5678: A Movie Musical Podcast

Welcome to Season 5 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Get on the train to New York in your wedding suit for the 1936 Swing Time! Starring Fred and Ginger, Helen Broderick, and a bumbling guy named Pop. Strap in for sweeping dance numbers, insane gambling practices, and A GAZEBO. You've never seen a cuffs quite like this! So make change for a quarter, harass a bandleader, and don't earn $...

Welcome to Season 5 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Hop on the train to River City and get swindled by the 1962 The Music Man! Starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, and the hardest working barbershop quartet. Buckle up for fast talking salesmen, massive group numbers, and an unexpected mob. You've never seen a kid's band quite like this! So head to Iowa, seduce the local librarian, a...

Welcome to Season 5 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Go to the audition and have a makeover montage to be the 1944 Cover Girl! Starring Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, and the worst sort of third wheel. Strap in for bad behavior from almost every guy, truly insane flashbacks, and an incredibly short wedding. You've never seen a Broadway house quite like this! So impress the guy who wanted to marr...

Welcome to Season 5 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Join us on a gorgeous Greek island for our 100th episode the 2008 Mamma Mia! Starring Meryl Streep, three guys who can't sing, and Grace and Anna in the future. Buckle up for a literal Greek chorus, wild 70's outfits, and the most fun a cast has ever had. You've never seen a wedding reception quite like this! So sail to Greece fr...

Welcome to Season 5 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Finish your chores and come to Anatevka for the 1971 Fiddler on the Roof (Part 2)! Starring Topol, Norma Crane, and the best princess track we've seen. Settle in for joyous love songs, a very silly miscommunication trope, and a wedding dance that lives rent free in our heads. You've never seen a 'nightmare' quite like this!...

Welcome to Season 5 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Finish your chores and come to Anatevka for the 1971 Fiddler on the Roof (Part 1)! Starring Topol, Norma Crane, and the best princess track we've seen. Settle in for joyous love songs, a very silly miscommunication trope, and a wedding dance that lives rent free in our heads. You've never seen a 'nightmare' quite like this!...

Welcome to Season 5 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Grab your gun and shout PULL for the 1950 Annie Get Your Gun! Starring Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, and two guys named Bill. Strap in for rampant misogyny, lacking choreography, and one of the most incredible shooting performances we've ever seen. You've never seen an adoption ceremony quite like this! So shoot a bird off a hat, tour Eu...

Both Anna and Grace moved over the last two weeks, so please enjoy one of our top favs of all time!  We'll be back in two weeks with our next new episode <3 Welcome to Season 5 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Don your best hat and run to the sea for the 1948 The Pirate! Starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, and the villain from Pocahontas. Strap in for Gene Kelly doing the most, the shortes...

Welcome to the Season 5 opener of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Get tossed out of a plane and meet us at the Happiness Hotel for the 1981 The Great Muppet Caper! Starring Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, and his identical twin brother Fozzie the Bear. Buckle up for Muppet shenanigans, a WILD dream ballet, and truly so many cameos. You've never seen a body double quite like this! So plan a heist,...

Welcome to the Season 5 opener of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Put on your cow pants and dance for the 1962 Gypsy! Starring Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, and the hardest working chorus boys in the biz. Strap in for the OG stage mom, heartbreaking family dynamics, and strongest case for no-contact I've ever seen. You've never seen a crash out quite like this! So rebrand your act, find...

Welcome to the Season 5 opener of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Invite your favorite cow and cozy up for the 2014 Into the Woods! Starring truly so many people its impossible to fit them in here, but a special shoutout to Meryl Streep's nails. Brace yourselves for incredible word play, gorgeous gowns, and some truly excellent dumb princes. You've never seen a fairytale quite like this!...

Welcome to the Season 4 finale of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Sign out a boat and sail away for the 1958 South Pacific! Starring Mitzi Gaynor, Rossono Brazzi, and the largest men's ensemble this side of the island. Get ready for some of the most incredible love ballads, absolutely WILD coloring, and the most important song in musical theater. You've never seen a Honey Bun quite like t...

Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Run to school and destroy the chokey for the 2022 Matilda: The Musical! Starring DAME Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, and every child in the UK. Strap in for crisp choreography, some excellent lyrical wordplay, and a genuinely heartwarming ending. You've never seen an escapologist quite like this! So pull pranks on your mean dad, make f...

Welcome to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Join us for a very special bracket episode as we pit all the movies from the last year against each other. Who will come out on top as our favorite movie? Let us know what your favorite movie was and we'll see you in a few weeks for the first full episode of 2026! Follow us on Facebook , Instagram , and Twitter for more movie musical conte...

Trigger Warning: Discussions of Nazi symbology and the invasion of Austria by Germany. Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Climb and alp and sing your heart out with the 1965 The Sound of Music! Starring DAME Julie Andrews, young hot Christopher Plummer, and the hardest working Baroness this side of Vienna. Get ready for a lot of mountain shots, a wild puppet show, and some...

Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Hide in the laundry and run away to the 1982 Annie! Starring Aileen Quinn, Carol Burnett, and Mr. Clean as Daddy Warbucks. Strap in for 50 million children, more set up than plot, and the two worst disguises you've ever seen. You've never heard a radio show quite like this! So temporarily adopt an orphan, buy bomb proof windows,...

Trigger Warning: Alcoholism, drug use, and mentions of suicide. Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Get your bell bottoms and hop on stage for the 1976 A Star is Born! Starring Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, and is that Gary Busey? Brace yourself for questionable pacing, full length single shot songs, and a very personal wardrobe. You've absolutely seen a plot ju...

Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Put on your dancing shoes and grab your golf clubs for Carefree (1938)! Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and a cardboard cutout of a man. Strap in for medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and very bad time management skills. You've never seen hypnotism quite like this! So take over a shooting competition, turn into the Termina...

Trigger Warning: Gore, murder, cannibalism, and one mention of SA.  Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Grab your razors and your rolling pins and join us for Sweeney Todd(2007)! Starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and music by Paul Giamatti? Buckle up for over-the-top blood, no choral numbers, and the grimiest version of London you've ever seen. You've nev...

Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Go on shore leave and explore the city in On the Town (1949)! Starring Gene Kelley, Frank Sinatra, and that other guy (sorry Jules!). Brace yourself for long unnecessary dance sequences, very aggressive flirting, and unrealistic travel times. You've never seen a car chase quite like this! So knock over a dinosaur, run from the cops, a...

Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Tease your hair and put on your assless chaps for Rock of Ages (2012)! Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, and a consistently shirtless Tome Cruise. Strap in for incredible mash-ups, a shaky plot, and more leather than you can shake a stick at. You've never seen a green room quite like this! So protest against your one night stand...

Trigger Warning: Kidnapping and trafficking  Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Put on your best quilt dress and ride into town to see Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)! Starring Jane Powell, Howard Keel, and an absurd amount of gingers. Buckle up for beautiful singing voices, problematic behavior, and Grace yelling so loud she blows out Anna's ears. You've n...

Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Grab your top hat and meet us at the stage door to meet The Producers (2005)! Starring Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, and almost the entire OBC. Strap in for walker choreography, massive sets, and the hardest working chorus girls. You've never seen an opening night quite like this! So find the worst script, hire the worst director, a...

Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Grab your leather jacket and slick down your hair for Grease 2 (1982)! Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, and THE SAME BULLIES FROM LAST TIME. Get ready for sub par dancing, a drive-by Sparta kick, and so much teenage drama. You've never seen a talent show outfit quite like this! So bowl for your honor, learn to ride a mot...

Welcome back to Season 4 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Don your golden gown and hop on the train from Yonkers for Hello Dolly (1969)! Starring Barbra Streisand, so many waiters, and a whole ass parade. Buckle up for crazy matchmaking schemes, silly milliners, and so much dancing in the street. You've never seen a dinner service quite like this! So act out the balcony scene from Romeo and...