The moral of the story: Even African warlords from developing countrys have to deal with randos just going to their home and ranting about how great their religion is.
@@bodenlosedosenhose1590 I imagine that if a Mormon missionary got sent to Antartica, it tells me that he’s either stupidly delusional, or he pissed a key member of the church off.
He's truly a talented individual. I know how hard it is to command a stage alone. Those outside of theatre don't understand how difficult something like that can be
@@TheReddShinobi13 actually I'm a huge fan of Broadway and while in not a part of it physically I do understand it is VERY difficult and this man nails it
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmaryes, his clarity and brightness at that note is impressive and indicative of talent and hard work. no one said anything about it being high - hitting notes in your range consistently, with clarity and stability, is impressive whether you're a tenor or a soprano. rannells is considered one of the best currently working musical theatre actors. there's no reason to be a dick. :)
@@pareidolist Kind of, Yeah 😂 they have to remain positive because they get rejected a lot. They are people outside of being missionaries, but during the two years, their lives are devoted to teaching people about the church
He will baptize me He will lick me with his tongue And he will baptize me Right in front of everyone And it will mosturize To help him vocalize And he'll see just how much I love being baptized
QueenRedRosemary He’s actually using very little air to produce those notes, and what twang does is give that volume, it takes him very little effort, and yes, it helps him a lot to sustain the note.
@@Advanceyourenglish5 Interesting, I've never heard of that before. Still in my experience, even using breath control it requires good diaphragm use to sustain for a while. Can you explain what you mean to me a bit more?
The issue with that is in the play, as he's loosing his faith, he leaves his companion (a big no no, I know) and this is when he's realizing that he needs to keep his faith. Him leaving his companion was a big deal
Mike Pawlowski "Then will they become Gods...they will never cease to increase and to multiply, worlds without end. When they receive their crowns, their dominions, they then will be prepared to frame earths like unto ours and to people them in the same manner as we have been brought forth by our parents, by our Father and God” Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 17:143 OH FUCKING WOW, THAT'S NOT REAL
just finished andrew’s book & it’s all about him struggling to make his mark on broadway and ends with his broadway debut as a chorus member in hairspray. knowing he would go on to STAR in a musical and perform at the Tony’s makes my heart warm so much.
Nicholas Brown People who do polygamy aren’t really aloud to be members of the lds church. There are people that do it that made their own separate branches but they aren’t really affiliated with the church
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 That was impressive. It sounded almost exactly like the soundtrack, no mess ups, no trouble on the high notes. Incredible breath support, and not to mention that pretty mutch every high note is literally on the hardest vowel to sing. the 'EE'.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Also his facial expressions not only match his words but the instruments perfectly, when the music sounds playful he has these smirks and when it sounds dark like in the beginning when he’s saying “so what happened” or the choir singing “black people!!” His face and body performance captures everything perfectly, I can’t think of a way this performance could’ve been any better
You should have seen the young man that played Elder Price on tour... :) They were in Chattanooga back in February and I was on the local crew. It was a wonderful show to work.
@@jules3951 When they played Chattanooga Liam Tobin was playing Elder Price. And as the play goes, Conor Pierson about stole the show as Elder Cunningham. Their tour cast was great.
@@jmil2tx I saw Conner in Manchester 3 weeks ago, he was awesome. He then injured himself and I saw it twice more with an understudy called Jacob. I have to say that Jacob was the better of the two. Fantastic part to play.
When I was Mormon, it was all fun and a tad bit uncomfortable during the blasphemy. Watching as an ex-Mormon, I started crying feeling so understood. Talk about repressed religious trauma. Good work Trey and Matt.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with blasphemy, so long as it can be safely done. Thank you, Mormons, for not attacking any blasphemer. The LDS Church actually purchased advertising space in the playbill for this Broadway Production. Now, let's make a musical called The Koran. It will be theologically equivalent to the Book of Mormon show: no more and no less disrespectful or blasphemous.
I love how literally everyone else in this scene just looks at and reacts to Elder Price like there wasn't a musical before he showed up. Like, a musical has suddenly invaded real life, and it's so surreal they just don't know what to do with it. Including when he makes them dance with him :|
I've rarely seen it at the Tony Awards because usually all the performances are phenomenal. Like no one is expecting you to show up drunk with autotune like other award shows. It's an award for theater lol so they expect you to be really good before you even start singing.
@@SubstanceD91 I can understand that but usually they perform songs with the whole cast or something. This was just him filling the whole stage with his awesome.
I was going to reply , but the answer is right there. They won’t stand up at the Tony Awards unless you’re an absolute legend. Do I like it! ? No! Do they do it? Yes!
I like how the warlord has supposedly killed people for simply existing in his vicinity but he sees how much effort this guy is putting into this bit and is like “ah let him get it out, let him have his moment”
2 things I haven't seen anyone else talk about yet: 1) that little leap as he enters the warlord's camp 2) his ecstatic little grin as the choir sings "black people!" That is all ^_^
I totally agree that Andrew Rannells is absolutely amazing in this, but the warlord always has me in stitches. The comedic timing between him and Rannells is absolutely perfect (especially at 4:57 with the little stumble and his resolute stance afterwards, I'm crying) and the looks he's giving Rannells and the audience... he's such a gem
All my friends look at me as if I'm a lunatic... And then I proceed to yell "I BELIEEEEEVVVE THAT IN 1978 GOD CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE!!!!!!!"
Anna Shrader heavenly father told the prophet we need to remember that is why we have a prophet so we can know what heavenly father wants us to change for the glory of him the father
Just remember everyone, if Andrew Rannells can go from playing James in Pokémon Live! to being the original Elder Price in one of the longest running musicals on Broadway, then anything is possible.
@@jerepine Huh. Well, I guess I was thinking 'years' rather than 'shows'. And looking at the list, it *has* gone longer than some of the ones I would have figured would have it beat. Can I just say though, good show with you actually providing some evidence to back up the point? You don't belong on the internet, my good man.
kamwrites Totally agree. Great voice and hi-larious. (Head turn on, "What's so scary about that?"=priceless) Didn't he do the role of "Hedwig" for awhile? He's amazing.
it's really not surprising when you listen to the songs they've done before, they've always been REALLY good at picking up the mood of different types of songs. I still get Cartman's "too many minorities at my water park" song stuck in my head lol
As an active Mormon, this play is hilarious. People just take things way too seriously, you gotta be able to laugh at yourself, whether it be religion, race, gender, whatever. Humor is just humor.
+Michelle Dempsey Now I can't _not_ see his tongue. The first time I watched it, I didn't even notice. But the second time, after reading your comment....
okay, first of all, Andrew is the cutest broadway boy ever. second of all, the amount of presence he brings to the stage is incredible. i've never seen the show, and i only know a few of the songs, so i have absolutely no idea what leads to him singing this song, but i still feel it in my bones. it makes me want jump up there and sing it with him. he's fantastic.
He's amazing and a pure broadway boi, if you haven't seen the falsettos reboot yet (the recorded version is all over yt), then see it for a glimpse into his amazing emotional range, it contrasts so well with BoM's amazingly hilarious hijinks
I broke into hysterical snotty laughter at "I believe that I'll get my own planet" 😂😂 I know it's part of LDS lore and faith, but still... it's almost too surreal 😂
@@kaelnipko8958 I know. I was just being an ass when writing that previous comment. My apologies... If LDS church brings happiness and serenity to it's members, it's definetly a good society ✌🏼 (Also your church's Tabernacle Choir is awesome. I saw their Christmastime concert last year via online broadcast. Gave me good chills like half the runtime 🎶🎵)
Mr J. Kottari thanks! There’s just a lot of things people say we believe that we actually don’t. Anyways the tabernacle choir is pretty good and I do enjoy them myself. Thanks for being cool and have a good day
@@kaelnipko8958 Umm...yeah actually you do. Or should. Since you are taught you can become gods and create your own worlds which will be populated with your own spirit kids.
BLACK ALIEN MUSINGS That is only some what true. We are taught that if we strive to do our best everyday and follow gods commandments, we can go to the celestial kingdom with him again and become equal with not God, but Jesus. After the second coming, God will purify the Earth and we will live on that purified Earth for the next 1,000 years
I would love to see early rehearsals from before they could all keep a straight face the whole way through. After saying the same lines and doing the same things over and over, it stops being funny to you.
+Tapnerd I'm a bit of an anomaly in that I hadn't seen The Sound of Music all the way through until about a week ago even though I'm fairly well versed in most Broadway shows (the rest of my family of course holds the movie and musical in the highest regard). Anyway, I knew of this song before I knew of "I Have Confidence", so when I heard the beginning of "I Have Confidence", I had to do a double take because it instantly reminded me of something, and when I realized that that something was this song, I nearly choked from laughter. It just made me appreciate the satirical nature of Book of Mormon even more.
@@viebschiev9994 so youll be a bit what? Haha. Btw, thank u for showing me how to spell alright like that. I saw total blackout by Chris rock Yesterday and he said that yo Michelle Obama: youll be ight. Seriously. Thank you babe
Still can't believe he didn't win. He was so incredible in the role. I was lucky enough to see him twice in BOM, Angry Inch, and Falsettos. Andrew and Josh Gad split the vote.
I don't know why you'd dislike it just because you were a Mormon, though. The musical is actually very popular among Mormons, especially returned missionaries who typically relate to the troubles they go through. Mormons are encouraged by church leaders to have a sense of humour, which means being able to laugh at things like the BoM musical rather than be offended by them.
yeah, it actually happened. they thought black people were spirits who did not pick satan but did not fight hard for Jesus and the "blackness was a curse" but then the story was abolished by the church although it was what their prophets said that came from God. so they actually believe that god changed his mind about it, but some are still quietly holding to the more consistent stance. including some black Mormons.
To be fair, the Abrahamic explanation for why Black people have dark skin is that one of Noah's sons had premarital sex with his fiance. This made god punish him by making the skin of him and all of his descendants black.
As an ex-Mormon who was completely convinced that all these beliefs were true- I find this equally hilarious as I find it cringe-worthy and embarrassing.
It's supposed to be affectionately teasing Mormons while making the point that just because some beliefs seem nutty, it doesn't mean they're wrong (hint: there's a line later in the production about "Salt Lake City just being a metaphor." Of course, Salt Lake City isn't just a metaphor; it's just nothing like the villagers' understanding of it).
Check out the video of Norbert Leo Butz in Catch me if you can. Norbert's performance in that was a true powerhouse.. I wouldn't be mad if Andrew had won it, but not surprised that NLB did.
As a former Mormon, who also used to be a missionary for the Church, I can say that almost all the faith tenets expressed in this song are basically true. Except God doesn’t live on a planet called Kolob. Kolob is supposed to be a star and god lives near it, not on it according to the Mormon scriptures.
the fight against mormonism has already been won over and over , people who got to see them get their asses kicked just enjoy reminiscing about it with others.
+Rose Malinofsky nope. im not a mormon but i only laugh at the terrible things and funny things he sings like about black people, of his situation hahaha i mean he just walked straight to the warlord and sings uncontrollably lol how ridiculous is that ?can you just imagine seeing that in real life hahaha and among other things:)
+Rose Malinofsky my cousin was invited to go with a group of friends of his (who were Mormon) and he agreed and according to my cousin they were laughing harder than he was.
I haven't seen it, but I personally am fine with it. I think it could give people false first impressions, but as far as I'm concerned it's a good show. A lot of other mormons I know those believe that it should be ignored and disregarded because it is satire.
I recently saw this on tour, and the Mormon church actually had an ad in the playbill that said "now you've seen the show, but the book is always better!"
"I believe , that the Lord God created the universe, I believe that He sent His only Son to die for my sin " Yes amen ! .. " And i believe that ancient Jews built boats and sailed to America" Wait... what ?
It's been proven that many MANY different ancient cultures came to the Americas way before the Europeans of the 1700s. So that really isn't the most far fetched part of the Mormon religion.
TheWassup199 Yeah, it took the Englsh to be egotistical enough to try and CLAIM a whole huge land mass. But I didn't say anything about claim, I just said that they'd been there. Despite what history books would have you believe, a whole bunch of cultures knew that North America was there. It wasn't some huge undiscovered land mass.
Excuse me and excuse me some more. The level of Andrew Rannels in this situation was absolute. I don't know that another person will be able to put that much spirit and commitment into this character. Bravo.
![ผัวเถื่อน - ยูริ โตเกียวมิวสิค [ OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/P08ORRVDGl8/mqdefault.jpg)
I believe this man was robbed of his Tony Award. TWICE.
a crime that will not go unpunished, time to revolt.
Molly, who won instead of him?
@@abbeyh in 2011 Norbert Leo Butz from Catch me if You Can won (great performance, well deserved) and in 2017 Gavin Creel from Hello, Dolly! won
Molly every les mis fan is prepared for this moment
falsettos was s o robbed
You have to be extremely talented to be able to physically entertain while just standing in the place on stage.
Any singer can do that.
@@jules3951 Nah some people are boring when they sing, they don't perform. They don't use engaging facial expressions, or they just repeat them
@@jules3951 Not really. I agree with Emma here. Sure any singer COULD do it, but few try or manage to do it well.
Alex Schalk take it from a stonefaced instrumentalist who also takes voice lessons, yeah nah some of us can’t act worth a damn
It's also a testament (no pun intended) to Matt and Trey's writing
"And I believe in 1978 god changed his mind about black people."
I just died.
Karl Waterbury R.I.P.
It’s the harmony of “black people” after it that gets me
Karl Waterbury
Kinda funnier when you realize that the warlord is Paper Boi from “Atlanta”
Trey Parker is a genius
@@MrWizeazz after i saw this i went directly to his IBM because i wasnt sure
The moral of the story:
Even African warlords from developing countrys have to deal with randos just going to their home and ranting about how great their religion is.
@@leonm3767 Imagine being a scientist in Antarctica and all of a sudden a Mormon pops up.
@@bodenlosedosenhose1590 I imagine that if a Mormon missionary got sent to Antartica, it tells me that he’s either stupidly delusional, or he pissed a key member of the church off.
@@bodenlosedosenhose1590 Mormons aren’t nearly as bad as christians.
🤣🤣🤣
@@bodenlosedosenhose1590 HELLO! MY NAME IS ELDER PENGUIN
Props to Andrew big time here - it takes a lot of personality to fill that stage as just one performer and he nailed it!
cazia9 He has excellent comedic timing too!
cazia9 Andrew is the best- honestly my biggest idols tend to be gay- like Andrew, I love him sm he’s so frick frackin talented.
Not just one performer but no props, no scenery, nothing but him and his voice.
He’s amazing
Dude has an epic stage presence
@@colleendoucette124 What does him being gay have to do with anything? It matters not.
This dude, all by himself, OWNED that stage... at the Tony's.. in front of all of them.
True and Jesus this is why I love Broadway SO MUCH!!!
He's truly a talented individual. I know how hard it is to command a stage alone. Those outside of theatre don't understand how difficult something like that can be
@@TheReddShinobi13 actually I'm a huge fan of Broadway and while in not a part of it physically I do understand it is VERY difficult and this man nails it
That's because he believes.
@@user-tz5pb1gv7k ? 😕
elder price: “And DaNg iT!!”
me: woah there buddy
Cara Newburn he’s not your buddy guy
Nate Swaby he's not your guy, friend
GoodNews Geek he’s not your friend, pal
[insert funny name] he’s not your chum, mate
Ann Benn He’s not your mate, bro
5:03 it’s so great hearing the crowd cheering as he’s hitting those notes because he is such an amazing singer
The whole thing is amazing but that exact part kills me every single time
Dude's talent is next level
That not high at all note? Yes, remarkable.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmaryes, his clarity and brightness at that note is impressive and indicative of talent and hard work. no one said anything about it being high - hitting notes in your range consistently, with clarity and stability, is impressive whether you're a tenor or a soprano. rannells is considered one of the best currently working musical theatre actors. there's no reason to be a dick. :)
I mean he's a good singer but this song doesn't have any high notes lol.
Damn, even his overly enthusiastic facial expressions are scarily accurate to real life missionaries
Missionaries behave as though they're stage performing and the people they're talking to are all the way in the back row.
@@pareidolist Kind of, Yeah 😂 they have to remain positive because they get rejected a lot. They are people outside of being missionaries, but during the two years, their lives are devoted to teaching people about the church
@@amayamitchell4531 Sure. Like how used car salesmen have to remain positive, since they've devoted their lives to teaching people about cars.
@@pareidolist Actually, pretty much. Not everyone wants a car from a used lot so they have to keep trying.
@@pareidolist yeah because if they don’t then they fear they will go to hell
*Elder Price:* "And I believe that in 1978 God changed his mind about black people!"
*Choir:* "Black people!"
im dyING
spaceye FAVE PART
IM CRYING RIGHT NOW😂😂😂
Black people have always been able to be Mormons in our church.
Seth Baker but couldnt be priests or have higher positions in the church?? Still racist buddy.
The fact that he sounds exactly like his recording speaks volumes about his talent!
James Bond that is very rude
That’s Streex from Street Sharks.
@James Bond and?
@James Bond And You are an idiot
@James Bond he's an amazing human not a bundle of sticks you uncultured yogurt
His lips got a baptism during this song
Where are all the damn likes 🤣
_why_ doesn't this have more likes oh my god
Timestamp please
The whole time
He will baptize me
He will lick me with his tongue
And he will baptize me
Right in front of everyone
And it will mosturize
To help him vocalize
And he'll see just how much
I love being baptized
As someone from Jackson county Missouri I can say it is not the garden of Eden
Neither is neighboring Wyandotte County, KS either!
Lol
As someone who lives in clay county, I think Missouri is hell. Have y'all seen our fucking weather!?!
Why though?! 😩
As a person living in Franklin County, Missouri. I can also affirm that it is not the garden of eden. In fact it is the opposite.
The power in that god damn diaphragm could power an entire city.
don't you mean "gosh darn"
The diaphragm has nothing to do with it lol, it’s just twang
@@Advanceyourenglish5 Twang allows him to sustain like that? Or are you thinking of the run?
QueenRedRosemary He’s actually using very little air to produce those notes, and what twang does is give that volume, it takes him very little effort, and yes, it helps him a lot to sustain the note.
@@Advanceyourenglish5 Interesting, I've never heard of that before. Still in my experience, even using breath control it requires good diaphragm use to sustain for a while. Can you explain what you mean to me a bit more?
I'm a practicing Mormon, and this video is just ridiculous.
His companion would be right there singing with him.
The issue with that is in the play, as he's loosing his faith, he leaves his companion (a big no no, I know) and this is when he's realizing that he needs to keep his faith. Him leaving his companion was a big deal
Mike Pawlowski this made me so happy
He doesn't go to Orlando @ibeest
Mike Pawlowski "Then will they become Gods...they will never cease to increase and to multiply, worlds without end. When they receive their crowns, their dominions, they then will be prepared to frame earths like unto ours and to people them in the same manner as we have been brought forth by our parents, by our Father and God” Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 17:143
OH FUCKING WOW, THAT'S NOT REAL
😂😂😂😂😂 so true
If they ever make a Jim Carrey biopic they have to call this guy
I love how Matt and Trey are shown in the audience. Clapping and smiling like proud parents at their kid's recital.
and they're not even wearing dresses this time.
It's amazing how they're the new owners of Casa Bonita.
@@cainster and PROBABLY not on acid
when do you see them in the audience?
@@xXCatrinXxEve It's the very last second of the video
As funny as this is, he can hit those "I believe" notes pretty beautifully. No joke.
you bet! Broadway has the best of the best
👏👏👏
well you might think so but right now the role of Elder Price is portrayed by a Broadway star on the West End
I still can't BELIEVE that he voiced a character in the Pokémon Anime. LIKE ;999
Yeah! And on an "e" vowel. As a singer myself I applaud this man👏👏👏
just finished andrew’s book & it’s all about him struggling to make his mark on broadway and ends with his broadway debut as a chorus member in hairspray. knowing he would go on to STAR in a musical and perform at the Tony’s makes my heart warm so much.
Elizabeth Dilts I didn’t even know he had a book!! I love him I have to check it out!
Andrew who?
@@luccaharaway3973 The person in the video. Andrew Rannells.
Any mention in his voice acting endeavors lol
@@cohenmarioman Mr Yuji Naka is alright
As a European I have no mental image when hearing the word Mormon so all I can think of the guy with 6 wives from the cell block tango in Chicago
Haha just think of a missionary like this, we definitely dont do polygamy
@@savanalorie2376 or tea or coffee or homosexuality!🎉 But Mormons do make the best food.
@@savanalorie2376 Some of you do
Nicholas Brown People who do polygamy aren’t really aloud to be members of the lds church. There are people that do it that made their own separate branches but they aren’t really affiliated with the church
ah yes, eziekel young
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That was impressive. It sounded almost exactly like the soundtrack, no mess ups, no trouble on the high notes. Incredible breath support, and not to mention that pretty mutch every high note is literally on the hardest vowel to sing. the 'EE'.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Zachary Walker actually EE is the easiest vowel to sing on a high note. Your vocal cords are closest together and you can really screech out EEE.
Karen Miller maybe, but it usually sounds like death. It’s difficult to sound decent on the EE vowel
Alexa Larson pretty much depends on who’s singing.
iiiiiiiiiiii
Also his facial expressions not only match his words but the instruments perfectly, when the music sounds playful he has these smirks and when it sounds dark like in the beginning when he’s saying “so what happened” or the choir singing “black people!!” His face and body performance captures everything perfectly, I can’t think of a way this performance could’ve been any better
I die every time he does the little head move when he says “what’s so scary about that”
You should have seen the young man that played Elder Price on tour... :) They were in Chattanooga back in February and I was on the local crew. It was a wonderful show to work.
aaaa same...what a cinnamon roll☺️
@@jmil2tx Kevin Clay?
@@jules3951 When they played Chattanooga Liam Tobin was playing Elder Price. And as the play goes, Conor Pierson about stole the show as Elder Cunningham. Their tour cast was great.
@@jmil2tx I saw Conner in Manchester 3 weeks ago, he was awesome. He then injured himself and I saw it twice more with an understudy called Jacob. I have to say that Jacob was the better of the two. Fantastic part to play.
When I was Mormon, it was all fun and a tad bit uncomfortable during the blasphemy. Watching as an ex-Mormon, I started crying feeling so understood. Talk about repressed religious trauma. Good work Trey and Matt.
Glad you’re happy bro. Must feel great.
J Mason Thanks man, life is getting better everyday
Do sorry for your experience. And so thankful mine has been the exact opposite. Peace and love and healing...
There is absolutely nothing wrong with blasphemy, so long as it can be safely done. Thank you, Mormons, for not attacking any blasphemer. The LDS Church actually purchased advertising space in the playbill for this Broadway Production.
Now, let's make a musical called The Koran. It will be theologically equivalent to the Book of Mormon show: no more and no less disrespectful or blasphemous.
@@nothosaur Quite interesting that that was the example you chose to use.
I love how literally everyone else in this scene just looks at and reacts to Elder Price like there wasn't a musical before he showed up. Like, a musical has suddenly invaded real life, and it's so surreal they just don't know what to do with it. Including when he makes them dance with him :|
I'm offended for him that that didn't get a standing ovation.
I've rarely seen it at the Tony Awards because usually all the performances are phenomenal. Like no one is expecting you to show up drunk with autotune like other award shows. It's an award for theater lol so they expect you to be really good before you even start singing.
@@SubstanceD91 I can understand that but usually they perform songs with the whole cast or something. This was just him filling the whole stage with his awesome.
STAND UP FORBTHE K IN G
I was going to reply , but the answer is right there. They won’t stand up at the Tony Awards unless you’re an absolute legend. Do I like it! ? No! Do they do it? Yes!
You Americans are really weird about standing ovations
He has a very timeless face. He could play anything from 20 to 45.
Esme Wayne He played a nineteen-year-old in this musical, so you're just a little bit wrong there.
Well 19 and 20 arent very different
Or 19 in this situation
He was like 33 in this. Don't ask me how.
Tais Grim 39 now, video from six years ago, you don't have be terribly bright to figure this one out...
I like how the warlord has supposedly killed people for simply existing in his vicinity but he sees how much effort this guy is putting into this bit and is like “ah let him get it out, let him have his moment”
...in the actual musical, there's a change of scene in between he gets the BOM literally shoved up his ass.
Spoiler alert- he gets his men to shove the Book of Mormon up the Elder's fundament.
@@anonUKTrueee but the OG comment is still right- he let him have his moment 😂
That's the power of the Lord right there
The warlord looks so badass and then he's just wearing those little yellow rain boots XD
They are not rain boots. They are cowboy boots. I know because I saw the show last week.
Clement Pellerin cool that you got to see it
Brian Tyree Henry (from the show Atlanta) plays he warlord, little known fact...
dude i was freaking out wondering if that was paperboy LMAO
2 things I haven't seen anyone else talk about yet:
1) that little leap as he enters the warlord's camp
2) his ecstatic little grin as the choir sings "black people!"
That is all ^_^
I've never noticed 2 because I'm always dying at the "the fuck??" reaction on the warlord and his guys... oh no, I gotta watch this again
What about how he looks at the warlord when he says Kolob :-)
Madeleine Bee I have loved his superhero leap since I first saw this on the Tonys. So happy someone else noticed it too!
The way he smacks the warlord with the Bible on the "you'll feel it" line.
notsusan
Kinda weird when you notice that paper boi is the warlord.
When you grew up Mormon, you just kinda know everything he’s talking about and I’m dying
I was showing this to a friend and they kept making faces and I kept having to pause it to be like "yup here's some details"
Some of it was wrong
The Blackcelt
Which parts were wrong?
I'm a Christian and I know mormon theology, and it killed me too 😆🤦🏼♀️
Do they actually believe that ancient Jews travelled to America?
My favorite part of this is 5:11 when his face changes just a little because he knows he just CRUSHED IT AT THE TONY'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nobody will ever be able to play Elder Price better than Andrew Rannells 👏
Georgia Griffiths True
Georgia Griffiths very true
Georgia Griffiths Happy I saw him perform this on Broadway when the show first came out.
Jim Slade that's great
Georgia Griffiths I saw it in London last week and in my opinion Nick Rouleau plays it even better
Andrew Rannells always has this weird manic energy surrounding him I love it
I totally agree that Andrew Rannells is absolutely amazing in this, but the warlord always has me in stitches. The comedic timing between him and Rannells is absolutely perfect (especially at 4:57 with the little stumble and his resolute stance afterwards, I'm crying) and the looks he's giving Rannells and the audience... he's such a gem
Have some respect....that "warload" as you call him is General Butt-Fucking Naked.
His reactions to the aggressive hand holding had me dying 😂😂💀💀💀
“That in 1978, God changed his mind about black people!”
_”…bLAcK pEoPLE!”_
This part gets me every time lmfao 💀💀
That’s history like slavery in this country. There are many Africans in our faith.
ikr the chorus for emphasis LOL
@@sbdno10 The book of Mormon is literally racist.
@@sbdno10 No one cares, cultist
Same.
Every time I hear, “what the f**k is this?” I laugh 😂
Someone get Elder Price some chapstick.
this comment made my year!!
he licked his lips 17 times
Blake Bowker HAHAHAHAH
yeah and get it lickety-split ;)
I guess it’s more a dry mouth because of nervousness.
i constantly sing this song i honestly think ive lost friends cause of it
Saaame
All my friends look at me as if I'm a lunatic... And then I proceed to yell "I BELIEEEEEVVVE THAT IN 1978 GOD CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE!!!!!!!"
+Anna Shrader this is so me haha i just go round screaming 'I BELIEVE THAT SATAN HAS A HOLD OF YOU'
Anna Shrader heavenly father told the prophet we need to remember that is why we have a prophet so we can know what heavenly father wants us to change for the glory of him the father
same
Correction from an ex Mormon:: ancient Jews built SUBMARINES and sailed to America. Not boats lol
What??? Seriously??
Just remember everyone, if Andrew Rannells can go from playing James in Pokémon Live! to being the original Elder Price in one of the longest running musicals on Broadway, then anything is possible.
I'm sorry, what? Pokemon live?
AND HE WAS MAKO TSUNAMI IN YU-GI-OH!
...since when is Book of Mormon one of the 'longest running' musicals anywhere? It's awesome, but in terms of musicals, it is an infant.
@@jerepine Huh. Well, I guess I was thinking 'years' rather than 'shows'. And looking at the list, it *has* gone longer than some of the ones I would have figured would have it beat.
Can I just say though, good show with you actually providing some evidence to back up the point? You don't belong on the internet, my good man.
No goddamn way he was in Pokemon Live???
He quicc
He licc
Most importantly
Jesus called him a dicc
this comment is underrated
THIS
I CANT BELIEVE JEEEESUS CALLED ME A DIIIIIIIIIICK
Elina Marie dammit you beat me to it
😂😂😂
If this kid doesn't become a Broadway legend, there's no justice.
kamwrites Totally agree. Great voice and hi-larious. (Head turn on, "What's so scary about that?"=priceless) Didn't he do the role of "Hedwig" for awhile? He's amazing.
FloraWest Yes, both on Broadway and on a national tour!
kamwrites he no longers play this show..
Michal Janek Realllllllly? I was trying to book a ticket to watch him playing this.
+Michal Janek well the musical show in Denver Colorado
how can you make a song that makes fun of something to be so ridiculous but is still so uplifting and wholesome
I like how the warlord starts as "wait I want to see where he's going with this", immediately followed by "I regret this decision already"
i still can't believe the creators of south park wrote this musical
The tone of South Park and the tone here are very related
They’ve always been great at writing songs, the South Park movie and Team America are great examples
it's really not surprising when you listen to the songs they've done before, they've always been REALLY good at picking up the mood of different types of songs. I still get Cartman's "too many minorities at my water park" song stuck in my head lol
I believe.
Well The South Park movie and Team America were musicals. And very good ones at that. America: Fuck Yeah is basically Americas theme song now.
Look at Shakespeare's husband go
all the references in one sentence
Something Rotten AND Falsettos? In one sentence? Nice.
BAHAHA
Mormons shun and excommunicate gays
@@Perririri Dude it was a joke. The pun was from two different musicals, Something Rotten!" and "Falsettos".
As an active Mormon, this play is hilarious. People just take things way too seriously, you gotta be able to laugh at yourself, whether it be religion, race, gender, whatever. Humor is just humor.
Yes, finaly someone said it!
Well said
Oh a self aware moron how cool
@@pkpk5168 There are plenty. Not the converts so much, but people born into it.
@@pkpk5168 A just saw your not-misspelling :(
He licks his lips 20 times. Exactly. I counted.
+Michelle Dempsey doing god's work.....thank u
+Michelle Dempsey
Now I can't _not_ see his tongue. The first time I watched it, I didn't even notice. But the second time, after reading your comment....
+Michelle Dempsey Omfg he licks it so much... I can't stop laughing it's like a lizard
29 times actually, a few are hard to see
He did an interview where he said as soon as he entered the stage all the moisture left his mouth
What is awkward about this, is that after the song, Elder Price had his book shoved up his ass by the warlord.
SOME👏BODY👏 JUST 👏GIVE👏 THIS 👏MAN 👏A 👏DAMN 👏TONY👏
Like the award? Or a boyfriend?
@@ktkennedy7421 both. Both is good.
@@alexfletcher282 He's openly gay...
@@alexfletcher282 this comment is golden.
he's *very* openly gay my guy
@@allyb3969 he's the wife
Everything about this performance is amazing, people don’t realise how difficult it is to do that in a stage all by yourself
also i feel like Brian is doing such a great job resisting and being the straight man to Andrew’s funny and they play off each other so well
What a talented bean
Cuban Embassy.
Shit.. your everywhere
Can your fuck off with that “bean” shit. Try growing up you child.
kingikiller Jesus, let her speak how she wants to speak. Just because she says some slang doesn't give you permission to be rude.
kingikiller What the heck? How is "bean" derogatory?
okay, first of all, Andrew is the cutest broadway boy ever. second of all, the amount of presence he brings to the stage is incredible. i've never seen the show, and i only know a few of the songs, so i have absolutely no idea what leads to him singing this song, but i still feel it in my bones. it makes me want jump up there and sing it with him. he's fantastic.
Our Silent Hearts I have to dispute. Jeremy Jordan’s the cutest. lol
He's amazing and a pure broadway boi, if you haven't seen the falsettos reboot yet (the recorded version is all over yt), then see it for a glimpse into his amazing emotional range, it contrasts so well with BoM's amazingly hilarious hijinks
That pose at the end tho. It's pure Broadway.
One of the cleanest vocal performances ever
Seriously! Knocked it out of the park!
I broke into hysterical snotty laughter at "I believe that I'll get my own planet" 😂😂
I know it's part of LDS lore and faith, but still... it's almost too surreal 😂
I’m an actual Mormon and we don’t believe that...
@@kaelnipko8958
I know. I was just being an ass when writing that previous comment.
My apologies...
If LDS church brings happiness and serenity to it's members, it's definetly a good society ✌🏼
(Also your church's Tabernacle Choir is awesome. I saw their Christmastime concert last year via online broadcast. Gave me good chills like half the runtime 🎶🎵)
Mr J. Kottari thanks! There’s just a lot of things people say we believe that we actually don’t. Anyways the tabernacle choir is pretty good and I do enjoy them myself. Thanks for being cool and have a good day
@@kaelnipko8958 Umm...yeah actually you do. Or should. Since you are taught you can become gods and create your own worlds which will be populated with your own spirit kids.
BLACK ALIEN MUSINGS That is only some what true. We are taught that if we strive to do our best everyday and follow gods commandments, we can go to the celestial kingdom with him again and become equal with not God, but Jesus. After the second coming, God will purify the Earth and we will live on that purified Earth for the next 1,000 years
No one:
Literally no one:
Elder Price: 👁️👅👁️
Clarification: he licks he lips 17 times.(I counted)
Sub 2 Joeblerone I now laugh every time
he 👁 👅 👁
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🤛👕🤜
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👁👃👁
👅
🖐👔🖐
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lol its because he's in utah have you ever been there everyone has chapped lips
Dang it I do the same thing xD
How did the guy playing the war-lord manage to keep a straight face?
That's acting, baby.
Say It!!!!!!
cuz they practiced it so often that it isnt funny anymore, if you watch the first rehearsal, he probably laughed his ass off
I would love to see early rehearsals from before they could all keep a straight face the whole way through. After saying the same lines and doing the same things over and over, it stops being funny to you.
he is a really great actor XD
5:02
ok can we just talk about that riff for a minute because I can't stop rewinding that part
+PupCake1025 YESSS I love that part thank you! haha
YEESS
sooo good!
+PupCake1025 YES
i always put my hands up whenever i hear that riff xD
5:03 gets me right in my musical theatre soul 😩🙌🏼
Bridget Nally I love that too!
So cute, yes!
Amen!
Is there a word for that kind of technique?
Exactly
I keep thinking he is about to say "I am MOANA".
"I am Moana, and Moana just believes"
GREAT TWIST
No. He would say "I am Noah Kaiba, and I believe I should be CEO of Kaiba Corp!"
@@darkmagician2521 No, he'd say "I am Mako Tsunami, and I believe I am not a freaky fish guy".
yassss
get this boy a chapstick
Lmao
You're the first to ever come up with this!
"A warlord who shoots people in the face. What's so scary about that?"
I love that line
+krisscouture Ahaha, me too. I also love that the whole intro is a paraphrase of "I Have Confidence" from The Sound of Music
+Tapnerd I'm a bit of an anomaly in that I hadn't seen The Sound of Music all the way through until about a week ago even though I'm fairly well versed in most Broadway shows (the rest of my family of course holds the movie and musical in the highest regard). Anyway, I knew of this song before I knew of "I Have Confidence", so when I heard the beginning of "I Have Confidence", I had to do a double take because it instantly reminded me of something, and when I realized that that something was this song, I nearly choked from laughter. It just made me appreciate the satirical nature of Book of Mormon even more.
I would give $1000 to hear the Mormon Tabernacle choir sing this.
I'll convert and do it for that amount.
I’ll convert and do it for free
@@viebschiev9994 come on mate, I'm living in Perú, Let me make a Buck or two
@@patriciatapia1710 ight, i live in america tho so i’ll be a bit
@@viebschiev9994 so youll be a bit what? Haha. Btw, thank u for showing me how to spell alright like that. I saw total blackout by Chris rock Yesterday and he said that yo Michelle Obama: youll be ight. Seriously. Thank you babe
Still can't believe he didn't win. He was so incredible in the role. I was lucky enough to see him twice in BOM, Angry Inch, and Falsettos. Andrew and Josh Gad split the vote.
they should have done it the Mormon way and let them share the Tony
Tiddlers I saw the show in previews - he SO deserved to win that Tony!!
I love Norbert Leo Butz but I do believe Rannells was robbed here.
Jealous lol I saw Darren Criss in Angry inch which was incredible! , I would have loved to see Andrew in those shows as well though :)
"And I believe that in 1978, God changed his mind about black people
The black guy: WTF is this
+Jordan Chavez FUCK YOU GOD! xD
+Jordan Chavez how is that offensive at all? its exactly what happened...
+Alex Morey hasa dega ebowoi
I was on that part lmao I love when this happens
what happened in 1978?
I feel like every time I watch this video Andrew Rannells gets hotter
Yes
Turn it off!
Ok King George
what?
omg😂😂
THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST SHORT COMMENT STRANDS ON TH-cam
I didn't even notice who it was that replied, 5 minutes of comment reading later, i can't stop laughing XD
thank you for your comment i almost missed this piece of gold
The cast of Book of Mormon probably has the cutest boys on all of Broadway.
So agree
+fxntasyland definitely Newsies
+Rose Uchiha There aren't a lot of ugly Mormons. So they definitely got their casting right.
Have you seen the cast of Hamilton?
*****
ha truth XD
I'm hilarious, and I find this Mormon!
Go home, Angus, you're drunk
James N. O'Sullivan
Go drunk, Angus, you're home!
C'mon guys, go drunk, he's easy
i swear to drunk that your god
_I'm not as think as you drunk I am_
"And DANG IT!" Whoa...easy there, Elder Price...
I clicked on this video and saw that I had already disliked it, back when I was mormon. Fixed it though, one more like from me.
What made you change your mind?
Common sense
@@kieronshepherd4445 lmao
I don't know why you'd dislike it just because you were a Mormon, though. The musical is actually very popular among Mormons, especially returned missionaries who typically relate to the troubles they go through. Mormons are encouraged by church leaders to have a sense of humour, which means being able to laugh at things like the BoM musical rather than be offended by them.
we stan character development
3:45 "And I believe that in 1978, God changed his mind about black people!" lolol wow
yeah, it actually happened. they thought black people were spirits who did not pick satan but did not fight hard for Jesus and the "blackness was a curse" but then the story was abolished by the church although it was what their prophets said that came from God. so they actually believe that god changed his mind about it, but some are still quietly holding to the more consistent stance. including some black Mormons.
And people wonder why I despise religion.
I don't....
To be fair, the Abrahamic explanation for why Black people have dark skin is that one of Noah's sons had premarital sex with his fiance. This made god punish him by making the skin of him and all of his descendants black.
mattbenz99 [Canadian Gambit] that's exactly what the Mormons believe about the Indians and their red skin
take a shot every time you see andrew's tongue
That's approximately 16-18 shots.
+Justa Guy 20
Yeah - I recounted
He talked about this on the Colbert's show. lol
Ariana MacKnight 16 shots
Obviously it is a hilarious song, but what an EPIC performance. Absolutely kills it
That guy has sunshine in his eyes.
Why is no one commenting on how dang CUTE Andrew Rannells is?!
Ashley H For real though i freaking love him!!!
+Ashley H Fapfapfapfapfap aaahhh.There, I fixed it for ya.
+Ashley H Too bad he's gay lol
+grant miller Mormonism has taught him how to turn it off
lol true
As an ex-Mormon who was completely convinced that all these beliefs were true- I find this equally hilarious as I find it cringe-worthy and embarrassing.
You should have auditioned for a role.
It's supposed to be affectionately teasing Mormons while making the point that just because some beliefs seem nutty, it doesn't mean they're wrong (hint: there's a line later in the production about "Salt Lake City just being a metaphor." Of course, Salt Lake City isn't just a metaphor; it's just nothing like the villagers' understanding of it).
This dude, all by himself, OWNED that stage... at the Tony's.. in front of all of them.
Has anyone else listened to this song on repeat for the past few weeks
Nicholas W yes
Saw this in person last December and been listening to it ever since. I’m pretty sure I know the whole album by heart!
Nicholas W help I’ve watched this four times today, still counting.
Nicholas W yes
he licks his lips like 50 times
20. I counted.
+Pretty Purple Panda PHANDOM
elderpriceuganda.tumblr.com/post/30863314658/andrew-rannells
+Pretty Purple Panda hi phan!
+Kevin price oh my god that is never leaving me
New on my to-do list:
Jumping in a room, pointing at somebody and singing "I believe - that satan has a hold on you!"
Just for the heck of it
The gospel choir singing "SATAN HAS A HOOOOLD" is the most trey parker thing ever hahaha
When you realize the first verse is literally just I Have Confidence from The Sound of Music
Oh my god I never noticed
O_O Oh....my....god....how did I never catch on to that?!!
i caught that right away because i wanted to start singing i have confidence
yeah they took parts from The Sound of Music...Wicked etc..most satire plays do that
+Chris H And they never got sued? xD
Riff at 5:04 is the best I've ever heard. Ever. Clean, perfect, in tune, on time. Stellar.
It's fantastically good... you get glimpses throughout the song when he does "i believe" and then on that riff he lets it go. Awesome
Outrageously good
this was such a great performance, wow!
I saw him sing it on Broadway and I think my jaw is still on the floor of the theatre. And lordy is he cute.
The split second of Trey and Matt smiling and clapping at the end is actually so wholesome
how did he nOT WIN A TONY FOR THIS
Norbert Leo Butz was incredible in Catch me if you Can, that's how. He was the best part of that show.
@@KLGChaos And how long did that show last?? People are still seeing Mormon because of the power Rannels delivered.
@@tmbtrumpet7333 Book of Mormon is the better show (which is why it won Best Musical). Norbert was just the better actor that year.
KLG - agreed. As much as I like Andrew, Butz knocked it out of the park.
Andrew is super great and reminds me of a young Jim Carrey.
Zooba57 are u f****** kidding me right? This is guy is 💯 times better looking than Jim Carrey.
Zooba57 I can see it
young jim carrey was a hobo tho.
Agreed! It's the hair, I think.
Dani G.R lol
I have a question: WHY 👏🏻 DIDNT 👏🏻 HE 👏🏻 WIN 👏🏻 THE 👏🏻 TONY 👏🏻 #givetheguyatony
Check out the video of Norbert Leo Butz in Catch me if you can. Norbert's performance in that was a true powerhouse.. I wouldn't be mad if Andrew had won it, but not surprised that NLB did.
#AsktheLordGod #PayTheTitheFirst #EdenMissouri #AncientJewsSailedToAmerica
As a former Mormon, who also used to be a missionary for the Church, I can say that almost all the faith tenets expressed in this song are basically true.
Except God doesn’t live on a planet called Kolob. Kolob is supposed to be a star and god lives near it, not on it according to the Mormon scriptures.
Rock on
Thank you. It all makes sense now
Can't people just enjoy this music instead of starting fights about religion...
the fight against mormonism has already been won over and over , people who got to see them get their asses kicked just enjoy reminiscing about it with others.
no
these "no's" actually made me laugh
THANK YOU!!!!!!
No really thank you, that needed to be said.
Gary Oak no
so THIS is what whizzer was doing after marvin broke up with him
i guess THAT'S how he got aids
it was the general it was all him
So he's half Jewish and half Mormon what
@@Daniela-ld7jk well ig we figured out what the other half was
Oh my God XD
Is it bad that I'm Mormon and I'm laughing my butt off?
+Rose Malinofsky nope. im not a mormon but i only laugh at the terrible things and funny things he sings like about black people, of his situation hahaha i mean he just walked straight to the warlord and sings uncontrollably lol how ridiculous is that ?can you just imagine seeing that in real life hahaha and among other things:)
No I'm a mormon
+Rose Malinofsky my cousin was invited to go with a group of friends of his (who were Mormon) and he agreed and according to my cousin they were laughing harder than he was.
+janeyrevanescence12 they were probably laughing at the inside Mormon jokes
you're gonna have the creepy hell dream
I fucking lose it everytime when he starts doing (and making the warlord do) the dance at the end.
It is clearly satire, but it is done with so much love! They clearly is truly facinated by these people. What do actual Mormons think about this?
I have so many Mormon friends who love this. Keep in mind my friends are really accepting, I don't know what strict mormons would think of it.
I haven't seen it, but I personally am fine with it. I think it could give people false first impressions, but as far as I'm concerned it's a good show. A lot of other mormons I know those believe that it should be ignored and disregarded because it is satire.
I recently saw this on tour, and the Mormon church actually had an ad in the playbill that said "now you've seen the show, but the book is always better!"
Jack Moody That is amazing!
I'm a Mormon. I find it somewhat disrespectful, but more people have learned about what we ACTUALLY believe after seeing the musical. It's whatever.
"I believe , that the Lord God created the universe, I believe that He sent His only Son to die for my sin " Yes amen ! .. " And i believe that ancient Jews built boats and sailed to America" Wait... what ?
It's been proven that many MANY different ancient cultures came to the Americas way before the Europeans of the 1700s. So that really isn't the most far fetched part of the Mormon religion.
True, but what i mean is that it is where it starts to go wrong compared to the Bible
Hannah Overton the norwegians were actually first to DISCOVER it, not claim it.
vikings...
TheWassup199 Yeah, it took the Englsh to be egotistical enough to try and CLAIM a whole huge land mass.
But I didn't say anything about claim, I just said that they'd been there. Despite what history books would have you believe, a whole bunch of cultures knew that North America was there. It wasn't some huge undiscovered land mass.
William Cunningham sorry I didn't mean it that way!
Ofcourse they discovered it first, but the norwegians were the first europeans :)
Personal observation: the first chorus has a summary of the old testament, the new testament, and then the book of Mormon.
+Holly Boreham And the three of them are hilarious. Like the whole song : )
+TheMetfan81 wow that was a really bad joke... Like the three of them :)
Holly Boreham true holy heck
"The Lord God created the universe" is only a summary of the first chapter of the old testament. The rest is _very_ different.
that one riff lives in my mind rent free. you know the one.
Excuse me and excuse me some more. The level of Andrew Rannels in this situation was absolute. I don't know that another person will be able to put that much spirit and commitment into this character. Bravo.