I'd like to point out that the camera crew did an excellent job of focusing the cameras on the puppets and cutting the humans out of the shot when possible during close ups. It might seem obvious, but that kind of framing really helps sell the illusion.
I also love how all of the puppeteers only make eye contact with the puppets. It really makes them feel like a shadow of the puppets like they're supposed to. It's something I never really noticed before because my eyes were always appropriately drawn to the puppets. But if you do happen to look, the puppeteers are always emoting exactly like their puppets, and have their eyes where their puppets should have their eyes.
honestly, one of the best muscials ever made. TOO THIS DAY!!!!!
I saw this show in NYC while there on my honeymoon. It's great, I wish I could find it somewhere legit, not recorded by someone in the audience, to show my son.
Kudos, I think that line is great. The first time I heard the uncensored version, I loved it, that line really hit me.
Ann Harada is the best in my musical.
*You can't change my mind.*
I love the transition from Sucks to Be Me to Avenue Q near the end!
I love this so much
I’m obsessed with the censorship bar on the puppets mouth when there would be no way of knowing they’re swearing omg /gen amazing
I think the dude turning 33 has it worse than Kate.
Well, Gary Coleman is dead now... he wins.
IM SCREECHING
oH
He wins because his suck is over.
NO
It always cracks me up when John (Rod) starts dancing at 2:05 😂
I loved this musical saw it 5 times
Saw this off Broadway when I was 13 with my parents... my choice..
Loved it! Didn't know what I was getting myself into, though! 😂
But, I appreciate it SO MUCH MORE now that I'm 23.. 😂
Rick Lyon deserves so much love. He played 3 roles in this show
Everyone talks about the other cast members but Rick gets no love. Rod's the fan-favorite (even more so than Princeton)
How coincidental is it that this was posted on May 19th 2010 and Gary Coleman died on May 28th 2010??
So i think this is my gateway drug to a new musical
though im kind of sad this was 10 years ago :( missed a lot
The fact that the guy from the kids show Johnny and the Sprites is in this is awesome.
I love this show. I saw it in the West End a few years ago and would love to go again
best broadway show ever
Thanks for uploading this! ^_^
0:57 That’s pro editing I couldn’t even tell for the longest time
Thanks - I did a lot of work making the OBC recording match the CBS recording.
Thanks, man, this must have been a lot of work. It's very nice of you.
is this just adult sasame street
Andy Garcia no. It just feels that way because of the puppets. It’s its own thing with no attempt at parodying Sesame Street.
Warioman actually that’s where you’re wrong. The shows characters are based off of Sesame Street to parody it. Rod and Nicky are Bert and Ernie, Trekkie Monster is Cookie Monster, and Kate is Prairie Dawn
Can't believe this show is over 10 years old! Amazing musical!
I think it's really sad that pretty much everyone forgot about this musical, but Wicked has gotten more praise, despite not being as good as Avenue Q.
Not forgotten! Still playing.
Broadway Classics I mean that, compared to Wicked, Avenue Q is barely brought up.
+That Kid Is Here Ikr like I've asked so many people of they know what it is and they always say no :( but I did get one of my friends into it.
Because a lot of people have poor taste!
@@boinx1234true or NO HUMOR
Great edit!
I wonder how, if they revive this, they'll deal with the whole Gary Coleman thing.
zd97 It's still playing, and they made no changes.
Interesting.
zd97 Just watched an interview with the girl who currently plays Gary Coleman in the show and she said for the first week at the end of the show she came out and talked about Gary's life and achievements and stuff and then moved on basically.
In that world, he's still alive. :P
I’ve got callbacks for this show tommorow so binge watching all the songs tonight 😶😶
i WISH there was a decent ish quality version of the whole thing on here from the Original Broadway Cast
This was as good as I remembered it being...last Wednesday! 😆👏
Wait, the Tony Awards used to let the performers say "fuck"????? Why don't they anymore??
No, I cut in the "fuck" from the CD.
You have done the Lord's work.
(also holy shit it sounds so natural tho)
My favourite musical of all time, seen it twice, both times it was awesome!
I'd watch this if it was an actual show
it was an actual show
It ran on Broadway for years. and beat "Wicked" for Best Musical.
Fun fact: the guy who plays Prinston ended up doing a show on Playhouse Disney back in the day called "Johnny and the Sprites"
Gary Coleman’s comedic timing is too perfect
I saw it yesterday off broadway and it was really great! I recommend seeing it!
Damn, wish I could have attended the broadway with the original cast
Rick Lyons puppeteering with live hand puppets is so mesmerising!! his movements make it feel like youre watching a cartoon, albeit, a rated R one😂😂
Brian is only in his early thirties. Kate doesn’t have a boyfriend. The gay couple. The Japanese Americans unemployed social worker. Someone moves into Avenue Q. Gary Coleman says what are you talking about Willis? We live on Avenue Q
I love how your seemingly deep and thoughtful reply is basically exactly what Wikipedia says.
It sucks to be me! It sucks to be broke and underemployed and turning twenty three!! I almost have a business degree but I can't pay for school unless they made it free!! It sucks to be me!
@Summer2011Leggo
And how are you now?
Princess Carolyn not much better to be honest. I’m 26, I graduated and got that business degree so that’s cool but I lost my job due to Covid-19 cut backs. Love Bojack Horseman and your handle btw.
@@summer2011leggo Does that mean your life "still" sucks?
Axel_1134 yeah
how about now, how are you?
I LOVE THIS SONG
Yes they do, and it's still funny. It never really seemed too disrespectful, so there wasn't much reason to change it, just imagine he's still alive I guess. I absolutely love this show!
yes, brings me back!!