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

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

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

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

[0:35] Andrew: We are recording and also I think it's, I think, I think we should start the episode by maybe, this is the Blame it on the Alcohol episode of Gleek of the Week Podcast.

[0:45] Allyson A La Mode: Yes. This is the Blame it on the, I feel like, wait a second.

[0:51] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, wait, wait.

[0:51] Andrew: I've definitely had a drink on this podcast before.

[0:54] Andrew: Like a true AA meeting. Hi, I'm Andrew. I'm joined by...

[1:02] Allyson A La Mode: Allyson A La Mode and her glass of rosé.

[1:08] Andrew: Right, bringing the glass of rosé to an AA meeting.

[1:10] Andrew: The look of concentration on your face.

[1:13] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[1:16] Andrew: Glass of rosé.

[1:17] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[1:19] Andrew: And Conor Burke with his very uninspired bottle of Coors.

[1:25] Conor Burke: Very uninspired. I'm looking at that bottle, I'm like, how uninspired of you?

[1:31] Conor Burke: I'm coming right from Bottomless Brunch and I feel absolutely insane, but I feel like this is the perfect, this is the perfect duo to be insane with, I feel.

[1:40] Andrew: Well, it's really funny that the last episode with Samuel and Damien, you started it with, it's usually just a goggle of girls and gays using their shit. And this is very mellow.

[1:50] Andrew: And then you said, you know what, just get it back to where we need to get Allyson and Conor.

[1:58] Andrew: Let's regroup.

[1:59] Allyson A La Mode: Let's regroup. Actually, what is this all about?

[2:01] Andrew: How's everyone doing?

[2:02] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah. What's it all about, Alfie?

[2:04] Conor Burke: Yeah, too much heterosexuality in the last episode, basically.

[2:08] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, perfect. I feel like, okay, wait, on a real note, though, I do feel like, okay, when we had our last recording with the three of us, it was like the start of a new era.

[2:16] Allyson A La Mode: Allyson Dodge has since turned in her Gleek card. And so I was like, okay, what is this podcast going to look like? And this was the recording that I was like, wait, this feels correct.

[2:23] Conor Burke: February 2024, baby. I remember it. I remember it clearly.

[2:43] Conor Burke: And it was like the first like, three hour long recording.

[2:48] Conor Burke: It's the longest episode to this day.

[2:50] Conor Burke: We just fucking talked forever.

[2:53] Allyson A La Mode: We talked. And do you know what, because remember the Mean Girls movie musical casting of it all? That was like 55 minutes.

[3:00] Conor Burke: We needed to get into that.

[3:03] Andrew: Okay, Conor, I do have a question. Have you done this? Have you made a podcast playlist of the episodes of Just You? Or is it or are you?

[3:12] Conor Burke: No, but that's...

[3:19] Conor Burke: The iPod mini makes an appearance. I made a playlist because my friends were like asking me like, whenever I try to like elevate or pitch this podcast, and I'm like, well, I guess on like a friend of mine's Glee podcast and they're like, what episodes? So I just made it easy and I made a playlist of Just Me.

[3:34] Allyson A La Mode: Adopt the link.

[3:39] Conor Burke: Don't feel, don't feel, if you don't feel embarrassed about it, I'm going to make you feel better. Sometimes when I'm talking to like some of my friends, like just in Ireland or whatever, they're like, don't you have a Glee podcast? Because they remember my old one.

[3:51] Conor Burke: Yes.

[3:52] Conor Burke: And I'm like, yeah, well, yeah, that's, that's come to an end. I'm like, I'm actually on this new thing. I make it out like I work on this as hard as like Andrew, like it's me and him, like all the time. And they're like, oh, but it really is.

[4:05] Conor Burke: And they don't, they don't bother to check.

[4:08] Andrew: I mean, yes.

[4:09] Conor Burke: So the amount that like...

[4:10] Conor Burke: I was inspired. I was like, should I just start making like sub playlists of like recurring...

[4:16] Conor Burke: Good for you, girl, because your episodes are always amazing. And it's, I'm here like, here's, here's me. I'm like, no, I don't have that. But that's the most Conor Burke thing to ever do. So I'm going to do that. Of course, no, to have a playlist of just my episodes. I mean, yeah, I'm an actor. I'm a Capricorn. Hello.

[4:41] Conor Burke: Yeah. So thank you for, thank you for the idea, girl. Wait, how many episodes have you been on now?

[4:44] Conor Burke: So I've only...

[4:46] Allyson A La Mode: Not the numerical value.

[4:49] Conor Burke: Because, I mean, obviously your playlist would be much longer than mine. But I'm one, two, three, four, five, six. Unless that's incorrect.

[5:00] Allyson A La Mode: It's been more than six.

[5:01] Conor Burke: Wait, so this is the seventh?

[5:02] Allyson A La Mode: This is the seventh. I mean, all I did was search my name. And then I went and had to go back and look at my very first one. I joined the first time as a glistener in a live stream.

[5:13] Conor Burke: As a, yeah. And you made, you made an impression, mama.

[5:17] Conor Burke: So there was that one. And then, yeah, I think it's only been five real, like, real episodes.

[5:24] Allyson A La Mode: And then this is the seventh.

[5:25] Conor Burke: Real episodes. The first one was big as hell.

[5:26] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, so is this our second episode together?

[5:30] Conor Burke: Yes.

[5:30] Conor Burke: We've only done one before. Okay. So I thought we had done, I thought this one had, was our third. And I was like, oh no, this is only going to be our second. But the reason I think I've done more with you is because check the tapes. Every fucking episode that I'm on, I bring you up.

[5:45] Allyson A La Mode: Yes. Yes. I listen. I'm like, oh, that's me.

[5:51] Conor Burke: That's me.

[5:54] Conor Burke: But like listening, listening to like episodes. Well, okay. So like, I mean, if we're going to get into it, I always take notes.

[6:00] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[6:01] Conor Burke: And I was listening to the episode with Claudia and Abby. And I realized I've never had an original thought because I think it was Claudia that was like, I've been macro dosing Gleek of the Week. I'm like, that's literally how I consume Gleek. She's like, I had a lot of stuff going on. So sometimes I just binge it. And that's exactly how I consume it. And then Abby, or yeah. And then Abby was like, yeah, I was thinking about how I miss Gleek of the Week. And all of a sudden, here comes Andrew. And that was exactly what happened to me.

[6:27] Conor Burke: Hey guys.

[6:31] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, like I did similar to Claudia and Abby. I kind of like left you guys like in the chamber for a while. And I was like, wait, come back out. We need to hear from y'all.

[6:43] Conor Burke: We're ready for you.

[6:44] Conor Burke: We're yeah, they want to hear from you. And here you are.

[6:48] Conor Burke: Well, I'm still manifesting an episode with Abby because we were supposed to be together and the scheduling just didn't work.

[6:54] Allyson A La Mode: It's hard to book that. It's hard to book that lady. That lady is hard to book.

[6:58] Conor Burke: Yeah, I have like random theater schedules. So it's like hard.

[7:01] Allyson A La Mode: No, like, quite literally. I'm not putting this on y'all.

[7:05] Conor Burke: I'm just always available.

[7:09] Conor Burke: No, but like, people are like, oh my God, Connor's on this podcast so much. Connect to Andrew and Allison Dodge. Like he's the most. Yeah, bitch, because I'm the only one available.

[7:18] Andrew: Hey, we're recording right now. Can you come in?

[7:21] Conor Burke: No, but like, literally, like, I had to like, I want people to realize that to schedule these episodes is truly a miracle within itself. Because talking about right now, it is 2pm Eastern.

[7:36] Conor Burke: But like, Connor, it is what? Your time?

[7:39] Conor Burke: 7pm.

[7:39] Conor Burke: 7pm. What is your time, Allison?

[7:42] Allyson A La Mode: 11.11. Make a wish.

[7:45] Conor Burke: 11.11. Make a wish. And the wish is that this episode came true. And it did.

[7:51] Allyson A La Mode: The wish is, yeah, exactly.

[7:53] Conor Burke: It's crazy.

[7:53] Conor Burke: As it should, though. It was always going to happen.

[7:57] Andrew: So, you know, I feel like, are we ready to throw it to what, how did the Glackett disappoint you?

[8:07] Conor Burke: In the past?

[8:08] Andrew: Now, can I just say quickly, I'm so interested to hear Allyson A La Mode's overwhelming thoughts on this, because I feel like it has been a while. And I don't know if you agree, but a lot has transpired, good, bad and indifferent.

[8:26] Allyson A La Mode: And ugly.

[8:27] Conor Burke: Yes, ugly.

[8:28] Allyson A La Mode: So I feel like a lot of Gleeks are intrigued, quite frankly.

[8:36] Conor Burke: To hear your thoughts.

[8:36] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, I would say so. I mean, it's, it's inevitable when things get I mean, and we're not even down to the wire if we're being real. So, but you know,

[8:44] Conor Burke: We're getting close to it.

[8:45] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, when things have whittled down as much as they have, it's gonna start getting crazy.

[8:50] Allyson A La Mode: And I mean, I feel like every time I'm on, enough time has passed since a crazy competition that whatever I say is just going to be the things that are regurgitated that everyone said, because obviously, they're my man of it all.

[9:02] Conor Burke: You want to have a new thought?

[9:04] Allyson A La Mode: It was just I don't. It was just, you know, it's, you know, everyone always says I remember exactly where I was.

[9:10] Conor Burke: Where were you? I love knowing where people were. Where were you?

[9:15] Allyson A La Mode: I was like, getting ready for work. And like, it was almost like, look, like when it happened.

[9:22] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, no, I was walking down the street. And then I had to stop walking. I was like, wait, what do you? What do you mean? What do you mean? What do you mean? Like, and then I was like, this is a bit. There's no.

[9:34] Conor Burke: And also for the people that like, this didn't phase anybody. The competition was four minutes versus my man.

[9:41] Allyson A La Mode: We just we need to clarify that we're not talking about 9-11. We're talking about my man.

[9:45] Conor Burke: Four minutes went through, my man has since promoted back.

[9:48] Allyson A La Mode: Just a bit.

[9:49] Conor Burke: My man was taken away. And then my man come back.

[9:53] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, I, so that was like one of the first notes I wrote. And it says in all caps, my man versus four minutes. Four minutes. Have you lost your mind?

[10:03] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, okay, wait, but like, what do you? What do you? Why do you hate four minutes?

[10:06] Conor Burke: I mean, mind you, I didn't. I should have revisited it. Because usually I do do that. Like when if it's a competition that I'm like, what, let me rewatch this and put my shoes.

[10:15] Conor Burke: But like, yeah, four minutes is great.

[10:18] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, did you? Did you? Did you put yourself in the shoes or no?

[10:22] Conor Burke: I, I did. But I just, I just don't. I think I do. It doesn't resonate with me the way it resonates with you four minutesers.

[10:30] Conor Burke: My man at one point was like the second top most played in my iTunes, like back when it was iTunes.

[10:42] Allyson A La Mode: My man went through in a round two episode with you, Allison.

[10:48] Conor Burke: Because we rewatched Try Little Timmy.

[10:51] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my gosh, I forgot about this. Yes.

[10:54] Conor Burke: We were like, let's just watch it. Let's just do it.

[10:57] Allyson A La Mode: We were like, wait, actually, let's consider all of them.

[11:06] Conor Burke: Yeah. My man. I don't know. I don't know. I just feel like there was all this lead up in this discourse about like how Rolos are just not safe. And then you were like, you know what we're gonna fucking do? Vote my man out.

[11:14] Allyson A La Mode: The Rolo. I mean, like.

[11:17] Conor Burke: Is that?

[11:17] Allyson A La Mode: Okay. I'm like, I was kind of like, okay.

[11:19] Conor Burke: No.

[11:21] Conor Burke: I know this is like basic, boring opinion, but the Rolo is Dromp. We gotta be serious.

[11:25] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[11:30] Conor Burke: The Rolo is Dromp in terms of like, that's her top 100.

[11:33] Conor Burke: That is her Dromp.

[11:34] Allyson A La Mode: Like that's, that's her Billboard top 100.

[11:38] Conor Burke: Yeah, it absolutely is.

[11:38] Allyson A La Mode: But it's like, does, does that?

[11:42] Conor Burke: Like, does that make it the best? I don't know.

[11:46] Allyson A La Mode: Like my favorite, so the weird, weird segue.

[11:50] Allyson A La Mode: My favorite movie franchise famously is the Scream movie franchise. I love them.

[11:55] Allyson A La Mode: I can objectively say that like, the first Scream movie, 1996, is probably the best made film.

[12:03] Conor Burke: But it's not my favorite though.

[12:06] Allyson A La Mode: Correct.

[12:06] Conor Burke: Oh, I see what you're saying.

[12:09] Conor Burke: Well, it's, well, it is her best solo.

[12:12] Allyson A La Mode: Kind of, but it's not really my favorite though. There's a difference here.

[12:16] Conor Burke: You know?

[12:17] Allyson A La Mode: I entirely understand what you're saying.

[12:20] Conor Burke: It's the signature. It's the blueprint.

[12:21] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[12:22] Conor Burke: It's fucking iconic.

[12:23] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[12:24] Conor Burke: But is it my favorite?

[12:27] Allyson A La Mode: We don't know.

[12:29] Conor Burke: We don't know.

[12:29] Conor Burke: Drew Barrymore dying at the end, at the beginning of Scream is marching the band out.

[12:34] Allyson A La Mode: There we go.

[12:35] Conor Burke: Basically.

[12:37] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[12:37] Conor Burke: He's big and he plays football.

[12:42] Allyson A La Mode: Exactly.

[12:45] Andrew: Talking about Finn, of course.

[12:52] Conor Burke: I'm trying to look and see if I had any other, like, problems.

[12:56] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, that can't be the only one.

[12:58] Conor Burke: No, no, no, no. I mean, I, because I was scrolling through, like, oh, and I was so mad.

[13:05] Conor Burke: I was like, oh, you guys already pulled the winner of my Glockett, which I will never shut up about.

[13:09] Allyson A La Mode: Will you still love me tomorrow?

[13:10] Conor Burke: Head over, please.

[13:12] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, I've definitely asked you this question before, but literally winner of your Glockett?

[13:19] Conor Burke: I mean, at least top three.

[13:21] Conor Burke: At least top three and maybe in no particular order.

[13:24] Conor Burke: But like that song, for being a season six song.

[13:29] Allyson A La Mode: Oh.

[13:31] Conor Burke: Like, it's a mashup that like, and then on top of that, obviously, like with the Broadway shows that have like, you know, spawned from those catalogs.

[13:39] Allyson A La Mode: Right, right. No, exactly.

[13:40] Conor Burke: Around the same time.

[13:42] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[13:42] Conor Burke: Oh my god, that mashup is so good.

[13:45] Conor Burke: And it's, I wish that there was more weight to it, because it's with two characters that maybe a Normie would not know.

[13:52] Allyson A La Mode: Or, you know what I'm saying?

[13:53] Conor Burke: Like, I think it just doesn't hold more weight because there's more people that know.

[13:55] Allyson A La Mode: That is such a good point.

[13:57] Conor Burke: If Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Head Over Feet came in like, early season two, we would never know the end of it.

[14:05] Allyson A La Mode: But I mean, there's a reason why Hand in My Pocket Earth Move is like, because it's Santana and Brittany, but because it's, oh my gosh, what's, you know, what's her fucking, what's his fuck?

[14:18] Conor Burke: You know?

[14:19] Allyson A La Mode: Right, exactly.

[14:22] Allyson A La Mode: I feel like people don't hold it as high as that one.

[14:26] Conor Burke: But it's so good.

[14:28] Conor Burke: And they sound amazing on it.

[14:30] Conor Burke: It's really good.

[14:31] Conor Burke: But I mean, I would, over a heart.

[14:34] Conor Burke: A Hard Day's Night, I mean, yeah, I...

[14:36] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, well, yeah, I can at events.

[14:37] Conor Burke: I can, okay, wait, I need to say about A Hard Day's Night, what is it about the A Hard Day's Night fucking slander on this podcast now?

[14:41] Allyson A La Mode: It should have been done in round one, frankly.

[14:47] Conor Burke: It's like, I don't get it. I, it was really egregious the other week when you guys were like, this is the worst Glee song of all time. I was like, okay, calm down.

[14:58] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, did we really say worst Glee song of all time?

[15:02] Conor Burke: Because I do have my number one and it's not that.

[15:03] Allyson A La Mode: Because I said that you said it. But you were just, I was just like, okay, is this warranted?

[15:12] Conor Burke: And again, I think like Pesbary, because everything's framed in the thing that it is. It's like, whenever you talk about a Mersolo, it's like, oh my God, yeah, but there's way better Mersolos. Oh, there's way better Pesbary.

[15:22] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[15:22] Conor Burke: Let's take a breath.

[15:24] Allyson A La Mode: Actually.

[15:24] Conor Burke: Let's remove ourself from this situation.

[15:26] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[15:27] Conor Burke: In the grand scheme of things, it's probably not in the upper percentile of shit Glee songs.

[15:34] Allyson A La Mode: I think I have a hard time with the Beatles episode songs, because they just came at such a weird time, introing that season.

[15:43] Conor Burke: And so, and I also love the Beatles. And so I think I do need to revisit, because I think I, the Beatles episodes hold a sour taste in my mouth, because I feel like we were just getting them out of the way to make room for the quarterback.

[15:54] Allyson A La Mode: And I think like.

[15:55] Conor Burke: I agree.

[15:56] Allyson A La Mode: You know, so I think I need to give it a fair chance and watch it with like a clear mind detached from the quarterback. And maybe I would feel differently about that.

[16:04] Conor Burke: I watched.

[16:05] Allyson A La Mode: But MP3 though, but just remove all of that MP3.

[16:10] Conor Burke: How often are you streaming A Hard Day's Night? I'm never like, you know what I want to listen to.

[16:14] Allyson A La Mode: Not that much at all, but I just, I just have it in my notes here.

[16:17] Conor Burke: I just have it in my notes, stand up for A Hard Day's Night.

[16:20] Allyson A La Mode: And you did that.

[16:21] Conor Burke: And you tried.

[16:22] Allyson A La Mode: I've done that. I've marked it off.

[16:26] Conor Burke: And also I didn't even say in the episode.

[16:28] Allyson A La Mode: Continue.

[16:28] Conor Burke: While we were, while we were talking about A Hard Day's Night, that the performance quite literally ends with Rachel being like, Santana, we have to go to Ohio right now. Like that does take me out.

[16:41] Allyson A La Mode: That it's like, they literally end the shift with tables that they're still serving.

[16:47] Conor Burke: And they're like, actually, we got to go to Ohio for the claim proposal. It's insane.

[16:54] Allyson A La Mode: And I guess that's actually a point in a good direction for A Hard Day's Night.

[16:58] Conor Burke: Now that I think about it.

[16:59] Allyson A La Mode: And it's like on the super bullet train that Sue says that you guys somehow go back and forth.

[17:04] Conor Burke: Yes. And they're like, actually, we got to catch it.

[17:08] Allyson A La Mode: Right.

[17:08] Conor Burke: It's going to be here in 32 minutes, mama.

[17:13] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah. Well, okay. So Allison, you're, you're completed. You feel relieved of.

[17:19] Conor Burke: I mean, there's some like, okay, so I, because I was like, binging and like, not watch it listening to every episode, there are some that I'm like, I haven't listened to the discourse on that. So I, okay, I while looking at it, I may tell me, but I, okay, so like, maybe not disagree, but I want to hear the discourse about borderline open your heart versus there are worse things.

[17:39] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, wait. Yes. No, bitches back, bitches, bitches.

[17:45] Conor Burke: It was a Madonna mashup.

[17:48] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[17:48] Conor Burke: It's like, it's like a problematic fave. That's so good. Like, you know, they're.

[17:53] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, bitches back you're talking about?

[17:55] Conor Burke: Yes.

[17:56] Allyson A La Mode: Really, really incredible.

[17:57] Conor Burke: It's such a good mashup.

[18:00] Allyson A La Mode: I was sole vote for that. I think a very close call, like Allison Dodge, like respond to the poll is up right now on the stories. Allison Dodge responded and was like, this is nasty work competition.

[18:14] Conor Burke: It is nasty work. And I think that's the overwhelming, like, dramaturgical arc at this point in the Glackett. There's so many competitions that when I was looking through the Glackett prior to this recording, I'm like, that is tough. And are the Gleeks listening at home? Are y'all feeling the difference? The shift? Like I have written here.

[18:37] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, what is it? Why do I? Why am I thinking of Pangea? You're feeling Pangea happening, right? You're feeling it.

[18:46] Conor Burke: The continental drift?

[18:48] Allyson A La Mode: The continents are coming to the continental drift.

[18:52] Conor Burke: It's getting real Pangea up in here.

[18:54] Allyson A La Mode: Y'all feeling that, right?

[18:57] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[18:57] Allyson A La Mode: I have written here. So I'm like, just to back up that point, so emotional versus the scientist. So I would have voted for the scientist.

[19:06] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[19:06] Allyson A La Mode: But for me, that is the competition that perfectly encapsulates the point that I'm trying to get at. Like, whoa, two powerful songs, in my opinion, that are completely different, but kind of like at the same level for me, that I'm just like, oh, that's really hard. And I'm feeling that shift. I'm feeling the continental.

[19:30] Conor Burke: You're feeling Pangea.

[19:32] Allyson A La Mode: I am feeling Pangea shift. I feel the earth move.

[19:34] Conor Burke: Oh, you feel the earth moving under your feet.

[19:37] Allyson A La Mode: Bringing it back, bringing it back.

[19:38] Conor Burke: I feel the sky tumbling down.

[19:39] Allyson A La Mode: Cynthia Erivo.

[19:40] Conor Burke: Tumbling down.

[19:41] Allyson A La Mode: Tumbling down.

[19:45] Conor Burke: So just overall, the overwhelming message here is I'm worried.

[19:50] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[19:50] Conor Burke: And I'm, but that's okay.

[19:54] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[19:54] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[19:55] Allyson A La Mode: I, you know, like, that's okay.

[19:56] Conor Burke: I did message you because I was listening on my way home from the Bottomless Brunch. I was listening to Remaining Songs in round three playlist.

[20:06] Allyson A La Mode: I feel like every time I have an episode, I pull, I have all my windows open. I have the playlists open. I'm ready.

[20:11] Conor Burke: Come prepared. You have your, you have it ready. And I-

[20:16] Allyson A La Mode: If you don't come prepared, fuck off.

[20:17] Conor Burke: I'm like, Connor, Connor's like, what am I, am I in the right link?

[20:24] Allyson A La Mode: Am I?

[20:26] Conor Burke: Do you ever see that meme of that guy? I'm sorry. Do you ever see the meme of the guy that somehow ends up on BBC News talking about something completely unrelated? He was there for a job interview?

[20:35] Allyson A La Mode: No.

[20:37] Conor Burke: And she like turns to him and she's like, okay, so we are now joined by who is a technical expert.

[20:44] Allyson A La Mode: And he's like-

[20:45] Conor Burke: I'm like, God's dammit. He's like, hello. Yes. I would-

[20:50] Allyson A La Mode: That's you right now.

[20:52] Conor Burke: It's very much giving me, whenever I'm on this pod.

[20:54] Allyson A La Mode: No, but I was listening to the playlist and the two songs that played back to back on Shuffle were, and I don't know how I would feel in this competition, Wide Awake versus Trouty Mouth. And it shouldn't be a hard competition, but in my head, I was like, wait a minute. I don't know what I would do. And I'm feeling that in this group chat today.

[21:15] Conor Burke: Really? You don't know? Like just someone saying that you wouldn't know what you would pick.

[21:21] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah. I feel like kind of like weird. You feel confident?

[21:24] Conor Burke: I would. I would vote for Wide Awake.

[21:26] Allyson A La Mode: I would vote for Wide Awake.

[21:28] Conor Burke: I voted for Trouty Mouth anyway, to get to round three. So in my head, I'd be like, I just like-

[21:33] Allyson A La Mode: You did your due service.

[21:34] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[21:36] Allyson A La Mode: I did my, like, you know what I mean? And now it's getting serious. And that's not to say that there's no room for quote unquote, funny, satirical, goofy songs in the later rounds of the Glocken. Please don't get my word twisted, Gleeks. I would never say that.

[21:50] Conor Burke: Gleeks, I hope you're listening.

[21:53] Allyson A La Mode: Gleeks. Gleeks. Emily, put down that rock. Bringing back that joke, if anyone remembers.

[21:58] Conor Burke: Remember that one?

[22:00] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah. I'm looping it back. This is how comedy works, bringing it back. But it does raise the questions.

[22:05] Conor Burke: I mean, I already see, for me anyway, like some expendable ones that I'm looking on here, which I mean, I am not alone in my opinions of rehab. Why are you even here?

[22:22] Allyson A La Mode: That's mean. You're being mean.

[22:25] Conor Burke: Um, am I?

[22:28] Allyson A La Mode: Rehab deserves a slot in round four. I'll say.

[22:35] Conor Burke: In round four?

[22:36] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, but so does Glitter in the Air. You don't see me complaining about it.

[22:39] Conor Burke: No. You're the only one talking about Glitter in the Air.

[22:43] Allyson A La Mode: Calling me sugar?

[22:44] Conor Burke: No.

[22:48] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my, like, rehab, yeah, exclamation point.

[22:48] Conor Burke: I know that you have your gun, like, locked and loaded for yeah.

[22:53] Allyson A La Mode: You have-

[22:54] Conor Burke: I do.

[22:55] Allyson A La Mode: You're like, I'm gonna kill that girl.

[22:57] Conor Burke: I'm gonna, like, make anyone make a move. She's gone.

[23:02] Allyson A La Mode: Like-

[23:02] Conor Burke: Is that? Okay, wait. Of the remaining songs in this round, is yeah, the worst one for you?

[23:11] Allyson A La Mode: Aside from rehab?

[23:13] Conor Burke: Rehab is worse?

[23:15] Allyson A La Mode: I, yeah, is the worst. If I'm looking at, looking actually looking at a list.

[23:20] Conor Burke: Actually looking at a list.

[23:20] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, is the worst. And then rehab is right there with her. They're holding hands.

[23:28] Conor Burke: No.

[23:28] Allyson A La Mode: Like-

[23:30] Conor Burke: No?

[23:31] Allyson A La Mode: So basically, you are, so you're basically, okay, let's just hope those two songs don't come up.

[23:38] Conor Burke: What if they go against each other?

[23:41] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my god.

[23:43] Conor Burke: Well, it's easy. Rehab obviously wins. I understand that yeah, like, overstate it's welcome.

[23:50] Allyson A La Mode: I understand that.

[23:50] Conor Burke: So has rehab.

[23:52] Allyson A La Mode: Rehab, I think, honestly, so fucking good. Like, we need to actually, like, consider it.

[23:58] Conor Burke: No, I'm really hoping that we pull it tonight so we can actually have a whole conversation about it.

[24:02] Allyson A La Mode: Like, I can't even believe, I mean, speaking of the competitions, but I haven't gotten to that episode yet. Mercy over I'd Have the Time of My Life?

[24:09] Conor Burke: Okay, wait.

[24:11] Allyson A La Mode: What's happening?

[24:13] Conor Burke: I didn't do that. I didn't do that.

[24:15] Allyson A La Mode: That was not me.

[24:17] Conor Burke: That wasn't me.

[24:21] Allyson A La Mode: The only part of I'd Have the Time of My Life that I like is the Mercedes of it all.

[24:26] Conor Burke: Okay.

[24:27] Allyson A La Mode: So, like, literally the last 20 seconds of her, like, vocal gymnastics is, I don't really care.

[24:33] Conor Burke: So the best part of a Ferguson duet is Mercedes.

[24:38] Allyson A La Mode: Basically.

[24:39] Conor Burke: Well, I, so I recently, one of the shows that I've worked is Dirty Dancing Live, which is like the movie played with an orchestra.

[24:44] Allyson A La Mode: And I've never seen that movie.

[24:49] Conor Burke: And my only connection to it is that they did the song on the song.

[24:52] Allyson A La Mode: But like, yeah, they did the song on the hit box show Glee.

[24:56] Conor Burke: And so I even went in specifically at that point and posted, like, recorded the them singing and posted they'd sing the song Glee.

[25:03] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[25:04] Conor Burke: But I, I don't know.

[25:07] Allyson A La Mode: I mean, there's a lot of discourse to be had, which obviously I'm going to listen to the episode. But like, it was like one of the competitions, like without Rachel and the fact that they could do that without her.

[25:15] Conor Burke: And then Mercy, Mercy and Rehab, obviously fraternal twins.

[25:25] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, but like, oh my God, no, I really hope that we get Rehab in this episode.

[25:30] Conor Burke: Because like, honestly, like Rehab does like, I think it's so impressive that that exists in the 45 minute pilot.

[25:39] Allyson A La Mode: You know what I mean?

[25:40] Conor Burke: That they go to another school within the pilot to understand what the competition is.

[25:43] Allyson A La Mode: And then they see how fucking good they are.

[25:48] Conor Burke: And then they're like, we're doomed.

[25:51] Allyson A La Mode: I think that's so fucking iconic.

[25:53] Conor Burke: I'm not going to lie, you saying this, you saying this, I'm like, okay, you know what, the points are being made.

[25:57] Allyson A La Mode: I can-

[25:58] Conor Burke: Whereas Mercy, they're not the same.

[26:00] Allyson A La Mode: Mercy is like, okay, we want to see what Dakota Stanley's all about.

[26:04] Conor Burke: And then they're like, okay, this is, this is what Dakota Stanley could do.

[26:07] Allyson A La Mode: And what Dakota Stanley could do for our Glee Club.

[26:10] Conor Burke: And like, no, it's not the same.

[26:13] Allyson A La Mode: The stakes are, the bottomless moses are really hitting in a crazy way right now.

[26:18] Conor Burke: But-

[26:19] Allyson A La Mode: Did somebody say Rehab or Refill?

[26:20] Conor Burke: Say what you, say what you feel.

[26:22] Allyson A La Mode: Say what you feel, King.

[26:23] Conor Burke: That's what I feel.

[26:25] Allyson A La Mode: No.

[26:25] Conor Burke: You built this platform.

[26:26] Allyson A La Mode: Don't get me started on Mercy versus Rehab.

[26:33] Conor Burke: And another thing.

[26:34] Allyson A La Mode: And another thing, actually.

[26:37] Conor Burke: Actually, I'll say right now, this is the bottomless moses talking.

[26:41] Allyson A La Mode: Rehab, better than Bohemian Rhapsody.

[26:45] Conor Burke: Oh, just-

[26:45] Allyson A La Mode: Now we're just saying things for fun.

[26:47] Conor Burke: Exit off.

[26:48] Allyson A La Mode: Now you're just talking shit.

[26:49] Conor Burke: Exit off on me and Allison, or take me and Allison as new hosts for this podcast.

[26:53] Allyson A La Mode: I said it. You saw it.

[26:54] Conor Burke: Audio Medium, there was a bottomless mosa talking, saying that.

[26:58] Allyson A La Mode: It wasn't me.

[27:00] Conor Burke: It was a talking glass.

[27:01] Allyson A La Mode: It was literally like, hello.

[27:03] Conor Burke: It was a talking glass of bottomless mosa.

[27:09] Allyson A La Mode: Rehab is better than, like, oh.

[27:12] Conor Burke: So now we're just lying on camera.

[27:13] Allyson A La Mode: No, but I really do feel, on a real note, I really feel something so special when watching Rehab.

[27:20] Conor Burke: So special.

[27:22] Allyson A La Mode: You know, I do hope we pull it because I want to put myself in your shoes because I, those are words, words are being said that have never been said before.

[27:29] Conor Burke: Wait, wait, wait. Tell me, okay, when you're watching the pilot, I'm putting myself in your shoes.

[27:33] Allyson A La Mode: When you're watching the pilot and you get to the part where they do rehab, you don't feel like, no.

[27:43] Conor Burke: I could care less.

[27:45] Allyson A La Mode: You plus 30, plus 30, plus 30?

[27:47] Conor Burke: There's no Jesse St. James.

[27:49] Allyson A La Mode: There's no, like, I feel like it's just like, get it? They're really good.

[27:52] Conor Burke: They're better than you.

[27:54] Allyson A La Mode: That's it.

[27:55] Conor Burke: That's why they're here.

[27:56] Allyson A La Mode: Like, we just, all these people we're never going to see again.

[27:57] Conor Burke: No, but it's like the arrangement.

[27:59] Allyson A La Mode: It sounds like a fucking show choir.

[28:01] Conor Burke: Oh, hi.

[28:09] Allyson A La Mode: It just, it's very kids bop derogatory.

[28:13] Conor Burke: And I say that every time I wonder if that was in Janna Oshkowitz sides for her audition.

[28:18] Allyson A La Mode: We're doomed because in my head, Conan, I feel like that in my head, Conan, that's what it is.

[28:24] Conor Burke: That's fucking iconic.

[28:26] Allyson A La Mode: We're not talking about just to give a shout out to Jay.

[28:28] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[28:29] Allyson A La Mode: What were, this is.

[28:31] Conor Burke: I'm just giving a shout out to Jay.

[28:33] Allyson A La Mode: To Jay?

[28:33] Conor Burke: I was like, let me go back to my notes.

[28:35] Allyson A La Mode: What were we talking about?

[28:36] Conor Burke: Jenna, our gracious friend.

[28:39] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, so are we going, Connor?

[28:41] Conor Burke: Wait, have we talked about Bob and Melissa talking?

[28:44] Allyson A La Mode: Have we talked about your GLAACA grievances?

[28:48] Conor Burke: Well.

[28:48] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, are we done with Alison?

[28:49] Conor Burke: I'm so sorry.

[28:52] Allyson A La Mode: Um, I'm like looking at my notes app, like.

[28:57] Conor Burke: Wait.

[28:59] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my gosh.

[29:01] Conor Burke: Oh, I just, okay.

[29:10] Andrew: I did want, I don't know if anyone has brought this up to you. You saying when speaking of "Wide Awake," yeah, you said stool sample, and nobody got it. I just want to let you know, I got it. I laughed so hard. You were like, so it's stool sample, and they just ran right past it. And I was like, there are certain things that I say in the episode, and then I listen in the edit, and I'm like, Andrew, you fucking killed. And it wasn't the audience. And it's like, I understand. There's a lot of things going on. Yeah, but yeah. No, I had to ignore. I was like, they may not have heard it. I hear you. I see you. Your stool sample. Stool sample. Yeah. Hey, some of Glee's best work is on stools. Is a stool sample.

Yeah, it's a stool sample. Let's look at a stool sample here. Um, oh my god, I have a note from your episode, Conor. And it said, my man shows up to the paradise suite. And everyone's like, you know, that video with that girl. She's like, just vote. Everyone just vote. Everyone vote. I already know I'm out. I already know. That's what it reminded me of. And that's it. I'm obsessed.

[30:33] Andrew: And then I also, I don't know if anyone else has brought this up is like when you like when you have guests on and then you put the clip on, like, do you know what this is? And then it reminds me of Ken Jeong and the Masked Singer who's like, I know exactly who this is. And Ken Jeong will be like, I think, I think it's deceased actress, Kirstie Alley. Yeah. Is Kirstie Alley dead? Kirstie Alley is dead. Wait, what? Yes. What? Oh, I feel like people don't talk about it. But yeah, she did die. The star of It Takes Two, Kirstie Alley? Oh my god, this is like that video that went viral in the 1990s when a group of gay men on holiday found out about Princess Diana. It's just like that. Exactly. Kirstie Alley is our Princess Diana.

Yeah, no, she died. But Kirstie Alley, wasn't she a little, I think she had, she was a little problematic. Oh, she's Trumpy. She's a Scientologist. I was like, there it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, she's a Scientologist and she ate it up, to be honest. Yeah. She did star in my favorite movie. We also need to talk about her when, when Stephen Hawking died, she tweeted, you have to, do either of you remember this? When Stephen Hawking died, Kirstie Alley tweeted, you had a good go at it. Thanks for your input. See, that's iconic behavior. That's the best thing that Kirstie Alley ever did. You had a good go at it. You had a good go at it.

[31:57] Conor Burke: Kirstie Alley actually, she appeared on the British version of Celebrity Big Brother a couple of years ago. And one of the celebrities in the house with her like turned to her and was like, I forgot who it was. He like turned to her and was like, so like, can you basically tell me like, what exactly is Scientology? And like, she turns around and she's just like, she's like, I always say to people, just look it up. Just look it up. Use Google. And I'm like, do you know what? She ate that. Fair enough. There's no excuse. Just look it up. Just look it up.

[32:31] Andrew: Wait. I was going to say, why don't you look up your Glock at Grievances, Conor? Let's bring it back. We were here with Ken Jeong.

[32:39] Conor Burke: Yes. Ken Jeong. Yeah, Ken Jeong. Your real dad is. Your real dad is Stephen Hawking.

[32:49] Andrew: Bringing it back for real. I didn't even bring up Ken Jeong because he was like, like, until you just said it, I was like, oh my god. I know exactly who this is. I know exactly who the father is. It's Stephen Hawking. I'm consulting my notes. Are you ready?

[33:11] Conor Burke: I'm ready for the notes. Love Song Supremacy.

[33:16] Andrew: I dreamed it. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Love Song Supremacy. I don't know whether Love Song is the winner of my Glock, but I do know factually that Love Song is my most played Glee song. Ever? Ever. And I don't know what that is. Sarah Bareilles, as an artist, is one of those people who was perfect for this show, and they really did not utilize her music enough. She's along the same, that kind of happy pop, like, you know, Sarah Bareilles, like Mika, we're talking Natasha Bedingfield, we're talking all that kind of, like, you know, or that British pop singer that had that one, the one hit wonder, girl put your records on, tell me your favorite song. Corinne Bailey Rae. She had a few songs. Hello. Yeah. With some respect on Corinne Bailey Rae. Did she? Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Corinne Bailey Slay. Yes. Hello. Corinne Bailey Slay. Oh my god. Alison's about to take me out back and you'll hear a gunshot. But.

[34:20] Conor Burke: So that kind of genre of pop music I really like. Kind of really very melodic, good hooks. Yeah. Peppy, poppy, kind of musical theater-esque. And I think that that's why Love Song is, like, perhaps my most played. Obviously the layers, the vocals, the harmony. I do need to. Sweet Transvestite. Yeah, it's good. But I vaguely remember when Rocky Horror Glee Show came out that Sweet Transvestite, amongst the non-Gleeks, was considered to be, like, the most egregious cover.

[34:47] Andrew: Which is crazy to me. That's what I remember. Because of the whole. People didn't like it?

[34:51] Conor Burke: That's what I remember, but I'm not sure whether it's a, um, it's a fucking, what's that thing called? Mandela effect that I'm remembering. Because I remember the whole discourse being, like, well, it's Sweet Transvestite, but this is, like, a cis woman and obviously Rocky Horror is very queer coded and, like, they've ruined it and they've diluted it. And that's what I remember. Like, it's a good cover, but I was just like, Mercedes, you're doing really good. Like, just one of them, sit this one out. And I was just like, oh, Love Song.

[35:26] Andrew: Wait, can I say a legal note? You never got that trio.

[35:30] Conor Burke: Okay, go.

[35:30] Andrew: I'm sorry. I hate to interrupt you with the legal note. Really? The only in I have is Sara Bareilles. So here's the legal note. Okay. Kate, who runs the Gluseum, who I'm obsessed with, she posts all this.

[35:46] Conor Burke: Oh, yes. Oh my God. She posts, she has so much stuff in her archive, everything. She posted a, like, a beautiful carousel yesterday of, like, a bunch of, like, Naya, like, wardrobe pictures. Yes. And when she was, okay, here's a little, I don't know if you caught this, but the outfit that she was wearing, Naya was wearing when she was singing Brave, Sara Bareilles cover, it actually says in the shot list, Santana and Rachel sing, are you ready? Royals by Lorde.

[36:33] Andrew: No, that would have been fucking iconic. And we didn't get, and you know what, Brave, love it so much. I would have rather Royals.

[36:40] Conor Burke: Me too. I prefer the original of Brave to the Glee.

[36:44] Andrew: That would have matched so aesthetically, like, with, because the photo shoot, right? You're talking about?

[36:48] Conor Burke: Yeah, it's a photo shoot. Yes.

[36:50] Andrew: And one thing, like, one thing people will know about me, if you're even vaguely familiar with my opinions of Glee, I love Leah in her lower register. I love Leah in her lower register. We don't get enough.

[37:00] Conor Burke: I can hear it already.

[37:04] Andrew: Oh my god. We were robbed.

[37:08] Conor Burke: To the movies.

[37:13] Andrew: Oh, the layering, the harmonies. Yes. Wait, do you think it's, it's recorded?

[37:18] Conor Burke: What do we think? It's recorded. You think so?

[37:21] Andrew: I think it is.

[37:23] Conor Burke: I don't think it is.

[37:24] Andrew: No, no.

[37:24] Conor Burke: Oh, God.

[37:24] Andrew: I actually firmly believe that it's recorded, because if it got to the point where they were, it said, Santana.

[37:32] Conor Burke: Oh, it said it.

[37:35] Andrew: You think we've gone, what, 10, 15 years without anybody mentioning this? They talk about non-record, non, like, film songs all the time. The only reason I think it's not is just because of the season five of it all. That's, I think that, I think it's in a hard drive. It's in a hard drive somewhere. At least the, the, the sample, or, like, you know, the.

[37:54] Conor Burke: We need.

[37:54] Andrew: They just need to come out and leak. Just, someone leak it. Just take one for the fucking team.

[37:59] Conor Burke: Okay, I Dreamed a Dream versus It's Not Right, but it's okay. Is it okay?

[38:04] Andrew: I don't think so. No, no.

[38:07] Conor Burke: Literally, I've been meaning to talk about this. Check the document. Check Elijah's document.

[38:14] Andrew: Hold on, I have, oh, the document? No, I won't. How about that?

[38:17] Conor Burke: I never voted for I Dreamed a Dream. In all three rounds.

[38:22] Andrew: Why are you so anti-I Dreamed a Dream? Is it the Shelby of it all?

[38:26] Conor Burke: I just, like, it's, I don't, it, I, it doesn't do anything for me.

[38:31] Andrew: I much prefer.

[38:33] Conor Burke: Really?

[38:33] Andrew: I love Anne Hathaway version. And also, I think that, like, I think it's also, like, the Poker Face kind of, like, erasure. That it's, like, it's so close to Poker Face, and I love Poker Face.

[38:45] Conor Burke: I hate Poker Face.

[38:47] Andrew: See, this is, like, this is why you don't get it. So.

[38:51] Conor Burke: I like both. How about that?

[38:53] Andrew: I Dreamed a Dream, like, I want to say, I mean, obviously, on my own, and kind of introduced me to Les Mis, but I Dreamed a Dream. And then, like, I, changing the pronoun, and then they look this, it really lay, like.

[39:06] Conor Burke: I wish it did more for me. I really do. I, it just doesn't.

[39:10] Andrew: It's not right.

[39:11] Conor Burke: A friend of mine.

[39:12] Andrew: Oh, God.

[39:13] Conor Burke: It's, and I don't hate it's not right, but it's okay.

[39:16] Andrew: I do.

[39:19] Conor Burke: I love the camp of it all. I love them all standing behind him. I can see it so clearly. I love.

[39:24] Andrew: Fucking iconic.

[39:24] Conor Burke: That there are two.

[39:25] Andrew: Mercedes with her hand.

[39:27] Conor Burke: Yes.

[39:27] Andrew: On her waist. Oh.

[39:29] Conor Burke: Quinn in the wheelchair for that.

[39:32] Andrew: They were all cocking in that day.

[39:33] Conor Burke: Obsessed.

[39:33] Andrew: They were cocking in.

[39:34] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[39:35] Andrew: That's definitely when, in, in an alternate universe, when every single regular person on this podcast gets together in real life, that, that particular shot is something that we're recreating.

[39:44] Conor Burke: Wait. That's so iconic.

[39:49] Andrew: Wait a minute. Yeah. Wait a minute.

[39:51] Conor Burke: I love that.

[39:52] Andrew: Give me enough notice. Give me enough notice. I'll fly across this country. Like, don't.

[39:56] Conor Burke: Wait. Honestly.

[39:57] Andrew: Wait. So you hated that. What else do you hate?

[40:00] Conor Burke: I didn't hate it. I'm just like, I Dreamed a Dream, I feel like, is getting shit on left, right and center on this podcast. I feel like there must be a psychological thing that happens sometimes when someone brings up in the podcast how they really love a song. And then all of a sudden, through the process of osmosis, everyone automatically also loves that song. And the same thing happens with like, oh, I hate that song. And then it becomes like that. Everyone automatically loves it.

[40:23] Andrew: I don't think that everybody hates I Dreamed a Dream.

[40:26] Conor Burke: No, I'm not saying I Dreamed a Dream, but I'm just saying that it's kind of like, it's kind of in that mode adjacent, in my opinion. I've noticed some kind of odd, weird things about it. Shout out, my friend Lizzie has just begun a year-long contract in the West End production of Les Mis, and she's playing Madame Ternardier.

[40:46] Andrew: Yes.

[40:46] Conor Burke: Oh, hey. That's kind of the role for me.

[40:50] Andrew: She is master of the air. I love her.

[40:53] Conor Burke: She's quite a little, but there's not much there.

[40:56] Andrew: There's not much there.

[40:59] Conor Burke: Canny little brain.

[41:02] Andrew: Absolutely. She's going to eat it up. I'm going to see her in a couple of weeks, hopefully. But she said to me that she was like, oh, my God, I don't care. It doesn't make any sense. They need to put in a duet version of the stage show of I Dreamed a Dream.

[41:17] Conor Burke: A duet?

[41:17] Andrew: Because that arrangement eats it up. That's coming from Lizzie B.

[41:21] Conor Burke: Okay, wait, wait, wait. Explain to me how I Dreamed a Dream would work as a duet.

[41:27] Andrew: It wouldn't, but that's what I'm saying.

[41:29] Conor Burke: Okay.

[41:29] Andrew: She's like, I don't know. It wouldn't make sense.

[41:31] Conor Burke: I was like, wait a minute.

[41:31] Andrew: Just have someone else walk in on the stage whilst Fantine is-

[41:36] Conor Burke: I think it's the virtuous Fantine that only sings that song.

[41:39] Andrew: Exactly. Emphasis on virtuous.

[41:41] Conor Burke: The virtuous Fantine.

[41:45] Andrew: So that's that. And then, okay, this is my, now this is, I know people are like, oh, my God, a hot take. And then it's the most passive take ever. I do think that this is a genuine hot take. Teenage Dream season two versus Closer.

[42:01] Conor Burke: I'm just going to say it. I would have voted for Closer.

[42:03] Andrew: Okay, wait.

[42:04] Conor Burke: I would have voted for Closer.

[42:06] Andrew: I know that Teenage Dream is better.

[42:07] Conor Burke: A little bit closer.

[42:08] Andrew: Yeah.

[42:09] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[42:10] Andrew: All I want to know is, yeah.

[42:12] Conor Burke: Oh, yeah.

[42:13] Andrew: I love that song. It's such an earworm. It's really cute. I like Ryder's voice.

[42:20] Conor Burke: And yeah, Teenage Dream, what it did for the culture. Iconic, the arrangement.

[42:25] Andrew: Wait, can I ask you this then?

[42:27] Conor Burke: I know it's better, but I just prefer Closer.

[42:29] Andrew: Okay. Ryder had two duets in that episode, Feud.

[42:32] Conor Burke: And Closer versus Bitches Back Dress You Up.

[42:36] Andrew: Bitches Back.

[42:37] Conor Burke: You're choosing Bitches Back?

[42:39] Andrew: Yes.

[42:40] Conor Burke: Who said that?

[42:42] Andrew: You would agree, right? I just want to know where you fall on Closer.

[42:46] Conor Burke: I would. I would. I would. I would say Bitches Back. Yeah.

[42:49] Andrew: Okay.

[42:51] Conor Burke: As you said a couple of episodes ago, yeah, Bitches Back is probably Ryder's best song for me.

[42:56] Andrew: Yeah.

[42:59] Conor Burke: I would say.

[43:00] Andrew: Wait, Alison Alamoda's audio medium giving a face that suggests.

[43:03] Conor Burke: Because I'm like, you think Bitches Back, I mean, obviously it's a duet, but is Ryder's best vocal?

[43:10] Andrew: I think it's his best song.

[43:10] Conor Burke: Not best vocal, but best song.

[43:13] Andrew: If I needed to listen to a Ryder vocal for the rest of my life, I think it would be Bitches Back Dress You Up, right?

[43:20] Conor Burke: I mean, it's a good peppy song. I do like his ballads.

[43:24] Andrew: No.

[43:25] Conor Burke: I really like I Only Have Eyes For You. I think it's like my first.

[43:28] Andrew: I Only Have Eyes For You. I love what's the one where they're making the clay.

[43:31] Conor Burke: They're doing the ghost girls on film.

[43:35] Andrew: Yes.

[43:35] Conor Burke: Unchained Melody.

[43:37] Andrew: Unchained Melody, yeah.

[43:38] Conor Burke: You know, as problematic and awkward as it is, MP3, I love Innocent Man.

[43:43] Conor Burke: Oh, Innocent Man is great. I like Innocent Man. I love Innocent Man. I like Innocent Man. Like, I have to be like an undercover writer, a ride-or-die, but I'm not. But like, he may be difficult, but I love the tonality. I love the tonality of Ryder's voice. I think I've said that on Mike before. I think he's got a lovely tonality that I really enjoy listening to. And I said what I said and I meant what I meant. Feels like very like, I'm not choosing a side. I like the tonality of his voice. I think he has a sound that sounds really pleasing to my ear. But I'm not taking a side.

[44:31] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, I'm not taking a side here, but my ears are. Okay, wait. So what else do we have to say?

[44:38] Conor Burke: Yeah, so that's all. But the overwhelming message again is that this is getting tougher.

[44:44] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[44:45] Conor Burke: It's getting tougher. And obviously it's to be expected, but we'll see what's coming down the line.

[44:53] Allyson A La Mode: We will.

[44:54] Conor Burke: I'm just scrolling through the votes, the blanket, if you will. I will say that Shall is still left in the cup.

[45:03] Allyson A La Mode: That is an insult to me personally.

[45:06] Conor Burke: Which I always say on this podcast, and I think this is pretty good going. It's the only competition I regret. It's Shout versus How To Be A Heartbreaker.

[45:16] Allyson A La Mode: Here's the thing.

[45:18] Conor Burke: And I hold my hands up when I feel like I'm wrong. Okay, the last time that the three of us linked up, Shout was there.

[45:24] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my god.

[45:25] Conor Burke: And I did what I could to kill her. Because it was How To Be A Heartbreaker versus Shout and Shout won.

[45:34] Allyson A La Mode: Because Connor and I voted for Shout.

[45:35] Conor Burke: And you know, I listened to Shout coming home from the Bottomless Brunch. And it hit. I had a good time listening.

[45:45] Allyson A La Mode: How did I not see Shout on here?

[45:48] Conor Burke: Oh my god. And you asked me what the worst song in the remaining songs is. Is Shout worse than Yeah for you?

[45:55] Allyson A La Mode: The bottom three right now. They're in the bottom three.

[45:59] Conor Burke: They're about to have a meeting with Ryan Murphy.

[46:01] Allyson A La Mode: They're about to compete for Ryan Murphy.

[46:04] Conor Burke: They're about to meet Ryan Murphy in the bottom three. The list is up. Go take a look.

[46:10] Allyson A La Mode: Right. Yeah.

[46:13] Conor Burke: What did I say? Yeah, Shout and Rehab are in the bottom three.

[46:19] Allyson A La Mode: Are we ready to see what the first song is?

[46:22] Conor Burke: Yeah, go.

[46:22] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my god. Hold on. Let me have a drink. Almost an hour into talking.

[46:25] Conor Burke: Oh, I literally forgot that she was still in here. I was like, oh.

[46:30] Allyson A La Mode: Okay. Surely she's round four status right now. You know what this is.

[46:36] Conor Burke: Gloria.

[46:38] Allyson A La Mode: It is indeed.

[46:40] Conor Burke: Gloria.

[46:41] Allyson A La Mode: Let's lock in.

[46:45] Conor Burke: Wow.

[46:48] Allyson A La Mode: Congratulations.

[46:50] Conor Burke: Was in trance.

[46:52] Allyson A La Mode: I don't appreciate her as much as she deserves. I really, I, my god.

[46:56] Conor Burke: That's just like, I.

[46:57] Allyson A La Mode: Gloria?

[46:58] Conor Burke: Come here.

[46:59] Allyson A La Mode: I just want to start off by paying respect to Hard Day's Night. Because it's like, Hard Day's Night.

[47:08] Conor Burke: Like, I think.

[47:08] Allyson A La Mode: I thought you were going to say Glitter in the Air.

[47:10] Conor Burke: We needed, we needed Hard Day's Night for Gloria to slay.

[47:17] Allyson A La Mode: You know what I mean?

[47:18] Conor Burke: Thank you for the, thank you for showing a little bit of respect.

[47:21] Allyson A La Mode: They were like, oh, like, let's see what we could do within the diner with Rachel and Santana. And then they were like, wait, actually, we can do even more.

[47:32] Conor Burke: We can do a lot better. You know what I mean? It's that, it's so good.

[47:39] Allyson A La Mode: They sound amazing.

[47:41] Conor Burke: The bottomless Moses are actually not making sense right now.

[47:45] Allyson A La Mode: They're talking another language.

[47:49] Conor Burke: You know what I mean?

[47:51] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[47:51] Conor Burke: Right?

[47:54] Allyson A La Mode: In the sense that.

[47:55] Conor Burke: No, the history of this and the Glackad.

[47:59] Allyson A La Mode: Let's find out.

[48:02] Conor Burke: Let's check it out.

[48:03] Allyson A La Mode: Okay.

[48:04] Conor Burke: Let's see. Gloria won against Jukebox Hero.

[48:09] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, another writer vocal.

[48:10] Conor Burke: Easy slay. In round two.

[48:13] Allyson A La Mode: But then in round one, it won against Smile Lily Allen.

[48:18] Conor Burke: Easy slay.

[48:19] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[48:20] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[48:21] Allyson A La Mode: I do like Smile Lily Allen. I feel like we don't talk about that enough.

[48:23] Conor Burke: I like Smile Lily Allen.

[48:25] Allyson A La Mode: But we don't talk about why Lea Michele is singing in an English accent for no reason.

[48:29] Conor Burke: Very strange behavior.

[48:31] Allyson A La Mode: And maybe that's just, maybe it's not as obvious to your American ears.

[48:35] Conor Burke: It's not.

[48:36] Allyson A La Mode: But at first when you see me, why are you singing it like her?

[48:42] Conor Burke: It was season one. She was still finding herself.

[48:45] Allyson A La Mode: She was still finding her. You don't think that would be a Rachel Berry trait? Like, I'm really gonna embody this.

[48:51] Conor Burke: Okay, fair enough that it is a Rachel Berry trait.

[48:53] Allyson A La Mode: But just do it for every other fucking song, you know?

[48:56] Conor Burke: Like, I suppose part of the shtick of Lily Allen is that she sings in an English accent.

[49:02] Allyson A La Mode: That's part of Lily, yeah.

[49:04] Conor Burke: Lily Allen was like, you know what? Part of my bit is going to be singing in a British accent.

[49:10] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[49:10] Conor Burke: You can sing in an Irish accent.

[49:12] Allyson A La Mode: Jukebox Hero.

[49:13] Conor Burke: That would impress me.

[49:14] Allyson A La Mode: How about we do the rest of this episode in each other's accents?

[49:17] Conor Burke: That would be fun.

[49:17] Allyson A La Mode: I don't know if I can really commit to that.

[49:19] Conor Burke: But if you want to commit to...

[49:21] Allyson A La Mode: Okay, well, thanks for trying.

[49:24] Conor Burke: I don't actually want to try that at all.

[49:29] Allyson A La Mode: Do we want to try talking about the song at hand?

[49:31] Conor Burke: I want to say Rachel Berry and Lea Michele, for me, one of the only women... Probably, I'm trying to think of a woman who pulls off bangs as well as Lea.

[49:41] Allyson A La Mode: Seriously, I love Lea in bangs.

[49:44] Conor Burke: Lily Allen.

[49:46] Allyson A La Mode: That's a great shout.

[49:48] Conor Burke: Okay, fair.

[49:50] Allyson A La Mode: Fair.

[49:51] Conor Burke: Okay.

[49:52] Allyson A La Mode: Thanks, Alison Alamode.

[49:54] Conor Burke: Thanks, babes.

[49:55] Allyson A La Mode: Alison Alamode.

[49:56] Conor Burke: Um, who else?

[49:57] Allyson A La Mode: Like, Nicole Kidman, I love in...

[49:59] Conor Burke: Anne Hathaway has a good bang sometimes.

[50:02] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, what's her name? Dakota Stanley.

[50:04] Conor Burke: Dakota, Dakota...

[50:06] Allyson A La Mode: Dakota Johnson.

[50:08] Conor Burke: Dakota Johnson, thank you.

[50:09] Allyson A La Mode: Dakota Stanley.

[50:10] Conor Burke: Dakota Stanley.

[50:12] Allyson A La Mode: Iconic bangs.

[50:14] Conor Burke: Iconic bang.

[50:16] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[50:18] Conor Burke: And so we're really disproving your theory in real time right now, Conor.

[50:22] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my god, no, shut up. Lea looks great with bangs.

[50:25] Conor Burke: But you're saying it's only...

[50:26] Allyson A La Mode: And I love Rachel.

[50:28] Conor Burke: It's not only...

[50:29] Allyson A La Mode: Am I saying what?

[50:30] Conor Burke: Are you saying that it's only Rachel or Lea?

[50:32] Allyson A La Mode: No, it's not.

[50:32] Conor Burke: She's in the upper percentile of public figures that I think has a great bang.

[50:36] Allyson A La Mode: Okay, Bae Yang.

[50:38] Conor Burke: Like, she's like, you know...

[50:40] Allyson A La Mode: Sia would like a word.

[50:42] Conor Burke: Great bangs.

[50:43] Allyson A La Mode: Courteney Cox.

[50:43] Conor Burke: Great bangs.

[50:45] Allyson A La Mode: Uh...

[50:46] Conor Burke: How...

[50:47] Allyson A La Mode: That's a joke.

[50:49] Conor Burke: You're not serious.

[50:50] Allyson A La Mode: What?

[50:51] Conor Burke: Courteney Cox and Scream 3's bangs are a joke to you.

[50:55] Allyson A La Mode: They are.

[50:55] Conor Burke: Have you seen them?

[50:57] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, they're fucking iconic.

[50:59] Conor Burke: Like, second only to Phoebe Devner in Season 1 of Bridgerton are the worst bangs I've ever seen.

[51:06] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, I need to check out those bangs.

[51:07] Conor Burke: Oh yeah, but no, Scream 3, Gail Weathers' bangs are...

[51:12] Allyson A La Mode: I love the way her name's Gail Weathers.

[51:14] Conor Burke: And I only kind of realized the pun in that when I was around 27.

[51:18] Allyson A La Mode: Wait.

[51:18] Conor Burke: So?

[51:19] Allyson A La Mode: Can you explain it to me like I'm a five-year-old?

[51:23] Conor Burke: Gail...

[51:23] Allyson A La Mode: Like, Gail Forrest wins.

[51:24] Conor Burke: Wait, are you joking?

[51:25] Allyson A La Mode: No, I'm not joking.

[51:26] Conor Burke: What is the joke?

[51:27] Allyson A La Mode: Like, Gail...

[51:28] Conor Burke: Like, Gail Forrest wins. And then her last name's Weathers.

[51:32] Allyson A La Mode: I...

[51:34] Conor Burke: I'll be so honest, I thought the joke was going to be better than that.

[51:38] Allyson A La Mode: Okay.

[51:38] Conor Burke: Well, it's not a joke.

[51:39] Allyson A La Mode: It's just a fact.

[51:43] Conor Burke: It's not a joke. I'm not making it into a joke.

[51:47] Allyson A La Mode: I'm just stating that that's what the pun is.

[51:49] Conor Burke: I...

[51:50] Allyson A La Mode: No.

[51:50] Conor Burke: No.

[51:51] Allyson A La Mode: Should we talk about other G-named woman, Gloria?

[51:58] Conor Burke: Gloria.

[51:59] Allyson A La Mode: Not Gail. You know, I'm a sucker for anything that takes place at the diner, because I do enjoy an Ellen Stardust moment.

[52:04] Conor Burke: Which I've never been to.

[52:10] Allyson A La Mode: I've never been to it, famously. When was the last time you were in New York?

[52:13] Conor Burke: From there one time.

[52:14] Allyson A La Mode: No!

[52:16] Conor Burke: I did.

[52:16] Allyson A La Mode: I threw up.

[52:17] Conor Burke: You got washed?

[52:18] Allyson A La Mode: I got food poisoning.

[52:19] Conor Burke: You threw up.

[52:20] Allyson A La Mode: Well, what did you get?

[52:22] Conor Burke: I got a...

[52:24] Allyson A La Mode: I got like a milkshake that like definitely had like... I remember like drinking it. And I was like, oh, this... There's something a little foul about it. But I did drink the entire thing, of course.

[52:34] Conor Burke: Their mozzarella triangles have never let me down.

[52:38] Allyson A La Mode: I'm telling you now.

[52:40] Conor Burke: I'm glad that you never got food poisoning from them.

[52:42] Allyson A La Mode: I've never... I have an iron stomach.

[52:44] Conor Burke: Wait, the next time I'm in New York, should I go?

[52:46] Allyson A La Mode: Or is it...

[52:47] Conor Burke: I think you should go for the bit.

[52:48] Allyson A La Mode: It's not for like... You don't go there for a gourmet dining.

[52:52] Conor Burke: Oh, that's good to hear, because I do everything for the bit.

[52:55] Allyson A La Mode: Yes. This is the place for you.

[52:57] Conor Burke: Well, there's two you can choose from, which I've still never... I've never eaten at the other one, because they only have the performing during times that I'm seeing shows.

[53:05] Allyson A La Mode: And so I can't go. I haven't ever been to the other one.

[53:07] Conor Burke: I forget what the other one is called.

[53:08] Allyson A La Mode: I'm booked and busy. But like, yeah, there's another one.

[53:11] Conor Burke: It's called Gail's...

[53:12] Allyson A La Mode: No, it's not.

[53:14] Conor Burke: It's called Gail Weathers.

[53:24] Allyson A La Mode: It's called Gail's Broadway Rose.

[53:27] Conor Burke: Oh my god.

[53:27] Allyson A La Mode: No!

[53:28] Conor Burke: It is, I swear to god.

[53:29] Allyson A La Mode: It's called Gail's Broadway Rose.

[53:31] Conor Burke: It always comes back to court.

[53:33] Allyson A La Mode: There we go.

[53:34] Conor Burke: It's in Freedman's in the bottom of the Edison Hotel.

[53:52] Allyson A La Mode: So right by him.

[53:53] Conor Burke: Which do you prefer?

[53:56] Allyson A La Mode: Ellen's is obviously the more famous one because of the glitz and glamour.

[54:00] Conor Burke: They have confetti.

[54:01] Allyson A La Mode: They do effects. They're like, it's fun. And they do it all the time.

[54:05] Conor Burke: But Gail's, it's more like low-key and not as theatrical.

[54:08] Allyson A La Mode: But it's still like, I've seen the performances on TikTok. And they're crazy.

[54:12] Conor Burke: Honestly though, the people there, I don't think they realize that it is a singing restaurant.

[54:17] Allyson A La Mode: So whenever these people are singing their ass off, the audience, they're just eating like, oh, okay.

[54:21] Conor Burke: They're not as excited as they should be.

[54:25] Allyson A La Mode: I think I'm thinking of the same place that you're talking about. Because the videos that I've seen online of it, it just feels almost like a banquet hall, right?

[54:36] Conor Burke: It is.

[54:37] Allyson A La Mode: But it's a restaurant.

[54:38] Conor Burke: It's a hotel restaurant.

[54:39] Allyson A La Mode: But whereas Ellen's Stardust Diner feels almost elevated.

[54:45] Conor Burke: There's two stories.

[54:47] Allyson A La Mode: There's two stories. They have a catwalk.

[54:49] Conor Burke: Yes, right.

[54:49] Allyson A La Mode: There's confetti falling from the ceiling. There's leaf blowers.

[54:53] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[54:53] Allyson A La Mode: Whereas the other place, it feels almost inappropriate to be doing this in here.

[54:59] Conor Burke: I think it's, yeah.

[55:00] Allyson A La Mode: Both places, like I said, I've never been to the Gail's because they only have singing from five to a certain time.

[55:08] Conor Burke: If it's nighttime, I'm seeing a show, unfortunately.

[55:10] Allyson A La Mode: I wish they did it all the time.

[55:12] Conor Burke: We got to do some recon.

[55:14] Allyson A La Mode: We can do some back to back, Stardust and also Gail's.

[55:20] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[55:20] Allyson A La Mode: There we go.

[55:22] Conor Burke: Okay, so I feel like we haven't said a single word about this performance, actually.

[55:29] Allyson A La Mode: I will say.

[55:29] Conor Burke: Like, what the fuck is there to say? Leah is acting her ass off.

[55:32] Allyson A La Mode: Leah is really acting.

[55:33] Conor Burke: It's not what you want to hear. Leah is acting down.

[55:39] Allyson A La Mode: And the infamous lip sync kerfuffle.

[55:42] Conor Burke: Oh, yeah.

[55:42] Allyson A La Mode: The lip, oh, where?

[55:46] Conor Burke: Or lack thereof.

[55:47] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[55:49] Conor Burke: Lack thereof. And Rachel's not doing it.

[55:52] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[55:52] Conor Burke: I mean, pick your own melody, really. But then it's just her standing there like.

[55:55] Allyson A La Mode: I did not clock that.

[55:56] Conor Burke: Oh, my God.

[55:57] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, it's.

[55:58] Conor Burke: Oh, my God. It's so iconic.

[56:00] Allyson A La Mode: I think I was the first person on planet Earth to clock that.

[56:03] Conor Burke: I'm going to say it.

[56:03] Allyson A La Mode: I think you were.

[56:04] Conor Burke: I'm going to say it. God knows.

[56:05] Allyson A La Mode: I can't believe I missed out on that.

[56:07] Conor Burke: You've got no proof.

[56:08] Allyson A La Mode: Roll the tapes.

[56:10] Conor Burke: What the heck?

[56:10] Allyson A La Mode: Roll the tape.

[56:12] Conor Burke: No, quite literally.

[56:14] Allyson A La Mode: No, it's it's there.

[56:16] Conor Burke: I really like it. I just like I feel like so blessed.

[56:18] Allyson A La Mode: I don't know.

[56:19] Conor Burke: It is. Is this what they were filming when Amber won Dancing with the Stars?

[56:22] Allyson A La Mode: No.

[56:25] Conor Burke: What do you mean?

[56:26] Allyson A La Mode: I know that. Do you remember the video that they made from set?

[56:30] Conor Burke: Amber, congratulations for winning Dancing with the Stars.

[56:33] Allyson A La Mode: And it was Leah and Nia and was it Chris in the clip?

[56:36] Conor Burke: I know what you're talking about.

[56:37] Allyson A La Mode: From the diner.

[56:38] Conor Burke: I don't think it was this scene.

[56:40] Allyson A La Mode: I think, you know what? Maybe it was.

[56:41] Conor Burke: I hate that I have my own headcanon for this.

[56:46] Allyson A La Mode: But I think that it was actually, you know, like the last scene of City of Angels, where, like, Kurt comes into the diner and is like, guys, they just lost nationals. The Glee Club is over.

[57:00] Conor Burke: You know what I'm talking about?

[57:05] Allyson A La Mode: Exactly.

[57:07] Conor Burke: Guys, they just lost nationals. The Glee Club is over.

[57:10] Allyson A La Mode: Um, I think that that was what they were filming when Amber won Dancing with the Stars. That's my headcanon.

[57:22] Conor Burke: Okay, that makes sense.

[57:23] Allyson A La Mode: I'll give you that.

[57:24] Conor Burke: Thank you.

[57:26] Allyson A La Mode: She, Gloria, I fear, in a complimentary way, will go for her.

[57:34] Conor Burke: What do you fear in a complimentary way?

[57:36] Allyson A La Mode: No, just like, I don't know, it's something I'm trying out. It's kind of like a sleeper song. Like, I feel like a lot of people don't think of.

[57:43] Conor Burke: I mean, there are Gloria fans.

[57:44] Allyson A La Mode: But like, unless I'm reminded of her, I'm like, oh, like, even just now, I was like, this is, I forgot how good this was.

[57:50] Conor Burke: Forgot how good.

[57:51] Allyson A La Mode: It is one of those songs where this podcast has made me appreciate her.

[57:57] Conor Burke: And not that I didn't appreciate her beforehand.

[57:59] Allyson A La Mode: Of course I did. Please don't get my words twisted.

[58:03] Conor Burke: But it's just with the discourse surrounding it. I'm like, you know what? Good for you, girl.

[58:07] Allyson A La Mode: Good for you, girl. You got on the show.

[58:12] Conor Burke: It's so iconic, though.

[58:14] Allyson A La Mode: And I feel like, honestly, if I can be real.

[58:18] Conor Burke: This was like in an era of season five, where they I feel like they really like locked in in terms of song selection, that it was like, actually, like, let's stop doing what's popular on the radio right now. And this is Laura Branigan. Laura Branigan, this is kind of like her big thing. Laura Branigan also did it. I love her cover of The Name Game. You know, The Name Game, of course. The Name Game. Shirley! Judy! Judy, Judy, Bo Booty, Banana Fana, Fo Footy. Banana Fana, Fo Footy, Fee Fi Mo Moody. Judy, Judy. Everybody needs to go check out Laura Branigan's cover. Peppa! Peppa, Peppa, Fo Peppa, Fo Neppa. Yes. Okay. But like, I feel like this is like an era in season five when they were like, actually like being inspired of songs to do. This is my favorite. But I love it. Season five. Yeah. From Frenemies up to City of Angels. Yeah. It's my favorite chunk of season five.

[59:22] Allyson A La Mode: Totally agree. What other Adam Lambert do we have?

[59:26] Conor Burke: Left? Left, you mean? Yeah. This might be it, Mama. I feel like he deserves better. Put it in perspective. Can I say something really odd? Shout out to Rockstar. I've always loved her. I've always loved that song. I think it's cute. Always. I think that it, because like, Marry the Night, that's my favorite Starchild song. Of course. Well, that's, again, that's his drum. That's his drum. But Rockstar is such a good vocal. And it's so different than the original. I think. I couldn't remember if I've seen the original. Also, I Believe in a Thing Called Love is incredible. I'm so sorry. Wait, wait, wait. I need to say about Rockstar. I remember feeling it was so random when it was on the air that like, they did two songs by Great Big World. This is the New Year and Rockstar. And they didn't do Say Something.

[1:00:24] Allyson A La Mode: Why didn't they ever do?

[1:00:30] Conor Burke: That is such a valid point. Right? Because I actually didn't know that was a Great Big World until you just said it. Quite literally, the most like Marley-coded song to ever exist. And honestly, she would have eaten up. Better than Wrecking Ball?

[1:00:42] Allyson A La Mode: Better than Wrecking Ball. Literally. Why didn't she sing Say Something instead of Wrecking Ball? Girl, it was right there. Say Something was right there. Do something about it. Say something. Say something about it. Say something nice challenge. Say something nice challenge about Wrecking Ball. Oh my god, there's crickets in here. You're not gonna find it here. The connection is breaking up. Hello. Hello, testing, testing, testing, testing, testing, testing. Wait, so are we, do we have, have we said everything that there needs to be said about Gloria? Do you know what the thing is that's really magical about this so far? Is we've said everything, yet nothing at all. And we all understand how important it is. It is. I mean, it's still here. We all understand. We've discoursed it three times, now being three times. Now being three times.

[1:01:40] Conor Burke: Okay, here comes the competitor of Gloria. Oh, interesting competition alert. You know what this is? Yes. Oh, is this Home? Home, season six. It is Home, season six. Yes. Oh, I have so much to say. I can't stand Gaga. I've never seen Muses. Stop. I don't write Archie fanfiction where Archie and Jughead are hot for each other. I think that might be the worst. That might be the, I hate starting the, we need to start actually the discourse on Spencer. I guess we do. What was up with them in the, like, were they trying to recreate? This is another example of Glee being ahead of, ahead of its time. With all these gay guys suddenly looking for a gold star for not being gay, you know? That is the worst, like, scene in all of Glee. Spencer talking to Kurt. Yes. I owe Modern Family.

[1:02:40] Allyson A La Mode: Stop. Kill me. I think that, like, okay, wait, because I really do like this performance. They did lose me when Spencer came in. Oh, I, you saw my face. I was like. Why was it? Was it because of, was it because of the vocal? Was it because of the not, like, other gays TM? Was it because of all of it? Like, unpack that with me. I'll say it. It's the vocal. The vocal was a little, uh, and then he's like staring, he's like staring at the, not the list of the signup list, like, oh, in my Zac Efron era. And then it shows like the three of them spying on him in the locker room. There's only so many times that you can do the Finn thing. Exactly. That it's like, okay, wait, actually, this is not the Finn thing. This is right. This is not the same as Cory Monteith. They're spying on him based on that vocal.

[1:03:41] Conor Burke: Actually, we're full.

[1:03:42] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, we're done taking numbers. Actually. The line is at the fucking door.

[1:03:58] Conor Burke: But like the golf cart, we both flagged it. The golf cart, the golf cart and the brick wall. Where are we? This is where, um, Mike Chang and Michael Chang Jr. and Michael Chang Sr. have a conversation after sectionals. You know what I'm talking about? This is where, where, uh, where Tina's like, actually, I wrote your like letter of whatever. That's there in that little outside area that isn't actually outside. I feel like this is this episode is also another like point of when Sue's like our annual thing that we've never done before. I do love that. Yes. Because like, I love that. They've never had a homecoming in all six seasons. And one of the other examples, Sadie Hawkins, Sadie Hawkins, the tree decorating, the tree decorating is the best one where she's like, an annual thing that we do, but we had we didn't do it last year. And we didn't do the year before that.

[1:05:00] Allyson A La Mode: Speaking of Sue, what is it? What are y'all's favorite? You think this is hard? Because I know what mine is. Mine is, um, when she says, I forget what season it is, but she's like, Becky, Becky, you think this is hard? Try auditioning for Baywatch and being told they're going in a different direction. That's hard. That is my favorite. I will say that, like, I don't think that this, maybe I'm being too critical, but maybe round three, I need to be a little critical. Okay, that you think this is hard joke doesn't actually make sense in context. Why is she saying that at a pep assembly? At a pep homecoming assembly? What are they doing? That's hard. Running through the fire. She raised a good point. Right? Yeah. And it's like, okay, we're just kind of like phoning in this joke that is a good bit, but actually doesn't apply to the situation.

[1:05:55] Conor Burke: Also, they're all wearing mums, which to my knowledge, I didn't have that at my homecoming, which is like a Texas thing. It's like, I want to say it's like maybe a Texas thing, maybe other schools do it. And it's like those giant, almost broachy science fair ribbons that they're all wearing. Yes. In this number. And like in Texas, like you want to have like the biggest, most extravagant mum. It feels like very Southern. Yes. So I thought it was a very interesting detail that they added this to a school in Ohio, which again, they've never done this before. But I do like that, like, because it's like Puck and Santana, I was about to say Suck, which that is their ship name. Pucktana who? It's Suck. Suck is like, they are the homecoming king and queen. That's like context clues, right?

[1:06:46] Allyson A La Mode: Are they? The reigning?

[1:06:47] Conor Burke: What? Right? Are we supposed to get that from this performance? That like?

[1:06:51] Allyson A La Mode: No, they're all wearing mums.

[1:06:53] Conor Burke: No, no. But like, I think that I don't. Puck, Pucktana, they are kind of like doing the most they're doing. They're leading it. I maybe I'm not making sense. I do they have? Okay. Do they have like the last graduated homecoming king and queen come to homecoming? No, sad.

[1:07:14] Allyson A La Mode: That is kind of sad because it's like homecoming.

[1:07:17] Conor Burke: Right? Not even prom. Like, right. He is wearing his military pins on his letterman.

[1:07:27] Allyson A La Mode: Wait a minute. Wait a minute, you guys.

[1:07:32] Conor Burke: He's wearing his military name tag and like accomplished.

[1:07:38] Allyson A La Mode: That is kind of crazy.

[1:07:41] Conor Burke: That he's like, he's like, wait, lest we forget who the hell I am. And not to be like, okay, there's see, there's the mums. Yes. Titans McKinley, and then see, they're wearing mums in the background. But also, we don't have enough money to run a glee club meeting, but we can have light up letters and firework displays.

[1:08:02] Allyson A La Mode: I know. But the moment that we start thinking about that.

[1:08:05] Conor Burke: Right.

[1:08:06] Allyson A La Mode: Where does all the fun go?

[1:08:07] Conor Burke: It's over for all of us.

[1:08:09] Allyson A La Mode: It's over. Also, what is their name? The Blaine Karofsky jump scare takes me out every time.

[1:08:19] Conor Burke: I think it's kind of fun that they're like, they're all having a good time. And then they all like, oh, oh, oh, my God. You know, what's so funny? The there, there's two minus the school shooting episode. There's two particular scenes, which are the most American horror story esque in the entire series. And one of them is as a result of Blaine and Karofsky getting together. When Kurt comes to the realisation that they're together, and he runs away to the bathroom by himself. And he like, oh, and you're just like, you can tell that the guy that made this show made American Horror Story.

[1:09:00] Conor Burke: Yes.

[1:09:00] Allyson A La Mode: Second one being, of course, the infamous and fucking iconic. And I will not hear anything bad said about it. Unique being what followed home from school with that weird. By those girls.

[1:09:04] Allyson A La Mode: The second one being, of course, like, okay.

[1:09:14] Conor Burke: Yes. Is it like a sepia filter? Why was that filter applied?

[1:09:16] Allyson A La Mode: It's so weird.

[1:09:20] Conor Burke: It was so strange. Okay, wait, not. Where did they shoot that?

[1:09:25] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:09:26] Conor Burke: Right. No, that's how I'm like, where is this? Where is, where is that? Okay, not to derail us. Into a different TV show. Have you watched The Beauty?

[1:09:37] Allyson A La Mode: No.

[1:09:38] Conor Burke: Ryan Murphy?

[1:09:39] Allyson A La Mode: No, although, no, I have not. Although I've heard that love story.

[1:09:46] Conor Burke: Is that what it's called?

[1:09:47] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:09:48] Conor Burke: Is genuinely excellent. People are like, this is the best thing Mr. Murphy has made in years.

[1:09:52] Allyson A La Mode: Is it a movie?

[1:09:54] Conor Burke: It's a. No, it's about Jay.

[1:09:56] Allyson A La Mode: It's about the Kennedy.

[1:09:58] Conor Burke: Oh, okay. I need to watch. But so the, I was going to say The Beauty. I've only, I'm only in like episode three or four. I haven't finished the series. There are like, there are scenes that I'm like, this is Ryan Murphy's stink. Like, it stinks of Ryan Murphy. I know he wrote this because this may as well be Glee. Like, there's a scene particularly where he's like, one of the characters is like, you are an incel. And then the guy's like, what is an incel? He's like, and then he goes on to like, explain it like dictionary. And I'm like, this is Glee. Like this is.

[1:10:31] Allyson A La Mode: Copy paste.

[1:10:31] Conor Burke: This is like a recycled episode script of Glee. Like you can just tell. And also if you like Broadway, it's like nearly all Broadway stars.

[1:10:40] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, wait.

[1:10:43] Conor Burke: Why am I forgetting from Mean Girls movie musical? Jaquel Spivey from A Strange Loop.

[1:10:50] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:10:51] Conor Burke: John John Briones, who was in Hadestown, Miss Saigon.

[1:10:55] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my God.

[1:10:56] Conor Burke: Isaac Cole Powell, literally. Literally, I literally this is like a such like an annoying gay guy opinion.

[1:11:06] Allyson A La Mode: I'm listening.

[1:11:06] Conor Burke: Literally. Isaac Cole Powell literally could kill me. Step on my neck. Step on my neck. Murder me with whatever tool you have. Isaac Cole Powell, racially ambiguous king plays hot Ben Platt.

[1:11:23] Allyson A La Mode: Not the racially ambiguous king.

[1:11:26] Conor Burke: He's racially ambiguous. But he like so Ben Platt, like, you know, has this little beauty transformation. You know, Jewish king turns into racially ambiguous Isaac Cole Powell. He turns into racially ambiguous and Jewish king in the same sentence.

[1:11:42] Allyson A La Mode: I'm just saying.

[1:11:45] Conor Burke: Well, oh, and then so Jaquel Spivey from A Strange Loop. Hot version turns into Jeremy Pope.

[1:11:51] Allyson A La Mode: Jeremy Pope.

[1:11:51] Conor Burke: Ain't too proud. Also in the Ryan Murphy cinematic universe in Hollywood.

[1:11:56] Allyson A La Mode: Hollywood.

[1:11:58] Conor Burke: Always in the Rolodex.

[1:12:00] Allyson A La Mode: Right. So I think if you like Glee and are interested in weird shit, I would watch The Beauty. Because if you're interested in weird shit, which I know you are.

[1:12:09] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:12:10] Allyson A La Mode: Is very Ryan Murphy. Anyway.

[1:12:13] Conor Burke: Anyway. Back to this performance. Shout out to Santana's dress. Absolutely iconic. Shout out to Madison and Mason's choreography. Madison and Mason. Do you honestly think they would audition with this song?

[1:12:24] Allyson A La Mode: I don't think we know too much about them.

[1:12:32] Conor Burke: They're very like Rachel and Blaine coded, like very theatrical. Very like we do performance. Very Ryan and Sharpay, if you will. And they're going to audition with this. I'm not like raising an eye. What are you saying specifically? Like, what would you think they would be auditioning with? I think that they kind of shoehorned the fact that this was their audition.

[1:12:53] Andrew: And now they're automatically in the Gleek Club just to include that, like, because otherwise they had to put a whole nother performance of their audition, you know what I mean?

[1:13:00] Conor Burke: So they're like, oh, let's just put this, their audition as part of this number.

[1:13:03] Allyson A La Mode: Is this canonically their audition?

[1:13:04] Conor Burke: This is their audition.

[1:13:05] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, they're auditioning.

[1:13:06] Conor Burke: It is.

[1:13:07] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:13:08] Andrew: Um, but I think that like, it does make sense for their characters that it's like, these, they're, they're cutesy. It's like Holmes, whenever I'm with you, that they're just like, they're, they're doing the thing.

[1:13:21] Conor Burke: You know, I, I don't have too much of a qualm with it, personally.

[1:13:25] Allyson A La Mode: I think for, like, storylines-

[1:13:27] Conor Burke: I do take your point on board.

[1:13:28] Allyson A La Mode: I feel like, yeah, I feel like, I feel like I do take your point on board.

[1:13:33] Conor Burke: There could be a lot of other things.

[1:13:35] Allyson A La Mode: I see so much Ryan and Sharpay in them.

[1:13:38] Conor Burke: And I, I just don't think-

[1:13:41] Allyson A La Mode: Ryan and Sharpay, it all comes back to Ryan and Sharpay.

[1:13:45] Conor Burke: Back to Ryan and Sharpay.

[1:13:46] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:13:47] Andrew: We do.

[1:13:48] Conor Burke: Yeah, yeah.

[1:13:48] Allyson A La Mode: Do we actually, we never got a Mason and Madison duet.

[1:13:53] Conor Burke: I don't think.

[1:13:54] Allyson A La Mode: Now that, now that Disney owns Fox, do you think if Glee were on, there'd be a High School Musical crossover?

[1:14:00] Conor Burke: And I think that Madison, Madison and Mason would dupe off to the top.

[1:14:03] Allyson A La Mode: Easy.

[1:14:04] Andrew: I mean, it would have to be High School Musical, the musical, the series crossover with the Glee reboot.

[1:14:09] Conor Burke: I don't think, yeah, you're right.

[1:14:10] Allyson A La Mode: I think that they wouldn't even touch it because it's like, we've already done this.

[1:14:14] Andrew: What, say that again?

[1:14:14] Conor Burke: They wouldn't even touch it, why?

[1:14:16] Allyson A La Mode: Because they've already done the, the, the series, the musical, the series.

[1:14:20] Andrew: So they can't do like High School Musical and Glee.

[1:14:24] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:14:25] Allyson A La Mode: No, but I'm just saying if Glee was still on, like for an episode, you think like Ashley Tisdale would be in it.

[1:14:30] Andrew: Oh.

[1:14:32] Conor Burke: That's what I'm saying.

[1:14:34] Allyson A La Mode: I think if, if Ashley Tisdale was in it to, you know, on her redemption tour.

[1:14:38] Andrew: Ashley Tisdale, oh my God.

[1:14:40] Conor Burke: She's like, I got the book Glee because the mom drama.

[1:14:43] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:14:43] Andrew: Right.

[1:14:44] Conor Burke: No, but seriously, has she posted on Instagram since that came out?

[1:14:47] Allyson A La Mode: I don't think so.

[1:14:48] Conor Burke: They would have to do the bit that they did on Suite Life where she's like, I think I should play Sharpay.

[1:14:52] Allyson A La Mode: And they're like, you are not a Sharpay.

[1:14:56] Conor Burke: And they're like, people say I look just like her.

[1:14:57] Allyson A La Mode: And they're like, I don't see her.

[1:14:59] Andrew: Literally, I think that that is the best bit of all time.

[1:15:02] Conor Burke: It's like, when you think about.

[1:15:03] Allyson A La Mode: What is that song from that episode of Suite Life?

[1:15:07] Conor Burke: That Mark and Delicato sings.

[1:15:09] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, I've got beef between, oh, Floss.

[1:15:11] Conor Burke: Because I'm listening to Viva Betty at the moment.

[1:15:14] Allyson A La Mode: Because I'm a big Ugly Betty fan.

[1:15:15] Andrew: Okay.

[1:15:16] Conor Burke: What's the, what's the melody of it?

[1:15:18] Allyson A La Mode: It's Something's Coming from West Side Story.

[1:15:19] Conor Burke: That would be floss if I had floss.

[1:15:26] Andrew: Okay, so I have to just put this in here.

[1:15:28] Conor Burke: When I was making TikToks during the pandemic,

[1:15:31] Andrew: I made a TikTok with West Side Story.

[1:15:32] Conor Burke: And I used the Something's Coming Glee version.

[1:15:36] Andrew: And people commented and I realized how old I was.

[1:15:39] Conor Burke: Because people were commenting like,

[1:15:41] Andrew: oh my god, is this Floss from Suite Life of Zachary Cote?

[1:15:44] Conor Burke: And I'm like, one, this is West Side Story.

[1:15:47] Andrew: Two, this is the Glee version.

[1:15:48] Conor Burke: And you're saying floss?

[1:15:50] Andrew: Floss.

[1:15:52] Conor Burke: Open the schools.

[1:15:53] Andrew: If I had floss.

[1:15:54] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, I feel like you're gonna hate me.

[1:15:58] Conor Burke: Everyone's gonna be like.

[1:15:58] Andrew: Floss.

[1:16:00] Conor Burke: Andrew, fuck you.

[1:16:01] Allyson A La Mode: Andrew, we fucking hate you.

[1:16:03] Andrew: Um, I feel like the same thing is happening with Gloria.

[1:16:06] Allyson A La Mode: Do we have anything to say about Home?

[1:16:09] Conor Burke: I do, actually.

[1:16:11] Allyson A La Mode: So Santana's Dress, I said.

[1:16:13] Conor Burke: Madison and Mason's choreography, absolutely iconic.

[1:16:16] Allyson A La Mode: We're not talking about Laura Dreyfus as a vocalist enough.

[1:16:20] Conor Burke: Perfect.

[1:16:20] Allyson A La Mode: Laura Dreyfus has got a gorgeous tonality to her voice.

[1:16:24] Conor Burke: And I've said this on the pod before.

[1:16:25] Allyson A La Mode: I know I have.

[1:16:26] Conor Burke: Even within the context of the musical theater sphere.

[1:16:29] Allyson A La Mode: She's obviously a musical theater girly.

[1:16:31] Conor Burke: But the tonality of her voice is really unique, I feel.

[1:16:34] Allyson A La Mode: And my favorite song.

[1:16:37] Conor Burke: Two of my favorite songs from Dear Evan Hansen, for example.

[1:16:39] Allyson A La Mode: Are Requiem and Only Us.

[1:16:42] Conor Burke: Because of her.

[1:16:43] Allyson A La Mode: I think she's absolutely beautiful.

[1:16:46] Conor Burke: Can I also say on the topic of Laura Dreyfus.

[1:16:49] Allyson A La Mode: That I think that what was made apparent to me while watching this performance.

[1:16:55] Conor Burke: Is that this is the first episode that we see.

[1:16:58] Allyson A La Mode: Um, Laura Dreyfus and Billy Lewis Jr.

[1:17:02] Conor Burke: Playing Mason and Madison.

[1:17:03] Allyson A La Mode: And I think that like they've probably known each other for probably what?

[1:17:08] Conor Burke: A little over a week.

[1:17:10] Allyson A La Mode: And they play twins and obsess with each other.

[1:17:14] Conor Burke: In such a like compelling and like way that I'm just like completely sold on it.

[1:17:21] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:17:22] Conor Burke: And it's like I don't even question.

[1:17:23] Allyson A La Mode: Like they were probably so excited.

[1:17:25] Conor Burke: Like they probably couldn't believe that they were.

[1:17:27] Allyson A La Mode: No, their chemistry.

[1:17:28] Conor Burke: They're like.

[1:17:28] Allyson A La Mode: Got on Glee as well.

[1:17:30] Conor Burke: So good.

[1:17:31] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, it's so good.

[1:17:32] Andrew: I don't question it for a second.

[1:17:34] Conor Burke: Good for you, girl.

[1:17:34] Allyson A La Mode: You got on the show.

[1:17:37] Andrew: Wait, I know what you're.

[1:17:39] Conor Burke: What are you referencing?

[1:17:40] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, wait, wait, don't tell me.

[1:17:41] Conor Burke: Don't tell me.

[1:17:41] Allyson A La Mode: Don't tell me.

[1:17:42] Conor Burke: Oh, God.

[1:17:43] Allyson A La Mode: Good for you.

[1:17:44] Andrew: But do you not know?

[1:17:44] Conor Burke: No, I do.

[1:17:45] Allyson A La Mode: No, no, no.

[1:17:45] Conor Burke: Wait.

[1:17:46] Andrew: I know that vocals.

[1:17:50] Conor Burke: Oh, if you tell me I'm gonna be so mad.

[1:17:53] Allyson A La Mode: I know.

[1:17:55] Conor Burke: What are you saying?

[1:17:57] Allyson A La Mode: Nikki Blonsky and Hairspray.

[1:17:59] Conor Burke: You wouldn't tell that.

[1:18:00] Allyson A La Mode: You wouldn't tell that.

[1:18:01] Conor Burke: To Lil Inez.

[1:18:02] Allyson A La Mode: Good for you, girl.

[1:18:04] Conor Burke: You got on the show.

[1:18:07] Allyson A La Mode: Lil Inez.

[1:18:08] Conor Burke: Oh, my God.

[1:18:12] Allyson A La Mode: That's you to Laura Dreyfus and Gilly Lewis Jr.

[1:18:16] Conor Burke: Good for you, girl.

[1:18:17] Allyson A La Mode: You got on the show.

[1:18:19] Andrew: Oh my God.

[1:18:21] Conor Burke: That's what they should have done at the end of the Glee Project.

[1:18:25] Allyson A La Mode: Good for you, girl.

[1:18:26] Conor Burke: You got on the show.

[1:18:27] Andrew: Oh, that's really great.

[1:18:28] Allyson A La Mode: I think this number did a lot in terms of, like...

[1:18:31] Conor Burke: Can that be title of act, please?

[1:18:32] Allyson A La Mode: Good for you, girl.

[1:18:33] Conor Burke: You got on the show.

[1:18:34] Allyson A La Mode: Good for you, girl.

[1:18:35] Andrew: I think that I really love that.

[1:18:38] Conor Burke: Unless something else comes up.

[1:18:40] Allyson A La Mode: I really love that a lot.

[1:18:42] Andrew: Okay, so he's not gonna make any promises.

[1:18:44] Conor Burke: That's what he's saying.

[1:18:45] Allyson A La Mode: I'm not gonna make any promises.

[1:18:46] Andrew: But he'll...

[1:18:46] Conor Burke: I'm showing favoritism now.

[1:18:48] Allyson A La Mode: Alison, do we have anything further to say about Home Season 6 version?

[1:18:52] Conor Burke: I think it did a lot to carry the plot forward for this particular episode.

[1:18:57] Allyson A La Mode: Because there's a lot going on with the vets, the newbies.

[1:19:00] Conor Burke: And it's tying everything together.

[1:19:02] Allyson A La Mode: So despite it not being realistic...

[1:19:03] Andrew: I love this episode.

[1:19:05] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, it's a good episode.

[1:19:06] Conor Burke: It's cute.

[1:19:07] Andrew: This is stronger than the opener, I think.

[1:19:09] Allyson A La Mode: I totally agree.

[1:19:10] Conor Burke: And I remember how excited I was because Season 6 was just about to air.

[1:19:15] Allyson A La Mode: And there was some press screenings of it.

[1:19:17] Conor Burke: And there was this journalist that I followed on Twitter at the time.

[1:19:19] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, my God, what a throwback.

[1:19:20] Conor Burke: And he was like, just saw the first two episodes of Season 6 of Glee.

[1:19:23] Allyson A La Mode: I'm going to take your questions.

[1:19:25] Conor Burke: And people were tweeting him questions.

[1:19:27] Allyson A La Mode: And he was tweeting back, like, oh, this is what I thought of it.

[1:19:30] Conor Burke: And he was like, oh my God, of course.

[1:19:33] Allyson A La Mode: My question was about Let It Go.

[1:19:34] Conor Burke: What was it like?

[1:19:35] Allyson A La Mode: What was Let It Go like?

[1:19:36] Conor Burke: What was Laura Dreyfuss and Billy Lewis Jr.

[1:19:41] Allyson A La Mode: Good for you, girl?

[1:19:42] Conor Burke: They got on the show?

[1:19:46] Allyson A La Mode: How did you find their performance?

[1:19:47] Conor Burke: Good for you, girl, you got on the show.

[1:19:49] Andrew: I can't believe you didn't immediately know that reference.

[1:19:57] Conor Burke: No, but it existed somewhere in my mind.

[1:20:02] Allyson A La Mode: Good for you, girl, you got on the show.

[1:20:04] Conor Burke: I could hear it.

[1:20:04] Allyson A La Mode: And I just couldn't.

[1:20:05] Conor Burke: I was, like, cycling through every frame of reference in my mind.

[1:20:10] Allyson A La Mode: And I was like, come on, I know this.

[1:20:12] Conor Burke: I'm better than this.

[1:20:13] Allyson A La Mode: I know this.

[1:20:15] Andrew: I do know what I'm voting for.

[1:20:17] Conor Burke: You know what you're voting for?

[1:20:18] Allyson A La Mode: Are we ready to vote?

[1:20:19] Andrew: You start it off.

[1:20:20] Conor Burke: Yeah, we're ready to vote.

[1:20:21] Andrew: You start it off.

[1:20:21] Conor Burke: I am going to vote for Gloria.

[1:20:23] Allyson A La Mode: Um, okay.

[1:20:25] Conor Burke: I think it's just a better vocal.

[1:20:28] Andrew: And I think I care more about what's going on in the scene than the Kowalski-Blaine jumpscare does a lot to make me not want to vote for that.

[1:20:41] Allyson A La Mode: Are you voting for Home?

[1:20:44] Conor Burke: Am I alone?

[1:20:45] Andrew: Am I?

[1:20:45] Conor Burke: What is happening right now?

[1:20:47] Allyson A La Mode: No, no, stop.

[1:20:48] Andrew: You can vote next, Andrew.

[1:20:49] Conor Burke: No, oh my.

[1:20:51] Andrew: No, wait.

[1:20:52] Conor Burke: No, Connor, you know what your vote is.

[1:20:54] Andrew: No, you can vote next.

[1:20:56] Conor Burke: Please, I'm the guest.

[1:20:57] Andrew: No, because I thought about it.

[1:20:59] Conor Burke: Because I was thinking about voting for Home.

[1:21:01] Andrew: I was.

[1:21:02] Conor Burke: But I gotta vote for Gloria.

[1:21:05] Allyson A La Mode: Because it was the Spencer of it all.

[1:21:10] Conor Burke: I thought it was, like, honestly, this sounds, like, so dramatic.

[1:21:13] Andrew: He was insulting to Cory Monteith.

[1:21:16] Conor Burke: That it was, like, let's not, let's not do this again.

[1:21:19] Allyson A La Mode: What do you mean?

[1:21:20] Conor Burke: There was a lot going on in that number.

[1:21:22] Allyson A La Mode: Like, they're, like, they're trying to do the Cory thing.

[1:21:23] Conor Burke: They're trying to do the audition thing.

[1:21:25] Allyson A La Mode: Then they have-

[1:21:25] Conor Burke: Wait, how was it insulting to Cory Monteith?

[1:21:28] Allyson A La Mode: I'm being, I'm being, like, facetious, kind of.

[1:21:31] Conor Burke: No, I see where you, I see where you're going.

[1:21:32] Allyson A La Mode: I see the-

[1:21:33] Conor Burke: But, like, it's, like, it's-

[1:21:34] Allyson A La Mode: No, the thing that we were talking about earlier, where it was, like,

[1:21:38] Conor Burke: Wait, we really want him to join the Glee Club?

[1:21:40] Allyson A La Mode: Him?

[1:21:41] Conor Burke: Based on, like, you know, the trope is-

[1:21:43] Allyson A La Mode: Based on the vocal?

[1:21:43] Conor Burke: You hear them singing, and they're, like, oh, so they heard that singing, and are, like-

[1:21:48] Allyson A La Mode: They heard that, and they were, like, actually, we need you, and we're sending you to Hollywood.

[1:21:52] Conor Burke: Right.

[1:21:53] Allyson A La Mode: Congrats, girl.

[1:21:53] Conor Burke: Wait, what is it?

[1:21:54] Andrew: Good for you, girl.

[1:21:55] Conor Burke: You got us on the show.

[1:21:56] Allyson A La Mode: Good for you, girl, you got us on the show.

[1:22:01] Conor Burke: Like, here's your golden ticket, like-

[1:22:04] Allyson A La Mode: And so, and I think that, like, Gloria, kind of, to me, I think it's larger than it.

[1:22:09] Conor Burke: This sounds, I hate myself for saying this.

[1:22:12] Allyson A La Mode: It's larger than a Glee performance for me.

[1:22:14] Conor Burke: Because I think that it's, like, it's-

[1:22:16] Allyson A La Mode: You have Adam Lambert, Naya Rivera, Lea Michele all on one, on track.

[1:22:21] Conor Burke: And it's just, like, that will never happen again.

[1:22:24] Allyson A La Mode: And it's, like, a perfect, belty song for them.

[1:22:28] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:22:29] Allyson A La Mode: And they are-

[1:22:30] Conor Burke: What the fox say, with, like, a word?

[1:22:32] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, hey.

[1:22:33] Conor Burke: Oh my god, what the fox say is genuinely,

[1:22:37] Allyson A La Mode: What does he say?

[1:22:41] Conor Burke: The way that Lea makes that sound like a fucking 2002 nightclub anthem that you'd hear in Berlin.

[1:22:47] Allyson A La Mode: We need to bring that back, actually.

[1:22:48] Conor Burke: Genuinely.

[1:22:49] Andrew: You're my god, hear me?

[1:22:51] Conor Burke: Wait, so, Conor, are you, what are you voting for?

[1:22:55] Conor Burke: It doesn't matter, but what are you doing?

[1:23:00] Conor Burke: It doesn't matter, but let's, sure.

[1:23:05] Andrew: Okay, what would you vote for, hypothetically?

[1:23:11] Conor Burke: Out of politeness, I suppose.

[1:23:15] Andrew: Okay, I'm voting for Gloria, yeah, yeah.

[1:23:17] Conor Burke: You don't even want to-

[1:23:18] Allyson A La Mode: I love Home.

[1:23:19] Conor Burke: No.

[1:23:20] Allyson A La Mode: I love Home.

[1:23:21] Conor Burke: No, I'm kind of against pity votes.

[1:23:24] Allyson A La Mode: I love Home.

[1:23:25] Conor Burke: I probably, again, I probably stream Home more than Gloria.

[1:23:30] Allyson A La Mode: I know.

[1:23:31] Conor Burke: It's cute.

[1:23:31] Allyson A La Mode: It's odd.

[1:23:32] Conor Burke: And I acknowledge that it's odd.

[1:23:34] Allyson A La Mode: But I love Home.

[1:23:36] Conor Burke: I think it's one of my favourite end of episode numbers of all time.

[1:23:40] Allyson A La Mode: That's not been talked about enough.

[1:23:42] Conor Burke: It's really sweet.

[1:23:43] Allyson A La Mode: Again, we were referencing earlier the Leah lower register I love.

[1:23:48] Conor Burke: Alabama, Arkansas.

[1:23:49] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, yes.

[1:23:51] Conor Burke: Thank you.

[1:23:51] Allyson A La Mode: You're against pity votes.

[1:23:53] Conor Burke: I think that we haven't even, like, talked about the fact that I think that, like-

[1:23:56] Allyson A La Mode: The Cordova Street lip-syncing to The Whistle.

[1:24:00] Conor Burke: That's not what I was going to say, but yeah.

[1:24:02] Allyson A La Mode: Actually, yeah.

[1:24:03] Conor Burke: Oh my god.

[1:24:04] Allyson A La Mode: That I think that, like, when you look at the amount of people that are on one song for a Glee song, that Home, I think, is, like, right up there with, like, do they know it's Christmas?

[1:24:14] Conor Burke: I think that there might be, like, fully 10 people on the track.

[1:24:19] Allyson A La Mode: I mean, they have-

[1:24:20] Conor Burke: 10 people went in the studio.

[1:24:21] Allyson A La Mode: Generations of Glee.

[1:24:23] Conor Burke: So there's all the-

[1:24:24] Allyson A La Mode: I love Home.

[1:24:24] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:24:25] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, yeah.

[1:24:26] Conor Burke: They had everybody in there.

[1:24:27] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, we've only done one competition.

[1:24:30] Conor Burke: I know.

[1:24:30] Allyson A La Mode: Okay, wait, stop.

[1:24:32] Conor Burke: We gotta speed down this.

[1:24:34] Allyson A La Mode: No, we do, because do you know what?

[1:24:35] Conor Burke: I want to order food soon, so we need to- we need to pack it in.

[1:24:38] Andrew: Well, this is a short performance, so this is good.

[1:24:40] Conor Burke: And also-

[1:24:41] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my god.

[1:24:42] Conor Burke: Part of what I thought was going to happen today, potentially.

[1:24:47] Allyson A La Mode: Half of the competition-

[1:24:49] Conor Burke: Oh, so-

[1:24:51] Allyson A La Mode: Shout-

[1:24:53] Conor Burke: No.

[1:24:53] Allyson A La Mode: Trouty mouth.

[1:24:55] Conor Burke: It is indeed Trouty Mouth.

[1:24:59] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my god.

[1:25:00] Conor Burke: Really great.

[1:25:01] Allyson A La Mode: I, like, literally-

[1:25:02] Conor Burke: I stand by it.

[1:25:03] Allyson A La Mode: If it was-

[1:25:04] Conor Burke: If it's going to be up against Wide Awake, I still stand by, like, anybody's game.

[1:25:08] Allyson A La Mode: It's so earnest.

[1:25:10] Conor Burke: Even, like you said, Tina with her shoulders.

[1:25:12] Allyson A La Mode: Like, it's so earnest.

[1:25:14] Conor Burke: Oh my god.

[1:25:15] Allyson A La Mode: Jenna Oshkowitz, comedic icon.

[1:25:17] Conor Burke: We need to talk about Tina.

[1:25:18] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, what do you think the decision to have, like-

[1:25:21] Conor Burke: Okay, in the episode, like, Santana's like,

[1:25:23] Allyson A La Mode: Tina and I have been working on an original song together.

[1:25:27] Conor Burke: What do you think the intention was to have-

[1:25:30] Allyson A La Mode: Just, like, to include her?

[1:25:32] Conor Burke: I don't even know.

[1:25:33] Allyson A La Mode: Has Tina ever played piano?

[1:25:35] Conor Burke: This is the only time that Tina ever plays piano.

[1:25:38] Allyson A La Mode: I didn't even know that was one of her abilities.

[1:25:41] Conor Burke: No, she plays chopsticks with Mike in the season three premiere.

[1:25:47] Allyson A La Mode: Remember this?

[1:25:49] Conor Burke: Do you remember this?

[1:25:50] Allyson A La Mode: That was inappropriate.

[1:25:51] Conor Burke: I'm so sorry.

[1:25:53] Allyson A La Mode: She plays chopsticks in the season three premiere.

[1:25:57] Conor Burke: Yes.

[1:25:58] Allyson A La Mode: When the piano is in the corridor.

[1:26:00] Conor Burke: No, they're in the hallway.

[1:26:02] Allyson A La Mode: The Purple Piano Project.

[1:26:04] Conor Burke: Yes, the Purple Piano Project.

[1:26:04] Allyson A La Mode: Yes, and then Sue comes up and then, like, Sue says-

[1:26:07] Conor Burke: Oh yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

[1:26:08] Allyson A La Mode: Corridor, hallway.

[1:26:09] Conor Burke: Yeah, the corridor.

[1:26:11] Allyson A La Mode: Thank you.

[1:26:12] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:26:12] Allyson A La Mode: That's when she was like,

[1:26:13] Conor Burke: I'm sorry for interrupting you playing the national anthem of whatever country.

[1:26:18] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[1:26:20] Conor Burke: And wait, do you think she-

[1:26:22] Allyson A La Mode: Okay, do you think she said that because it was chopsticks?

[1:26:25] Conor Burke: I think that chopsticks was specifically chosen.

[1:26:28] Allyson A La Mode: I think chopsticks was part of the joke.

[1:26:29] Conor Burke: See, I never noticed the chopsticks.

[1:26:31] Allyson A La Mode: I feel like the joke was in relation to both of them being Asian.

[1:26:33] Conor Burke: Right, but then-

[1:26:34] Allyson A La Mode: No, but I think the chopsticks added to it.

[1:26:36] Conor Burke: Right.

[1:26:37] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:26:38] Conor Burke: Oh, definitely did.

[1:26:38] Allyson A La Mode: But what I'm saying is I feel like a lot of people didn't notice the chopsticks because I've never seen the chopsticks.

[1:26:43] Conor Burke: Hey, what?

[1:26:45] Allyson A La Mode: Check the tapes.

[1:26:45] Conor Burke: It was chopsticks.

[1:26:47] Allyson A La Mode: Oh no, I believe you.

[1:26:49] Conor Burke: Now, that's pretty egregious.

[1:26:51] Allyson A La Mode: My goodness.

[1:26:52] Conor Burke: Ryan Murphy's mind.

[1:26:54] Allyson A La Mode: But Charlie Maliff-

[1:26:56] Conor Burke: Is that how people's lips look where you come from in the South?

[1:26:59] Allyson A La Mode: Is that what he says in the first episode?

[1:27:01] Conor Burke: He's from the South?

[1:27:04] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, where is he from?

[1:27:06] Conor Burke: Matter of fact, where's everybody from?

[1:27:08] Allyson A La Mode: Where's everybody from?

[1:27:12] Conor Burke: Is he not from like Kentucky or is that just Cordova Street?

[1:27:18] Allyson A La Mode: No, he moves to Kentucky in season three.

[1:27:22] Conor Burke: Let me give it a Google.

[1:27:24] Allyson A La Mode: But in audition when they're talking about like, you know, when he's talking about how he-

[1:27:27] Conor Burke: Gleek of the Week is a show about a character from Glee who hails from a rural background, specifically moving to Lima, Ohio from a farm in Kentucky with his family. He briefly moves back to Kentucky in Season 3 due to his father's job loss before returning to McKinley High.

[1:27:57] Conor Burke: Gleek of the Week is a show about a character from Glee who hails from a rural background, specifically moving to McKinley High. He briefly moves back to Kentucky in Season 3 due to his father's job loss before returning to McKinley High. He briefly moves back to Kentucky in Season 3 due to his father's job loss before returning to McKinley High.

[1:28:17] Conor Burke: Gleek of the Week is a show about a character from Glee who hails from a rural background, specifically moving to McKinley High. He briefly moves back to Kentucky in Season 3 due to his father's job loss before returning to McKinley High. He briefly moves back to Kentucky in Season 3 due to his father's job loss before returning to McKinley High.

[1:28:37] Conor Burke: He briefly moves back to Kentucky in Season 3 due to his father's job loss before returning to McKinley High. He briefly moves back to Kentucky in Season 3 due to his father's job loss before returning to McKinley High.

[1:28:57] Conor Burke: He briefly moves back to Kentucky in Season 3 due to his father's job loss before returning to McKinley High. He briefly moves back to Kentucky in Season 3 due to his father's job loss before returning to McKinley High.

[1:29:17] Allyson A La Mode: Vien Daudenberry is not my favorite original song by the way. I feel like the general consensus is my favorite original song is Trouty Mouth.

[1:29:24] Conor Burke: My favorite original joke song.

[1:29:26] Allyson A La Mode: It's a joke song!

[1:29:28] Conor Burke: I feel like the big two are Trouty Mouth and My Cup and where do you fall on that?

[1:29:32] Allyson A La Mode: My Cup?

[1:29:33] Conor Burke: I actually don't like either of them. My favorite original joke song is Hell 2 the Know.

[1:29:37] Allyson A La Mode: I don't think that Hell 2 the Know is a joke song though.

[1:29:40] Conor Burke: Yes it is!!

[1:29:43] Allyson A La Mode: No but listen to the beat. Listen to the beat. And it's a full song! It's a full-fledged song!

[1:29:49] Conor Burke: Yes I understand that they're like-

[1:29:50] Allyson A La Mode: Listen to the beat.

[1:29:51] Conor Burke: Listen to the beat. It's not a joke.

[1:29:53] Allyson A La Mode: They're rhyming Wheaties with diabetes. I understand.

[1:29:57] Conor Burke: However-

[1:29:58] Allyson A La Mode: What's the one from season 5?

[1:30:00] Conor Burke: Shakin' My Head.

[1:30:01] Allyson A La Mode: Shakin' My Head.

[1:30:02] Conor Burke: Shakin' My Head vs. Hell 2 the Know.

[1:30:04] Allyson A La Mode: Sh-sh-sh-shakin' my head.

[1:30:05] Conor Burke: Oh Hell 2 the Know. Of course.

[1:30:06] Allyson A La Mode: Shakin' my head.

[1:30:07] Conor Burke: With Trouty Mouth, I do want to bring up- maybe this will earn points for Trouty Mouth.

[1:30:13] Allyson A La Mode: Okay.

[1:30:14] Conor Burke: The hair in the mouth. When she does the kind of like head turn and like a big chunk of her hair falls into her mouth.

[1:30:24] Allyson A La Mode: And stays there. And I like it.

[1:30:27] Conor Burke: It's the whole-

[1:30:28] Allyson A La Mode: It's iconic.

[1:30:29] Conor Burke: It's the very, like I said, very earnest when she's like-

[1:30:31] Allyson A La Mode: Woo!

[1:30:32] Conor Burke: Woo!

[1:30:33] Allyson A La Mode: It takes me-

[1:30:34] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:30:35] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my god it's so funny.

[1:30:37] Conor Burke: It's so good. I need to sell you guys on this. This is actually really important. And also-

[1:30:41] Allyson A La Mode: Oh you don't have to sell us on anything. Well I can't speak for Alison but you don't have to sell me on anything.

[1:30:45] Conor Burke: I'm just saying it's like-

[1:30:46] Allyson A La Mode: Mine's just made up.

[1:30:48] Conor Burke: I- this song made its first appearance on the Glackett in the Nikki Blonsky episode. Congrats girl.

[1:30:56] Allyson A La Mode: You got on the show?

[1:30:57] Conor Burke: You got on the show.

[1:31:00] Allyson A La Mode: It's all connected.

[1:31:01] Conor Burke: It was voted back because of, you know, we are young.

[1:31:05] Allyson A La Mode: Yes. It was against we are young. We are young won in round one. Trotting Mouth voted back.

[1:31:10] Conor Burke: It won over Raise Your Glass season two.

[1:31:13] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[1:31:14] Conor Burke: Originally.

[1:31:16] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[1:31:17] Conor Burke: And then was voted back.

[1:31:19] Allyson A La Mode: And then Raise Your Glass was voted back.

[1:31:21] Conor Burke: No, no. It lost- wait.

[1:31:24] Allyson A La Mode: No.

[1:31:25] Conor Burke: Wait what?

[1:31:26] Allyson A La Mode: Trotting Mouth won.

[1:31:27] Conor Burke: Trotting Mouth won. Raise Your Glass was voted back.

[1:31:29] Allyson A La Mode: And Raise Your Glass was voted back and Raise Your Glass is also done.

[1:31:32] Conor Burke: And then Trotting Mouth lost.

[1:31:33] Allyson A La Mode: We Are Young is also done now. So Trotting Mouth reigns supreme.

[1:31:37] Conor Burke: I was very sad about We Are Young.

[1:31:39] Allyson A La Mode: Anything else that we need to say about Mouth Trotty?

[1:31:42] Conor Burke: Rip the bandaid off.

[1:31:43] Allyson A La Mode: It's gonna be this one.

[1:31:44] Conor Burke: I feel like I've set her- I feel bad now because I feel like I've set her up for failure but that was never my intention. I was just kind of- it's rehab isn't it?

[1:31:51] Allyson A La Mode: It's not rehab.

[1:31:52] Conor Burke: It's not wide awake either.

[1:31:54] Allyson A La Mode: I actually like- I'm so curious what you're gonna vote for.

[1:31:58] Conor Burke: Oh dear.

[1:31:59] Allyson A La Mode: Okay.

[1:32:00] Conor Burke: You know this.

[1:32:01] Allyson A La Mode: Okay.

[1:32:02] Conor Burke: You know this girl.

[1:32:03] Allyson A La Mode: I think I voted for her before.

[1:32:05] Conor Burke: You voted- you have a history with this girl.

[1:32:07] Allyson A La Mode: Oh god.

[1:32:08] Conor Burke: Okay I know my vote.

[1:32:09] Allyson A La Mode: Okay.

[1:32:10] Conor Burke: I know my vote but why?

[1:32:11] Allyson A La Mode: This thing here is Baby One More Time.

[1:32:16] Conor Burke: Is this real life?

[1:32:18] Allyson A La Mode: See I know that people hate this but I'm in the minority and I don't have- I lack the- I lack the ability to understand why this is considered really cringe and terrible.

[1:32:31] Conor Burke: I know she's going really musical theatre girly on it but I feel like that's the charm.

[1:32:37] Allyson A La Mode: I don't know it just works for me.

[1:32:39] Conor Burke: The mp3 is absolutely amazing and we're talking about Nia in her comedic bag with Trouty Mouth which is absolutely true.

[1:32:47] Allyson A La Mode: I would wager that there's actually a smarter element of comedic performance going on with Lia's performance in this musical performance.

[1:32:56] Conor Burke: I think it's a bit more subtle and I think people don't understand- are we supposed to be laughing at this?

[1:33:02] Allyson A La Mode: Is it supposed to be a little bit obscure?

[1:33:04] Conor Burke: Is it supposed to be weird?

[1:33:05] Allyson A La Mode: Is she being fully serious?

[1:33:07] Conor Burke: I think Lia is brilliant in this.

[1:33:10] Allyson A La Mode: I think she's good.

[1:33:11] Conor Burke: Yes of course.

[1:33:12] Allyson A La Mode: And I do unironically listen.

[1:33:14] Conor Burke: I stream.

[1:33:16] Allyson A La Mode: I think that what was made apparent to me while watching this, and I don't know if I have actually evidence to support this, this feels like promo material.

[1:33:25] Conor Burke: That it's like, let's have the lead of our show sing Baby One More Time to help market the Britney Spears tribute episode that we're doing very early on into the season.

[1:33:42] Allyson A La Mode: Do you know what I mean?

[1:33:43] Conor Burke: That it feels like a little bit too like, here's the thing.

[1:33:47] Allyson A La Mode: Here's the most obvious thing that we could do.

[1:33:49] Conor Burke: Yeah, like they had to give her a song.

[1:33:52] Allyson A La Mode: They had to, I get it.

[1:33:53] Conor Burke: And it's also like, you can make an argument for whatever Britney Spears song.

[1:33:58] Allyson A La Mode: Baby One More Time is the Britney song, right?

[1:34:01] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:34:02] Allyson A La Mode: Oh yeah.

[1:34:04] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:34:05] Allyson A La Mode: And so it's like the recreation of the music video.

[1:34:07] Conor Burke: It's just like, it feels like, okay, they did it.

[1:34:10] Allyson A La Mode: And it's like, it's great.

[1:34:11] Conor Burke: I completely agree with you.

[1:34:13] Allyson A La Mode: This shot for shot remake.

[1:34:14] Conor Burke: I completely agree with you.

[1:34:15] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:34:16] Conor Burke: I completely, I just, it doesn't bother me.

[1:34:18] Allyson A La Mode: That doesn't bother me.

[1:34:19] Conor Burke: Okay, cool.

[1:34:20] Allyson A La Mode: When I saw Lia doing her tributes and recreations, she really, you can tell she does her homework because she will embody whatever.

[1:34:29] Conor Burke: Like you had just been, you were just talking about on one of the previous episodes that Get Happy.

[1:34:34] Allyson A La Mode: And how she's like embodied every.

[1:34:36] Conor Burke: The emotion of like Britney on the bleachers.

[1:34:39] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[1:34:40] Conor Burke: And then she's doing the same thing with Britney.

[1:34:42] Allyson A La Mode: Even when it comes to like the looking away, the looking at the camera.

[1:34:45] Conor Burke: And I still stand by that woman's abs being insanely distracting.

[1:34:49] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, it's crazy.

[1:34:50] Conor Burke: Oh my God, the abs.

[1:34:51] Allyson A La Mode: I feel like they could cut me off.

[1:34:53] Conor Burke: Literally.

[1:34:54] Allyson A La Mode: And then they have her.

[1:34:55] Conor Burke: I know that she still has those abs to this day.

[1:34:58] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:34:59] Conor Burke: See, this is like one of the most critically panned Glee covers. I remember when the Britney episode came out, the music critics were like, this is egregious.

[1:35:07] Allyson A La Mode: This is so bad, this cover.

[1:35:09] Conor Burke: I remember it so clearly.

[1:35:11] Allyson A La Mode: And I remember talking about this song.

[1:35:14] Conor Burke: I don't believe I was on an episode where this song was pulled, but it was definitely brought up.

[1:35:18] Allyson A La Mode: I was talking about it at length.

[1:35:20] Conor Burke: Loads of people.

[1:35:21] Allyson A La Mode: Long story short.

[1:35:22] Conor Burke: Loads of people think that this song, this cover is terrible.

[1:35:25] Allyson A La Mode: And I basically made the point in a previous episode, I hear you and I'm picking up what you're putting down.

[1:35:31] Conor Burke: But all I'm saying is, is that I lack the, I can't, I don't understand why it's, but I believe you.

[1:35:39] Allyson A La Mode: And I believe that it probably is bad.

[1:35:41] Conor Burke: It's just, I can't hear it.

[1:35:43] Allyson A La Mode: I'm failing to hear it.

[1:35:44] Conor Burke: It's just whatever it is, I don't get it.

[1:35:46] Allyson A La Mode: I think it's remarkably earnest.

[1:35:49] Conor Burke: But then I also think it's very funny.

[1:35:51] Allyson A La Mode: I think the vocal is great.

[1:35:54] Conor Burke: I understand that it's a pop song.

[1:35:56] Allyson A La Mode: I understand that she made it very musical theater-esque.

[1:35:59] Conor Burke: She sings up the octave at one point in the MP3.

[1:36:02] Allyson A La Mode: But for me, I just can't hear what's so egregious about it.

[1:36:05] Conor Burke: Do you know what I mean?

[1:36:06] Allyson A La Mode: I agree.

[1:36:07] Conor Burke: I don't think that I'm hearing the critical thought of it.

[1:36:11] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, it's not bad to me.

[1:36:13] Conor Burke: So, Andrew, what was the reason for you not voting for this against Downtown in round one?

[1:36:19] Allyson A La Mode: Did I?

[1:36:20] Conor Burke: I voted for Downtown?

[1:36:22] Allyson A La Mode: No, it says N-A.

[1:36:24] Conor Burke: Oh, I just maybe just didn't vote?

[1:36:26] Allyson A La Mode: You did not vote.

[1:36:30] Conor Burke: This is your Barbara Walters moment.

[1:36:34] Allyson A La Mode: Because I wanted to see what it was up against.

[1:36:36] Conor Burke: And it says, in Andrew, N-A, but then the other.

[1:36:39] Allyson A La Mode: Maybe, okay, that was in the Cameron Mitchell episode in round one.

[1:36:45] Conor Burke: Justice for Downtown, I love her.

[1:36:47] Allyson A La Mode: Cameron Mitchell and Allison Dodge voted for Baby One More Time.

[1:36:50] Conor Burke: And then at that point, I guess I was like, oh, I don't even need to vote.

[1:36:55] Allyson A La Mode: So it doesn't matter.

[1:36:56] Conor Burke: And then we just moved on.

[1:36:58] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, Elijah probably just recorded it as a non-committed answer.

[1:37:03] Conor Burke: I mean, you did not vote for her.

[1:37:05] Allyson A La Mode: You voted for Spotlight in round two, which I mean.

[1:37:09] Conor Burke: Oh, and I stand by that.

[1:37:10] Allyson A La Mode: I stand by what I voted for as well.

[1:37:13] Conor Burke: You stand by voting for Baby One More Time over Spotlight?

[1:37:18] Allyson A La Mode: It's hard.

[1:37:19] Conor Burke: Oh, I remember this competition.

[1:37:21] Allyson A La Mode: It was me and Matt Liguori.

[1:37:23] Conor Burke: I remember weeks afterwards.

[1:37:26] Allyson A La Mode: It was all that everyone brought up.

[1:37:28] Conor Burke: It was crazy.

[1:37:29] Allyson A La Mode: I know.

[1:37:30] Conor Burke: But I still, I'm with you.

[1:37:34] Allyson A La Mode: I'm with you.

[1:37:35] Conor Burke: I would have voted for Baby One More Time, but that's just me.

[1:37:38] Allyson A La Mode: Honestly, they're both, in terms of not even the MP4, just vocally, very similar to the original.

[1:37:45] Conor Burke: You see, the pushback on that, though, Alison, was basically just because it was a rollover over a mer-solo.

[1:37:51] Allyson A La Mode: Exactly.

[1:37:52] Conor Burke: When the mer-solo was about being overshadowed by the rollover.

[1:37:56] Allyson A La Mode: It was about rollovers.

[1:37:58] Conor Burke: So it was, yeah, it was just, it was an unfortunate competition.

[1:38:02] Allyson A La Mode: But still, I don't care.

[1:38:03] Conor Burke: No, you're asking me if I stand by it, and it haunts me.

[1:38:06] Allyson A La Mode: Like, every time I'm either thinking about it, it haunts me.

[1:38:09] Conor Burke: Because in that same conversation, before we even pulled the song, we're like, we, like, mer-solos need more love.

[1:38:15] Allyson A La Mode: Like, oh, my God.

[1:38:16] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:38:17] Allyson A La Mode: And then, and then you were like, wait a minute.

[1:38:20] Conor Burke: And me and Matt were like.

[1:38:22] Allyson A La Mode: And Spotlight, to further the Glackett lore, Spotlight was in your very first episode, Connor.

[1:38:30] Conor Burke: Do you remember this?

[1:38:31] Allyson A La Mode: Yes.

[1:38:32] Conor Burke: Spotlight.

[1:38:33] Allyson A La Mode: What was it against?

[1:38:34] Conor Burke: It was against Jolene.

[1:38:35] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, yes.

[1:38:37] Conor Burke: I remember.

[1:38:38] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:38:39] Conor Burke: And we all voted for Spotlight.

[1:38:40] Allyson A La Mode: That was the right decision.

[1:38:41] Conor Burke: Hey.

[1:38:42] Allyson A La Mode: Anyway.

[1:38:43] Conor Burke: That was the right decision.

[1:38:44] Allyson A La Mode: Oh yeah.

[1:38:45] Conor Burke: It's unfortunate that Jolene, like, left that early.

[1:38:47] Allyson A La Mode: Jolene is very fun, and I really do enjoy the performance.

[1:38:51] Conor Burke: But, like, yeah, Spotlight is better.

[1:38:54] Allyson A La Mode: What else do we have to say about Baby One More Time?

[1:38:58] Conor Burke: The production value.

[1:39:00] Allyson A La Mode: The production value.

[1:39:01] Conor Burke: You can tell that, like, the money is there.

[1:39:03] Allyson A La Mode: And obviously, like, Brittany herself is in the.

[1:39:06] Conor Burke: I love it.

[1:39:08] Allyson A La Mode: The framing of, like, you know, they had Brittany for a couple of hours.

[1:39:12] Conor Burke: Brittany and Leah were never in the same room.

[1:39:14] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my God.

[1:39:15] Conor Burke: It's so iconic.

[1:39:16] Allyson A La Mode: Fucking iconic.

[1:39:17] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:39:18] Allyson A La Mode: That's really the only way that she could have cameoed in this performance.

[1:39:21] Conor Burke: Playing the teacher.

[1:39:23] Allyson A La Mode: She's still eight.

[1:39:24] Conor Burke: Just Brittany Spears and Leah Michelle Energy in the same room.

[1:39:27] Allyson A La Mode: Oh my God.

[1:39:28] Conor Burke: That's a documentary.

[1:39:29] Allyson A La Mode: Do you think they were?

[1:39:30] Conor Burke: They didn't have to be.

[1:39:31] Allyson A La Mode: They weren't in the same room.

[1:39:32] Conor Burke: I don't think they were ever in the same room.

[1:39:34] Allyson A La Mode: I don't think they were.

[1:39:35] Conor Burke: There's no way.

[1:39:36] Allyson A La Mode: I don't think they were.

[1:39:37] Conor Burke: Because literally the entire shot of Brittany in it is her going.

[1:39:39] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:39:40] Conor Burke: Just, like, turning around.

[1:39:41] Allyson A La Mode: That's literally it.

[1:39:42] Conor Burke: Leah doesn't need to be in the room for that.

[1:39:45] Allyson A La Mode: You just know that she wanted to be in that fucking room.

[1:39:48] Conor Burke: When is this happening?

[1:39:49] Allyson A La Mode: I want to feel.

[1:39:51] Conor Burke: Get me in there now.

[1:39:52] Allyson A La Mode: Please.

[1:39:53] Conor Burke: Please.

[1:39:54] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:39:55] Conor Burke: I just love that, like, the one actual, like, scene. There was no please.

[1:39:59] Allyson A La Mode: That Brittany does is when she's talking about Ranch on Pizza with.

[1:40:06] Conor Burke: Kevin, Jenna, and Heather.

[1:40:07] Allyson A La Mode: So good.

[1:40:08] Conor Burke: What a trio for Brittany to be there with.

[1:40:11] Allyson A La Mode: Locked back in challenge.

[1:40:12] Conor Burke: We're locked in.

[1:40:13] Allyson A La Mode: We're locked in.

[1:40:14] Conor Burke: Good for you, girl.

[1:40:15] Allyson A La Mode: You got on the show.

[1:40:16] Conor Burke: Good for you, girl.

[1:40:17] Allyson A La Mode: You got on the show.

[1:40:18] Conor Burke: And you're on the show right now.

[1:40:19] Allyson A La Mode: And we need to say our final things.

[1:40:21] Conor Burke: Okay.

[1:40:22] Allyson A La Mode: Let's go.

[1:40:23] Conor Burke: Democracy.

[1:40:24] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:40:25] Conor Burke: Are we putting it to a vote?

[1:40:26] Allyson A La Mode: Because I'm ready.

[1:40:27] Conor Burke: Are we ready to?

[1:40:28] Allyson A La Mode: Okay.

[1:40:29] Conor Burke: We have nothing more to say.

[1:40:30] Allyson A La Mode: Do you want me to kick it off?

[1:40:31] Conor Burke: No.

[1:40:32] Allyson A La Mode: Do you want me to kick it off?

[1:40:33] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:40:35] Allyson A La Mode: I know that I'm going to get pushed back. I'm voting for Baby one more time.

[1:40:38] Conor Burke: Okay.

[1:40:39] Allyson A La Mode: And I'm going to vote for Trouty Mouth because I think that Trouty Mouth, like, actually.

[1:40:41] Conor Burke: What?

[1:40:42] Allyson A La Mode: Whoa.

[1:40:43] Conor Burke: Alison Alamode hates it.

[1:40:44] Allyson A La Mode: The gag of it all.

[1:40:45] Conor Burke: We always have to say full government name when we're referring to Alison Alamode.

[1:40:48] Allyson A La Mode: But yes.

[1:40:49] Conor Burke: It just rolls off the tongue.

[1:40:51] Allyson A La Mode: We have to.

[1:40:52] Conor Burke: But, like, Trouty Mouth to me represents, like, a kind of.

[1:40:59] Allyson A La Mode: This is, like, an old bit now.

[1:41:01] Conor Burke: An earnestness.

[1:41:02] Allyson A La Mode: A goofiness.

[1:41:03] Conor Burke: An earnestness.

[1:41:04] Allyson A La Mode: A joie de vivre of, like, kind of.

[1:41:06] Conor Burke: Of just, like, okay, they're just, like, having fun.

[1:41:09] Allyson A La Mode: Like, this will never be replicated.

[1:41:11] Conor Burke: A joie de vivre.

[1:41:12] Allyson A La Mode: You know what I mean?

[1:41:13] Conor Burke: That, like, whereas, like.

[1:41:14] Allyson A La Mode: I love the way.

[1:41:15] Conor Burke: Baby one more time.

[1:41:16] Allyson A La Mode: That does not get in.

[1:41:17] Conor Burke: Feels, like, kind of packaged in a way.

[1:41:20] Allyson A La Mode: That, like, there's never any replicating Trouty Mouth.

[1:41:23] Conor Burke: That's true.

[1:41:24] Allyson A La Mode: You know what I mean?

[1:41:25] Conor Burke: I love.

[1:41:26] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:41:27] Conor Burke: Thank you for putting some French in there.

[1:41:28] Allyson A La Mode: Of course.

[1:41:29] Conor Burke: I mean, me, when I was 17 and I learned the meaning of the word nuanced.

[1:41:34] Allyson A La Mode: Oh, and you were trying to say it all the time?

[1:41:36] Conor Burke: Well, I don't know because it's a very nuanced situation.

[1:41:41] Allyson A La Mode: Joie de vivre was very much given that.

[1:41:43] Conor Burke: Joie de vivre.

[1:41:44] Allyson A La Mode: That is kind of my French word.

[1:41:45] Conor Burke: Alison Alamone, you are in the hot seat and you're stressed as hell.

[1:41:50] Allyson A La Mode: Alamone, of course.

[1:41:51] Conor Burke: I am because this is, like.

[1:41:53] Allyson A La Mode: Poor French.

[1:41:56] Conor Burke: This is exactly what happened last time.

[1:42:03] Andrew: I don't remember if I was the deciding vote.

[1:42:05] Conor Burke: You are starting to look like Baby One More Time's biggest supporter.

[1:42:09] Andrew: Right, and that's... No, Conor, you nailed it. I can't be a Baby One More Time stan.

[1:42:16] Allyson A La Mode: Why not though? Not that I'm even a Baby One More Time stan, but why not?

[1:42:20] Andrew: But I think that Baby One More Time is actually getting set up. Baby One More Time...

[1:42:26] Conor Burke: Do you know what my thing is? I need to put my foot down at this fucking stage, guys, for Rolos. It's sort of egregious. Like, I'm not being funny.

[1:42:33] Allyson A La Mode: This is not the Rolo that you need to get behind. This is not it.

[1:42:35] Conor Burke: No, I know that, but it's been brutal for Rolos.

[1:42:39] Andrew: Yeah, but I also think that Baby One More Time, for whatever reason, I think that Baby One More Time honestly should have been left in Round 1 if we're actually being serious.

[1:42:49] Conor Burke: I love Downtown, and look, I'm holding my hands up. I'm waving the white flag. I do obviously love Trouty Mouth. I would be glad for her to see a different day. A new day.

[1:43:00] Allyson A La Mode: I'm like, what other songs that are similar to Trouty Mouth are in Round 4 right now?

[1:43:07] Andrew: What, like, you mean thematically and vibe-wise?

[1:43:09] Conor Burke: I don't know. Yeah, I'm just scrolling. Yeah, like a jokey joke. Because there's not really any.

[1:43:17] Allyson A La Mode: No, there are some jokies. Like, Man's Man's Man's World is in there.

[1:43:21] Conor Burke: Yeah, that makes an appearance.

[1:43:23] Andrew: Man's Man's Man's World is still here?

[1:43:26] Conor Burke: Yes.

[1:43:29] Allyson A La Mode: No.

[1:43:30] Conor Burke: Are you saying that Loser Like Me Season 5 is a kind of like, jokey song?

[1:43:34] Andrew: No, no.

[1:43:36] Conor Burke: That's not a jokey song. See, this is where you lose me. Loser Like Me Season 5 is full sincerity.

[1:43:43] Allyson A La Mode: I love Loser Like Me Season 5.

[1:43:45] Conor Burke: Are you saying Blame It On The Alcohol?

[1:43:48] Andrew: Run, Joey, Run? Yes.

[1:43:50] Conor Burke: No, right. No, don't do Blame It On The Alcohol like that. It's a good song. Great, even.

[1:43:58] Allyson A La Mode: So what are you going to vote for?

[1:44:00] Andrew: I know what I want to vote for. I just can't say it out loud. Like, why?

[1:44:06] Conor Burke: Oh, wait. Oh, you're voting for Baby One More Time and it's Everyone Hates You. Sorry.

[1:44:17] Allyson A La Mode: Who said that?

[1:44:18] Conor Burke: Who said that?

[1:44:20] Allyson A La Mode: That was so mean. I'm so sorry.

[1:44:22] Andrew: And Everyone Hates You.

[1:44:25] Conor Burke: Everybody Hates You.

[1:44:29] Allyson A La Mode: That's what you're doing.

[1:44:30] Andrew: I don't know what that was, you guys. And it wasn't me.

[1:44:32] Conor Burke: Hello?

[1:44:33] Allyson A La Mode: That wasn't me.

[1:44:34] Andrew: Did you guys hear that?

[1:44:36] Conor Burke: You guys heard that?

[1:44:37] Allyson A La Mode: I'm really scared.

[1:44:38] Andrew: What was that?

[1:44:39] Allyson A La Mode: I'm scared.

[1:44:40] Conor Burke: I'm really scared, you guys.

[1:44:43] Andrew: That's a lock in?

[1:44:45] Allyson A La Mode: I feel like, because I just don't, I don't feel for Trouty Mouth. Like, it's great. It was, it was a fun bit.

[1:44:51] Conor Burke: I just know that we're going to get ripped to shreds. I can feel it. And I feel like the lightness and the emotionality with the Santana and the Naya of it all, I feel like we're going to be torn to shreds.

[1:45:10] Andrew: I think that people that are attached to Trouty Mouth, I've, you know, obviously, I'm a comment dweller. So I'm interested to hear why people feel so strongly for Trouty Mouth the way they do.

[1:45:23] Conor Burke: But, you know, it's time to get down to business to defeat the Huns.

[1:45:27] Allyson A La Mode: And let's get down to business.

[1:45:31] Andrew: I don't think that you're going to be able to defeat the Huns with Baby One More Time, though.

[1:45:34] Conor Burke: I mean, yes, but that's the tools that I'm given.

[1:45:37] Andrew: So I think we should have the conversation.

[1:45:39] Allyson A La Mode: You think you have a stronger chance to defeat the Huns with Baby One More Time?

[1:45:43] Conor Burke: More than Trouty Mouth?

[1:45:45] Andrew: I don't know. I think that like,

[1:45:47] Conor Burke: What is Trouty Mouth going to win against? Why are we voting? Why? Like, why?

[1:45:50] Allyson A La Mode: The thing about Trouty Mouth for me, it's the melody. I'm not a massive fan of the melody.

[1:45:54] Conor Burke: No, I'm going to throw that question right back at you.

[1:45:57] Andrew: Okay.

[1:45:57] Conor Burke: Baby One More Time. What is Baby One More Time winning against next round?

[1:46:01] Andrew: Nothing.

[1:46:03] Conor Burke: Well, I don't know. I've yet to see the competition.

[1:46:06] Allyson A La Mode: There's nothing. Baby One More Time. I think, okay, maybe Murphy.

[1:46:10] Andrew: Oh, okay. Well, okay. So you're saying that every single song in season four is not winning against another song, please.

[1:46:16] Conor Burke: There's some songs in season, in round four that I, I know that they should, I don't have a list in front of me, but I know they should not be there. So don't try that on me.

[1:46:25] Allyson A La Mode: Don't try that on me. I'm, I'm pissed.

[1:46:28] Conor Burke: Like, Trouty, like, I think regardless in this competition, both of these songs are not lasting past their next round, regardless of who gets voted through.

[1:46:36] Andrew: I'm curious what the InstaGleeks are going to have to say about this because that, you know, they always have something to say.

[1:46:42] Allyson A La Mode: I just don't think, Trouty's going to get voted out next round.

[1:46:47] Conor Burke: I mean, regardless of who I pick, they're both.

[1:46:49] Andrew: I understand that both of these. Yes.

[1:46:52] Conor Burke: Yeah. Yeah. Listen, just defy it all you want to make yourself feel better.

[1:47:00] Allyson A La Mode: I hate this.

[1:47:01] Andrew: Oh my God. I'm like staring at the, I'm looking at Emily's playlist.

[1:47:06] Conor Burke: Are you shocked though? Did you think that once you pulled Baby One More Time, Andrew, did you think, oh my God, Connery is going to vote for Baby One More Time?

[1:47:15] Andrew: No, I like literally, I thought like both of these competitions, Gloria versus Home and Trouty Mouth versus Baby One More Time, I think perfect competitions.

[1:47:24] Conor Burke: I think that they both like offered like very, they're like very close. I think the two, two pairings, right?

[1:47:27] Allyson A La Mode: I was not going to vote for Home.

[1:47:29] Conor Burke: I wasn't even considering it.

[1:47:31] Allyson A La Mode: I was considered, I was fully considering voting for Home.

[1:47:34] Andrew: I was fully, I will say I was fully considering voting for Home.

[1:47:37] Conor Burke: Oh. I know I made the right choice.

[1:47:39] Andrew: I know I made the right choice, but I could have been talked into it.

[1:47:42] Conor Burke: It really was, if Spencer wasn't in Home, I think that I would have voted for Home.

[1:47:46] Allyson A La Mode: Is that crazy to say?

[1:47:47] Andrew: Have we reached a consensus?

[1:47:49] Conor Burke: On what?

[1:47:50] Allyson A La Mode: I'm really like, like Conner said, I'm really trying to justify the vote.

[1:47:53] Andrew: I think we already locked it in. Baby One More Time is going through.

[1:47:56] Conor Burke: Oh, wait, but I don't feel, did you officially say that?

[1:48:00] Allyson A La Mode: No.

[1:48:00] Andrew: I feel like she hasn't.

[1:48:03] Conor Burke: Wait, did she not?

[1:48:05] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, did she not?

[1:48:06] Andrew: No.

[1:48:06] Allyson A La Mode: I, like, like Conner said, I am trying to justify it because I'm not, I don't want to come off like a Baby One More Time stan, but I just don't think that Trouty Mouth has a compelling argument with me.

[1:48:18] Conor Burke: You, you consistently want, you want Baby One More Round.

[1:48:22] Allyson A La Mode: No, it.

[1:48:25] Conor Burke: She wants another round of drinks, by the look of it.

[1:48:28] Andrew: I feel like I've been, I've been painted.

[1:48:30] Allyson A La Mode: I'm being painted in a certain way that is not true.

[1:48:34] Conor Burke: Like, stop, stop pulling Baby One More Time in my episodes, I beg.

[1:48:39] Andrew: Can you clip that specifically for the carousel of Alison holding the wine glass being like, I'm being painted in a certain way.

[1:48:44] Allyson A La Mode: I'm being painted in a sense.

[1:48:46] Andrew: Okay, so in recap for this episode, now that we have, wait.

[1:48:50] Conor Burke: A vote has been made, or no?

[1:48:52] Allyson A La Mode: I'm voting for, I'm voting for Baby One More Time, against my will.

[1:48:58] Conor Burke: Oh, and there it is, there it is.

[1:49:01] Andrew: Well, dog, well, fucking sure, yeah.

[1:49:05] Conor Burke: No, no.

[1:49:05] Andrew: Baby One More Time making it to round four in the Glackett, kill me.

[1:49:10] Allyson A La Mode: As they say in the biz, good for you, girl.

[1:49:12] Conor Burke: You got on the show.

[1:49:13] Allyson A La Mode: You got on the show.

[1:49:14] Conor Burke: On the show.

[1:49:14] Allyson A La Mode: You got on the show.

[1:49:18] Andrew: In recap for this episode, I think they got your number.

[1:49:23] Conor Burke: And the number is round four, Gloria.

[1:49:28] Allyson A La Mode: Stupid.

[1:49:30] Conor Burke: Gloria is making a glorious debut in round four.

[1:49:34] Allyson A La Mode: Glorious debut, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[1:49:38] Conor Burke: Home.

[1:49:39] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, yeah.

[1:49:40] Conor Burke: You're going to find a home in hell.

[1:49:42] Allyson A La Mode: Homeless, okay.

[1:49:45] Conor Burke: Homeless.

[1:49:48] Allyson A La Mode: Wait, also, this is the, this is the final.

[1:49:51] Conor Burke: I'd like to see, like, how's that homelessness going for you?

[1:49:54] Allyson A La Mode: Give not being homeless a try.

[1:49:57] Conor Burke: I think that this is the last, this is the last home on the Glackett.

[1:50:02] Allyson A La Mode: There's four homes.

[1:50:04] Conor Burke: We have Chris and Shanna with home.

[1:50:07] Allyson A La Mode: When I think of home.

[1:50:09] Conor Burke: Right, we have Rory, home.

[1:50:12] Allyson A La Mode: I want to go home.

[1:50:14] Conor Burke: Another summer day has come and gone away.

[1:50:17] Allyson A La Mode: Yes, and then there's, I'm sitting in a railway station.

[1:50:23] Conor Burke: Yes, and then also home.

[1:50:26] Allyson A La Mode: Yes, this is the last home.

[1:50:29] Conor Burke: Oh, and now they're all homeless.

[1:50:32] Allyson A La Mode: Done.

[1:50:33] Conor Burke: Home has kind of been having, like, a cultural moment lately, hasn't it?

[1:50:37] Allyson A La Mode: Like, on TikTok and stuff like that.

[1:50:39] Conor Burke: Like, the original, like, the original artists.

[1:50:42] Allyson A La Mode: Alabama Arkansas.

[1:50:43] Conor Burke: Like, that one clip.

[1:50:46] Allyson A La Mode: That's Edward Sharp in the Magnetic Zeros?

[1:50:49] Conor Burke: Is that what it's called?

[1:50:50] Allyson A La Mode: Something like that, yeah, just a weird amalgamation of words.

[1:50:53] Conor Burke: It's just like, okay, we wanted to get the characters as long as possible.

[1:50:56] Allyson A La Mode: Choose your own adventure.

[1:50:57] Conor Burke: Choose your own adventure, babe.

[1:50:59] Allyson A La Mode: Trouty Mouth.

[1:51:01] Conor Burke: I don't know.

[1:51:02] Allyson A La Mode: Is that, oh.

[1:51:03] Conor Burke: Trouty Mouth, your breath is starting to stink.

[1:51:06] Allyson A La Mode: We're throwing you back, okay?

[1:51:09] Conor Burke: In the south, otherwise known as hell.

[1:51:12] Allyson A La Mode: Where you come from.

[1:51:14] Conor Burke: No, we're sending you back where you came from.

[1:51:17] Allyson A La Mode: No, wait, in a sense that.

[1:51:19] Conor Burke: In the sense that.

[1:51:21] Allyson A La Mode: And then, of course, baby one more time.

[1:51:24] Conor Burke: We're gonna do it one more time.

[1:51:26] Allyson A La Mode: And that's it.

[1:51:28] Andrew: It really needs, that has to be it.

[1:51:30] Conor Burke: One last time.

[1:51:31] Allyson A La Mode: Enjoy your baby one more time.

[1:51:34] Conor Burke: Maybe one last time in round four.

[1:51:37] Allyson A La Mode: Watch baby one last time be the final rollover.

[1:51:41] Andrew: Why?

[1:51:42] Conor Burke: Why are we doing this?

[1:51:44] Andrew: Because honestly, I'll be real. When you compare the two.

[1:51:47] Conor Burke: Wait, will Trouty Mouth not just be voted back in?

[1:51:50] Allyson A La Mode: Again?

[1:51:51] Conor Burke: Because it's on the chance?

[1:51:53] Allyson A La Mode: I don't think so.

[1:51:54] Conor Burke: I don't think it has.

[1:51:56] Allyson A La Mode: Why, what are the other options for the moment?

[1:51:59] Conor Burke: Because when was the last?

[1:52:00] Allyson A La Mode: What's the big hitters?

[1:52:02] Conor Burke: The moment, ABC, Closer, Staying Alive, Hard Day's Night, Bitches Back, Dress You Up, I Still Believe, Super Bass, Homeward Bound, Home, Home, and Trouty Mouth.

[1:52:14] Andrew: As of right now, my vote would go to Bitches Back.

[1:52:17] Conor Burke: I think Trouty Mouth would get a few votes.

[1:52:20] Allyson A La Mode: I think that if I had to guess.

[1:52:23] Conor Burke: And if not, if not Trout.

[1:52:25] Allyson A La Mode: I think Homeward Bound people really like.

[1:52:28] Conor Burke: Really?

[1:52:29] Allyson A La Mode: I don't know.

[1:52:31] Conor Burke: But also, I just want to say that like, when it comes to Britney Spears' rollos, I think that people aren't talking about oops, I did it again enough.

[1:52:37] Allyson A La Mode: And I actually think that's better.

[1:52:39] Conor Burke: Oh my god, the way the table got pregnant.

[1:52:42] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah, the way that the table was giving birth at the end.

[1:52:45] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:52:46] Allyson A La Mode: I feel like I already brought this up in the last time we discussed this.

[1:52:49] Conor Burke: Is this the most Rachel's ever danced?

[1:52:51] Allyson A La Mode: Because she doesn't really dance in oops.

[1:52:53] Conor Burke: She doesn't.

[1:52:54] Allyson A La Mode: We really get to see Lea Michele dance-er.

[1:52:57] Conor Burke: Right.

[1:52:58] Allyson A La Mode: I think she does a great job.

[1:53:00] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:53:01] Allyson A La Mode: Is this the most she's danced in the series?

[1:53:04] Conor Burke: Um, I always think of like, all that jazz.

[1:53:07] Allyson A La Mode: But like, she's like, not really dancing in that, is she?

[1:53:10] Conor Burke: Yeah.

[1:53:10] Allyson A La Mode: Okay, that's a cool second.

[1:53:12] Conor Burke: She walks.

[1:53:13] Allyson A La Mode: Yeah.

[1:53:14] Conor Burke: And she does it with purpose.

[1:53:16] Allyson A La Mode: She does that in oops.

[1:53:18] Conor Burke: Anyway, I gotta go piss.

[1:53:20] Allyson A La Mode: So let's end this episode.

[1:53:21] Conor Burke: I have to piss so bad.

[1:53:23] Andrew: Go piss, girl.

[1:53:24] Conor Burke: Let's end this episode.

[1:53:25] Allyson A La Mode: Go piss, girl.

[1:53:26] Andrew: Um, Conor, what do you have to say to the Gleeks?

[1:53:29] Conor Burke: What is your call to Galactian?

[1:53:30] Conor Burke: Guys, get on my level.

[1:53:32] Andrew: Right.

[1:53:33] Conor Burke: How about that?

[1:53:34] Conor Burke: If you want to stay in contact with me, you absolutely can. You can find me on Instagram at IamConorBurke.

[1:53:40] Conor Burke: Also on Letterboxd.

[1:53:41] Andrew: Hey.

[1:53:42] Conor Burke: At IamConorBurke. I watch around two movies a year, but it's still iconic.

[1:53:46] Allyson A La Mode: I'm very fresh.

[1:53:47] Conor Burke: That's great.

[1:53:48] Conor Burke: Um, and if not, I don't know. Let's slide into my DMs. Come to my house. Hang out at my house. Come to my window.

[1:53:54] Conor Burke: Um, by the time this episode's released, I'll have seen Cynthia Erivo in Dracula. So stay tuned for that review.

[1:54:00] Allyson A La Mode: Not sure what form it's going to take.

[1:54:02] Conor Burke: A sub stack. A blog. A vlog. A TikTok.

[1:54:06] Allyson A La Mode: Do you have mezzanine?

[1:54:08] Conor Burke: Yes, I do have mezzanine and I've got one follower.

[1:54:12] Allyson A La Mode: Okay, I have not.

[1:54:13] Conor Burke: I literally have one follower.

[1:54:15] Allyson A La Mode: One.

[1:54:16] Conor Burke: No, I don't.

[1:54:17] Allyson A La Mode: Do I even have one follower?

[1:54:19] Conor Burke: Is mezzanine like Letterboxd for theatre?

[1:54:21] Allyson A La Mode: It's like Letterboxd for theatre.

[1:54:23] Conor Burke: Letterboxd for theatre.

[1:54:24] Allyson A La Mode: We're cultured, bitch.

[1:54:26] Conor Burke: Get on our level.

[1:54:27] Andrew: Okay, Conor, I'm going to add you on mezzanine.

[1:54:29] Conor Burke: We're cultured.

[1:54:30] Conor Burke: Yes. It's the same username I have across all of my social platforms, just for that brand identity. IamConorBurke.

[1:54:36] Conor Burke: Um, so yeah, let's connect on mezzanine. Um, Alison Alamode, I would really love for the Gleeks to find whatever you want them to find and what would those things be?

[1:54:45] Allyson A La Mode: I'm Alison Alamode on all platforms for any nonsensical things.

[1:54:50] Conor Burke: Instagram, TikTok, Letterboxd, mezzanine.

[1:54:53] Andrew: What are you laughing at?

[1:54:54] Allyson A La Mode: It's just she seemed unsure when she said it.

[1:54:57] Conor Burke: Right.

[1:54:58] Allyson A La Mode: She's like, I'm Alison Alamode.

[1:55:00] Conor Burke: I think I'm Alison Alamode, depending on the day.

[1:55:03] Conor Burke: No, she is.

[1:55:04] Andrew: I know her.

[1:55:05] Conor Burke: I know her.

[1:55:06] Allyson A La Mode: Um, yeah.

[1:55:07] Conor Burke: I'm glad that you had a controversial competition name, Alison Alamode, by the way.

[1:55:11] Allyson A La Mode: I'm tired of them.

[1:55:12] Conor Burke: I'm tired of these, Grandpa.

[1:55:14] Andrew: I'm tired of this, Grandpa.

[1:55:16] Conor Burke: Well, don't get tired because there's going to be another episode next week, Mama.

[1:55:20] Andrew: And it's going to be really, really iconic.

[1:55:22] Conor Burke: All three of us will be back.

[1:55:24] Allyson A La Mode: All three of us will be back next week.

[1:55:26] Conor Burke: Oh, good for us, girl.

[1:55:28] Allyson A La Mode: We got on the show.

[1:55:29] Conor Burke: Congrats, girl.

[1:55:30] Andrew: You got on the show.

[1:55:32] Conor Burke: Got on the show.

[1:55:33] Andrew: Okay.

[1:55:34] Conor Burke: You really sold it.

[1:55:36] Andrew: That is the title of the episode.

[1:55:38] Conor Burke: Congratulations.

[1:55:39] Andrew: Thank you so much. Love you all, guys. Don't miss us too much.

[1:55:43] Conor Burke: Goodbye.

[1:55:46] Andrew: It's Gleek.

[1:55:47] Conor Burke: Gleek of the Week.