Reunited Apart
For a while now during the Shutdown, Josh Gad has started doing something he called Reunited Apart. Using a social meeting platform (it looks like Zoom), he has reunions of sort with the casts and filmmakers of some of his favorite movies.
I've only seen one so far, but it was very well-produced. Almost over-produced at times, but a lot of fun to watch. Since Gad is picking his favorite movies, so he comes across as a bit of an admitted giddy fan-boy at times, but there's also a refreshing quality to that. And it's not just a straight interview, but he's able to get the rights to film clips, and also has sent scenes in advance to those involved and occasionally they re-create several moments. (Really well, too. In the one I watched, the actors don't sleep-walk through it, but really went all out.)
The shows are done as a project to get donations to charities, and has been very successful. There also are brief ads throughout, though sometimes those only show up when originally online, and not when embedded. So, we'll see.
Though this isn't the first in the series, it's one I chose to watch first, so we'll start with it here. It's a "Reunion Apart" of the Back to the Future films. I don't want to give away who shows up, since that's a lot of the fun -- even the participants don't know, and there's fun watching their reactions here. Especially with one of the actors. I won't say who, since it will be really clear -- but this person is particularly enthused and bounce-in-the-chair happy whenever a news guest is introduced. The conversation isn't especially substantive, though a few interesting details do come through, and the pleasure is watching the joy everybody has interacting with one another and just wanting to take part.
I've become a big fan of Josh Gad -- not just for his acting, which I enjoy, but he's one of the few actors who I'll tune in to watch when he's a guest on a talk show. I have no idea what he's like away from the camera, but on talk shows he comes across as charming, funny, thoughtful and sharp. Oddly, he's more fan-boy in his own show, as I said, but just the fact that he's doing this (clearly with a good team around him) speaks well for him, too
And just for more fun, after you've watched the show above, stick around for a few more minutes, because we have a Bonus Fan Call for you, which I tracked down after the fact -- something hey did later when a fan called in to Gad. It's definitely worth checking out, as well.
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