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[0:00] Andrew: We've got a mission to find the best song that's ever been on Glee.

[0:09] Andrew: There's no rhyme or reason to it, so don't get mad at me.

[0:18] Andrew: Gleek it by Gleek it, we'll rank everyone to see which song will move closer to spot number one.

[0:26] Andrew: Gleek of the Week, Gleek, Gleek, Gleek of the Week. It's Gleek, Gleek of the Week.

[0:35] Andrew: Hey guys! It's time for the first live stream episode of round four and I'm very very excited to be joined by... I am obsessed with this woman. I feel like we are just twins, just separated at birth vibes. We have a lot of the same interests. I'm of course talking about from Skip or Scream, I'm talking about Maggie. Hello Maggie!

[0:58] Maggie Lind: Hi Andrew! Hi Gleeks! So happy to be back.

[1:07] Andrew: Oh my gosh, we've missed you so bad. How is Skipping and Screaming going?

[1:13] Maggie Lind: Skipping and Screaming is going really well. I just have to say, Andrew, I like genuinely was beside myself when you had your gliitis for like a month. It was really hard. I really missed you. I miss the Gleeks. I miss Glackadine. I missed hearing all about Glee. So I'm just so happy you're back. I'm so happy we're back in the thick of it.

[1:34] Andrew: Wait, you can't do that to me because then also because like the Glackette will end eventually as it has become made...

[1:40] Maggie Lind: No, it will end. It will end. It's just like you're putting too much onus on me to be like, I don't know.

[1:48] Andrew: God forbid I give you a compliment, Andrew, and then I know it's very kind.

[1:54] Maggie Lind: But I'm like, wait a minute, what are you guys gonna do? What will the Gleeks do when I don't entertain them? I'm gonna miss your voice in my little ear holes. You're gonna have to come up with something else. Like you're just gonna have to bracket something else. Unless you're trying to bracketing, which...

[2:07] Andrew: Bracketing... Okay, here's the thing about... I'm just like, this is like podcaster to podcaster. Bracketing as like a medium is like so interesting because like I'm... I like I knew that I wanted to see it through to the end. Whereas like with you, you can tap out whenever you want. And it's like, you know, like, it's okay. But like, I was like, this actually needs to finish. And this will take years. But I need to see it through. You know what I mean?

[2:39] Maggie Lind: Yeah, I do. There is an elegance or a beauty, though, when it comes to bracketing, because in a sense, I know this isn't true. This is gonna sound like I'm dissing you, Andrew. I'm really not. There isn't as much to prepare ahead of time, because you don't know what is gonna happen. If you're doing everything by random.

[2:58] Andrew: Why would that be a diss? Why would that be a diss?

[3:02] Maggie Lind: I don't know, because that's making it seem like I say you don't do any work, like you just show up. But no, I know that that was on purpose. That was that was on purpose. I did not want to, like create work for myself. Like, that's why like, I was like, let's like, figure out something week to week to do. Where it's like, there's no homework required. Because like, I've worked on podcasts where like, the guests like needed to do homework ahead of time. And like, yeah, like, it's just like, it adds like this layer of like, did I do it correctly? And it's like, no, I just would rather people show up and be like, have fun in the moment.

[3:32] Andrew: I get it, because we put a shit ton of work into our podcast. And sometimes I'm like, I don't want to do it. But then once I'm in it, then it's like, explain, explain your podcast to the glisteners who may not be glisteners, you gleeky little glisteners.

[3:50] Maggie Lind: So if you aren't aware, me and my sister Cassie, who have both been guests on this podcast, host a scary movie recap podcast called Skip or Scream. And what we do is we recap an entire scary movie from start to finish way more detailed than Wikipedia, Wikipedia could never. And our ultimate goal is to decide if the stream or if the scream is worth the stream. So we just like talk about scary movies. And it's such a blast. We have lots of listeners who love scary movies, lots of listeners who I won't say hate scary movies, but they're too scared to watch them, which is why they listen to our podcast. And frankly, Andrew, our Venn diagram of Gleek of the Week listeners and Skip or Scream listeners is very intertwined because some of our most vocal and active listeners were Gleek of the Week fans first. So thank you so much.

[4:42] Andrew: Who are we talking about? Because I'm sure that I know them as well.

[4:45] Maggie Lind: Eric and Jude. They are people who are in our comments a lot. They're in our DMs or in our Instagrams. And we love them very, very much. And they are a blast.

[4:56] Andrew: So yeah.

[4:57] Maggie Lind: Oh, it all the week, baby.

[5:00] Andrew: Oh no, don't say that. Um, I know I owe it all to you because I just watched a movie that was on like one of your stories last week. We won't do a full tangent. You did like a story last week that was like, like, what scary movies have you watched? And which ones haven't you? Like, it was like, yeah, you know, yep, yep. And one of them was Gerald's Game.

[5:21] Maggie Lind: I love Gerald's Game.

[5:22] Andrew: I watched Gerald's Game. It's on Netflix. I like I watched it. I was alone. And I'm watching it. And I was just like, I just need something to entertain myself. I don't want to be doom scrolling on TikTok anymore. I want to be like watching something of substance. And of course, I find Gerald's Game something that is like not of substance. But yeah, but it's stupid. It was it was like kind of like stupid and fun. I kind of liked it.

[5:49] Maggie Lind: It's really fun. Carla Gugino, or sometimes I refer to her as hot Spy Kids mom. She is so sexy, sexy. I love her so much.

[5:56] Andrew: She is hot Spy Kids mom, Andrew. And she looks she hasn't aged a day.

[6:03] Maggie Lind: She has not. Well, I was I was low key looking at like, um, who was in the he's bad news in the movie. But who was the who was her? You know, her Gerald?

[6:10] Andrew: Gerald? Who was the titular Gerald?

[6:17] Maggie Lind: Yeah. Um, do we even know? Now I'm forgetting. It's not the it's not the guy who plays the president in National Treasure Book of Secrets. Is it?

[6:23] Andrew: I don't know. I remember as a child and I was like, this feels like for intellectual children, not me. You know what I mean?

[6:36] Maggie Lind: You think National Treasure is for intellectual children?

[6:42] Andrew: I was like, I don't fucking care if someone stole the Declaration of Independence. I don't I really don't give a shit. I'm sorry to say that's horrible.

[6:53] Maggie Lind: You Nicholas Cage. I know he's alive, but he's rolling in his grave.

[6:59] Andrew: It is Bruce Greenwood and it is the president from National Treasure to Book of Secrets. I should have never doubted you.

[7:03] Maggie Lind: Wow, Gerald's Game and I was I wanted to do a double feature, but I got too sleepy of a movie where you're because the Gerald's Game the entire premise of this movie we will talk about the Gerald's Game. The entire premise is that a an older couple go to their vacation home in the middle of the woods and to spice up their sex life. The man handcuffs the wife to the bed. And then the wife is like, I'm actually not into this anymore. They have a little like lover spat. And then he has a heart attack dies. And so she's just like stuck to the bed, which is like terrifying scenario.

[7:43] Andrew: And I wanted to do a double feature of handcuffed to the bed of Oh, hi. Have you seen Oh, hi?

[7:48] Maggie Lind: I haven't seen Oh, hi. But this is actually a good transition, Andrew, because I'm kind of a little a little mad at you a little glad at you.

[8:00] Andrew: Glad glad at me.

[8:01] Maggie Lind: Yeah, I'm glad at you. Two episodes ago when you had Claudia and Lena on you guys talked about scary movies, and you're not allowed to talk about scary movies with anyone else other than me.

[8:13] Andrew: I'm gatekeeping scary movies for you and me and it's not allowed. Did I say anything bad?

[8:18] Maggie Lind: No, you didn't. You didn't. Well, I mean, we have very differing opinions when it comes to a lot of the newer scary movies that have come out. But you guys were talking about Oh, hi. And right after you were talking, I'm like, what is this? Because talk about Carla Gugino being sexy.

[8:36] Andrew: Yes, another sexy, sexy woman who's in the bear and lots of other things.

[8:43] Maggie Lind: Yeah, love her down bad.

[8:44] Andrew: Not me, though. I this is she's not for me. A lot of a lot of actresses are for me. I'm looking at actresses and I'm like, these actresses were created by Hollywood scientists specifically for me.

[8:56] Maggie Lind: Molly Gordon, not me. Not for me.

[9:03] Andrew: She was for me.

[9:04] Maggie Lind: Okay, well, she itches a scratch.

[9:06] Andrew: It she scratches an itch. Um, okay, do we want a little gloicemail?

[9:09] Maggie Lind: Let's gloicemail.

[9:10] Andrew: Let's glacket. Let's let's gloicemail. Let's glacket. Let's do all the glows.

[9:15] Christina: My name is Christina, pronoun she her long time listener first time caller. I'm calling today inspired by the one and only Eduardo to give a little bit more love a little bit more flowers to a song that I don't think got all the recognition it deserved when it was initially blackened. And that song is none other than the impeccable matchup of old time of rock and roll and danger zone. Now I want to make something very clear. By no means is this song the winner of my black it nor should it be the winner of any black it. I just don't think it had enough proper discussion when it was initially pulled. First off, I personally think that the boys for one outdid the girls in the matchup competition.

The girls basically just saying diamonds are girls best friends stopped for a little bit saying one line of material girls and resumed diamonds. To me, that is not a matchup. The boys actually created something that was greater than the sum of its parts. I dare you not to get hyped up when you hear the initials of old time of rock and roll slash danger zone. It's such a fun number. The boys are costumed, we get a Joe vocal, we never get a Joe vocal. And the pièce de résistance, in my opinion, is using Ari's wheelchair wheel and spinning it like the propeller of a plane. Genius. I just think that this song is so much fun. To me, it's the perfect driving song. I love putting it on when I'm in the car feeling like I'm speeding, not actually just feeling like it.

But anyway, I would love to hear any thoughts and opinions about this song. Love you, Andrew. Love this podcast. Truly, I look forward to it every single week. I first discovered it when I was starting out my med school journey and now I'm almost graduating. Crazy that that's coming to an end as crazy as the clock is coming in to an end soon. Oh, I don't want it to happen. But anyways, Andrew, thank you so much. I love you. Bye.

[11:18] Andrew: Okay, you didn't hear any of that.

[11:19] Maggie Lind: I didn't hear any of that. And I saw some other people in the comments, I think also didn't hear it. So I don't think I'm alone. But okay, so that that beautiful voicemail was from Christina.

[11:29] Andrew: See, this is so weird that half the people heard it, half the people didn't. I'm not sure what's going on there. But Christina made a very strong case for Maggie, your glee knowledge, like always kind of confuses and astounds me where I'm like, if I say old time of rock and roll mashed up with Danger Zone, do you know what that glee number is?

[11:50] Maggie Lind: Yes.

[11:51] Andrew: You do?

[11:52] Maggie Lind: Yeah, that just feels like a song that like kind of was like lost the time a little bit.

[12:01] Andrew: No.

[12:02] Maggie Lind: Yeah, I mean, it is a little bit lost to time. I'd say that my opinions are like, I just am. I don't want to say basic. But there are some songs that I just really don't get that is when I don't necessarily really get I feel like it talking about Molly Gordon was made in a lab not for you. That song was made in a lab not for me.

[12:22] Andrew: Okay, well, we're gonna watch that song and hopefully, hopefully, I know I'm hopefully people can listen to it. Um, that would be the dream scenario.

[12:35] Maggie Lind: Um, Nicholas Cage, Nicholas Cage mention. He just he's loving this episode so far.

[12:43] Andrew: But I don't recall liking this number that much. I just feel like I remember like it was like kind of like for it just feels like one of those like made in a lab for straight women. I don't know.

[12:59] Maggie Lind: And I'm like, I'm not getting this.

[13:01] Andrew: We'll see what we have. We have one. We have a straight woman here.

[13:05] Maggie Lind: And I see it.

[13:06] Andrew: Oh my god.

[13:07] Maggie Lind: Oh, you see it? Okay, perfect. It's a glee miracle.

[13:14] Andrew: People are saying the boys win every mashup competition. It's all right. Fun campy. I don't give a fuck but also better than diamonds. People are saying okay, so Christina in the in the Gloys mail said that this should have won the mashup competition over the diamonds mashup.

[13:31] Maggie Lind: No, so just keep that in mind. Okay. I will say that, like, I liked it more than I think this is the most I ever liked it. Yeah, that was actually kind of cunty. I actually enjoyed that. But does it stack up against the girls? I don't know about that. So here's what you miss on the Gloyce Mail is Christina said that, um, that the girls shouldn't have, like, been considered because and I agree with this. The girls borrow like they do just like the Moulin Rouge. They do just do, um, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend. And they do one line of Material Girl. So like, is that as much like, they do this like really inspired Tom Cruise mashup of Top Gun and, oh my god, what is that other movie? Risky Business, of course, thank you. Um, but like, they, they really like, manufactured something here. Whereas like, the girls, they just kind of phoned it in. But they look great.

[14:35] Andrew: Christina's kind of giving the guy who is in charge of the like, pool battle in Pitch Perfect. Like she they're giving a cut because they didn't follow the rules.

[14:48] Maggie Lind: Oh, they didn't do it. I feel like you've mentioned that pool guy before you're obsessed with that, that guy.

[14:53] Andrew: Yes. Don't know if I ever mentioned him in my life, Andrew.

[14:59] Maggie Lind: I literally know Maggie. It's so funny. I remember like you brought up before like, this is like probably like four years ago, every time that I like, this is often that I'll watch a Pitch Perfect video where he'll show up. And like, every time I see him, I think of you. Because I remember like, four years ago, you were like, hey, like, you should you should think about like having that guy on the podcast. And I was like, I don't. Yes, this is a conversation that you and I had.

[15:26] Andrew: Yes. Okay, he you should have him. That would be fun. But I don't know if I ever said that. But I guess I'll believe you. I'll believe you did say that.

[15:33] Maggie Lind: You did. Sure. Okay. Um, but anyway, I enjoyed it. It was fun. Um, I like the like, kind of like background layers of the vocals of like the danger zone. Like the like, when they were like, there was like layers to the to the singing, which I always love. Yeah, it was it was definitely fun. It I love it when they like do a little bit of a chair choreography with Artie in a song. Yeah, it was fun. They were like turning in like an airplane, which was also I thought that was very fun. Yeah. Um, and I don't know, I, I liked it. I was like trying to watch for the door, you know, like some glee performances in the choir room, the the doors are open. And it's like, that that does take me out a lot of the time we're walking by, people are just walking by.

And I feel like they kind of cut around that. I don't know if that was on purpose or not. But like, I was like, being very adamant about watching for it. Because of course, there's a bunch of minors, like kind of just like, in their underwear, and a flannel shirt. You know what I mean? I actually was trying to pay close attention to these. I shouldn't say these minors in their underwear. But I was trying to see minors in their underwear. I was trying to see if they showed actual undies shots. And I didn't see any actual undies. I think those shirts were tailored just right by the costume department so that no, yes, we're seeing we're seeing no, we're showing the making of this episode. But I will say a big part of that performance was the girls serving like the girls were over there Vanessa Lenges was giving a performance.

She was getting down with it. She was giving all the facial features and well, I always like feel bad for like Vanessa Lenges and Samuel Larson in these episodes where it's like, hey, like they get to appear sort of thing. And it's like, I'm watching it as an adult now. And I'm like, that's job security that it's like Vanessa Lenges is making a case for herself to keep on coming back. So it's like, I she's she's pulling focus on purpose that she's like, I want to be back come ask come back next week.

[18:00] Andrew: Can I just say I also this past weekend was just like looking for something fun to watch. I swear to God, I'm like so deprived on I'm caught up on a lot of stuff. So I'm just like looking for new slash oldies but good. And one of my favorite movies of all time is now free on Prime. It's called stick it.

[18:18] Maggie Lind: I knew you're gonna I forgot fucking Vanessa Lenges is in that and she is like I don't know how I forgot considering how much I love that movie and she is so damn good. Like what is what is her line from that? Um, it's gymnastics not gymnastics.

[18:30] Andrew: Yeah, she said it's not called gymnastics.

[18:34] Maggie Lind: Yeah. Ah, incredible. Where was the screenwriting Oscar for that? Honestly, the fact that it has like a 30% on Rotten Tomatoes just lets me know that a lot of people have a stick up their butt. I think stick it, stick it up your ass, stick it up your ass and go home. Um, okay, anything else that we need to say about that damn mashup? It was fun. It just the thing that I feel like a lot of the boys mashups have that I feel like makes them not win these competitions is there's something about like they don't have the x factor like they just like don't quite push through like and like give me what I want the way that the girls mashups do. That's nothing against their performance. Like I literally can't even actually put words to it or exactly put my finger on it.

I just like feel like it's just not quite what I'm looking for. That doesn't mean it's not a great performance and it's not fun. I feel like I will every time that the boys do a mashup. Okay, so of course, just to lay them all out. It's my life confessions. That's good. That's fine. I'm not streaming. But I can admit that it's well, Andrew, you though, don't get that song. I think I don't get it. I don't know you don't I get it. But okay, keep going. And then there's free your mind. What does that mesh up with free your mind and stop making love? Oh, yeah. Which I also I similarly, like, I don't get it. But it's good. This one is probably the lowest ranking. But I will say and this this isn't fair because it has two girls in it.

But it is the boys mashup of that season. The Hall and Oates make my dreams come true. And it's like the only reason I like that one is because of the girls vocals. We're talking about Tina and we're talking about Quinn. They're on the track and I love um, but this one. I don't know when the boys do mashups. I'm like, just set this one out. I don't know. I do think it's time in this glacket that we need to start. I don't even know how to word this. So this is just gonna sound so stupid coming out of my mouth. But I feel like we need to start putting some songs forward that aren't what we think. You know what I mean?

[20:36] Maggie Lind: Because like, what does that mean? Wait, I feel like this is a great segue into like glacket grievances. So if you want to go off, well, we're literally at the very beginning of round four. So like, I don't really have like, I think round three, honestly, like of all of them, it makes the most sense. I guess round three, I feel like was the least confrontational in terms of like, I think there wasn't as many controversial pairings there. And we had, and the ones that like were controversial, the songs got voted back. Like it was like, it was still fine in the end.

[21:10] Andrew: Yeah. Yeah. So like, I'm not really, I don't have anything from there. I will say listening to the episode that came out today early for us little patrons that I listened to today. I will say, and this is a hot take. I don't have a ton of super hot takes. This one is Scorchin. The songs that went through are two of my least favorite songs that are still left.

[21:39] Maggie Lind: Okay, so of course, we're talking about spoiler, spoiler, spoiler, spoiler, spoiler. We're talking about Somewhere Only We Know and Cough Syrup.

[21:49] Andrew: Mm hmm.

[21:50] Maggie Lind: And those are those are not doing anything for you.

[21:53] Andrew: Here's why. Okay, because I've talked about it before. This is my fourth or fifth appearance on this podcast. The thing that I love most about Glee is presenting songs that you already know in a way that you haven't heard them before. That's why I really like mashups. That's why I really like group numbers because I like when it's like multiple like when they do a single artist put out a song, but then you have the entire Glee Club singing it. That's what I really like because it's like if I just want to listen to a copy and paste, I'll go on Spotify and I'll put on the original.

[22:25] Maggie Lind: But you guys, Blaine has so many good songs that he does dare I say better than the original and these two aren't it. They're not bad.

[22:35] Andrew: I feel like in the conversation that we had around Cough Syrup was that he does it better than the original. Do you disagree?

[22:41] Maggie Lind: I think it's so similar. I think it's so similar. Like I genuinely think people need to put on the original Cough Syrup and then put on Blaine's version and like the arrangement is so similar, you guys. It's just like and I'm not taking into account when I'm thinking of these songs. I'm purely just thinking of song. I'm pulling it out so much. I'm not thinking of context of story, moving the plot along. I just think that he like some like some of this like can't teach your boyfriend to dance with you. The Glee version is better. It's better.

[23:11] Andrew: I agree. Yeah.

[23:13] Maggie Lind: There's like there's just other songs that he does and he puts his own Blaine-y thing on them that makes them better and he puts his own Blaine-y thing on it. Yeah, I just I don't I don't get it especially Cough Syrup. I do not get it. I don't get the the context of the plot and what they were doing with the story. I just don't get the actual performance and I feel like a lot of people genuinely love Cough Syrup just for the song not for thinking of it in the context of that specific episode and the issues it addresses. I feel like a lot of people just like the song and I that I don't get.

[23:49] Andrew: That's so fascinating. Wow. Okay.

[23:52] Maggie Lind: Does anyone agree with me? Let me look at these comments. Does anyone?

[23:57] Andrew: The latest comment is Cough Syrup quite literally wins my racket.

[24:00] Maggie Lind: Oh god. All right.

[24:01] Andrew: So so everybody everybody hates me.

[24:05] Maggie Lind: I'm mad.

[24:05] Andrew: I know.

[24:06] Maggie Lind: Um so so you're hating you're hating that we blew our low blew our low blow our low.

[24:14] Andrew: I yeah the if if y'all patrons didn't listen to that episode there was a quote that actually had me clack cackling on the ground rolling lol-ing whatever you want to say whatever the kids are saying these days yeah and it was blow my low and I think that's the oh that's titled that yeah hands down that is the fucking funniest thing I've ever heard in my whole goddamn life but yeah I just I I seriously think that I I did a thing in round three where when I would listen to the remaining songs playlist sometimes I would if there was a song that I was like this sounds so similar to the original I would play the original in the Glee version back to back and I did that today after I listened to those songs I was like damn these sound pretty similar but these sound pretty similar they want us to say the differences between these two songs they're the same they're the same this corporate wants you to find the differences between these thank you they're the same I was trying to find it you found it there you go um there anything else that we need to say about the Glockett before we do the damn Glockett no I'm just like so excited to Glockett and I'm excited for everyone to disagree with me because clearly they already are no that's so fun what do you want to see today you see you want to see mashups you want to see songs that are kind of special I think that I'm a good person to have on for um Teenage Dream acoustic I think that it needs to be me and you and you advocate for that yeah you know that I'll advocate for it and I don't think I don't think going forward this deep into the Glockett that it doesn't stand a chance without you yeah genuinely I think like you could easily be swayed against it so like I don't even count on you you're I know you're not in my corner you're not in our corner our being me and Teenage Dream acoustic version see this is what people have brought up to me before that like they're like Patrick has brought this up like a number of times that it's like he said that like Andrew like you kind of just like change your mind and like I know like you're not actually voting with your with your conscience are you saying are you saying that about me that like I'm just like kind of like that I can just like kind of be swayed because no not that is that what I'm giving not that you can be swayed but also isn't that the point of the Glockett is to like have discourse and conversation around these songs and being open-minded to being able to understand why we like these things come on sure um no it's not that I think you can be easily swayed it's that I just think that I have a passion for it more than you do so like I think you'll I think you'll do your best I think you'll wait so is is Teenage Dream acoustic version is that like winner of your Glockett?

[27:02] Andrew: I think the winner of my Glacket is a tie between "I Can't Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance" and "Halo" / "Walking on Sunshine." I just think that people on this podcast, not actual hosts or guests or whatever, just sometimes the Gleeks too, are a little hard on that specific arrangement in "Teenage Dream" because it's live. And I'll defend it. I'll defend it. I wanted it to be my first dance song at my wedding, and my husband said, absolutely not. So, and then they were like, your husband was like, Oh, let's see what episode it was from. He's like, maybe what episode it was from. Oh, it was from the breakup episode. Yeah. Yeah, that's crazy. You know what? The arrangement you guys slaps, slaps, slaps, slaps, slaps.

So at your wedding, of course, instead was "The Scientist," which I love. I will say the first song that they played at, they being the DJ at my wedding, was "Going to the Chapel" and we're gonna get married. So yeah, cockwash. We haven't talked about cockwash in a long time. We need to talk. We actually need to bring back. We need to talk. Do you have any thoughts about cockwash?

[28:23] Maggie Lind: Um, I don't. I mean, my thoughts are, I think aligned with most 90% of people about cockwash, which is, I mean, just that whole, the whole app is just, I don't know. Not for me. Not super for me. It's crazy. It's not for you. I mean, it's not like it's bad. It's just like, it's not like my absolute favorite.

[28:39] Andrew: Yeah, yeah. Um, I love the car crash. The car crash always gets me moving. It's so much fun as the episode's ending. It's like, oh my god, I know it's coming. And then it comes and it's like, ah! That's psychotic. And it's so fun. That is sociopathic behavior, Andrew.

[29:02] Maggie Lind: No, it's so great. And it's unfortunate that it's followed up by one of the worst episodes of all time. Um, but anyway, um, we're gonna bring in our first Gleek of this week's, this month's live stream. I'm of course talking about Jaden. Hello.

[29:22] Jaden: Hello. Hello. How are you doing?

[29:29] Andrew: Great. Wait, Jaden, what are your thoughts on the car crash?

[29:34] Jaden: My thoughts on the car crash is, I, it's insane. It's, why does that happen? And then also, why do they sing "I'm Still Standing"? But you know, they had to do it to him though.

[29:49] Andrew: Yeah, I love it. I think it's, it is one of the funniest songs in the show. It's, you know, the writers thought they were eating up on that one.

[29:59] Jaden: Yeah, they were like, I kind of gagged.

[30:05] Andrew: No, they really did. And they were like, there's Quinn and here she come rolling down the hallway. Um, Jaden, it's, you really campaigned for yourself to be on this damn podcast. And I really appreciate that. And this is a message to everybody listening, that if you want to be on this damn podcast, you need to do what Jaden's doing. Because Jaden really was like, making a strong dissertation about like, hey, here's why I should be on. And I was like, okay, of course, who am I to disagree? And so Jaden, I want to hear from you. The Glacket has transpired over the past five years. What are your grievances that you would like to bring to the table right now?

[30:43] Jaden: Okay, so I, I'm a couple episodes behind. I do want to know what went home last episode, because I didn't get to finish it. Okay, so unless here's what you miss on the Glacket is that "Buster" went, here's what you miss. Um, "Only Exception" lost to "Somewhere Only We Know." And "Buster Windows" lost to "Cough Syrup."

[31:16] Jaden: Yeah, what was that reaction, Jaden? Was that good or bad?

[31:21] Jaden: Yeah, so I have shit to talk about "Only Exception." And it's gonna start with an apology to you, Andrew. Okay, because I think one of the first things I ever messaged like to you, like where the Gleek of the Week account was saying "The Only Exception" was like the best song on Glee was like the worst opinion ever said on the show. Which is obviously it's exaggerating, because there's been so many worse opinions.

[31:48] Andrew: Yeah.

[31:48] Jaden: I really don't like that song. Because how can you compare to Paramore?

[31:55] Andrew: Okay, you're a Paramore head.

[31:57] Jaden: Whereas I am not. See, I'm like, kind of just living vicariously through the Glee version.

[32:02] Andrew: Which I get. It's just, I feel like see, I knew the Paramore before I knew the Glee.

[32:09] Jaden: Yeah. So Rachel Berry's annunciation and like, her, I just, the way she sings it, it gets on my nerves. I don't like it. So I really don't like this is the joyous day in your household that "Only Exception" is officially out of the Glacket.

[32:27] Andrew: I am pretty happy. I don't remember what it even what it's taken out. I just remember being like, damn, it's still here. It's taken out. Oh, can I name all of them from memory? It's taken out in round three, it took out "If I Were a Boy," and round two. It took out something the Sam solo. And then in round one, I remember what episode it was in the Abraham Lim episode, but I don't remember what song it took out. I think maybe like "One Love" / "People Get Ready." I want to say the Puck and Artie duet.

[33:03] Jaden: Okay. I don't care about that last one. But I love, I love the Sam, was it something the Beatles one?

[33:18] Andrew: Yeah, yeah. I think, I think it's like stupid and like the plow or whatever. I think those episodes are kind of dumb.

[33:23] Jaden: Yeah. I also like those. Yes. And also, there was no Blam that ever made it out past round one.

[33:32] Andrew: Round one. I remember being back in the day.

[33:39] Jaden: Yes. Yes. Every single one of them Blam's duets cut in round one. Cut. That was personal for me. That was personal for me.

[33:47] Andrew: Number one duet. What are you saying is the number one?

[33:53] Jaden: Oh, I don't know. I don't have a list. I don't have a list. No. Okay. We can do this. We can do this from memory. We got it. We got it. We got it. We got "Heroes." We got "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." Oh, we got "Moving Out." We got "Help." Um, we got "Best Day of My Life." I feel like that might be it actually. Let me know in the chat if I'm missing any.

[34:18] Andrew: I mean, honestly, they all sound like so good. I'll probably say "Moving Out" just because I'm a Billy Joel head. I love Billy Joel.

[34:23] Jaden: Okay. I was also pretty sad to see the lack of Billy Joel song love. But they didn't choose the best songs for the episode.

[34:29] Andrew: No, I've said it before. But like, the best Billy Joel songs that they did on the show were not in the Billy Joel trivia.

[34:35] Jaden: Yeah, every single one that they did that was good was not in the trivia episode. Like "New York State of Mind." I love New York City. I just need to fact check myself real quick. "Just the Way You Are" was a little sneak. And I do like that. That's really cute.

[34:53] Andrew: Which one?

[34:54] Jaden: "Just the Way You Are" when they were around the piano in the loft. It's cute.

[34:58] Andrew: Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah. Jaden, can I ask what is your timeline of watching Glee? Did you watch it live? Or were you like a COVID TikToker watching it in 16 pieces online and then like watching it on Disney Plus? Or like, how did you experience it? Because this is a question that has some scientific research behind it.

[35:17] Jaden: Yes. Yeah. No, it absolutely is important. So I am a born again Gleek. I did start watching Glee like COVID times. Okay. With my girlfriend. So we started watching it together because we were like, oh, like Britney and Santana. And then like, I had started like seeing clips of it, of course. And we got, I got really into it. She was into it for like a good couple of seasons. But as it got farther, and she kind of died out, but I didn't, I didn't like watch it on like TikTok. I made sure I was like sitting down and like watching.

[35:59] Andrew: You need to watch it the way the director intended.

[36:05] Jaden: Okay, yeah, you cannot be on TikTok. Yeah. The reason I ask is I feel like there is a correlation between COVID Gleeks and Blam stands. I feel like the COVID Gleeks are like Blam heads and I just keep finding more evidence to back up that claim.

[36:20] Andrew: I've always said that it's true. I do remember watching parts of Glee when it was airing because my mom was watching it. I don't know if she watched the whole thing. But I remember like bits and pieces. And then I remember like season five, like that's when I was like conscious about Glee because that's when Cory Monteith had passed. And I was like, fully conscious. My mom's watching the show, like what the heck is happening? Yeah. And then yeah, but I'm a freaking Gleek. Um, I just, I love Sam. I love Sam. I love Blaine. I hate the fact that they make him like a year younger. I think that's so insanely stupid.

[37:04] Andrew: I'm going to shift the narrative over to Glacket grievances. What things are really grinding your gears in terms of what are what are like the top three grievances that we're saying here?

[37:10] Jaden: Uh, how did "Problem" beat "Diva"?

[37:17] Andrew: Oh, I'm with you. That was a problem within itself. Yes, that is a big problem. "Diva" is a female version of a hustler and she should be in round four.

[37:28] Jaden: Oh, I agree. I just watched that performance. Not like the past few days "Diva," and I was like, wait a minute. This is such a travesty that we don't have her anymore. Over "Problem." What are we doing? I really don't see what's up with "Problem." I don't like it. It's, I think it's, yeah, I think it's the platinum blonde. I think it's the platinum blonde of it all. I think people are just, it's like, it's like a snake charming. Like it's like, I don't know what it is, but people are enamored by it. They can't like 15 like, I can't, I hate it. I will say that I do like, I'd like that every time you touch me and say you, I like that. Like kind of like a cheer into the song. I thought that was, that was smart and cute. And I like that. But "Diva," cute, smart and cute. What else? What else are you saying, Jaden?

[38:23] Jaden: Um, I personally would put "Home" season six forward versus "Gloria."

[38:32] Andrew: Okay. Yes. I really like "Home" season six. I like the stomp clap because I feel like it really works with Glee.

[38:39] Jaden: Yeah, those characters. I like the setting. I really hate Spencer. The fact that he has like one line. Oh, it's awful. He ruins it. He brings it down. It really is terrible. And I also hate the fact that they gave him the one Cure song on the show. I was just talking about that today.

[39:05] Andrew: Yes. Oh my god. Because of course, Olivia Rodrigo's new album is very Cure inspired. And so it's like the fact that Spencer out of all the characters, he got his grubby little paws on the one Cure song. How dare?

[39:13] Jaden: Which I don't, I don't even under, like, why was he even? How did he get cast?

[39:19] Andrew: I like him as a character because I feel like me being like younger, I saw a lot more like gay people kind of act like him like the not like other gays.

[39:32] Jaden: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I like the character. But he just couldn't sing. What the hell was he doing there?

[39:38] Andrew: Why was he? He was like, no, can I say the things that I want to say?

[39:45] Jaden: Go ahead. I'll say it. It's your podcast. Say what you want to say.

[39:49] Andrew: I know, but he was a past guest. I was gonna say he was a guest on this. He was a guest on this podcast, but he also unfollowed this podcast on Instagram. So I'm like, okay, no, that's fake. So fake as hell. So um, no, Marshall Williams. Very nice. Of course, I just think that on him, nothing on him. But we are talking about his singing ability.

[40:17] Jaden: We are talking about his talents and lack of those talents.

[40:20] Andrew: He did get cast in a singing show. It's kind of like, you know, yeah, I would do that because I don't want people talking about how I sing.

[40:32] Andrew: Right. No, exactly. And that's why you weren't cast on Glee.

[40:38] Maggie Lind: To play Devil's Advocate, wasn't that like, a little bit of the discourse around Corey at the beginning though, too? Was like, he wasn't necessarily a strong vocalist at all?

[40:49] Andrew: Corey is charming.

[40:54] Maggie Lind: Like, when he was like, just starting out, like it, it was like, he wasn't like Broadway, obviously. Like, I think he sounded really good.

[41:02] Andrew: Yeah.

[41:03] Maggie Lind: I think that Marshall Williams, you were on the wrong vehicle. You're just like, we're, you got in the wrong car. And haven't we all gotten in the wrong car before?

[41:10] Andrew: We've gotten in the wrong car. We've gotten in a car crash.

[41:15] Maggie Lind: We got in a car crash. And the car crashed when Marshall Williams got into Glee vehicle.

[41:22] Andrew: It certainly did.

[41:24] Maggie Lind: And so they gave him the one Cure song and he sang it to Academy Award winner Phineas. And here we are today talking about it.

[41:37] Andrew: Jaden, what else do we need to talk about?

[41:40] Jaden: I have like, two more.

[41:43] Andrew: Okay.

[41:43] Jaden: One is I would probably put Closer over Teenage Dream season two.

[41:50] Andrew: Okay, you're not alone in saying that.

[41:53] Jaden: I'm a Teenage Dream season four, Stan.

[41:57] Andrew: I...

[41:57] Jaden: So this might be the mix. This might be the mix.

[42:01] Jaden: I think it happened because I'm afraid if we don't get it now, it's not good.

[42:04] Andrew: Jaden, it's, it's an army of two. It's me and you. We're leading the battalion.

[42:09] Jaden: We have our spears, we have our shields, and we are going to war.

[42:12] Andrew: Oh, this is so special. This is so special.

[42:14] Jaden: I'm ready. I love that song. I remember when like, I wanted to listen to it, I would just put it on YouTube because I really like the actual live rendition of it.

[42:26] Andrew: I agree. Yes.

[42:28] Jaden: Like the video on YouTube. It's so good.

[42:31] Jaden: I'd listen to the studio version, you know, but I think the live version is...

[42:36] Jaden: It's in my top 10. It's in my top 10.

[42:37] Jaden: Also, like, why did they do that? Because like, I know like with the, with like the Les Mis soundtrack, they like literally like stripped the like the film audio.

[42:48] Jaden: I sound like such like an idiot talking about these things.

[42:51] Jaden: But like, they like literally, they didn't have Anne Hathaway go into the studio to like, do I Dreamed a Dream after she already filmed it. It's like literally the same thing that you hear in the movie. Why did they do that differently than with Glee? You know what I mean?

[43:07] Andrew: Like they should just upload it back to iTunes.

[43:10] Maggie Lind: The heartache video is perfect.

[43:13] Andrew: Yeah. So, okay, this is kind of a great collaboration that we have going on this evening.

[43:21] Jaden: Yeah, this needs to happen.

[43:24] Maggie Lind: Oh, I also want to see Happy Days.

[43:27] Andrew: Oh, that's important. That's not even what my grievance is.

[43:32] Jaden: Oh, I'm getting all over this.

[43:34] Andrew: No, you're fine. You're perfect.

[43:35] Andrew: Um, wait, so any final grievances?

[43:39] Jaden: Um, I want to I mentioned this in my campaign video. I want to defend you briefly.

[43:45] Maggie Lind: It's been a minute. Was there a video?

[43:51] Jaden: Yes, I sent you because I was gonna send you like a long message. But then I read is like, I just it would be such weird formatting. So I just sent you like a video and I was like, get I was like, let me on the podcast. This was like this is months ago.

[44:04] Maggie Lind: I need to I need a refresher and like watch this video again.

[44:10] Jaden: It's like I mentioned four minutes versus my man.

[44:14] Maggie Lind: Yes. Because I need to defend you.

[44:18] Jaden: Thank you.

[44:18] Jaden: I also would put four minutes versus my man.

[44:23] Maggie Lind: Yeah, and my is in my top 10.

[44:25] Jaden: My top 10.

[44:27] Jaden: It's top 10 for me.

[44:28] Jaden: I didn't even realize until after four minutes wasn't my top 10.

[44:31] Jaden: It should be.

[44:33] Jaden: But it's it I think they're both such good songs. But I think what it really boiled down to was the gays versus the streets.

[44:45] Andrew: And that's how it often does, doesn't it?

[44:47] Jaden: That's how I cried y'all.

[44:51] Andrew: But think about it.

[44:53] Jaden: Four minutes is like, I just it without words, without words.

[45:01] Andrew: I'm speechless when I watch it.

[45:03] Jaden: Yeah, it is.

[45:04] Jaden: I love my man.

[45:06] Jaden: I think it's the best Rachel solo by far.

[45:15] Maggie Lind: But she'll drop the drum.

[45:17] Jaden: It's just her singing about.

[45:19] Maggie Lind: Oh, absolutely.

[45:20] Jaden: I'm not a big dropper, but I get the I don't love it.

[45:24] Andrew: Same with faith.

[45:25] Jaden: I don't like faithfully.

[45:26] Jaden: I'm sorry.

[45:27] Andrew: But you respect it.

[45:29] Jaden: And you understand people.

[45:32] Andrew: I do.

[45:33] Jaden: But have you guys seen here comes the boom?

[45:37] Andrew: No, no.

[45:37] Jaden: Is that the wrestling thing?

[45:40] Jaden: It is the UFC one with Kevin James.

[45:43] Andrew: Elliot saying yes.

[45:45] Jaden: Here comes the boom has Jake Cyrus, I want to say, okay, is in it. And he is teaching, like helping one of like the characters get like their citizenship, like test. And they like an American rendition of faithfully. So whenever I hear faithfully, I just think of that. So you guys should watch here comes the boom. It's pretty funny.

[46:11] Andrew: All right. With Jake Cyrus, Sunshine Corazon.

[46:14] Jaden: Sunshine Corazon.

[46:15] Andrew: Sunshine.

[46:17] Jaden: Okay.

[46:18] Andrew: How does it enlist?

[46:20] Jaden: You want to see happy days again.

[46:23] Andrew: You want to see happy days are here again.

[46:25] Jaden: You want to get happy is what I'm getting.

[46:30] Andrew: What else do you want this evening?

[46:35] Jaden: Happy days.

[46:36] Jaden: I want to see not cough syrup.

[46:39] Jaden: What am I saying? The Teenage Dream season.

[46:41] Andrew: Yes, of course.

[46:43] Jaden: I'd like to see touch, touch, touch me. Because I really need to.

[46:47] Andrew: Or let's get horny on this podcast tonight.

[46:50] Jaden: Yeah, let's see what's going down.

[46:56] Andrew: I think those like my main ones.

[46:58] Jaden: Those are the main ones.

[46:59] Andrew: Let's see what those are.

[47:00] Jaden: Great pick is gone is gone.

[47:02] Andrew: R.I.P.

[47:03] Jaden: Creep.

[47:03] Andrew: My condolences.

[47:05] Jaden: My condolences to creep.

[47:07] Andrew: No one said anything remotely near this.

[47:11] Jaden: I feel like no, actually, you mentioned faithfully, which I think this is like faithfully is cousin and you can know what it is.

[47:16] Andrew: Boom, boom, boom.

[47:21] Jaden: You're looking at I see Quinn's little belt.

[47:25] Andrew: You think that's Quinn?

[47:26] Jaden: Is it Quinn or is it Marley?

[47:28] Andrew: Rachel?

[47:29] Jaden: Oh, no, it's it's Rachel.

[47:31] Andrew: It's, of course, Rachel.

[47:33] Jaden: That's Rachel.

[47:34] Andrew: What are we saying this is?

[47:37] Jaden: I have no idea what this is.

[47:39] Andrew: Uh, without looking at a list.

[47:42] Jaden: This is season one, right?

[47:43] Andrew: This is season one.

[47:44] Jaden: You've got it, Jaden.

[47:46] Jaden: God, I don't know. Just play it.

[47:47] Andrew: It's borderline.

[47:48] Jaden: Open your heart.

[47:51] Andrew: Wow, that really took me on a journey.

[47:54] Jaden: Yeah, so many different thoughts while watching that. But Rachel's outfit was Quinn coded, right? Come on. Y'all saw that, right?

[48:01] Andrew: That was Quinn coded. Come on, people in the chat. Back me up.

[48:07] Jaden: Yeah, OK.

[48:08] Andrew: OK, you win this one.

[48:09] Jaden: Um, Jaden, what do you think about borderline?

[48:13] Jaden: Open your damn heart. Uh, what do I think? What do I think? I think I just watched this recently, actually, because I was watching the Power Madonna episode last.

[48:24] Jaden: Yeah, I think it's good. I think I like the little Finn bit where he's like, you're making such a fool of me. You're making such a fool of me.

[48:34] Andrew: Yes, I think it's I like that part a lot.

[48:37] Jaden: Um, but quite frankly, I just don't care for Finchel.

[48:42] Andrew: At all?

[48:43] Jaden: Um, it's because you're a COVID gleek. They don't like Finchel.

[48:46] Andrew: OK, and they love Blam.

[48:49] Jaden: I care for Finchel to a certain extent.

[48:53] Andrew: Mm hmm.

[48:54] Jaden: I get it. I like that. I really enjoy their whole thing, like, uh, beginning of season four when she's going off to college and he's kind of like not knowing what to do with himself.

[49:09] Jaden: When they're broken up. Because it was such a sweet and realistic thing that happens. He was trying to let her go off and do her dreams, but then they come back together. I like them season one just because I the whole Quinn and Finn and then Puck and Rachel and they're just swap, swap and spit all of them.

[49:35] Andrew: Yeah, they're passing.

[49:37] Jaden: They're horny.

[49:37] Jaden: It's insane.

[49:40] Andrew: They're making their own pandemic.

[49:41] Jaden: Yeah, no. Yeah, they created something else there.

[49:45] Andrew: Yeah.

[49:45] Jaden: McKinley, like 2020.

[49:50] Andrew: Find it.

[49:50] Jaden: Find it.

[49:51] Jaden: Yeah, yeah.

[49:52] Jaden: I fucking know what I'm saying.

[49:55] Andrew: No, that's perfect. Do you know the lore of what was going on in real life with Leah and Corey's relationship during this time?

[50:02] Jaden: See, I don't like actually that is like kind of like a blind spot. And I'm like blissfully like unaware. I just like kind of just like.

[50:10] Andrew: You don't want to know.

[50:12] Jaden: I don't want to know. I know that like I know like certain things, of course, that like it wasn't made apparent that they were dating until season three that like like Kevin McHale, like tweeted a picture of it was like Jenna Ashkowitz and Damian McGinty, where like the purpose of the picture was to capture Corey and Leah holding hands in the background. But it was like kind of like framed that it was like, Hey, I'm just posting this picture. Jenna and Damian. And so like that was like the reveal that they were dating. And so like that it wasn't until season three that they were official. And so I don't know where they were even like at this point. I just know this.

[51:00] Andrew: No, I don't know. But the reason that I asked is because I feel like see, I love Finchel. I've always loved Finchel. I watched Glee for the first time real time. So like live years and years and years ago. And I think so that's I think Finchel holds a special place in the live watchers heart. So I love them. And I just feel like sometimes their chemistry is a little cringy because it feels very performative for certain songs. However, this song, their chemistry feels very genuine.

[51:30] Jaden: Yeah, very cute. Everyone who's listening to this episode right now, I highly suggest you pause and you go watch the music video and then you come back because like it felt real. Like I don't know if I'm just like talking out of my ass here, but it felt like Leah and Corey like we're flirting like they were flirting and being cute. And I very much enjoyed it. Like Jaden said, with some of those notes, the arrangement was very fun. Corey was being a little disrespectful or sorry, Corey, throwing the books in the library. Very insane.

[52:01] Andrew: I wrote that down. Very, very disrespectful.

[52:04] Jaden: Yes. But isn't that kind of like his...

[52:08] Andrew: I don't even know what I'm saying. Why am I like wanting to play devil's advocate?

[52:11] Jaden: Yeah, you're really...

[52:12] Andrew: Libraries.

[52:13] Jaden: Like, okay. Trying to defend this great man.

[52:16] Andrew: I'm trying to defend him and be like, wait, no, but he actually had a point when he was taking the books off the shelves.

[52:21] Jaden: Yeah, there was a message behind it.

[52:25] Andrew: Yeah, no. And I understood that.

[52:29] Jaden: I will say that like, okay, so like I was like really entranced. Like I would say 95% of this performance and like up until the last 5% of watching it did it clock in.

[52:41] Andrew: Oh no, I actually have a trauma with this song.

[52:45] Jaden: I will start. I'm going to start with the 95% that I liked. I like the fact that it's from...

[52:49] Andrew: Mr. Positive.

[52:51] Jaden: Mr. Positive first. Okay, so it's from a tribute episode. Like it's like the first tribute episode, they really put their entire glissi into it. They did a mashup, you know, a new arrangement. And I love Jayden like the, you're making me, you're making such a fool of me. I think that's perfect. And the way that their voices are layering is really, really cute and fun. And I also appreciate that there's like a gimmick as well that like there's like when they're walking down the hall and you're seeing all the different Madonna looks like it's that wasn't necessary. They could have easily just walked down the hall.

[53:27] Jaden: But yeah, go ahead.

[53:29] Andrew: Do you think that that pink Material Girl outfit was used in the Diamonds Material Girl mashup?

[53:34] Jaden: Paved the way. They were like, wait a minute, we need to recycle. We need to start. Like, let's say let's save some money.

[53:42] Andrew: Yeah, we need to save a little bit of money. We only have enough money for this many outfits.

[53:47] Jaden: Yeah.

[53:49] Andrew: So I like it. Then the last 5% of the performance, I was like, wait a minute, here's my trauma. I brought up my trauma around this song in round two when this song got pulled. But I remember being on a date.

[54:02] Maggie Lind: In 2019. And, um, I don't even remember which of these two songs was playing at the gay bar, but, um, it was either Borderline or Open Your Heart. And this guy, like, I, this is, like, probably, like, the third date that we went on. And he said to me, like, this song was on. He just, like, tried to, he was always trying to, like, prove shit, that he was, like, a little bit older. He was like, you probably don't even know what this song is. And then I was like, I need to wait until we get to the chorus, because I know that one of these songs was featured on Glee, and I'm not sure which one it was. And so that's my trauma with this song, that it reminds me of, like, a really bad date, where, like, he was just, like, an asshole to me for, like, most of the date. And that was our last date, actually. I was gonna say, I can't believe it got to three.

[54:54] Jaiden: It got to three. Yeah. Um, so I think that if, if I vote against this song, it will be because of that 5%. Let it be known.

[55:06] Maggie Lind: That trauma.

[55:07] Jaiden: Yeah.

[55:08] Maggie Lind: And if I vote against it, it's just, I don't really care for it.

[55:11] Jaiden: You don't like it.

[55:12] Maggie Lind: Again, I don't love Finchel. I don't, I, I like them. They're definitely not my favorite. It's a little too, like, straight white couple for me.

[55:24] Jaiden: Sure, sure. There's not anything that, you like the, you like the beginning, you like the beginning of season four of Finchel. Um, but it's, your number one ship is who?

[55:34] Jaiden: Britannia.

[55:35] Maggie Lind: Uh, Britannia, of course. I mean, they're, of course they have their issues. I mean, they're like, whatever. I'm not getting into that, because what's important is that they love each other. And that they're perfect for each other. And they got married.

[55:49] Jaiden: Yes. Um, okay, we're ready to see what Borderline Open Your Heart is up against.

[55:56] Maggie Lind: Yeah. I just want to say I had a lot of fun with that one. And I forget about it. And so that was just a very pleasant viewing and listening experience. So it was fun. It was fun. Pleasantly surprised.

[56:06] Jaiden: It's another season one baddie. And I'm saying, she's a little bit of a baddie.

[56:12] Maggie Lind: Mmm. Sexy, sexy.

[56:17] Jaiden: She's a little steamy on this podcast. We keep talking about touch it, touch me and horniness.

[56:19] Maggie Lind: You're gonna see what performance it is. And you're gonna be like, this is the sec, this is the baddie. This is the baddie that you're talking about. Of course, we're starting off the performance with a thumbnail of Bert in the tire shop. I would be very surprised if you were able to get what song this is from that.

[56:38] Jaiden: I have no idea.

[56:40] Maggie Lind: Um, you said it's season one.

[56:42] Jaiden: It's season one.

[56:44] Maggie Lind: Is it a guy or a girl singing it?

[56:46] Jaiden: Both. Oh, it's a group number.

[56:49] Maggie Lind: Wow. I don't know. I'm excited now though. I like group numbers.

[56:52] Jaiden: It is.

[56:54] Maggie Lind: Play it.

[56:55] Jaiden: Are you ready?

[56:56] Maggie Lind: Release the beast.

[56:57] Jaiden: Unleash the beast. It's Proud Mary.

[57:00] Maggie Lind: Mmm.

[57:04] Jaiden: Woo! Woo woo.

[57:06] Maggie Lind: It's cute.

[57:07] Jaiden: Kevin McHale is such a star. He is such a fucking star. He really is.

[57:11] Maggie Lind: He's a fantastic singer. Fantastic.

[57:13] Jaiden: I love everything about him.

[57:16] Jaiden: Jaden, what the heck are you thinking about Proud Mary?

[57:20] Jaden: Oh, what am I thinking? This isn't one that I typically stream. This is one that I have seen recently again because I'm like halfway through season one right now on like the rewatch. Um, so I really like the- I like seeing all of them have fun.

[57:39] Jaiden: I like their little outfits. I thought they were all cute.

[57:42] Maggie Lind: Um, I like seeing our lord and savior Diana Agron. Even if she was just there in a chair.

[57:50] Jaiden: Sure. Yes, she was definitely there.

[57:52] Maggie Lind: Matt Rutherford.

[57:54] Jaiden: Matt Rutherford was there.

[57:56] Maggie Lind: Wait, and also back to Diana Agron in a chair. This is Diana Agron in a chair debut.

[58:02] Jaiden: The first time, yes. Debut.

[58:04] Maggie Lind: This is- this is- she's like, wait.

[58:05] Jaiden: This is a teaser.

[58:07] Maggie Lind: I'm gonna kind of get comfortable on this.

[58:10] Jaiden: Wait, am I getting a car crash?

[58:13] Jaiden: At the end of the episode, there's actually a thing that comes across.

[58:16] Maggie Lind: So it's Quinn in wheelchair will return.

[58:18] Jaiden: Will return. Yeah.

[58:19] Maggie Lind: Yeah.

[58:20] Jaiden: Very Avengers coded.

[58:21] Maggie Lind: Yeah.

[58:23] Jaiden: I think I might get into a car crash. It's crazy.

[58:26] Maggie Lind: Um, go ahead, Jaden. Sorry.

[58:32] Jaden: Uh, I just, I like seeing all of the Glee club together. I really like group numbers. I think they're always more fun.

[58:43] Jaden: And I think, honestly, I personally think a group number should win the Glackett.

[58:50] Maggie Lind: Because I feel like it represents Glee better.

[58:52] Jaiden: Are we saying this number?

[58:55] Maggie Lind: I'm not saying this number.

[58:57] Jaiden: You're not.

[58:57] Jaden: I'm just saying I'm- I feel more, uh, pulled, gravitated towards a group number.

[59:07] Maggie Lind: Because it just- it feels like classic Glee.

[59:10] Jaiden: Especially this one being a season one.

[59:12] Maggie Lind: Um, I really like it. I think it's fun.

[59:14] Jaden: And I think it's sweet. I think the episode is like,

[59:19] Maggie Lind: sweet.

[59:20] Jaden: Like, I think it has, like, uh, nice intentions with Artie.

[59:25] Maggie Lind: Yeah, I will say, yeah, nice intentions. That's a very, well, like, a really good way of saying it.

[59:31] Jaden: Um, where it's like-

[59:32] Maggie Lind: Obviously not perfect.

[59:34] Jaden: Not perfect. But good intentions.

[59:36] Maggie Lind: But the intentions are there.

[59:37] Jaden: Yeah, I remember watching, um, Wheels for the first time when I was like, I guess I would have been like 14 or 15 years old.

[59:44] Jaden: And I remember like, this was the episode that really shifted things for me.

[59:48] Jaden: Where I was like, oh, wait, they're really- I don't want to say like-

[59:52] Maggie Lind: No, because like, I, like, this is actually, like, earnest.

[59:55] Jaden: But they were cooking. They were cooking with that episode.

[59:58] Jaden: And I think that, like, specifically with, um, the Becky introduction in that episode, I think was like, what a, like, I've never seen that before.

[1:00:08] Jaden: Of, like, how they were, like, treating that character.

[1:00:10] Jaden: And especially also the character of Sue as well.

[1:00:14] Jaden: Like, this reveal toward the end of the episode that, like, she has Down syndrome in her family.

[1:00:21] Jaden: Like, I just thought, like, that was just, like, really, really wonderful storytelling.

[1:00:25] Jaden: And, um, and it didn't, like, it didn't feel like a very special episode because these characters continued on.

[1:00:32] Jaden: Like, we obviously got, like, more of Artie and we got more of Becky.

[1:00:35] Jaden: Um, Wheels, I just think it's like a very special, a very special episode without being a very special episode, if that makes sense.

[1:00:43] Maggie Lind: Um, so, yeah.

[1:00:46] Jaden: And I saw that, um, Keeley said in the chat that it's problematically wholesome.

[1:00:52] Maggie Lind: Which I think that, like, that's a really-

[1:00:54] Jaden: That really does sum it up.

[1:00:55] Maggie Lind: That captures it.

[1:00:56] Jaden: Yeah.

[1:00:57] Maggie Lind: That it's, like, it's kind of fucked up that, like, every single person in this cast is able-bodied.

[1:01:05] Jaden: And they're doing this, like, wheelchair drag sort of thing.

[1:01:09] Maggie Lind: Um, but I, it's, like, it's, I, it's coming from a good place, of course.

[1:01:16] Jaden: Uh, I'm speaking as an able-bodied person.

[1:01:19] Maggie Lind: But, like, I, I think that the intentions were, were there.

[1:01:23] Jaden: It got, it gets a little bit murkier as the series goes on.

[1:01:27] Maggie Lind: Sure.

[1:01:28] Jaden: Yeah.

[1:01:28] Maggie Lind: But it's, it, it was 2009.

[1:01:31] Jaden: I mean, the intentions are there and that's-

[1:01:34] Maggie Lind: They were also-

[1:01:35] Jaden: At least effort.

[1:01:36] Maggie Lind: They were also doing the thing that I think, uh, uh, sold a lot of people with Glee in the beginning is, like, Jaden was saying, like, I also think a group number should win.

[1:01:46] Jaden: Because the whole point of Glee is Glee club.

[1:01:49] Maggie Lind: It is a club.

[1:01:50] Jaden: It is multiple different people from different backgrounds coming together to do something beautiful, which is sing.

[1:01:54] Maggie Lind: Which is why I think a group number should win.

[1:01:56] Jaden: And they were doing something that was so, like, I, I hate to say itching a scratch again.

[1:02:03] Maggie Lind: But, uh, they were doing something-

[1:02:05] Jaden: Wait, are you doing that on purpose?

[1:02:07] Maggie Lind: Wait.

[1:02:07] Jaden: I'm doing it on purpose because Allison Dodge used to do that all the time.

[1:02:10] Maggie Lind: Wait, she would say scratching an itch.

[1:02:12] Jaden: Yeah.

[1:02:13] Maggie Lind: But you're saying itching a scratch.

[1:02:15] Jaden: Itching a scratch is what it actually is supposed to be, isn't it?

[1:02:19] Maggie Lind: Wait, no, no, no, no, no.

[1:02:21] Jaden: Sorry.

[1:02:21] Maggie Lind: She says itching a scratch.

[1:02:22] Jaden: It's supposed to be scratching an itch.

[1:02:24] Maggie Lind: That's what it's supposed to be.

[1:02:25] Jaden: Scratching-

[1:02:26] Maggie Lind: I think those are kind of, like, interchangeable, no?

[1:02:29] Jaden: No, because you're scratching it because it itches.

[1:02:31] Maggie Lind: You're not itching it because it scratches.

[1:02:34] Jaden: You're right.

[1:02:35] Maggie Lind: Philosophical.

[1:02:35] Jaden: Okay, okay.

[1:02:38] Maggie Lind: What I was gonna say is that they were doing the thing at the beginning that was really satisfying, which was, like, doing the Glee Club thing where everybody's wearing matching outfits, their hair is styled the same way, they're on the stage, so they're not just doing, like, a random moving about the sets and things.

[1:02:54] Jaden: They're, like, specifically doing a choreographed Glee Club number, which is, like, the point of what the show was at the beginning.

[1:03:02] Maggie Lind: Someone mentioned in the comments, I think it was Calloway, what was the idea behind the pigtails?

[1:03:06] Jaden: I would also love to know what the idea behind the pigtails was, because that was, frankly, a travesty amongst some of the other problematic things that were on our screen.

[1:03:14] Maggie Lind: That was one of the top-

[1:03:15] Jaden: I kind of love it.

[1:03:16] Maggie Lind: I think, okay, it wasn't until last round of the Glocket that- this was also in a live stream episode last round.

[1:03:24] Jaden: In the conversation around it, I think it was Lena was on that month's live stream, but-

[1:03:30] Maggie Lind: Lena Knatzer?

[1:03:31] Jaden: Lena Knatzer, of course.

[1:03:34] Maggie Lind: Queen of my life.

[1:03:36] Jaden: She or the other- the Gleek that was on that competition brought up, and I feel like a major fucking idiot for not catching this before, but they're all doing arty drag.

[1:03:50] Maggie Lind: I didn't realize until that time watching it that they're all dressed up as arty with the suspenders-

[1:03:57] Jaden: And the gloves.

[1:03:58] Maggie Lind: The gloves.

[1:04:00] Jaden: I just- they were all dressed like that for no reason.

[1:04:04] Maggie Lind: And so maybe the pigtails is kind of leaning into dork?

[1:04:08] Jaden: Something?

[1:04:10] Maggie Lind: Arty does have pigtails, famously.

[1:04:12] Jaden: Yeah.

[1:04:12] Maggie Lind: Arty does have- yeah.

[1:04:14] Jaden: You zoom in, and you see those little pigtails.

[1:04:17] Maggie Lind: Yeah.

[1:04:17] Jaden: Yeah, there's the little baby rubber bands that are clear, just pinching a little bit of hair.

[1:04:21] Maggie Lind: Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[1:04:29] Jaden: Um, yeah.

[1:04:31] Maggie Lind: Okay.

[1:04:31] Jaden: I'm glad that we had that conversation about arty and pigtails.

[1:04:34] Maggie Lind: Um, anything else that we need to say about Proud Mary before we vote?

[1:04:39] Jaden: I don't know.

[1:04:40] Maggie Lind: It's so hard because other than addressing what you guys already talked about, which was the problematic wholesomeness of it, I feel like there's just like not a ton to say about it.

[1:04:49] Jaden: It's just like, it so is what it is.

[1:04:52] Maggie Lind: You know what I mean? Like, it's just like, it's out there.

[1:04:54] Jaden: It is what it is.

[1:04:56] Maggie Lind: And then it's done.

[1:04:59] Jaden: Jaden, do you know your vote?

[1:05:03] Jaden: Um, I, yeah, I think I do.

[1:05:07] Maggie Lind: You don't want to go first, right?

[1:05:08] Jaden: Oh, you don't want to go first?

[1:05:10] Maggie Lind: No, I'm nervous.

[1:05:12] Jaden: I'll go first.

[1:05:13] Maggie Lind: I think that like, hmm.

[1:05:16] Jaden: Oh, now that I'm like really looking at both of them.

[1:05:19] Maggie Lind: Wait, Andrew, before you vote, can I ask a question?

[1:05:22] Jaden: Yeah, go ahead.

[1:05:22] Maggie Lind: Do you know off the top of your head how many Finchel songs, duets are left in the pocket?

[1:05:28] Jaden: No, I don't.

[1:05:30] Maggie Lind: Um, let me look up.

[1:05:31] Jaden: I can.

[1:05:31] Maggie Lind: Oh, I know that, um, Faithfully and No Air are still around.

[1:05:35] Jaden: I think I would venture to guess those are the last two, though.

[1:05:39] Maggie Lind: I like No Air.

[1:05:40] Jaden: Off of the top of your head, what is your guys' favorite Finchel duets?

[1:05:43] Maggie Lind: Oh, it's Faithfully.

[1:05:45] Jaden: Probably Faithfully.

[1:05:48] Maggie Lind: See, No Air.

[1:05:48] Jaden: I know that's not the song that was pulled.

[1:05:50] Maggie Lind: I just have to say that's what I was talking about, about cringey chemistry.

[1:05:53] Jaden: That song has cringey Finchel chemistry.

[1:05:56] Maggie Lind: No Air.

[1:05:57] Jaden: Borderline Open Your Heart has like actual, it feels like genuine romantic connection between these two people.

[1:06:02] Maggie Lind: Not just their characters, but the actual people.

[1:06:06] Jaden: Okay.

[1:06:06] Maggie Lind: Do you know what you're, you, I don't, I don't think I actually know what I want to vote for.

[1:06:10] Jaden: I'll just go.

[1:06:10] Maggie Lind: I'll just go because I think I'm getting, Jaden's laughing at me.

[1:06:14] Jaden: Um, I'm gonna vote for Borderline Open Your Heart.

[1:06:18] Maggie Lind: Um, I almost always, and you can check the records, y'all, I almost always will vote for a group number over anything else, duets or solos.

[1:06:27] Jaden: But this, this song, I think I forgot about it.

[1:06:32] Maggie Lind: And I think it's, I think it's, yeah, I think it's really inspired that it made me remember who it is.

[1:06:37] Jaden: It kind of like put itself back in my, my, my ether.

[1:06:42] Maggie Lind: And I just, I think the arrangement was really fun.

[1:06:45] Jaden: Mashups are Glee's Bread and Butter.

[1:06:47] Maggie Lind: They don't really have any bad mashups, at least not that many bad mashups.

[1:06:51] Jaden: It's peak Finchel.

[1:06:54] Maggie Lind: We see, like you said, we see Madonna outfits walking around.

[1:06:58] Jaden: We see lots of different sets.

[1:07:00] Maggie Lind: We see lots of different characters.

[1:07:02] Jaden: They're moving, they're grooving.

[1:07:04] Maggie Lind: Finn is being an asshole and throwing books on the ground of the library and not picking them up.

[1:07:08] Jaden: And I just think that it is a better for me song.

[1:07:15] Maggie Lind: I hate to say the old broken record that we always say, but I would stream that one over Crown Mary.

[1:07:21] Jaden: And that's my vote.

[1:07:24] Maggie Lind: Jaden, do you know?

[1:07:26] Jaden: Um, I'll go because I want to put you in the hot seat.

[1:07:29] Jaden: So I think you know what I'm gonna vote for.

[1:07:33] Jaden: I am gonna vote for the Artie Drag. Artie Drag. The Artie Drag. The Wiltshire Drag. Yes, um, I just, I think it's fun. I think it's fun and I feel like every time I listen to the pod, if it's like a Finchel or like a Fin or like a Rachel song against something else, I always feel inclined to go towards the something else. The something else, yeah. Why though, Andrew, there's only two other Finchel duets in the Glackett. Which is a lot considering. I really like "No Air," which is funny because you're saying you didn't like that one. I think I like that one actually. "No Air" is fun. I love them walking down the hall with the fan on. The fan. It's very cute. It's really funny. It's camp. But I also, I don't know, I want Andrew to decide.

I want, I want him to have to make some decisions. I love that I was put in the hot seat to go first. And then ultimately I'm going last. And then we silenced you. I like, I really, okay. So I think that initially, I really wanted to go for the Madonna mashup. I like was like, oh, that's, that's easy. But then the more I thought about it, because okay, both of these I'm streaming, I'll be so real. I'm streaming both. I think if I needed to look at like the numbers, probably the Madonna mashup more. I'm streaming that more. I'm having fun. I'm doing the layers. I love the layers. I'm singing a different part each time I'm listening to it. But in the grand scheme of things, "Proud Mary" is getting my vote.

And thus will be going forward on the Glackett. This one's for you, Artie. This one is for you. This one is literally for you, Artie. And I want, I hope you're listening, Artie. Um, "Proud Mary," just like we have the camaraderie, which I mentioned in the last episode. They're all rallying around Artie. It's all like, it's like problematically wholesome. It's stupid. It's fun. And "Wheels" is such a special episode to me. And I'm like, yeah, the Madonna mashup has the vocals and it's like the arrangement is there. But like "Proud Mary," we still get the vocals. We get the Amber, Jenna and Kevin runs. Kevin sounds so good. They all sound perfect. So therefore, "Proud Mary," you're safe.

[1:10:06] Andrew: It's Andrew's trauma. Andrew's trauma strikes again.

[1:10:10] Jaden: I wasn't even thinking about the trauma. I forgot about the trauma. Thanks for reminding me. Now I feel even more entitled.

[1:10:15] Maggie: Yeah, it's because that's what trauma does, Andrew. God.

[1:10:18] Andrew: Yep, the trauma was speaking.

[1:10:21] Jaden: Yeah, I really did come through here.

[1:10:24] Maggie: The trauma came through. But Jaden, aren't you happy your song went through?

[1:10:27] Jaden: I am. I am. I'm very, I'm very, I was trying not to like, like, overreact. I'm like, I'm trying to play it nonchalantly, you know.

[1:10:34] Maggie: You're being really cool about it.

[1:10:38] Jaden: You are. Yeah, I'm trying to play it cool.

[1:10:40] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:10:42] Jaden: I have a question for you, Andrew.

[1:10:44] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:10:45] Jaden: Have you heard the "Crank Goes the Trolley" mashup?

[1:10:51] Andrew: What the hell is that?

[1:10:53] Jaden: Oh my god. So it's amazing. Okay, so I'm gonna need you to put this like, on your like, YouTube watch list. It's the song "Crank It" by Slater. Mash up with the trolley song.

[1:11:04] Andrew: With, of course.

[1:11:05] Jaden: Like the bang, bang, bang of the trolley?

[1:11:07] Andrew: Yes.

[1:11:08] Jaden: Nice.

[1:11:09] Jaden: And it's actually like, pretty good. It's pretty good. If you guys are listening to this. Andrew's looking it up right now, y'all.

[1:11:15] Andrew: I do have it. It's, when I open my phone back up after this recording is over, that is going to be the first thing because it's going to be open on my phone.

[1:11:20] Jaden: Me too.

[1:11:23] Jaden: It's amazing.

[1:11:24] Andrew: I'm adding it right now.

[1:11:26] Jaden: Perfect.

[1:11:27] Maggie: Look at you, look at you educating, Jaden, the masses.

[1:11:30] Jaden: I know.

[1:11:30] Jaden: You're educating the masses.

[1:11:31] Jaden: I am.

[1:11:33] Andrew: Oh my gosh. Jaden, this has been a delight. And thank you so much for just being you, being awesome. And also I have a question for you. Your, when we DM back and forth on Instagram, your like react emoji is the Easter Island tattoos. Why is that?

[1:11:44] Jaden: Um, I don't, there's not really a reason. I just, I don't, like, I don't know when this was. This was like a couple years ago. I was just like, I don't like reacting stuff with like the heart. So I was like, I don't know. I kind of like that guy because he looks like he has a weird face.

[1:12:10] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:12:11] Jaden: I feel like.

[1:12:12] Andrew: I don't know. He's just got a silly little face.

[1:12:14] Jaden: I feel like we're very similar because I like to respond with the duck a lot because I also don't like the heart or the laughing emoji or whatever. So.

[1:12:21] Jaden: The laughing emoji does feel disingenuous.

[1:12:24] Andrew: We're kindred spirits, Jaden. We really are.

[1:12:27] Jaden: And you love horror movies. I love horror movies. This is perfect.

[1:12:31] Andrew: I'm so glad that I got an answer to that, Jaden, because like, I like was interpreting that as like stone face. Like, like I'm sending a message and you're just like, OK, you have too much trauma.

[1:12:45] Jaden: Yeah, no, I. Yeah, no, I can see that. I can see that.

[1:12:51] Jaden: It's funny, I think about that sometimes like I'll like I because I don't really change it much. So that's like one of like my mom's messages or something. And I'm like, yeah, probably thinks I'm like being an asshole. But no, I'm just that's.

[1:13:04] Andrew: No, I'm glad that we solved this.

[1:13:06] Jaden: Jaden, we squashed the beef.

[1:13:09] Jaden: We squashed the beef publicly live.

[1:13:12] Andrew: Thank you so much. And I would love to Glock it with you sometime in the future. Thank you again.

[1:13:16] Jaden: I would be honored.

[1:13:17] Andrew: Thanks, Jaden. Come talk to us on Skip or Scream about scary movies.

[1:13:21] Jaden: Yes, absolutely. I would be honored. Follow me on Letterboxd, guys.

[1:13:24] Andrew: Yes, I will.

[1:13:25] Jaden: Wait, what's the Letterboxd at?

[1:13:27] Jaden: Yeah, the Letterboxd is Cooter Bronson one, like the number one. You'll be able to find me because my profile picture is Quinn and Santana, and it says I gotta smoke a blunt with them.

[1:13:42] Andrew: I gotta smoke a blunt with them.

[1:13:47] Jaden: Yeah, so if you see that, you're in the right spot.

[1:13:50] Andrew: Oh, that's perfect. Thank you so much, Jaden. And I will follow everybody back. So yes, I've been trying.

[1:13:55] Jaden: Thank you for having me on. Um, we're gonna bring on Keeley next.

[1:14:00] Keeley: Hey, it's been a minute.

[1:14:03] Andrew: OK, remind me. I always feel so bad. I don't do my own homework. But what was the competition last time that we linked up?

[1:14:12] Keeley: I just needed to look it up again because I remember it was boring. But what was it? Because I just keep getting duds and I don't want duds.

[1:14:22] Andrew: Oh, it was "Mamma Mia" and "I'll Remember" was the last time I was on.

[1:14:27] Keeley: Oh, OK. Yeah.

[1:14:29] Andrew: Wait, this is your, is this your third time?

[1:14:31] Keeley: Yes, because the time before that was also it was "Telephone" and "Superstition."

[1:14:39] Andrew: So I just really don't want a mid-off today. I want to argue.

[1:14:41] Keeley: We're not going for a mid-off today.

[1:14:45] Andrew: But before we get into like kind of manifestations and all of that, what lots of competitions have transpired? What has not sat right with your spirit?

[1:14:52] Keeley: Um, well, so the first competition I was supposed to do was pretty intense. It was "Just the Way You Are" versus "Being Alive," which kind of just had a moment recently. And every time it comes on, I cringe that I wasn't there because I think I could have changed Glistory because I think now I would have voted for "Marry You" back then. Or I mean, sorry, "Just the Way You Are."

[1:15:24] Andrew: Just the way you are.

[1:15:25] Keeley: Yeah, same artist too. But yeah, yeah.

[1:15:28] Andrew: So I know every time I cringe a little bit because I do you think. OK, wait, wait, wait. So what was "Being Alive"?

[1:15:34] Keeley: "Being Alive" was against.

[1:15:35] Andrew: OK, so you were supposed to be there when it was against "Just the Way You Are" season two. You weren't there and thus "Being Alive" went through. Then "Being Alive" was up against "Thriller/Heads Will Roll." If "Just the Way You Are" was up against "Thriller/Heads Will Roll," what are you voting for?

[1:16:00] Keeley: I'm kind of in a Fin era right now, so I might have done "Just the Way You Are," but I don't know.

[1:16:05] Andrew: I'm feeling that, too.

[1:16:07] Keeley: Yeah, at the time.

[1:16:08] Andrew: Against "Thriller/Heads Will Roll?"

[1:16:10] Keeley: Yeah.

[1:16:11] Andrew: If I wasn't in as much of a Fin era.

[1:16:14] Keeley: You hate "Thriller/Heads Will Roll," though, for some reason.

[1:16:17] Andrew: You never.

[1:16:20] Keeley: No, I thought that I hate it.

[1:16:21] Andrew: You never report on this podcast.

[1:16:24] Keeley: I think that I like like 25 percent of the song a lot. I really like the "Heads Will Roll" part of it. And I'm like the "Thriller" part of it kind of gives me a little bit of cringe. I'll be real.

[1:16:36] Andrew: Is that is that OK to say?

[1:16:39] Keeley: I guess it is your podcast.

[1:16:40] Andrew: Yeah, I just think it's camp.

[1:16:44] Keeley: What are we saying? When do we stop saying things are camp, though?

[1:16:47] Andrew: OK, are we saying. But "Thriller/Heads Will Roll." I remember watching that live. And similarly to you saying that "Proud Mary" and watching "Wheels" was like, holy shit, this is changing me. I feel like that was similar to seeing it. That sounds that may be a little dramatic, but it just felt like watching that live was like I'd never seen anything like it before. A song that I'd never heard of before mashed up with the biggest song of all time. So it had, you know, interest from the youngins and the oldins alike. And it just was really, really powerful.

[1:17:25] Keeley: OK, well, she's still around. She got voted back.

[1:17:27] Andrew: Yeah, but I feel like you were like, like that she got voted back.

[1:17:34] Keeley: I was a little bit.

[1:17:35] Andrew: Yeah, yeah.

[1:17:36] Keeley: So anyway, so and thus "Being Alive" is still being alive is safe.

[1:17:44] Andrew: "Being Alive" is alive.

[1:17:46] Keeley: Is alive and thriving in round five of the Glackett right now.

[1:17:50] Andrew: And Keeley, you were upset about it?

[1:17:54] Keeley: No, I'm not. Like, I don't know. It would have been a hard choice, but the more I reflect on it, because I just have a little bit of trauma every time it comes up. I just don't know if it would have made it, if it would have got voted back in, if I would have been in that competition. But I still literally remember driving in my car screaming when you said my name. And I was like, oh my God, I was supposed to be there. And I just.

[1:18:16] Andrew: Oh my God.

[1:18:17] Keeley: That was supposed to be me.

[1:18:18] Andrew: Yeah, I was not on the live stream. I totally missed it.

[1:18:20] Keeley: No, it's perfect. You're here now. What else is coming up for you?

[1:18:27] Keeley: I really want "Broadway Baby" to die. That's apparently really controversial of me to say.

[1:18:33] Andrew: I'm actually.

[1:18:34] Keeley: I'm surprised it made it this far.

[1:18:35] Andrew: I know.

[1:18:36] Keeley: I'm actually just now listening to "Recovering Gleek" on my commute from work. And I'm in season five. And they were just hyping up "Broadway Baby." And I just, I do have past trauma with that song. We sang in my church choir with, like, terrible choreography. Like, I just don't like the song at all.

[1:18:49] Andrew: I do have a trauma in this episode.

[1:18:58] Keeley: Your church choir did "Broadway Baby"?

[1:19:01] Keeley: Yeah, because we were going to New York City. We were trying to get those old people to give us money to go, you know?

[1:19:07] Andrew: Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.

[1:19:09] Keeley: Yeah. Um, wait, that's so, that's insane. I kind of need to see a church choir do "Broadway Baby" now.

[1:19:17] Andrew: I know, it was really bad.

[1:19:19] Keeley: No, that's kind of like, why I want to see it.

[1:19:22] Andrew: Um, Keeley, what else is coming up?

[1:19:27] Keeley: Um, really not a whole lot to argue with. I'm not that upset about "The Only Exception." I'm not gonna lie.

[1:19:35] Andrew: You wanted it to go.

[1:19:39] Keeley: Yeah, like, I don't know. It just really rubs me the wrong way that it was part of the Britney tribute episode, and it's just not a Britney song. Like, I don't know. It's just kind of like, why are you there? Go away.

[1:19:51] Andrew: Agree to disagree. I feel like we're not more upset that "Bust Your Windows" is gone. Like, I feel like we really brushed over that really fast.

[1:19:58] Keeley: Oh, yes, I actually forgot about that.

[1:19:59] Andrew: OK, I'm glad I brought it up then, Keeley.

[1:20:01] Keeley: Yeah, that's really upsetting. Speak your truth.

[1:20:03] Maggie: Yes, go off.

[1:20:04] Keeley: Sorry, I didn't actually get to listen to that episode yet. So I'm like, if I didn't hear it, it didn't happen.

[1:20:12] Andrew: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wait, Maggie, do you have things to say about "Bust Your Windows"?

[1:20:16] Maggie: I just think that "Bust Your Windows," to me, is like, glee porn. Like, it really is like, very, very, like, gleecore. Just perfect vocals, perfect choreography, amazing set design. Campy.

[1:20:34] Keeley: Campy.

[1:20:36] Maggie: Campy. Amber Riley is busting down, Tatiana. She is like, genuinely—

[1:20:41] Keeley: Not only Windows.

[1:20:42] Maggie: Yeah, I genuinely remember watching that and being like, why is there such a plotline of Mercedes not being able to dance when this was like, one of her first big numbers? Because she's really getting jiggy with it. It is insane.

[1:20:55] Keeley: This was episode three!

[1:20:56] Maggie: Yes!

[1:21:04] Andrew: Good. It is so, so total package. Total package. Bust Your Windows is a total package Glee song.

[1:21:10] Keeley: Everybody likes it. Nobody doesn't like it. I just am very sad to see her go. Very, very sad.

[1:21:16] Maggie: That's a great point. Nobody doesn't like Bust Your Windows.

[1:21:20] Keeley: Yeah. Everybody likes it.

[1:21:22] Jaiden: Yum.

[1:21:23] Maggie: Yes, that is really devastating, not gonna lie.

[1:21:26] Andrew: But to cough syrup, Keeley, where would you vote?

[1:21:31] Keeley: Are you a syruper?

[1:21:33] Maggie: I am.

[1:21:35] Andrew: You are a syruper. Okay.

[1:21:36] Keeley: I just don't know if I could be in that room when the vote was cast, you know?

[1:21:40] Jaiden: You can't be there. Yeah.

[1:21:42] Keeley: Yeah. I just, I don't know, I would just kind of like, if it was like Squid Games, I'd have to like push both buttons and run away. Just see what happens. Like it would have been really hard.

[1:21:52] Andrew: Wait, how about the competition that just happened between the Madonna Mashup and Proud Mary? What do you say?

[1:21:57] Keeley: I think I would have picked Proud Mary just because honestly, I'm kind of with everybody else. I think a group number needs to win the Glackett and—

[1:22:05] Andrew: Okay, but let's be honest, Proud Mary is not even coming close to winning the Glackett, right? Right?

[1:22:11] Keeley: No, but I think it's like maybe like top 20.

[1:22:14] Andrew: Top 20? Keeley, top 20.

[1:22:16] Keeley: I think, I think if we're, if we're, okay, if we're voting on camaraderie, if we're kind of like looking for the group numbers that kind of encapsulate Glee, then I think that that Proud Mary does encapsulate Glee.

[1:22:29] Maggie: Don't say that to me when you voted out Loser Like Me in the first fucking round, Andrew.

[1:22:32] Andrew: I am seriously about to—

[1:22:33] Keeley: Okay, that was before.

[1:22:34] Andrew: Leave this group chat.

[1:22:35] Jaiden: Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. That was 2021. Different person.

[1:22:39] Keeley: Okay, okay, okay.

[1:22:42] Andrew: Okay, wait, so what do we want to see? Keeley?

[1:22:46] Keeley: I mean, so right now with the Recovering Gleek, I am in season five. So if there's any like respectable season five stuff, I would go for that. But I don't know, I really—

[1:22:55] Maggie: We've got like a wide awake.

[1:22:57] Keeley: I want something difficult today. Like, I don't want a mid-off, because I've already had two mid-offs. Like, I want it to be difficult. But also like, I want group numbers to win. I also think a mashup needs to win, to be honest, just for this factor.

[1:23:13] Maggie: Yes, Keeley.

[1:23:15] Keeley: Okay, so if, so this is already a heavy hitter.

[1:23:23] Andrew: Um, in the first episode of this podcast, I said, this, if I needed to kind of like, crystal ball it, this is the winner of the entire damn thing.

[1:23:35] Keeley: Um, and I feel like, wow, you might be getting your wish, Keeley, because it might be a nasty work competition. Um, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. I'd be very surprised if you were able to get it from this. We're looking at lights.

[1:23:50] Keeley: Is it somebody to love?

[1:23:52] Andrew: It is somebody to love.

[1:23:56] Keeley: Okay.

[1:23:57] Maggie: I'm tearing up.

[1:23:58] Keeley: Little babies on stage.

[1:23:59] Maggie: I'm tearing up.

[1:24:02] Keeley: For real.

[1:24:05] Maggie: I haven't watched that in a really long time.

[1:24:08] Andrew: Maggie, take me through the tears.

[1:24:08] Maggie: It just, we all know because we're here on a fucking glee podcast live stream that this show meant so much to us and that this is like the embodiment of what that show was. And it just, it just makes me emotional because it just remembers the time in my life when I was watching this for the first time and watching it live and I was in high school and it just feels very nostalgic, very nostalgic.

[1:24:37] Keeley: Yeah, it's in there.

[1:24:40] Maggie: They're just like so pure.

[1:24:42] Keeley: It's their third season one number of the episode.

[1:24:47] Maggie: Just feel like we're hit baby after baby.

[1:24:51] Keeley: They're just really babying out.

[1:24:53] Andrew: So live stream. Before this number, they did Last Name, right?

[1:24:57] Keeley: Is that?

[1:24:57] Maggie: Yes.

[1:24:57] Keeley: Okay, that's why they're wearing cowboy belts. I was trying to remember why in the hell they're wearing cowboy belts.

[1:25:03] Maggie: Yeah, and I was thinking about how, because April was supposed to be involved in this number, but then leaves after their first number, which I'm not sure if I understand, because when we see future set lists, they sing them in sequence.

[1:25:21] Keeley: They're just like, boom, boom, boom, all the songs right after another.

[1:25:25] Maggie: But they perform Last Name, go back to the choir room and they're like, can't wait to go perform our second number. And then April's like, I'm leaving. Rachel shows up and is like, I can show up. And it's like, wait, why was there even this gap in the first place? And also, I would love to see what this number would look like had April been in it instead.

[1:25:51] Keeley: You know?

[1:25:51] Maggie: Would have been weird. So anyway.

[1:25:54] Keeley: But she performed Drunk and Mr. Shoe got pissed, so.

[1:25:58] Maggie: Right, and you're cut.

[1:26:00] Andrew: Keeley, what are you thinking about Somebody to Love?

[1:26:02] Keeley: The season one version, not to be confused with the Justin Bieber cover.

[1:26:06] Maggie: Oh my god, I panicked for a minute because I actually just watched that episode today, because my rewatch is not in line with what I'm listening to in the car.

[1:26:14] Keeley: So I was like, oh my god, not the Justin Bieber one. I just, I feel like that's really one of the first times, like, you know, like Rachel kind of left the group for a minute and came back. Like they're just, you can just really like feel that teamwork vibe.

[1:26:30] Maggie: And they were all just like willing to help her out. And I mean, it's obviously not like the best distributed with solos, but like for the people that would have probably wanted them at the time, like, the vocals are just so good.

[1:26:45] Keeley: They're doing great with their simple little choreography. Like it's simple, but it looks so good. Like it's stuff that they can actually do. And they just, I don't know, I feel like you can also see them being like, yeah, we're rocking this.

[1:26:56] Andrew: Like, you know?

[1:26:57] Keeley: Yeah, I like literally like wrote down, I don't know if like you feel a similar way, but like, I feel like the choreography with this, they're like gliding. It's like very like smooth.

[1:27:07] Andrew: They're just stomping around.

[1:27:10] Keeley: But like there are some like times where they're just like moving, like from like side to side, where it's like, it's like very, very smooth. I don't know how else to describe it, but like in other numbers, I'm not feeling that. It feels a little bit like clunkier, but like it just feels a little bit more rhythmic.

[1:27:30] Maggie: I'm a little sad they just popped Artie over to the side and made him play guitar.

[1:27:35] Keeley: Yeah.

[1:27:35] Andrew: That was a little, little not fun to see.

[1:27:41] Keeley: No, they were not Proud Mary. This is not, right.

[1:27:43] Andrew: They needed to reach Proud Mary to right their wrongs.

[1:27:47] Keeley: Artie's on the track though. I think that like the four people on the track are Finn, Rachel, Mercedes, and Artie, if I'm not mistaken.

[1:27:55] Maggie: Um, which I agree, Keeley. I think I would have, the only reason that I'm like remotely not liking the song is because of that. I would have liked to see it like a little bit more distribution between.

[1:28:08] Keeley: Yeah, but also I do wonder of towards the beginning, because I don't think they ever discuss it. I wonder if Artie like actually wanted to play bass or guitar. I'm not sure which one he actually is playing. I feel like it is bass, but I could be wrong. Or like if they did just like push him off to the side, you know what I'm saying?

[1:28:25] Maggie: Like, that's what I'm saying. They almost wanted to do this.

[1:28:28] Keeley: Or if it was just like, uh, it's too difficult to choreograph. I was like choreographitize. Let's just push you over. Like, we don't want to think about it. Like, I don't know.

[1:28:39] Maggie: Yeah, that's a really good point. And you know, the writers weren't thinking about it either.

[1:28:44] Keeley: So no.

[1:28:45] Andrew: Yeah, never know. Um, my favorite moment from this performance always is the cut of, um, the cut to Jamie Mae's like clutching, where she's just like—

[1:28:58] Keeley: Andrew, Andrew, I literally wrote that down.

[1:29:02] Andrew: Yeah, I love that moment. Because like, I have nothing to back this up with. But I feel like it like it, it feels like very authentic. It doesn't feel like it's like a scripted moment where like Emma is like really moved emotionally by this number. But um, I think that's so special.

[1:29:20] Keeley: I also feel like it might have been one of the first times too, that like the adults involved were like, Oh, like we have something big here.

[1:29:26] Andrew: Yeah, actual actors and actresses.

[1:29:29] Keeley: Yeah, I put that this song had the Holy Trinity. It had the Finn shoulder dancing that he always did at the beginning, where he like would crank his shoulders while he was singing. It has Rachel singing with her mouth so wide, that hair gets stuck on the side of her mouth. And she has to pull the hair off of her mouth.

[1:29:46] Andrew: Oh, pull it out.

[1:29:47] Keeley: And it has Emma clutching her pearls, which I feel like is like the Holy Trinity of a group number in Glee. You know, it's gonna, it's gonna be a banger. If those three things happen, three things.

[1:30:00] Andrew: All those three boxes are checked.

[1:30:02] Keeley: Um, I really love it. I said in the pilot episode of this podcast that I was like, I think I think I said it as a pilot episode, that this feels like the winner of what this project is.

[1:30:14] Andrew: Um, I was thinking like it really encapsulates the like, what this show is about all of these different like, high school kind of like, archetypes, like who archetypes Yeah, of like, coming together through song in a really special arrangement.

[1:30:34] Keeley: Um, I just really love it. It's very, very special to me. This is one where I could easily see that if it did win. I think when it gets to the end, there's going to be a lot of not controversy, but I think there's going to be a lot of debate. This is one where I could see that if it gets to the end, and it does win this whole project, like you were saying, I don't think there'd be much. I don't think people will be angry. Like, I think everyone would understand why this would win.

[1:31:00] Andrew: And that doesn't necessarily mean everyone would pick it to win their Glackett.

[1:31:04] Keeley: But I think most people would be completely understanding and respect that it would win because of just what it is and how good it is.

[1:31:15] Andrew: Because it's not the winner of your Glackett, is it Andrew?

[1:31:17] Keeley: I know that it's changed throughout the years and you've grown as a person. You're not the same person who killed Loser Like Me.

[1:31:24] Andrew: Right, right. I don't know. I don't know what the winner of my Glackett is right now in this moment. I think like Landslide is the one that comes to mind. I really love.

[1:31:33] Keeley: But I don't know, like, that's like the winner of my Glackett. But like, what is best encapsulation of the entire series? Certainly not Landslide.

[1:31:42] Andrew: Um, so I don't know. Any final things that we need to say about this number before we see what it's up against?

[1:31:48] Keeley: It's gonna be really spooky scary.

[1:31:51] Andrew: Yeah, I'm a little nervous. A lot of Matt Rutherford representation in this episode.

[1:31:55] Keeley: Yeah.

[1:31:56] Andrew: He was the last he was the last hand seen when they when they did the the pan up.

[1:32:02] Keeley: Yep.

[1:32:03] Andrew: Um, okay. I'm really scared.

[1:32:07] Keeley: I'm not.

[1:32:08] Andrew: This might be the first like really nasty.

[1:32:10] Keeley: No, I'm not. I can sense that it's not going to be scary, Andrew.

[1:32:15] Andrew: Oh, Andrew's making a face.

[1:32:20] Keeley: What was the face?

[1:32:22] Andrew: The face is telling me that it's probably going to be something scary, either for Andrew specifically, or for me specifically.

[1:32:30] Keeley: No, it's just like, I feel like you're sad.

[1:32:32] Andrew: I feel like you're sad.

[1:32:33] Keeley: It's Emily's rule. And we haven't had that in a while.

[1:32:36] Andrew: Emily's rule.

[1:32:38] Keeley: Let's bring that back right now in this moment.

[1:32:40] Andrew: Here we go. We're looking at, do you know what this is?

[1:32:44] Keeley: Is it?

[1:32:44] Andrew: It's Love Shack?

[1:32:45] Keeley: What is this?

[1:32:46] Andrew: It's this, yeah, I was gonna guess.

[1:32:48] Keeley: It's not Love Shack, but it's—

[1:32:50] Andrew: L-O-V-E?

[1:32:52] Keeley: No.

[1:32:53] Andrew: No, because that doesn't happen at Breadsticks.

[1:32:56] Keeley: Is this even Breadsticks?

[1:32:57] Andrew: It is Breadsticks.

[1:32:58] Keeley: Yeah, yeah.

[1:32:59] Andrew: Oh, is this Cherish Cherish?

[1:33:00] Keeley: I assume it's for Jaiden.

[1:33:02] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:33:04] Keeley: Let it play.

[1:33:05] Andrew: Let it play.

[1:33:07] Keeley: We love that. I remember watching that Britannia Kiss live, and I was watching it with my mom, and like literally, every time that Britannia would kiss, I like literally had like a, like a very visceral reaction that I was like, my body, my body would just like lose control.

[1:33:27] Andrew: I think that's called being horny, Andrew.

[1:33:30] Andrew: No, it's not.

[1:33:31] Keeley: It's not horny.

[1:33:32] Andrew: It's, no, it's not that.

[1:33:33] Keeley: No, I get what you're saying. I get what you're saying.

[1:33:35] Andrew: Um, it's, no, it's just like, I just remember being like, oh my god, fucking finally, these characters are kissing.

[1:33:43] Keeley: Um, okay.

[1:33:46] Andrew: Keeley, I feel bad that like, okay, at least like you got, you got a really good song.

[1:33:52] Keeley: Yeah, I did finally get, I mean, I feel bad for you, because I know you ride or die for this.

[1:33:58] Andrew: I do love this. Um, I, I have a lot of thoughts around this, but what are your thoughts, Keeley?

[1:34:08] Keeley: I appreciate it. Um, I mean, it's nice to see Joe occasionally. Um, I'm also a big Damien McGinty fan, so I always love seeing him.

[1:34:20] Andrew: Are you part of the street team?

[1:34:21] Keeley: Yes, I am.

[1:34:23] Andrew: I also left you, I left you a slightly harsh voicemail the one time, and you were like, um, I think he's scamming people that he lost all his equipment. I was like, no, like he literally, Damien McGinty literally.

[1:34:35] Maggie Lind: I think, wait, no, it was Allison that said it. Let the record show. Allison was like, Damon McKinney is scamming people. But he was not. He was telling the truth. Yeah, no, it happened like right after I actually saw him for a second time. It happened on like one or two tour stops after he was near me. So yeah, that was devastating. The most delightful man there ever was. Also, it was just so wholesome. I have a box set of the entirety of Glee. And so when I met him, I took that and he just goes, where'd you even find this? And then he signed it for me. Not Damian McGinty throwing shade. I know, like, baby, this is the show you were on. Pay some respect.

[1:35:24] Andrew: Maggie, what are you thinking?

[1:35:24] Maggie Lind: That was really fun. I'm not like I don't write or die for Cherish Cherish. So sometimes I forget about her. Oop, I said it. Um, but God, a lot happened in that in terms of showing where literally every single character is at in the storyline for the show at that time. And it was fun. Artie ate a cookie that looked really fucking delicious. And I'm craving a little. Okay, I'm glad I'm not alone. That looked really good. The way that it broke. I was like, that is like, it wasn't too harsh. It wasn't too soft. It was like the perfect density. Good texture. Yeah, yeah. Good texture alert. Um, no, that was like, fun. I hate to use the word fun because I feel like that's like a cop out when you like don't have a ton to say about it.

Um, but it was cute. It was fun. People are saying in the comments, they like the free Joe foot pics. And I agree. I like that little feet pics we got of his sandals for some reason. I think they just needed to be like, look, he has dreads and wear sandals.

[1:36:29] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:36:30] Maggie Lind: Oh, you like Joe's feet? Oh, well, we got shoes though, because on one of the podcasts, it was probably and that's what you really missed. He mentioned like, when he moved to LA, he didn't wear shoes for like two years or something. That is so scary. So I'm just like, pop off, man. Thank you. I was walking behind a woman like a week or two. I saw on your story, Andrew. And she was just walking or she was holding her in this was like during daylight hours. And I feel like it's important to add because like, if it was like nighttime, like, inhibitions are low. And like, maybe you have a few drinks in you like you're taking the shoes off. And like, I can't really judge you. But this girl, it was like, maybe like noon, and she was walking around midtown shoes off holding her heels. And I didn't say anything. They were heels. There was like, they were heels.

[1:37:19] Andrew: So sometimes being barefoot is better.

[1:37:23] Maggie Lind: No, but like in mid, no, no, no, not in New York. If you're gonna wear shoes in New York, you're wow, shoes, not no, you need to wear shoes. Sorry.

[1:37:36] Andrew: You're crazy. No, if you're gonna wear heels in New York, you're crazy. I'm sorry to people that it's their job.

[1:37:44] Maggie Lind: What if it's her job? What if it's a professional? She works in a professional office and just wear heels.

[1:37:48] Andrew: You can be professional without wearing heels.

[1:37:52] Maggie Lind: Okay, okay. I don't know post COVID. I just you can't pay me enough to put on heels.

[1:37:58] Andrew: Yeah, like, like Paco, like a pair of like flip flops or something when you're like on the move, at least.

[1:38:04] Maggie Lind: Yeah. Flip flops. I feel a little weird about carry around like, I don't know, I would be carrying comfy shoes or vice versa, like carry the heels on comfy shoes. There was a group of women that stopped her and was like, actually, like, I need to stop you right here. I need you to put the shoes on and the woman was like, no.

[1:38:27] Andrew: Yeah, no, it was unsuccessful.

[1:38:27] Maggie Lind: Anyway, in relation to Cherish, Cherish.

[1:38:36] Andrew: You have so many thoughts to say, Andrew, let's hear them. Let's hear what you have to say.

[1:38:40] Maggie Lind: So actually, I do have one more question about this song.

[1:38:44] Andrew: Yeah, go ahead.

[1:38:44] Maggie Lind: Sam, because this is still like when the God squad is a thing. Like this is the same episode when they're like debating about singing to Britney and Santana. Was Sam always in the God squad? Or they just like, yeah, for this number, I kind of that he was always it's crazy. Because the first scene that you see the God squad. Mercedes and Sam are like, let's like welcome back Quinn into the God squad. And also welcome our new member, Joe, which like, as the audience, you're like, wait, so was it just Sam and Mercedes as the God squad?

[1:39:22] Andrew: Major season three plot hole that's really been bothering me for a long time.

[1:39:27] Maggie Lind: So they essentially like kidnap Sam. And then it's never mentioned again, does his family come back? Like who is he even staying with? Because who does he stay with him four and five?

[1:39:35] Andrew: Yeah, or even just the rest of three because like Finn and Rachel go get them and are like, you can stay with us. Well, Finn and Rachel don't live together. So like who actually like? Also, I mean, we never see parents, there's never a consultation. Like, where is he actually living? It's never brought up again.

[1:39:56] Maggie Lind: We need we need to check in.

[1:39:56] Andrew: Yeah, I also used to have to do like a lot of homeless student paperwork. So I'm like, you know, they're just never bringing it up. Like that is messy. Like what is happening? I'm calling CPS. I'm calling CPS on Sam. Like his parents gave him permission to be kidnapped into another state because I feel like don't they get them in like Kentucky or something?

[1:40:17] Maggie Lind: Yeah. So they straight up grab him from his family in another state and are just like, yeah, come stay with us. Like it's no big deal. But like, there's a lot of legality in that. So just a fun plot hole to point out that has absolutely nothing to do with Cherish Cherish.

[1:40:33] Andrew: But no, same as in the performance, it has everything to do with Cherish Cherish.

[1:40:38] Maggie Lind: Um, I okay, the thing that like was really distracting me in this performance, I really love this performance. Let me just like, start with this. I stream it. I think it's cute. It's another Madonna mashup. Um, I the thing that I was like, really distracted by the first time was Puck. And like, in this episode, he is like, I'm bringing a bunch of sorority girls, the sugar shack for Valentine's Day. And like, I'm going to have sex with all of them. And like, they're all there. And one of them really stole my attention. They're all like seated at Puck's table, except for one, except for one that's like forced to stand and kind of just like hover above the table. And I was just like thinking about like this poor girl in universe that is like, she is so down bad for a high school student who I guess is of age, but like who's to even say that it's like, girl, you can you focus on like getting some college age boys? Why are you so focused on this high school senior? It's getting desperate.

[1:42:04] Andrew: Maggie, this is crazy. Do you? Do you wait? But do you understand what I'm saying?

[1:42:08] Maggie Lind: Yeah, I just don't think anyone noticed that.

[1:42:12] Andrew: No, but I'm just like, I it's like crazy to think about like these college age girls that are like, so down that they're all like, collectively like, oh my god, this high school senior is so fucking hot. Like, can you can you all like, get a grip on yourself and move on?

[1:42:19] Maggie Lind: If Nurse Penny can do it, anyone can do it.

[1:42:19] Andrew: It's true. Nurse Penny really threw the first brick.

[1:42:26] Maggie Lind: Yeah. Um, anyway, that's what I was thinking about. So what about anything else in the song? I love it. I think it's cute. I think I love the Quinn vocals, the vocals. It definitely feels like it was like this perfect for Quinn's voice. Like it was arranged for Quinn and around Quinn. Yeah. And I love it because like she doesn't get to sing and she doesn't really get to sing stereo hearts the earlier God Squad number. And so they were like, let's give her some focus on this. And they really ate it up. And I love like how they use like all their voices. I think all four vocalists on the song, some of the best voices in the series.

[1:43:11] Andrew: Um, so but I know how this competition is going down.

[1:43:15] Maggie Lind: And I was gonna say, we're really prolonging the inevitable, but you really can't do anything. It's pretty sad. This is these are the competitions when I get sad thinking about things that are still left, that Cherish Cherish has to go. I think about Crush all the time. I wish I could kill her.

[1:43:25] Andrew: Wait, Crush is dead.

[1:43:33] Maggie Lind: Oh, I thought Crush was still around. Crush did finally die. It got strung along for too long. Okay. That's for sure. I liked having Crush for as long as she was around because I thought it was like fun that something like so stupid and silly was still around.

[1:43:45] Andrew: Yeah. Well, you cast the first vote, Andrew, because we all know what's about to happen.

[1:43:52] Andrew: Okay. It's somebody to love.

[1:43:52] Maggie Lind: Okay. It's somebody to love.

[1:43:55] Andrew: Somebody to love.

[1:43:55] Maggie Lind: Okay. Not even a pity vote for Cherish Cherish, even though she's so cute. And I really implore everybody to go stream her. She's so beautiful to me. Um, Keely, was this this was the best competition that you've had so far?

[1:44:12] Keely: Oh, definitely. Yeah, I at least had like one banger.

[1:44:17] Maggie Lind: Yeah. Okay. I'm glad. Like everything else was total duds. But this one was definitely good. And next time that you come through, it's gonna be banger v banger. Trust. It has to be.

[1:44:28] Keely: Yeah, I want to, I do want to fight sometime. Sometime. I'll be totally honest.

[1:44:33] Andrew: Yeah. Okay. Well, I can sense you're a good fighter, Keely. I can sense it.

[1:44:39] Keely: Yeah. Yeah, I do a lot of it.

[1:44:39] Andrew: Wait, Keely, do you? Should have been a lawyer, but too much.

[1:44:43] Keely: Do you have a letterbox that you want to plug?

[1:44:43] Keely: No, I'm actually get on it. I'm a terrible movie watcher. I'm not gonna lie.

[1:44:50] Andrew: Um, well, thank you so much, Keely. Until next round when we have like a banger v banger. It's gonna be iconic.

[1:44:55] Keely: Hell yeah.

[1:44:55] Andrew: Hell yeah. All right. See ya.

[1:45:04] Maggie Lind: All right. Thanks for having me again. Bye, Keely. I like your glasses.

[1:45:10] Andrew: Um, so in recap for this episode, um, Borderline, open your heart. Borderline, I closed my heart to you. Um, and Proud Mary, I'm proud to say, and Round Five, the Glockett, somebody to love. You found three of us. Um, Cherish, Cherish. Ooh, Cherish, Cherish. What is like the what is the opposite of Cherish?

[1:45:27] Maggie Lind: Disregard.

[1:45:27] Andrew: Disregard, disregard. There we go. Beautiful, beautiful. Maggie, what do you have to leave the Gleeks with? What do you have to promote?

[1:45:44] Maggie Lind: Um, I just love you Gleeks very much. Special shout out to all the Gleeks that come over to Skip or Scream and want to chat about horror movies. I can do it all day long. So come check us out. Check us out. Skip or Scream podcast. You don't have to love scary movies, but it's a fun time. And we have a lot of little Gleekies over there. So come join our squad, our God squad. I need I need to our little God squad.

[1:46:07] Andrew: Um, I need to come back and talk about another scary movie. I'm trying to think of like what's coming.

[1:46:14] Maggie Lind: Can you come back? Actually, I was actually thinking about that. I'm like, I want Andrew to come back. But you're so goddamn busy. And it would involve you having to like, hopefully write down a movie.

[1:46:20] Andrew: Doing homework.

[1:46:29] Maggie Lind: Yeah, a little bit of homework. Okay, no, that's fine. I'd be more than happy to. Let me know what what movies are up for grabs.

[1:46:35] Andrew: And okay, I will make something happen.

[1:46:41] Maggie Lind: Yeah, everybody follow me on Letterboxd too. I'll leave my Letterboxd in the live chat and I'll I'll link it or say it but MLind96. There we go.

[1:46:52] Andrew: Thank you so much, Maggie. If you want to be a part of these future live streams, you could do so by going to patreon.com slash Gleek the Week pod, be part of the cheerio tier and would love to have you as a little Gleek that comes on for these competitions. It's so much fun. And you don't actually need to come on for the competitions. You could just watch these monthly live streams.

[1:47:13] Andrew: Um, and what else? Oh, taking one week off next week. And after that, we'll be back with a really, really fun episode. And it's gonna be iconic. And you're gonna love, you're gonna love it. I haven't booked it yet. Tease.

[1:47:28] Maggie Lind: I haven't.

[1:47:28] Andrew: Yeah, it sounds like a tease. It sounds like I know who's gonna be on the next episode. But I truly don't. I can confirm. You're gonna love the episode.

[1:47:39] Maggie Lind: I know I am.

[1:47:39] Andrew: Oh, yeah, it's gonna be also Maggie. I'm just like putting this out. So you are also aware. I need an episode this round with you and Cassie again. And with you and Allison Dodge.

[1:47:51] Maggie Lind: I'm down. Text me any day of the week, baby. I'm there.

[1:47:59] Andrew: Okay, perfect. Until two weeks from now. It's Gleek. Gleek of the week.