Episode 5: Teavee Time: Backstage at CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY with Mike Wartella 

"how do you like life?" "medium rare"

When Emma said "It's pronounced Pfafelle" she sounded so much like Veruca!

Sometimes I forget that Mike is actually older than I think, at first I thought Hunter was his brother or something 😂

HUNTER IS ADORABLE AND IM NOT EVEN A FULL MINUTE INTO THE VIDEO

"You can't get any younger, it's not possible yet" YET! This kid has plans!!!! amazing!

His son is the cutest! Love the talk! So very important.

Living for the ribbon dance

his son is sooo cute

"You can't get any younger just yet" hahahahaha!!!!

Your son is great Mike! He was blessed with your good looks!

The message at the end was so deep

Your son is so precious. Love him and you :D

0:33 Mike: wHo CaReS eMmA!! Had me wheezing

Who else dropped everything they were doing to watch this😂

He neeeds to interview Christian!

I love this series!!! Oh and please do a backstage tour!!!

This is probably my favorite episode so far. Wonderful talk, Mike.

Super Hunter!! I was waiting for him to make a cameo in the vlogs!!! ❤️❤️❤️

what a cute little kid!

Augustus Gloop plays Splatoon 😂

These episodes just keep getting better!!!

MIKE AND HIS SON ARE SO CUTE I WANN CRY

Honestly, this vlog could've just been Mike and his son and I would've been totally content with that, cutest thing ever

Everyone will be talking about wanting Christian (I'm assuming he's not in it) and I'm like EMMA AND MIKE ARE GREAT THEYRE ALL I NEED theatre fam follow me on Insta @greylovestheatre bc I love theatre accounts

I am sad because I got to know the musical 2 years later from when it went out, and I had been thinking of joining a theatre company, so Mike's words helped me a lot. Thank you so much. 💖

You know I really wanted Christian in one of these but I'm gonna assume that he doesn't want to be involved or he's got to much going on to be apart or that they're waiting until the last episode to put him in but either way it's okay by me because these vlogs are good with or without Christian.

I honestly just watch these for Jackie, she is a delight

2:55 It's Granny!!!

"How do you like life?" "Uh medium rare?"

anyone else crying that there is no Crawdaddy in this episode or the last?

Inspiring words at the end. I really needed to hear that. Thank you Mike

He is such a delight honestly.

Truly inspiring episode and helpful advice! I knew I Michael had something inspiring in him once I found out about him and his career

6:31 OH MY GOD There is what I assume is a Mike Teevee doll in the mirror and it's terrifying!

"You can't get any younger, it's not possible yet!" Yet? YET!?!??!

i love mike! i love this series! i got to meet him at stage door and he's literally the sweetest person!

This is my favorite episode so far, and I have enjoyed them all. Very heartfelt ending message.

Omg his son is so adorable. I’m gonna cry.

When I saw the thumbnail, Hunter actually reminded me of the original Mike Teavee from London. But when I saw him up close, I realized he's way more adorable than the original.

I had breakfast while watching this, and I almost choked in the start with the "WHO CARES EMMA!"

HUNTER IS SO ADORABLE AHHH

i teared up a bit in the talk. thanks for the advice Mike.

It's scary how alike you look

Michael, I'm sure you won't see this but ll write it anyway. I'm a 17 year old girl from Australia. Performing is all i have ever wanted to do, I'm about to start audition for universities and drama school soon and your pep talk was just what i needed. thank you from the bottom of my heart and keep doing what youre doing you are amazing!

I've been watching these to pass the time because as an actor myself, I quite enjoy these backstage videos. But that "serious moment" was so incredibly heartfelt and eloquent, and on behalf of all actors currently working in the theater scene in NYC, I just want to say thank you :)

I need a cast for these videos, I keep clicking so hard I'm breaking my thumb

"how do u like life" "uhhh, medium rare"

F. Michael Haynie has a Nintendo Switch? AND Splatoon 2???? I officially love him so much more!!!! Nintendo is definitely the best gaming company.

Love the message!

Laughed at the swearing Like Cathy says ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH

Aww hes soon is so cute

Really needed to hear that today💕💕

I appreciated Mike's motivation speech

I immediately watched it when I saw it. Saw y'all yesterday!! Y'all did amazing and I loved Miss Madeleine!!

Love the vlogs

Where did the Deliver Challenge go :-P

I just went today!! I actually went to the cast door where they come out and I met Veruca and Mike and they were both so nice!❤❤

I this is actually hunter in 2019 using my mom's account and thank u for being nice in the comments super Hunter out

Mike teavee is awesome in Charlie and the chocolate factory

Wow thank you mike for making me cry at your whole spiel

EMMA IS MY QUEEN

Watching from Australia, I've seen the Show in Brisbane twice now, and I'm seeing it a Third time on the 9th October, Closing Show. I love it.

As someone who's really interested and would like, kill to see a Broadway show. I really appreciate the little talk about how it works and how much work you guys have put into this. It's really amazing to me how all this works and how much fun and love you guys have. I really wanted to be a choreographer, but now I think I actually wanna go into theatre. Like Ben in the first or second episode, I really wanted to be a doctor, and who knows, I might change my mind again. Thanks for sharing, Mike! I find it so funny that he has the same name as his character 😂.

I’m so mad I never got to see this show

The fact that Mike has a kid I literally thought he was like 20

who agrees Michael would be an awesome best friend?

the little boy hunter goes to my school hes like the first friend i made when i first went to the schhol hes an awsome kid

I'm lucky to have a good theatre program in my area! I have loved singing and performing since I was very young and it's become something I'm very passionate about. I want to be on Broadway, if only once, but I worry about not being able to have the security of a steady income. I really want to do this, but what if I end up not being good enough to get a job? That's usually my main concern.

1. Super cute kid. 2. Love the Fued reference. 3. If Christian hasn't appeared yet, I suspect it has more to do with Christian than Mike. Patti Lupone and Christine Ebersole are all over the War Paint vlog and they're onstage constantly. 4. Great message! My friends gave me such a hard time when I figured out in college theatre was not my vocation.

Emma is the best and Amazing!! Love Her 💖s

Deliver challenge?

He is way older than I think I keep thinking he is like 20 or 21

What on earth is in the background in the mirror around 5:50 during your serious moment????? Next to the back of your head in the mirror

People to theatre actors: "Oh I bet you get some really big and fancy dress rooms" Theatre actors = laugh hysterically

Jackie Hoffman is a gem

Mike and Hunter look exactly alike!

EMMA IS MY NEW FAVE

You should give us more of an inside look of the tech side of your show! That's my passion and what I've been doing for six years in community theatre and I'd love to see the difference in a more large scale professional production.

He is the best dad and the best human.

That is his son! I thought he was his younger brother

The puppet in the mirror is me

Imagine Mike Wartella's Son, Hunter Wartella Being The New Mike Teevee

is Christian ever gonna be in any of the videos because yeah

in the part where u were talking to F. Michael Haney, was the show going on during that part

EMMA'S RIBBON DANCE!!!!!!!!

just the first 40 seconds is too funny

i love the charlie and the chocolate i love mike teavve iam mike teavee in show talent in my famaly

F's splatoon character is amazing

plss interview christian!!!

"considering", more like sold

How many tattoos do you have? What was your first tattoo? Last tattoo? And FAVORITE?

doesn't Michael act like Frankie grande but the straight version

I am doing a Willy wonka play and I am mike teavee!

haha this is so funny and cool

Im applying for disability so I can't do acting for a living. I WANT TO ACT, I volunteer in a local live theater. That may be as far as I can, I accept that. I have only done things backstage, I have auditioned for years. I love love my "Job". I accept I can't make money off it, its just the experiences I get that matter.

hey Mike expect some fan mail coming in from Ava A if it comes in on monday please show it on teavee time

Show the Charlie's!!

Mrs Gloop Is so funny

WHOS PLAYING SPLATOON IN THE BACKGROUND

your'e a dad