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The video opens with a shot of a reader board from Sacramento Community
College. It reads: Sacramento Community College Players Presents “Prop
8 – The Musical.” The shot cuts to the interior of an auditorium. The
stage is set up to look like a beach. A group of beachgoers come out
from offstage, dressed to appear gay. The “gay” ensemble includes
Jordan Ballard, Margaret Cho, Barrett Foa, J.B. Ghuman Jr., John Hill,
Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Rashad Naylor, and Nicole Parker. The shot
cuts to Marc Shaiman playing the piano.
Gay ensemble (singing): It’s a brand new bright Obama day. What a time to be black, a girl, or gay. No, nothing could go wrong. So, join us in this song of happy days, for the gays, nothing can go wrong!
John C. Reilly and Allison Janney pop up from behind a beach umbrella.
John C. Reilly: Look nobody’s watching. It’s time to spread some hate and put it in the Constitution.
Allison Janney: Now? How?
John C. Reilly: Proposition 8
John C. Reilly unfurls a giant, rolled piece of paper with Prop 8 written at the top in bold letters.
John C. Reilly, Allison Janney and gay ensemble: Proposition 8!
Gay ensemble (frightened): Proposition 8!
The shot cuts to a “conservative” ensemble that includes Kathy Najimy, Jenifer Lewis, Craig Robinson, Rashida Jones, Lake Bell, Sarah Chalke, and Katharine Leonard.
Conservative Ensemble: Right!
John C. Reilly and Conservative ensemble: People listen to our plea. They’ll teach kids about sodomy! Sodomy!
A group of frightened, “average” citizens is shown rushing toward a voting booth and John C. Reilly and the conservative ensemble are shown congratulating themselves.
Gay ensemble: That wasn’t right. That’s a lie!
Conservative ensemble: But it worked, so we don’t care.
Gay ensemble: Now you wish we’d all shut up.
Conservative ensemble: But make our clothes and fix our hair.
Gay Ensemble: And our love’s not a sin.
Conservative ensemble: Well the Bible says it’s so.
Jack Black appears on the stage in the bright, heavenly glow and he is dressed as Jesus.
Jack Black (speaking): Well, the Bible says a lot of things, you know?
Conservative and gay ensembles: Jesus Christ!
Jack Black (speaking): Hey, how’s it going?
John C. Reilly (speaking): Jesus, doesn’t the Bible say these people are an abomination?
Jenifer Lewis: Obamanation!
Jack Black (speaking): Yeah, but you know it says the exact same thing about this shrimp cocktail.
Jack black holds up a shrimp cocktail. The conservative ensemble moves toward the shrimp cocktail.
Conservative ensemble: Mmmm, shrimp cocktail.
Jack Black (speaking): Ba ba ba ba baaaa. Leviticus says that shellfish is an abomination.
Jenifer Lewis: Obamanation!
Maya Rudolph (speaking): What else does the Bible say Jesus?
Jack Black laughs a little.
Jack Black: (speaking) The Bible says a lot of interesting things. (singing) Like you can, stone your wife or sell your daughter into slavery!
John C. Reilly (singing): Well, we ignore those verses.
Jack Black: Well then friend it seems to me, you pick and choose.
Conservative ensemble: We pick and choose.
Jack Black: Well choose love instead of hate. Besides your nation, was built on separation, of church and state. (speaking) See ya later, sinners.
Gay and Conservative ensembles (speaking): Bye Jesus. Goodbye Jesus. Bye.
Kathy Najimy: I love you, Jesus.
The shot cuts back to Marc Shaiman at the piano and Neil Patrick Harris is sitting next to him on the piano bench.
Neil Patrick Harris (speaking): You know, here’s another thought to wrap things up.
Everyone turns to look at Neil Patrick Harris who begins singing and dancing across the stage.
Neil Patrick Harris (singing): Oh, every time a gay or lesbian finds love at the parade…there’s money to be made.
Conservative ensemble: He’s right!
Neil Patrick Harris: each time two grooms say, paint the wedding hall and lavender’s the shade. There’s money to be made.
Conservative ensemble: He has a point.
Neil Patrick Harris: Think of all the carriages and four white horses. There’s millions lost from all of your disapproving.
Conservative ensemble: Well that’s not good.
Neil Patrick Harris: Think of all the lawyers for the gay divorces. Think of the tattoo removing.
Neil Patrick Harris pulls up the shirt of one of the male, gay ensemble members and a tattoo on their stomach vanishes in a sparkling flash.
Conservative ensemble: We get it now. We’ve been such fools.
Neil Patrick Harris and entire cast: I can see. America’s calling me. Gay marriages will save the economy!
The entire cast takes a bow and the shot cuts to a black screen with the following displayed in white text: To Find out More about Prop 8 and what you can do to support equal rights for gay and lesbian couples go to http://jointheimpact.com
Gay ensemble (singing): It’s a brand new bright Obama day. What a time to be black, a girl, or gay. No, nothing could go wrong. So, join us in this song of happy days, for the gays, nothing can go wrong!
John C. Reilly and Allison Janney pop up from behind a beach umbrella.
John C. Reilly: Look nobody’s watching. It’s time to spread some hate and put it in the Constitution.
Allison Janney: Now? How?
John C. Reilly: Proposition 8
John C. Reilly unfurls a giant, rolled piece of paper with Prop 8 written at the top in bold letters.
John C. Reilly, Allison Janney and gay ensemble: Proposition 8!
Gay ensemble (frightened): Proposition 8!
The shot cuts to a “conservative” ensemble that includes Kathy Najimy, Jenifer Lewis, Craig Robinson, Rashida Jones, Lake Bell, Sarah Chalke, and Katharine Leonard.
Conservative Ensemble: Right!
John C. Reilly and Conservative ensemble: People listen to our plea. They’ll teach kids about sodomy! Sodomy!
A group of frightened, “average” citizens is shown rushing toward a voting booth and John C. Reilly and the conservative ensemble are shown congratulating themselves.
Gay ensemble: That wasn’t right. That’s a lie!
Conservative ensemble: But it worked, so we don’t care.
Gay ensemble: Now you wish we’d all shut up.
Conservative ensemble: But make our clothes and fix our hair.
Gay Ensemble: And our love’s not a sin.
Conservative ensemble: Well the Bible says it’s so.
Jack Black appears on the stage in the bright, heavenly glow and he is dressed as Jesus.
Jack Black (speaking): Well, the Bible says a lot of things, you know?
Conservative and gay ensembles: Jesus Christ!
Jack Black (speaking): Hey, how’s it going?
John C. Reilly (speaking): Jesus, doesn’t the Bible say these people are an abomination?
Jenifer Lewis: Obamanation!
Jack Black (speaking): Yeah, but you know it says the exact same thing about this shrimp cocktail.
Jack black holds up a shrimp cocktail. The conservative ensemble moves toward the shrimp cocktail.
Conservative ensemble: Mmmm, shrimp cocktail.
Jack Black (speaking): Ba ba ba ba baaaa. Leviticus says that shellfish is an abomination.
Jenifer Lewis: Obamanation!
Maya Rudolph (speaking): What else does the Bible say Jesus?
Jack Black laughs a little.
Jack Black: (speaking) The Bible says a lot of interesting things. (singing) Like you can, stone your wife or sell your daughter into slavery!
John C. Reilly (singing): Well, we ignore those verses.
Jack Black: Well then friend it seems to me, you pick and choose.
Conservative ensemble: We pick and choose.
Jack Black: Well choose love instead of hate. Besides your nation, was built on separation, of church and state. (speaking) See ya later, sinners.
Gay and Conservative ensembles (speaking): Bye Jesus. Goodbye Jesus. Bye.
Kathy Najimy: I love you, Jesus.
The shot cuts back to Marc Shaiman at the piano and Neil Patrick Harris is sitting next to him on the piano bench.
Neil Patrick Harris (speaking): You know, here’s another thought to wrap things up.
Everyone turns to look at Neil Patrick Harris who begins singing and dancing across the stage.
Neil Patrick Harris (singing): Oh, every time a gay or lesbian finds love at the parade…there’s money to be made.
Conservative ensemble: He’s right!
Neil Patrick Harris: each time two grooms say, paint the wedding hall and lavender’s the shade. There’s money to be made.
Conservative ensemble: He has a point.
Neil Patrick Harris: Think of all the carriages and four white horses. There’s millions lost from all of your disapproving.
Conservative ensemble: Well that’s not good.
Neil Patrick Harris: Think of all the lawyers for the gay divorces. Think of the tattoo removing.
Neil Patrick Harris pulls up the shirt of one of the male, gay ensemble members and a tattoo on their stomach vanishes in a sparkling flash.
Conservative ensemble: We get it now. We’ve been such fools.
Neil Patrick Harris and entire cast: I can see. America’s calling me. Gay marriages will save the economy!
The entire cast takes a bow and the shot cuts to a black screen with the following displayed in white text: To Find out More about Prop 8 and what you can do to support equal rights for gay and lesbian couples go to http://jointheimpact.com
Keywords: Marc Shaiman Adam Shankman Margaret Cho Andy Richter Maya Rudolph Jack Black John C Reilly Neil Patrick Harris gay prop 8 proposition 8 prop 8 the musical prop 8 musical Rashida Jones Craig Robinson
Credits: Conceived and Written (six weeks later than he shoulda) by-Marc Shaiman
Directed and Staged by: Adam Shankman
Produced by Adam Shankman, Marc Shaiman and Mike Farah
Associate Producer: Lauren Palmigiano
Edited by Bradly Schulz and Drew Antzis
Cast (in order of appearance)
California Gays and The People Th... more >
Directed and Staged by: Adam Shankman
Produced by Adam Shankman, Marc Shaiman and Mike Farah
Associate Producer: Lauren Palmigiano
Edited by Bradly Schulz and Drew Antzis
Cast (in order of appearance)
California Gays and The People Th... more >
Credits: Conceived and Written (six weeks later than he shoulda) by-Marc Shaiman
Directed and Staged by: Adam Shankman
Produced by Adam Shankman, Marc Shaiman and Mike Farah
Associate Producer: Lauren Palmigiano
Edited by Bradly Schulz and Drew Antzis
Cast (in order of appearance)
California Gays and The People That Love Them
Jordan Ballard, Margaret Cho, Barrett Foa, J.B. Ghuman, John Hill, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Rashad Naylor, Nicole Parker
Proposition 8'ers and The People That Follow Them
Prop 8 Leader- John C. Reilly
Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife- Allison Janney
Prop 8 Leader's #2 Wife- Kathy Najimy
Riffing Prop 8'er-Jenifer Lewis
A Preacher- Craig Robinson
Scary Catholic School Girls From Hell-Rashida Jones, Lake Bell, Sarah Chalke
The Frightened Villagers
Katharine "Kooks" Leonard, Seth Morris, Denise "Esi!" Piane, Lucian Piane, Richard Read, Seth Redford, Quinton Strack, Tate Taylor, Brunson Green
Jesus Christ
Jack Black
A Very Smart Fellow
Neil Patrick Harris
Piano Player
Marc "Marc" Shaiman
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Co-Choreographer: Anne "Mama" Fletcher
Recorded and Mixed by Frank Wolf & Greg Hayes
Director of Photography: Michael Barrett
Camera Operators: Jake Szymanski, Bradly Schulz and Drew Antzis
Production designer: Nelson Coates
Costume designer: Shanna Knecht
Costume assistants: Leslie Schilling, Annalisa Adams, Elizabeth Abate
Hair: Laura Sanchez
Make-up: Shauna O'Toole, Atticuss Sharp
Production sound: Bradford Craig
Music editor: Lisa Jaime
Music assistant: Brian Naguit
Snacky: "Snacky"
Special Thanks to Adam McKay for the nudge < less
Directed and Staged by: Adam Shankman
Produced by Adam Shankman, Marc Shaiman and Mike Farah
Associate Producer: Lauren Palmigiano
Edited by Bradly Schulz and Drew Antzis
Cast (in order of appearance)
California Gays and The People That Love Them
Jordan Ballard, Margaret Cho, Barrett Foa, J.B. Ghuman, John Hill, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Rashad Naylor, Nicole Parker
Proposition 8'ers and The People That Follow Them
Prop 8 Leader- John C. Reilly
Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife- Allison Janney
Prop 8 Leader's #2 Wife- Kathy Najimy
Riffing Prop 8'er-Jenifer Lewis
A Preacher- Craig Robinson
Scary Catholic School Girls From Hell-Rashida Jones, Lake Bell, Sarah Chalke
The Frightened Villagers
Katharine "Kooks" Leonard, Seth Morris, Denise "Esi!" Piane, Lucian Piane, Richard Read, Seth Redford, Quinton Strack, Tate Taylor, Brunson Green
Jesus Christ
Jack Black
A Very Smart Fellow
Neil Patrick Harris
Piano Player
Marc "Marc" Shaiman
----
Co-Choreographer: Anne "Mama" Fletcher
Recorded and Mixed by Frank Wolf & Greg Hayes
Director of Photography: Michael Barrett
Camera Operators: Jake Szymanski, Bradly Schulz and Drew Antzis
Production designer: Nelson Coates
Costume designer: Shanna Knecht
Costume assistants: Leslie Schilling, Annalisa Adams, Elizabeth Abate
Hair: Laura Sanchez
Make-up: Shauna O'Toole, Atticuss Sharp
Production sound: Bradford Craig
Music editor: Lisa Jaime
Music assistant: Brian Naguit
Snacky: "Snacky"
Special Thanks to Adam McKay for the nudge < less

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and with our country in such serious financial crises, does it really make any sense at all to turn aside a revenue stream, however morally repugnant to a fraction of the populace?
Then ya need to ban all the religions that are okay with it, including some fairly major religions, and it's a short step from there to banning shellfish and all things Treyf (not kosher - you DO realize that the root scripture that started it all was part of keeping kosher, don't you? And that not even all Jewish sects follow it?)
guys, I hate to break up the hate fest with some reality-biscuits here, but the whole point of the show you're commenting on is that it doesn't make sense to ban gay marriage, from a religious point of view or a fiscal one. It's bad business and bad religion. If you're gonna ban gay marriage.
Why are you avoiding my question about something as simple as opening doors for people?
Come on, YesOn8, answer the question.
Yo8, do you avoid your wife after she's forgotten to douche? Are you repulsed by her horrible fishy odor when she hasn't washed properly? And when she menstruates, do you get her blood all over yourself or do avoid her during her period?
"gobo I'm asking you again, do you and the butt buddy avoid eating curries on those 'special' nights?"
As we've previously established, I don't have anal sex. If I did, eating curries wouldn't make any difference whatsoever in my love life. What a strange question.
gobo I'm asking you again, do you and the butt buddy avoid eating curries on those 'special' nights?
Yo8, I'm asking again because I want to know: do you think that having a man open a door for you, or opening a door for another man, is effeminate?
Here, I'll post it again for everyone. The times, they are a changin' (for the BETTERment of the GLBT equality in society)
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_poll5.htm
March 1996: 68% of Americans oppose same-sex marriage
May 2006: 58% of Americans oppose same-sex marriage
Dec.2008: 55% of Americans oppose same-sex marriage
In due time, the percentage of the p... more >
"So do you and the butt buddy avoid eating curries on those 'special' nights?"
Sounds like you're obsessed with poop. What a strange man you are.
gobo: if you think gay or straight people who have anal sex need to worry about "spillage" as you call it, then clearly you have no idea how anal sex works.
So do you and the butt buddy avoid eating curries on those 'special' nights?
Yo8: "Does he open doors for you?"
Really? You've never opened a door for another man, nor had a man open a door for you, YesOn8?
Really? You think THAT makes someone effeminate?
Sneaky CA Homosexuals at it again
As if the Legislature doesn’t have enough issues to deal with given the chronic $26 billion state budget deficit, some legislators are advancing a new bill in Sacramento designed to rip a huge hole in Proposition 8 and further undercut traditional marriage in California.
Last week, Senator Mark Leno stripped out the contents o... more >
"Everyone has the same right of marriage."
Actually, no, that's not true, and you know it quite well. We've explained this. If you want to pretend to be ignorant of actual laws, that's fine; you're simply making yourself look like an idiot again and again.
"So you and your butt buddy use a plastic sheet to avoid 'spillage'?"
Again: if you think gay or straight people who have anal sex need to worry about "spillage" as you call it, then clearly you have no idea how anal sex works.
yesonH8 shows more ignorance.
"Does he open doors for you and pick you up from the hair salon???"
He opens doors for me. I open doors for him. We don't go to hair salons as we like to save money in order to help our friends by donating money to:
http://www.eqca.org
The fact is, you're making up lies based on what you think, not related to truth or factual statis... more >
Here's a wonderful video (and series of videos) from a YouTube user that actually does GOOD in society..with his partner and their children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI5WkGmo79I&fmt=18
gay wifey: So you're obvious obsession with homosexuality to the point of trolling countless websites for over three years is because you find it funny?
Watching you and your butt buddy playing at man and wife must be hilarious!!
Does he open doors for you and pick you up from the hair salon???
The fact is most people laugh at homosexuals behind their backs bec... more >
gobo: No. Again, you don't apparently know how anal sex works if you think it involves spewing poop all over a bed.
So you and your butt buddy use a plastic sheet to avoid 'spillage'?
poison: Did you know that Gregory Maguire, a highly successful author, is married to Andy Newman, an equally successful artist, and that they have adopted three kids? Their kids are perfectly normal.
Wrong.
There's nothing 'normal' about being raised by two homosexuals and no mother
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