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[0:00] Andrew: Glee Glee.

[0:04] Allison: All right. Um, Alison, I feel I feel as though recently we have been pulling some really cuckoo crazy good songs recently. And it's been scary, and it's like it feels as though we are in the second round, even though we are still in the first round.

[0:23] Andrew: Yeah, I took a look at the schedule that you have on a cute little Google Excel document, and I was like, oh, so I'm gonna have several birthdays with this podcast.

[0:35] Allison: That's good. Listen, we need to find out what the best song on Glee is.

[0:42] Andrew: We contractually need to do this. Um but yeah, no, yeah, it will take years. Uh, gleeks, we are setting you up for years of content. Um I will be close to 30 by the time we end this. But I feel like we've been like pulling, like we had that cuckoo crazy mashup two weeks ago of um paradise by the dashboard light versus like a prayer that has stuck with me.

[1:11] Allison: I think that's gonna kill people.

[1:13] Andrew: I think I'm trying to make that decision.

[1:16] Allison: Oh my god. Like, I yeah, no, it will ruin families for sure. Um but like I am scared. I think we we have so much pressure on our hands. Um the Gleeks, they they want certain songs to go through, and they're not seeing them go through in the first round. I feel a lot of pressure. I'm sorry.

[1:40] Andrew: Um holding out for a hero, probably not gonna come back. I'm gonna say it right now.

[1:47] Allison: Oh sorry. This is this is toxic of me. I mean, sometimes I just play around with my cup, and I and I pull out songs, and I was like, oh, I'm going to see Andrew in person in a month, and I'm going to need to bring some songs because we're gonna record an episode in person.

[2:10] Andrew: What you did when you came to see me is you blindly thrown chose three songs and brought them across the country. And two of them were Jane Lynch songs, just in happenstance.

[2:21] Allison: That we are not rigging this.

[2:23] Andrew: Yes. Um and I was like, oh my gosh, what if I pulled three songs right now, and those are the songs I brought to New York? Like, I didn't do it, Gleeks. I didn't rig it. I didn't uh didn't, but I did look at them.

[2:40] Allison: And they were both the female, two of them were the female mashups from season one and season two.

[2:49] Andrew: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. No, we've already pulled the female mashup from season one.

[2:54] Allison: Wait. What no, it's the um I live in on a prayer slash.

[2:59] Andrew: Yeah, we've waited no season one was Halo Walking on Sunshine.

[3:03] Allison: What's season two?

[3:04] Andrew: Season two is um start me up living on a prayer.

[3:08] Allison: Yes. Yeah, wait, what was the other one?

[3:11] Andrew: The other one, I think was from that episode. It's literally maybe it's not the two girl ones, it's the girl one and the Finn boy team.

[3:19] Allison: Oh, that's um oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. That's um the envogue supremes, um uh free your mind, uh stop the name in love.

[3:28] Andrew: So good, but the thing is they're both from my cup, so they would not go head to head.

[3:32] Allison: They wouldn't go head to head, but who's to say if they won't both won't go through?

[3:36] Andrew: That's true. That's true. I just like looking at my cup and being like, oh my god, we still have PYT.

[3:43] Allison: Yeah, we still have PYT. I just there's so many, there's so many other songs that I'm like, this is a scary thing that we've got ourselves into putting these head to head. It's like cock fighting.

[3:55] Andrew: I I don't feel comfortable. I feel like it should almost be like illegal, like what we're doing.

[4:02] Allison: Um, it should it is. I'm pretty sure it is with copyright laws. I'm pretty sure this is illegal.

[4:08] Andrew: Oh, yeah, absolutely. But I mean, we we can fully blame it on um our Gleek. The alcohol.

[4:17] Allison: Um, the alcohol and our Gleeks every single week. Um, our Gleek this week. Oh my god. Um, you could catch her from TikTok. She has a Glee-based TikTok that is blew up, and that's why we contacted her and we're like, okay, need her on the pod. But also, she's on Alter Ego.

[4:34] Andrew: Oh my god, the cuckooist show.

[4:37] Mia Cherise Hall: Hi, how are you guys?

[4:43] Andrew: So good. We're so excited to have you. You talk us through your relationship with Glee. Where did that, where did where did the TikTok come from?

[4:52] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay, well, the TikTok for one came from boredom. Um my relationship with Glee. I started watching it in like middle school, like everyone and their mother, and my friends like kind of wrote me on to it. My like weird theater kid friends. They're like, you need to watch this show. And they showed me, like, don't stop believing the course. And I was like, Yeah, I could kind of like get into this. And then recently, my 14 year old, about to be 14 year old sister, is playing Glee in our room. Like, how do you know that? She's like, Oh, oh no, me and my friends watch all the time. Like, no, this is resurfacing. This is resurfacing all the memories. So I'm doing a TikTok right now. So did a little impressions vid of what Glee characters would be singing today if the show was still running. So we have some Quizzo, we have what some Olivia Rodrigo. Um, so yeah, that's kind of my relationship with Glee.

[5:40] Andrew: Oh my god. And you nail it, it's insane.

[5:44] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah. Like try my best.

[5:47] Andrew: The the Leah Michelle, like just like holding up.

[5:52] Mia Cherise Hall: How do you do a Rachel? I'm like, I just like why.

[5:56] Andrew: Right. We just had a vocal coach on a couple weeks ago, and she described it as a squeak.

[6:02] Mia Cherise Hall: That yeah, squeak squeak, wine, pout, anything you want to call it.

[6:07] Andrew: Wait, but you're also like very much obsessed with musicals in specific, like Pippin.

[6:12] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes. Oh my god, I love Pippin. Um, big musical theater person. That's like what I'm going for, like in life. Um, I did my first year at Syracuse, left Syracuse. It's like, I hate it. And I was like, I hope no one is listening to it. But I was like, you know what? I'm just gonna move to the city and do the thing. So moved to the city, did the thing right now uh back home. But was like, yeah, kind of wanna do theater forever. And yes, Pippin is my favorite musical. If anyone was wondering, um, that could be a whole nother conversation.

[6:43] Andrew: Okay, wait, wait, wait. It's just like dipping into that conversation real quick.

[6:47] Allison: And they've only I am not familiar, Alison.

[6:50] Mia Cherise Hall: You aren't as well.

[6:50] Andrew: No, I know nothing.

[6:52] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay. All I feel like most of my knowledge is the one Glee song that they did, no time at all.

[6:59] Andrew: Are you familiar with that cover?

[7:01] Mia Cherise Hall: Very familiar.

[7:02] Andrew: Okay, and thoughts?

[7:03] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, enjoy.

[7:05] Andrew: Enjoy. The song, okay. Well, the song itself, like, could do without. Like from the show, Pippin. So, like, Glee is like, okay. Like, you know, there's there's always a skip song on a musical playlist. And like for me, that is unfortunately no time at all. But still holds a dear place in my heart. Still holds a dear place in my heart.

[7:25] Allison: Oh, okay. So it's only getting better.

[7:27] Mia Cherise Hall: Right. I definitely have those playlists of show tunes that I'm like, why did I even put this on here?

[7:32] Andrew: Yeah.

[7:33] Mia Cherise Hall: For me, right now, it's not a simple sponge from the SpongeBob SquarePants the musical.

[7:40] Andrew: The song. Um, why did I put this on here? It's good, but it's like, do I want to listen to it every time I drive? No.

[7:46] Allison: Oh, wait, okay. Mia, what is the best? Are you a are you a fan of SpongeBob the musical first and foremost?

[7:53] Mia Cherise Hall: Like, casually.

[7:55] Andrew: Casually.

[7:56] Mia Cherise Hall: And very casual. I have an opinion about the best song from that musical.

[8:00] Andrew: Oh my god. Okay. And you've listened to every song.

[8:02] Mia Cherise Hall: I saw it.

[8:04] Andrew: Oh, you did?

[8:05] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes, I saw it. Like I was like doing an orientation event. And so I was the orientation leader and I was like bringing the students to watch it. Um, that's good. It was it was still fun. I have an opinion about the best song. Mia, as a musical theater, like junkie. Is that okay to say? Um, what is the best song?

[8:24] Mia Cherise Hall: From SpongeBob. Now that you kind of brought up Simple Sponge, dare I say I I don't know, I just really love Ethan Slater. So anything he does. So I do like not a simple sponge. Gotta love Best Day Ever. Daddy knows best. Blows it out of the park.

[8:46] Andrew: Yeah, that's true.

[8:47] Mia Cherise Hall: She has what's her name? Do you know what the top of your head is? She has a killer.

[8:49] Andrew: Wait, are you talking about who are you talking about?

[8:54] Mia Cherise Hall: Daddy Knows Best, Pearl and Mr.

[8:56] Andrew: Yeah, okay, okay. Okay, that's what it's talking about.

[8:58] Mia Cherise Hall: So the Pearl. I'll talking about killer Voice. Insane.

[9:01] Andrew: Yeah. Oh my god. That's valid.

[9:03] Mia Cherise Hall: So good. There's a song in SpongeBob the musical called Daddy Knows Best. And it's the best song from the Spongebob Musical, my opinion.

[9:14] Andrew: That's incredibly cursed. It's like we have we have Effie White, we have Fanny Bryce, and then we have Pearl.

[9:21] Mia Cherise Hall: Honestly.

[9:25] Andrew: Pearl. That's cool. So a question we ask at the end of every episode, we're just gonna talk about it now because it's so relevant with uh the glee TikTok and just everything in general.

[9:36] Allison: Right. We usually ask at the end if Glee was still on in 2021, what would they sing?

[9:42] Mia Cherise Hall: Right. And I wanted to focus it more on like new age musicals like Heathers, Mean Girls, Be More Chill, Dear Evan Hansen. What do you think are big ones that the Glee the like OG cast?

[10:00] Andrew: Right. I mean Blaine and Jesse can be there, but you know, the notables.

[10:03] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh first thing that came to mind when you said Heathers, Candy Store on Holy Trinity. And like Meet the Plastics on Holy Trinity, like all of the classic, like mean girl trios, half it just has to go to them.

[10:18] Andrew: Um let me think. I know they would try and do some Hamilton but fail miserably.

[10:25] Mia Cherise Hall: Like they would get a complaint about like the white students, and they'd be like, oh, but we're just having fun. And they would have that would be the debate of the episode.

[10:35] Andrew: Um, that would be the whole debate. Um, I don't know. If we are. Oh my god, since we were talking about Pippin, on the Right Track is one of my favorite songs from Pippin. It's a duet between Pippin and Leading Player, which is the role I played when I was in it. Favorite of all time.

[10:49] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes. I can see personally.

[10:54] Andrew: This is tough. Okay, I can see Blaine as Pippin and Matt.

[10:55] Mia Cherise Hall: I can see Blaine as Pippin. And then on the right track, gonna have to go Mercedes. I feel I've if you've heard the song, I feel that's an obvious choice.

[11:06] Andrew: Okay. The glisteners have. I'm just scarred from uh the Riverdale episode of Heathers.

[11:14] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh no.

[11:16] Andrew: That was so out of left field and so random. It it shocks me when TV shows that aren't glee have musical episodes.

[11:25] Mia Cherise Hall: It's very shocking. Like, especially like dramas, like Gray's Anatomy, yes.

[11:31] Andrew: I was gonna say, like, Gray's Anatomy did a random musical episode.

[11:33] Mia Cherise Hall: They did have they did a few. I think they've done a few, but like their most like notable number was like chasing cars as someone's gone into surgery, right?

[11:42] Andrew: That was so dramatic.

[11:43] Mia Cherise Hall: I laughed at that. Dare I say I had a chuckle?

[11:46] Andrew: Um, yeah. Dare I say I had a chuckle.

[11:52] Mia Cherise Hall: But wait, bringing it back to Glee. Are there any songs from the series that really just stand out?

[12:00] Andrew: Best numbers of all time.

[12:02] Mia Cherise Hall: You're projecting to see. Okay, best numbers of all time. I am a big Valerie apologist and will be until the end of time.

[12:11] Andrew: And I feel like that's valid. I feel like that's not at all controversial.

[12:14] Mia Cherise Hall: No, yeah, what are you apologizing for?

[12:16] Andrew: Right. Okay.

[12:18] Mia Cherise Hall: So Valerie, big fan of thriller slash heads will roll.

[12:23] Andrew: Okay. Big fan. That was my moment in middle school.

[12:27] Andrew: And then, oh, Bust of Windows Out Your Car.

[12:30] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes.

[12:30] Andrew: Yep.

[12:30] Mia Cherise Hall: Classic.

[12:31] Andrew: Those two songs, those two last songs already going through the next round.

[12:31] Mia Cherise Hall: Already going through.

[12:37] Andrew: Season two of the Glacket makes me so happy.

[12:39] Mia Cherise Hall: So glad.

[12:40] Andrew: So glad.

[12:41] Mia Cherise Hall: What I want to hear really bad today, but I don't even want to hear the Glee version. I want to hear your version of "A Thousand Years."

[12:51] Mia Cherise Hall: Alter Ego episode seven.

[12:54] Andrew: Incredible.

[12:55] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes.

[12:55] Mia Cherise Hall: Thank you.

[12:56] Mia Cherise Hall: Absolutely incredible. Like it turns into like a musical theater belt at the end.

[13:02] Mia Cherise Hall: Gave me chills.

[13:03] Andrew: Incredible.

[13:04] Mia Cherise Hall: That was like their whole goal with it because they knew that this show was going to be pushed to people who will mainly be listening to pop, but they still acknowledge it. Like their cast is not all pop singers at all. Like we were, I dare I say we were like all a different genre, all 20 of us. So they're like, Mia, we're gonna give you this song. And I know at first glance seems monotonous, but we're gonna make a killer arrangement of it, and you're gonna scream your face off. I was like, okay, I will scream my face off.

[13:30] Andrew: So good. Here we are.

[13:31] Mia Cherise Hall: Thank you. It's so good. I want to hear. I hope we pull "A Thousand Years." Um because I want that, and I want the Twilight New Moon vibes.

[13:41] Mia Cherise Hall: Wait, and then also side note, Alter Ego, Fox, Glee, Fox. I feel Glee boot, you're a front runner.

[13:52] Mia Cherise Hall: I sob, cry, sob, tear, all the other I would die.

[13:58] Andrew: What would the reboot consist like new characters?

[14:00] Mia Cherise Hall: I don't know. Like you'd be the main character, and then call the shots.

[14:04] Andrew: Yeah.

[14:05] Mia Cherise Hall: I love I would love. What I love about Glee is how self-aware it is that it is the mess that it is. Um, and that's a quality I pride myself in as a person, being self-aware that I am absolutely ridiculous. So that would be a dream come true.

[14:22] Andrew: Okay, are we ready for our first song?

[14:24] Mia Cherise Hall: I'm so ready.

[14:25] Andrew: Oh my gosh. I don't even know if I have all of the files pulled up, but you know what? I'm gonna pull the song anyway.

[14:34] Mia Cherise Hall: We'll edit it in post.

[14:34] Andrew: Okay. Good one?

[14:36] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay.

[14:38] Andrew: Oh, yeah. Especially for this crowd.

[14:41] Mia Cherise Hall: Especially for this crowd.

[14:42] Andrew: Oh, great. I'm so excited.

[14:44] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh good. I was projecting this.

[14:47] Andrew: Thank God.

[14:52] Mia Cherise Hall: Every single day. I'll walk down the street. I hear people say baby, so sweet, ever since puberty. Everybody starts at me, boys, girls. I can't help it, baby. So be kind and don't lose your mind. Just remember that I'm your baby.

[15:17] Mia Cherise Hall: Take me for what I am. Who I was there to be give back. Take me, baby. Oh, leave me. Take me, baby. Uh leave me. A tiger in a cage can never see the sun. This demon me put stage. Baby, let's have fun. You are the one I choose. Folks would kill the fill your shoes. You love the limelight, I told not baby. So be mine, and don't waste my time crying out. Oh, honey bear, are you still my my baby?

[16:04] Mia Cherise Hall: Take me for what I am. Who I want that to be the damn. Take me, baby. No way. Can I be what I'm that? But hey, don't you want your girlhood? Don't fight. Don't lose your hand. Cause every night, who's in your bag? Take me for what I am. Who I was had to speak to me. Take me, baby. A leave. Yes, I'm leaving. I'm gone.

[17:16] Andrew: Oh my god. Can you believe that was in the same episode as not one two Justin Bieber covers?

[17:25] Mia Cherise Hall: I saw the Justin Bieber cover. I was like, is this that episode?

[17:27] Andrew: So it is. Okay, great.

[17:29] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah. Um haters will say it's rigged.

[17:33] Andrew: Haters will say it's rigged. This was a song that I was fully projecting less than an hour ago. Mia, I was watching your cover of this song on YouTube.

[17:43] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh my god, stop.

[17:45] Andrew: And then like so funny. It's good. Um, Mia, what are your thoughts on this cover?

[17:50] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, instant yes for me. Um, my favorite part of that personally is Sue's defeated look after she realizes that her plan to make them hate each other did not work. Um, and that they are now buddy buddies. And that made me really happy to see them be buddy buddy. Very good. Um but just so vocally impressive, and I just love that they were having fun.

[18:10] Andrew: Yes, in my book.

[18:11] Mia Cherise Hall: Mm-hmm.

[18:12] Andrew: So we already know that Shelby is Rachel's mom.

[18:17] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes.

[18:17] Andrew: Shelby famously played by Idina Menzel.

[18:20] Mia Cherise Hall: That's that who sings this song famously in Rent in the musical. And Lea Michele goes on to later sing "Let It Go."

[18:29] Mia Cherise Hall: Famously done.

[18:33] Andrew: I think they're literally related.

[18:35] Mia Cherise Hall: I have no doubt in my mind.

[18:41] Andrew: I completely agree. They're like becoming each other.

[18:43] Mia Cherise Hall: I feel like their faces are starting to look at it.

[18:48] Andrew: Each day.

[18:48] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes. Literally.

[18:50] Andrew: Yeah, scary.

[18:52] Mia Cherise Hall: So good. This uh just speaking of Rent, I haven't watched Tick Tick Boom. I'm scared that it's gonna either things.

[19:00] Andrew: I haven't had the time. I really need to take the time sit down and watch it.

[19:03] Mia Cherise Hall: I have not.

[19:05] Andrew: I'm scared.

[19:06] Mia Cherise Hall: I'm very scared. Um, I remember watching this performance, this episode live, and then like this song came up, and I was, I guess like 13. The only relationship I had with this song was through my sister who had like would listen to this song. So I went to her room and I'm like, oh my god, they're playing this song that you think that you like. And then she's like, Well, are they lesbians singing it? Because lesbians sing this song. And I'm like, I don't think that they're lesbians, but like I think it's pretty good.

[19:37] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, well, it's lesbians.

[19:41] Andrew: And I'm like, okay.

[19:45] Mia Cherise Hall: It's a gay song.

[19:46] Andrew: Yes.

[19:47] Mia Cherise Hall: Uh but yeah, instant yes. It's good. I love them coming together at the end. It's so sweet.

[19:53] Andrew: I think best, Rachel and Mercedes.

[19:57] Mia Cherise Hall: Agree.

[19:57] Andrew: I mean, like, they don't have too many.

[20:00] Mia Cherise Hall: Right.

[20:00] Andrew: Is this the only one?

[20:01] Mia Cherise Hall: No, they have um what's the one where they're like they flash back between them? Um, "Out Here on My Own" from Fame.

[20:09] Andrew: I still like this better.

[20:11] Mia Cherise Hall: I like this better too.

[20:12] Andrew: Yeah.

[20:14] Mia Cherise Hall: I say.

[20:15] Andrew: So good.

[20:15] Mia Cherise Hall: So good. Uh, this would have only made been made better if they mashed it up with the moo song.

[20:23] Andrew: We don't know what it's called.

[20:24] Mia Cherise Hall: The cow, how jumped over the moon.

[20:28] Andrew: Oh, I thought you meant by like Doja Cat.

[20:30] Mia Cherise Hall: I thought you meant Doja Cow.

[20:32] Andrew: One little cow.

[20:35] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay. This is the hill you're dying on.

[20:37] Andrew: So I was like, all right.

[20:38] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, I'm scared for our next song.

[20:43] Andrew: I feel sorry for it. I feel like it's got a lot to up against.

[20:46] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay.

[20:47] Andrew: Have it.

[20:48] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay, we're gonna do it. It's a season three song from the Michael Jackson episode.

[20:56] Andrew: Oh it's not "Smooth Criminal" because we already had that, so I'm not that worried.

[21:01] Mia Cherise Hall: Here we go.

[21:03] ♪ Musical number: "Scream" — performed by Artie and Mike ♪

[23:35] Andrew: Mia, do you have any thoughts?

[23:36] Mia Cherise Hall: Hey, Insily. I just love when Mike sings. It just makes my heart so warm. I feel like he deserves. And there the whole his whole plot line is being like a bad singer. That was fully not bad. That was good. I am gonna have to choose "Take Me or Leave Me" out of the two.

[23:52] Andrew: Right.

[23:53] Mia Cherise Hall: I feel as though, yes, the choice is obvious. "Take Me or Leave Me" is going through. Um but I mean, to have a discourse about "Scream." Uh it's good. I don't know what else to say about it. I mean, like, it's it did what it had to do.

[24:12] Andrew: Yeah.

[24:13] Mia Cherise Hall: It's a very long song.

[24:15] Andrew: Yeah.

[24:15] Mia Cherise Hall: It feels very long in this grand scheme of like Glee being a 42, 43 minute show. It feels long. I do appreciate that from an Artie and a Mike duet because we don't get a ton of those. Just fun. But um I do, I did walk into work this morning saying this because things were frustrating me, and I was like, makes me wanna scream. And this is the only version of this song I know, so that was the only thing running through my head. I will say that this episode, the Michael Jackson tribute episode, um packed with songs.

[24:56] Andrew: Unlike any other episode where it's just like they're just it's almost too many. It's like you don't even get a chance to even like progress the story because it's like, okay, we're just listening to a bunch of Michael Jackson covers now. Um, and I feel like this is a song that it's like we just wanted to replicate the music video. We wanted to have Artie out of his chair, which again, not a big fan of I don't like it. Um, but they love those dream sequences when he stands up. Um yeah, I I don't know. I would be surprised if a lot of Gleeks like this song, but please let us know if you do.

[25:43] Mia Cherise Hall: Scream favorite movie.

[25:45] Andrew: That's my favorite movie of all time.

[25:47] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay.

[25:48] Andrew: That's all I got.

[25:49] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay.

[25:53] Andrew: I really like Scream. Scream the movie, not the song.

[25:57] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, yeah, take me or leave me.

[26:00] Andrew: Are we saying unanimous?

[26:02] Mia Cherise Hall: We're all voting.

[26:03] Andrew: We're taking you.

[26:04] Mia Cherise Hall: We're taking you, take me or leave me.

[26:06] Andrew: We're not leaving you.

[26:07] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah, yeah. Scream, you're just screaming in the first round because that's where you'll say.

[26:15] Andrew: Um stop.

[26:17] Mia Cherise Hall: Stop pressuring me.

[26:20] Andrew: Um there are like seven songs trying to jump out of this cup at once.

[26:29] Mia Cherise Hall: I'm not ready.

[26:31] Andrew: Okay. This is we talked about this song already. We've talked about this song before. Um I did think this was a Phineas and Ferb original.

[26:42] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh, okay.

[26:43] Andrew: I know exactly what it is.

[26:45] Mia Cherise Hall: Yep.

[26:45] Andrew: It is not an original Phineas and Ferb song.

[26:57] Mia Cherise Hall: No, you're never gonna get it.

[26:59] Andrew: Ow.

[27:00] Mia Cherise Hall: Never ever gonna get it.

[27:01] Andrew: No, not this time.

[27:02] Mia Cherise Hall: No, you're never gonna get it.

[27:04] Andrew: My loving.

[27:05] Mia Cherise Hall: Never ever gonna get it.

[27:08] Andrew: I remember how it used to be.

[27:13] Mia Cherise Hall: You never was this nice, you can't pull me.

[27:18] Andrew: Now you're talking like you made a change.

[27:23] Mia Cherise Hall: The more you talk, the more big sound the same.

[27:27] Andrew: What makes you think you can just walk back into her life without a good fight?

[27:35] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh I just did think what you make a fool of yourself.

[27:42] Andrew: Cuz you're just wasting your time.

[27:45] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh No, you're never gonna get it.

[27:48] Andrew: Not this time.

[27:51] Mia Cherise Hall: No, you're never gonna get it.

[27:53] Andrew: Had your chance to make a change.

[27:56] Mia Cherise Hall: No, you're never gonna get it.

[27:57] Andrew: Not this time.

[27:58] Mia Cherise Hall: You're never gonna get it.

[28:01] Andrew: You're never gonna get it.

[28:02] Mia Cherise Hall: Had your chance to make a change.

[28:06] Andrew: It doesn't matter what you do or what you say.

[28:11] Mia Cherise Hall: She don't love you.

[28:14] Andrew: No way.

[28:21] Mia Cherise Hall: So you won't be hearing us say now it's time for a breakdown.

[28:27] Andrew: Never gonna get it, never gonna get it, never gonna get it, never gonna get it, never gonna get it, never gonna get it, never gonna get it.

[28:27] Mia Cherise Hall: Never gonna get it, never gonna get it, never gonna get it, never gonna get it, never gonna get it, never gonna get it.

[28:49] Andrew: Oh wow. Another song where Artie is out of his chair.

[28:55] Mia Cherise Hall: What a coinky day.

[29:00] Andrew: Um yeah, okay. My loving, you're never gonna get it, in parentheses.

[29:04] Mia Cherise Hall: Um Tina and Artie, Mia.

[29:07] Andrew: Uh any any thoughts come to mind.

[29:09] Mia Cherise Hall: Well, I can see why you thought it was a Phineas and Ferb song. It has a saying, like the bada bada sounds like something that'll be written in Phineas and Ferb.

[29:18] Andrew: Um, a slay on Tina's behalf.

[29:20] Mia Cherise Hall: Um I mean it's not both their behalf, but Tina, she was killing it.

[29:31] Andrew: Still, still take me or leave me.

[29:31] Mia Cherise Hall: Like you know, Mia you're in luck because take me or leave me is already going through.

[29:39] Andrew: Going through the next round.

[29:40] Mia Cherise Hall: This is the second.

[29:42] Andrew: We're having three competitions.

[29:44] Mia Cherise Hall: And so this is the second competition.

[29:46] Andrew: This will be against another song.

[29:48] Mia Cherise Hall: Another song.

[29:48] Andrew: And then we'll have the final competition.

[29:51] Mia Cherise Hall: So this could go with take me or leave me if it compares to the other one.

[29:55] Andrew: Yes.

[29:56] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes.

[29:59] Andrew: Wait, so is Scream still being screaming?

[30:01] Mia Cherise Hall: Scream is gone.

[30:02] Andrew: Gone.

[30:03] Mia Cherise Hall: We're done with Scream.

[30:04] Andrew: We hate Scream.

[30:06] Mia Cherise Hall: It's gone.

[30:07] Andrew: Scream and a scream.

[30:08] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay.

[30:09] Andrew: So in this case, yeah, I like that.

[30:12] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay.

[30:13] Andrew: I do like this song.

[30:16] Mia Cherise Hall: Without, I don't understand the context.

[30:18] Andrew: I don't remember the episode.

[30:20] Mia Cherise Hall: I don't understand what's going on.

[30:22] Andrew: Uh, I will say that is the most awkward hand around the shoulder.

[30:26] Mia Cherise Hall: Uh coming from Tina around Kitty's uh shoulders.

[30:30] Andrew: Awkward, doesn't feel real.

[30:32] Mia Cherise Hall: Um it is cringe to me.

[30:36] Andrew: If I told you the context of this song is that Tina and Artie are competing for valedictorian so this is a diva off in a different way.

[30:51] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh in that case, eight case, it was digested.

[30:57] Andrew: Like they, I think it's like set up that they have like the same GPA, they've never like missed the day of school, they've never like whatever, like had a tardy or whatever, and tardy Artie.

[31:11] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, Artie was late to class the time he slipped on the ice in uh Glee, actually.

[31:20] Andrew: She has received okay interesting principal Alison, liar.

[31:28] Mia Cherise Hall: Um yeah, this song.

[31:30] Andrew: I've said it before, I'll say it again.

[31:34] Mia Cherise Hall: Having Tina and Artie as your choice for an En Vogue song is weird.

[31:40] Andrew: Um, I I don't think that was the choice when you have other cast members literally standing right there.

[31:46] Mia Cherise Hall: Like Unique is in the room.

[31:49] Andrew: Um I don't, I just like I I do like it.

[31:53] Mia Cherise Hall: This was the point of the series where I was like fully like listening to the original song original songs before they were featured in the episodes because I was I was I love spoilers.

[32:05] Andrew: That deep.

[32:06] Mia Cherise Hall: I and so I listened to this song months before this episode.

[32:12] Andrew: And you know, at this point of the series, like it was a lot of these songs where I was like, I actually prefer the original better.

[32:18] Mia Cherise Hall: Like the Glee cast doesn't actually add anything to it.

[32:22] Andrew: This song specifically.

[32:27] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah.

[32:27] Andrew: That's fair.

[32:28] Mia Cherise Hall: Fair.

[32:30] Andrew: I the other thing that I think of when I watch this is they do this a lot in Glee where there's a duet or a solo, and then there's backup singers, but they make it look like the people in the duet are singing the backup.

[32:46] Mia Cherise Hall: So Tina goes from like full volume, like da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

[32:50] Andrew: And then there's the backup singers, but she's also saying it.

[32:53] Mia Cherise Hall: So I imagine she's going like just not even whispering, but just like like mouthing the words and then air is coming through.

[33:04] Andrew: They're also just like all sitting there doing backups.

[33:08] Mia Cherise Hall: They also sung this in this reminded me, they sung this in Pitch Perfect.

[33:11] Andrew: Um dare I say they only sang like they only sang like um this song in Pitch Perfect for maybe like maybe what like 20 seconds.

[33:24] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah, still better.

[33:26] Andrew: Yeah, still better.

[33:28] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, okay any other thoughts about my loving before never gonna get it never gonna get it never gonna ASMR Gly.

[33:38] Andrew: What it's against what a song to come out are you gonna take me home tonight Oh down beside that red firelight you gonna let it all hang out fat bottom girls you make the rocking world go round Hey I was just a skinny lad never knew no good from bad but I knew love before I left my nursery Left alone with Big Fat Fat A She was such an odd in that hey Hey big bummer you made a bad boy out of me I've been singing with my bear across the wall across the land I sing every flu I lose the all the way But their beauty and their star we're kinda smooth after a while Take me to them Lottie Ladies every time come on!

[35:01] Mia Cherise Hall: Uh won't you take me home tonight Oh I'm down beside your red fire lights.

[35:11] Andrew: Uh you gonna let it all hang out.

[35:15] Mia Cherise Hall: Fat bottom girls, you make the rocking world go round.

[35:20] Andrew: Yeah, bottom girls, you make the rocking world go round.

[35:27] Mia Cherise Hall: Get on your bikes and ride.

[35:34] Andrew: Yeah.

[35:35] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh yeah.

[35:36] Andrew: New fat bottom girls.

[35:39] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah.

[35:40] Andrew: Yeah.

[35:42] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah.

[35:48] Andrew: Alrighty.

[35:48] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, Fat Bottom Girls, I puck.

[35:52] Andrew: I actually really liked it.

[35:54] Mia Cherise Hall: I didn't think that I would like this as much as I did.

[35:57] Andrew: Um Okay, walk us through that.

[35:59] Mia Cherise Hall: Walk us uh uh come with me on a journey.

[36:03] Andrew: Um Let's take a journey.

[36:06] Mia Cherise Hall: I really actually enjoyed that much more than I thought that I would.

[36:10] Andrew: Um Okay, so you said that.

[36:12] Mia Cherise Hall: Now walk us through that.

[36:13] Andrew: Yes, okay.

[36:14] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah.

[36:15] Andrew: So I really liked this song a lot more than I thought that I would.

[36:20] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay, okay, okay, stick with me on this next part.

[36:23] Andrew: Um, I really love this song a lot more than I thought I would.

[36:26] Mia Cherise Hall: I think this is a top tier puck solo encapsulation of the character.

[36:32] Andrew: Um obviously we've we've spoke at length um in previous episodes.

[36:38] Mia Cherise Hall: You know, it mark stalling, yes, I understand.

[36:41] Andrew: However, we are viewing this as a puck performance.

[36:46] Mia Cherise Hall: Um I I think it's it's really fun.

[36:50] Andrew: Um I really love all the reactions.

[36:54] Mia Cherise Hall: I think the reactions, of course, this is an audio format podcast.

[36:59] Andrew: Um, but glisteners, go rewatch this performance.

[37:04] Mia Cherise Hall: You know, Rachel doing the love that love that.

[37:10] Andrew: Brittany reacting, doing the woo.

[37:12] Mia Cherise Hall: It's just it's fun.

[37:14] Andrew: Santana just glaring the entire time.

[37:16] Mia Cherise Hall: Everybody had rent to pay in this Glee Club, and they really showed up. I really just tried to use some, some that was good. That was good. Nice. Uh yes. Uh just to relate with our audience. Um, they had rent to pay. Um all of our glisteners have a rent to pay. Um, but yeah, I thought it was really fun. Lauren says that it's offensive at the end of the performance, but like, I mean, Lauren still love top-tier Glee character as well. But I mean, what does everyone else think about the song?

[37:54] Andrew: Okay, when you mentioned the reactions, I feel like that made it a little better because at least they were aware that it was, I know with some Glee numbers, they are doing it thinking that it is not offensive. And then once it comes on your TV screen at home, you're watching, you're like, oh, that's a little, but from the get-go, they knew that this was absurd.

[38:15] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah. So, like, that makes it a little better. Still not my fave, but I can understand.

[38:21] Andrew: Yeah.

[38:28] Mia Cherise Hall: And loved this song and was like, oh my god, everything.

[38:32] Andrew: Wait, Glee Cat's version?

[38:34] Mia Cherise Hall: Wait, Glee Cast version.

[38:36] Andrew: Yes.

[38:36] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay. And well, and regular version, but especially loved it on Glee because that's when Glee was still doing songs that older people would like.

[38:45] Andrew: Yeah.

[38:46] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, the classics. And uh it's fine. I do like the song. I do I mean I jam. I'm jamming. It's Glee Cast what volume.

[38:58] Andrew: Ooh, that's volume five, baby.

[39:01] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh, okay.

[39:03] Andrew: Orange.

[39:04] Mia Cherise Hall: It's orange. That's an orange one too.

[39:06] Andrew: That's an orange one.

[39:07] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, I do like that album because it also has thriller heads roll on it. But um, yeah, as I see sang at the end, that was the very first time anybody's ever sang a long s love song for me, and I hated it.

[39:20] Andrew: And I thought made me feel like shit.

[39:22] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah. Um, which, yeah, a tasteless as a love song as something you're trying to get a Valentine after. However, in general, banger.

[39:38] Andrew: I'd say so.

[39:39] Mia Cherise Hall: In general, banger. Context, weird.

[39:42] Andrew: Weird.

[39:43] Mia Cherise Hall: This is going against the my love and never gonna get it.

[39:51] Andrew: We have choices like this sometimes in our lives.

[39:55] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay, right. Which one's the least bad?

[40:00] Andrew: Oh, what are y'all thinking?

[40:03] Mia Cherise Hall: I'm the one I would want to listen to again is my love and never gonna get it for the Phineas and Fur above it all.

[40:10] Andrew: Is it bad that I say Phineas and Fur?

[40:13] Mia Cherise Hall: Because I swear to God they had the never gonna get it, never gonna get it. They had that in an episode, I swear to God.

[40:19] Andrew: Oh, it sounds like the bit from Busted. Like, you think you're gonna win this time, but depending on it.

[40:23] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes.

[40:24] Andrew: Yeah, that's what okay, yeah.

[40:26] Mia Cherise Hall: I can understand.

[40:27] Andrew: Yeah, that's it for me.

[40:29] Mia Cherise Hall: Um I have my boat ready, but it's gonna put you in the hot seat.

[40:36] Andrew: Oh, yeah.

[40:37] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay. I'm going with fat bottom girls.

[40:41] Andrew: Okay.

[40:43] Mia Cherise Hall: And so I'm a tiebreaker.

[40:45] Andrew: You're the tiebreaker.

[40:47] Mia Cherise Hall: Whichever one you choose will go to the next round of the Glacket, the other one.

[40:51] Andrew: What?

[40:52] Mia Cherise Hall: You're never gonna hear it again.

[40:54] Andrew: Okay.

[40:56] Mia Cherise Hall: I'm gonna go never get again!

[40:59] Andrew: No!

[41:00] Mia Cherise Hall: It's unfortunate.

[41:01] Andrew: It's unfortunate, really.

[41:02] Mia Cherise Hall: I would bang. I would bang to well, not bang, but you know, it's a bang.

[41:06] Andrew: Yeah.

[41:07] Mia Cherise Hall: Two fat bottom girls. But you know, I just feel like otherwise like in better taste, and I like jammed to it a bit more.

[41:16] Andrew: Yeah.

[41:16] Mia Cherise Hall: Jonathan Groff does do the queen numbers better.

[41:21] Andrew: Um better than Queen?

[41:23] Mia Cherise Hall: No, no, no, better than Pu.

[41:25] Andrew: Better than Pu.

[41:26] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh.

[41:27] Andrew: Yeah.

[41:27] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh my god.

[41:28] Andrew: Wait, fat Bottom Girls is a Queen song?

[41:31] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes.

[41:33] Andrew: Wait, really?

[41:34] Mia Cherise Hall: You were just saying that.

[41:35] Andrew: No, no, no. Wait, oh my god, now you're having me fact check it.

[41:39] Mia Cherise Hall: I am under the impression that it is. Fat Bottom Girls made famous by Queen.

[41:43] Andrew: Yes, by Queen.

[41:45] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh.

[41:46] Andrew: By the Freddie Mercury.

[41:47] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah, I would say so.

[41:50] Andrew: By yeah, Rami Malik and so unexpected.

[41:53] Mia Cherise Hall: Rami Malik has I've been told I look like Rami Malik, and I don't know how to feel about that.

[41:58] Andrew: By who?

[41:59] Mia Cherise Hall: Random.

[42:00] Andrew: Random offshoot.

[42:02] Mia Cherise Hall: Random offshoot. But yeah.

[42:05] Andrew: That's crazy.

[42:07] Mia Cherise Hall: I didn't know it was a queen song.

[42:08] Andrew: That changes nothing for me, frankly.

[42:11] Mia Cherise Hall: Um what I was I had something to say.

[42:15] Andrew: No, I did say this.

[42:16] Mia Cherise Hall: So in my brain, so when I'm like at work and just have the radio on, I listen to like classic rock, probably would be defined as whatever the station is um here in Minneapolis that just plays classic rock, and I just play it because it's safe.

[42:33] Andrew: Everybody knows these songs.

[42:36] Mia Cherise Hall: But how I feel like when I was growing up, we would listen to the radio, and my parents would be like, oh my god, they just all these songs are about sex.

[42:45] Andrew: Yeah.

[42:45] Mia Cherise Hall: I'll be all these songs are about banging. And it's like, do you even listen to what you used to listen to?

[42:51] Andrew: Yeah.

[42:53] Mia Cherise Hall: Fat bottom girls is about banging.

[42:54] Andrew: Yeah.

[42:56] Mia Cherise Hall: My loving, you're never gonna get it. You're never gonna get my banging, okay?

[43:01] Andrew: Crazy.

[43:02] Mia Cherise Hall: I feel as though the wrong decision was made today, actually.

[43:05] Andrew: The more I think about it.

[43:08] Mia Cherise Hall: Are you gonna seriously bring fat bottom girls back for the 300th episode?

[43:13] Andrew: I feel no, I'm not gonna bring it back, but I feel as though the glisteners have both of your ass.

[43:19] Mia Cherise Hall: That's I'm I'm just concerned on your back.

[43:23] Andrew: They also have my Venmo to drop a five dollar bill if you support me.

[43:28] Mia Cherise Hall: I my loving you're never gonna get it. No one's favorite Glee song. I am I am banking money on.

[43:34] Andrew: My favorite, but in comparison, I'm giving it a push.

[43:41] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay, okay. Last competition of the episode.

[43:44] Andrew: Oh my gosh, I have to pull another story.

[43:47] Mia Cherise Hall: This one's jumping out at us.

[43:48] Andrew: Okay, we got it.

[43:49] Mia Cherise Hall: Ho.

[43:50] Andrew: Oh.

[43:52] Mia Cherise Hall: You know what? It's it's another musical. That's all I'm gonna say.

[43:52] Andrew: It's another musical.

[43:56] Mia Cherise Hall: I wait, no, it's not.

[44:02] Andrew: I hate myself.

[44:04] Mia Cherise Hall: But you're gonna understand why I thought this was like high from a musical.

[44:13] Andrew: Oh, okay.

[44:27] Mia Cherise Hall: We've been traveling far without a home, but not without a star.

[44:38] Andrew: Free.

[44:40] Mia Cherise Hall: Only want to be free.

[44:43] Andrew: We had a close.

[44:51] Mia Cherise Hall: On the boats and on the planes.

[44:55] Andrew: They're coming to America.

[44:58] Mia Cherise Hall: Never looking back again.

[45:01] Andrew: They come into America.

[45:04] Mia Cherise Hall: Home to a new shiny place.

[45:09] Andrew: Make a bed in the sea of race.

[45:12] Mia Cherise Hall: Freedom's like burning war.

[45:15] Andrew: Freedom's like burning war.

[45:27] Mia Cherise Hall: Everywhere around the world.

[45:30] Andrew: Everywhere.

[45:30] Mia Cherise Hall: They're coming to America.

[45:32] Andrew: Come into America.

[45:37] Mia Cherise Hall: They're coming to America.

[45:40] Andrew: Got a dream they've come to take them there.

[45:48] Mia Cherise Hall: They're coming to America.

[45:53] Andrew: They're coming to America.

[45:56] Mia Cherise Hall: They're coming to America.

[46:00] Andrew: They're coming to America.

[46:03] Mia Cherise Hall: They're coming to America.

[46:05] Andrew: Today.

[46:07] Mia Cherise Hall: We've come in coming today.

[46:12] Andrew: Today.

[46:13] Mia Cherise Hall: Today we come in today.

[46:19] Andrew: They're coming to America today.

[46:22] Mia Cherise Hall: They're coming to America.

[46:26] Andrew: They're coming to America.

[46:29] Mia Cherise Hall: They're coming to America today.

[46:33] Andrew: So this is not Steven sometimes West Side Story.

[46:38] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, but I can see that's what I when I first saw America. I was like, okay, so she was thinking of what's side story.

[46:45] Andrew: Yeah.

[46:46] Mia Cherise Hall: Um, I don't know who this song is by or where it's from.

[46:50] Andrew: And that's um Neil Diamond.

[46:52] Mia Cherise Hall: I had to look it up. It's Neil Diamond.

[46:53] Andrew: Okay.

[46:54] Mia Cherise Hall: It's another queen original.

[46:56] Andrew: It's another Freddy Mercury.

[47:00] Mia Cherise Hall: Um America season five direction of like why they were singing about America.

[47:09] Andrew: Correct me if I'm wrong. I think this is it's mid-season five, so it is the end of the school year.

[47:16] Mia Cherise Hall: This is nationals for senior year for Kitty, Artie, Sam, all those guys. Finn has recently passed away, and Finn was their Glee Club coach for a little while, so they're singing all of his favorite songs as their nationals competition.

[47:37] Andrew: When you put it like that.

[47:39] Mia Cherise Hall: I know, I'm like, damn.

[47:42] Andrew: No, don't do that.

[47:43] Mia Cherise Hall: Because I mean, like, okay, they sing three songs in this set list more than a feeling, America, and I still haven't found what I'm what I'm looking for.

[47:53] Andrew: America is easily the weakest.

[47:56] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah.

[47:57] Andrew: And it's okay. It's not as if like Finn said in an episode, he's like, hey, these are my favorite songs.

[48:04] Mia Cherise Hall: America by Neil Diamond.

[48:06] Andrew: I love that song.

[48:08] Mia Cherise Hall: Need you to sing it.

[48:11] Andrew: He's like, uh F that West Side story version.

[48:14] Mia Cherise Hall: Yeah.

[48:15] Andrew: Um, yeah, this song really doesn't do much for me.

[48:20] Mia Cherise Hall: It's it's absolutely the weakest of this set list.

[48:23] Andrew: Um, we get a Blaine and Tina duet, more than a feeling, and then we have all the seniors saying, I still haven't found what I'm looking for.

[48:32] Mia Cherise Hall: Which when we get to that song, that is like that is a top tier for me.

[48:37] Andrew: Um, but this is just dumb.

[48:39] Mia Cherise Hall: It's just not it's not good.

[48:40] Andrew: I don't like it.

[48:42] Mia Cherise Hall: No.

[48:43] Andrew: I give it a five.

[48:47] Mia Cherise Hall: Okay.

[48:48] Andrew: Out of ten.

[48:50] Mia Cherise Hall: Um could listen again and not want to like rip my hair out, but like voluntarily go out of my way to search it.

[48:57] Andrew: Right.

[48:59] Mia Cherise Hall: I agree. It's I think I get what they're trying to do. I think they're trying to invoke an emotion that more than a feeling, and I still haven't found what I'm looking for, gets out of viewers.

[49:11] Andrew: Um, America, I can see they were trying.

[49:15] Mia Cherise Hall: Um attempt.

[49:17] Andrew: Yeah.

[49:18] Mia Cherise Hall: Um it's not for me.

[49:20] Andrew: No.

[49:20] Mia Cherise Hall: I'm not the target audience.

[49:22] Andrew: Right.

[49:23] Mia Cherise Hall: No geks in this chat.

[49:28] Andrew: We're putting it on the back burner a little bit.

[49:30] Mia Cherise Hall: Uh-uh.

[49:30] Andrew: Yeah.

[49:31] Mia Cherise Hall: Also, just side note, they couldn't find enough Gleek Club members. So, in the context of this episode, they pull three random Cheerios to join them at NASA.

[49:42] Andrew: And I was like, who is that?

[49:44] Allison: I think a few characters, but like, I don't know who this is.

[49:47] Andrew: Okay, so it's a rando.

[49:48] Allison: Good.

[49:49] Andrew: There are three random Cheerios.

[49:51] Allison: But like also, like, it didn't occur to me until watching this.

[49:55] Andrew: They still have their like high pony, which is like every week. Just to like just to like tell the viewer that's like, hey, these three girls that you're looking at. These are who they are.

[50:06] Allison: Yeah.

[50:08] Andrew: We won't let you forget it.

[50:11] Allison: Um yeah, I don't know.

[50:13] Andrew: By America.

[50:14] Allison: I don't know what we're what is the you know.

[50:17] Andrew: Okay, we have a regionals performance from season three.

[50:20] Allison: Okay.

[50:20] Andrew: That I think I'm trying to think is better.

[50:24] Allison: Um regional season three?

[50:26] Andrew: Is that Michael Jackson?

[50:29] Allison: No, they say that they're gonna do Michael Jackson at regionals, but then they never do.

[50:34] Andrew: Weird.

[50:36] Allison: Oh my god.

[50:40] Andrew: Ugh.

[50:41] Allison: We could just go home right now.

[50:44] Andrew: Maybe we could stick around for just one more drink.

[50:49] Allison: Oh yeah.

[50:53] Andrew: Get another bottle out.

[50:55] Allison: Let's shoot the breeze.

[50:57] Andrew: Sit back down for just one more drink.

[51:01] Allison: Oh yeah.

[51:04] ♪ Musical number: "Here's to Us" — performed by Rachel Berry ♪

[52:51] Andrew: Well I mean here we are first of all love that I saw my father Jeff Goldham I love that man but um I mean this one's kinda easy for me at least I mean unless it's not but I mean for sure I think this this is the emotion that they're trying to evoke from America that it uh Rachel Competition Solos hit every fucking time like oh my god this the Celine Dion from Nationals Oh my god like put she's putting drugs in her voice it's incredible started with a fucking what is it Fanny Bryce Drump don't ran my parade Drop starts with Doran and my parade they created a formula they figured it out they said yes it's incredible here's to us so good this is this goes with almost the entirety of the senior year farewell album just wrapped up in a pretty little bow makes me sob.

[54:22] Allison: Like for what?

[54:24] Andrew: For what?

[54:24] Allison: I don't know.

[54:26] Andrew: Early 30s, graduating from high school yeah exactly.

[54:29] Allison: That's me.

[54:30] Andrew: That gives you feels that gives me emotions.

[54:34] Allison: Wait, I have a question. Do you not think that this is a weird choice for Rachel?

[54:41] Andrew: No.

[54:42] Allison: The song choice.

[54:43] Andrew: No?

[54:44] Allison: Who's it by?

[54:45] Andrew: Hailstorm.

[54:46] Allison: Don't know what that is.

[54:50] Andrew: Do you know who that is, Mia?

[54:52] Mia Cherise Hall: I don't know.

[54:53] Andrew: No.

[54:53] Mia Cherise Hall: Like anything.

[54:54] Andrew: Yeah, I I don't.

[54:56] Allison: Yeah. I just feel like this was like a strange choice going from Fanny. It's from uh funny girl to this back to Celine Dion. I I don't know if this I don't know if it makes sense for the character.

[55:13] Andrew: Shut it's up.

[55:15] Allison: I'm sorry.

[55:17] Andrew: Will this was the age. Do we know when when was this season? What year? Do we know?

[55:22] Allison: This was 2012.

[55:25] Andrew: Exactly. So this is the age of you know when like all of those singers would come together and sing a cover to like heal Africa.

[55:33] Allison: Right.

[55:34] Andrew: We are the world, we have the children. That is what this was giving me. Um I've like kinda had enough of those.

[55:43] Allison: They're like, okay, we like you want to heal the world and have world peace. But it still shed makes me shed a tear every time.

[55:51] Andrew: So I feel bad for that.

[55:54] Allison: Yeah.

[55:55] Andrew: Yeah.

[55:56] Allison: So good. I like I I can't say enough good things. Things there are too many Rolos that I love and that I will die for.

[56:04] Andrew: Is a Rolo gonna wing the win the Glacket? Is a Roll my man? Is my man going to win the Glacket?

[56:10] Allison: Rachel Solo.

[56:12] Andrew: It's a roll, Rachel Solo.

[56:18] Allison: As opposed, yeah, as opposed to a Blaine solo, which of course is a Lolo.

[56:22] Andrew: Yeah.

[56:23] Allison: Um, okay, I guess I will continue being the negative perspective on this song. I'm so sorry. Um, okay, but I have a problem, and I have always had a problem for years. I've always said this.

[56:37] Andrew: You do have a problem.

[56:40] Allison: Yes, for years. I've always had a problem for years. Um, okay, Jeff Goldblum and Prime Stokes Mitchell playing the parents. That's not the fathers, didn't they? Is that what you're gonna do?

[56:54] Andrew: They did they did switch fathers. That is not even my problem with with the song. They are reacting to this song as if this is the first time that their sweet baby girl daughter has ever sang in their life. They're like looking at each other like, oh my god, can you believe baby girl got pipes? And it's like we didn't know you could sing. It's like, oh my god. It's like, no, no, no. You are literally the same fathers that have allegedly like put this girl through all of these like singing competitions, all these things. Every time she sings, it's like the first time. They're like, oh my god, I forgot in the 20 seconds since I last heard you sing how fucking good you are.

[57:39] Allison: Okay, okay, I'm gonna sign off on that narrative. I I will also consider maybe that um these two actors haven't familiarized themselves. Jeff Goldblum ever doesn't even know be proud of it.

[57:57] Andrew: Yeah, I I don't know if he if he could even rank like three Rolos. You know, come on.

[58:06] Allison: This is Jeff Goldblum's first time ever meeting Leah Michelle. Yeah, Jeff Goldblum's first rollout. They're his first scene with Leah Michelle, and he's like, oh my god. Oh wow. Whoa.

[58:20] Andrew: No, that's valid. Valid critique. Um but with that still being said, it's still here to us for me.

[58:27] Allison: Exactly.

[58:27] Andrew: Um it's unanimous.

[58:32] Allison: And that's good. All right. So just to recap, I have two of the losers. I have Scream and Fat Bottom Girls not going through, and here's to us going through.

[58:43] Andrew: And I have two of the winners, take me or leave me, and my love and never gonna get it, but America season five version, not Steven Soundtime, staying home. We're gonna get that America. We're gonna get the other version of America and it's gonna go far. We're gonna make sure of it.

[59:03] Allison: I will make sure of all the West Side story covers go far, I think.

[59:07] Andrew: Uh-oh.

[59:09] Allison: What?

[59:11] Andrew: Um one hand one heart doesn't do a lot for me.

[59:15] Allison: No, that's that's valid.

[59:16] Andrew: I'm not sure it's it's one of the only Rachel Santana duets.

[59:22] Allison: One hand one heart is a Rachel Blaine duet, you dumbass.

[59:29] Andrew: Oh, they couldn't like get the Keman or whatever.

[59:31] Allison: I am a dumb bitch. I thought it was a boy like that. Santana Rachel.

[59:36] Andrew: A boy like both.

[59:38] Allison: Yes.

[59:38] Andrew: Yeah.

[59:39] Allison: For sure. Boy like that is winning the Glackett.

[59:44] Andrew: Oh my god.

[59:46] Allison: Okay. To wrap up the episode, we already talked about it. We already talked about it. What song are they gonna sing in 2021? Do you have anything else to add?

[59:55] Mia Cherise Hall: Well, I know this new Adele album recently came out. I've yet to listen, but I know Rachel would just chew it up and spit it out, all of it. Because it's about what? Divorce. So we'll have our moment with it, I feel for sure.

[1:00:08] Allison: Yeah.

[1:00:09] Andrew: I there was one song. I'm gonna blank on it, and I'm not even gonna think about it. There was a song that I was like, oh my god, they would totally sing the song Glee, and they definitely didn't. It's fine, it's gone.

[1:00:21] Allison: From the the Adele album?

[1:00:24] Andrew: No. It was just a song I heard on the radio, and I was like, you know what? They would cover this.

[1:00:29] Allison: I can see them doing a lot of Doja Cat as well. Like correction, trying to do Doja Cat.

[1:00:35] Andrew: Mm-hmm.

[1:00:36] Allison: Correct. Correct.

[1:00:37] Andrew: Mia, I have to be honest. Like, I didn't I didn't realize the lyrics of um kiss me more until your rendition. You can't hear, but you know, you know, Rachel and her pristine pronunciation.

[1:00:52] Mia Cherise Hall: Oh, yeah. Totally. It's coming through. The one. Um, and if the glisteners want to find you on social media, TikTok, Instagram, and otherwise, where can they find that?

[1:01:03] Mia Cherise Hall: It is my Instagram and TikTok are both just my full name, Mia Cherise Hall M-I-A-C-H-E. Yeah, R-I-S-E. Bad to spell my name. H-A-L-L, Meatrice Hall. And I think that's it.

[1:01:13] Andrew: Oh my god, amazing.

[1:01:14] Allison: Amazing.

[1:01:15] Andrew: I love this. This is such a fun episode, Mia.

[1:01:18] Mia Cherise Hall: Yes.

[1:01:18] Allison: I love this.

[1:01:19] Mia Cherise Hall: Very fun. I had a grand old time.

[1:01:21] Allison: Thank you for coming. How we end the episode is we're gonna say bye in our most annoying voices.

[1:01:29] Andrew: After one. Three, two, one.

[1:01:32] All: Bye!

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