The Gospel According To Sean

So as you may know I've seen 'Altar Boyz' a few times now (well ok fine, three to be exact!) That currently holds the record for the most times I've seen a show.

I loved it!

And I was lucky enough to have the boys cameo in the latest episode of the show!!!

Take a look- they do a pretty awesome Improv cameo!

Season 2 Episode 2- yes it's now posted, it's called 'The Gospel According To Sean'. It takes place a week after episode 1 of the Season, with Jarrod still on a mission to save Mindy. Sean hasn't heard from him, and he hasn't heard from Steff and Matt in a long time either. He's feeling quite alone and is losing faith in the group- will they all actually make it to Broadway in December?

Sean dumps the gear from his school bag on the ground in search of some homework and finds a flyer from someone at the train station...it leads Sean off on another adventure!

Meanwhile that bag...

You'll have to see what happens next week! Let's put it this way though- it's going to be BIG!

A BIG thanks to all my special guests this week- you guys rock! :)

Sean

Last Shows of Altar Boyz

Hey Melbourne,

So this week Altar Boyz finishes its run in Melbourne, unfortunately early due to low ticket sales.

BUT you can catch them BEFORE they go.

And you should- because it's an amazingly funny show, with intense dancing and great singing.

I'm seeing it tomorrow night with a group of like 16 people- it's very exciting!

So DON'T miss it, whatever you do!!!!

Sean

www.altarboyz.com.au

Jarrod's List of Fun Facts #1

Hello to you, and you, and you, but not to you. Yeah, I see you there. You, in the grey. Where's my money? *BANG* Yeah, gonna give me my money? You got 36 hours. Bitch.

Sorry, you know how we pimps get.

Well, it's time for a new segment of the blog I like to call "Jarrod's List of Fun Facts"
This is where you'll find out random, probably not that important, behind-the-scenes facts about the show and our real lives.

1) "I Wish I Could Go And Meet Johnny" was recorded 3-4 times before Jarrod was happy.
2) During the Season 2 episode "Act 2", Jarrod has an iPod. This is Sean's iPod, as Jarrod lost his.
3) During any scene with that iPod, Jarrod was actually listening to Avenue Q.
4) Sean once complained in 2005 to his and Jarrod's Drama teacher that Jarrod was a pain to work with during the filming of a movie called "2 B D-Sided". Some things never change.
5) The dates we are going to New York are 14th December - 22nd December. We miss out entirely on December 23rd due to time differences, and arrive back on Christmas Eve.
6) Jarrod will be missing his sisters 24th birthday due to the holiday.
7) Jarrod and Sean teamed up again in 2006 to film another movie for their school Drama class. It was called "Captain" and was incredibly funny. Sean played a character known only as "The Homo" and Jarrod played the exchange student, "The Mexican". They had 3 girls with them who played characters such as "The Skank", "The Freak" and "The Druggie"
8) The puppet in Episode 3 was performed by Jarrod (as the head, voice, and left hand). Sean's girlfriend Cath, (who also played herself in an episode), performed the right hand.

So there you are. 8 things you may not have known about the world of "Sean, The Aussie Fan of [title of show]'s Show" and the world of Sean, Jarrod, Matt and Steff.
There will be more to come. For now, sleep tight...
Hey, what you doing back in here? Where's my money? Don't you run out on me! HEY!

WATCH THE FIRST EPISODE OF SEASON 2!!!!

Season 2 and a Shout Out!

Hey there everybody!

So today we're finishing off Episode 1 of Season 2 of 'Sean The Aussie Fan Of [title of show]'s Show' so be ready for some awesome fun as we kick of the Second Season of the Show!

This season will have a little bit of a change in direction, as we're not exactly getting to Broadway any quicker- we are 100% in for December- so the 'How do we get to Broadway' joke is kind of used up...so instead you'll get to prepare for the trip with us! And going by the last season and how long it went- this season should take us right to the doorstep of the Lyceum theatre!

Pretty exciting!

[title of show] just posted the latest ep of their show and it's great! Check it out here at www.titleofshow.com

Jarrod's not going to be happy about Mindy!!!!

And now a lil shout out...

Currently in Melbourne there is a great show playing- and I'm not talking about Wicked (still great as well) but I'm talking about a much smaller show playing opposite. Five guys take to the stage nightly and perform in an amazingly energetic show- 'Altar Boyz'. Seriously folks, do yourselves a favour and see THIS SHOW! Rush tickets are only $25, and normal tix are max $48 if you're going to book online.

The show is about a Christian Boy Band (The Altar Boyz) on the last night of their national tour- it's witty, it's clever, it's very energetic (the choreography will leave you amazed and laughing- a LOT!) the songs are really catchy, it's cheap as to go and see and it has heart!

Go see it! You'll love it!

And the cast is just FANTASTIC! I took a bunch of friends and we all LOVED IT!

Go On Check it Out!

www.altarboyz.com.au

GO THERE! BOOK TICKETS! SEE THIS SHOW

Need more convincing- well here's some video:

Well are you going yet?

Keep a look out for our video tonight!

Sean

Everything Old Is New Again

Heyloo,

So over a year ago now Jarrod, Matt (although he was in Vietnam at the time) and I launched into the professional theatre circuit with our own mini musical called 'Boy Banned' about a guy called 'Stew' who got kicked out of a boy band. It was a little solo show, with lots of film to accompany it. 

Anyway that version of the show didn't exactly get the best reviews (we were a lil underrehearsed because of the whole 'Hey insurance' thing!).

But we've always felt that Boy Banned had something special within it's scripted dialogue. So like all good Boy Bands (dam get back together NSYNC!) 'Boy Banned' is making a come back!

Yes we're setting out to rewrite the show, include all the cast members, add new songs and rework the old songs and create a much better 'Boy Banned'.

For now though- to keep fully up to date- you can add the Musical to your myspace friends (click here) and while you're there check out two of the original songs from the original show as well as a stack of Boy Banned photos (like the one above) that we took in a publicity shoot for the show.

Then when the show's up and running come and see us at like the Comedy Festival or something.

For some fun facts this was the original song list from the 'Original Cast Recording':

1. Love Drought

2. Cannibal Capers

3. Compute My Loving

4. The First Recording

5. Farewell

6. A Perfect Ending

7. On Hold

8. Cop That

9. I'm Your Van Gogh

10. We're No Toy Boyz

Farewell and Cannibal Capers can be heard on www.myspace.com/boybannedthemusical

Sean

Long Time No Blog

Hey peeps!

Ok thankfully Jarrod has blog posted of late which is dandy because this place would be stinking up and dying otherwise.

So what's new?

Well we're still in the season break of the show- I'm meant to be filming another piece of bonus footage for you all- but well, that hasn't happened yet.

Plans have begun for season 2, which is super duperly excited and that will be arriving soon.

Jarrod, Matt and I are currently revising one of our previous musicals- you can go to it's myspace www.myspace.com/boybannedthemusical - there it has all sorts of fun things like photos and music demos from the original version of the song. Dodgy yes, no versions and songs coming soon.

December is getting closer and we're super pumped. We where's Wally'd ourselves on Heidi's cartoon that she got for opening night- (see http://www.titleofshow.com/ and then go to their blog to find it) we're up in the top right hand corner, and it's so cool! [tos]tralians represent!

Anyway I have a big day of my course about to start, with a vocal class and a movement class this morning (time to get my dance on) and a business class this afternoon.

Have a good one peoples.
More wonderful funny videos coming soon, I promise.

Sean,
The Aussie Fan Of [title of show]

PS: Jarrod we need to get Matt to blog, and Steff onto this blog.

The Ode To Johnny - The E! True Hollywood Story

Hello fellow Johnny fans, fans of the YouTube show, or some random person thats entered the blog and is now dazed and confused.
Last night, my brilliant Ode To Johnny went on the air... On the internet...
And what an ode it was. Sprites references. Avenue Q references. Stalking references! How can you go wrong?
Well, we did go wrong.

See, this Ode was SUPPOSED to be in the episode entitled "Jarrod, The Aussie Fan Of John Tartaglia's Show" or "The Understudy" The scenes were filmed for it, the song was recorded. This wasn't my first time re-doing the Avenue Q song "I Wish I Could Go Back To College" As I mentioned in a previous blog I re-wrote the song, which we called "I Wish I Was Back In Year 7", and Sean and I performed it live at our final year 12 assembly last year. The song (and a film clip that's just as funny) is on the Lazy Creations Group YouTube page.
ANYWAY back to the story.

So as we imported the footage, Sean's computer goes all spaz-like and freezes. We shut down the computer and try again. By this stage, I've gone home. Sean messages me saying "We didn't save the Ode To Johnny and we lost it.

So the episode airs with no ode. Bugger.

I go around to Sean's place a couple of weeks later. We film and blah-blah-blah. I wasn't paying much attention. As long as I don't have to dress like Shakespeare again, I'm happy! Before I go, I decide to re-record the song. We make sure we save it, then listen to it back. I've actually forgotten what was wrong with it, but it wasn't quite right... Oh that's right I punched someone for mocking me halfway through. Good times...

So we record it again. Sound's wonderful! Except for the end. The ending sounds rushed. Ah well, off I go home... To stress out about the rushed ending. I continuously beg Sean not to put it on the internet like that! He didn't.

So fast forward about 3 weeks later. I'm at Sean's. We may have filmed the trailer, I can't remember. Man that was a weird day. So by this stage I've recorded the song three times - or thrice, as the olden day people say. Pretty friggen' pedantic of me, right? Wrong!

So finally the song was recorded and listen to a couple of times. It worked out great. Sean edited the video and we now have "The Ode To Johnny" in all it's glory. Sean's going to pass it on to Jeff Bowen who will hopefully pass it on to mr Johnny Tartaglia himself. Soon we'll know what Johnny thinks of it. But for now, here are the lyrics:

I wish I could go and meet Johnny

My life would be so complete then

What would I give?

To go out and live

Right near him in Hell’s Kitchen…

I wish I could go and meet Johnny

With Johnny I’d know who I am

Even though I’m not gay

I’d love him anyway

As much as a hetero can!

How do I go and meet Johnny

I don’t know what to do anymore

I wanna go to New York

Find his studios

And tell him it’s he I adore

In a straight way!

I wish I could just meet the sprites

Get to him through them

Though they aren’t real

Am I condemned?

Let me just remind you that I’m straight again

I could be

On the set of his great show

Watching the scenes that he does

Praising the lord for the chance that he gave me

But I’m not, and I’m sad because…

I wish I could go and meet Johnny

How do I go and meet Johnny?

Oh

I wish he were still playing Princeton

But if I were to go and meet Johnny

Think what I loser I’d be

He might see this vid

And think, “Who’s that kid?

He’s virtually on the brink of stalking

Me”

CHEERS!
Jarrod, the Aussie Fan Of John Tartaglia