A VHS CHRISTMAS CAROL *LIVE SHOW* Reaction - Ep. 42 of Musicals I Know Nothing About 

I saw this video, clicked on it and instantly breathed out a long breath as if all my stress left my body. Thank you for this beautiful space you've created. Love you xxx

Can I point out the three ghosts, Jamie, James, and Jaime?

Priceless was my least favorite on the album, but after seeing the live performance I love it. Just listening to it, it seems too cheesy and kitschy. But Joey and Lauren’s performance is unabashedly corny, genuinely goofy and lovey, and it works so well for the Cratchets who are meant to be stupidly content and down with Christmas.

Turkey Boy (on the screen) is Ali Gordon, who originated Turkey Boy on the soundtrack you listened to. She appeared in Starkid Homecoming and was one of the really old-school Starkids, appearing in their second RU-vid musical.

God, I adore this show so much. I wasn't so keen on it when I first saw the 2020 version, but it's grown on me substantially over time and is one of my absolute favorite Starkid productions now.

The part where he gives Bobby a raise and Bobby hugs him always make me cry...

I love the fact that humbug as a word has survived entirely because of this story.

I’m going to see the Jangle Ball concert today where they’re doing a restaging of VHS Christmas Carol! So excited and now I get to watch this as further prep!

So I bought the soundtrack in 2020, watched the Zoom stream, and got virtual live tickets last year. My kids are living the starkid childhood and I'm so proud. My 8 year old knows the entire dance for "I'm the Ghost" and is working on "Christmas Electricity". It's safe to say we're obsessed haha. I always love your reactions!!

It's impossibe to stay still when Christmas Electricity is on. As for it being short, I think it's weirdly perfect because it gets in and out without letting the energy dip. Priceless is my least favourite too (though there are no bad songs) but it's little reprise at the end always gets me. The transition from that song to the ghost of Christmas future is one my favourite little bits. Also this is one of the few Christmas Carol tellings that got me invested in Belle, it often seems to be brushed over so fast. Anyway sorry for the long comment.

I loved this show so much, the first time I watched it I watched it immediately again after finishing lol Everyone is so good in this. I also love how they lean into the cheesiness of Priceless with their performance 😂

@Barbara 2.0 "Turkey Boy" is played by Ali Gordon who played Vanessa in "Me and My Dick." She came back to sing her part in the "Starkid Homecoming" Concert. She was announced on the Cast List for Jangle Ball this year, so I'm hoping we'll get a Live Turkey Boy this year! Also, was I right? Isn't Janaya the best? When I watched this for the first time on Digital Ticket last year and Janaya began to sing in "That Scrooge," my jaw dropped. Janaya's Vocal Range is CRAZY. "That Scrooge" is still my favorite song on the album. Especially with Janaya singing it. Janaya makes this song for me. This Live version of "That Scrooge" is, currently, my favorite Starkid Song of all time. "Priceless" is my second favorite song on the album. Easily Lauren Lopez's best Starkid song. The only other time I've heard her sound this good was in Firebringer. However, "Priceless" blows all the Firebringer songs out the water, in my opinion. That being said, there isn't a bad song on the album. Clark outdid himself with this one. Every song on this album is, what the kids these days would call, "a banger." "A VHS Christmas Carol Live" is, probably, my favorite Starkid Production of all time right now. Second only to Twisted. Coincidence that my top two Starkid Productions are the ones that star Dylan Saunders? Yes. But not surprising. Third would be "AVP Senior Year" and fourth would be "Black Friday."

I just adore sung-through musicals. They're so good at keeping the tone consistent and the energy up!

31:21 Marley is wearing gloves because the costume is inspiered by Annie Lennox, who has worn gloves a number of times!

Its my birthday and this is honestly the best present. Also That Scrooge is a beautiful song, I love it so much

I love this show! I was lucky enough to see it live and I got to see it the night they were filming, so I’m in the audience in this video! :D It was such a good show and before the show started I even got to go up on stage with AJ Holmes to play a game, and I briefly met Jaime Lynn Beatty after the show (when I tell you I was FREAKING OUT omg, internally I was screaming like HOLY SHIT SHES STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO ME AND WE ARE IN A CONVERSATION OKAY BE COOL BE COOL BE COOL). For real one of the best nights of my life, I’m honestly so grateful I got to go. I love your channel, keep doing what you’re doing!

Imagine the Final Ghost Song is just Jamie Burns singing and there is a close coffin and empty pew/chair…

I saw them perform this live in Boston last night. It was opening night of the jangle ball tour. They did songs from older songs too. It was in concert form like homecoming. My daughter that I was a dork because I was like Lauren Lopez is in that building. Jaime lyn did “it is time to DIIIEEEEEEEEE!! She’s amazing. The audience was saying join us and die. It was epic.

So I've watched several of your Starkid show reactions. And I first saw this musical last Christmas, and I've been listening to the soundtrack over and over for a month....but I only just found your reaction to the soundtrack yesterday!!! Then I saw on one of your replies to a comment that you were going to have another Starkid reaction today and I knew it was going to be to the full show recording and I can't even describe how excited I was!!!! I love your reactions to musicals I love, it just makes me so excited for them all over again! Keep going Barbara! 💜💜💜

The set is the set of the LA Production of "Rock of Ages" in the actual Bourbon Room in LA. That production was running up until the pandemic, and I believe now they just rent that room for other productions, just with the RoA set

I was lucky enough to get tickets to the jangle ball tour when they went to my city and saw this live... literally heart eyes the whole time it was INCREDIBLE!!

I just discovered this a month ago on Christmas Eve and I’ve watched it at least once a day everyday since. The songs and cast are just so fantastic!!

Priceless is my favorite, it just has that pure 80s sound to me and the way Joey and Lauren perform it is just... I love it. I didn't listen to the soundtrack first so my first experience was from the live show recording

"Ball and chain" is a playfully(?) derrogative term for spouse. Not sure if you have the term in the U.K.

When I saw a VHS Christmas Carol Live was on RU-vid I screamed and watched it two times in a row. Now I love watching people react and being as excited as me hihihih :)

i only saw vhs christmas carol live when it was like 6 hours after it was posted. i loved priceless, mainly because of the lyrics. yes, its cheesy, but i loved it. just a family happy and celebrating christmas even if they are poor and struggling.

I don't know why but I always get ABBA-vibes watching priceless and Bonnie Tyler-vibes from watching the ghost of christmas future :)

Turkey boy was Ali Gordon, her only other Starkid show (not including Homecoming) was MAMD

I'm so happy you decided to react to the live show as well as the cast recording. I love this show so much. I listened to the music throughout the whole year and couldn't wait for it being on RU-vid. I also was curious if you'd point out the same things as in your first reaction (I'm not sure how often it happened, but in That Scrooge, there were some parts). I have watched the other reaction so many times that whenever I listen to the soundtrack, sometimes your comments come to my mind at the right time. One more question: Did you read the Christmas Carol by now? Because if I remember correctly, you said last year that you never read it, which was part of the reason why you didn't understand the Bah Humbug! part, but this time you seemed to understand. (I only have read the book, and seen two stage productions (VHS and one other), so I don't know if it appears in any film adaptation)

woooo was waiting for this one for a whole year, lol, watched last years live performance and watched barbs reaction to OST, now full reaction woooo, watching immediately

One of my favorite movies as a kid was called "Scrooge" starring Albert Finney which was a musical. You should check it out since you are a fan of A Christmas Carol!

Priceless is my absolute favourite song! I didn't know VHSCC before they posted it a few days ago, but I've had Priceless stuck in my head since then.

The live version blows the album out of the water handily

also shoutout to Janaya (Esmerelduhhh_) sweetest person alive, my comfort person. @ Barbara you should watch one of her twitch streams, she's like a golden bean hahaha

Would you ever react to The Book of Mormon or have you seen that musical already?

React to Little White Lie!!! ooooh and Edgar allen poe's murder mystery party from Shipwreck, it's not a music filled series but it's soooo funny and it's definitely something you'd like!

My claim to fame is that the back of my head is visible in a few shots 🤩

Saw This On RU-vid On November 30 I Loved It. My Favorite Team Starkid's/Tin Can Brother's Are Joe Walker, Joey Richter, Jaime Lyn Beatty, And Darren Criss.

Not a favorite of theirs, but I'm here just for Starkid, so I'm happy. Can hardly wait for you to react to the rest of Nightmare Time. It just gets better and more convoluted. The lore is fantastic and the format of those productions is great!

just watched your album reaction and I came to check if you'd reacted to the live version! whoo hoo!

I never heard the album, didn't know about the show till it dropped to YT but I've been listening excessively for weeks. Even managed to get my Scrooge housemate to admit it was pretty okay :p It's funny seeing that the studio recording of Priceless wasn't necessarily a favourite for some people, but since I first experienced it as part of the live show, it grabbed my heartstrings like crazy and shot to the top spot for me. When Scrooge says "No Bob, your priceless ." I cry in the supermarket ❤️

close your eyes and imagine Terrence Mann play Scrooge in this production.

31:26 Meredith’s outfit, including the gloves, is a reference to singer & style icon, Annie Lennox

i just found your channel and i enjoy seeing your reactions to these musicals that i’ve loved for years! i reccomend watching Black Friday from Starkid because its got a really interesting plot where it works on a different timeline to TGWDLM as well as The Solve It Squad from TinCan Bros because i really find it such a silly knockoff of scooby doo

So when they put the new version from last year witha new first act, you're gonna reacr to that right???

Also: I was about to say something about Priceless being your least favorite song (because on the cast recording it was my first favorite song, though that changes), but then again there has to be a least favorite song and when there are only absolutely great songs in the show, the least favorite must be extremely good too.

Honey have you not seen a Muppet Christmas Carol? (also VHS is pretty close to the book)

Okay so now you need to go watch Nightmare Time 2. My favorite episodes are "honey queen" and "perky's buds". Both star lauren lopez. Then dylan saunders is a main character in honey queen and then he plays a really funny (but not so important) side character in perky's buds. Either way, go watch Nightmare Time 2.

Yay!!!

Please check out Dogfight! I think you’d find it really interesting 😊

The person playing Belle is the same person that played Bellatrix in Harry Potter the musical. It's just hard to see her face with the 80's hair.

Wait why was my comment deleted again ? 😭

this the only show that they had done I wish they expand more in subsequent iterations. Because this is a great show in paper yet underwhelming in production and unimaginative in lyrics…