In this episode, K and Warren watch and discuss Shuffle Along - a Black musical classic from 1921 by Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Flournoy Miller (whose name K can't pronounce), and Aubrey Lyles. K discovers their new favorite author, Caseen Gaines, we discuss the double standards in what is considered a "classic", and Warren discovers that love uh .…

Fandom: The Bible. Pairings: Mary/Joseph, Herod/Gabriel. Author's Note: First five reviewers get immaculately conceived. Please no flames, I just really love M-slash-J. I know, this is a popular pairing, but it's popular for a reason, dangit! I was going to do this in script format but apparently that's not allowed on this site anymore, so prose it…

This week, K and Warren discuss a production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder that helped get them through a rough time. Warren mispronounces character names (as he does) and K goes on some tangents. We're back, baby! Promo: Animorphing Time Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund, The Actor…

This week, we round out this February's Black Theatre History series with a look at musical revues, Donald McKayle, and his 1981 revue, Sophisticated Ladies! We discuss jazz, modern dance, and Warren uses this episode to say "scat" more times than he has ever said it! It's a toe tapping good time in this episode of Tone Deaf! Promo: The Bird Brain …

This week we cover one of K's all time favorite musicals to watch and be in, Once on This Island. We discuss two versions that K was in before watching the American Musical Theatre of San Jose's production. Will Warren have the same fondness that K has for this musical? We also discuss colorism, the importance of having an all-Black cast, Rosa Guy,…

This is a long one but we had a lot to say on it! K introduces Warren to his second opera, George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Along the way, we talk about an amazing Black opera singer, Anne Wiggins Brown, we discuss representation in theatre, and Warren writes a sequel. Promo: One Mic Black History Podcast Help out local theatres and check out BeAn…

Correction: K mentions the "Rap Saturday's Voyeur" with the incorrect year. The year should have been 2005 and not 2003. This week, K and Warren talk about the inaugural production of the local musical, SLAC Cabaret. We discuss corn flakes, people who look related, the Salt Lake Airport, and Multi-level marketing! Thank you again to Latoya Cameron …

Sorry that we've been gone for so long, folks. We are back with Warren's least favorite musical! This week, K and Warren tackle Carousel as a tribute to someone who was an amazing dad - very much unlike the protagonist of this show! We discuss red flags, mill workers, and K's awakening as a furry! We promise it makes sense! This episode got surpris…

Does this episode make our podcast true crime if it features a guy who played Ted Bundy? No? Well, we tried. This week, we finish our Hairspray vs. Hairspray with a look at the 2007 film adaptation of Hairspray. Warren vores the audience, K overshares, and we get probably the worst Christopher Walken Impersonation (disagree with us in the review se…

It's time for another head to head as we begin the knockdown, drag-out fight between two versions of Hairspray! K and Warren cover the 2016 NBC Live version of Hairspray and spend a lot of the time being thirsty about Jennifer Hudson. We're sorry for us. Additionally, Warren gets confused, K sings, and we get mad at Dick Clark's American Bandstand …

We couldn't give this episode the name we really wanted to so use your imagination! This week, K and Warren cover the "whimsical" movie musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Does it deserve to be called a classic or should it have been taken out to the junk yard and melted down for scrap? This episode is wild, y'all. Also, we decided we are now a Soap …

This is it - the Annie to decide which Annie is the best Annie! This week, K and Warren cover the 2014 remake of Annie and decide that Cameron Diaz is owed an apology! We've also decided that Annie is not of this world. Find out which Annie will take home the title of Best Annie in this episode of Tone Deaf! Promo: A Ninth World Journal Help out lo…

This week, K and Warren continue their Annie vs Annie vs Annie smackdown with the 1999 Wonderful World of Disney version of Annie. We learn that the success of a plan rests on if Bernadette Peters is involved, we discuss the awesomeness of Victor Garber and Audra McDonald, and Warren gets bonus husband points in this episode of Tone Deaf! Promo: Th…

Three Annies Enter. One Annie leaves! This week, K and Warren begin their Annie vs Annie vs Annie Smackdown with the 1982 film adaptation of Annie! Will K's memories of this film forever be tarnished as they rewatch it for the first time as an adult? Will Warren ever get the image of Little Orphan Annie out of his head? Will this Annie be the one t…

When we last left our ... heroes? K and Warren were tasked with recapping everything they have learned from the Land Before Time series. This week, we learn what wisdoms were gleaned, we experience some acapella under duress, and we learn that maybe the real Land Before Time was the friends we made along the way. Yeah, that's a good wisdom! Promo: …

We've made it! Sort of. This week, K and Warren conclude the gauntlet as they watch the final installment (for now) of the Land Before Time franchise - Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave. We can't believe there are 14 of these either. Binge listeners, beware. There is one more episode to conclude this series of episodes, but it is a recap o…

There's a light at the end of the tunnel folks! This week, K and Warren finish the Land Before Time TV series. We talk about how the series ends, how it could have been improved, and end up hearing Big Water reused in some of the most ridiculous ways. Also we talk about crab sex because of course that comes up. Promo: Animorphing Time Help out loca…

We're back with more coverage of the Land Before Time TV Series. Yay for us! This week, K puts the series (as well as Zootopia) on blast for badly teaching lessons about prejudice and racism, Warren deals with the return of one of the worst characters in the series, and we decide that Cera (probably) didn't do anything wrong! Promo: Songbirding : B…

TW: Discussion of dental horror during our recap of "The Mysterious Tooth Crisis" from time stamp 58:44 - 1:02:00 We're back from an impromptu hiatus, like green food in cold times! This week, we begin the arduous journey through the Land Before Time TV series. Yellowstone deaths are discussed, we find a surprise bit of Richard Humor, and we learn …

We watched The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends so that you don't have to. You're welcome. K loses their composure with this one as even they cannot stand this movie. We discuss the steep decline in the animation and writing of the series, the very problematic Yellow Bellies (their design isn't the only thing that's bad!), and we discus…

Note: K horribly mispronounces Beipiaosaurus in this episode, multiple times, and they are very, very sorry. They promise they will pronounce it correctly next episode K and Warren are approaching the finish line as they cover The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers. Learn about German impressionist films, why you shouldn't name every…

This is it, folks. One of the worst Land Before Time movies ever. We apologize in advance. This week, we cover The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses. K gets on their soapbox, Warren regrets everything, and we lament that two amazing voice actors had to be in this "film". Also, K teaches Warren about taxonomy. Promo: A Ninth World Jo…

Enjoy this while it lasts because these movies get REALLY bad after this. K and Warren cover The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration and spend a good portion of it kinkshaming a paleontologist. K also brings a spot of joy to Warren by bringing him the Land Before Time movie that features one of our favorite Tone Deaf Alumni: Bernadette…

We're going back to the Big Water for this one, folks. And we don't like it! This week, K and Warren cover The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water and boy do they have a LOT to day. Relive early internet videos, gripe about bad xenofiction, and go on a journey to Taxonomy Hell on this episode of Tone Deaf! Promo: 5 and 30 with Ruk Help out lo…

We get a little out of hand with this one. The naming conventions of Land Before Time may be silly, but Warren can be sillier. This week, K and Warren cover The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze. Warren confuses actors (again), K makes a horrifying realization about this series, and we rant about how horrible snow is. Don't worry, next week's m…

In this episode, we cover probably the weirdest yet (in K's opinion) most enjoyable movie of the Land Before Time sequels. Join us as we go beyond the Mysterious Beyond and cover The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire. This is the closest The Land Before Time sequels gets to teaching an important lesson appropriately, so savor it! Unlock …

Git along little dawgy and saddle up for this rough and tumble episode! K and Warren continue the gauntlet and cover The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock. We learn about a whip-tailed dinosaur, K accuses the citizens of the Great Valley of nationalism, and we lament at the degradation of quality in the Land Before Time series. Buckle …

Guess who's back? Back again? Chomper's back! Tell a friend! K and Warren watch The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island and discover that the writers of these sequels had a decent song in them all along! We're mad AND disappointed! Along the way, Warren breaks K, K vents about Ark, and we learn that the citizens of the Great Valley have some …

We are back to our regularly scheduled shenanigans this week as we continue to suffer through the Land Before Time Sequels! Enjoy new dino facts, never look at these characters the same way again, and follow our descent into madness as we continue the Land Before Time Gauntlet with Land Before Time 4: Journey Through the Mists! Promo: Animorphing T…

In the last episode for this installment of our Black Theatre History series, K takes Warren on the whirlwind satirical look at Black Theatre and History, George C Wolfe's The Colored Museum. Along the way, we see how wrong Warren is about what this show is about, K can't say the word magnifique, Warren gets a 12 hour twitter ban, and we learn that…

CW: Discussion of abuse, rape, and abortion It's time for another really heavy episode! This week, we cover Ntozake Shange's choreopoem, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. K gets emotional and Warren tries to interpret poetry in this penultimate 2021 Black Theatre History episode! Promo: So-Called Oreos Help out…

K introduces Warren to Charlie Fuller's Pulitzer Prize Winning Play, A Soldier's Play. K gushes about Black History Buff and One Mic Black History Podcast, a brief history of World War 2 is discussed, Warren gets on a Soapbox, and we try really hard not to break our "No Cursing" rule in this week's Tone Deaf! Promo: One Mic Black History Podcast He…

K introduces Warren to Lorraine Hansberry's masterpiece, A Raisin in the Sun. Along the way, learn about one of the greatest playwrights to ever live whose life was tragically cut short and learn that this is a Pro-Beneatha podcast! Promo: The Courtship of Mona Mae Help out local theatres and check out BeAnArtsHero, Arts Leaders of Color Emergency …

CW: Mentions of murder, rape, assault, and discussions of suicidal ideation This episode is heavy. In this episode, K and Warren watch and discuss the Nambi E Kelley version of Richard Wright's Native Son. Learn about the original Paul Green play adaptation, find out how many times Warren would have voted for Obama, and find out that it is ok to se…

In this episode K introduces Warren to Cabin in the Sky. Topics of discussion include obscure stereotypes that were unfortunately popular in the 40s, condescending white songwriters, the amazingness of Ethel Waters and Lena Horne, the origins of a very famous dance move, and more! Promo: A Ninth World Journal Buy some merch at our TeePublic! https:…

In this episode K and Warren discuss the 1936 film The Green Pastures and come away from it very mixed. Is this a subversive piece of art or a product of it's time? We also cover the late Rex Ingram and his contributions to the history of film and K gets us DCMA'd Promo: Book of Lies the Podcast Buy some merch at our TeePublic! https://www.teepubli…

CW: Discussions of the brutality of slavery in Pre-Revolution Haiti. It's Black History Month and K is back with some knowledge for Warren about Black contributions to theatre! In our first installment of this year's Black Theatre History series, K and Warren talk about Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Learn about a man who fought to be …

Thank you Lily Dwoskin for telling us about this!! K and Warren watched The Aviatrix, and it soared right into our hearts and was the queen of our skies! Check out our review of The Aviatrix Musical as K and Warren discuss this amazing show as well as virtual theatre and why it is amazing, hyperfixations, shattering glass ceilings, and cockpits. Be…

This is a rebroadcast of the Second Annual Warren Awards. This episode contains mature content, strong language, electrical disturbances, nudity, knife throwing, gun fire, explosions, general mayhem, and demonic possession. Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to the second annual Warren Awards! Tonight, Warren reveals what truly was the good, t…

You didn't think we would let the New Year come without a mini episode, did you? In this minisode, K unearths some repressed childhood memories as they re-introduce Warren to Rudolph's Shiny New Year - one of the weirdest Rankin-Bass specials out there! The creation of Baby New Years is discussed, K gets sauced, and we get a reunion with some old f…

This one is a doozy. We watched Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on Netflix and needless to say we felt some things. K discusses a brief history of August Wilson and Chadwick Boseman, the curse of the witch strikes again, and Warren and K come up with creative solutions to deal with racists in this week's episode. Promos: One Mic Black History Podcast and …

K and Warren of Tone Deaf saw the Grinch on NBC And it's something they truly wish they could unsee. Find out all about furries and Dr. Seuss Lore We hope that this episode won't be a bore. And please remember, this is just two folks view And maybe this version means something to you. From K and from Warren, the nerd and the spouse, We hope you hav…

This week, K and Warren are joined by the amazing Tone Deaf Alumnus, Ned Donovan of Encounter Party, Charging Moose Media, and The Hunted: Encore to cover the charming Wisconsin tradition, Guys on Ice! K scars Ned for life, we talk about the best way to earn an actor's equity card, discuss small town theatre, and Warren makes an odd proposition! It…

Watching Carrie before watching The Prom was a mistake. K and Warren went in fresh with the Netflix adaptation of "The Prom" and it nearly broke K! Find out if a musical number in a mall can change the hearts of homophobes and find out our opinions on the casting of this movie in this episode of Tone Deaf! Promos: Young Santa Claus and the Winter S…

We blame Courtland from Up All Night for this one. Go chug-chugga-lug-chugga-check out his show. K and Warren check out the obscure animated musical, Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas. It's ... an experience. Learn about how skunks and dogs can't be friends (but not for the reason you think) and ponder with us as we question THE BOOT in this week…

SPOILER ALERT If you have not seen Jingle Jangle on Netflix, it is highly advised that you stop what you are doing and watch it. K and Warren tackle Jingle Jangle in this week's episode and from K's incoherent screaming, it seems to have been a pretty good movie! Maybe even the greatest movie! Learn about the advances made by one toymaker in an alt…

Yes, there is a Thanksgiving(ish) Land Before Time Movie. Con and Dor giveth and Con and Dor taketh away. K and Warren watch the third installment of the Land Before Time franchise and discuss if it really is as bad as K remembers it being. Along the way, get three dinosaur facts, find out what dinosaur would have tasted the best, and learn what SH…

K struts their knowledge of dinosaurs in this episode to take their mind off of the fact that they are still on the Land Before Time Gauntlet. K teaches Warren about Struthiomimus, Warren teaches K about the latest dinosaur conspiracy theory, and we learn important life lessons like "It's ok to kidnap as long as you eventually return the baby" in t…

K and Warren's schedule has been changed as the Condor Council is not thrilled with K's corrupting of their minds with video games, so our Tone Deaf Duo is tasked with covering the Land Before Time franchise, beginning with the classic, first film. Learn about paleontological inaccuracies, the greatest rivalry of all time, and the long held prejudi…

Apologies to all of Australia for K's terrible accent. Also, no condors were harmed in the making of this podcast. K introduces Warren to Happy Feet in this episode and we learn whether or not K will be blinded by nostalgia and love of tap dancing and penguins or if they can look at this show with a critical eye. Along the way, we learn that you're…