Tune Up #3 with Grant O’Brien

Grant O’Brien (CollegeHumor) hates Rent and was NOT looking forward to listening to Tune Up #3, a song he describes as the “most bananas 24 seconds of a show ever.” Beth and Sarah try their darndest to convince Grant that Rent isn’t boring, but he really thinks the show would benefit from some tap dancing. Grant claims to love musical theatre, but throws shade at Ragtime, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Phil Collins, and more as this episode raises more questions than it answers: Did Jonathan Larson steal a riff from a Beatles’ song? Do tickets to Maureen’s show cost money? Why doesn’t Rent have more jokes about “zooming in”? And finally, Grant punches up the “jokes” in the first six songs of Rent, giving listeners a chance to put up a Grant-approved version of the musical.