weird spider-man musicals

in which Max dives deep into the niche musical history of everyone’s favorite web-head.

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“Spider-Man Rocks!” footage from Christopher Lord:    • Spiderman Rocks! at Universal Studios Holl...  

“Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark” footage from Turn off the Dark Archives:    • Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark 2.0 Broadway...  

The 25th anniversary edition of “Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero” is available to stream everywhere.
Apple Music:   / spider-man-rock-reflections-of-a-superhero  
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2qlVkn...

Wait in the Wing’s Video on Turn off the Dark:    • The World's Most Dangerous Musical -- Spid...  

Music by me or my Casio CTK-496 except “We Will All Go Together When We Go” written and performed by Tom Lehrer.

Chapters:
0:00 the obsession
1:08 Spider-Man Rocks!
16:12 Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark
27:47 Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero
42:30 an announcement!

Fun and Helpful Sources
ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...
Broadwaycom (a compilation of reviews which I find delightful): https://www.broadwayworld.com/reviews...
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/34841...
New York Post: https://nypost.com/2010/05/30/broadwa...
https://nypost.com/2021/06/16/broadwa...
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/th...
NPR: https://www.npr.org/2014/01/01/258889...
Playbill: https://playbill.com/article/spider-m...
https://playbill.com/article/injury-a...
Observer: https://observer.com/2013/08/can-some...
OSHA’s website: https://www.osha.gov/news/newsrelease...
thestudiotour: http://www.thestudiotour.com/wp/studi...
Variety: https://variety.com/2014/legit/featur...
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifest...

Also Mike Ragogna’s liner notes for the 25th Anniversary Edition of Rock Reflection was SUPER fun, and a source for this video. Highly recommend that you purchase the CD!

Other footage used:
Spider-Man cartoon footage courtesy of the esteemed ToiletWater:    • Spider-Man 5000 (1981 series)  
The Beatles:    • The Beatles - The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye...  
crappco:    • Beetlejuice's Rockin' Graveyard Revue_Univ...  
GuilbeauxFan:    • Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark performance ...  
ParkHopper:    • Journey into the Jungle Book (Animal Kingd...  
Spider-Man Turn off the Dark:    • Behind the Scenes with Katrina Lenk | SPID...  
Turn off the Dark Archives:    • Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark 1.0 Broadway...  
U2:    • U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Lookin...      • U2 - With Or Without You (Official Music V...  

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