Avenue Q - "For Now" (2004) - MDA Telethon

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    Check out the cast of Avenue Q as they perform, "For Now" during the 2004 MDA Labor Day Telethon! This is a musical performance guaranteed to get your spirits soaring!
    The MDA Labor Day Telethon was an enchanting yearly variety show that ran for half a century. Hosted for many years by Jerry Lewis, the telethon featured top stars from the world of music, comedy, and Broadway and was like no other show on earth.
    The telethon was created to help support the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which is leading the fight against muscular dystrophy. MDA dedicates itself to strength, independence and life. To learn more about MDA and to donate, please visit www.MDA.org.

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  • @aaronmhowe
    @aaronmhowe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    This song is getting me through this corona virus time.

  • @piyoppiHikari96
    @piyoppiHikari96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    literally crying my eyes out for this song, my panic attacks are severe but this song makes me a little bit relaxed

    • @claire597
      @claire597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      piyoppiHikari96 Hope you are feeling better; please continue remembering that this phase is, only for now :)

    • @piyoppiHikari96
      @piyoppiHikari96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Claire you're so sweet.... people like you who have nice things to say to a stranger makes this world worthwhile. thank you

    • @kaandogrul7618
      @kaandogrul7618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hey, there are lots of stuff going on in our lives and we dont get to control all of them. But we can control the way we react. Do not push yourself too hard. I’ve seen so many people survivedand I believe in you, I mean it. You will survive too. Have a lovely day. This can be the first comment of my almost 20 years old account :)

    • @piyoppiHikari96
      @piyoppiHikari96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kaan Doğrul wow.... you're so kind thank you it means a lot for me.... i regained a little faith in humanity now....

    • @everett9199
      @everett9199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      piyoppiHikari96 ❤️

  • @aquaticgecko9871
    @aquaticgecko9871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I was performing this song for choir in March, and covid hit right as we got back from a trip to New York City with all the choirs. Listening back on our performances days before everything got shut down is almost surreal, and super ironic. Really made me realize how important the message of this song is.

  • @starbird6
    @starbird6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    this song put a lot of things in perspective for me

  • @TyrekeCorrea
    @TyrekeCorrea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Life does move to a beat, and the sooner you realize it the better.

  • @YarrBr0
    @YarrBr0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    COVID-19 is only for now

    • @everett9199
      @everett9199 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤️

    • @jhonshephard921
      @jhonshephard921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same. Protests songs of the Bush era video.

    • @davidthaler7018
      @davidthaler7018 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/C_cB9sSswpo/w-d-xo.html

    • @Addiebella
      @Addiebella 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s still for now... but it’s only for now

    • @katysikkema
      @katysikkema ปีที่แล้ว

      From the future! 👋 It really IS for now (then) oh..you get the point! 😘

  • @erikolsen148
    @erikolsen148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Such a joy to see Peter Linz as Brian!

  • @Axiom8Love
    @Axiom8Love 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great tune to remind us that whatever we face now is a gift and for the moment. So, learn, grow and move forward because good or ill, it will not last. But the lesson we learn at the moment can stay until we transfer that knowledge or fade away. So share as much helpful knowledge and let the rest fade away.

  • @chlo6004
    @chlo6004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i’m learning this song in theatre tbh it’s so catchy

  • @Duskwasheretoo
    @Duskwasheretoo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    thanks i had to listen to it 3 time sfor a assignment so this helped alot

  • @marblecake1234
    @marblecake1234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    That was great. Thanks for the upload

  • @mikewolf5367
    @mikewolf5367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Damn I can’t believe how young Barrett looks in this.

  • @anewjemail7471
    @anewjemail7471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I don't know what to think about this one, now.

  • @dodec8449
    @dodec8449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Lindsay Ellis brought me here

  • @Toastwig
    @Toastwig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Is that the woman from the scrubs musical ep??

  • @caryvanausdall6217
    @caryvanausdall6217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who plays Princeton in this MDA version of Ave Q
    He has a wonderful young voice.?
    Thanks Cary.

  • @Oasismaker
    @Oasismaker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    👌🏽

    • @metjeho
      @metjeho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      general kenobi

  • @dottyContrarian
    @dottyContrarian 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    :D

  • @mm-yt8sf
    @mm-yt8sf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    oh wow..they're all 20 years older? i hope they're still happy and employed...at least for now 🙂

  • @johnmiller1667
    @johnmiller1667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The guy playing Preston, is that the ShamWow guy?

  • @얍얌-t1n
    @얍얌-t1n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    한올님 보고 여기까지 오신분들? ㅎㅎ

  • @Supasmartguy
    @Supasmartguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Unus annus in a nutshell

  • @jordanziskin2234
    @jordanziskin2234 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    His Princeton and Rod voices are the same

  • @waterpenny6907
    @waterpenny6907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can someone tell me the message in this ending song?

    • @everett9199
      @everett9199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It’s in the title: everything in life is only for now, as in it will only last for a little bit. If you’re feeling sad or scared, it’s good to remember that it’s just temporary and know that eventually it will have all been forgotten.
      I hope this helps a little in understanding the song’s message. :)

  • @AlinaAniretake
    @AlinaAniretake ปีที่แล้ว

    That's a good puppetirieng, when you look at the puppet, but not at the actor that sings as one, especially when he is not even in control of puppet)

  • @MichaelMartin-q4j
    @MichaelMartin-q4j 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wtf are those other people doing there

  • @jennifercadiz4069
    @jennifercadiz4069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Seems a little manipulative now doesn't it. The message from The Man.

    • @MadameTamma
      @MadameTamma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "Except for death and paying taxes everything in life is only for now". Not if you join the revolution and destroy the entire government, then you won't have to pay taxes ever again. Or you could just assure yourself that things'll change on their own with time. Bunch of puppets. VIVE LA REVOLUTION!!!

    • @Jacques_a_dit
      @Jacques_a_dit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MadameTamma After the revolution you'll have to establish a new government and collect taxes. Thats ehy they compare them with death, they are unavoidable for human civilization. Also, the french revolution was among other things to force the rich to pay taxes.

  • @MichaelMartin-q4j
    @MichaelMartin-q4j 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The voice didn’t even change for Princeton and rod wtf is he doing in broadway

    • @davidthaler7018
      @davidthaler7018 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yes it did. Rod’s voice is higher and more nasal.

    • @MichaelMartin-q4j
      @MichaelMartin-q4j 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@davidthaler7018 that’s trash voice acting babe

  • @Nonickavailiable
    @Nonickavailiable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For me this is an ironic song, about how people "swallows their pride" and "makes a few compromises" "FOR NOW". Plot twist: those band-aid solution for a door that not closes good, or a car that "haves a trick" to work, ends un sticking for long time, and you get a girlfriend and a house and a McJob "For Now", and when you want to find your purpose you are already entangled on compromises, paying for a house's mortgage and a car and the children's college, and it's harder and harder to follow the path that leads to your purpose.
    Don't hear the voices of everyone that tells you to "relax" and to "make compromises" FOR NOW. The time is now, and what you do now should last the rest of your life, unless you decide you don't want to follow that path anymore.
    Dan Simmons, on the Hyperion's cycles, made his messiah's teaching "to choose again, everyday, even if it means to choose the same than yesterday"

    • @jonathandpg6115
      @jonathandpg6115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      i think you need to listen to the song again

  • @crunchberrychaos1545
    @crunchberrychaos1545 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd look at the sick people in attendance and say, "Your Life!" (Is only for now LMAO)

  • @sha11235
    @sha11235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So basically you had the same puppeteer do two characters (Lucy/Kate and Rod/Princeton). Why did they do that shit?

    • @MadisonHasty
      @MadisonHasty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      its done that way in the show. im not sure exactly why but it works so why change it

    • @jonathandpg6115
      @jonathandpg6115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      less actors is cheaper. Why have more people when it is not needed.

    • @caspercain2533
      @caspercain2533 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go see some of the easter bonnet stuff they use more puppeteers there.

  • @amlithe
    @amlithe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is rather horrifying in a do nothing way. Imagine taking part in this

    • @tysargent9647
      @tysargent9647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What? I'm in.

    • @danielgraham1082
      @danielgraham1082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How so

    • @jonathandpg6115
      @jonathandpg6115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I disagree. The song is a realistic realization of life. Everything in life is only for now. Let’s not dwell on the things we can’t avoid.

    • @kuribo2305
      @kuribo2305 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      how tho

    • @andyreacts
      @andyreacts 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This song is about the fact of life that everything always changes and there's not really something you can hold onto. If you think that's wrong... just live a few more years. Eventually you'll start to complain. "This city isnt what it used to be, my body isn't what it used to be.. " and all of this will only point to the same that this song points to.
      Life is a movement that can't be stopped. You can just ride the wave as it comes.
      Or, to go deeper, you can't stop it because you're not 'in' it, you ARE it. An expression of it. You didn’t create your brain or body, you don't oversee the happenings in your brain..You can apparently do what you want, but you don't create your wants. You, like everyone and everything else, are an expression of life. You are the flow and it has no real final form, all forms are always changing, no matter how slow.