I was thinking the exact same thing. Non-theatre-kid folks don't make fun of theatre kids because they don't know such a breed exists, and don't care enough to know. I'm an orchestra kid (aka theatre kid adjacent) meaning I don't contribute at all to the roast, but I understand the inside jokes enough that I sit far away in the orchestra section and go "...hehe..he"
@@TQM We know. We just went, “Egh… Alright.” When we saw them do some weird dramatic shit, based on something they saw in a play one time. And their pack of theatre friends react as if it was anything less than a gross interpretation of actual human interaction. As compared to real bitches and drama, which stupid dudes playing for them. Often jocks, but also others. Which was not an act as such, but was fake for it’s inability to see past the tiny bubble Highschool social shit represented. Band and orchestra where never anything special, but they had their own caste, and where never subject to much scrutiny outside of it. I was stoner/slacker caste. Mixed with a bit of loser/outcast initially.
Haha Kat, you're awesome. I "accidentally" posted your video on Fascism on my 8th grade Social Studies Google Classroom page.... then their suggestions on you tube starting suggesting your videos on sexuality..... I had to take the video down, but I'm proud that it was up for as long as it was? Lol 😜
You do not know the meaning of Hell until you are stuck on a school bus with a whole clique of high school sophomore theatre kids for two hours. If I ever have to listen to a swarm of nasally, cracking puberty voices of white kids scream the lyrics to "My Shot" from Hamilton in not quite unison again I will immediately go into voluntary cardiac arrest.
I went to see “the greatest showman” with my theatre kid friends. They had seen it before, so naturally the whole time they where dramatically and silently performing each song right there in their chair. It was intimidating really.
As an undergrad I had a part-time paid job as a stitcher in the costume shop but there were also a bunch of theater students who had to do volunteer hours in the shop as part of their program. Consequently the shop was always filled with bored theater kids who had been given mindless, skill-less tasks. There was a giant permanent sign that said "NO SINGING". Inevitably one of the theater kids would start humming and the costume shop manager, a tiny Italian woman who wore all black every day, would make a clicking sound with her tongue like how you might correct a dog then look at the kid with open disdain and silently point to the sign. Respect.
Former theater kid of 10 years. The most memorable "theatre kid moment" was hearing a cast member crying, singing Aida, and shitting in the bathroom after she had not gotten the main role in Evita.
I’ve been a singer for a very long time, but I only just got into musical theatre after so many people telling me that I’d be “suited” for it, and being an outsider observing firsthand, I can confirm that this video is 100% accurate. Even the adults are like this; it’s like a phase nobody grows out of and that is totally horrifying. I never thought a 43 year old woman would lecture me for 27 minutes on why Idina Menzel singlehandedly saved Broadway with a chorus of nodding girls behind her, but it did.
The adults never grow up. My High School's drama teacher was in her 40's but would hang out with students at the mall like she was still 16. It was super weird.
Nothing is worse than being a techie and some how getting lumped in with “theater kids” it’s like please god I like musicals too but you can’t just sing show tunes in the cafeteria Ashley
God, that's true. The last show I did was for a theatre right next to a park, so we went there for lunch. There was this one guy who just straight up started singing showtunes in the middle of a conversation and didn't even have the courtesy of being on key. Lyle, please, just let me have my PBnJ in PBnPeace
@@sweatyskeleton7390 *begins screeching showtunes at the top of my lungs, switching between the key of g, to e, to t, stopping for a bit, switching to the key of f, u, then c, taking a break from SpongeBob the Musical and switching to Be More Chill in the key of k, e again, and finishing in the key of d.* Now, onto Hamilton-
I've been out of theater for 3 years but immediately thought, "Omfg but have you SEEN a perfectly utilized scrim?" I'm trapped in the techie mind forever. I still have nightmares about bad shows.
I just saw a friend from high school on Facebook post a series of headshots asking for advice on which ones to choose and IMMEDIATELY came back to this video
"What a to-do to die today at a minute or two till two" - That's where I lost it! Only theatre kids know the pain of eye rolling at someone starting this and you not being able to stop yourself from finishing it with them.
By contrast, the last movie I ever saw in theaters was Cats. The only other people in the theater was a swarm of theatre kids fresh off the final performance of the winter musical. It was a fucking transcendent experience.
@@laurenredding1419 Everyone was meowing. When the cockroaches came onscreen one of the kids SCREAMED like he’d been stabbed. They sang Memory louder than Jennifer Hudson. At least five people were wearing cat ears. One wore a tail. I haven’t watched the movie since because i just know it’s never gonna hit like that again
I have never, ever, in my life, before now, witnessed a bit about theater kids that so perfectly, and accurately, encapsulates the true horror - of theater kids.
brings back so many horrible memories. I remember my brother kicking my door and screaming "Stop! Stop!" while I belted out Memory 3 or 4 times to make sure I was warmed up.
I'm not a theatre kid but as a pianist I feel attacked by "she's 106 and she's killing it", this... Uh... Definitely wasn't me after a concert of Pollini playing works by Chopin.
2:29 - 3:06 Anytime my extended family comes into town, this is the only way my Aunt and oldest brother will talk to each other. No greetings, no formalities, just straight into showbill shenanigans.
this was my highschool girlfriend, and i fully realized it when we were driving to see frozen together and the only cds she had in her car were musical soundtracks she was really sweet though it was a nice couple of months
Flawless save one glaring inaccuracy: no theatre kid has ever owned a horse. There is no overlap between theatre kids and horse girls - they are entirely different species.
"it's only a matter of time before one of those songs about being true to yourself culminates in a message that's totally not okay." this video predicted dear evan hansen
The living hell of being trapped in an English class five days a week with sophomore theater kids constantly singing the chorus of Hellfire from Hunchback of Notre Dame has never been surpassed for me. I was also a techie for my high school theater program so having to hear the song during dress rehearsal, practices, run through, mic checks, and in the dressing rooms on top of this... I was ready to throw myself off the lighting fixtures. It also wasn't as if I didn't like the songs. I was in theater as an actor for one semester and never again will I subject myself to that shit no matter how much I adore singing and musicals. Theater kids are rude to each other, are always in drama, possibly making out or breaking up backstage, and being incredibly unkind and unhelpful to us techies just trying to make their show run smoothly.
You’re only exposing yourself by knowing all of this
Only a theater kid knows how to mock a theater kid
I was thinking the exact same thing. Non-theatre-kid folks don't make fun of theatre kids because they don't know such a breed exists, and don't care enough to know. I'm an orchestra kid (aka theatre kid adjacent) meaning I don't contribute at all to the roast, but I understand the inside jokes enough that I sit far away in the orchestra section and go "...hehe..he"
@@TQM We know. We just went, “Egh… Alright.” When we saw them do some weird dramatic shit, based on something they saw in a play one time. And their pack of theatre friends react as if it was anything less than a gross interpretation of actual human interaction. As compared to real bitches and drama, which stupid dudes playing for them. Often jocks, but also others. Which was not an act as such, but was fake for it’s inability to see past the tiny bubble Highschool social shit represented. Band and orchestra where never anything special, but they had their own caste, and where never subject to much scrutiny outside of it. I was stoner/slacker caste. Mixed with a bit of loser/outcast initially.
only former theatre kids go in on theatre kids this hard
“Former” as if you can escape the theatre kid life
PirateUnicorn for some reason I found that so funny I dropped my phone, luckily I'm sitting down or that would've been bad
you can't escape the theater kid life
amen
It’s true
No one hates theatre kids more than other theatre kids
It's a strange situation isn't it? Lol
100% accurate
Yes
Can verify
Can confirm
"Nice step ball change Gabrielle!"
"You too Gabrielle!"
I'm deceased
kyra orgass there was a girl named Gaby in my Musical Theatre class and we did Anything Goes so this was AMAZING
my roommate was a theater kid named Gabrielle.... I am beside myself rn
WHY ARE ALL THEATRE KIDS NAMED GABRIELLE, JULIA, KYRA, TARA, ETHAN, AND RYAN
Oh and your occasional Nathan
this is such a callout bc in my group of friends (aka lazy theatre kids) there are TWO GABRIELLES
Love how each time he switched between women, he added more cigarettes XD lmfao
MsNewNooby brilliant 😂
i FEEL PERSONALLY ATTACKED BY THIS
But I also agree.
you watch chris fleming? that is so freaking cool
Same lol
I just saw you under a Brian Jordan Alvarez video so now I can only assume you watch every single comedian I subscribe to
Haha Kat, you're awesome. I "accidentally" posted your video on Fascism on my 8th grade Social Studies Google Classroom page.... then their suggestions on you tube starting suggesting your videos on sexuality.....
I had to take the video down, but I'm proud that it was up for as long as it was?
Lol 😜
OMG KAT BLAQUE !! I LOVE YOU
he is a theatre kid. there is no other explinatiom for this video...
Laura Doan obviously it's an explanation for every video
E x p l i n a t i o m
A non theatre kid wouldn't get all the references ahah
Laura Doan she i think
Did you just have a fucking stroke or
having been in a frozen related fender bender with a theater kid driving, this video is too real
Megan Mer Ive been in a spongebob the musical fender bender
Hey it’s me here with a Hamilton induced sprained leg
here with a newsies based fender bender. yes it was 'once and for all' and i was on my way back from a protest.
You mean to tell me that is REAL? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm probably the only theater kid I know who hates Frozen
You do not know the meaning of Hell until you are stuck on a school bus with a whole clique of high school sophomore theatre kids for two hours. If I ever have to listen to a swarm of nasally, cracking puberty voices of white kids scream the lyrics to "My Shot" from Hamilton in not quite unison again I will immediately go into voluntary cardiac arrest.
Mary McGinnis AHAHAHAHAHA I CANT STOP WHEEZING AHAHAHAHAHA
Same but just think of that but confident extreme 8th graders
Big mood
Rofl!
this comment is so specific and yet i can relate to it completely because i’ve been in the same exact situation
"You'd think those Ts murdered Stephen Sondheim" XD This man is genius
sTephen Sondheim
Oh no I was going to send this to my group of theatre kid friends but I forgot about that joke….poor timing..
Rip
Who is that
I went to see “the greatest showman” with my theatre kid friends. They had seen it before, so naturally the whole time they where dramatically and silently performing each song right there in their chair. It was intimidating really.
Me anytime my friends wanna watch an animated movie musical
Me watching waitress.
Me watching anything where there are songs
They always somehow know all the lyrics after watching the movie once
SHE'S 106 AND SHE'S KILLING IT
With a new introduction by Meme Memememesome
I started crying laughing at I'm gonna hook up with my horse. its's 4 am and my whole family's asleep.
Same. So much same.
Ona Salvat it’s 5 am
It's been four years did you do it
Same here
ikr?
As an undergrad I had a part-time paid job as a stitcher in the costume shop but there were also a bunch of theater students who had to do volunteer hours in the shop as part of their program. Consequently the shop was always filled with bored theater kids who had been given mindless, skill-less tasks. There was a giant permanent sign that said "NO SINGING". Inevitably one of the theater kids would start humming and the costume shop manager, a tiny Italian woman who wore all black every day, would make a clicking sound with her tongue like how you might correct a dog then look at the kid with open disdain and silently point to the sign. Respect.
this is the funniest thing ive ever read in my god damn life
lol
Chris Fleming is so fucking hilarious that he could aggressively verbally degrade me and the me inside my traumatic memories would laugh.
HEATHER IS
THE ME INSIDE OF
MEEEEEEEE
and she’s laughing so hard she’s crying
This is underrated… hilarious
This comment is why I don’t date straight woman.
"bring in Nathan" omg died
cj REMEMBER NATHAN, THE AUDITION BEGINS AS SOON AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE DOOR." I'M DEDD
BUT I DO SOUND
"She's just gonna come slinkin down a staircase and everyone's gonna be on their feet and I'm not gonna know why" It's okay you can say Hello, Dolly.
*bashes hubcap against head*
I'm a theater kid but I know this one Theater Kid and whenever he's in an ensemble piece u can hear him enunciating his T's brutally
Mags Honey is his name nathan
C3p0 Works at Burger King it’s Charlie lol
Former theater kid of 10 years. The most memorable "theatre kid moment" was hearing a cast member crying, singing Aida, and shitting in the bathroom after she had not gotten the main role in Evita.
Now that's multi tasking. She really didn't hold herself back.
"I'M GONNA HOOK UP WITH MY HORSE"
+Emily Webber Equus: The Musical
I scream every time
I’ve been singing this under my breath all day and I’m scared to go out in public now.
SHOULDN'T DO THAT
if ONLY MAMA COULD. SEE. ME. NOOOOOOooooooowwwwww!
Meemee Meemeemeemeesome
Samson Ray you forgot a 'mee' 🤣
I’ve been a singer for a very long time, but I only just got into musical theatre after so many people telling me that I’d be “suited” for it, and being an outsider observing firsthand, I can confirm that this video is 100% accurate. Even the adults are like this; it’s like a phase nobody grows out of and that is totally horrifying. I never thought a 43 year old woman would lecture me for 27 minutes on why Idina Menzel singlehandedly saved Broadway with a chorus of nodding girls behind her, but it did.
ProjectAnimation buzzfeed article: 27 reasons why Idina Menzel is a living legend who singlehandedly saved Broadway, WITH GIFS
ProjectAnimation the 43 year old woman knows the truth, listen to her wise words.
_Fab_ Frankie_ I think I was making a joke
As a theater adult I can confirm.
The adults never grow up. My High School's drama teacher was in her 40's but would hang out with students at the mall like she was still 16. It was super weird.
He was not prepared for Hamilton
"I'm gonna hook up with my horse" - Chris, have you never seen Equus? You're in for a real treat.
Oh no.
Leandra Shields oh god.
Leandra Shields lock up your daughters and horses
Zaynab Jaffrey BUT NOT IN THE SAME ROOM
Zaynab Jaffrey OF COURSE ITS HARD TO HAVE INTERCOURSE OVER 4 SETS OF CORSETS
I'm a freshman theater major... 😂
He was clearly a theater kid himself because where else would he get all of his knowledge
Wikipedia
Only a theatre kid can mock other theatre kids
I’ve known enough theatre kids to know the kinda weird shit y’all get up to
I think spelling it theater is punishable by death
"Giving each other massages in a black box theatre." My entire semester in theatre class. Lol.
Throw in a circle chain massage moment...yup, that's theater class.
@@Tinymoezzysomeone is pratfalling
I THINK IT'S IDINA MENZEL
IT CAN'T BE IDINA MENZEL SHE'S ALREADY A PERSON
As a film major in a school famous for its theatre program, I can relate to this video on a personal level.
where do you go?
I'm in exactly the same situation
Haha Im a film major but i go to an arts high school and its pretty much the same 🤣
So you're theater adjacent
"It's like a minotaur: you don't wanna make it mad, but you certainly don't wanna turn it on."
"giving each other backrubs in black box theatres or three-way kissing at cast parties at chinese buffets" one-shot kills me every time
Nothing is worse than being a techie and some how getting lumped in with “theater kids” it’s like please god I like musicals too but you can’t just sing show tunes in the cafeteria Ashley
best comment
God, that's true. The last show I did was for a theatre right next to a park, so we went there for lunch. There was this one guy who just straight up started singing showtunes in the middle of a conversation and didn't even have the courtesy of being on key.
Lyle, please, just let me have my PBnJ in PBnPeace
@@sweatyskeleton7390 *begins screeching showtunes at the top of my lungs, switching between the key of g, to e, to t, stopping for a bit, switching to the key of f, u, then c, taking a break from SpongeBob the Musical and switching to Be More Chill in the key of k, e again, and finishing in the key of d.*
Now, onto Hamilton-
I don't even know half of these musicals I just like painting trees and feeling useful
the story of my life
Then there's the techie theater kids who couldn't give two shits about who's on stage but squeal over the use of scrim and gobos.
True 😂😂😂
This comment is my life lol
I've been out of theater for 3 years but immediately thought, "Omfg but have you SEEN a perfectly utilized scrim?" I'm trapped in the techie mind forever. I still have nightmares about bad shows.
I'm techie trash but our lighting board is crap at my theatre, it sucks.
i was on a trip to the kennedy space visitor's center and saw a source 4 and audibly gasped
He just accurately described what happened when Hamilton came to Disney+
Is THAT what made it explode?
The "im going to hook up with my horse" reminds me so much of bo burnham
oh shit you’re right
👌
I firmly believe that when Chris Fleming or Bo Burnham dies, the other will feel it
the increasing number of cigarettes really gets me
"Hi, I'm Nathan-"
"Do your math song."
"Five hundred *T* wentyfive thousand six hundred minu *T* s "
lol i thought he said “get your masks on” but saying “do your math song” is 525,600 times funnier
Say what u will about theater kids but they did warn us about Cats (2019)
And with _CATS_ does this warning return to the highest prominence.
The only kids I saw at the Cats movie were teenagers who went to make fun of it, but they got super quiet once it started.
is it bad that when he said 'march of the theatre kids' i thought he was referencing march of the falsettos
Ew a theater kid
~band kid
Aww a time before Hamilton when the kinds of Theater kids were considered intense
I love Hamilton so much but I completely agree theater kids became....mainstream after Hamilton
"Chessy's Gonna Squeal" iM DEAD
IF ONLY MAMA COULD SEE ME NOOOOOOW
hahahahaha you are a genius chris.
not to mention the absolute FERVOR they feel when in nyc. the city emboldens them in ways one never would have imagined.
0:36 ....that awkward moment when ur name is Gabrielle...and ur a theater kid...
Same
nice kid ball change, Gabrielle
SAME I FEEL ATTACKED LMAO
Same happened for me for the headshots bit
I just saw a friend from high school on Facebook post a series of headshots asking for advice on which ones to choose and IMMEDIATELY came back to this video
"What a to-do to die today at a minute or two till two" - That's where I lost it! Only theatre kids know the pain of eye rolling at someone starting this and you not being able to stop yourself from finishing it with them.
The world of Theatre is so weird that I actually had to look up and check to see if ‘Chessy’s Gonna Squeal’ was a real play
How could it be Idina Menzel, she's already a person 💀
I think it's Idena, please tell me it's idena
*sings grease while having baby* 😂😂 me
I feel personally attacked by this video
Nyssa R C same
Good
This boy was obviously a former theatre kid to know this
Was?
Honey.
It never ends.
By contrast, the last movie I ever saw in theaters was Cats. The only other people in the theater was a swarm of theatre kids fresh off the final performance of the winter musical. It was a fucking transcendent experience.
I am livid with jealousy this sounds like the most insane thing to happen to a human please tell me more
@@laurenredding1419 Everyone was meowing. When the cockroaches came onscreen one of the kids SCREAMED like he’d been stabbed. They sang Memory louder than Jennifer Hudson. At least five people were wearing cat ears. One wore a tail. I haven’t watched the movie since because i just know it’s never gonna hit like that again
The Ts finally got him 😔
I have never, ever, in my life, before now, witnessed a bit about theater kids that so perfectly, and accurately, encapsulates the true horror - of theater kids.
"IM GONNA HOOK UP WITH MY HOOOORRRSSSSEEE"
Hercules Mulligan who?
I went to an arts middle school, and it's a miracle I made it out alive. I cant think about Hamilton without crying
I should clarify. not happy tears. tears of rage
'soft shoes spicy mama' LMAO
I HATE theater kids, but also I am a theater kid \_('~')_/
YES
same 😂
Nikita I can tell
That's how theater works 😂 that's why we are truly there 😂
Relatable
How is the giving birth pose the most masculine stance I’ve ever seen Chris take
Only a theatre kid would know about the ts
So happy that you used Chessy's Gonna Squeal in the latest Gayle episode 😂😂😂
The fictional play "Soft Shoes, Spicy Mama" is a genius creation
This vid is 9 years old and it's one of the funniest things i've seen recently.
sometimes i think of "if only mama,,,,,,,,, could. see. me. noooOOOOOOOooowwwww" in public and start giggling
IS IT IDINA MENZEL
brings back so many horrible memories. I remember my brother kicking my door and screaming "Stop! Stop!" while I belted out Memory 3 or 4 times to make sure I was warmed up.
Returning to this video right before Hamilton comes out on Disney+
I'd really like a full version of "I'm Gonna Hook Up With My Horse" someday
IM GONNA HOOK UP WITH MY HOOORSSEE
I'm not a theatre kid but as a pianist I feel attacked by "she's 106 and she's killing it", this... Uh... Definitely wasn't me after a concert of Pollini playing works by Chopin.
2:29 - 3:06 Anytime my extended family comes into town, this is the only way my Aunt and oldest brother will talk to each other. No greetings, no formalities, just straight into showbill shenanigans.
“locusts in jazz flats” is truly uncomfortable imagery
this was my highschool girlfriend, and i fully realized it when we were driving to see frozen together and the only cds she had in her car were musical soundtracks
she was really sweet though it was a nice couple of months
Congrats Chris! This video has finally hit a million. I think you've just been freed from your contract with Davis.
This is so accurate. My initial reaction: "I've been annoyed by some of these people and I've BEEN some of these people."
Theater kids with Hamilton...
I do love hamiltion though
Seriously Sergio yeah same
yep
Hamilton is overrated
I cut off children's pinky toes WHAT >:((((((
John Laurens
It's a good musical, but I think it gets way too much credit. There are tons of other great musicals that deserve attention.
Kidnapping someone and holding them in your house for 15 years? You're one to talk GAYLE
Flawless save one glaring inaccuracy: no theatre kid has ever owned a horse. There is no overlap between theatre kids and horse girls - they are entirely different species.
I just did a play with a girl who owns 2 horses and has a business caring for horses. She's a theater major!
You must not be from the South lmao
Someone should write a play called Soft Shoes Spicy Mama based off this
was just randomly watching this a few hours after it was announced that stephen sondheim died. that was a trip
She's 106 and she's KILLIN IT
"She's one hundred and six and KILLING IT"
At one point in time I had this entire thing memorized
March of the theatre kids? More like....
march of the falsettos march of the falsettos WEEE
03:23 is a grander cosmic truth than anything I've ever heard in a church
As someone who has been in a frozen related fender bender this hit way too close to home 😂
"it's only a matter of time before one of those songs about being true to yourself culminates in a message that's totally not okay." this video predicted dear evan hansen
I’m so glad I ended up a techie
The segment about “Soft Shoe Spicy Mama” is one of my favorite moments in all of internet history
I love that you name all the theatre kids Gabrielle. Because it’s accurate.
This is genuinely one of my favorite videos on the Internet
The living hell of being trapped in an English class five days a week with sophomore theater kids constantly singing the chorus of Hellfire from Hunchback of Notre Dame has never been surpassed for me.
I was also a techie for my high school theater program so having to hear the song during dress rehearsal, practices, run through, mic checks, and in the dressing rooms on top of this... I was ready to throw myself off the lighting fixtures.
It also wasn't as if I didn't like the songs. I was in theater as an actor for one semester and never again will I subject myself to that shit no matter how much I adore singing and musicals. Theater kids are rude to each other, are always in drama, possibly making out or breaking up backstage, and being incredibly unkind and unhelpful to us techies just trying to make their show run smoothly.
This really is the greatest thing that’s ever graced the internet 😭
Coming back to this video as I mentally prepare for the release of Wicked in theaters.
i’ve watched this about 60 million times and i think my favorite part is the soft r when chris says “horse” like YES musical theatre voice lessons
I love Meemee Meemeemeesome.
into the heights is getting a movie adaptation.... time to bring this video out again
This is too accurate. I have more cast shirts from shows I've been in than any other shirt.
I'm a theatre kid and holy shit this is real
When is the Disney adaptation of Chessy’s Gonna Squeal?