Andrew Rannells & Josh Gad - “Welcome to Gutenberg!”
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{DOUG SIMON, spoken}
Okay, Here we go!
{BUD DAVENPORT, spoken}
Oh my God, I'm so excited...
{DOUG, spoken}
Welcome to Gutenberg!
{BUD, spoken}
Gutenberg: The Musical!
{DOUG, spoken}
My name is Mr. Doug Simon, and I am from Nutley, New Jersey
{BUD, spoken}
And I am Mr. Bud Davenport, also hailing from Nutley, New Jersey
{DOUG, spoken}
And we have written... a musical!
{BUD laughs}
{DOUG, spoken}
This... is what people like me and Bud call... a cast recording
{BUD, spoken}
Yes!
{DOUG, spoken}
Except... we don't have a cast
{BUD, spoken}
No! It's just me and Doug
{DOUG, spoken}
We're gonna perform all the roles, sing all the songs, and give you somе help to understand the potеntial of what we have written
{BUD, spoken}
I think the key word here is "Potential"
{DOUG, spoken}
I also like the word "Help," because, with any luck, we are going to take this show... to Broadway!
{BUD, spoken}
Our nation's capital!
{DOUG, spoken}
Yes!
{BUD, spoken}
Listening to this recording, as we speak, are some very big Broadway producers
{DOUG, spoken}
If you're hearing my voice and you are not a Broadway producer, we need you to find one and make them listen!
{BUD, spoken}
Tell them to listen and produce our show!
{DOUG, spoken}
Yes!
{BUD, spoken}
Please!
{DOUG, spoken}
Now, you're probably sitting there, thinking to yourself, "Okay, so you wrote a show--but what is it about?"
{BUD, spoken}
I don't know, Doug, why don't you tell us?
{DOUG, spoken}
Alright, I will! It's about Johann Gutenberg
{BUD, spoken}
Who's he?
{DOUG, spoken}
He is the guy who invented the printing press...
{BUD, spoken}
... and then printed up a bunch of copies of The Bible
{DOUG, spoken}
Yes, but what else did he do?
{BUD, spoken}
Well we did some research to find out
{DOUG, spoken}
Google! We typed in, "Johann Gutenberg," and printed out the first thing that came up, so... read it, Bud!
{BUD, spoken}
Okay... um, "Gutenberg, comma Johann...German printer...born around the year 1400, detailed records of his life and work are scant."
{DOUG, spoken}
Scant? Clearly, research wasn't gonna help us
{BUD, spoken}
So we took a different approach--historical fiction!
{DOUG, spoken}
Yes, but what is historical fiction?
{BUD, spoken}
It's fiction... that's true!
{DOUG, spoken}
Now, just before we get started, we want to take a second to talk to you about something pretty serious. Every important musical has to tackle at least one incredibly serious issue
{BUD, spoken}
Like racism...
{DOUG, spoken}
Homophobia...
{BUD, spoken}
Or a man with half a face
{DOUG, spoken}
Our show is set in Germany, so our serious issue is... Nazis
{BUD, spoken}
History, and every Indiana Jones film except for "Crystal Skull", tells us that Nazis are... not cool
{DOUG, spoken}
No, they are hateful and they are ignorant, and that ignorance is in this show
{BUD, whispering}
It has to be
{DOUG, spoken}
Because it makes our show... important
{BOTH, spoken}
Gutenberg: The Musical!
{DOUG SIMON, spoken}
Okay, Here we go!
{BUD DAVENPORT, spoken}
Oh my God, I'm so excited...
{DOUG, spoken}
Welcome to Gutenberg!
{BUD, spoken}
Gutenberg: The Musical!
{DOUG, spoken}
My name is Mr. Doug Simon, and I am from Nutley, New Jersey
{BUD, spoken}
And I am Mr. Bud Davenport, also hailing from Nutley, New Jersey
{DOUG, spoken}
And we have written... a musical!
{BUD laughs}
{DOUG, spoken}
This... is what people like me and Bud call... a cast recording
{BUD, spoken}
Yes!
{DOUG, spoken}
Except... we don't have a cast
{BUD, spoken}
No! It's just me and Doug
{DOUG, spoken}
We're gonna perform all the roles, sing all the songs, and give you somе help to understand the potеntial of what we have written
{BUD, spoken}
I think the key word here is "Potential"
{DOUG, spoken}
I also like the word "Help," because, with any luck, we are going to take this show... to Broadway!
{BUD, spoken}
Our nation's capital!
{DOUG, spoken}
Yes!
{BUD, spoken}
Listening to this recording, as we speak, are some very big Broadway producers
{DOUG, spoken}
If you're hearing my voice and you are not a Broadway producer, we need you to find one and make them listen!
{BUD, spoken}
Tell them to listen and produce our show!
{DOUG, spoken}
Yes!
{BUD, spoken}
Please!
{DOUG, spoken}
Now, you're probably sitting there, thinking to yourself, "Okay, so you wrote a show--but what is it about?"
{BUD, spoken}
I don't know, Doug, why don't you tell us?
{DOUG, spoken}
Alright, I will! It's about Johann Gutenberg
{BUD, spoken}
Who's he?
{DOUG, spoken}
He is the guy who invented the printing press...
{BUD, spoken}
... and then printed up a bunch of copies of The Bible
{DOUG, spoken}
Yes, but what else did he do?
{BUD, spoken}
Well we did some research to find out
{DOUG, spoken}
Google! We typed in, "Johann Gutenberg," and printed out the first thing that came up, so... read it, Bud!
{BUD, spoken}
Okay... um, "Gutenberg, comma Johann...German printer...born around the year 1400, detailed records of his life and work are scant."
{DOUG, spoken}
Scant? Clearly, research wasn't gonna help us
{BUD, spoken}
So we took a different approach--historical fiction!
{DOUG, spoken}
Yes, but what is historical fiction?
{BUD, spoken}
It's fiction... that's true!
{DOUG, spoken}
Now, just before we get started, we want to take a second to talk to you about something pretty serious. Every important musical has to tackle at least one incredibly serious issue
{BUD, spoken}
Like racism...
{DOUG, spoken}
Homophobia...
{BUD, spoken}
Or a man with half a face
{DOUG, spoken}
Our show is set in Germany, so our serious issue is... Nazis
{BUD, spoken}
History, and every Indiana Jones film except for "Crystal Skull", tells us that Nazis are... not cool
{DOUG, spoken}
No, they are hateful and they are ignorant, and that ignorance is in this show
{BUD, whispering}
It has to be
{DOUG, spoken}
Because it makes our show... important
{BOTH, spoken}
Gutenberg: The Musical!
