Newsies Minute

Hey! Well....um...haha here's the recording of the livestream that we did to cover the last couple seconds of the movie and the end credits. There are so many topics covered. Who wrote the lyrics? What of ceiling fans? Is there any fanfiction that Erin (who claims she didn't write it) could read on the air, what did we get each other for Christmas, an FMK, and like 3 announcements of things that are either well-established or even over by now. So....yeah! We had a great time on this show. Don't stop telling your Newsies loving friends about it! We love new listeners!

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"Wait," you say. "I though Newsies Minute was over! They finished the movie! They did a whole livestream about it!" Well, that's true. But we weren't *entirely* done. We had one more interview to do. We got the chance to sit down with Michael John Hughes, who plays Romeo and Spot in the Arena Stage production of Newsies: The Musical: The Stage Version, and have a really interesting conversation about what it's like to come into the Newsies fandom from the other direction. Michael John is a lovely person and it was a really fun interview, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

In this, the final minute of the podcast proper (join us tomorrow night for the livestream where we'll cover the rest!), James's voice sounds like absolute trash. Pointy Pokey takes Jack's stuff back to the Boarding House, maybe?, Jack sees Skittery, David is a Newsie now (you can tell by the hat), Crutchie misunderstands, Sarah gets some, An Erin Mystery is Solved, and the process of what happens when a Newsie kisses someone is finally explained, James ruins the whole podcast and then he makes the same joke as he did in Minute 108, and finally, we discuss credits (actually weirdly opening credits) and specifically James Bond credits, and then we talk about Hunchback of Notre Dame, which James claims to have not seen, and he hadn't when we recorded, but now he has seen it (he did a newsletter about it for December on the Patreon!)

A few months ago, we had the amazing opportunity to sit down with Michael Goorjian, who played Skittery in Newsies, and pick his brain about hanging out on set, creating character backstory, and making movies that aren't Newsies...technically. The audio on this one is a little bit rough, but the conversation is worth it. Thank you so, so much to Michael for taking the time to chat with us, and to our friend Katy for knowing that he's on Twitter and suggesting we reach out.

Jack gets out of a carriage. David is really a newsie now. Spoilers for M*A*S*H and season 1 of The Good Place.

The Jacobses are BEREFT. H.H. Holmes is NOT in this movie. Kid Blink is Skittery. Crutchy is Jack. What is happening.

Some guys in the background are evil! We learn a thing about something we’ve assumed to be true all along. Mush(?) carries around Jack’s stuff.

Crutchy gets out on his own. James spoils a very old Simpsons episode, and then confuses a joke. We’ve been operating under a false assumption for months.

Not a lot going on in this minute, everyone. There’s a crowd. It’s cheering. Denton does Jack a concern. We explore an alternate universe where Bill Pullman is acting better than we realize in most of his movies. Ten Pin returns! (Probably.)

In this episode, Pulitzer goes through a wide range of emotions, a compromise is struck and then vastly overstated, then we basically outline Newsies: Aftermath, then Erin talks about a rabbit hole she fell down. Then James accurately predicts when the credits start.

In this episode, Seitz is a stand-up (and stand-still) guy, Pulitzer's hearing is investigated, Pulitzer is out of touch with the youths, we discover another Significant Other of Jack's, Medda is FINE, we figure out how many hours it was before Jack broke the deal, Jack gleans some information from one encounter, Erin "No But"'s James's amazing joke about Seitz as a hitman (she was right to do so), then we talk about coffee cake for a little bit. Then I imagine someone ELSE as a hitman. Then social media leads us to a discussion of date order in the United States vs date order in other countries (MOST other countries?), James continues his streak of talking about cutting things he doesn't end up cutting. Also examples of bonus bonus content.

In this episode, LET THE GREAT DEBATE COMMENCE

In this episode, we figure out who carries whom, Erin wins a math thing, Racetrack has a catchphrase(?), we consider some Newsies Minute merch, who is Papa Seitz disgruntled with?, The Decimator messes up a name and Kenny Ortega doesn't call cut, then he takes a swing at a joke and does it bad, and Jack aims for Max(casella)10 swagger

In this episode, Luke Edwards is known for his ability to say "NO", THE TRIUMPH, James posits a theory, Erin SLAMS New York City (SLAM a la Finish It), The 3-part Boots Manifesto, Girls Still Want Rights, David looks dirty, possibly because of a fun-loving Inkfight, and finally, James makes a BAD JOKE/REF THAT MAKES NO SENSE, but I (James) couldn't cut it because it leads to the 5.5 minute discussion about protests, war, tv, pop culture messing up our headcanons of whent things happen, and John Lennon & Yoko Ono that consumes the rest of the show

James tells us all about Teddy Roosevelt (you know, the guy from Newsies). Erin forgets the format of the show for about 9 minutes. We have no idea how there is as much of this movie left as there clearly is.

Someone says Denton’s name, just, so strangely. James is still frustrated with Boots. A surprising number of boys are able to read in this movie.

What is the geography of the area around the World distribution center? James gets extremely frustrated with Boots. A cart is literally put before a horse.

The newsies have to be very, very quiet while they do some very loud activities. Erin is baffled by some paper. Also, how does *time* work in the Piano Basement? Is Ben Franklin a ghost? James researches printing presses.

Today’s minute ends so nicely it’s just *chef’s kiss*. David is a Tik-Tok star, and just so sarcastic. Denton is a big huge printing press nerd. James make a Spanish-American war joke, and we write a deleted scene.

IT'S MINUTE 100!!!!! In this episode, finishes what he was saying, to very little fanfare or reaction, Jack continues an argument, Denton is a good journalist, David tries smoldering, Les is there, and Sarah has changed her outfit. We figure out whose stuff that is in the distribution center basement. James makes an upsetting joke and we figure out the proper medium for Denton's inspiring speech.

Today, we're going to party like it's Minute 99. In this episode, the camera focuses on some symbolism ( Symbolism...), the Delanceys waste some time, Jack uses his head, Les acts like a real tough guy, and we discuss a very memorable twitter interaction

In this episode, Sarah continues to be attacked and the general populace seems uninterested. Her brothers join the fray. Will they be victorious? Also, Erin criticizes Sarah's punch (but not the circumstances that lead to a punch worth criticizing) and James gives a report on brass knuckles.

In this episode, women have always had it rough, just trying to walk down the street, Jack and the Delanceys aren't great at banter, Sarah tries an accent, James saw the sign and he looked it up, and Les does as he's directed.

In this episode, David didn't get laid, the start of a mini-movie, possibly partially written by Charles Dickens, Weasel vacillates wildly between two tones and also is making it up as he goes along, Erin wonders about Jack's bag of...pots?, Erin and James reveal that they've never been arrested, Erin wonders about Jack's new lodgings and the musical accoutrements, Alan Mencken hatches a nefarious plan to get another song into the show, Erin does James's job for him, and finally we talk about EYC for a little bit! It's a wild beginning to the week.

We discover the secret B plot of the movie! Les has been hiding something. We solve out some more timeline puzzles.

It’s a short minute today. David fails a flight check, and would probably have failed his fight check if he’d gotten to roll one, but he did great on his grit roll.

For some reason, David is surprised at the revelation that Jack has lied to him. James does possibly the best bit of the entirety of Newsies Minute.

Jack is taken down a few pegs. The Newsies are taken down a few pegs. Everything is just really, really bad for everyone.

The Disney universe spirals in on itself as a character from Newsies marries a princess. Crutchy creeps on Jack. David gets aggressive and Racetrack…is a kindergarten teacher?

In this episode, Erin doesn't notice things about Jack's cell. Crutchie returns! There's an obvious potato/roll. James could have used the phrase "Not yucking yums" and it would have been PERFECT, but he didn't. What did Crutchie Durden do to the saurkraut? We make some more cases for The Refuge being better than the Boarding House, but then James points out a very good reason to not want to be there. We take a hard stance against child abuse. There's an iconic Away Message-worthy line. Jack breaks the hard news about life to Crutchie. And we wrap up by Erin not noticing more things about the cell!

In this episode, reprise or reprise? Ogle or ogle? A continuity error, Seitz needs to give up his villainous ways because they're making him say buckwild things, Jack has options, Can criminals wear hats?, Jack says the realest teen thing, David gives in too easily, and finally a good transition into Jack's cell. Why is he alone? Where's his bed? Oh, there it is.

In this episode, Erin suddenly yanks us all the way to the end of the minute to question the physics of something that James had thought was just fairly realistic, and in doing so also manages to plug another podcast she makes, The Third Temptation of Jack, we discuss how David would fare in The Refuge, James accidentally makes an unflattering comparison, then he says a thing that he decided not to edit out, we discuss the pros and cons of The Refuge vs the Boarding House, and Erin closes out the episode by once again questioning the physics depicted at the end of the minute. What's with her today? OOH plus NPR voices!

In this episode, James makes a Biblical connection and then acts it out, then he does some math, then wha--NO SHUT UP! NO YOU SHUT UP AND LISTEN! YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND LISTEN TO ME!!!!

In this episode, Pulitzer treats Jack like a dog, makes historically inaccurate (though technically not wrong) statements about we, and commits to all the bits. Then the rest of the episode we talk about chess. James makes wrong statements about Harry Potter, chess, and a name he's said mere seconds beforehand. Also, Erin correctly interprets something James reads and he interprets it incorrectly. So that's frustrating (This is James writing, by the way). It's a journey.

David is a Marx Brother; Seitz is cranky; some cheerleaders get murdered?

Racetrack is the best babysitter. David rides under a carriage. FORESHADOWING!

Les saves a sausage. James tells us about Kenny Ortega, who we have apparently not yet learned about.

It’s a bunch of food talk as we dive deep into the meaning behind the Tibby’s menu.

Denton breaks a promise he technically never made, and David acts like a child.

In this episode, Jack's spot gets blown completely up. Like, publicly. Like, it's savage. Woof. This is a dark episode. We get into it and then something happens where it's clear we've been operating under COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ASSUMPTIONS ALL WEEK. It's truly a wild moment.

In this episode, Spot objects, the boys are fined, but Moneybags Denton shows up in a...bowtie?, How did David escape?, the Newsies are relieved, Racetrack is either relieved for envious about Jack's shiner, a Fellas-off has a clear winner, and we imagine Sarah having a grand revelation. Erin and James pitch their twitter accounts and James finds a dream journal from an abandoned project.

In this episode, we talk about a side of Jack that we rarely see, and then we talk about another side of Jack we rarely see. We discuss how crowd surfing sucks, discuss whether Jack could have fought better, learn about a new (old) actor, and discuss strategies for watching a movie minute by minute along with a By the Minute podcast

In this episode, Medda screams, Racetrack takes a punch, David leads with his mouth, Jack pushes his luck, the People United Will Never Be Defeated, and James finds a movie that one of these boys was in on the internet.

In this episode, James makes a bad joke, James summarizes the opening of a different movie, Harold's unnamed wife is not in the mood for another riot, Butt. Still. (this was the alternate title), Kenny Ortega: Master Cheerleading Guy, Anne Margaret is DONE., Denton happens to notice Snyder, we imagine Denton in different eras, Snyder vs Snide, James mispronounces Dutch words, Denton uses some new lingo on not a great burn, #Snide, another round of "What are they drinking?", David points someone out to Jack, and Jack steals a kiss

There is some SEXUAL. TENSION. In this minute folks. Sarah gets all dolled up for no reason, but she looks really pretty so it’s okay (even if her dress is falling apart). Medda doesn’t use a set piece.

That wolf at your door is a legit Disney villain—he probably steeples his fingers a lot. Kid Blink makes Medda a little noivous. Everyone knows the song.

We’re still rallying. This minute contains James’s favorite line of the movie. Erin finds a fascinating Tumblr: https://newsboys-of-1899.tumblr.com/

Pulitzer makes up, just, so much stuff. A guy pees in a fireplace. Racetrack is a delight. Kid Blink is…Mark Wahlberg?

Pulitzer is so far off his rocker it’s all the way on the other side of the room…unlike Erin’s dog Torg, who is so close you can hear him gnawing on a bone for part of this episode—apologies, everyone! Erin derails us into a whole tangent about PBS’s “Ghostwriter” (which we have since confirmed aired from 1992-1995), and then the Ninja Turtles, and then Peter Pan, and outs her childhood self as being just a big old goober.

Most of this episode is dedicated to The Mayor, The Chief of Police, and the actors that portrayed them. We also continue to ship Pultizer and Seitz. This episode is a ride.