StarKid's Riskiest Show: The Trail to Oregon
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
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Jeff Blim spent the better part of 10 years trying to crack the code on a musical adaptation of the computer game Oregon Trail, but nothing was working...and time was running out.
This is the story of Team StarKid's biggest gamble yet and about one man’s radical attempt to make a song about dying of dysentery. This is the story of The Trail to Oregon.
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Watch The Trail to Oregon here! • The Trail to Oregon!
Kelly Meehan Brown's wonderful interview with Nick Lang from 2018 was a fantastic resource and fascinating read. Check it out here: centsai.com/earn-money/entrep...
CREDITS:
Script, narration: Brendon Henderson
Script Editor: Julianna Whalen
Graphics: Connor Bond
Captions: Delaney Heil
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
04:07 Independence
13:50 Caulk Your Wagon
22:12 A Fork in the Road 
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2:17
I'm so pumped to finally know why Jeff was so excited that someone suggested Jack Bauer for the Father 😂
That was my first thought when I heard that tidbit. XD
It’s great to finally know!
I really thought for all this time that it was just because he got a cool name
full circle baby
I haven’t watched the video just yet but I saw this comment.. isn’t it because of that show called 24??
i'm obsessed with there being _backstory_ to Jeff looking like his life's sole quest was fulfilled when someone named father "Jack Bauer"
Yeahhhh I genuinely told myself that there was no way 'twas not just a person who was already barreling down college age when 24 became a thing that existed for the first time, being understandably psyched at a reference that I, a person the (count 'em) EXACT age of 24's first ep, would never get. "Surely that shit has a fandom" I thought, "surely."
I agree though and as an over 10-year dikrat am properly excited to watch the video and learn what (not a roast) basically everybody in the comments are saying the same thing about, including you (again not a roast, I will probably be doing the same, just probably to my sister maybe kinda was also in the 2010s into Starkid).
The Jack Bauer thing coming back years later is so good
Literal poetry
@@WaitintheWingsit’s like poetry, it rhymes.
I understand now why he was so excited by that name in the version that made it to RUclips! lol
100% my favorite Starkid musical. Jeff’s presence is truly a gift and I will never get tired of seeing his eyes light up pure chaotic glee when he hears “Jack Bauer.”
"Pure chaotic glee" honestly summarizes Jeff so well.
I did not expect Joey's crash course on fart noises to be one of the highlights of this video.
Hello! I named Grandpa on the RUclips recording. (Titty Mitty) One of the proudest moments from my teen years. It was a blast watching this video. Thanks for reminding me of some of my favorite memories.
You are a hero to generations!
Congratulations! 😂 It was really funny
You are a legend!
Thank you for your service
Hello... Titty Mitty
I'm so glad Jeff and everyone else toughed it out and made it work with Trail to Oregon. It's honestly one of my favourite Starkid shows.
Same! I love it so much!
Same!
Yeah so interesting that the 6 person show ended up being so much better than the Star Wars one which seemed like a home run
its the first one i watched and it made me fall in love with Starkid
@@Jack_SsI think part of that is that cast-wise, TTO had the upper hand with the more “well-known” actors in StarKid so more people gravitated towards it. Though I do think even despite that, TTO is a better show
Shoutout Joey for that completely unnecessary arm fart crash course thank you king👑
i think you mean completely necessary
I'm a big ANI defender, I knew it wasn't the most liked Starkid show, but I didn't know it had received so much criticism. I'm so so glad that The Trail to Oregon gained the success it deserved! but I hope Nick Lang knows people did and still do love ANI, my friends and I quote it to each other all the time
ANI is seriously so funny, it just didn't fit the traditional SK mold and that's why a lot of folks couldn't vibe with it. it definitely has its audience, and I'm part of it.
It’s not up there with my favourite of their shows but I do still enjoy it. Nick Lang as Palpatine and especially Obi Wan steals the show
Love Ani! It’s heartwarming.
Yay I’m so glad I found my people; Ani is definitely a weird one in the Starkid catalogue, but it’s very near and dear to my heart (partially cuz my parents surprised me with tickets and my dad and I drove to Chicago to see it!) It’s seriously a shame how so much of the fandom treats it when it’s really funny and has some seriously catchy music!
For me i love ani so much. But it's cringey opening is just so so hard to force my way through each time even tho it is so good.
One smart thing starkid did was post on twitter the character names that night. That's how most of us learned the interactive part, and I imagine people went in with punny names prepared
I even saw one high school on RUclips where the daughter was named after an audience member and the dad character made the audience aware of that in a improvised monologue. This really is a show where no two shows are alike
Wait so the audience didn’t pick the names they were already there?
@@TheAntiDisneyEmperorno they did but they told the audience ahead of time to come prepared
I’m just starting to direct The Trail To Oregon for a local community theatre, this video is a godsend and super informative!
Break legs with your production!!!
@@WaitintheWingsNot literally though!
Trust me... I know.
PLS UPLOAD THE PERFORMANCE!! :)
Can I suggest Blair Mountain for the dad's name?
@@darkmanstudios3828 we haven’t even held auditions yet, I’m just prepping with set design and whatnot. I think we’ll have names in a hat for rehearsals, I’ll make sure that is in there!
and to think we were so close to not having Jeff Blim for Hatchetfield. Risks are always better than redundancy in my opinion. it can totally fail but it could also totally succeed.
Safe to say Hatchetfield succeeded beyond anyone's expectations. And I have loved everything StarKid has done since the Potter days, but Hatchetfield is just them at their best!
@@Redstomp100% agree with this comment!
To me, there could be no other General John MacNamera.
knowing the reason behind jeff’s happy smile at the jack bauer pitch makes watching it x100 better
ANI definitely isn’t close to my favorite starkid musical, but god there’s some really funny moments in there. Hearing Nick’s response to the comments really broke my heart.
Yeah that was sad. He really stole the show as Obi Wan
@@BuzzardPlanet97 I think about the line delivery of “I’m better now, I’m drunk” like at least once a week
Same here. I discovered Starkid roughly around 2014/2015 with Twisted and proceeded to binge all their other shows. ANI didn't blow me away, but I liked it fine. It has a lot of good elements, with Brian & Nick being the absolute standouts. When I heard that people were tearing the show to shreds, I was shocked and then heartbroken when I discovered how much this impacted Nick. "Don't come back as a damn robit" is still something I quote often to myself.
My sister shares that scene with people all the time- I don't even think she's watched the whole musical. But she was utterly charmed by Nick's drunk Obi Wan.
I like the more original stuff but wish the parody hadn’t died with Ani. There were a lot of things that ended up working against it but the fact that they never followed up Twisted because Ani wasn’t great is a shame. That one may be their masterpiece
_"Your wagon is on FI-YAAAAAAAHHHH! Your wagon is a-blaaaaaaayze!"_
That manic gleam in Jeff’s eyes at hearing Jack Bauer makes so much more sense now. ❤
One of my personal favorite Starkid shows next to Twisted and Nerdy Prudes Must Die. Just seeing Jeff be as chaotic as he wants and Joey play half the characters, this show will always make me laugh. Plus the improv and bloopers like the bucket falling down the "rige" off stage or General Store Guy talking about his roll in West Side Story make it so much better, still one of my favorite Starkid moments.(edit grammar)
Joey deserves a Tony for "Just shoot me you son of a b- *gunshot*"
Hahahahaha, hohohoho, ha. OX LIKE ME
@@lunaraydue1340CACKLING JUST THINKING ABOUT IT
Crazy that because RUclips got rid of annotations in 2018, you can't just click the screen for your preferred character death anymore
hearing how everyone felt about Ani VS TTTO originally compared to their actual audience reception and legacies reminds me of how Disney's animatiom team felt about Pocahontas VS The Lion King! everyone had a good feeling about one, but the underdog turned out to be much more beloved! not to dismiss any movie or musical mentioned, but i definitely hear more people talk about TTTO these days, and likewise with The Lion King!
It helps that they were actually able to license Trail to Oregon to amateur groups, something they can't do with their parody musicals like Ani for licensing and rights reasons, I imagine.
I thought of the exact same thing
Glad Starkid took a chance on Jeff Blim 😃
Without it we wouldn't have the Hatchfield trilogy
and i wouldn't be obsessed with the Lords in Black
@@marrowbrown the demon teletubbies
To think if Trail to Oregon failed, We wouldn’t get The Hatchetfield Saga.
Only Starkid could make me emotional seeing the mention of Jack Bauer in the original Basement Arts production 😂Seeing how much of the original student theater version's unhinged, goofy DNA made it into the final show is heartwarming as a (frequently frustrated) writer. The fact that one of my favorite musicals has such a rocky past that eventually ended in success is the kind of success story I love about independent theater.
That Jack Bauer but coming back in a full circle is incredible
Joey describing how he made each fart sound was so funny to me.
I know we won’t get another Starkid video from WITW for a bit after this…but I can’t wait to see him cover Hatchetfield 😍
THIS. This is my heart's desire as well.
He needs to cover the Hatchetfield stories!! TGWDLM, Black Friday, Nightmare Time 1 & 2 & Nerdy Prudes Must Die all must be covered!!
@@lil-WolfyWolf As much as I love Nightmare Time, and think they warrant a mention in such a video, this channel really is about musical stage shows, which they are not.
I’ve always been really sad that ANI wasn’t appreciated so much. As someone who isn’t a Star Wars fan I think I probably didn’t get a lot of the jokes but I’ve still always really liked it. I think it’s really funny & the music is FANTASTIC. Makes me sad to see that the criticism was taken so much to heart.
That's the thing though, a lot of their audience wasn't Star Wars fans so it didn't really cater to them. Having seemingly run out of properties to parody that the StarKid fans and creators were both into, the choice was either keep doing them but keep them fairly generic (Holy Musical B@man was kind of like this, even though it was before Ani) or pivot to original content.
This!! The music in Ani was so awesome
Yeah Ani a so much fun! I came into the Fandom late (TGWDLM was my first one) so I didn't know ANI got criticism. I sure liked it!
In general though, it always warms my heart when their older shows (pre hatchetfield) get some love cause those are my favorites.
I very much am a SW fan, and yeah, it's mainly that a lot of the jokes just aren't that great......
@@JuliaDelbeli always thought the reason it didn’t do as well is because a large part of the fan base expected the main characters to sing
Jeff Blim is one of the most underrated performers in the world, genuinely stunned that he hasn't gotten picked up by Hollywood.
He has a few roles here and there on TV. Nowadays you gotta be a nepo to be in Hollywood.
He was on broadway during the filming of NPMD
no, that's not true at all. Proof? He was in an LA production of Rent by Cupcake Studios, one of the reasons why he wasn't in NPMD. Another reason is just he wasn't casted in NPMD, just did the music@@cameronsharples2544
So *that's* why he was only cast as "Man in a Hurry"? Holy cow.
I think about that about all of the cast members. Jeff has such an expressive face and personality that he could do pretty well
I wasn't a fan on Ani, but I feel so sorry for Nick that he took everyone's comments SO to heart. He doesn't deserve that, he's a fantastic writer. At least he can see with the Hatchetfield series that people still love him, and it was just a one time flop....
I love Trail to Oregon, when I saw it I remember grandpa’s name was Beyoncé! It is always the starkid play I introduce people with, people who don’t like musicals like it!
i love the image of joey coming out in that lobster costume saying "hello...beyonce."
Corey must have loved that considering he's a Beyoncé fan
"Paul, you've got to see this, it's a parody of the Oregon Trail, the computer game we played as kids!"
"Yeah... I don't want to, you know I hate musicals"
Twisted is usually my gateway drug to show people musicals aren't just Disney animated movies. But I have used TTO sometimes too
This is so awesome! Jack Bauer would be proud if he wasn't dead of dysentery. Love your Starkid content and everything else you do! Would love to see you cover all of their Hatchetfield productions including their web series. I think what they are doing with all of that is truly groundbreaking. Thanks for another great vid!
I will say I’m kind of sad that they don’t make parodies anymore. There are so many fandoms that they would’ve made amazing lol but I do love their new original direction too. All in all, a big fan of the whole cast❤
Same, i genuinely wonder where they'll be 20 years from now. Maybe itll go full circle
Fr!! As much as i love the original work and think its super creative, the parody angle just shines every time, they completely understand what they're parodying and elevate it by adding more angles. Kinda makes me wish they had another shot at star wars, ani is cool, but sw is so big and nowadays is such a shit show that a show based on the sequels or smth like that would be ridiculously funny
Trail to Oregon is the Starkid musical I revisit the most. In hindsight it makes sense why it has seen the most success outside of its initial production. Being about a family road trip is instantly relatable. How it’s parodying the game isn’t alienating if you don’t know the references. It’s small cast and bare set makes it cheap to run. Above all that the interactivity encourages repeat viewing.
Also, Blim has an all ages edited script and I really want to see my local high school do a production. If only because I live in Oregon and they would actually pronounce Willamette correctly. It’s will-LAMB-it.
It also has the most underrated joke/easter egg: Joey Richter playing every other character.
I know it's because TTO has the less amount of cast compared to Ani, but it unintentionally became a reference of how animators would become lazy in designing side characters in video games/computer games. IDK if they intended that or not, but it is hilarious when you think about it
I actually went to see Ani! during its run. I was in Chicago for the weekend while it was playing, so I went with my girlfriend at the time. She's a huge Star Wars nerd and loved it.
The cast of Trail to Oregon was in the audience that night, and Jeff Blim is a great actor but the worst person to see a show with--his laugh is very loud.
I always wondered if Jeff was just acting when he almost teared up at "Jack Bauer". It's incredible that he wasn't.
Jack Bauer being the name during the recording and catching that moment of Jeff's pure excitement and joy is just......... Such a special thing. So glad it's on the internet
Still reeling over the fact you got to interview Jeff, Nick, Jaime and Joey 🥲Amazing video, as always!
I actually didn’t interview Nick! That was from a summer hangout they did on Brian Holdens channel :)
I'm every Oregon trail game, I never made it to the end. My oxen would croak mid way in the trail.
You gotta cheat and play as the banker!
This was such a cool doc! I love Starkid and it really shows how much Jeff really brought Starkid into another golden age.
He's truly mastered both dignity and the devotion, the 2Ds
@@Plexxis_SugarPom Oh no. Oh no. You've added a third D!
I think Jeff Blim is great! As that one commenter said, he’s in my top three Starkid performers and I love his roles and his work with the Hatchetfield series. Now that he’s joined, I can hardly imagine Starkid without him, same as I feel with Lauren Lopez and Joey Richter
Is this an entire Starkid series? Are we gonna talk about the legit masterpiece that is Nerdy Prudes Must Die??
The interactive nature of TOH is so unique and wonderful and makes me wish so much I could’ve been in the audience
I have my first script read through tonight for Trail to Oregon. It's actually unbelievable how well timed this all was. Now I have some new info for the cast tonight! This is gonna be fun.
I hope you have/had a great script read!!
Starkid took me, a guy who didn't like musicals, and pulled me into a deep love for independent theatre. I had done musical theatre when I was younger and I felt like it was stuffy and boring. Starkid showed me that there was something more. Now I put on my Tickle Me Wiggly jumper every Christmas and watch long deep dives about shows I've seen a thousand times.
As someone who went to see Starship live, it’s always been interesting seeing the different eras of Starkid, especially since I’ve been there since 2009. But Jeff? Love the guy. Love him.
It is so cool that the starkids were interviewed for this! Oregon Trail was the first one that came out while I was actively waiting for shows so it has a special place in my heart. Great Video!
i cant with joey explaining his arm fart performance in detail 😭
I just watched this musical for the first time 3 days ago and stumbling on this video one hour after it comes out was such serendipity
Oregon trail is one of my favorite starkid shows. The father's redemption arc is one of my favorite moments to come back to
I'm so glad you are covering Starkid again. I have been the biggest fan right since 2009. Fun to learn new stuff about them. TinCan Bros is also amazing and was started by several Starkid members. Their show "Spies are forever" is wonderful.
I never imagines so many other people loved Starkid too!❤
I got to see both Trail to Oregon and Ani live on a trip to Chicago with my uncle, and it was a surprise hit! I went the night where the son was named Ghengis Khan and the grandpa was named Jeff Blim. Amazing experience!
I love how Ani and Trail to Oregan is basically Starkids Pocahontas and Lion King where internally everyone thought one was gonna succeed and the other do ok but upon release it was reversed
Perfect timing for a Starkid video, I’ve become obsessed with the hatchetfield series
Wait in the Wings should totally make a video how Starkid transitioned from one-off shows to building the Hatchetfield universe with all its lore. Although I doubt that will be any time soon considering how much stuff Starkid is still probably planning for it.
i saved all my money somehow as a teenager and convinced my mom to fly from connecticut to chicago to see trail to oregon and ani. still one of my greatest memories.
28:52 "Oregon is the first starkid show that is 95% original"
Is it? Starship is clearly inspired by Star Trek and The Little Mermaid, but I wouldn't consider it a parody of either. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Me and My Dick had any outside sources it was directly referencing. Both of those were before Trail to Oregon, werent they?
Starship is a Starship Troopers Parody, but you’re totally right about MAMD
Love Blim's contributions to Starkid. The Hatchetfield Universe being a part of that. Would you ever cover the Hatchetfield series?
9:51 I understand that Eric Kahn Gale, without consulting the Langs, added "StarKid" to Twisted's Kickstarter page, and this was how StarKid remained as a brand at the time.
Brendon - this video was amazing, as your work is always. Really great to see the exclusive interviews with StarKids. Also, you do a really great job in matching the footage to your narration, a work that's clearly very carefully crafted. Rock on.
Starkid is the reason I got my Theatre Design degree they are the future of musical theatre I love them
I saw the original run where the father was named "John Stamos' Thong" and it was the funniest thing I've ever seen on stage
I love seeing the starkid ppl outside the stage :)
wagon is on fire lives rent free in my brain -- jeff blim writing that absolute banger is a blessing
7:03 oh THATS why he was so happy someone said jack bauer! thats so fun i never knew that!
jeff blim is one of the best things that happened to starkid
thank you so much for pronouncing Oregon correctly. You have no idea the sense of dread I felt when you said oreg-on.
star kid is just so endearing and creative. i got into it with the guy who hates musical and never stopped
WOW i've only made it through the intro and i'm already thrilled. interviews with jeff and joey??? such perfect timing too, i've been deep back in my starkid fandom joy ever since nerdy prudes 🥰 so excited to keep watching thank yooooou!!!
So sad that Ani isn't more popular. It's one of my favourites! The music is great, the jokes and actors are super funny and it always makes me want to dance with the cast! I'm not even that much of a star wars fan but it didn't hinder my joy watching it! My absolute favourite songs are Ani and The Force (You got it). I really love all of the Starkid shows and I just wish I could see them live but living in another continent is a bit too far. This was a really great video! It was cool to get to see what led to this musical and I'm glad that I get the father's name's significance now :D
Alt Video Title: HOW JEFF BLIM SAVED STARKID
Love that this came out during my Team Starkid obsession Revival after the release of NPMD
This was excellent. I hope you'll do a video on the Hatchetfield musical universe as well! StarKid going fully original and having auch success with it proves they more than have what it takes to move beyond just parody musicals!
it’s really cool to see how starkid and the writers came together and grew so much from trail to oregon to today, where jeff blim is writing a lot of original stuff for hatchetfield, and the cast and crew are doing new and interesting things every day
This musical is almost ten years old, the respect you give to all the cast and the effort behind the show is just awsome man
Hold up. Name drop at time 12:13. Drew Defour was my next-door neighbor growing up. I had NO IDEA he worked on this with Jeff. Huh. Small world. 😅
The theater Starkid started out in is actually not a basement theater! The organization they started out with is called Basement Arts, but the theater Basement Arts (and subsequently Starkid) performs in is a studio space called the Newman Studio in the Walgreen Drama Center. We actually recently did a production of Trail to Oregon through Basement Arts (and in the Newman Studio) back in February (I was the Grandpa)! It was the first Starkid production at Michigan since the Starkid members graduated and it was honestly the coolest opportunity I ever had at college.
I love this video the Interviews with the cast are a great addition!
Trail to Oregon is an amazing musical. But, I’m gonna give some love to Ani real quick. Ani is the only Starkid show who’s music I listen to regularly. Also, Nick Lang’s Obi Wan is the funniest character in the history of Starkid.
Ani is the reason why TalkFine is always in my Spotify wrapped
I watched this musical for the first time and had NO IDEA what that game even was. I KNEW they were making references but for the love of god I did not get them. I still liked the musical but was also like: Well that was random. UNTIL I found out about the game. Played it a few times and suddenly understood EVERYTHING. And OMFG it was genius.
i love that i know where every random clip in this is from
i’ve recently been watching Starkid again after getting curious about the Hatchetfield saga, the last time i had ever watched it was back in high school when i watched AVPM/Starship/HMB, and watching TTTO was such a surprisingly fun watch and getting to know the background of it was delightful! i really hope you do more Starkid videos, especially about the Hatchetfield universe they’ve built up over all these years!
thank you so much for doing a video on starkid! they are such an underrated theatre group and have been for years. The new plays/musicals with the Hatchetfield universe have been so amazing, curated, and such an enriching theatre experience.
This comment serves as your threat to appreciate Jeff Blim.
I only just started following StarKid earlier this year after i heard about and watched Twisted. That was probably the most ive ever laughed in my life. But The Trail to Oregon! has quickly become my favorite StarKid show (that I have seen so far).
I am so surprised to learn how the show was so unfinished so close to it's opening, because to me, the show was written so well, and totally captured the spirit of the computer game. I also think that when Jeff writes the music, thats when the music in StarKid is at it's best. I am so excited to watch all the other StarKid shows I still need to check out
super into this. me and my bud ally watched nerdy prudes together last night and were about to start a podcast talking about our favorite youtube muysicals
Oh my god, I literally rewatched Trail to Oregon for the millionth time last night ON A WHIM! Imagine my delight seeing this in my notifications today! I was especially excited to see interviews with some of the Starkid crew! And I very much enjoyed Joey's educational segment of mouth farts.
OOh, delighted to stumble across this live!
performed this show in a local theatre company with some friends and it was a blast to perform!
So crazy that I was literally watching TTO for the first time in years earlier today and then this video gets released! It was so cool to learn all this new stuff, especially hearing it from Jeff, Joey and Jaime. TTO is one of my fave musicals EVER! (also it must be said that Ani is also AMAZING and sooo underrated)
I still listen to this soundtrack often, it’s one of my favorite shows and I’m so glad Jeff got to see it through.
Oregon is my favourite stat kid musical! I go back to it all the time it’s my comfort video lol
Trail to Oregon is probably my most rewatched starkid
i’m so glad starkid is getting this recognition for their amazing art they given us over the years :) i’ve been a fan since 2011 when I discovered avps on youtube and now i’ve shared this group with everyone I love and they love them too
Trail to Oregon is my absolute favorite Starkid musical for the laughs. There are others I watch more for the music or emotional depth, but this one makes me ugly laugh nearly nonstop every single time I watch it.
ANI DESERVED BETTER
songs from Ani are probably my most played. people really sleeping on something so good. it is a TREAT that we get Clark singing
This video makes me so happy! Trail To Oregon is my number one favorite Starkid show, for all the reasons mentioned here. The pacing is great, the energy is always on point, the cast has wonderful chemistry, it’s chaotic and unexpected and all the songs are bangers. I actually think that having a smaller cast helps a lot because it means everyone gets a chance to shine.
It was wonderful to hear so much about the behind the scenes of this crazy project and to hear from the cast members and the man Jeff Blim himself. I knew that the origins of the show were chaotic but I had never realized how much was at stake. It only makes appreciate Jeff and the team even more. I’m glad the Lang brothers took this chance because you can feel SO MUCH of TTO in the dna of their current Hatchetverse.
I never knew the story of Jeff’s quest of making Trail to Oregon, and when I heard about the making of the play and musical and about Jack Bower as a character. It was like everything in that one moment of naming the dad became clear
I had no idea Joey did the fart noises… this is enlightening
I saw a production on tik tok where the son was named “coat hanger” so you can imagine the line “craphole, the baby killer” did really well
It's so interesting to hear that they really believed that ANI would be popular and Trail to Oregon wouldn't, when I love Trail to Oregon and remember so much of it despite only watching it once or twice, but even though I'm like 99% sure I've seen ANI, I couldn't tell you a single song, joke, or character from the entire thing.
Also interesting that they were so stuck on parodies in the beginning! Don't get me wrong, their early parody musicals will always hold a special place in my heart (it's been over 10 years and the opening notes to AVPM will get me out of my sealt belting the opening number any day, and Twisted is my Roman Empire) but my most of favorite Team Starkid productions are the original ones! Like Firebringer and TGWDLM :D
I genuinely couldn't imagine Starkid without Jeff Blim. The Hachetfield trilogy is a masterstroke of genius
I actually love Starkid.
It's just good charming humour between friends.