Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells Test How Well They Know Each Other

Vanity Fair

The stars of 'Gutenberg! The Musical!' test who knows one another best in this episode of Vanity Fair Game Show. They performed on Broadway together, but how much do they actually know about each other? What is Andrew's hidden talent? What was the first musical Josh ever performed in? If Andrew wasn't an actor, what would his profession be? What line could Josh never remember from 'The Book of Mormon'?   Gutenberg! is now playing at Broadways James Earl Jones Theatre through Sunday, January 28, 2024.  Director: Adam Lance Garcia Director of Photography: Jack Belisle Talent: Andrew Rannells &amp; Josh Gad Producer: Madison Coffey Line Producer: Romeeka Powell Associate Producer: Rafael Vasquez Production Manager: Kayla Rodriguez Production Coordinator: Tanía Jones Talent Booker: Paige Garbarini Cam Op: Rebecca Van Der Meulen Gaffer: Niklas Moller Audio Engineer: Philip Kim PA: Rowmel Findley

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00:00 - Now do you do the Dolly Parton version?

00:01 - No, I go all in on the Houston

00:03 and I try to get those notes.

00:05 - Interesting, we'll have to test that.

00:07 - And now!

00:07 (upbeat music)

00:10 - Hi, I'm Josh Gad.

00:15 - And I'm Andrew Rannells.

00:16 And we have been friends for 13 years.

00:19 And today we are going to test each other

00:22 to see how well we know each other for Vanity Fair.

00:24 - I believe in my heart of hearts,

00:26 both of us will leave losers.

00:29 - Walk away crying.

00:31 - Yes.

00:32 - Josh, what is my hidden talent?

00:34 - Okay, cooking.

00:37 - It's very close, it's ironing.

00:39 - Well, that should count.

00:40 - No, it doesn't because you can't eat the clothes.

00:43 - Andrew, what is my biggest fear?

00:45 - What isn't?

00:46 - Fair.

00:48 - Death?

00:49 - That's pretty spectacular right there.

00:53 - Wow.

00:54 - Yeah, I'm a hypochondriac.

00:55 - Yeah, it's pretty broad and I like that about you.

00:57 - Joshua, what do I spend the most money on?

01:01 - Ironing clothes.

01:02 Actually, buying clothes.

01:07 - Correct.

01:08 - Andrew, what was the first musical I ever performed in?

01:12 - Oliver.

01:13 - Nope.

01:14 - Oh wait, I know what it is.

01:15 I actually know what it is.

01:16 - No, you don't.

01:17 - Was it Fiddler?

01:18 - Nope, it's really random.

01:20 It was a show called How to Eat Like a Child.

01:24 And it was also a motto that apparently

01:27 I lived by the rest of my life.

01:29 - Still to this day.

01:30 How to Eat Like a Child.

01:32 Who did you play?

01:33 - I don't remember, but I remember the song.

01:35 It was, ♪ This is our last lesson ♪

01:38 ♪ It's got the moral in it ♪

01:41 ♪ How you eat stuff all depends ♪

01:44 ♪ On how you feel this minute ♪

01:46 I remember that.

01:47 - Wow.

01:48 Who did you play in Oliver though?

01:49 - Charlie Bates.

01:50 - Thank you.

01:51 - The artful Dodger's best friend.

01:53 - It's not a role.

01:53 - It's a memorable role.

01:54 - Yeah, but it has to first add that.

01:56 - And it had one line.

01:57 It was, "Nose rags!"

01:59 Thank you.

02:00 - What is my biggest pet peeve?

02:02 - Me burping in your face.

02:04 - That's actually correct.

02:05 And it's too long to write, but that is correct.

02:07 - Yeah.

02:08 - Josh will burp in my face and he tricks me every time.

02:10 He sneaks up on me and does it.

02:12 - And I wanna write, I have no regrets,

02:14 but I'll just say it.

02:15 Oh. - Ooh.

02:16 - Who has been my favorite guest

02:18 in Gutenberg the Musical?

02:19 - Oh, this is a tough one.

02:20 'Cause we've had some real good ones.

02:21 - We've had some great ones.

02:23 - Who's your favorite?

02:24 I'm gonna go with Steve Gutenberg.

02:26 - Nathan Lane.

02:27 - Oh, rats!

02:28 - Although I did love Steve Gutenberg.

02:29 - All right.

02:30 This is a tricky one even for me to answer.

02:32 Who is my Broadway idol?

02:34 - I would say Patti LuPone.

02:36 - I would say it's a tie between

02:39 Patti LuPone and Bernadette Peters.

02:41 - That's exactly correct.

02:42 - Do I get 10 points for answering both?

02:44 - You get negative three,

02:45 but it is a tie between Patti LuPone and Bernadette Peters.

02:49 - Oh, this should be easy for you.

02:51 - Well, actually, this should be very difficult

02:53 because I think it could apply to many things.

02:55 - Oh, no.

02:56 - What line could I never remember in the Book of Mormon?

02:59 [laughing]

03:01 - Most?

03:01 [laughing]

03:05 That's not true.

03:08 You remembered most of your lines.

03:10 - No, I struggled.

03:10 - No, you did. - We'll give him that point.

03:11 We'll give him that point.

03:12 - You remembered most of 'em.

03:13 If I wasn't an actor, what would my profession be?

03:16 Careful.

03:17 [laughing]

03:20 Careful.

03:21 Why are we friends?

03:23 - I think I know.

03:24 - Well, you don't write it down, I do.

03:26 - Okay.

03:27 Author.

03:28 - Oh, well, that's actually a good one.

03:31 - But?

03:31 - Well, I wrote news anchor.

03:33 [laughing]

03:34 - Did not see that coming.

03:35 - But yes, yeah, if I could just keep writing,

03:38 I think that would be nice.

03:39 - Yeah, all right, I'll take that point.

03:40 News anchor and author are the same.

03:43 - In my mind, it's like local news.

03:44 - All right.

03:45 - Thank you, Deborah.

03:46 That looks like one heck of a flood.

03:47 Next up, costumes you can put your dog in

03:51 that also work for kids.

03:53 - I think stick with Broadway for now,

03:55 and then let's see.

03:56 - I don't know.

03:57 I think if there's a local market that's looking for me.

04:00 - Andrew.

04:01 - Yes.

04:02 - Which Broadway show cast do we currently have

04:04 a major rivalry with?

04:06 [laughing]

04:07 - Go ahead, write it down.

04:08 Write it down.

04:09 [laughing]

04:10 It's merrily we roll along.

04:12 - It is merrily.

04:14 - And I saw that you had them here.

04:17 - Yeah, Andrew's not happy.

04:18 - Did you buy how much they like each other?

04:20 - This rivalry is very real for Andrew.

04:22 - And Josh.

04:23 - He's very unmerrily rolling along.

04:25 - I'm all for merrily we roll along.

04:27 - Well, you're not acting like it.

04:29 Jealous that he didn't get Harry Potter.

04:31 - I know, I was.

04:32 - And he still wears it on his sleeve.

04:33 - Yeah, just.

04:34 - Why don't you give him what your audition was like

04:37 for Harry Potter?

04:37 - For Harry Potter?

04:38 - Yeah.

04:39 - In my version, he was just like a kid from the Midwest.

04:43 [laughing]

04:44 Like a 20-something gay from the Midwest.

04:47 - So I'll be Hagrid.

04:48 - Okay.

04:49 - Harry, good to see you.

04:51 - Hey.

04:52 - Where are you from?

04:53 - Omaha.

04:55 I'm hoping to learn some magic.

04:57 - I think I've got the wrong house.

04:59 - No, I think it's right, Hagrid.

05:02 - Yeah.

05:02 - I think it seems great.

05:03 - That's why Andrew ultimately lost to Daniel Radcliffe.

05:06 - Where's my wand?

05:07 - Because he didn't read any of the books.

05:09 All right.

05:10 - Josh, which character did I play in Hamilton?

05:13 - The King.

05:13 - Oh, I mean that's an easy one.

05:14 - King George.

05:15 - All right.

05:16 - Oh, wow.

05:17 - Andrew.

05:18 - Oh.

05:18 - Now, right now, this is for right now.

05:21 - At this moment.

05:22 - Yes, and it can be the band.

05:24 - Oh, sure, sure, okay.

05:25 - What is my favorite vocal warmup?

05:28 - Air Supply.

05:28 - It's Air Supply, I don't even need to write it down.

05:30 He knows, he's been listening.

05:31 - He can't spell Air Supply.

05:32 He's been singing "Making Love" by Nothing at All.

05:33 - I spell it A-E-R, is that wrong?

05:35 - No.

05:36 - And I spell supply I-E, is that right?

05:38 - No, it's close enough.

05:39 - Okay, what is my birthday?

05:40 - Oh, it's the 23rd.

05:42 - Of, think about yours.

05:44 - Yeah, it's the 23rd of March?

05:49 January.

05:50 - What the fuck?

05:51 - October, September?

05:52 - August.

05:53 - Yep.

05:54 - 'Cause it's six months, his is February 23rd.

05:57 - I knew it was one of them.

05:58 - We're six months apart.

05:58 One of the, like one of the months?

06:00 - I can't remember my own brother's birthdays,

06:02 don't take it personally.

06:03 - I'm not your brother.

06:04 - What is the lowest note I can hit?

06:06 - Emotionally or despair?

06:09 (laughing)

06:11 - No, I don't read music, so I'm just gonna go say,

06:16 I'm gonna say the lowest note you can hit is a D.

06:19 - Oh.

06:20 - Whatever that is.

06:22 (laughing)

06:23 - Josh, here's a little known fact about Josh and I.

06:26 - We're both musically illiterate.

06:28 - We don't read music.

06:29 - We don't read music, and yet we've both done

06:31 too many Broadway shows for people who can't read music.

06:33 - And a lot of people assume that we read music,

06:36 but when we're in rehearsals for things,

06:37 we're like, go up to the B and not the C.

06:41 And we're like, you know what?

06:43 Best of luck to us.

06:45 What was my character's name in Pokemon Live?

06:49 This is a tricky one.

06:50 Yeah, it's gonna be a tricky one for you.

06:54 - Tootles Bonker, Claptrap.

06:56 (laughing)

06:58 - James.

07:03 (laughing)

07:05 - Yeah, I wouldn't have got that one.

07:06 - It was James.

07:07 - What was my first job?

07:09 - You worked at an advertising firm.

07:12 - Ad agency.

07:14 - Okay, you haven't been over yet.

07:17 - Where do I keep my Grammy?

07:19 - Bookshelf.

07:22 - It's on my bookshelf.

07:24 It's a bookshelf.

07:25 It's not, it's a mantle adjacent.

07:28 Jesus Christ.

07:29 Get a mat.

07:30 - I don't think I can do tonight, Joe.

07:32 - What is happening?

07:33 - Andrew.

07:34 - We need an oxygen tent.

07:35 - Where do I keep my Grammy?

07:37 - Your bathroom?

07:38 - No, my office.

07:39 - I don't fucking know.

07:41 How many siblings do I have?

07:42 - Two, you slut.

07:43 - No.

07:45 - One.

07:46 - Trash can, it's four.

07:47 - What?

07:49 You only ever talk about two.

07:50 - Yeah, but that doesn't mean I don't have more.

07:52 - Andrew, how many siblings do I have?

07:54 - Two.

07:55 - He's right.

07:56 That I know about.

07:57 - Well, actually, that's a very good question.

07:59 'Cause we joke with my mom

08:01 that maybe there's other kids out there,

08:02 but she probably won't tell us for a while.

08:05 - I joke with your mom about that too.

08:07 - Okay.

08:07 - Christ.

08:10 What was my character's name in "Falsettos"?

08:13 - Don't.

08:14 - Hey, Siri, what are the name of characters from "Falsettos"?

08:17 - No, my character, Dum Dum.

08:19 - Directed by James Lapine.

08:21 - That's true.

08:22 - The cast included Michael Rupert as Marvin,

08:23 Stephen Bogardus as Whizzer,

08:25 Barbara Walsh as Trina,

08:26 Chip Zin as Mendel.

08:28 He played Marvin in "In Trousers",

08:29 Jonathan Kaplan as Jason.

08:31 - Siri, that doesn't really help you.

08:32 - You played Jason.

08:34 - No.

08:35 - You played, wait.

08:36 - That ship has sailed, dummy.

08:37 - You played Whizzer?

08:38 - I played Whizzer.

08:39 - I got it!

08:40 - No, he didn't.

08:41 - Eventually.

08:42 - He did not get that part.

08:43 - You can edit it to make it look like I got it.

08:44 - No, you can't edit it.

08:45 - Andrew.

08:46 - Yes.

08:46 - What is my go-to karaoke song?

08:48 - I think you're gonna say "Take On Me".

08:54 It's not that?

08:55 - I don't think you'll guess this one.

08:56 It's kind of bonkers.

08:57 - "Paradise" by The Dashboard Light?

08:59 - "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston.

09:01 - Now, I did not see that coming.

09:03 - No, I told you.

09:04 - That is a really, that's not what I--

09:06 - I like to challenge myself.

09:08 - Now, do you do the Dolly Parton version

09:10 or the Whitney Houston?

09:10 - No, I go all in on the Houston

09:12 and I try to get those notes.

09:13 - Interesting.

09:14 We'll have to test that.

09:15 ♪ And I ♪

09:17 No.

09:20 Okay, Josh, what was the hardest performance

09:22 of "Gutenberg the Musical"?

09:24 [Josh laughs]

09:26 - I definitely know what it was for me.

09:29 I think--

09:30 - "Halloween".

09:31 - Yeah, "Halloween".

09:32 - It was just so insane.

09:34 - Bad shit.

09:35 - There was so much noise from the streets of New York

09:38 entering our theater, that sounded unnatural.

09:40 - Yeah, that's why most shows cancel their shows

09:42 on Halloween.

09:43 - Yes.

09:44 - But we did not.

09:45 - No.

09:46 - 'Cause we're troopers. - Thanks, producers.

09:47 All right, this is a bonus round

09:48 and these are all worth 55 points now.

09:51 - Yeah, we're not fucking around.

09:52 - What will be the next Broadway show we do together?

09:54 - Ah!

09:55 Okay, let's think about this.

09:57 It's gonna have to be another two-hander.

10:00 - Yeah.

10:00 - Because no one else wants to work with us.

10:03 - No one else wants to work with us.

10:04 - We've burned too many bridges.

10:06 Today alone.

10:08 Love Letters?

10:09 - That's correct.

10:10 - Love Letters.

10:11 - Will be the next show we do together.

10:12 - For those of you who don't know "Love Letters",

10:13 it's a play in which two people sit at a table and read.

10:16 - And after the experience of doing "Gutenberg"

10:19 and playing 20 characters each with multiple hats

10:22 and dancing nonstop, I think the only thing

10:24 I can physically handle is "Love Letters".

10:26 - Yeah, I think that's actually not a bad,

10:28 maybe we should do that.

10:29 Does anybody want to produce it?

10:30 - See you summer of 2032.

10:33 - All right, so the final question for you.

10:35 - Yes.

10:36 - What was my boyfriend's name during the Book of Mormon?

10:38 - Who did you date during Mormon?

10:42 - Well, I did it for a while, so there are a couple.

10:44 Let's see if he can remember.

10:46 - Was it?

10:48 - Just make up a gay name.

10:49 - Dan?

10:53 - It's so close, Dennis.

10:55 - Dennis.

10:55 - He still doesn't get points for that.

10:57 Andrew wins now.

10:58 I came in in a lightning round.

11:00 - I told you he was gonna win.

11:01 - That's only because you gave up.

11:02 - For the record, I handed Andrew this win

11:05 because he was having a bad day.

11:06 - You think I'm having a bad day?

11:07 - Yeah.

11:08 - Why?

11:09 - I can just read you 'cause I know you so well.

11:11 Thank you so much.

11:12 - Thank you so much.

11:13 Don't touch my trophy and don't touch my face.

11:15 - Is that going next to your Grammy on your bookshelf?

11:18 - Yeah.

11:19 - Where your name is kind of not, no, show them.

11:22 Show them how--

11:23 - The W came off, it just says Andre.

11:25 Because Andrew barely won.

11:27 - Now it says my full name, Andrew.

11:29 - You know what?

11:30 There's gonna be an asterisk next to this win

11:32 like all of those ball players

11:33 who took steroids in the 90s.

11:35 - You're an asterisk.

11:36 - You're an asterisk.

11:38 - Josh.

11:39 - Well?

11:40 - There might be children watching this.

11:41 - And the cast of Merrily We Roll Along.

11:43 - They're not gonna watch this, they don't like us.

11:44 Thank you so much, Vanity Fair.

11:45 - Thank you so much, Vanity Fair.

11:47 - I feel like a winner.

11:48 - For having Andrew and I as you all saw

11:50 what was clearly a win that was handed to Andrew

11:53 on a silver platter or in this case,

11:55 a little gold whatever that is.

11:58 - Little trophy.

11:58 It says you're the best.

12:00 Around, nothing ever goes.

12:03 - We'll see you guys in 10 years for love letters.

12:05 (upbeat music)

12:08 you

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