You're Obsessed With Newsies

You Know When You’re Obsessed . . . Newsies

1. You slip into a New Yawkan accent unintentionally as you speak
2. When someone angers you, you shout, “Shaddap, or I’ll soak ya, ya scabba!”
3. You dance to every Newsies song secretly in your room
4. You’ve made up your own Newsie name
5. You’ve bought yourself your own Newsie outfit
6. You’ve seen the movie at least twelve times
7. You know full portions of the script
8. You know every lyric to every song of the movie
9. You freak out when you learn Mush, Spot, Blink, Crutchy, Dave, Race and Jack were real people
10. You sing “Carrin’ The Banner” as you wake up and start your day
11. You’ve managed to convert at least five people into Newsie lovers
12. Your new favorite baseball team is the New York Yankees
13. For whenever the situation arouses, you lapse into one of the movie’s songs
14. You have a never-ending desire to visit New York City
15. You attempt to convince your music teacher to stage Newsies as the school’s next play
16. You’ve attempted to email, or contact one of the cast members
17. You connect every school project to Newsies
18. You’ve undergone extensive research about the newsie strike of 1899
19. You’ve added Kenny Ortega to your list of God’s Gift for creating the movie
20. You’ve added any chosen character to your list of God’s Gift
21. Whenever someone asks you how you slept (if the situation aroused), you respond, “On me back Mush.”
22. You find yourself salivating over men many years older than yourself
23. You find yourself wanting to learn choreography with a never-ending urge
24. You have found the guts to wear your Newsie outfit in the public
25. You endlessly quote from the movie as means as talking
26. You wish to travel back in time to see the cast in the making of the movie
27. You wish to travel back in time to the actual strike in 1899
28. You have been hit in result of your endless chatter about Newsies
29. You have gone through the entire movie just to spot funny “observations”
30. Everyone who’s everyone knows about your obsession with Newsies
31. You have posted pictures of the Newsies in your room and in your binders
32. When you’re late for class, you yell, “Cheese it!”
33. You’re written an entire book about newsies in general

And the grand finale!

34. You’re actually reading this