We have another bonus bit of music here that is not part of our Holiday Music Fest. This is an eight-minute sketch that was done on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Andrew Rannells called "2020: The Musical." And it's really wonderful and often extremely clever. There are also a couple of fun, inside jokes if you know Andrew Rannells' career -- in particular that he came to fame starring on Broadway in the musical, Book of Mormon, for which he got a Tony nomination as Best Actor in a Musical. And two of the songs here are parodies from that show. One comes around the 1:40 mark, and the other is at 6:40 -- which not only is a parody of a number from Book of Mormon, but was Rannells' big solo number that he performed on the Tony Awards. (Side note: if you've seen or plan to see the new Netflix movie musical, The Prom, he's in that, as well.) I wish I knew you wrote this, because they did a great job. I think it stands very well on its own, whether or not you know the original songs, but even more when you do know what they're parodying. In many cases, I think most people will. And okay, here's another bonus on top of that. This is Rannells singing that real number, "I Believe," on the 2011 Tony Awards. The song is by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone, who won the Tony Award that year for Best Score.
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