starkid rlly be like lauren and joey get to play every kind of character possible in the same show

the fact that wearing all denim is called a CANADIAN tuxedo and joey's character wears one while singing about being made in America is honestly gold.

One is not born bisexual, one sees Becky Barnes and Tom Huston ans draws their own conclusion

Okay but the harmonizing with Jeff singing and Jamie screaming in Monsters and Men reprise. Its amazing.

No one is talking about how the line “his belly’s so squishy” from the jingle is repeated by the adults in feast or famine, which shows us that the jingle affected the adults more than the kids. Or maybe everyone knew and I have 1 brain cell bouncing around like a windows screen saver.

I honestly dont know how starkid went from a comedic musical take on Harry Potter, to a show with messages about government distrust, American poverty, loss of the people you love, what people will do for love/adoration, abusive relationships, greed, alcoholic relationships, etc. it's astounding how well versed these people are in writing and acting skills. (I love starkid)

Curt's "never should settle" in Feast or Famine gives me life

17:39 HE DID IT, HE KICKED ABOVE HIS WAIST

HOW DID I NOT NOTICE IN MONSTERS AND MEN THE REST OF THE CAST ON THE BALCONY

Idk why the line "Take what you want return what you get" hits as much as it does-

Jeff always sings the songs that completely burn the USA government and politics and I'm here for it. EDIT: yes to everything said about Kim, I mean, her voice alone has the power to make me a lesbian

If I Fail You is CRIMINALLY underrated. It's a literal bop and made me tear up a tad

I've said it before and I'll say it again: we were blessed to have not one but two duets with Dylan and Kim

I’m the fence Corey puts his leg on

Made in America = MIA **Gasp** CaliforMIA and Made in America are the same song!!!

can we all appreciate that the cast members didn't hit their heads on that huge pipe over the balcony also, yes, curt taught kendall well also also, your commentary is so freaking amazing

Has anyone yet questioned *how is Lauren supposed to give birth to Wiggly once she has a doll* ?? WHAT DOES WIGGLY WANT HER TO DO WITH THAT DOLL???

Dylan was born to sing romantic duets that I would cry to

Half of this video is dissecting the economic, social, and political undertones in the show, and the other half is thirsting over Jaime, and if that's not the Starkid fandom in a nutshell, I don't know what is.

As someone who has seen way too many rankings of songs in this show, this is honestly the best and finally gives take me back the respect it deserves. Commentary on point. And yes, I was not born a lesbian but I heard Kim sing and realized I am no fool, I know an angel when I hear one.

I didn’t notice the parallels between CaliforMIA and Made In America until this, oh my god Also notice that Lex’s dreams focus on acting, a career in the arts, something made to make people feel things, and the end of the world is caused by mindless manufacturing and fake happiness. _Notice it._

is it just me or Kendall the cutest soul ever like ksjdjejdnd I love her

"Joey being the secret villain of this show is honestly one of the best twists in Starkid canon and he absolutely outdid himself with this role" Statement that easily applies to Tin Can Bros. too! ;)

im so glad someone else appreciate the little "pep" in tom's step in "do you want to play"

I really hate the fact that everyone dislikes California, it’s actually a really true song written from the heart of a struggling group of young people.

I love how hilariously over the top Robert Manion's acting as Chris Kringle is. Like they really nailed the High School Musical vibe

Ok but imagine in like 10 more years when Kendall becomes like the new queen of Starkid and she RUNS THIS SHIT

This highlighted things I never even thought about. I love how much you can feel the love between Tom and Becky, and the way that Dylan's and Kim's voices compliment each other. Got literall chills at Take Me Back.

i love how much you are a jeff falsetto and lyrics stan when im always seeing comments about ppl saying that they dont like his falsetto or songs much. love all of your comments.

One thing I love about the lighting for the show is that it primarily uses reds and greens, which you can say is for the Christmas theme, but red can stand for danger and blood, and green is primarily envy, greed, and wealth. It's a double meaning and I think that's amazing coming from someone who wants to do lighting design for shows in the future.

Theory about Monsters and Men: I firmly believe it's both a call to action for the President and a way for Gen. McNamara to gather his gumption because I think he may have some psychic ability. He knew he was going to step into the Black and White and face both Wiggly and (if the other theory holds, Uncle Wiley aka Wilbur Cross his former mentor) aka the things he dreads

Fun Fact: during the first few performances of the show they didn’t have Teds costume out of storage so Joey came out as the Cinaplex boy so instead of the interaction between Ted and Paul, Paul and Bill actually hugged (this is what I heard)

this goes from "Hnng girl hot" to "this is what's wrong with the economic system in America" to "BABY BABY BABY"

This also reminded me that i am bisexual by the grace of Dylan Saunders and Joey Ritcher damn near ALONE

So I was singing along to made in america while watching this and my cat started meowing. The thing is when he meows I always respond so my wires crossed and I started singing made in america to the key of my cats meowing

Take me back invented romantic love

How dare you make me cry over almost all of these songs by telling me the callbacks/subtext. Fantastic.

I don’t think they every really told Lex that Ethan died ALSO I really agree with what you were saying about how they write songs with certain singers in mind, take Lauren for example she has a really high octave range and they really had that in mind in firebringer Also I love Joey so I’m really happy about how high made in America was

Take Me Back is one of the greatest Starkid songs ever written.

I like that you appreciate and enjoy Jeff’s falsetto just as much as I do

Conspiracy theory: you only put what if tomorrow come low on the list so you could put CalifornMIA after and have us all experience the pure emotional whiplash of that jarring experience

jaime in a suit: where all lesbians share a brain

7:20 Cinematic Parallels: Dab in TGWDLM vs Dab in WITC

i think you’re the first person i’ve seen who hasn’t put the wiggly jingle last or second last and honestly thank you?? it’s a fucking BOP and james is so hyped, curt is so cute, angela is so feral, and kim is so beautiful i just love them 🥺

If I didn’t already like girls I swear to god this musical would’ve turned me gay I just,,,, the vocals

THANK GOD WE LOVE A BECKY STAN. AND THE CURT LOVE DURING WIGGLE JINGLE. HIS POINTS ARE SO CUTE. OP UR TASTE IS GOD TIER

Ngl, "Take Me Back" is always the one Black Friday song I forget because I just couldn't connect with it. But seeing you put it at #1 and explain WHY really made me appreciate the song a whole lot more and understand why so many more people love it. Overall, wonderful list and great commentary! Well done!

Lex in Black Friday actually kills me, especially in the second verse. The pure, barely contained rage in "Is there some lesson to learn? Should I never have wanted? I never even GOT STARTED! Or were the decks always just this stacked." The non-question that is the last line there; she knows they were and she's ALWAYS known that in some sense but she still let herself hope. She hid it behind this IDGAF attitude but deep down she *hoped* and *wanted* and now she's faced with the fact that it was all for naught. Even though she's prepared herself for failiure her whole live it still hurts because she let herself hope for it.

Jeff Blim’s voice is amazing and it would probably be really easy to voice crack with an amazing voice like that. But Jeff still controls it. That’s what I love about his voice🙂

This is the tom content I go online to see

21:41 never seen anyone, let alone the goofy and lovable Joey Richter, that angry looking whilst singing. Huge amount of talent.

JEFF BLIMS SQUEAK WHEN SHE SAID “i missed you” ME TOO HUN ME TOO WHY DO I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH

the video i've been waiting for since bf premiered haha edit: can i just say i love the titles you gave for corey's short songs, he's truly a king

What you said about Kim in Wiggly Jingle is so true, I’ve had that part of the song in my head since the show came out Actually everything you said is true and I love this show so much

hello yes i am in love w every starkid woman that is all thank you for listening

do you ever think about mcnamara's pained but resolute expression interacting with wiley and how wiley was likely the mentor he mentioned that swore loyalty to wiggley and then vanished (wiley being human in the b&w instead of a sniggle or something else, the name wilbur is similar to wiley, "i was a colonel once") and how it probably represents that sometimes you have to stand against the people you care about because anyone can be corrupted and even though you care about them you have to go against everything they believe in order to do what's right, which often leads to estrangement from those loved ones bc i do. a lot.

I will stan Angela, Lex Foster and Californ M.I.A til I die because mood

For me Black Friday (the song) has two meanings. Both one in the musical (which you hit on the head) and personally. While no my situation is far from Lex's, that song still hits it for me. My parents have been divorced and even 10 years later it's the most stressful part of my life. We see him every other weekend and almost every weekend I feel conflicted on going, and that's where the other meaning for the line "Friday is black for me" comes for me. I could go on forever about how I interpreted each line lol

We finally have a kid starkid-

Ok but you had no right (ABSOLUTELY NONE) to make me realize Tim died alone IN A CAR without his dad

Headcanon: Hannah was looking at her hands in What If Tomorrow Comes because Webby was crawling across them

"my lesbian ranking" the ONLY opinion I care abt is a lesbian's opinion

1:08 And here we see Dylan turn into Betelgeuse On a different note I appreciate the amount of commentary in here; I'm less obligated to disagree with rankings because you obviously understand and love all the songs which is really fun to see. My personal favorite is Monsters and Men because I'm a huge Jeff fan.

That Creme Brûlée lyric doesn’t sound like much until you find out one of the main ingredients in a Creme Brûlée is fire.

The way Jaime’s headband Pom Pom’s bounce after her line in the jingle I can’t so adorable

ARE WE NOT GOING TO DISCUSS HIS *VOICE* AT 26:56 ? BECAUSE WE SHOULD. "IN TIME TO LOVE YOU" LIKE UGH SIR, YOU ARE PERFECTION AND IF YOUR VOICE WAS A PERSON I WOULD GLADLY LET IT STAB ME IN THE THROAT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME

Love that we all agreed as a fandom that Corey is a king

I literally forgot what this video was multiple times bc I was so into the music

When I saw Black Friday live Joey actually sang the chorus of made in America in his falsetto

dang i’ve watched a lot of black friday song rankings and this one really made me feel things i’m not sure if i agree with everything but dang your comments really made the impact of the songs come through dang

after rewatching the show i can’t get over the fact that wiggly “preys on your deepest wants” and becky is there because a child patient (likely if not explicitly stated to be dying) only wants a wiggly

this is the only valid black friday starkid ranking

your commentary is AMAZING and I say that as a lesbian (in love with Lauren but that's another thing) and a poor ass leftie lmao

I literally fall asleep listening to What If Tomorrow Comes. I know that they probably all die at the end, but it just reassures me that tomorrow could come, and it could be better :)

I'm gonna preface this with the fact that I already put this in another rankings comments so if you already read it, I'm sorry. Now before we get into my whole mini essay with WITC I'm thinking about what you just said and I agree entirely but I am also weak and I hope my babies are okay. This leads into the fact, I live In an area right by an airport and the largest navy base in the world. The plane doesnt sound like anything besides one would hear at an airshow. Starkid might not know that though so I'm not gonna judge. President Goodman does already know what's happening so it could be argued that those planes could be bring feds and relief in the wake of this disaster. Now on to the fun part. There is something about What If Tomorrow that sticks with me. Every single time without fail when I listen to it I get chills. There certain parts that really stand out to me in it. The adding of the drums when Kendall sings adds such a weight to the music. The fact that Hannah doesnt sing throughout the show and also clearly doesn't like talking just makes this moment that much more impactful. When someone who never talks has something to say, you listen. Then the camera work. My favorite type of shot is the unbroken follow shot and the way it's used in this is perfect. The way the harmonies are layer back in forth in a not necessarily messy but rather organic matter works so well. It's like everyone is having their own thought and each and everyone is processing what is happening. In this show and TGWDLM, the way voices get layered back and forth while not forced is very clean and obviously arranged. It works because they arent thinking for themselves. In this song it's nothing but free thought and fear. Now on to quite possibly my favorite part. The counting. When you count down, you typically say all the numbers. If not, one usually does it by evens. Who counts down by odds. No one. It makes it just that much more tense and unnerving because it pushes forward this feeling that something is wrong. Now my favorite part. Kendall's last line. Her acting is amazing in this song but it stands out none more than this line. You can see the contempt and almost anger in her eyes as she sees what is about to happen. Her voice is nothing but pure emotion and it hits so heavy. Her final part is by far the most intense part of the show.

I swear, the beginning of Califor M.I.A startles me everytime and I don't know why

I think it’s funny that both (one of) the last song(s) and the first song on your ranking is a Becky/Tom duet

I'm so happy you put What do You Say in the top 5 cause I feel like everyone disregards that song but its so. good. I swear to god. play it at all my major life moments. I'm talking graduation, wedding, birth of child, funeral. All.

Finally someone who appreciates Jeff’s falsetto! It makes me so angry when people hate on him

when Shermans choking Lex, i wish that were me

deck the halls of northville high has NO RIGHT to be as bopping as it is. also am i the only one noticing how they faded into the studio version of feast or famine for the "squee squee" line?

curt was living his best life and I love him so much

I finally found someone who doesn't shit on Take Me Back! It's so beautiful and the vocals are so incredible. People also say that Tom and Becky's relationship was unnecessary and an afterthought but I disagree. This song just shows that adults go through a lot of shit too but don't always get their happiness back because they are afraid. Becky and Tom were both afraid and they could be afraid together. ILTSM

Kim: sings in her amazing voice | The Lesbians™️: MA’AM ARE YOU AWARE I WOULD DIE FOR YOU-

You’re the only person I’ve seen who’s given any reason for putting What If Tomorrow Comes low, and it’s a GOOD reason too. Literally everyone else is like “ahaha isn’t this an amazing song!” and I’m just sitting here like yeah. Why’s it so low then. ALSO thank you for loving a supporting Jeff’s falsetto.

i love this video so much your insights are so deep and meaningful and i almost entirely agree with your ranking anyways thank u for making it!! (and when i noticed hannah vibing in the back of caliform.i.a. i IMMEDIATELY went oh shes stimming!!!! im so happy it wasnt just me!!)

Dude the explanation for why "What if tomorrow comes" is exactly how I feel about it. It's a fantastic song, but it is emotionally exhausting to listen to

Thank you for reminding me how gay Kim Whalen's voice makes me

I forced my parents to watch Black Friday when it came out. I told them it was advertised as a Horror Comedy, but that I thought it was a lot darker and hit the feels more than most horror comedies do. They didn't believe me because the only other one they've watched parts of are hmb and avpm. My mum was crying at multiple points and my dad said that the song Black Friday hit home for him as it reminded him of his childhood. I agree wholeheartedly with all of your comments on black friday, I literally crying every time

FINALLY SOMEONE IS GIVING THE ATTENTION CHARLOTTE/TED DESERVES!!! I'LL GO DOWN WITH THIS TRASHCAN OTP

Joey's vocals in Made in America were just

You really just HAD TO do that to me with the end of What if Tomorrow Comes?

Everyone in Starkid has such good voices and they could step on me-

My favourite thing about What If Tomorrow Comes? Is the image of Tim just sitting in Emma's car, just waiting patiently while all this dramatic shit goes down

There is an unusual amount of songs in this musical that have Les Mis vibes (and what if tomorrow comes has an extra dash of Rent)

The King's exit ranked higher than his entrance

29:50 IM NOT EVEN JOKING I LITERALLY STARTED CRYING AFTRR THAT JSXJJDJEJS HER VOICE IS THE LAST CONFORMATION I NEEDED TO KNOW IM BI DAMN

1:05 Do You Want to Play is actually one of my favorite songs. From a musical standpoint, it's just gorgeous.

OK BUT in What If Tomorrow Comes I LOVE how the TGWDLM cast is in their TGWDLM costumes it's amazing