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Uploaded on Jun 13, 2011

Tommy Kail and I, in the basement of the Beacon Theater, writing Neil Patrick Harris' closing number recapping the 2011 Tony Awards. We totally feel like we're on the West Wing for real. At some point, Nikki James stops by, fresh from her amazing win for The Book Of Mormon. NPH is awesome. Enjoy!

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  • YoYoYo826

    YoYoYo826 1 year ago

    the amount of love i have for this video. between Lin, Neil, Tommy, and the WW references, i might just die. and sorry, Tommy, but your Toby! Josh wasn't a writer, he was just the cute one that had meetings with a lot of people.

    LOVE this video!

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  • usnavi

    usnavi 1 year ago

    Ha! Your description of Lyman fits Tommy even better :)

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  • sonotajenny

    sonotajenny 1 year ago

    I loved seeing this happen on one square foot of real estate. No crisis of confidence here and you didn't need your wife to come in and cut off your tie. Bravo!

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  • usnavi

    usnavi 1 year ago

    For all the awesome WWing references you just made, I give you this hug through the interweb. Bravo!

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  • bighitz124

    bighitz124 2 days ago

    3:10 = WIN

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  • LiveLaughLove7897

    LiveLaughLove7897 3 weeks ago

    I think it's friggen amazing how they just write a whole rap down in the basement while the show's going on and how Neil then picks it up so quickly. Love the Tonys!

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  • JackCoxTwinsFan99

    JackCoxTwinsFan99 1 month ago

    He can not just sing and act...He can rap too :D :D

    AWESOME Guy!

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  • Edward ByWood

    Edward ByWood 1 month ago

    what amazes me is how neil learned that in such a small time, he's really great!

    and of course even you who wrote the rap!

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  • Ray King

    Ray King 4 months ago

    HE JUST REFERENCED MY FAVORITE WEST WING EPISODE OF ALL TIME!

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  • sonoki82

    sonoki82 5 months ago

    A few people have asked this, so I'll ask it again: did NPH memorize all of that or was he able to read it from a monitor? If he did memorize it, how many run throughs did he have?

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  • seoul588

    seoul588 7 months ago

    Knocked it out of the park.

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  • ritsfata

    ritsfata 11 months ago

    Lin, I love this entire bit but I want to applaud you for the beauty of the final section about the power of theater. I find so inspirational.

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  • Crazy4NPH

    Crazy4NPH 1 year ago

    awesome video i love it Neil Patrick Harris is my favorite actor

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  • ItsJennysTurn

    ItsJennysTurn 1 year ago

    This is amazing haha! Awesome job!

    Would you check out our HIMYM Parody we made to meet NPH? :D We try to make him watch it, but it would be an honor if you watched it mister! :)

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