The Trail to Oregon! 

I like how they all have historically accurate costumes, and then they're just wearing black converse.

ah yes, the three genders, banker, carpenter, and farmer

So grandpa can see the watchers. And he can talk to lobsters. So...he could probably hear everything the buffalo were saying. He just didn't care.

Broke: Independence has a population of over 100,000 people Woke: Independence has a population of 1 guy who's just running around really fast

I will never get over the fact that they did this entire show with only a 6 person cast

i like how they're wearing vaguely historical costumes. and then everyone wears converse at the same time

When you find out the 10 year history that lead to this show being put on then Jeff's reaction to the suggestion of Jack Bauer makes it so wholesome and full circle

12:12 Joey is so good at being a salesman that the audience doesn't even catch the joke of "I'll give you one wagon for the price of two"

Mood: the audience member who wanted everyone to be named Gaylord

Spin-off starkid musicals i want: - working boys - Santa goes to high school - the backstory of Cornwallis and tittymitty

I wonder how Joey’s auditions went. “I’m auditioning for *every single character in the musical”*

Can we just acknowledge that the grandpa does over half this play with a bullet in is side

how is this simultaneously one of the most emotional and least serious starkid productions?? i simply do not understand

Jeff Blim: literally says “I wrote the show” in the first number Also Jeff Blim: *aHhgHhgbJ wHat Aaarrree yoU* why do you wanna watch us die?

The absolute unadulterated joy on Jeff's face when he's named Jack Bauer

Knowing that the actual character jack bauer was going to be in the original concept for this show (before any mentions of fictional characters and celebrities were cut), and the fact that there were no plants in the audience to shout out names made jeff’s reaction to someone naming the father 100% better. He was probably ecstatic that jack bauer made it to the final product after all

I love how the audience member said “dickrats” with absolute no hesitation

When your name is Cletus Jones and You’ve killed three people: 👌

I think the most unbelievable part of this show is that they actually remember the names the audience shouts out at the beginning. I totally forgot "titty mitty".

The way McDoon only refers to Mouthface as “Child Bride” is absolutely sending me 😂

“The beautiful wagon mother, what would you like to name her?” Someone in the audience: *YO MAMA*

When he says “and what the hell is your name?” To Lauren I honestly can’t tell if that’s scripted or Jeff actually forgot and I feel like that’s pretty fitting

Played The Oregon Trial - Had a family of farmers - Named my family Jack Bauer, S.W. Wet, Mouthface, Craphole and T. Mitty - Bought 1 ox and 400 pounds of bullets, nothing else - Left in July - Went hunting and shot 3 buffalo - Got bitten by a snake - My wagon caught on fire - Mouthface got lost and I lost 10 days of travelling - Tried to ford the Columbia River - Whole family almost made it to Oregon but Jack Bauer died of dysentery - Wrote pepperoni and chease on his tombstone

Director: "OK so we have our main cast. We now need to fill all of the extra roles. Any ideas?" Joey: "Yes."

I love the amount of times the audience tried to name a character Gaylord

I watch this musical daily and everytime i literally can never forget that the audience didn't yell craphole they yelled CRACKWHORE which would have been so much more chaotic tbh.

Jaime's face of pure shock/surprise/delight when Corey accidentally sings mud instead of blood is what keeps me going in life

I love how the sentence of "That's my son, craphole, the baby killer" gets progressively more worrying as it continues. 42:31

- asks for names - Audience : *G A Y L O R D* Lauren: I think I heard craphole

I never knew what people meant about people having chaotic energy until Jeff Blim

Joey's so good at playing multiple characters that there were a few times I fully expected to see him in two places at once

i genuinely cant bring myself to believe anything in this show was scripted it feels like it’s all improvised it’s so good

The size of Jeff blims eyes when he confronts the store owner about the wagon is troubling

the utter confidence when the audience member said "dikrats" immediately after jeff asked for a last name baffles me. they had been waiting their whole life for this

Just finished moving into Oregon today, and I can confirm that the trip here was exactly like this.

At 33:33 Jeff Blim's panic is literally some of the best acting I have ever seen. Gave me chills the first time I heard that scream, and still puts a knot in my gut. Moving and amazing stuff

I feel like this is how the roles went. "Alright who wants the part of-" Joey: "Me, I do."

Firebringer’s audience: beautiful ethereal people TGWDLM’s audience: ugly alley shrubs The Trail To Oregon’s audience: 1000-eyed demon creatures who want to watch a family die

36:27 i love how joey is like 5 inches taller than the others but hes still cast as the newborn

nothing will ever prepare me for hearing "MISTAKE" as a name suggestion for the oldest daughter at 5:00

I wouldn’t be surprised if there wasn’t even a script for this

Aint no one gonna talk about the fact that they rembered everyones names flawlessly

Lauren is so good at being a 7 year old boy it’s insane. Like even the “ I dunno”s are spot on

“The watchers with a thousand eyes” hits different after Nightmare Time

" my bride!" " shes a child!" " then my child bride !"

this musical has so much chaotic energy and that’s probably because jeff wrote it

Can we just apprechiate Jamie for a minute. She is in almost every show since AVPM and she is such a good actress. I mean I love Lauren more than anything, but no one ever talks about Jamie. I really love her

Knowing the backstory that Jeff is so excited for Jack Bauer makes the deranged glee in his eyes that much better

Them fixing “Oregon” to rhyme with any word is my favorite part

"Shut up Cletus" has the same energy of "Shut up Heather"

"Sometimes when you throw things off the wagon, they bounce back on. Maybe that'll happen to you dad." -Craphole This is the most deep and wholesome quote coming from an actress playing a 7 year old who eats everything.

For some reason, "YOU'RE WAGON IS ON FIIIIIIIIIIREEEEEE!!!" just tickles like the best part of my musical loving brain

I love how the best advice in this musical is given by a drunk seven year old

what name do you want for me? like 3 people in the crowd: *G A Y L O R D*

“it’s like big fish small pond but... i was proud” **cheeky smile** JOEY YOU’RE ADORABLE

Knowing that Jeff Blim originally wrote the Father character as Jack Bauer, scrapping that idea, then years later a random audience member naming him Jack Bauer in the recorded RU-vid show If that isn’t poetry, I don’t know what is.

Independence: the city where everyone looks like joey

Joey what role do you want? Joey: yes

I cannot believe this musical has the most beautiful and painful song about motherhood and sacrifice I've ever heard followed by a song about shitting yourself to death and _it works._

never noticed the people screaming "GAYLORD! GAYLORD! GAYLORD!" every time they asked for a name at the beginning. new things to love every rewatch

Joey:*takes off hat* *puts on smaller hat*

Joey's roles, in case anyone wants to know: 5 independence citizens, general store guy, ox #1, horny ox, baby buffalo, dysentary cow, mcdoon, cornwallis, cactus, cricket, owl, rooster, bartender, doctor, dysentary voiceover, and fart sound effects.

It's funny how you have one of the most serious scenes in the musical and Titty Mitty is just in the background waving his fire like a cheerleader

Now knowing why Jeff was so happy to get Jack Bauer just makes it so much better

Craphole and mouthface’s relationship is the most accurate sibling relationship ever

Okay, was anybody going to tell me that Dikrats is starkid backwards, or was I just supposed to read that on a Black Friday instagram post?

When Craphole aimed the gun into his mouth I jumped back in my seat, choked on my water, accidentally paused the video, and scrolled down as far as I could. All instinctively, within a second of seeing that scene. I am very proud of how much I've internalized gun safety.

I am under firm belief that Starkid's Trail to Oregon is secretly a Hatchetfield show and that it's Blinky's dedicated musical, much like TGWDLM was Pokey's and Black Friday was Wiggly's

My favorite part of the whole play is “I WANT A NEW WAGON, WITH WHEELS THAT ARE C I R C L E S”

I'm still not entirely convinced this whole show wasn't a fever dream

Just saw a performance of this in Canberra, they did it justice 😁 Their names were John Wick (father), Gaylord (mother), Shopkeeper (daughter), Fruitloop (son) and Prince Phillip (grandpa)

i only just discovered starkid this morning and i’ve already watch TGWDLM, black friday, a very potter, a very potter sequel, and now this… i think i’m addicted

this feels like they're playing a tabletop game and joey is the DM

"5 Pioneers wearing black Converse take a roadtrip with minimal losses"

okay this musical is legitimately SO hilarious BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE MOM'S SOLO NUMBER???? HOLY SHIT IT'S SO GOOD

i came back to see Jeff's face when they named him Jack Bauer because i finally know why he was so happy 😭 that really is a beautiful full circle moment

When the subtitles make it clear you messed up Joey: * messes up high note* Subtitles: he couldn't hit the high note

Honestly nothing showcases Starkid’s raw chaotic energy like this opening number

i really don't think enough people acknowledge what a great song is and how powerfully racheal sings it. an absolute standout

Despite the names being a mood breaker, that whole scene of the daughter and mother dynamic and being manipulated really hit so deep

As much as Slippery When Wet called out Jack Bauer for his carelessness, he never did anything as bad as handing a seven-year-old a loaded gun and saying "figure it out."

"pepperoni?" "and cheese?" "yup yup couldn't have said it better myself pepperoni and cheese amen"

Rewatching all these musicals now with the hindsight knowledge that Joey and Lauren were always together nearly the whole time. What an awesome thing to constantly be in all these goofy, amazing roles in musicals together as a couple

Can we talk about the fact that grandpa turns from mothers dad to fathers dad by the end of the show 😂

I don't understand how Lauren, who's actually really pretty, manages to successfully play and look like a 7-year-old boy

“I think I heard craphole” Random person in the back: yEaH

i dont understand the hate this show gets sometimes, honestly i adore the comedy, music, and small-scale feeling, amazing they made this show happen with just 6 cast members! rachel especially stands out to me, she just elevates this show SO much in every conceivable way, she manages to be hilarious, emotional, and sing beautifully all while maintaining a slight lisp and country accent, she's SO underappreciated in every show she's in! pretty much everyone else excels in their roles too, sometimes i forget Craphole is Lauren bc it feels like theres an actual 7 year old boy on stage LMAO and of course Joey as everyone else is just hilarious for so many reasons

37:52 Jaime’s face when Corey sang mud instead of blood by accident is priceless hahahaha

WHY IS THIS ENTIRE MUSICAL MY LAST 6 BRAINCELLS ALL THE TIME

how does lauren play a seven year old boy so well

10:44 I never noticed how Jaime starts actually laughing at Joey being weird before, and I love it 😂

Can we talk about Clark playing piano without looking at his hands or the music- like that’s such a big flex he’s so talented

"are we gonna go skinny dipping?" "..." "why would we do that???" "..." "I dunno"

“Goodbye dad. I did not love you more than mom, but I certainly feared you less” 😂 damn that hit close

Great to finally know why Jeff Blim is so excited for Jack Bauer.

I convinced my mom to give this musical a shot because she LOVES the Oregon Trail game. I showed her two clips and she thought those were funny. I will update you guys on her reaction.

I want to see this as a poorly edited, low-budget movie. It would be amazing.

Can we all appreciate how there all wearing black Converse

i had a dream about this show. Jack Bauer called Tittymitty dad and SWW was like "Hes your dad?" And Jack Bauer said "I thought he was your dad." And SWW and Jack Bauer just looked at Tittymitty like.. "Who the hell is this old man and why is he pretending to be our family?"

I know it is a older musical and it is still amazing, it makes me think of a dnd campaign though, the improv the comedy, the music. It's like a really chaotic party