Lin-Manuel Miranda is a good friend of the McElroys and famous for being The Fourth McElroy Brother. Some say he will truly ascend when he finally adopts the McElroy name and his initials become LMMM (Lin-Manuel Miranda-McElroy). He wrote Hamilton, a show that Griffin McElroy almost shat his pants during.[13]
He is the brothers' #1 fan and the most prominent user of the Great Job horn.[14][15]
My Brother, My Brother and Me[]
- For all episodes with Lin-Manuel Miranda, see Category:Episodes that feature Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Lin's first mention on MBMBaM is at the conclusion of Episode 101. During shoutouts, Justin welcomes "...our new Tony Award Winning fan, Linmanual Miranda [sic]. It's super good to have you on board." This was likely in response to Lin's April 22, 2012 tweet, "Discovered @MBMBaM on this trip. thoses funny dudes are talking in my ears this whole flight now."
Guestspert[]
He has appeared on the podcast as a guestspert in Episode 193 and Episode 516. In his first appearance, he gave some actual advice (a possible first ever for MBMBaM), but by the second time around, he seems to have gotten with the program. He also made a short cameo in Episode 400 when the brothers visited the premiere of Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville. He was also the victim of a brutal prank call in the special bonus episode for MaxFunDrive 2020.
Song Trilogy[]
In addition to being a guestspert on the show, Lin has also written songs in honor of the brothers. The first, "Fugue for Brotherhorns", was sung by the brothers in Episode 193. (It was hauntingly beautiful.) Then, he performed "Shrimp Heaven Now" at the beginning of Episode 376. He completed the trilogy of songs in Episode 482, with "We Didn't Start The Brothers."
Other[]
- For all episodes that mention Lin-Manuel Miranda, see Category:Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Lin appears in the final episode of the brothers' television show as a Dickensian Candlenights narrator. During the show, he fails to help Justin write a backstory for the holiday and legally gives away his Tony to Griffin. He also appeared during Candlenights 2020, in which he sang a Candlenights carol to the tune of 311's "Amber".
Lin has also proven himself to be interested in the brothers' Yearly Themes for the podcast, even going so far as to provide his own suggestions.[16]
- “We have to text MacArthur Genius Award winner, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and tell him what [year name] we settled on. Cause he asked us yesterday.”
- — Justin
Lin hasn't only appeared on MBMBaM: he's also featured on The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls World Tour podcast Episode 8, Still Buffering podcast Episode 23, and in a Maximum Fun bonus content episode of The Adventure Zone where he played D&D with the brothers.
Trivia[]
In 2016, he and Travis McElroy had a battle of the gods, where Travis attempted to take Lin's Tonys, even though he very much did not yet deserve them. The fight concluded after 7 days and 6 nights, with both forces having found a mutual new respect for each other.
In 2016, Griffin was overjoyed after Lin sent him a video of Carly Rae Jepsen giving him a shoutout. Later that year, Griffin declared that he will remove the medallion from one of Lin's Tonys to use as "the world's most radical and the world's most prestigious Tony bony pog slammer."[17]
In December 2016, Travis suggested that Lin should voice Fenton Crackshell in the new DuckTales reboot. And then it fucking happened, because Travis is Nostradamus I guess. Really though Travis what the fuck.[18]
Lin Manuel Miranda thanks the McElroy Brothers
In his musical Hamilton, Lin-Manuel references the "Unless..." brotherism in the song "We Know".[19] He also says that the line "Do whatever you want // I'm super dead" in the rap "Cabinet Battle #2" was informed by his hours of listening to MBMBaM.[20] After his Tony win in 2016, Lin sent out a "great job" horn to the brothers when describing how they inspired the "Unless..." line.
In 2017 Griffin announced that their friendship with Lin was ended, and that La La Land is now their new best friend.[21] Lin was deposed as fourth McElroy brother by Afité, an attendant of the September 2017 New York liveshow, after Griffin refused to rap battle for his honor.[22]
Gallery[]
References & Links[]
- ↑ Episode 400: The Escape to Margaritaville Red Carpet Extravaganza
- ↑ Episode 344: The Cream Beams to the Tower of Flavortown
- ↑ Episode 265: The Ballad of Tit Liquid
- ↑ Episode 286: Coyotes Ate Our Dad
- ↑ Episode 374: Respect the Journey
- ↑ Episode 440: The Naming of 2019
- ↑ Episode 417: DVDs For The People
- ↑ Episode 334: BYOBurger
- ↑ Episode 744: The Naming of 2025
- ↑ Episode 533: Butterbobs n' Batteries
- ↑ Episode 124: This Is Our Rumors
- ↑ Episode 119: Drop the Beat, Francis
- ↑ Mentioned in Episode 346
- ↑ The Great-Job horn originated in Episode 280
- ↑ Lin Manuel Miranda thanks the McElroy Brothers
- ↑ Episode 692, Episode 744, Episode 440
- ↑ Mentioned in Episode 308
- ↑ Horrifyingly predicted in Episode 334
- ↑ Hamilton: The Revolution, notes
- ↑ Lin's Twitter 9:03 PM · Sep 24, 2015
- ↑ Mentioned in Episode 344
- ↑ Episode 376
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