The Whole Being Dead Thing | Beetlejuice the Musical Fan Animation 

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TREEHOUSE WITCH?!!!? gasp

WOAH WOAH REBECCA?!!!!

Wow, didn’t expect to see you here Becca

Crackerjack96 you read my mind

ABSOLUTELY I would love an animated movie adaptation for any musical rlly 😭

Right! Personally I loved the style of the old animated cartoon they did, it'd be cool to see them bring it back for a sequel!

Agreed

There is TV show! Although you can only really watch it with a DVD player. And that technology is more dead than me.

Would love to see that... but that could end up either amazing or just... wrong.

For me he IS beetlejuice

There's a video discussing the history of this production. They should also get Eddie Perfect to work on it too.

Hope everyone doing good and staying safe

@@bea2323 Beetlejuice will always be a large, cartoonish, and lanky, pasty white dude that dresses like a blown out homeless person. Alex has the performance, but lets not pretend that this is what he looks like. If anything, its a testament to his increadible skill and mastery that we don't notice the difference. Viva Brightman.

Facts

He still be lookin British tho 💀

@@Jai_545BRUH

@@YourTruelyCat lmao 💀

Well teeth aren’t bones, but I get what your saying

@@Jelly_boilyrics…

IKR

Worth the wait honestly

Hey, folks! Begging your pardon 'Scuse me, sorry to barge in Now let's skip the tears and start on the whole Y'know Being dead thing You're doomed, enjoy the singing The sword of Damocles is swinging And if I hear your cell-phone ringing I'll kill you myself The whole being dead thing Death can get a person stressed We should have carpe'd way more diems Now we're never gonna see 'em I can show you what comes next So don't be freaked Stay in your seats I do this bullshit, like, eight times a week So just relax, you'll be fine Drink your fifty-dollar wine And take a breath Welcome to a show about death You're You're gonna be fine On the other side Die! You're all gonna die! You're all gonna die! I'll, I'll be your guide To the other side Though in full disclosure: It's a show about death Everybody gets on fine here Like Rodgers, Hart, and Hammerstein here The women's bathroom has no line here just Pee where you want, the whole being dead thing! You're just gonna love the folks here Yeah, I know you're woke, but you can take a joke here And every show I do, like, a ton of coke here The whole- The whole being dead thing! Nobody is bullet-proof "I work out, I eat clean!" Jesus, pass the Dramamine Time to face the brutal truth 'Cause we're all on a hitlist Might not live 'till Christmas Choke to death on Triscuits Hey, that just statistics So take a little break here Kinda like a wake here The scenery is fake here But there's a giant snake here! Welcome to a show about death You're, you're gonna be fine Thank you! On the other side How you doin'? Oh, not good! I'll, I'll be your guide To the other side Seriously, though, this is a show about Death is taboo, but it's hardly something new There's nothing medical professionals can do 'Cept maybe just bill you If you die while listening to this album It's still gonna keep playing There's no destiny or fate Just a terrifying wait Filled with people that you hate And on a certain date, the universe kills you! That's the thing with life No-one makes it out alive Toss that body in the pit "Gosh, it's awful, ain't it tragic?" Blah, blah, "Bible Jesus" magic When you're dead, who gives a shit? No pilates, no more yoga "Namaste", you freakin' posers From the cradle to cremation Death just needs a little conversation I have mastered the art (Dies Irae!) Of tearing convention apart (Dies Irae!) So, how about we all make a start (Dies Irae!) On the whole being dead thing God, I hope you're ready for a show about death!

Looks alright

THIS ONLY TOOK 2 YEARS!? Looks like it took many, MANY years to make.

The best beetlejuice to ever beetlejuice. Best sentence.

it's beetlejuicin time

don't say beetlejuice again.

"Any noun can be a verb if you don't care enough."

@@dxnt_bxthxr beetlejuice

Amazing vid

Seriously like OH MY GOSH ITS AMAZING

He literally just goes >8O for a second then keeps singing 😭

thats sick lmao

Wow, same pretty much

Same here!

@@RToast13 Deffinetly the highlight of our family's NYC trip. Elizabeth was amazing, her voice gave me chills!

@@nickbecerra9580 Oh my god, right? My mom has said on multiple occasions since our trip that she thinks Elizabeth was a better Lydia than Lydia in the OBCR (Sophia Anne Caruso). I think my favorite part of the show (besides, well, everything) was how they changed the lyrics for the intro to "The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing" for post-COVID. The whole theater went crazy! For real, what an absolutely amazing show. If anyone else is reading this and can afford it: Do yourself a favor and get tickets! You will not regret it!

Hell yeah it is!

Wow!! First Rebecca, now you. What a coincidence.

Not gonna push it, but it'd be amazing if you did a cover of this dude😭😭

Woah!! Rebecca now you!

@@yaboialexiguess He actually has lol, like two and a half years ago he did one.

True

Adam said "Let's smoke" fr fr

Sir Pentious probably being thrown to hell by Sera

LOL

Adam really fell off after extermination day

He probably doesn’t even need to blink since he’s already dead.

It feels like a perfect melding of Brightman and the old 90s cartoon (particularly the snaggle teeth and yellow eyes). Such a great character design

Yeah, I love that they made this design a mix of the better 2 of the 3 versions of Beetlejuice

I was kind of hoping he'd hold up an actual VHS box of the film for comparison when talking about departure from the source material

@@merzbeaux I honestly kinda forgot that cartoon existed for a bit. Your completely right though. It’s very interesting over all. and the design just fits in to well with the art style and animation.

*portrayal but yeah

Hell yeah, I got tickets and cant wait to see it!

Agreed. Or at the very least, a fun grab of memorabilia of the cast saying thanks for such an awesome animation!

@@connor1247 yp its amazing. The whole cast is great but a good villian can make or break a show (shout out to rita repulsa) and he makes it along with the cast.

@@Troninater yeah recognition

Ew no she doesn’t deserve jack

What about Dewey from school of rock😢

"Show about death" *Adam and Pentious dies* makes sense

​@@Eclipse_275lets just ignore the fact that both shows are about death

Hell yeah 👍

Yaas

IKR ITS SO AWESOME

OK, the original creators of the musical needs to contact them and hire them to do a full animated movie! You perfectly capture the raw energy that is Beetlejuice.

Does anyone know where the Alex Brightman oof noises come from?

@@ItalianPokeMage Alex did voice commissions for Streamily for a little while a while back. I'm thinking maybe it could have been that? Or maybe someone asked him

@@mrbusinesss1 Thank you! that was very informative.

I would probably take decades

@@map_botthis was one person drawing, if multiple people drew it. It would be done in 9 months or a year

Or the cartoon

Definitely agree! And also definitely recommend looking up the old Beetlejuice cartoon from the '90s, it has a similar energy as the musical (albeit Beetlejuice is even more toned down than the musical since it was a show broadcasted with kids as it's target audience at the time).

@@MYTHOGRYPHONFAKEMON Yeah at the rate of 6 frames per second.

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Same yo

Completely agree. People sometimes forget that BJ isn’t JUST a silly goofy ghost, but that he’s an ACTUAL poltergeist with a strong grasp on his powers and abilities

DIES IRAE

@@cheeseymccheeserson5754 Isn't he literally a demon?

Demon on the musical... but in the movie he has the same powers and he us a powerful ghost.

Exactly. No wonder I get chills every time a get to this point

in the show the ensemble are mourners! so when he says "how you doin'?" to a lady it's to someone who's absolutely beside herself in grief which is why she's crying. it's always fun to listen to an album and have your own ideas on what the story is and then see how it's actually done live/on stage! another example of this is that another person on RU-vid grew up listening to the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack and thought the phantom was an actual sorcerer who used music magic to entrance people and kill them. when they saw the show and realized he was just a horny guy they were disappointed lol

@@johnloverman I know this is a few weeks late, but *that’s* what PotO is about? I genuinely thought it was, like, about a spirit that possessed people to exact revenge and not some horny dude in a mask.

Hey folks, beggin your pardon!

@@tubofmacaroni Scuse me! Sorry to barge in!

​But let's skip the tears and start on the whole.. y'know, ✨bein dead thing✨

You're doomed! Enjoy the singing...

@@lora4370 The sword of Damocles is swinging....

It'd honestly be some serious commitment if someone died during the broadway show and the singers just kept going while the ambulances were doing their thing

Actually someone passed out when I was watching wicked and they kept going so they probably would keep going if someone died. Especially because you can’t always be sure someone is dead.

Dont forget the begining the about being back in new york that changed

Damn true tho

“If you use”? Lol

I know! I slowed it down and paused it! It is so damn funny “Disgusting Ratman Sings At You ( Not Clickbait) (Gone Sexual)

The date is Oct 14th 2018 on there

"HOW TO MAKE JUICE FROM BEETLES" LMFAO

"Best RU-vid apology videos"

​​@@vnsgaming2268 yeah! By "Bman_69"

FR

The way I made the pog face when I saw him

I cried in the middle of class watching this 😂

Physical art? What kind of art do you know about? Dance?

@@cloverbun2574 digital?

i mean this is very much digital art not physical

Omg hi jocey

@@gloestickk omg hi hailey

EXACTLY LMAO

Pentious too lol

Thanks Hamish!! I just love this dang musical so much haha. I'm gonna eat candy and collapse.✌✨

oh hey everone it's author and show creator Hamish Steele who worked directly with Alex Brightman aka Beetlejuice

Wild 💀

Agreed. It would be awesome.

Very reminiscent of the cartoon series while being it's own thing. Really makes me want to see the musical...especially if it was all done in this style

If this was cut down to about a minute it could very easily make a cartoon show opening

"Bloated zebra man" is my new favorite phrase to describe Beetlejuuce

@@avacadotoast5571 it suits him

YES

SAME-

FOR REAL especially when he’s saying “death just needs a little conversation” and he leans forward, and as he’s falling his face smears a bit just OOOOOO it’s doin it RIGHT

did we watch the same video?

@@scrunkus what’s that supposed to mean?

@@servxl3406 it was great and I enjoyed it a lot, but this comment is just filled with hyperbole. it's one thing to praise an artist for their great work (and it is great work), it's another to kiss their ass to the point of almost being detrimental as feedback

@@scrunkus but they did an amazing job and this took 2 years and they deserve praise??

@@scrunkus wow, you legit sound like you hate everything, lighten up a little, try maybe letting people enjoy things without having to suck the joy out of it?

This definitely should be a pick for funerals

Damn, you probably won't see this but if you do, know that I do feel bad for you, and I hope you're doing better now.

@@cunningsmile4166 I just saw this and I completely agree yeah, it should be. And I know she would love this song too.

@@SSNullSpace I did see this actually, thank you I appreciate your well wishes man. I am doing a bit better now though I think about her every day and she's in my dreams often.

My mom died a couple years ago, and weirdly I felt the same way about a few other tracks from this musical. People expect you to be sad about death but there's a full range of emotions that can come out. We don't always _want_ to feel sad. Sometimes part of mourning is celebrating life in bold defiance.

"this... then this and this?"

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Lol 😆

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That's because it's the same voice actor. (He also voices Adam and Sir Pentious in Hazbin)

@@SikerMinecraft that’s awesome

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I imagined that adam and Barbara were singing this and then he just tumbled into their window when they died XD

Everything in that nanosecond is just 💋 🤌

“How to make juice from beetles” 😹😹😹

Do you know where the audio of Beetlejuice falling down the hill is from?

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