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Bathtubs Over Broadway

A Late Night comedy writer stumbles upon a hilarious, hidden world of corporate entertainment and finds an unexpected connection to his fellow man. Tribeca and WGA Award winner.

Director

Dava Whisenant

Year

Genre

documentary, comedy, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

Impact Partners,Blumhouse Productions,Chicago Media Project

Awards

13 wins & 13 nominations

Homepage

https://www.bathtubsoverbroadway.com/

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(vocalizing melodically
to cancan music) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

(vocalizing melodically to cancan music)

-DANCERS: Hooray!
-(applause) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

-DANCERS: Hooray! -(applause)

STROMAN: So, doing industrials
gave me confidence. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

STROMAN: So, doing industrials gave me confidence.

And you have to...
and one needs to be as sincere - Bathtubs Over Broadway

And you have to... and one needs to be as sincere

It's just that it's not
the product - Bathtubs Over Broadway

It's just that it's not the product

-Now you're counting pickles!
-(audience laughter) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

-Now you're counting pickles! -(audience laughter)

BEEBE: There was therapy
involved, too. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

BEEBE: There was therapy involved, too.

So we would write a show
about a manager, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

So we would write a show about a manager,

¶ You tell me that
your profits are down ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

¶ You tell me that your profits are down ¶

¶ He's important to the buyer ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

¶ He's important to the buyer ¶

They tell you
that you're the best, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

They tell you that you're the best,

It's got them all hyped up
and ready to go back - Bathtubs Over Broadway

It's got them all hyped up and ready to go back

(applause) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

They were thrilled - Bathtubs Over Broadway

They were thrilled

(cheering) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

I don't know. (laughs) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

I don't know. (laughs)

The new cars!" - Bathtubs Over Broadway

The car shows
kind of fizzled out a bit, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

The car shows kind of fizzled out a bit,

¶ Now look at me
and I'll put you wise ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

¶ Now look at me and I'll put you wise ¶

-¶ Now I came here... ¶
-STEVE: By the late '80s, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

-¶ Now I came here... ¶ -STEVE: By the late '80s,

They just stopped, and so we,
who relied on industrials - Bathtubs Over Broadway

They just stopped, and so we, who relied on industrials

¶ Everywhere you go... ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

¶ Everywhere you go... ¶

In another seismic shift
in the world - Bathtubs Over Broadway

In another seismic shift in the world

Paul and I will be
wrapping things up - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Paul and I will be wrapping things up

(applause) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Some official bureaucratic
notice or something. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Some official bureaucratic notice or something.

(murmuring quietly) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

(murmuring quietly)

I've had a steady job
and a steady paycheck - Bathtubs Over Broadway

I've had a steady job and a steady paycheck

And now I-I'm almost
50 years old, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

And now I-I'm almost 50 years old,

(snappy jazz music playing) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

(snappy jazz music playing)

I just want to tell you that - Bathtubs Over Broadway

I just want to tell you that

He has such a large head, so
we'll have to deal with sizes. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

He has such a large head, so we'll have to deal with si...

Yeah. D-Do you have
a smaller head for him? - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Yeah. D-Do you have a smaller head for him?

-SUSAN: Pardon?
-(people chuckling) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

-SUSAN: Pardon? -(people chuckling)

STEVE: Yeah, I can save all the
scripts and whatever I write, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

STEVE: Yeah, I can save all the scripts and whatever I writ...

Oh, look at that. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Oh, look at that.

Star World '79, another one
I've never heard of. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Star World '79, another one I've never heard of.

So these weren't even
necessarily - Bathtubs Over Broadway

So these weren't even necessarily

(Steve laughs) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

All right.
I'm gonna be your manager, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

All right. I'm gonna be your manager,

You did these shows
very quickly. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

You did these shows very quickly.

And it's been nice for me that,
40 or 50 years later, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

And it's been nice for me that, 40 or 50 years later,

So we have found the lost
Library of Alexandria here. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

So we have found the lost Library of Alexandria here.

(ladder clatters) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

(ladder clatters)

(laughs) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

A whole batch of RCA stuff
I've never heard of. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

A whole batch of RCA stuff I've never heard of.

And this is just like
one one-thousandth - Bathtubs Over Broadway

And this is just like one one-thousandth

For every one I know, there's
probably dozens and dozens - Bathtubs Over Broadway

For every one I know, there's probably dozens and dozen...

When Nancy and I would sit
at the show - Bathtubs Over Broadway

When Nancy and I would sit at the show

STEVE: Are you proud
of what you did in this world? - Bathtubs Over Broadway

STEVE: Are you proud of what you did in this world?

Working with
the captains of industry - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Working with the captains of industry

BEEBE: No, they didn't.
(laughs softly) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

BEEBE: No, they didn't. (laughs softly)

Uh, she said, not to me
but to someone else-- - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Uh, she said, not to me but to someone else--

SANDI:
It bothered me, at the time, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

SANDI: It bothered me, at the time,

-Mm-hmm.
-That only the-the employees - Bathtubs Over Broadway

-Mm-hmm. -That only the-the employees

STEVE:
How can there be something - Bathtubs Over Broadway

STEVE: How can there be something

This is too good
to just let disappear. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

This is too good to just let disappear.

¶ Everybody waits
for miracles ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

¶ Everybody waits for miracles ¶

¶ It's time... ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

¶ It's time... ¶

SHAFFER: ¶ Steve Young's
Record Collection ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

SHAFFER: ¶ Steve Young's Record Collection ¶

-Thank you.
-Before we get started, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

-Thank you. -Before we get started,

Tell people what we're
looking at there, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Tell people what we're looking at there,

¶ ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

I'm Terry Gross.
With us is Steve Young - Bathtubs Over Broadway

I'm Terry Gross. With us is Steve Young

STEVE: Every time I look
at the book, I think, "Yes!" - Bathtubs Over Broadway

STEVE: Every time I look at the book, I think, "Yes!&q...

I'll show you the pages
that have - Bathtubs Over Broadway

I'll show you the pages that have

LAURA LINDGREN:
After the book came out, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

LAURA LINDGREN: After the book came out,

My dad made that
illustration." - Bathtubs Over Broadway

My dad made that illustration."

LINDGREN:
Michael Brown, he... - Bathtubs Over Broadway

LINDGREN: Michael Brown, he...

You have come out and said, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

You have come out and said,

So you would tell people
that yes, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

So you would tell people that yes,

Oh, yes, absolutely.
No question about that. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Oh, yes, absolutely. No question about that.

STEVE:
On a purely logical basis, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

STEVE: On a purely logical basis,

But I did hear Sid's music, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

But I did hear Sid's music,

Life can be so rich
and wonderful - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Life can be so rich and wonderful

Getting to know people like Sid
and Patt and their families - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Getting to know people like Sid and Patt and their families

Your work endures." - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Your work endures."

(applause) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

And just that I merited
inclusion here - Bathtubs Over Broadway

And just that I merited inclusion here

At first, I was looking at it
very practically, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

At first, I was looking at it very practically,

Than you would think
you would get into - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Than you would think you would get into

STEVE:
So, what do you think? - Bathtubs Over Broadway

STEVE: So, what do you think?

Yes, and I should make
a clear - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Yes, and I should make a clear

(Goodwin laughs) - Bathtubs Over Broadway

(Goodwin laughs)

¶ Times have changed
since I was around ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

¶ Times have changed since I was around ¶

¶ It's clear ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

¶ It's clear ¶

Yeah, I don't think
I'm going back in, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

Yeah, I don't think I'm going back in,

¶ ¶ - Bathtubs Over Broadway

This evening, I'm going
to lead you through a door, - Bathtubs Over Broadway

This evening, I'm going to lead you through a door,

You talk to people.
You tell them stories. - Bathtubs Over Broadway

You talk to people. You tell them stories.

Bathtubs Over Broadway poster

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A Late Night comedy writer stumbles upon a hilarious, hidden world of corporate entertainment and finds an unexpected connection to his fellow man. Tribeca and WGA Award winner.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Dava Whisenant

Writer: Ozzy Inguanzo, Dava Whisenant

Production: Impact Partners,Blumhouse Productions,Chicago Media Project

Genre: documentary, comedy, music

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Apr 2018

Awards: 13 wins & 13 nominations

Homepage: https://www.bathtubsoverbroadway.com/