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Fun Fact: One of the most amazing and iconic Drag Queens in history named Divine was the originator for Tracy’s mother. Out of respect for her, the musical and most adaptations since then have always cast the role in drag. One of the best ways art has paid respect for drag and it’s influence on culture.

Whenever I feel shitty about the world, I like to watch male youtubers react to stereotypically un-masculine movies and just genuinely enjoy them. This was one of those times. Thank you for vibing with Hairspray and putting a huge smile on my face 🥰

Rob having niche knowledge about very specific things like knowing all the songs from Hairspray because of his mom and sister is the the biggest green flag in my book ✅

fun fact, since zac didn't sing in hsm1, this was his first singing performance before he did hsm2 (hairspray was filmed in between hsm1 and hsm2). you can see how confident he is in his voice!

Queen Latifah was a musician before an actress! She won a Grammy for best rap solo performance in ‘95. She truly is a queen! Y’all would enjoy Taxi with her and Jimmy Fallon if you haven’t seen it. Another absurd comedy lol

“Hairspray” wasn’t originally a musical. It was a movie with some music in it, but not a musical. Then THAT film was adapted into a stage musical (the way they do with everything now, like legally blond the musical etc). And then the stage musical was made into THIS movie. It’s adaptation inception 😂👍❤️

Rob is really living for Hairspray 😂

As a black person the ending scene where the show is integrated makes me emotional. The songs give me chills. I think it makes me emotional because even though it's a fictional movie, it portrays racist systems that existed in real life in the past. Racist systems like segregation. The ending scene in this movie just makes me grateful for those in real life who fought for my freedom and my rite to be present in the same spaces as white people. It makes me grateful for the people who came before me and fought for equality in real life. It's the symbolism and the message for me that makes the movie great. Don't get me wrong we have more work to do as a society when it comes to fighting for equality. Like when it comes to issues of police brutality, but we have come a long way. This movie reminds me that I am lucky there were people before me who fought to make things better for me and all black people in America.

"Corny Collins makes me wanna cry with how a good a person he is" SAME!! 😭😭

This was Nikki Blonsky's professional screen debut! She auditioned while she was still in high school and got the part. She was so amazing and did a fantastic job in this role I love her as Tracy ❤ it's so hard to pick a favorite song but I'm always singing you can't stop the beat! Also both John Travolta and Michelle Pfieffer were both the stars of a Grease film and I love that they shared the screen in another musical.

I think Bryce was right about hearing 'mother knows best' from another movie. Mother Gothel says it in Rapunzel.

I always had HUGE crush on Seaweed in this movie! I think he’s the best dancer and singer, his song run and tell that was always my favorite to watch in the film cuz the choreography was so good

Also, a big part of the Travolta casting was that he can dance, Same for Christopher Walken. Walken danced on Broadway before he became the world's most terrifying hit man.

Christopher Walken and John Travolta have insane chemistry in this movie, I love it

Rob looking so happy singing along with Good Morning Baltimore at the beginning is me every time I watch this 😆

Such a great movie, so glad to see you getting in to real musicals! Would love to see you guys watching Chicago, Moulin Rouge or Little Shop of Horrors!

watching Rob sing along and adore Tracy makes me soooo happy

Zuff: I don't know any of the songs so you won't catch me singing along Also Zuff: Singing along to every song.

Hairspray always leaves me with a huge smile on my face-such a great story, cast and awesome songs! I love that it was chosen as the first musical reaction for your channel. Pitch Perfect is a blast, but it's not a traditional musical because the music does not drive the story forward. My favorite songs are "You Can't Stop the Beat," "Ladies Choice, " "I Know Where I've Been," and "Mama I'm a Big Girl Now," which is from the Broadway play but was only featured in this film's end credits. I think you would all enjoy Les Misérables (2012) which is also a classic and has an all-star cast (Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne). Hamilton and La La Land (with Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling) and would also be great musical choices for you guys.

Elijah Kelley who played seaweed is in so much. He was in the NBC live version of the wiz (amazing). He was also in a musical show called Star (😢). And played Ricky in the New edition story. Mans is superrrr slept on. His voice is blessed fr.

I definitely recommend Sweeny Todd if you want to watch another musical. It’s directed by Tim Burton and has much more of a creepy vibe.

Love that Rob is just singing along. I love this movie so much

The actress who plays Little Inez is best friends/song writer for Ariana Grande! She is very talented!

Rob absolutely killing it with the singing on this one! Iconic 👏🏼👏🏼

Mr. Pinky is actually the actor who originally played Tracy's dad in the first Hairspray movie, where Tracy was played by Rikki Lake

i played motormouth maybelle in my high school production of hairspray, and singing "i know where i've been" made me emotional every time. even with the white saviour-y bits, this is one of my all-time favourite musicals, and it was fun to watch y'all watch. hopefully you do more!

Hamilton is a broadway musical but I love it so much that i would love to see you all react to it. This reaction was a W!

The song "I Know Where I’ve Been," the one they sing when they're marching, always makes me emotional. Full body chills, every time

Y'all are so entertaining to watch! Suggestions for future musicals: Mamma Mia 1 & 2, Les Miserables, Hamilton, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, and The Greatest Showman

Zac "you won't catch me singing along because I don't know the songs", then proceeds to sing along anyway lmao the best

The song I Know Where I've Been makes me so emotional because I'm native Hawaiian and my grandmother was 9 when Hawaii became a state. She's lived through the struggles of being a native Hawaiian during the time colonizers tried to make our language and our culture illegal. I love when you guys react to movies like these. Aloha from Hawaii! 🌺

Wait why does rob actually have a pretty good voice?! Love this movie and your guys’ reaction :))

rob singing along for literally every song was so precious

My high school performed Hairspray and the actor who played Seaweed was amazing, he sang crazy high octaves without needing to go falsetto it was stellar.

Another John Walters satire musical set in 1950s Baltimore is Cry Baby and stars a very young Johnny Depp. I think you'd like that one too 🙂 Also, Mr Pinky in this is played by Ben Stiller's Dad 🙂

I remember watching this in the theater and having a visceral reaction to Run And Tell That - I was blown back in my seat by the force of Elijah Kelley's performance. I'm looking forward to (hopefully) more musicals from this channel! Dreamgirls and Singin' in the Rain are my votes.

I played Penny in my high school’s production of the show (pretty much a requirement if you live in MD lol) and it was just a total ball! So glad you guys enjoyed it.

Seaweed aka Elijah Kelley is an amazing actor and performer. I know I am late, but I hope y'all checked out his amazing resume after y'all watched this😊 I loved y'all review!

Jerry Stiller who plays Mr. Pinky in this, plays the Tracy's dad Mr. Turnblad in the original 1988 movie. And Ricki Lake who plays Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 version has a cameo in this remake as one of the William Morris talent agents in the crowd at the Miss teenage hairspray pageant.

I have mixed feelings about Travolta as a person but you can't deny his talent. He brings Edna to life so well.

Robs joy while watching this was contagious lol. I'm glad you guys liked it. great reaction as alwayssss❤

Rob is all of us watching this movie and singing along. I remember seeing this movie in the theater when it first came out and I always have so much fun whenever I rewatch it. I would love to see more musical reactions in the future, would definitely love to see Mamma Mia next!

While I adore this movie, I looooovvvvveeeee the dresses. I watched this over and over to see the dresses swirl around. Regarding smoking and drinking while pregnant, it was a total thing until the late 60s. Obstetricians used to _tell_ women to smoke to keep the baby's weight down. Scary, but true. You three are awesome!! Keep it going!

We know her mostly as an actor, but Queen Latifah started her career as a rapper and singer.. it’s always cool when she reminds the world how awesome she is 👍🏼👍🏼 My favorite song is the last one “ you can’t fight the feeling” I think I knew that song before I see this movie ( came out when I was in HS still ) but I had heard the song at least

I was Rob this whole reaction 😂 I watched in theatres when it first came out and too many times since! One of my favourite musicals, so glad you guys reacted to it

Love to see cast and crew from the original movie, including original Tracy, in the movie, being part of the jury. Original one, this one, musical play..I've seen and loved every version of Hairspray!

9:58 I’m from Pittsburgh and that’s DEFINITELY a PGH accent 😂

Now you need to start including a musicals only category to the monthly /weekly movie voting!!! Great reaction 🥳

Amazing reaction!! I remember this movie was everywhere when it was released in theaters. Fun fact: Ricki Lake is the lady in all black at 43:05. She was the original Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 Hairypray version. 😊

Y'all did a great job with keeping a pretty good amount of songs in with the editing despite copyright restrictions, thank you!! Fingers crossed you can do more musicals :]

Fun fact, it is tradition that Tracy is played by a newcomer and Edna is played by a man in most productions of the show

one of the reasons why disney actually let zac efron sing for High School Musical 2 is because of how well he sounded in this

Seeing y'all dance and do corny 60s gestures made my day!

I remember renting this at Blockbuster and watching it at least once every day I had it. Incredible 😂

Queen Latifah was amazeballs in Chicago too. The whole cast of that one is amazing. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah, Renee Zelwieger, Richard Gear, John C Reilly and the music and dance numbers are amazing. If you want a good musical number to test out first, I'd suggest Cell Block Tango. If you can watch that and not want to see the rest, it's probably not for you, but if you DO want to watch the rest? DO!

Love Hairspray! I sing “You Can’t Stop the Beat” in the shower all the time lol. Seaweed is definitely my favorite character in the movie as well.

OH MY GOD WAIT i didn't know y'all were reacting to this and posting so soon! what a treat! this is one of the best musical to movie adaptations out there with some of the most top tier casting choices. adore this movie, so excited to see y'alls reactions! + I saw this in theaters at 7 years old, it's always stuck with me.

Yessss do more musicals! If you need recommendations: Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Dreamgirls, Grease, West Side Story.

As a Born and Raised Baltimorean, I thank you for reacting to this gem. Some Fun Facts: - John Waters (pride and joy of Baltimore), who wrote 'Hairspray' and many others like 'CryBaby', based most of his works on what he had witnessed and experienced growing up in the 50s & 60s Baltimore. Including segregation, Integration, Civil Rights, "Checkered Board" Interracial Couples, LGBTQ, Drapes (greasers) vs Squares, influence of Elvis, etc etc etc. He's very chill and pretty kewl to meet in person. He still is around some cafes and clubs downtown. - The Corny Collins Show was actually a reminiscent of a real show called The Buddy Deane Show of which John Waters grew up watching. - Cameos/Characters from the OG 'Hairspray' (1988) were in 'Hairspray' (2007). Like Ricki Lake who played the OG Tracy in 1988, plays a Judge in 2007. Jerry Stiller who played OG Wilbur in 1988, plays Mr. Pinky in 2007. John Waters also makes cameos in both versions as well like the psychiatrist in 1988 and "the flasher who lives next door" in 2007. - In the OG 'Hairspray', John Waters wanted The Famous Drag Queen Divine to play Edna. John had worked with Divine many times before. It started a trend for Men and/or Drag Queens to play Edna. - John Travolta worked very hard to try and achieve the Baltimorean Accent and did very well. The Baltimore "Hon" short for Honey, who have these accents, defined as "a person -- that beehived,cat's-eye-glasses-wearing, working-class woman of the late 1950s and early '60s." And yes they do look exactly like that. - The Nicest kids in town was reminiscent of The Mickey Mouse Club. - The New Girl in Town was reminiscent of when whites would take black music/songs and showcase it as their own. The whole copyright at the time was difficult during segregation. "Race Music" or "Colored Music" or certain dances was against the laws if integrated or so. Some like Elvis really pushed the bondaries during that time which was one of the reasons why he was so popular. - "the bum on his bar room stool they wish me luck on my way to school" "the rats on the street all dance around my feet" Yes this is absolutely all true facts about Baltimore. Especially during Game Seasons or Festivals or The Preakness or so. People are at the bars as soon as they open. And the rats here look like raccoons. There's alot more that can be pointed out and discussed but i'll just end it right there for now. 😅😅😅😅

I'm loving Rob just having a little singalong

The part that John Travolta plays in this is meant to be played by a man. It was originally written for Divine an extremely well known drag queen.

i was lucky enough to be in the musical as a member of the corny collins show years ago and it was a BLAST and one of the best shows i’ve ever been apart of. the music never leaves you and it’s been like 8 years now

I get genuinely surprised by which movies you guys have/haven't seen before. This was a big (but happy) surprise. My #1 all time favorite musical movie! You cant stop the beat always makes me tear up when i play it in the car. I know every song by heart...its amazing!!!

This is one of my favorite musicals of all time and I’m so glad y’all reacted to it!

Just for timeline's sake...Zac did this movie in between High School Musical and High School Musical 2. In fact, I believe the success of this movie is what convinced Disney that Zac could, indeed, sing his own stuff and that is why he sings in HSM 2 and 3.

This is a fantastic movie musical. Amazing cast! Loved John Water's cameo as the flasher in "Good Morning, Baltimore." I also would highly recommend "Crybaby."

I grew up with this movie. I remember going to the movie theater to watch this. FAV MUSICAL. I could watch it everyday. id never get tired of it. Loved ur guys reaction!! ❤

This one of my favorite movies and musicals! Dreamgirls is also a masterpiece! Glad to see you guys have so much fun with this one! Such a great great movie! I ll never not laugh when Penny says, “ IM OFFICIALLY A CHECKER BOARD CHICK!” 😂😂 love it

I LOVE "Hairspray" I saw it 4 times when it was in the theaters. What really got me was HOW ACCURATE the clothing was for 1962, when it takes place. I say that because I was 14/15 years old in 1962, and the styles the girls were wearing, including white tennis shoes (as we called them then) that Traci was wearing was a "big thing" then. The dresses the girls were wearing are exactly like we wore in 1962. I am always scrutinizing costumes in "period" films and to me, "Hairspray" was en pointe, without EXAGGERATING the styles of that period. It really brought back a LOT of fond memories for me when I was 15. I LOVE it. I have it on DVD now, and I watch it often. A little trivia for you, RIKKI LAKE was the original "Tracy" in the first "Hairspray" movie which is a bit different than this one. It had some songs that were not the same that you heard here, it really wasn't classified as a musical. (I like THIS one better than the Rikki Lake version) Rikki has a "cameo" in this one. She is one of the judges that walk in to sit in the bleachers at the Miss Hairspray competition. I just love how you guys actually enjoyed a movie that is considered a "chick flick." I have 3 adult sons and they absolutely hate movies like Hairspray, or Mama Mia, really they don't like any musicals! Most guys don't, so it's refreshing to see that YOU liked it.! Great reaction, guys! YOU should react to an older musical that is ALSO fun and amusing, "BYE BYE BIRDIE" with Dick Van Dyke, and Ann-Margaret which was released in April of 1963 and was partially filmed in 1962.

Love the way you guys leaned into the enjoyment of this film. Thanks for another great reaction show. Made me happy to watch with you.

“I thought you said her dad-“ “Her MOM is John Travolta” 😂😂😂

The girl who played Tracy, Nikki Blonsky, was in her first role. Did you notice that when Penny gets to the show, she is wearing a dress that she made from her bedroom curtains? Great reaction guys! I love this movie and probably saw it about 20 times in the theater.

I’m a bit late but congrats on now 101k subscribers! Been quietly watching for months now so it’s cool to see you guys hit such a big achievement. Also man I got so excited when you revealed you’d be watching, it’s one of my favorites and I’m forever jealous of people who got to see it in theaters when it first released (I was too young lol). Something I love about it that I don’t see many people talking about is a change from the original musical the movie made with the ending at the Miss Hairspray pageant. In the musical Tracy wins which is fine but let’s the overall message get a bit muddled and makes the story much more “white savior-y”, while the movie making Inez win solely based on her talent is such a good twist and feel good moment that I was surprised that wasn’t how it was originally

Loved finally seeing John Travolta and Michelle Pfeifer in musicals again. Albeit different movies, both are Grease alums: John performed a lead role in Grease, Michelle performed a lead role in Grease 2. Both actors were absolutely phenomenal in their roles.

Love seeing you guys enjoy this musical movie. Especially seeing Bryce sing and dance. Love it. Thanks guys.

I was in this show the summer after graduating high school and it was my all time favorite stage experience. Such a fun but also powerful message.

Omg you guys are in the musical realm finally! Chicago, Singin in the Rain, Sweeney Todd, Moulin Rouge and West Side Story are all musts for you guys. I really think you’d enjoy. Les Mis would be interesting to watch with you guys. That would be my top vote. Don’t watch the Phantom of the Opera movie if it’s suggested, watch the 25th anniversary concert. It’s incredible.

I’d seen this movie once years ago and didn’t realize Seaweed is also Effie’s brother in Dreamgirls. Please add that to the musicals list. The music and performances were incredible!

"Hairspray" was a film before it was a Broadway play and it played original 1960's songs, but it was not a musical. John Walters, a native of Baltimore, wrote and directed it in 1988 starring Ricki Lake and her mother was played by a man named Devine, who also played the station manager, and her father was played by Jerry Stiller. John Walters has a cameo as the 'flasher' in this film and Jerry Stiller plays Mr. Pinky, owner of the Hefty Hideaway dress shop. And James Marsden has played a lot of characters, including Scott Summers/Cyclopes in the "X-Men" movies.

Hairspray is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's so funny and has an incredible message. It's definitely a feel-good comfort movie for me.

you guys need to watch the original hairspray movie too! John Waters’ direction and Ricki Lake’s acting are so camp and perfect. But god John Travolta and Christopher Walken are so good in this together 😂😭

I really loved watching how much you guys enjoyed this one. Every song in this movie is fire and so deeply enjoyable!!

Without Love is my favorite song! Thank you guys for this! I really enjoy your reactions, dance moves and singing especially! Hahaha!

This movie was a really the first time Nikki Blonzky, Tracey Turnblad, had ever done any acting. This was her debut. They intentionally looked for an unknown to play Tracey. There was a whole audition contest thing. She worked at a Cold Stone when she got the part.

For my 16th birthday my grandma took me to NYC and we saw this on Broadway. It was a great trip with great memories ❤ My grandma recently passed and this popped up today. Thanks guys for bringing me some really happy memories today 😊

11:23 is actually from Rapunzel. “Mothers know best” is very iconic in Rapunzel

So great that you guys enjoyed this. I watch muscials and I often overlook this one. Probably because this was everywhere for a while in the mid 2000s. It was awesome to watch this fun musical again with you guys.

The guy in the middle is me singing to this movie. My favorite musical.

I absolutely love this movie!! I’m so glad you all enjoyed it so much! That was a really fun reaction!

This is such a phenomenal movie! I worked in a movie theater when this came out and saw this movie at least 26 times during breaks and after work. The amount of times my best friend and I still quote this movie is pretty ridiculous! I do love the original (non musical) movie with Ricki Lake which I saw as a kid. John Watters who directed was the flasher and Jerry Seinfeld played Wilbur in the original and Mr. Pinky in this movie. I'm glad y'all enjoyed this classic!

I LOVE Queen Latifah. She has such soul in her voice. Out of the songs in the movie, my top 5 are: Run & Tell That Big, Blonde & Beautiful Without Love I Know Where I've Been and You Can't Stop The Beat

With how much you guys really enjoyed Queen Latifah’s performance, you really really need to watch Chicago. It’s such an amazing and entertaining musical!

I love this movie adaptation of the musical - and I'm so glad they decided to change who won the competition at the end, it just fits so well. Probably one of the only times I've felt an adaptation has made a positive alteration!

This is the best reaction you guys have done! I love the dancing and singing going on. I watched this musical on Broadway in 2010 and fell in love with musicals! This is just so infectious

This is one of my all time favorite movies, favorite musical. Always puts me in a good mood. It made me so happy to see someone else enjoying it as much as I do. Thank you! ❤

Jerry Stiller, Mr. Pinky, played Tracy's dad in the og Hairspray movie. RE: Queen Latifah singing. She killed her song in 2002's Chicago, put out two jazz albums, The Dana Owens Album in 2004 and Trav'lin' Light in 2007, and played Blues singer, Bessie Smith, in the 2015 movie, Bessie, where she sang 7 out of the 17 songs on the soundtrack.

I'm so happy you did this!! This is one of my favorite movies!

The role of Edna Turnblad is always played by a male actor. The original actor in the original non-musical movie was a Drag Queen by the name of Divine.

My nephew and I saw this in theaters. The second we left the movie we went to Best Buy to each buy ths soundtrack. It's my happy playlist.