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[0:04] Andrew: I really want the beginning of this episode to be like, you know, season two of Jersey Shore or something, and it's Snooki going, "We're back, bitches!"

[0:17] Allison: It's us doing that.

[0:19] Andrew: And it's like a montage of audio clips of us going like, "You're gonna catch on this season of Gleek of the Week."

[0:28] Allison: And then actually just outrageous things.

[0:31] Andrew: It's gonna be not of us fighting, being like, "Fuck you."

[0:36] Allison: I can't believe you're fucking saying that to me.

[0:38] Andrew: "Don't ever disrespect my mother like that."

[0:42] Allison: And then the sound of Finn hitting the post office man.

[0:48] Andrew: Think about the mailman.

[0:50] Allison: What are you gonna do?

[0:53] Andrew: Wait, what is that one?

[0:54] Allison: That's Finn's mom after he hits the post.

[1:00] Andrew: She says that.

[1:01] Allison: Do you remember that?

[1:02] Andrew: She says, "What are you gonna do?"

[1:03] Allison: She's like, "What are you gonna do?"

[1:05] Andrew: Wait, yeah, he hit a mailman, and I don't think people talk about a government worker.

[1:11] Allison: That's a federal crime.

[1:14] Andrew: Hmm.

[1:15] Allison: Okay, civil service person.

[1:18] Andrew: And yet everyone wants to protect Finn, and everyone wants to defend him.

[1:22] Allison: This is season two of the first round of the Glacket, babes.

[1:26] Andrew: We're taking off fucking gloves.

[1:29] Allison: We took off three weeks.

[1:31] Andrew: Let's be actually real. We did 70 weeks goddamn straight.

[1:36] Allison: We're sick for that.

[1:37] Andrew: We're sick in our minds.

[1:38] Allison: Um, we took three weeks off, and yet here we are again.

[1:42] Andrew: Um, and a lot has happened as it turns out.

[1:45] Allison: It turns out so fucking much has happened.

[1:49] Andrew: Oh my god! Leah Michelle is Funny Girl.

[1:52] Allison: That was during our hiatus.

[1:53] Andrew: Wait, you're kidding me.

[1:54] Allison: Yeah, she's gonna be Funny Girl, Andrew.

[1:56] Andrew: Did you not see all of the Instagram posts?

[1:59] Allison: Oh my god. And the receipt from Seat Geek in your email.

[2:04] Andrew: That is a perfect role for her, as it turns out.

[2:07] Allison: Slade.

[2:07] Andrew: It's like a six-year audition, basically.

[2:12] Allison: Um, wait. No, that's like a ten, like that's a decade worth of work.

[2:15] Andrew: That is a decade's worth of work, babe.

[2:18] Allison: That's bad.

[2:19] Andrew: She sent in her headshot a while back.

[2:22] Allison: She's been at the August Wilson Theater posted.

[2:26] Andrew: She's been making her way around that block.

[2:30] Allison: It's true.

[2:30] Andrew: Let me listen to my block.

[2:31] Allison: It's just Leah Michelle.

[2:33] Andrew: Let me listen to my block.

[2:34] Allison: It's Drump the Rollover.

[2:37] Andrew: Um, yeah. Wow, that's a lot to process.

[2:40] Allison: I'm gonna have to spend time with friends and family, absolutely, to process that information.

[2:45] Andrew: Um, I simply did not know that she was gonna be Funny Fanny.

[2:49] Allison: Fanny.

[2:50] Andrew: Funny, funny.

[2:51] Allison: Funny Fanny.

[2:52] Andrew: I'm gonna make a girl so funny.

[2:54] Allison: I'm gonna make a girl simply so funny.

[2:57] Andrew: Um, you saw Leah Michelle in concert?

[2:59] Allison: I saw Leah Michelle in concert.

[3:01] Andrew: Saw a few Glisteners there.

[3:03] Allison: Love. We love you.

[3:05] Andrew: We love the Glisteners.

[3:07] Allison: Truly felt like, okay, Leah Michelle who? It's all about me, actually.

[3:11] Andrew: It's true.

[3:12] Allison: It's true.

[3:14] Andrew: Um, no, but honestly, it was so nice meeting all of you and hearing you absolutely tear the Glacket to shreds.

[3:20] Allison: Yeah, people hate the Glacket.

[3:22] Andrew: I anyways, keep going.

[3:25] Allison: I was gonna do a non-sequitur and completely change the subject.

[3:28] Andrew: No, go ahead, go ahead.

[3:29] Allison: I posted a TikTok about how much I don't like Marley, and people really came for my neck.

[3:35] Andrew: Okay, can we talk about this? Because the Marley Five turns out runs so deep.

[3:41] Allison: It's like the Atlantic fucking Ocean.

[3:43] Andrew: Literally.

[3:44] Allison: Um, and then I don't know if you saw. Wait, I texted you about this this morning where it was like there was someone spamming a spam replying to everyone that was hating on you for hating on Marley, and they were saying, like, "Oh no, it's actually okay to hate Marley because Marley helped Unique catfish Ryder."

[4:03] Andrew: And I'm like, okay, you took a really weird destination. You took a really weird way to get there, but honestly, you showed your love for me, and I can't disrespect that.

[4:12] Allison: And I love you the most. They spam replied to every single comment, and they were like, "Marley helped Unique."

[4:18] Andrew: Marley fucking sucks.

[4:20] Allison: Like, okay. Sorry, I'm not a Marley head. Like, what is there genuinely? I was gonna say genuinely, what is there to like about her? But people would come for my neck for that as well.

[4:33] Andrew: I think there are redeemable qualities about Marley. She's just not for me. She wasn't written for me. I don't know who she was written for.

[4:42] Allison: Well, have you watched? Mike's Mike just posted his second?

[4:46] Andrew: Yes, Mike's Mike, come on the podcast.

[4:49] Allison: Somebody texted me today and was like, "Hey, you need this guy on your podcast." And I'm like, "Yeah, I know. We know." We've emailed him actually twice at this point. Fucking answer our calls.

[4:59] Andrew: But no, he was talking about it, and it was like so validating to see him being like, "Yeah, Marley's entire personality is that she's nice." Like, that's it.

[5:09] Allison: Right. Like, there's not much there.

[5:12] Andrew: Yeah, and it's like, yeah, are nice people nice? Yeah, I guess. Sure, but I want to see Marley hit a mailman.

[5:19] Allison: I wanna see her punch me in the face.

[5:22] Andrew: Okay. Have we ever seen Marley being like mean?

[5:25] Allison: No. Anyway, do you want to get in some Gloy's mails?

[5:28] Andrew: Um, yeah, I just want to tell everyone that I also had COVID while we were gone, and I watched a lot of Glee during that time.

[5:36] Allison: But you refuse to watch season three.

[5:38] Andrew: I watched the entirety of season two, and then I got to season three, and I was like, "Oh, we're done."

[5:45] Allison: Sorry, Mama.

[5:46] Andrew: Well, you watched season five recently.

[5:49] Allison: Yep.

[5:49] Andrew: I've seen season three and four the most. Seasons one and two were like my least watched seasons.

[5:56] Allison: I don't know. This sounds so mean to be like telling you what your truth is, but like I feel like we get to some late season four songs, and you're like, "I have no, like, who are you?"

[6:01] Andrew: Who are you?

[6:11] Allison: Okay, okay, okay, okay. So maybe start at like maybe Sadie Hawkins and just go forth.

[6:19] Andrew: Okay. I can start with that.

[6:20] Allison: Is that season four?

[6:21] Andrew: That's season four. That's like midway.

[6:25] Allison: Yeah. Yeah, I'll do that.

[6:27] Andrew: Okay. Um, you have a Gloyce mail?

[6:29] Allison: I have a Gloyce mail, and I have a lot to say about it, actually. Can I go first?

[6:32] Andrew: Oh, really?

[6:33] Allison: Yeah, you can go first.

[6:34] Andrew: I hope it's not the same voicemail I chose.

[6:36] Allison: Okay, here we go.

[6:40] Andrew: Did we choose the same one?

[6:41] Allison: I chose it, it's from the same person.

[6:43] Andrew: Oh, that's good. We'll talk about it.

[6:45] Amelia: Hi, Allison and Andrew. I hope you're well. I'm Amelia, she/her pronouns. Um, basically, I don't even know what episode it was. You were talking about Blaine singing "Teenage Dream" acoustic, and Nicole was like, "He's a senior in high school." And I watched, so I thought it must have been watching Glee the beginning of my senior year. I just graduated.

[7:06] Amelia: Um, and I never really processed that Blaine was supposed to be literally my age, and I think it's absolutely wild, and I think that this needs to be discussed a lot further. And I think you need to talk to me on your podcast. And we need to go in depth of like these people were literally high schoolers, and like not even the fact that they were like 30-year-olds playing high school, like the things they did, they were literally high schoolers. Love you. Let's talk about it.

[7:34] Andrew: Amelia, we love Amelia.

[7:36] Allison: We love you so much. Um, we do need to talk to you on our podcast.

[7:41] Andrew: Um, what was I gonna say? There was something I thought of while I was listening to that, and I was like, "Oh, I need to talk about it."

[7:50] Allison: No, no, no. My first thing, I can tell you're recording this while you're driving, and that is my favorite part. I love that you're Gleeking while driving.

[7:59] Andrew: Um, I think it's illegal in most states.

[8:01] Allison: You're driving under the Glenfluence.

[8:04] Andrew: Um, I have so much to say about this because it makes me think of all the other shows that have cast 30-year-olds as high schoolers and the fucking crazy banana shit they had these fucking people doing.

[8:18] Allison: Like Chuck from Gossip Girl was literally running a fucking business drug ring empire of New York City in high school.

[8:30] Andrew: And is that realistic? I mean, did I do that before I graduated? Yeah, I did.

[8:32] Allison: Did I do that? Yeah.

[8:37] Andrew: I did have a drug ring, and I had an entire line of hotels under my name.

[8:41] Allison: And what are they gonna do?

[8:42] Andrew: And what are they gonna do?

[8:43] Allison: So I think that was the most realistic part.

[8:46] Andrew: Um, it is truly insane the things that they make these kids conceivably do in high school. Like, I'm watching The Wilds right now, and all of these girls are supposedly in high school, and I'm like, how are you doing all of that? Like, how are you? This one girl is in the pageant ring, and she's in high school and in the pageant ring, and I'm like, how do you have time for that?

[9:11] Andrew: That's a one extracurricular I can't understand.

[9:14] Allison: No, absolutely. I have a few things to respond with. Um, okay, so I recently watched the Hurt Locker episodes of Glee in season six, and there is a point that I guess like went over my head in past viewings, but there is a scene between Clint, um, played by Max George, who leads Vocal Adrenaline and Mr. Schuester, where he literally tells Mr. Schuester, his Glee Club coach, "You better watch your back."

[10:09] Andrew: And I'm like, a 19-year-old, I would be shaking in my boots, thinking, even thinking about saying that to anything.

[10:09] Allison: Could you imagine saying that to an adult?

[10:09] Andrew: No.

[10:09] Allison: I can't imagine saying that as a 26-year-old.

[10:09] Andrew: It pained me. And then like Mr. Schuester was like shook by it too. Like, oh my god, I guess I better move.

[10:08] Allison: I mean, Mr. Shu is best friends with a 19-year-old, so his head is kind of—

[10:09] Andrew: That's true. If you're gonna have friends that are 18-year-olds, then you better have some enemies too.

[10:19] Allison: Um, the next thing, again, bringing back to Mike's Mike. Mike's Mike did talk about in the season four movie episode where they sing all mashups, a good idea. Um, this never like occurred to me, but he's like, "Why are all their favorite songs from movies old movies?" Like, why would all of these like that to me? Like, why are they singing like songs from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and not like Hunger Games or like Dear John or like some like please?

[10:50] Andrew: Is "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" that "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"?

[10:53] Allison: Yes.

[10:54] Andrew: No, I think "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is Moulin Rouge.

[10:56] Allison: Well, that's Moulin Rouge, and we've talked about this before, and we will get to it when we get to the season four boys mashup. Although terrible, at least they understood the assignment. Whereas the girls mashup, they literally just borrowed a mashup that was already made by Moulin Rouge.

[11:14] Andrew: Right.

[11:15] Allison: Um, and the third thing I want to say is Amelia, um, while I love your constant support of the podcast, um, you did say that Nicole was the one that brought up that Blaine is a child, and I do recall those words actually coming out of my mouth.

[11:33] Andrew: Um, so I just want to credit where credit is due.

[11:37] Allison: And please.

[11:38] Andrew: Um, we're gonna continue to figuratively talk to Amelia because your voicemail is also—

[11:38] Allison: My voicemail's also from Amelia.

[11:46] Amelia: Hi, I'm Amelia. I'm sorry. Um, I believe that it is about time for Allison to release her claim fanfiction. I think it's been long enough. He's been waiting, and it needs to happen. So Allison, I'm begging you.

[11:59] Andrew: Allison, I'm begging you too.

[12:01] Allison: Amelia, I love you so much because looking at the timestamps of these voicemails, a couple of them were the night before, and then you thought about it the morning after, and you sent us another one.

[12:12] Andrew: I am obsessed with you.

[12:14] Allison: Yeah, I mean, I think it's about time that I released my fan fictions, and I think I'm gonna do it in the form of a Patreon episode, and I'm gonna read them, and you're— we're gonna act them out.

[12:27] Andrew: I think we're gonna bring in our producer, Leah Michelle, and she's also going to act out one of the parts.

[12:34] Allison: Yeah, Leah, I know you're listening to this while you're editing this, so just remind us, like ping us sometime this week to just let us know when you're available.

[12:41] Andrew: Yeah, because Leah, I'm gonna do some of the heavy lifting right now in this moment.

[12:45] Allison: But um, Andrew, do you actually have access to the file?

[12:49] Andrew: I do. I do.

[12:50] Allison: Okay.

[12:50] Andrew: They're still live on fanfiction.net, babe.

[12:52] Allison: Okay, Leah, you hear that? Um, we have a wonderful episode, wonderful guest. Um, we're back from my hiatus, and I'm ready to get back into the Glacket.

[13:03] Andrew: I'm ready to fight dirty.

[13:05] Allison: Um, excited.

[13:07] Andrew: I'm very excited. Um, not to say that the Glacket got stale, but like 70 weeks of anything, you know, it gets repetitious. Takes it out of ya, babe. Um, what songs are we projecting on three? Three, two, one. Seven. I want that this episode so fucking much. That would be wonderful. I I'm ready to talk about it. Oh my god, wait, we have so much to announce, actually, too. We have so much to announce. Glee merch. We have Glee merch. Glee merch coming out. It's going to be bonfire.com slash shops. You know what? I'm not even gonna mention it because I'm gonna get it wrong. We'll link it on our Instagram. Uh, merch t-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee mugs. We made a post about it this morning, the morning that you're listening to this episode, if you're listening to it on August 9th, um, merch is live, and you can buy it.

Lots of very cute stuff. And also, we have launched um a while back from now, um, the Glee song opinion Google form. Yeah. It's a way for the Glisteners to get involved episode to episode and just say their piece about every single song left that we have yet to pull in the first round of the Glacket. So if you have things to say about "Safety Dance" or "Let's Have Kiki," um, we want to hear them. And we will talk about them in the episodes, and it'll be so fun. So fun.

[14:38] Andrew: Gleeks, we have this week, you most definitely have seen her TikToks all over TikTok. Sayani, how are you?

[14:45] Sayani: I'm doing wonderful. How are you?

[14:47] Andrew: So great. We can obviously tell that you're a big fan of the show from your TikToks, but walk us through just your basic relationship with the show. When did you watch it? How recently, all that good stuff.

[14:59] Sayani: Uh yeah, so I actually first discovered the show back when I was around 13-ish years old, and um I just graduated college now, so it's been a really long time for me. But uh, I, you know, like back then, I grew up in a really small town in Illinois, suburban Illinois, and at that time it was not people were not as subtle about their um racism. I'm just gonna say it, I'm gonna say racism. You know, that that was the time, and so it was it was really tough for me growing up. Um, because I always felt like I didn't belong, you know. People constantly made me feel like I was an alien, and at that young of an age, when you're kind of all kids are coming to realize who they are, to have someone constantly make you feel like another was so disorienting for me, and I had a really like strong identity crisis.

It really just, you know, threw me into one, and then I connected to Kurt first, he was the first character I really, really connected to because I just I really related to him, you know, and to have something like that, to have a role model like that to look up to and be like, hey, I'm kind of going through something similar. And then to see him win was really important to me. You know, like he never really wavered in his identity other than that one phase. Um because pink houses face, we don't get to go. Yeah, forget about that for a moment. Forget about that for a moment. But you know, like overall, it was really cool for me. It was really cool to have that kind of role model. And I I really do credit him so much for me being able to finally come into myself and and grow my confidence.

So I just I really loved Kurt in particular, and he was really the reason I continued watching Glee. So if you ask me anything about the show, I know I've seen the tweets. I have seen tweets about like that girl from TikTok, she says Glee facts that you guys don't know, but it's all about Chris Colfer and Darren Criss. And it's true. Because that was the reason I watched the show. So, like 99% of the things I know is it is just about Kurt.

[17:01] Andrew: No, because I was like honestly like afraid to even have you on this podcast because I was like, you're gonna upstage me about facts about this show.

[17:07] Sayani: Oh, really?

[17:08] Andrew: I'm gonna say things that I feel are correct, and then you're gonna be like, uh, probably not.

[17:13] Sayani: Probably not. Unless it's like maybe, maybe if it's related to Kurt, but probably not. I I really don't know what's going on with the show if it's not related to him.

[17:21] Andrew: I'm glad we have you on because we're famously not Kurt people.

[17:26] Sayani: Okay.

[17:26] Andrew: So I'm excited to have you kind of balance us out.

[17:29] Sayani: Okay, great. I love that. I love it. We announced you on our Patreon as an upcoming guest, and one of our patrons wanted to know uh, was there something they originally loved while watching the show that you don't like now or now they do.

[17:47] Sayani: You mean like me? Is there something that I Yeah, like something like now you're like, okay, like looking back, it's like, oh, I don't actually like that aspect of the show anymore. Or is there something even like, okay, I actually do like this about the show now that I didn't respect before.

[18:04] Sayani: Um I think my appreciation for this is gonna go back to Kurt again. My appreciation for um what he meant for the times has really grown as I've you know been able to do my research and listened to more people talk about what it meant to have him there. Um just socio-politically. I talk a lot about that on my TikTok. I constantly, if you look at like my last few TikToks, they're all about that, but that has grown. I I do feel like when I was younger, I was very, very protective over all of the covers on Glee. And um of them. All of them I didn't like people attacking the show. I felt like it was a personal attack. Now I'm more comfortable with admitting that some of them are just not good. Not at all. But pink houses. Can we can we list them off? Okay, well I feel like the very first one that comes to mind is "Baby Got Back."

[19:01] Sayani: Of course. Yeah, yeah. That was so bad. I I really didn't like that. Um, I this is gonna be such a hot take. I feel like a lot of the covers that were done in maybe season six-ish, season five-ish.

[19:14] Andrew: Oh, oh, the puppet one.

[19:16] Sayani: Um, what does the fox say?

[19:18] Andrew: What does the fox say?

[19:19] Sayani: No. Yeah, I really I really can't stand that.

[19:22] Andrew: Don't do that, Allison.

[19:23] Sayani: Yeah. Don't do that.

[19:23] Andrew: Okay, we have something I something we do on this podcast is we have people that were fans of the show, but then we have people that were on the show. And it's a completely different conversation. And Michael Olivier is a very convincing human being and convinced us that "What Does the Fox Say?" Not a bad song.

[19:44] Sayani: Was better than okay.

[19:46] Andrew: I'm glad that you're sitting down.

[19:51] Sayani: Against all odds by Bland Anderson. We are criminals for that. Sorry. But we are like easily convinced, and I think that okay, Sayani, like you do with this information, like, okay, if we go into a competition today, and you're like, I feel confident that this song is better, and I know that like in your in your mind that like they're not gonna they're not gonna believe me. You can convince us. You can effectively convince us.

[20:17] Sayani: We're easily swayed people.

[20:20] Andrew: I easily swayed. I okay, but when you say that, do you mean like the vocals or like everything?

[20:26] Sayani: Anything.

[20:27] Andrew: Anything. If I could come up with a song to convince you.

[20:31] Sayani: Oh no, like whatever the competition is. If it's like "I'm Still Here" by Kurt versus a great cover, a wonderful cover. I'm just putting that out there. Kurt solos have not fared well so far.

[20:45] Andrew: I you know what? They're so underrated. That's one of my like biggest hot takes, though. No, I really do like okay. Rose's Turn is finally getting the appreciation I feel like it deserves, which I appreciate. I do appreciate that.

[20:56] Sayani: Yeah, yeah. I feel like it took a while for it to like age. You know, like it was like a wine. It did. I'm kind of hoping that, you know, with more Kurt Hummel's uh solos in general, like um the one that's like um shoot, what's what's just the one when when Kurt comes back to McKinley after Dalton? That one. I don't know why that just like I I just forgot it for a moment. But that is like one of my favorite solos on the show. But again, it's so underappreciated.

[21:25] Andrew: Yeah. Both of those kolos that we just spoke about, Rose's Turn and As If We'd Never Say Goodbye, both going through. Both going through the next round of the Glacket. Kolos that aren't going through, like, oh, regrettably, I want to hold your hand not going through to the next round of the Glacket.

[21:45] Sayani: It was against I'll Stand By You by Finn Hudson.

[21:50] Andrew: I, you know, I personally disagree. I really like that solo. Um, I think okay. Here's the thing though. Here's the thing. For Kurt Hummel, I feel like his voice is underappreciated because I don't think it's suited to a lot of the pop music. I think it's like super super theatrical, which I think is just like the epitome of Glee, which is like I I don't think you can separate his solos and the stories he's telling through his solos. And I think he does such a good job at telling stories that like that song, for example, I wanna hold your hand. I think that the the story attached to it, it's told so well.

[22:29] Sayani: Yeah. I I really, I really love a lot of his solos. I will say that something that I didn't think hit for me, that does hit for me. I just rewatched all of season two, is Kurt Rachel duets.

[22:45] Sayani: Yeah. Really hit. Like uh "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "For Good." Both. Very good. Like they know where to put themselves musically together, and it's incredible. I really love it.

[23:01] Andrew: Can I just have an altar point? Because I do love early Hummelberry duets.

[23:08] Sayani: Uh-huh.

[23:09] Andrew: Later in the show, Hummelberry duets flop hard.

[23:13] Sayani: Which ones?

[23:14] Andrew: Um I'm talking about "Get Back." I'm talking about.

[23:16] Sayani: No.

[23:23] Andrew: I'm talking even about.

[23:25] Sayani: Ooh, no. Because I think I think I like this one now. "Ding Dong The Witch is Dead." I think I think they're all all bops, honestly.

[23:35] Sayani: You know? I I of the worst that Glee has done, I think that's very far on the bottom of the list.

[23:42] Andrew: Okay. You're right, and you should say it.

[23:44] Sayani: Thanks, thanks. Appreciate that. I really hope that we get some Kurt songs.

[23:49] Andrew: So it like it's worth something today. You know?

[23:53] Sayani: Yeah. I really, really hope that like if there's one thing my TikTok does, it convinces people that Kurt Hummel should be considered one of the better vocalists on the show. He's so underappreciated.

[24:05] Andrew: Wow. I'm I'm so glad that you're coming on our podcast. Like it just makes us look better for you even being.

[24:12] Sayani: I I love that.

[24:13] Andrew: Yeah. I love that. The the Kurt representation of it.

[24:17] Sayani: Kurt representation.

[24:18] Andrew: Yeah, I I'm very happy to be that. Um wait, what what songs are we projecting today? We're gonna pull six songs, three songs are gonna go through. Sayani, what songs are we rooting for?

[24:30] Sayani: Uh Rose's Turn.

[24:31] Andrew: Rose's Turn. 100%.

[24:33] Sayani: Um, also, I and again, anyone who's seen my TikToks obviously knows this, but Blaine solos, I think, are just always, always hits. Like every time.

[24:43] Andrew: Summer Only We Know.

[24:46] Sayani: Of course. Classic. It's so good. Um Glee. Right, right. And uh, I really like "Cough Syrup" as well in "Teenage Dream."

[24:56] Andrew: Okay. Yeah. Yep. We're rooting for claim.

[24:59] Sayani: We're claiming.

[25:00] Andrew: Correct. We want some claim up in this mess.

[25:02] Sayani: Yeah. Um I have the first song for us. Um, I don't believe it's claim.

[25:07] Andrew: I don't believe it's claim.

[25:12] Sayani: I honestly can't remember who sings this. So let's just watch and see.

[25:25] ♪ Musical number: "Barracuda" — performed by Glee Cast ♪

[26:21] Sayani: You met the purpose in me. Uh no right, no wrong selling a song and whisper game and it's the real thing told to the truth. You better make up something quick. You brought a bad bad bad bad running to the way they slayed. They didn't slay for you, Sayani, did they slay for you? I think Adam Lambert always slays everything. Um I'm not sure how I felt about the two of them together yet. Okay, you know what was the context of that? Was that the whole Rachel Berry is moving out of the loft because she's mad at Santana Lopez? Is that okay? Okay, and then she moves in with Elliot? Exactly, okay, got it, got it.

[28:01] Sayani: I have a lot to say. One, um, Rachel Berry's Fanny Bryce bangs are giving Joey King. Okay, I'm gonna say that. Not in a good way. Uh, is there a good way? I don't know. Is there a good way for Joey King? To give Joey King. Um, number two. They really thought they did something with the shots like through the window. Uh huh. Like past Elliot's butt and at Rachel. Three. There's just something about the original song and how it's like produced that makes it a good solid jam. Like there's effects on the voice, and the music is just the like instruments are just fucking loud. That doesn't hit when it's sung by two people like this. I will say Elliot knocks it out of the park. I think Elliot can do no wrong. Um, but the Rachel of it all brings me back to where I was on the human plane.

[29:07] Sayani: I, as you were speaking, Allison, I looked at your wall. Is that a Glee 3D poster? Yes, it is. Did you go? Yes, I did. Oh my god, I'm so jealous. Let me tell you, one of the biggest regrets in my life is that I was not a Glee fan when it was when that was happening, or at least I didn't know about it. And I am very, very bitter to this day. So I was just staring at that. Um but no, I agree. Honestly, I agree. I think I was so confident that Elliot killed it because I just I again I don't think Adam Lambert knows how not to crush it, you know?

[29:44] Allison: Exactly.

[29:45] Sayani: But again, with the Rachel Berry, and I just I've never heard the original. I will put that out there. Um, but I I don't know. I I something about it, I'm just like, it's okay. Um, the original is by Hart, I believe, but it was made famous by Fergie um in the Shrek 2 soundtrack. No, it was not. Don't even say that. Famous by Fergie? No, it wasn't. What wait, what is her full name? Oh my god. Why am I forgetting what was her what is what is Fergie's first name? I don't know. Wait, that's not first name? Oh my god, stop it. Her name is like oh it's it's Stacy, it's Stacy Ferguson. Stacy Ferguson, Fergie, sang Barracuda in the Shrek. That's not why it's famous. Oh, it was actually in the third um Shrek. I've actually I've never heard that song by Fergie. I only listened to the Heart version because it's on Guitar Hero 3 for Wii. And because I grew up with parents that were born in 1965.

[30:47] Sayani: Allison, can I not just say like something simply hilarious and ironic and like not actually factual and like you not actually just tear me down?

[30:53] Allison: You can't.

[30:54] Sayani: Um I have to tear you down. What I will say about this song is that they slayed. And um, and I but my one hang up, however, is that um this is in the midst of Rachel um in rehearsals for Funny Girl, and I know nothing about how the voice works. But from my understanding, it doesn't feel like it would be a like a good move for you vocally to just be like, okay, I'm going to be singing Barracuda, made famous by Fergie, and just like sh absolutely strain my voice to hell for what? To celebrate my new roommate? Right. No. I don't know. Something like that. Glee logic. Yeah. Um, but again, I I would love to see this in the second round. I love it.

[31:46] Allison: I wouldn't. Do we want to hear from some what the glisteners are thinking?

[31:51] Sayani: What did the glisteners have to say about Barracuda? Here are the submissions. People always say Rachel can only do Broadway songs, yet she always kills it with rock. Hot. They sound amazing. Don't okay, and here we go. Don't have much to say other than I will forever be mad that they didn't recreate Fergie's iconic performance, which had been done by this time. Amazing. Their voices are phenomenal together. Like everyone is like absolutely just really gagging for this. Um bulletproof. Wait, but there's one glistener submission that I they're using a lot of words that even for me don't make any sense. They say bulletproof hospitality. Even if Rachel just said the best gay line. Who said that?

[32:38] Allison: Um that was there. Oh, it they were glanonymous. Explain yourselves. Bulletproof hospitality. Is that a line from the song? Bulletproof hospitality, even if Rachel just said the best gay line, and then they included a barf emoji. Somebody didn't like it. This may have, you know, this may like weigh in in the decision. I suppose. Um, okay, so against Barracuda. I'm pulling from my cup. It's another sleigh. You can't say that. Here we go. Oh god. Another sleigh? This is a sleigh. Are you kidding?

[33:28] ♪ Musical number: "Dream On" — performed by Neil Patrick Harris ♪

[35:52] Sayani: I feel like these two songs are. This is gonna be a hard competition. This is a hard competition. Who do you think is doing that really high note at the end? I think that they both are, but I think that Matt. I feel like this might be Matthew Morrison's best number on the show. I'm not afraid to say that. I'm adult enough to admit it. What were his other what else did he do? I think Sway? Son sway? I, you know, I this is what I mean by like I don't remember Glee if it didn't have to do with Kurt or Blaine, honestly.

[36:28] Sayani: For real. For real. But you know how you guys just like asked me a few minutes ago what if there was something that I didn't or I liked back then that I didn't like anymore. I I feel like TikTok just really ruined Will Schuster for me. Because I don't remember back in the show people finding him as creepy as they do now, but I can't, I can't take him seriously anymore. So like I just kept laughing because I I can appreciate the vocals, but I don't I don't know. There's just something about him that I just No, I totally agree. And I like I remember like not like getting any red flags from Mr. Schuster.

[37:09] Allison: Right, same while watching it.

[37:11] Sayani: But actually it was like because I watched it with my mom, and like my mom was the first person to bring up like that's kind of weird. Like, okay, that's the best like your best man at your wedding is like an 18-year-old. Like, hmm, okay, let's talk about that. And I was like, I was defending him at that point because I was like, this is this is life-changing television. You cannot poke any holes into this.

[37:32] Allison: Yeah, yeah, right.

[37:33] Sayani: So um, no, but I I really like this, and I feel confident about my vote without saying it. Wow. Okay. Um was just giggling throughout the entire thing because I looked at the responses of what Gleeks said about this song, and somebody said bulletproof hospitality. And I don't know what that means.

[37:57] Allison: Wait, no, they didn't.

[37:59] Sayani: They did. Wait, let me pull this up. You're but then I wait. What does that mean? I really, really want to know. I Googled it, I was like, is this like a term? Um, but the first result was like bulletproof windows for hotels. Okay, so this glanonymous is gonna have to come out of the glove. You need to come out of the woodwork and explain what bulletproof hospitality is because I really want to know. I really just want to learn.

[38:31] Sayani: Oh, wait, but now I'm going through like all of their responses. They said bulletproof hospitality to three. They said it to afternoon delight. They said it to ain't no way. Um interesting. They said it to any way you want it. What is bulletproof hospitality mean? What does that mean? I really I really want to know if that means you like the song or that you didn't like the song. It's gonna sway my results. Well, if someone put a um a puke face, right? I would imagine it's not a good thing. But the puke face wasn't hospitable is a good thing. It's not included on the Dream On submission, though, the puke face. So I'm not sure. Do you know if it's the same person or is it anonymous? It is the same person.

[39:17] Allison: Okay. Well, if they put a puke face at some point, then I guess maybe.

[39:22] Andrew: The puke face was only for "Barracuda."

[39:25] Allison: At first I thought it was a compliment, because hospitality, right? And that's a good thing. But I don't know.

[39:32] Andrew: Wait, let's break this down actually.

[39:34] Allison: Okay.

[39:35] Andrew: Title of the episode "Bulletproof Hospitality." And the person that wrote there, that is gonna be like, what? Yeah, hospitality, like, okay, so bulletproof. We know the song. Been there, done that, messed around.

[39:49] Allison: Yeah. Um I'm having fun, don't put me down. So, like, okay, so it's impenetrable.

[39:55] Andrew: Okay. Right, right.

[39:56] Allison: Okay. So this is these are both songs that are incapable of being penetrated.

[40:03] Andrew: But hospitality, like welcoming?

[40:08] Allison: That's what I thought it was like. Oh, it's very welcoming to the community.

[40:13] Andrew: I feel like bulletproof and hospitality have two very different connotations, though, here.

[40:19] Allison: Right. You know.

[40:20] Andrew: How do you reconcile the two?

[40:24] Allison: I hope that we're not like just like talking about like this very popular phrase, like idiots.

[40:29] Andrew: I know.

[40:29] Allison: And that everyone's like, How are you? How do you not know?

[40:33] Andrew: Neil Patrick Harris is doing the high note at the end of the song, I think. I think he's doing the and Will is doing the ah like a little bit lower.

[40:45] Allison: Okay.

[40:48] Andrew: I think it's Neil Patrick Harris because he kills it for me. He I liked his episode. It was funny. Um I just like him as a human being. Um, so I will support him and this is his only song in the Glacket.

[41:07] Allison: That's fucked up that "Piano Man" is not in the Glacket.

[41:09] Andrew: "Piano Man" is not in the Glacket, at least the season one version. Season five, we do get that.

[41:15] Allison: I mean, great, a blow-low. I love blowlos, but like.

[41:18] Andrew: Are we ready to vote?

[41:19] Allison: I'm ready to vote.

[41:22] Andrew: Yeah.

[41:24] Allison: How are you voting?

[41:25] Andrew: Uh I'm going for the Adam Lambert one.

[41:28] Allison: I'm gonna go.

[41:29] Andrew: I'm gonna.

[41:30] Allison: You're gonna wait, you're really going?

[41:32] Andrew: Adam Lambert?

[41:33] Allison: "Barracuda."

[41:34] Andrew: I'm going "Barracuda."

[41:35] Allison: I was the only one that fought for "Barracuda," and yeah, I'm voting for "Dream On."

[41:39] Andrew: Reverse.

[41:40] Allison: Uno reverse.

[41:41] Andrew: Uno reverse.

[41:41] Allison: Reverse, reverse.

[41:43] Andrew: Keeping people on their toes.

[41:46] Allison: I'm ne you'll never accept expect what my second move is.

[41:50] Andrew: What is that fucking TikTok?

[41:52] Allison: Don't let them know your next move.

[41:53] Andrew: Don't let them know, yeah, yeah.

[41:56] Allison: Oh my god!

[41:58] Andrew: Oh good.

[41:59] Allison: Yes!

[42:01] Andrew: I am so GD excited to talk about this.

[42:05] Allison: This is top ten song of all time.

[42:10] Andrew: Wait.

[42:10] Allison: Not even just on the Glack.

[42:11] Andrew: I'm kind of scared.

[42:12] Allison: "Rumor Has It?"

[42:13] Andrew: No.

[42:13] Allison: Oh.

[42:14] Andrew: Better for me.

[42:15] Allison: Better for me, babe.

[42:16] Andrew: Better for me.

[42:18] ♪ Musical number: "Rolling in the Deep" — performed by Jesse and Rachel ♪

[44:29] Allison: Slay duh.

[44:31] Andrew: Slay.

[44:34] Allison: Oh my god!

[44:36] Andrew: I Allison, shut up. I have I think they did that. I think they did that.

[44:40] Allison: They did that!

[44:42] Andrew: Yeah.

[44:44] Allison: I have so much to say about this song. It is so good. I love that Jesse is hanging out in that like back of his throat, like growling sound. So good for me. I think the a cappella version of this song is superior to anything with instruments. It makes me want to fucking be on like a boat in the marsh, like paddling, just like fucking we're the crawdads sang up in this bitch. And it's so good. Like it makes me feel emotion and makes me want to be mad at someone. And I love it, and it's so good. And Rachel and Jesse, like, when I re-watched season two, I was a big Saint Barry shipper instead of um Benchal. Finchel. Like Finchel is my OTP, like Love Them to Death. But I was St. Barry up in this because Jesse St. James is fucking sexy as hell. And this, it's so good, and the communication that they're doing with their eyes is incredible. And Jesse St. James is so hot that he can pull off, he can pull off the skinny scarf.

[46:10] Sayani: Uh Sayani, do you do care to comment?

[46:14] Sayani: I I think he's hot. I don't know about the scarf. I'm not I'm not sure about that comment.

[46:19] Allison: Yeah, no, you you really have a risk with that one.

[46:23] Andrew: We appreciate that though. Like we're with you until then.

[46:27] Sayani: Yeah. No, truly. Um, I the first thought I had re-watching that, I haven't seen that in in forever, is why is he so aggressive? Honestly, that was my first thought. Like when he was, you know, like jumping onto the stage. I was like, wow, there's a lot. I can't remember the context of that.

[46:45] Allison: Um so Rachel, okay, the context of this is that Rachel is simultaneously getting ready for prom.

[46:54] Sayani: Yes.

[46:55] Allison: And she's getting ready for uh nationals.

[47:00] Sayani: Okay.

[47:00] Allison: Right.

[47:01] Sayani: But mostly prom.

[47:02] Allison: Mostly this is the prom episode in season two.

[47:04] Sayani: This is the prom episode.

[47:05] Allison: Okay. I'm gonna say this on this Glee podcast. The prom episode of season two has the best music out of everyone.

[47:12] Sayani: No, so true, so true.

[47:13] Allison: So true. So good. Um, this and I'm not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance with you, kill me. Just you're so right. So good.

[47:22] Sayani: Yeah.

[47:23] Allison: Um, so Rachel is gonna do a little thruple thing with Mercedes and Sam. They are gonna go to prom together. She's singing the song for prom. Um, and Jesse St. James comes in and ends up coming to prom with Rachel and gives us the best line. I don't know what a recession is, but I'm in the understanding that I've seen that.

[47:46] Sayani: I've seen that.

[47:47] Allison: Yeah. And then she says, I can't believe he flunked out of college. He's so smart. That's that's one of those, like, if you look at YouTube and you look at like glee moments, I'll be thinking about for the rest of my life. I that was one of the ones I just have been replaying in my head.

[48:00] Sayani: Yes. So good.

[48:03] Allison: I I this song, like makes me feel things. I love it. And I'm ready for Andrew to tear all of my walls down.

[48:13] Andrew: Um I know, I feel so bad. But like, okay, I'm gonna say that I um I'm an Adele stan first, like human second for sure.

[48:25] Allison: Gleek second?

[48:27] Andrew: Uh I would say Gleek first. I would say Gleek first, Adele stan, because I ultimately I know more about this show.

[48:35] Allison: Right.

[48:35] Andrew: I do not have an Adele podcast. Turns out. Um, okay, so I'm just like trying to before I go in and completely roast this song. I just want to connect on the fact that, like, okay, there are one direction songs that Bet Glee has covered that you don't care for because you prefer the original, correct?

[48:57] Allison: Yes.

[48:57] Andrew: Yes. Okay. So Glee understands.

[49:02] Allison: You are a bitch!

[49:03] Andrew: Glee understands how to do um Adele songs in certain contexts. Sayani, you just brought up "Rumor Has It." They understood how to do that. Not gonna argue with that. Um, it elevated the original. I'll say it. Um however, "Rolling in the Deep" just does not do much for me. And I feel like you I think that we would all be better humans if we just listen to the original more and we just forget about the Glee Cast version.

[49:32] Allison: But the question the question here is though, does it have to be better than the original though for you to like it though?

[49:38] Andrew: Uh entirely. I mean, like, I'll like I guess like I'll go between like turning tables, glee cast version, and the Adele version. What are you gonna say, Alison?

[49:51] Allison: You literally told me that you that does nothing for you.

[49:54] Andrew: It doesn't "Turning Tables" does nothing for me. I'm trying to think of like what's another one. They didn't really do many Adele songs. But like "Turning Tables," I think "Rolling in the Deep" is inherently worse than than "Turning Tables."

[50:07] Allison: Wow.

[50:08] Andrew: On the same album, too. It's on the same album. Um You're evil for that.

[50:13] Allison: I'm not evil.

[50:14] Andrew: You are. We said at the beginning of this episode that we're gonna fight, and ultimately we're crap.

[50:20] Allison: Honestly, it's more fun when we fight. I hate it when we agree. Um, I will also say that like Rachel's prom choice. Okay, because the context of the song is that like right before she starts singing, she asked the members of the A V Club Um if this like choice for like solo at prom is excellent or simply outstanding. I forget the I'm I'm butchering it. But um, I think you're right. Probably. She proposes singing "Rolling in the Deep" at Prom. Ultimately doesn't sing it at prom, but then instead sings "Jar of Hearts" at Prom. What's going on up there, Rachel? Why are you singing these songs at prom?

[51:01] Sayani: She's angry.

[51:04] Allison: She's angry and she's got things to say. Um.

[51:09] Andrew: Yeah, I just don't like it. I don't think I like it. But I would be okay with it going to the second round.

[51:15] Allison: Okay. Siani, do you have any do you have any points to be made? Do you agree with anything that we're saying? Do you disagree with anything that we're saying? What are you thinking?

[51:23] Sayani: No, I I think I again I can't really um I don't know. I haven't listened to these in a really long time because I haven't actually watched the show fully in a really long time. It's so interesting to me because as I'm like listening to you guys talk about this, I've I'm realizing now just how little I remember of the show. And because if you asked me before this, do you remember the prom episode? I'd be like, oh yeah, absolutely. But now I'm realizing how did I not like put it together that that was in the prom episode? Because I only know like the the Blaine solo and then the the whole like you know Kurt getting prom queen storyline. But I mean, I I can appreciate the vocals, but other than that, I mean, I'm pretty indifferent.

[52:08] Andrew: That's okay. You're not really missing out on much, as it turns out. Um this this song, like I said, really doesn't do much. Uh and I'm not alone either. As it turns out, on the Glee song opinion form.

[52:22] Allison: I don't even care. I don't care what the Gleeks have to say.

[52:25] Andrew: No, because it is like both there are there are people, there are people on both sides. Um okay, so someone said agreeing with me. Um, God, the way I have such hatred for this song. Like, why is there no background music? Why does Jesse sing almost the whole thing? Why does Rachel even let him defend it?

[52:47] Sayani: I love that it's a cappella. I love that it's a cappella. I love that there's no instruments. I love the rolling. Like in the background, so good. It puts me in a mood. Like, I just want to be on a mission to do something.

[53:04] Allison: I mean, isn't that what music is supposed to do? It's supposed to move you and put you on a mission.

[53:11] Andrew: Um, agreeing with you. I scream this song at the top of my lungs. Incredible duet, no apologies, no regrets. It's an absolute belter.

[53:20] Sayani: Yeah, it is. But then again, back to me. I love Adele, my favorite singer ever. This version is very disappointing. It is like expecting to eat pizza and eat eggplant instead.

[53:35] Allison: I ghost wrote that submission. I ghostwrote that.

[53:40] Andrew: It's crazy how like how divided the Gleeks are on this. Jonathan Groff's dramatic entrance gives me so much life. He and Lea are both so dramatic in this, and the song is so dramatic, and it just makes me smile. Very "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Kind of the best Glee energy.

[53:55] Sayani: I kind of like that it's a cappella. I will say that because I feel like it adds to the tension, you know, it like really builds the emotion there. So I like that part of it.

[54:05] Andrew: Okay, I guess we'll have to see. The Glee will have spoken. We'll have to see what "Rolling in the Deep," Gleek House version by Gleek Hass, what it's against. I'm scared.

[54:15] Allison: Sayani, you're getting your wish.

[54:18] Sayani: Oh my god, I was like, I'm gonna scared.

[54:21] Andrew: Sayani, you've won a contest. And you get to watch a Klaine duet on Zoom.

[54:27] Sayani: I love it. On a Monday evening.

[54:30] Andrew: Umes.

[54:33] Allison: "Animal," "Come What May," "Story of Our Life" or "Story of My Life." And none of them have been referenced. It's going to be this one. Got to get you Oh yes.

[56:45] Sayani: I love this parent trap chic that they've got going on. I love this duet.

[56:53] Andrew: Okay, Sayani, you lead the discourse on this.

[56:57] Sayani: I just I love, I love this duet. Okay, just like set aside the song for a music. Like, just look at the artistry of the scene, right? Like, it's so impressive. Sometimes I watch Glee, right? And I'm like, I'm just completely amazed that they had to do things like this. Like, imagine going out for a show, and they tell you it's about high school, and then like four years later, you're out here doing that. In addition to singing. I mean, it's incredible. Plus, like, I just think it's a really fun story that like Chris almost no, Darren broke Chris's finger or almost broke Chris's finger while filming this.

[57:38] Allison: Is that true?

[57:39] Sayani: It's true. He really hurt his finger pretty badly, which I think is hilarious. Um, I love Chris, obviously, but I think that's so funny. Plus, like Chris was really excited to film this because you know, he does his like he loves Psy Swords. He's like a sword master or whatever. So I remember all the BTS from this as well, and how excited people were getting and all the hype around it. So I it's like the nostalgia's hitting too. But I just think, plus, plus, if you consider the story behind it with them fighting, like, oh, it's just oh god, I love it so much.

[58:12] Andrew: Sayani, as a Klaine shipper, uh, admittedly.

[58:16] Sayani: Uh-huh.

[58:16] Andrew: Uh, from one Klaine-er. What do you think of Klaine at the beginning versus Klaine at this stage in the show?

[58:26] Sayani: Oh my god, I'm so happy you asked me this. No, because this is so many times I wanted to make TikToks on this, but I've like totally forgotten. All right, let me write this down, right? Okay, season two Klaine. People love them, right? Naturally. They're cute, they're adorable, no like real fighting or anything. And I will admit that when I watched Glee at first, I really loved only like season two, season three Klaine, and I just could not stand their fighting in season five. But like looking back on it now, I like read the interviews of like Chris and Darren did about Klaine and like the you know the issues that they had, and I honestly feel like Glee did them a little dirty because I think that there was some sort of intimacy and abandonment issues, like with Kurt being afraid of intimacy and Blaine being afraid of abandonment, that they really could have delved more into and really just like expanded that, but they didn't, and they just left it to like one liners here and there to hint at those issues, and had they really explored it in greater depth, I think it could have been such great storylines for them as a couple, and and I feel like giving them more complexity and depth was really important because they did that with like Kurt uh Rachel and Finn, where they you know they like had a lot of issues between them and emotional issues they had to figure out.

So like it makes sense that with another fan favorite couple, like Kurt and Blaine, they would do the same. But I personally really appreciated that they did show them fighting and they did show issues and that they weren't like this perfect couple because it just adds so much more emotional depth to them. I loved it, I loved the storyline. Looking back now, I think it's great.

[1:00:05] Allison: Um I watched the season six premiere last night.

[1:00:09] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:00:10] Allison: Um, and that's famously the episode that they called off their engagement. And while watching it this time around, I was like, it's so apparent to me at least that it's like, okay, the writers want to break up this couple at the beginning of their final season, just like at like when they were like doing well. Like I watched the season five finale and the season six premiere back to back. Season five finale, they they end on good terms, season six picks up, and they've called off their engagement. And it just feels like from a writing perspective, it's like okay, they're just like breaking up their one final main couple just to like bring in viewers to see like how everything's going to, you know, come together in the end.

[1:00:59] Andrew: How do you wait? So, how do you feel about season six Klaine then?

[1:01:02] Sayani: Yeah, I just I think that they I do think they should have broken up the second time. And I know that's like a really controversial opinion. Um, I actually tweeted a thread about this that ended up getting a lot more attention than I was expecting, but I like broke it down why. But there were so many issues, I think, between that couple that they just didn't really ever address. Like again, Kurt was afraid of intimacy, and you saw that kind of spring up when he was like, Blaine, I need you to move out of the apartment. And Blaine was always scared that Kurt was gonna leave him. And you see it in "Tested," right? When he's nervous that Kurt's going to leave him for someone who's more fit or whatever.

Um, and they never really dealt with it head on, they just kind of pushed it aside. And I think that had they in season six when Kurt said, I'm afraid of intimacy to Rachel, and that I have, you know, a therapist who I've been working with this on, or I've been working on this with, it would have been great. But there was such a gap in in that storyline, and I really didn't like how they just kind of glossed over all of that and then built up this tension again and had them get together without really addressing that. I think had they kept the couple together and just shown conversations of them finally talking about these issues and working through them as a couple, it would have been really great.

But I also do think though, that did do you I don't I don't know if you guys know this. I feel like I everything I know about Glee, it's like all related to Kurt and Blaine. But they spent apparently like 24 hours, over 24 hours apparently filming that scene, or maybe it was the elevator scene, but there was a lot more that they cut to that scene that was just like bad. Like, like Kurt saying that Blaine manipulated him into getting engaged and like um Oh really? Yeah, and Kurt, I think, or no, Blaine said, I hate you, and they cut that out. I mean, it it got way messier, and they had to cut it out naturally. But like, I'm glad they did that because oh, and then uh yeah, Kurt was like you invited all these show choirs to propose to me, like what did you think that I was gonna say?

And it was it was not good. It was so bad. But um, that was messy, and I'm glad they cut that. And then uh with the whole Sue Sylvester thing, at the moment that I was watching Glee, I was like, oh, they're making fun of Klaine fans, how annoying, right? Because I was the Klaine fan. But looking back on it, it's so funny to me that they like they're I have I'm gonna I want to create a new thread that's like Glee making fun of itself and its fans, you know. That's like the new thread or the series I want to create, but they troll themselves so much, and I thought it was so funny. The whole elevator ad-lib thing, I thought was genius. So Fettuccine Alfredo.

[1:03:48] Allison: There's a scene where like Sue is showing Becky clips of Klaine. And Becky's like, they're not they're not even looking at each other, they don't even have any chemistry.

[1:03:58] Sayani: Yeah, you know the crazy thing is that um back when they were still filming Glee and this was all coming out. Jane Lynch was actually doing a QA. And I asked her, I was like, Jane Lynch, can you tell us anything about Kurt and Blaine and Sue? And she tweeted the photo of the Hurt Locker to me. And that was the very first time that like anyone, I think, or at least I I remember seeing the actual Hurt Locker itself.

[1:04:25] Allison: Oh my god.

[1:04:25] Sayani: Yeah. Wait, that's so crazy.

[1:04:27] Allison: Yeah, yeah, it was really cool. I want to see this tweet. I love it.

[1:04:30] Sayani: I'm sure if you look up like Jane Marie Lynch and like KGleeB or something like that, you'll see it. You'll see it there. But um, yeah, I I remember going nuts over that at that time. I thought it was great. And the whole ad-lib between Chris and Darren was so funny to me. The way they did it. I thought I that's one of my favorite things. One of my favorite Glee scenes, just because I know that that entire scene was ad-libbed.

[1:04:53] Allison: Oh, that's so interesting. I'll have to like watch that over with that mindset.

[1:04:56] Sayani: Yeah, it's so good. They asked, like, Chris, um, what name would you like to give Kurt and Blaine's child? And he was like, I just came up with Fettuccini Alfredo right there, and I thought it was hilarious.

[1:05:09] Andrew: Um, I like that you're sticking up for Klaine uh during this time because I'm very anti-Klaine during this time.

[1:05:18] Sayani: Okay.

[1:05:18] Andrew: Like in my head, canonically Blaine is older than Kurt, and like I really respect the season two Klaine.

[1:05:28] Sayani: That's Blaine is like Kurt's guide on this identity process and this whole journey, and they fall in love because of it.

[1:05:39] Andrew: Um, so I really struggle to wrap my head around season five, season six Klain, but I do appreciate your perspective. Um, it doesn't change my vote in any way, shape, or form. I am voting for "Rolling in the Deep," no matter fucking what. Okay. And I imagine, Sayani, you're voting for "Love is a Battlefield."

[1:05:57] Sayani: I have to. I must stay true to my Kurt and Blaine roots.

[1:06:02] Andrew: So, Sayani, you could make somebody that's on this podcast really happy. And simultaneously very upset, like the other person very you could make somebody who's gonna continue to be on this podcast with you for years and years and years very happy. Uh-huh. Um, just saying, just putting that out there. Um, yeah, I God, you know, I But go with your heart.

[1:06:26] Sayani: My heart, and if I had to listen to my heart, Glee Cast version by Glee Cast, sung by Jonathan Groff and Leah Michelle. Also great. I am unfortunately Sayani going to have to go with the same St. Berry duet. I know that I talked a lot of flack, but I unfortunately never reach for "Love is a Battlefield" by Klain, and that is something that I just will that's just. Yeah, exactly. I am contractually. They'll have your head.

[1:07:03] Andrew: The claimers will have your head.

[1:07:04] Sayani: Yes. Right, exactly. But I will say I do think they have better duets than "Love is a Battlefield." "Candles" being one of them.

[1:07:11] Andrew: They do. Right, naturally, "Candles."

[1:07:13] Sayani: "Animal!"

[1:07:14] Andrew: "Animal" is so actually Chris's favorite Klain duet is "Animal."

[1:07:19] Sayani: Yeah.

[1:07:19] Andrew: I think the best Klain duet is "Maybe It's Cold Outside."

[1:07:23] Sayani: No, you're right. No, you're you're right. I totally forgot about that. That is a very good duet. We'll have to we'll have to do another episode where we really rank all of the Klain duets.

[1:07:33] Sayani: Yes.

[1:07:34] Andrew: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Please. Uh I have my final song of the episode.

[1:07:40] Sayani: Okay.

[1:07:40] Andrew: If we're ready.

[1:07:41] Sayani: I'm ready.

[1:08:04] Andrew: ♪ Musical number: "We Are the Champions" — performed by Glee Cast ♪

[1:10:19] Sayani: I do feel like that should have been the last scene of Glee.

[1:10:22] Andrew: Yes, I was thinking that. I was like, they should have ended the show right there.

[1:10:24] Sayani: Right there.

[1:10:28] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:10:28] Sayani: Yeah.

[1:10:29] Andrew: I'd been okay with it.

[1:10:30] Sayani: Yep.

[1:10:31] Andrew: That's when the show it ends for me. Well, I mean, like the fact that they even have one more episode left in season three. They have the graduation episode where Rachel gets on the train.

[1:10:40] Sayani: Oh right.

[1:10:41] Andrew: I totally forgot about that. And it's like, okay, no, this was my finale. That would have been so good just to end it right there.

[1:10:49] Sayani: Yep. Um, I have a lot of thoughts about this.

[1:10:54] Andrew: Tell us, Andrew.

[1:10:55] Sayani: Kurt and Quinn. I love.

[1:10:57] Andrew: Cute.

[1:10:59] Sayani: Um, very cute. Friendship that could have absolutely been. Um, them harmonizing. I believe that happens again. Uh it will happen once before in one of us in season two, and they sound beautiful together, and I absolutely love. And Andrew, I'm excited to hear your thoughts on the Kurt of it all in this performance. Uh my other note being uh Mr. Schuester should not be hugging Sugar Mata. Um you were he was actively against her and was rooting for her downfall.

[1:11:31] Andrew: And um, she got into the New Directions um completely off screen and through like a technicality, and um Will should Will Schuester Sugar Mata, you should be paying him no mind. You won nationals for him, Sugar Mata. I hate that.

[1:11:49] Sayani: Um I I like this. There are some glisteners that have uh submitted some opinions. One person said that it's um a little bit too on the nose. I th I like it. I like it. I feel like I have to. I feel like I have to say, hold on. Someone needs to clarify. What does that mean?

[1:12:08] Andrew: Like it's like too perfect.

[1:12:10] Sayani: It's like a bit too perfect of a song to sing when they won nationals. But I like that it's like that. I l it's like, duh, they're gonna sing this. Right.

[1:12:20] Andrew: Well, I remember I remember when, like, because we would get like the song list for the episode, like ahead of time.

[1:12:27] Sayani: Yeah, right.

[1:12:28] Andrew: And then we would go. Oh my gosh, memories. Yeah. But like, I remember we got the song list for this episode, and like we got the entire like national set list, we got "Tongue-Tied," and then we got "We Are the Champions," and it's like, oh, okay, well, I guess they're winning.

[1:12:31] Sayani: Well, I guess they're winning.

[1:12:45] Andrew: I guess they're singing this.

[1:12:47] Sayani: Yep.

[1:12:48] Andrew: Um, I guess they're goddamn winning. I like that it's on the nose. This song, it's gonna sound so weird to say, but in elementary school on the very last day of school, we would all sing this on the bus as the buses were like leaving our school parking lot.

[1:13:05] Sayani: And that should have been the season finale.

[1:13:07] Andrew: Exactly. Every single year of elementary school, we sing this. Isn't that weird?

[1:13:13] Sayani: That's cute.

[1:13:13] Andrew: No, I think that that adds up. I think it's a little on the nose, but it's a little on the nose. I this performance gives me all the feels, honestly. I love it. I think it's so appropriate. And again, Kurt's light, always, I always think he's laced. But I I everything about it, the only thing I was thinking was again, I can't, I can't look at Will Schuster the same way. Again, so when he was hugging all the students, I was like, mmm, okay.

[1:13:43] Sayani: Um, but I loved it. I thought they did a really, really great job. And again, I I like vocals aside, I just the story to me is so much more important and how it fits into the episode. And I think that singing this song, you know, as a celebration, it was beautifully done. I loved it.

[1:14:00] Andrew: Okay. Going into our final song of the episode, against "We Are the Champions."

[1:14:05] Sayani: Okay.

[1:14:06] Andrew: We have another season three. Klain, nowhere to be seen in this performance. You got me excited. Why'd you do that? Um excited. Here we go.

[1:14:19] Sayani: ♪ Musical number: "Shake It Out" — performed by Glee Cast ♪

[1:17:00] Andrew: So good.

[1:17:03] Sayani: Wow. Going out on a really somber tone.

[1:17:06] Andrew: On a really somber tone.

[1:17:10] Sayani: I do have two things that were making me laugh, though.

[1:17:13] Andrew: Go ahead.

[1:17:14] Sayani: Number one, Derek Nelson. Sweet, sweet baby Derek. He was on this podcast and he told us that when they recorded this, um he wasn't allowed to know the or he didn't really know the context. They were just like, oh, they're singing this song to cheer up Beast. And so he's in the background, strumming his guitar, smiling. Biggest toothy smile. Like, ha ha! Come on, guys! And it is so like it's so endearing now that I know the story behind it.

[1:17:47] Andrew: Um he didn't know this story.

[1:17:49] Sayani: And then also his brother is the um the pianist. Right?

[1:17:53] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:17:53] Sayani: Yeah.

[1:17:54] Andrew: Love it.

[1:17:55] Sayani: Um so that made me smile. And then number two is that I was looking at the responses to what people said.

[1:18:01] Andrew: Okay.

[1:18:01] Sayani: And somebody said bulletproof hospitality.

[1:18:04] Andrew: Wait, I forgot to even bring it up, but there was another, there was what was another song that we we pulled up that they said bulletproof.

[1:18:12] Sayani: "Love is a Battlefield"?

[1:18:12] Andrew: I think it might have been "Love is a Battlefield" that they said bulletproof hospitality. It's been like every single one at this point. We need to, we need to find out what this means. Gleeks, you are all put on a mission. You're all in this group.

[1:18:26] Sayani: Yeah. What does bulletproof hospitality mean? Um, but everybody else in the responses are saying that it's a beautiful song.

[1:18:35] Sayani: It's helped them through some tough times. It's an incredible song. It's really, it's gorgeous, beautiful. The vocals are so good. It really is very, very beautifully done. It's tough for me because like I love the way it sounds. I thought it was, it's like, it gives me the chills, but I'm having a hard time like between this and then the one we just saw. We Are the Champions. Yeah, that one, because the context of that is so amazing. So it's like this dichotomy between do I choose like which one is vocally better in my opinion, or which one do I like the story more of, you know? I can't, I don't know how to choose between that. Andrew, I know you have a lot to say about Shake It Out.

[1:19:24] Andrew: No, I love it. I actually don't have too much to say because like I feel like some of these like really great songs that there's so little to say about it actually. We just released a Patreon for the month of July, and we talked a little bit about Jenna Ushkowitz's vocal range, and we didn't surprise, surprise, didn't agree on this, but I bravely said that growing up is realizing that Jenna Ushkowitz is not as great of a vocalist as her fellow cast members. Not saying she's a bad singer. I'm saying that some of the songs that she sang, she doesn't really sound great. And I will stand up for her in this moment and say that this is maybe top five Tina performances. This song really fits her voice.

I'm not gonna like ruin this moment by listing all the songs that she doesn't sound that great, but you can do the math. There are some songs out there. But Shake It Out sounds great. I remember specifically in the lead up to this episode, before we even knew about the episode props, that was like two episodes later, I believe, that it was gonna be like a Tina-centric episode. We were like late into season three with this episode, and we knew Shake It Out was going to be sung, and everyone was like under the understanding that it was like this is gonna be Tina's solo, this is gonna be like her solo of the season, and we were thinking that up until the audio was released, and of course, the first voice on the MP3 is Santana, and I just remember my heart sinking, and I was like, oh no, I really wanted Tina to have this.

But obviously, like everything, I grow, and my feelings change, and I'm so glad that we got this performance, and I think it's a really beautiful trio, even though okay, Brittany and Sugar are just sitting there, okay.

[1:21:33] Sayani: Yeah, what is Sugar doing all this?

[1:21:35] Andrew: Deducting points for like not even like pretending to be singing.

[1:21:39] Sayani: Literally. But I love one of the glisteners brought up the fact that they were originally supposed to sing Love the Way You Lie, and then they changed it last minute to Shake It Out, which I like this better. I think I like, but they recorded in everything apparently, and it's out there somewhere, it's on a hard drive. So we're gonna find it. Come on, Ryan Murphy. Your homework, Gleeks, is bulletproof hospitality, find out what that means, and then also find the file Love the Way You Lie, Lee Cast version by Gleekast.

[1:22:15] Andrew: Yeah. And while you're at it, Fireflies by the Dalton Academy Warblers. Like a version that's not terrible quality.

[1:22:23] Sayani: Wait, wait, what?

[1:22:26] Andrew: Wait, yeah.

[1:22:27] Sayani: Backtrack?

[1:22:28] Andrew: What?

[1:22:30] Sayani: There, you can find on the YouTube Dalton Academy Warblers.

[1:22:35] Andrew: Stop it.

[1:22:36] Sayani: Are you serious?

[1:22:38] Andrew: That's your homework, Sayani.

[1:22:40] Sayani: Oh my god. I think you just made my entire year.

[1:22:45] Andrew: No, yeah, no, I'm finding it.

[1:22:47] Sayani: Yeah, it's on YouTube. It's out there. It's just not good quality. I just want a good studio edition. I have to, you know, I like, God, Ryan Murphy. I have so many things I need. First at the list is this, like, you know, BTS footage. I need all of it. Where are the bloopers?

[1:23:03] Andrew: But the bloopers. Where are the bloopers?

[1:23:08] Sayani: I just I know that they're top tier. Did you see, like, during the wedding episode, apparently they couldn't get through it because they kept laughing too hard during the vows.

[1:23:16] Andrew: Wait, which wedding episode, season two or season four?

[1:23:18] Sayani: Season six. During six Kurt, Blaine, Brittany, Santana, Bat, whatever. You know, I have thoughts on the double wedding, but I love it. But you know, they just could not get through it because they kept laughing.

[1:23:30] Andrew: Uh-huh. I love that.

[1:23:31] Sayani: No, we need it. I want to see it.

[1:23:34] Andrew: I'm afraid that at this point it's all been deleted.

[1:23:38] Sayani: You know what? I think you're right. It might be. One Direction, literally 12 years after One Direction became a band, and they just released American Idol footage of Harry Styles singing.

[1:23:49] Andrew: Wait, what did I say?

[1:23:51] Sayani: You said American Idol.

[1:23:52] Andrew: Ooh.

[1:23:53] Sayani: Oh, wait, X Factor.

[1:23:56] Andrew: They just released X Factor footage of Harry singing Hey, Soul Sister and them creating a lot of things.

[1:24:02] Sayani: Oh, I saw that today. Like, nothing gets deleted. This is the internet, babe. Everything's online.

[1:24:09] Andrew: I mean, like, but what does one have to do to get it? You know, what? Like, do I need to sell my soul or like what?

[1:24:14] Sayani: Literally. Something.

[1:24:15] Andrew: Yeah. I will say that the one that I really want is I know for a fact that they recorded and filmed an entire performance of One from A Chorus Line. One singular sensation. They did that in season six.

[1:24:36] Sayani: And you want that?

[1:24:37] Andrew: Like the entire, because like in Chorus Line, like that's like a song that just starts off very small and then just grows and grows and grows and grows, and like so many people are on stage. And I saw behind the scenes images of Dot Marie Jones, Mark Selling, Cord Overstreet, and Naya Rivera all dressed up in like the Chorus Line fits, and we don't have a single trace of this performance. I want it.

[1:25:04] Sayani: That's fucked up. That's another assignment, Gleeks. Gleeks, get on this.

[1:25:09] Andrew: You guys quit your jobs. Quit your jobs. Priorities.

[1:25:16] Sayani: What is our vote?

[1:25:17] Andrew: I'm saying Shake It Out.

[1:25:18] Sayani: I'm saying Shake It Out.

[1:25:20] Andrew: Sayani.

[1:25:22] Sayani: I feel like just to give it the vote of confidence, I'll go with We Are the Champions. Although I I've gotta say, the vocals are great, but just you know, if you guys are both gonna go for it, I might as well sway the other way. Why not?

[1:25:36] Andrew: That's a little pity vote.

[1:25:38] Sayani: Yeah. Um, okay, to wrap up, Andrew, what are your what what do you have?

[1:25:44] Andrew: And what do I have? I have Dream On and Love is a Battlefield not going through, and then I have Shake It Out going through to the next round. And I have Barracuda rolling in the deep, chaotic duo going through, and We Are the Champions staying behind. I'm very offended right now that a Kurt Hummel Blaine Anderson duet is not going through, but listen, Sayani, like it's not too too late to like go back and like roll the tapes again. Like if you want if you want to convince me to vote for this song.

[1:26:18] Sayani: Oh, no! Rolling in the deep.

[1:26:20] Andrew: Shut up. No, Sayani, like now is I'm giving you one minute on the clock.

[1:26:25] Sayani: Yeah.

[1:26:26] Andrew: Why is Love is a Battlefield a better song than Rolling in the Deep?

[1:26:30] Sayani: Because, I'll say, because Rolling in the Deep has vocals, sure. But Love is a Battlefield has vocals, but also has all of the, um, how do I put this? Not acrobatics, but you know exactly what I'm talking about. It's the whole sword fighting. They had to put their entire bodies into that performance. And you've got to appreciate how much work went into doing that. Definitely a lot more interesting in my opinion than just two people singing. I personally think just appreciate the effort, you know? You know? I don't know. That's just my thing. Plus, plus, just justice for Chris Colfer and Darren Criss. I just think they, you know.

[1:27:11] Andrew: There's plenty of Darren Criss on the next round of the Glacket, don't you worry.

[1:27:14] Sayani: Is there?

[1:27:15] Andrew: Okay, good, good. You know what? I can live with this. I can live with this decision maybe a little bit more, if that is the case. I'll let it, I'll let it go.

[1:27:22] Sayani: I'll let it go.

[1:27:24] Andrew: I mean, statistically, yeah, there's a lot of Darren Criss songs in Glee.

[1:27:29] Sayani: So.

[1:27:30] Andrew: Um, to wrap up the episode, Sayani, we ask all of our Gleek guests the same question at the end. If Glee was still on in 2022, what are they singing?

[1:27:42] Sayani: Oh my god, it's so funny that you ask me that because I literally have a notebook here of like all the ideas I want to do for Glee series. And one of them is literally what songs do I think Glee would do if they were in 2022. God, but I haven't come up with the songs yet. What do I think they would kill? Or what do I think they would do?

[1:28:00] Andrew: What do you think they would do?

[1:28:01] Sayani: Oh my god. Oh, they totally would have been. Definitely Olivia Rodrigo. And I think that Glee would definitely make fun of itself, or like, you know, break the fourth wall, if you will, like with the whole watching reruns of Glee. You know, they would do something with that, which I think would be great, um, which would be hilarious. And then God, who else really like rose to stardom post Glee?

[1:28:24] Andrew: Wait, I have like a follow-up question in the same vein. Because you are a Klain expert.

[1:28:31] Sayani: Yes.

[1:28:31] Andrew: Where do you think Klain would be in 2022? And what songs would you want them to be singing?

[1:28:37] Sayani: I honestly feel like, okay, well, this is only because I got this idea from Darren Criss because Darren did his like whole Glee tenure, whatever um I forgot what he called it, but you know what I'm talking about. And he said that he wanted Blaine's final song to Kurt to have been The Luckiest, which I had never heard that song before, but if you actually listen to the lyrics, it is so beautiful. And I just have this image of like Blaine, Kurt, and their daughter, and just Blaine on the piano singing to them, which is so beautiful. I would have loved to see that.

[1:29:15] Andrew: Um, but where do I think they would be?

[1:29:18] Sayani: I honestly knowing the writers feel like they would have broken them up like another solid three or four times. Maybe divorced.

[1:29:25] Andrew: Yeah, maybe don't write exactly.

[1:29:27] Sayani: So, like literally, you know, good thing they ended where they did. But yeah, definitely I think that they would have honestly also like with the whole Blaine cheating and everything, they just they really liked to throw chaos in there when I feel like chaos didn't need to be in there. There were other ways to deal with it. But yeah, divorced.

[1:29:49] Andrew: Divorced, divorced, beheaded, died.

[1:29:52] Sayani: Yeah.

[1:29:54] Andrew: Sayani, thank you so much for being the advocate for all Kurt stans.

[1:30:01] Sayani: Oh my god, it's an honor.

[1:30:03] Andrew: We really needed you in these times. Um, where can all of the glisteners find your social Gledia, your icon?

[1:30:12] Sayani: Social Gleedia account. It's K Glee B. I think if you look up Glee Talk, it might pop up as well, but obviously that's on TikTok. I have a Twitter too. Um, but I'm mainly, I'm not gonna lie, I mainly just talk about Chris Colfer on that.

[1:30:28] Andrew: So wait, do you want to drop the Twitter or no?

[1:30:30] Sayani: Same one. It's the same one. K Glee B. It's the same exact one. But again, I just talk exclusively about pretty much Chris Colfer.

[1:30:38] Andrew: So um I stan him. Incredible.

[1:30:41] Sayani: He's my fave. But if you're interested, that's where you can find me.

[1:30:46] Andrew: I love. I'm obsessed.

[1:30:48] Sayani: Yeah.

[1:30:49] Andrew: Thank you so much. To end the episode, we're gonna say bye in our most annoying voices after three, okay?

[1:30:55] Sayani: Okay.

[1:30:56] Andrew: One, two, three.

[1:30:58] All: Bye!

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