incredible story from Pat Carroll about how Howard Ashman ALSO bodied Poor Unfortunate Souls

Okay so addendum to this because I've been waiting to say it somewhere: Howard stole this bit from Elaine Stritch. She'd auditioned for the role, and didn't land it, but Howard liked her one delivery so much he passed it on to Pat, who nailed it. ⤵️

wait this is everything

When Howard Ashman is mentioned a little light goes off in my office

omg the concentration of pure tim curry-ness in those few recorded seconds gave me a chill

Have you heard the other song they almost used? “silence is golden” with a demo by Alan Menken?? It was on the special edition dvd features a million years ago lol

every gay guy who sings this at karaoke is carrying on his legacy

I was just watching Lindsay Ellis' video about Aladdin and this clip always brings me joy. I'm so glad she had as much fun with this as I do listening to her performance.

Howard and Pat were both such icons tbh

howard you are so missed

God I love Howard Ashman

the sellout contract😂