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[0:00] Andrew: Glee Glee.

[0:04] Allison: Mm-hmm.

[0:05] Andrew: This is the beginning of the podcast.

[0:07] Allison: I'm aware, yeah.

[0:09] Andrew: Um last night I went to the Harry Styles concert.

[0:13] Allison: Crazy.

[0:14] Andrew: Wild.

[0:14] Allison: XL Energy Center, St.

[0:16] Andrew: Paul, Minnesota.

[0:17] Allison: Yes.

[0:18] Andrew: Wild. That's the last time I saw Harry Styles was also at that same venue, and I think it was like one of the last shows I saw before the pandemic.

[0:28] Allison: Yeah.

[0:29] Andrew: And I really didn't know uh what I was getting myself into last night. It's been so long, and I had forgotten what going to like a big stadium concert was like.

[0:39] Allison: Cuckoo Crazy, babe.

[0:41] Andrew: I mean, you you have the core memory of going to Glee Live, which I unfortunately don't have and never will have.

[0:49] Allison: Which I don't I saw Glee Live. I don't know if it was at the same venue. There's another venue in the Twin Cities, the Target Center in Minneapolis.

[0:57] Andrew: Um Target owns the Twin Cities here.

[1:01] Allison: Um so they it's Target Field, it's Target Stadium, it's Target Center, it's Target Everything.

[1:06] Andrew: Right. Um, and I think I saw them at the Target Center, I want to say. Um, but similar vibe to last night. Like you go in, and it's so wild because I think being a fan of something is such an individual level thing, but also a cultural group level.

[1:24] Allison: Would you say that it's like a similar demo as the Glee Live?

[1:28] Andrew: Yeah, very, very I didn't want to say it for you, but yeah.

[1:32] Allison: No, but I think Harry Styles fans, at least when I saw the Glee concert, it was I was still at the age where like my mom came with me.

[1:40] Andrew: Love that.

[1:41] Allison: You know, but the Harry Styles concert, there were still a bunch of moms, but um, it was mostly like women my age of drinking age, and we were all smacked and wearing hot outfits.

[1:52] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:53] Allison: Um you did the car and former Gleek of the Week. Jacob did point out Sugar Mata has left the chat because of the heart I sunglasses that you wore.

[2:03] Andrew: I was pulling the Sugar Mata vibes in my Harry Styles Love On Tour outfit last night.

[2:08] Allison: Love that. It was just crazy being in a room with like a thousand people again. Um, really crazy, really weird. And I had forgotten like what being in a stadium was like. Like being up so high, and like I could throw a baseball and probably like throw up pretty far.

[2:28] Andrew: What?

[2:29] Allison: That that's like going through your mind. It's like, okay, like how far can I throw a baseball here?

[2:35] Andrew: But it's in a stadium, so like it's steep.

[2:39] Allison: Yeah. So like using physics, um, the people are going down and my baseball is going across. So I would get it very far. I think of that every single time. And I think I thought of that specifically during the Glee concert so many years ago because Darren not throwing a baseball at the glee guest.

[2:58] Andrew: Okay.

[2:59] Allison: I'm digging myself a hole.

[3:00] Andrew: Yeah, go ahead.

[3:01] Allison: No, go continue the thought.

[3:04] Andrew: Darren was on this like separate stage thing.

[3:07] Allison: Yeah.

[3:08] Andrew: The Warblers were on a separate part of the stage, and last night Harry was Harry sang in the round. So his his stage was like right in the middle of the stadium, and he had sold out the entire arena surrounding it.

[3:23] Allison: Which was absolutely fucking insane.

[3:26] Andrew: He sang to like every angle. He made a joke. He's like, Sometimes you're gonna have my face, sometimes you're gonna have my ass.

[3:34] Allison: Wow.

[3:34] Andrew: And everybody's like, Yes!

[3:36] Allison: Yeah.

[3:37] Andrew: Please. But wow, I'm glad that you had a great time.

[3:41] Allison: I know, and I really I'd never want to see a concert ever again unless it is in the round like that. Or a small venue. Because I was thinking about it. I was like, when Darren eventually tours.

[3:51] Andrew: Yeah.

[3:52] Allison: I mean, he's not gonna get very big venues, but he's going to get larger than I'm still holding out hope. Glee Reunion Tour will happen.

[4:02] Andrew: How would that even go?

[4:04] Allison: Who would be there?

[4:05] Andrew: We would.

[4:06] Allison: We would be there. We're spa Gleek of the Week podcast hosts Gleek Reunion Tour.

[4:13] Andrew: Glee Live.

[4:14] Allison: 20 Live 30.

[4:16] Andrew: I don't know. Just putting it out there.

[4:17] Allison: Yeah, we're gonna manifest it. I think Jenna Ushkowitz would come.

[4:21] Andrew: I think so.

[4:22] Allison: Um, Jenna, Kevin. Darren.

[4:26] Andrew: And end of list.

[4:28] Allison: That's it. But yeah. Wait, also I want to talk about okay, the fact that we have gotten to a few fights in on the podcast about songs.

[4:41] Andrew: You can yes.

[4:43] Allison: And our Gleeks. We might get into a fight today with our Gleek. Um maybe.

[4:50] Andrew: Probably.

[4:51] Allison: Um we have years of content left to get through this entire glacket. And I don't think like we haven't even gotten through like the steamiest of fights yet. And I think that they're just gonna get worse and worse, and I think it's really gonna put a toll on our relationship.

[5:11] Andrew: Towards the end of the glacket, there's going to be we're gonna be making hard decisions every week of our lives.

[5:17] Allison: Uh-huh.

[5:17] Andrew: And it's just so sad to think about, you know, sort of like going to bed angry. Uh, because maybe a song of mine didn't go through, or maybe a song of yours didn't go through. And, you know, like the fact that we spent so much time pouring ourselves into this glacket and the fact that it's just like still, like we can't we can't both win.

[5:42] Allison: I mean, we are both very grudge-holding people. So I think our friendship may never be the same after this.

[5:48] Andrew: Sorry.

[5:49] Allison: Yeah. We're doing it for you, the glisteners.

[5:51] Andrew: The glisteners.

[5:54] Allison: We're going through a long extended friendship breakup.

[5:57] Andrew: Yeah, no, it's unless we agree at the end.

[5:59] Allison: We could agree.

[6:00] Andrew: I don't, I'm not so sure.

[6:02] Allison: We have to do it. We could be, oh, Run Joey Run versus River Deep Mountain High.

[6:06] Andrew: Yeah.

[6:07] Allison: See, we talked about this earlier, and I don't think that I think that Run Joey Run is not going past the second round.

[6:14] Andrew: That's sick.

[6:14] Allison: That's sick because Run Joey Run really got a lot of love last week.

[6:19] Andrew: I think, but like, you know what? Like, so many other good songs. We are cutting Glee songs in half during the first round of the Glacket. And the fact that it's like Run Joey Run is going, I think inevitably going to be put up against a better song in the second round.

[6:36] Allison: That's what I think. I think Run Joey Run in itself. Like, I think you're saying that it went through because it's a meme.

[6:42] Andrew: Yes.

[6:43] Allison: I think it went through because it's a genuinely good song.

[6:46] Andrew: And I can jam.

[6:48] Allison: We'll cross that glitch.

[6:50] Andrew: That glitch.

[6:51] Allison: We'll cross that glitch.

[6:53] Andrew: Um, okay, let's finally bring in our Gleek of the Week this week from the podcast with Austin Blake Mays.

[7:00] Allison: The man himself.

[7:01] Austin Blake Mays: Yay! I'm here, I'm here, I'm here.

[7:06] Allison: Oh my god. I'm so happy to be here. What is your relationship with the hipbox show Glee?

[7:13] Austin Blake Mays: Oh my god. It's so funny because like a month or so ago when I was like when you we scheduled this, I like couldn't fall asleep, and I was like, hmm, I should think about like my relationship to Glee.

[7:24] Allison: Yeah.

[7:24] Austin Blake Mays: And then I thought of like and I was like, whoa, I have such a deep relationship with Glee. Like it informs so much of me that I don't even realize.

[7:31] Allison: Wait, in a good way or bad way, what's going on?

[7:33] Austin Blake Mays: Horrible way. No, just kidding. A great way, a great way. I'm a Ryan Murphy apologist. I'm a Gleek apologist. I'm a Glee apologist. Um, but my relationship with Glee started weeks before the premiere even happened.

[7:48] Allison: Yes.

[7:49] Austin Blake Mays: I remember the ads. I was so deeply excited. It was like in my gut. Um, because I was such a musical theater kid that, you know, I was like, wait, this is like I'm like, wait, the girl from Spring Awakening is gonna be in this show that I'm obsessed. You know what I mean? And they're singing songs. Like I was just so ready and um totally watched it right after American Idol with my best friend Donna. Um made Don't Stop Believing My Ringtone immediately. Like bought it on iTunes, the pilot was free on iTunes that whole like I guess like that week or maybe that summer or something. Yes, downloaded it, and I would have to say it's probably like my most watched episode of TV ever because I used to just like watch it all the time and like couldn't fall asleep.

I'll turn on the pilot of Glee because I just like have it. I think it's a perfect pilot compared to there's so many shows that have great pilots, but this is like in my mind, one of the top 10 best pilots of all time.

[8:49] Allison: I would say so. Wait, so how long did you watch the series?

[8:53] Austin Blake Mays: Um, I watched it, let's see. So obviously jumped in head first, watched it religiously week to week. I would say I'm trying to think it came out in 2009, right?

[9:06] Allison: Yes, yeah.

[9:07] Austin Blake Mays: And so that means I was going into my junior year of high school, and then so I definitely watched it religiously, probably the first hmm, maybe like the first five four seasons. And then I feel like maybe I caught up five and six on like Netflix or Hulu or something.

[9:29] Allison: Okay, right.

[9:29] Austin Blake Mays: So you can't. Because like I did, but I think maybe I did watch the finale live. I'm trying to think. I feel like there was times where I would like fall out for a couple weeks and then like jump back in.

[9:38] Allison: Yeah.

[9:38] Austin Blake Mays: But also I was really into it and would watch it on Hulu and stuff. Because there's episodes that I remember like later in the series totally watching on TV, but then I know there's times when I wasn't. Like I remember watching Turkey Lurky Time Live.

[9:52] Allison: Of course. A moment.

[9:54] Austin Blake Mays: I got it. Favorite characters, favorite songs, any songs that stand out.

[9:59] Austin Blake Mays: Oh my god, too many. I okay, because like I said, I was such a huge fan. So like the moment that CD came out, I got it. Yes. You know, like went to Target and bought it, and it was like in my car with me, volume two in my car with me.

[10:13] Allison: Right.

[10:13] Austin Blake Mays: Um, and like what's funny about Glee is that it like introduced me to a lot of songs. And there were so many songs that I didn't know, and then they were performed on Glee and changed my life. And I think, and I was thinking in preparation for this, like, what is my ultimate like performance on Glee? And run till we run.

[10:33] Allison: Oh my god, how do you know?

[10:35] Austin Blake Mays: Um, yeah, my I'm like, I know what boys like, just getting it. Oh no, that it is. I think the most like life-changing performance for me was maybe this time.

[10:48] Allison: Okay, with Kristen Chenowith and Leah Michelle, like it's something that I still listen to all the time, yeah, in a completely serious way.

[10:56] Austin Blake Mays: And so good. I had never seen Cabaret before, I still haven't, which is sad. Maybe cut that out.

[10:58] Allison: No scale.

[10:58] Austin Blake Mays: Had never seen cabaret before, never really heard that song. And it was I was like, oh my god, just blown away by that performance.

[11:12] Allison: Yeah.

[11:12] Austin Blake Mays: Listen to it all the time. And so that's definitely my favorite performance. My favorite character is Rachel.

[11:18] Allison: And I know that's so I don't know, toxic to of me to say.

[11:24] Austin Blake Mays: But no, defend her.

[11:26] Allison: Not defend Leah Michelle, but defend Rachel.

[11:28] Austin Blake Mays: I don't think actively like I remember, um, and like, and I hate to see kind of where her career has gone because it is a little like uh disappointing, I would say. But and I think that that's her own fault, sadly, because she is apparently not a great person to be around.

[11:46] Allison: Yeah.

[11:47] Austin Blake Mays: Um, but or at least to work with. And but I remember watching the Glee episode of Oprah when the cast was on, and Ryan Murphy referred to Leah Michelle as a once in a generation voice. And that made me think, and at the time I was just so deeply in love with her, and I loved listening to her that I was like, wow, I really agree with that, Ryan Murphy.

[12:12] Allison: Yeah.

[12:13] Austin Blake Mays: And I mean, I do, and I was obsessed with Spring Awakening, and I think that theater wise, she has an amazing voice. Do I want to hear her sing, you know, Take a Vow by Rihanna? Not really.

[12:22] Allison: No.

[12:24] Austin Blake Mays: But still, I think when she's in her element and she's singing, you know, don't rain on my parade, um, anything Broadway, you know, side of things, it's so good. So we're projecting Rachel specifically maybe this time for this episode.

[12:42] Allison: And I I know that people don't like Rachel, and I know that she's like a tricky character and she's a tricky person, etc. etc. But I really did love her when the show first came out.

[12:52] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah.

[12:53] Allison: And I kind of like her, I like where she ends up in the finale.

[12:56] Austin Blake Mays: Winning a Tony.

[12:58] Allison: Maybe this time is like the song I put on in my car, and I just like belt. And I'd love to think that I'm like, I'm hitting the same notes.

[13:09] Austin Blake Mays: Oh, you are.

[13:10] Austin Blake Mays: I absolutely am not, but I like to think that I am, and that song goes fucking hard. I love when she sings um Papa Can You Hear Me from Yentel.

[13:19] Allison: Stop.

[13:20] Austin Blake Mays: Yes. Like, I love those moments. Like, I really do. And I know that that, and like it's like no matter, I mean, people may say like the gayest moments of glee are boys kissing or Kurt doing the single ladies dance. And it's like, no, the gayest moments of glee are like Leah Michelle singing a Barbara Streisand song.

[13:37] Austin Blake Mays: No, I agree. I totally agree. Yeah. And it's like, and I think that when that kind of gay sensibility is when Ryan Murphy is at his best. It's like Feud is without a doubt, you know, like one of the best projects he's ever done. And it's like because he's like a gay man who I mean, and I feel like there is maybe people who would disagree with this, but he's a gay man who really loves women.

[14:01] Andrew: Okay, wait, can I ask a question?

[14:03] Austin Blake Mays: Yes.

[14:04] Andrew: Absolutely.

[14:05] Austin Blake Mays: Okay, this is maybe off pod. Tell me if there's like if I need to tell more about Glee or if you need to ask me more questions, because I feel like I don't want to just like talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk and feel like I'm like off track or something. Because I have plenty of other Glee stories too. I auditioned for Glee Project Season 2, y'all.

[14:21] Andrew: Wait.

[14:21] Allison: Wait.

[14:22] Austin Blake Mays: Please tell us this before we get even started.

[14:25] Andrew: I know. I know.

[14:26] Austin Blake Mays: Okay. Um, because I knew y'all would want to hear that and because it's a funny story, and I didn't want to jump into the Glacket and then y'all miss out on that funny story.

[14:34] Allison: No, tell us.

[14:34] Andrew: No.

[14:35] Austin Blake Mays: Tell us everything. And like all my like Glee show things I'm upset with, like storylines that they fucked up.

[14:43] Allison: Yeah, we need all of this.

[14:44] Austin Blake Mays: Okay, good, good. Okay. So I moved um, much like Lea Michele, uh, or should I say Rachel Berry. I graduated high school and moved to New York immediately. And I was gonna go to college, then I decided not to, blah, blah, blah. And like my first it's funny because I think because I moved there in August and I didn't go to school, and I still can think of like it in semesters. I'm like that first semester I was there, because it's like that first August to December I was there. I think it was August to December somewhere in there. There was a project, there was a Glee Project 2 auditions.

[15:18] Allison: Yes.

[15:19] Austin Blake Mays: And um, and I had loved the Glee Project so much the first season. I was so obsessed. So me and my roommate, I was like, I want to audition for the Glee Project tomorrow. And she was like, Okay, let's do it. And there was only a specific list of songs you could sing. There was like five songs. Okay, or maybe six songs, and they were um, and the one that I chose was "Ordinary People" by John Legend. Okay, which I know sounds hysterical, but sorry. So like stayed up the night before singing like my heart out in my little apartment with my roommate and being like, was that good? And then go leave our apartment at like six in the morning. It's of course in Times Square, not in Times Square, but like off Times Square, midtown, and um get in line with a bunch of other people.

We're like filling out forms, and I'm like so nervous. I'm not a good auditioner. It makes uh get so sick to my stomach so nervous. And they bring us in. Um, and like you kind of talking to other people, you know, you're kind of making your things, and it's so funny because I was like prepared because like all I'd ever watched audition-wise TV auditions, it's like American Idol, where it's like they seem like they're there for unbelievable amount of time, which I'm sure they are. And so I was like, wow, we're gonna be here all day, and um get in, blah blah blah. They pull in, like they like split us up into five groups. I mean groups of five, excuse me. And then it was like me, this girl, and I remember her like the back of my hand, but I can't remember the other three people.

And because she was the first to sing, and she was so plain looking, and she was I'm like, oh no, my Rachel Berry's coming out. Um, no, but uh my Quirky Bray. Um and she we all go in and she and so like I was so nervous. We finally get in and we wait. It's probably like 11 at this point, so we're there from like six six to eleven, maybe, and um, and we're supposed to sing like just a couple bars of the song we chose, and she sang.

[17:19] Austin Blake Mays: And okay, this side side note my dad um does not, he's a very funny person, and the kind of funny person that does not laugh at anyone else's stories. He's very rarely laughs, but he makes everyone else laugh. And this story, when I told it, he was and it's not even that funny. I promise it's not even that funny. He had like tears, he like couldn't talk. He was laughing so hard because he was just imagining me and just how embarrassing it is. Um and so the five like and I shouldn't have said I should have maybe said that at the end because now it's building up. I know, and it sounds like I'm about to like shit my pants on stage and just not happening. But the five of us go in and she sings "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz. Okay. The number one most boring song you could ever sing. I feel like that's a very Glee Project song.

[18:10] Andrew: Oh my god.

[18:10] Austin Blake Mays: Well, it's like that one, like the year after it came out or whatever. Like I think even American Idol had like a joke segment where it was like every person was singing that song as their auditioning. Because it's like an easy song to sing and it's like hokey. I don't know. And she was like, well, you dun dun me. And she's got to the part where it's like, um I breathe a face in my on the window. I breathed. Okay, yeah. It's like he breathes on the mirror the and then he draws a face in it, right? And she mimes it out. She like mimes out the smile, you know?

[18:45] Austin Blake Mays: No. No. And then I know. And then it comes to me. I totally do horrible. My voice cracks. I'm like just so nervous. Yeah. And no, immediately, halfway through the first word, maybe I'm like, oh, I'm about to go home. And then the next four people go, whatever. Yeah. Or three people. And then so she so then they're like, okay, uh number one, you're through. The rest of you, sorry. Have a great day. And sh so like she goes through, Miss, you know, Jason, Mrs. Mraz. Yeah. And then the four of us are like ushered out, right? But like as we're being ushered out, she like turns and was like, I'm so sorry, you guys, you did amazing. And I'm like, uh and that is when my dad really laughs at that story that that girl was trying to like, you know, it's okay, you guys.

You were all right. You guys are great too. Do you think that they like had to like maybe choose one person out of the group to show that they were like choosing someone at least? Or I mean it's not, I think that she had this kind of uh I mean it's not that she was a bad singer, but there was just something a little like, and like I think, and like I and maybe she's a great singer because she's the only one I remember. Right. I have no idea what the other three people saying. And I know that I did not do good. And so I truly think that she was just because it was like producers, you know what I mean? It's not like we were seeing anyone of note. Yeah, it was like P A P A P A, and then it's like, and so she just goes on to the next audition.

It's not like she's going in front of I don't even know who they'd audition in front of at the end, but um, but yeah, so we get ushered out, and I like walk out, and it and my roommate's like, what happened? I'm like, uh, I didn't get it. And she's like, oh, okay. And then like, I don't know, we got Shake Shack and went home or something.

[20:42] Andrew: Yeah. Jason Mraz really had a chokehold on America at one point in time.

[20:47] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah, they loved him. I know they sing that on Glee?

[20:53] Andrew: No.

[20:53] Austin Blake Mays: I don't think they did. And they didn't sing "Ordinary People" either on Glee, did they?

[20:57] Andrew: No.

[20:57] Austin Blake Mays: No. I don't know why those were, and it's so weird to me that there's like a list of songs you can sing. And when they originally did the Glee Project auditions, there was like the um, or it may have been like, or no, I guess this is how Darren Criss got on the show. Remember, it was just like videos, isn't that how you got on the show? There was a list of songs you could sing too, and one I remember was "True Colors" because I remember filming myself singing that, and then just like probably I don't know, 58 times, and then being like, you know what? I'm just not gonna send it in. I know Darren Criss sang "Lean on Me" for his Glee audition.

[21:35] Andrew: And that makes perfect sense.

[21:36] Austin Blake Mays: "True Colors," "Lean on Me." Yeah, you know. When we get to "Lean on Me," I will talk about that. I can't watch that video. I can't. I love Darren Criss to death. I'm so glad he was on Glee. He's one of the best singers ever, I think. In my opinion.

[21:49] Allison: Wait, I don't know if I've ever watched it. What's so bad about it?

[21:50] Austin Blake Mays: I cannot watch "Lean on Me." I can't do it.

[21:53] Allison: Is it just like and it's not from the show, it's like his audition, you mean?

[21:56] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah.

[21:56] Austin Blake Mays: It's him sitting in front of like a video camera singing. It's the there's a cringe factor. Yeah, it's just a cringe factor. He's young, he's got his like big puffy curly hair, which I loved, but it's just yeah, I can't. Before we get into the Glacket, there are just like two other stories that I feel so desperately that I need to tell you, or maybe just one. Because um, Glee, of course, was a phenomenon. I was friends with a bunch of people who loved Glee. And I wish I was included in this event, but I wasn't. But it's it's something I think about often because I think it's hilarious. That they did a midnight premiere for the Glee movie, like on that Thursday. And one of my very good friends at the time, Shelby, she's still a friend.

Shelby, her best friend Sarah, and a few of their best friends from high school who also loved Glee got, you know, got so excited for this midnight premiere. Um, their friend Kelsey dressed up as Sue Sylvester, she got a wig, she got the track suit. Shelby was Rachel. Uh, you know, Sarah was a non-Asian Tina. Um and I can't remember who else was there, but oh, I know that my this girl and Christian was um Jayma Mays. And she had red hair, so of course she was. Um yeah, I'm like, guys, Jayma Mays is my sister. That's why I'm on this podcast.

[23:20] Austin Blake Mays: Um, but they all they all go to the midnight premiere dressed in their costumes. And I swear to God, the only people who went to the midnight premiere.

[23:32] Andrew: Oh my god, they had the theater to themselves.

[23:34] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah, the same thing happened to me. I went with my mom, and I think there was like only like one other person in the theater.

[23:39] Andrew: Yeah.

[23:42] Austin Blake Mays: Giant boss. And they posted photos on like Facebook or MySpace. I don't know. I guess it was Facebook by then, of them like in their costumes, like in the lobby of the theater. And this is something they also found funny. It's not like I'm like picking on them. Right. And it's like, but I just think that like they were like, Glee, midnight premiere. Like not even they were excited, but also the people who were choosing what movies get midnight premieres. Right. And just it's not a Twilight, it's not a Harry Potter, you know what I mean? And this is a concert film. It's not like an extended, it's not a true extension of the story or something that maybe would have caused this hype. And um, and it's just so funny to me to imagine that they thought they were about to show up to this midnight premiere in costumes and it was just them.

[24:22] Andrew: Well, I think the movie itself is like only like maybe like 65 minutes long. And I think in like the original contract for like the Glee cast members, they like signed on to do three movies. So, like this movie just didn't do well, and so they were like they scrapped the other two. I don't know what they would have been. Like if they would have been like a scripted continuation, like a summer thing. And this was gonna be the and you're saying that was their initial contract they signed. And so like they just like didn't do that because that first one just yeah, no one watched it.

[25:05] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah.

[25:05] Andrew: Did you see it in 3D at midnight, Andrew?

[25:08] Austin Blake Mays: I saw a matinee performance with my mom. And I remember going to it thinking the same thing because that was the peak of Glee. Did you see it the day it came out?

[25:17] Andrew: I saw maybe like the Sunday afternoon I was like desperate to watch it, but you know, could not drive. So I'm like, okay, I need to work on someone else's schedule that it does have a license. Of course. Um my mother. And so we did go, and there was like, I remember thinking we had the theater to ourselves, and then at the end I was like, oh, there was that man with the slushy at the at the um back of the theater. Um, but yeah, you were like dancing and singing at the top of your lungs the whole time, and then you turn around at the end and you're like, God.

[25:50] Austin Blake Mays: Exactly.

[25:50] Andrew: Wow, yeah. No, I watched that movie sitting quietly in my chair.

[25:55] Allison: Are there people up and dancing?

[25:57] Austin Blake Mays: Oh, I didn't see it in theaters. No, I was just picking on Andrew because he thought he had the theater to himself.

[26:02] Andrew: Yeah.

[26:02] Austin Blake Mays: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, but I did go to the um, I've been to many a midnight premiere, and I and I was like very into watching Twilight and things like that. And so, like, you know, the moment the Twilight movie would start, the audience would scream at the top of their lungs.

[26:17] Andrew: Yes.

[26:17] Austin Blake Mays: Um, which is very fun. It's like, you know, people ask, like, what's the most like I think there was a tweet going around recently, not to get us too off Glee, but um, there was a tweet going on recently that's like, what was the most like exciting theater going experience for you? And I'm like, uh, when the moon showed up at the beginning of New Moon and everyone screamed at the top of their effing. Yeah, everybody's gonna be able to do it. Because it's like it's and it's so fun to be in a movie theater where everyone's like the women are all hands down their pants screaming.

[26:44] Austin Blake Mays: Yep.

[26:46] Austin Blake Mays: It's like that rocks. Me and my best friend Donna, throwback to watching the premiere together, went to the opening day of the Hannah Montana movie with like her entire family, and um the moment it started screamed at the top of our lungs, and no one else in the theater did because I guess they were I don't know, seven years old. And we were like, oh my god, that's embarrassing.

[27:12] Austin Blake Mays: I remember that was a funny. That was the first movie that I pirated, the Hannah Montana movie. I remember I watched it with my cousin. My cousin, who's three years younger than me, like watched it, and I was like having a very visceral reaction. I was very into the movie. And I remember it's amazing. My cousin, she was just like, I don't feel good. And I remember she got sick after the movie and she threw up. Maybe the guilt of pirating the Hannah Montana movie just like got to her and she got sick.

[27:42] Andrew: That is hilarious. That's why I wish I had watched all of the MCU movies before Avengers Endgame came out, because I watch videos of people seeing Endgame in theaters for the very first time, and I'm like, oh my god, that had to have been a fucking experience.

[28:00] Austin Blake Mays: Oh, I don't watch the MCU movies, but recently I go to the movies all the time, and they show that there's an ad for, maybe it is for the MCU or for something that's like before the trailers, and they show a live recording of the audience at like the midnight premiere of Endgame. And it's the part where I guess all the people show up. Yeah, you know what? It's like going, it's like, ooh, and there's Spider-Man, and there's, and the audience is like yelling and going wild, and I was like, I had that. It was called Twilight Saga: New Moon.

[28:37] Andrew: I feel like you could recreate the experience of watching Glee live, you know, the way that a lot of people did by sort of just like renting out a theater to yourself and watching it alone.

[28:47] Austin Blake Mays: Just watching it alone.

[28:48] Andrew: Yeah, yeah. Do you know what I think? There was something that you brought up earlier about Glee, and now I can't remember what. I need to have like a notepad.

[29:01] Allison: Let's get into the glacket.

[29:02] Andrew: Let's get into the glacket.

[29:06] Allison: No, I'll pull songs. I just need to plug my thing in.

[29:08] Andrew: Okay.

[29:08] Allison: I do have... So you just go ahead and start. Don't look at my dirty room. I don't like my dirty room.

[29:13] Andrew: Song.

[29:14] Allison: Ooh.

[29:15] Andrew: Okay. We talked about it last week. I just finished editing last week's episode. We talked about this last week. We talked about it last week very briefly, but it's a controversial one from season three.

[29:27] Allison: Give it to us.

[29:29] Andrew: Okay. Here we go.

[29:32] ♪ Musical number: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" — performed by the Troubletones ♪

[31:55] Austin Blake Mays: Maybe I would know this if I was a more avid pod listener, but how did you pull that up so quickly? Do you have them saved? Or did you just type it in when I wasn't looking?

[32:06] Andrew: So we have this cup. I have half the songs, Allison has half the songs. I spent a good majority of my one singular life screen recording all 666 Glee songs, putting them in a hard drive and then sharing it with Allison.

[32:25] Austin Blake Mays: Oh my god, that's amazing. So you have them ready, they're readily available.

[32:29] Andrew: Oh, amazing.

[32:30] Austin Blake Mays: 666.

[32:32] Andrew: Exactly.

[32:33] Austin Blake Mays: That's so haunted. That's amazing. I'm obsessed with that fact.

[32:38] Andrew: I have so many thoughts.

[32:41] Austin Blake Mays: Me too.

[32:41] Andrew: About this.

[32:42] Austin Blake Mays: Glee of the week.

[32:43] Andrew: Sort of. Okay, so controversial, I don't mind that performance.

[32:48] Austin Blake Mays: Okay, there's...

[32:50] Andrew: Interesting.

[32:52] Austin Blake Mays: Interesting.

[32:52] Andrew: There, okay, and I'll tell you why. That arrangement of that song is by Greg Laswell, who covers that song, and I think, and like, like my boyfriend hates cover songs like that. And I think that we have kind of reached this peak in our culture where it is repulsive almost because it's just so common. But when that came, when that song, the Greg Laswell version, which I actually strangely knew before it ever was on Glee, came out, I loved it.

[33:21] Austin Blake Mays: I know, right? I effing loved that song, and my best friend always said she was going to, that was gonna be her father-daughter dance at her wedding. And I think that's like kind of a good idea. And Greg Laswell has a much cooler voice than Finn. I'm so sorry, Cory.

[33:38] Andrew: And the Cyndi Lauper version is a cover.

[33:42] Austin Blake Mays: No?

[33:42] Andrew: The Cyndi Lauper is a cover, but this is the Greg Laswell arrangement. And I could be wrong because I know this has happened multiple times, but I think that he was like kind of pissed for not getting credit for the arrangement.

[33:54] Austin Blake Mays: Okay.

[33:55] Andrew: He ended up marrying Ingrid Michaelson, and then they had a very messy divorce. And she, and he released a song post-divorce about her, and it's called "Dodged a Bullet," and you think it's like, okay, that's effed up. But then the lyrics are heartbreaking and say, "All my friends say I dodged a bullet, but I think I fired the gun," which I think is so beautiful and sad. Anyways, that's my thoughts on this performance.

[34:19] Austin Blake Mays: That's your thoughts on "Girls Just Want to Have Fun."

[34:22] Andrew: I know. Okay. Diverted. I can't believe that came up.

[34:26] Austin Blake Mays: I know, I'm so sorry. Um, making me feel something over here.

[34:30] Andrew: I mean, the obvious things have already been said about this performance by many a Gleek in the past. You know, saying that lesbians or girls just want to have fun.

[34:45] Austin Blake Mays: Okay, I'm sorry for enjoying it in that context.

[34:48] Andrew: I was not, I honestly didn't remember the context of the moment. And of course, if that has to do with her being a lesbian, which I honestly didn't read it as that, it's more to find it.

[34:57] Austin Blake Mays: It gets worse, Austin. I don't know if it's a good idea.

[34:59] Andrew: Okay, okay, okay. Finn outed Santana the episode before. And then this is his way of apologizing. And then this is his way of apologizing. And she forgives him. The entire episode, everyone is singing songs to be like, "Hey Santana, we're sorry this shitty thing happened to you." And then she's like, "Pass, pass, that one sucked." But then it's this song that's like, "Okay. You know what? I am a girl that just wants to... I'm just a girl that just wants to have fun. You're still number one."

[35:32] Austin Blake Mays: Okay. I am so... Your fans, your listeners are gonna hate my guts. I had no idea that was the reference point for this performance. I honestly wasn't paying attention to that.

[35:44] Andrew: I think you're allowed to like the song.

[35:47] Austin Blake Mays: The context ruins the percentage.

[35:50] Andrew: It's horrible for me.

[35:51] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah, completely. I didn't... Yes, sorry. You're watching this performance, you didn't know the context ahead of time. So take me back like three minutes ago. What were you thinking was happening?

[36:01] Andrew: I thought he was... Okay. I knew that he was apologizing to her for something because obviously the setup in front of the locker, but I was like, hmm, I guess I just don't remember that storyline.

[36:10] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah. No, it literally says it on the whiteboard, "Lady Music Week." That's how they sort of respond to Santana getting outed. They say "Lady Music Week."

[36:21] Andrew: Okay, you know how Gen Z is into like, I mean, a certain subset of Gen Z is into like WLW and MLM, meaning women loving women or men loving men.

[36:31] Austin Blake Mays: Wait, as opposed to just saying you're gay?

[36:34] Andrew: Oh, okay.

[36:35] Austin Blake Mays: And they're like, they're like women loving women week. You know, WLW week.

[36:41] Andrew: Yeah. My problem with this is, and they bring it up several times in this series. They're like, "Oh, Santana was Finn's first. Santana took Finn's virginity." Right. And it's like, cool. And Finn is like, "You are my first. I care about you." And it's like, great, you had sex. You can care about her because she's a cool person, and in your life and in this Glee club with you and a team member. Why does it have to be because you lost your virginity to her?

[37:14] Austin Blake Mays: Which virginity is a whole construct and a whole different conversation.

[37:18] Andrew: Great point. But it irritates me because they bring it up multiple times. And it's like, cool. That was a plot point for a hot second.

[37:25] Austin Blake Mays: Literally half a second.

[37:27] Andrew: Yeah. Literally, if you cared about her, Finn, you wouldn't have done this. You wouldn't have...

[37:34] Austin Blake Mays: Like, okay, can you remind me how he outed her? I'm so sorry. I was planning on rewatching the series last month.

[37:41] Andrew: And it's just like sort of like reaching a peak where like Santana's making like jokes. Fat jokes. At his like, it's like, "Oh yeah, they like tried to call him fat a lot." Right. I always was like, wait, is he? Am I? Like I was like, no, he's not. But then like she just like... I don't know. Finn makes the decision to like out her, and it's just like so ridiculous. He's like, I guess like in the heat of the moment, he's like, "Why don't you just come out of the closet?" And he does it in a public fashion, which like literally she didn't even have the opportunity to come out to her parents. And like now, like there's commercials because it's part of a campaign that's like outing her. It's just, oh my god. It's the worst thing possible.

[38:23] Andrew: And like listen, like "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," a fine cover by Cory Monteith. I think that it would have been more appropriate. I think just like in any other context sung by him, it is so tone-deaf. I'm very sorry for agreeing, saying that I like it.

[38:42] Austin Blake Mays: No, I think there are listeners that are going to say that they like "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." It was on Maggie's top 10 list.

[38:48] Andrew: Yes. Like there are people that like it.

[38:51] Austin Blake Mays: Okay, love that. Personally, even just like...

[38:56] Andrew: Yeah.

[38:56] Austin Blake Mays: I don't know who Maggie is, but go off Queen.

[39:01] Andrew: That is not in my top 10.

[39:05] Austin Blake Mays: I just can't. The depth Cory has doesn't have that deep of a voice. We need to stop kidding ourselves.

[39:10] Andrew: I don't think he sings in this range.

[39:13] Austin Blake Mays: I know. And it is kind of interesting to think like the people that... There are so many people who are good singers that are also actors, and I feel like they chose for Glee so many people. They were like, "Oh, trust me, you can sing. You can sing." Cory, we're gonna show you how. He famously like didn't even sing for his audition.

[39:34] Andrew: He played the drums.

[39:35] Austin Blake Mays: The drums. I knew that.

[39:36] Andrew: Yeah. And like I think his voice is fun in those moments like when he's in the shower in the pilot and stuff like that. You know, like I like his voice, but also like it's funny that they like... It's like, yeah, so now you're gonna actually have to sing like two songs a week for five years or whatever.

[39:52] Austin Blake Mays: I will say the saving grace of that performance, Lea Michele's legs. I don't know if anybody caught that.

[39:56] Andrew: And like, yeah.

[40:00] Austin Blake Mays: Idina Menzel being there.

[40:01] Andrew: Idina Menzel being there.

[40:03] Austin Blake Mays: Cut's hat. Lea Michele sitting cross-legged behind Santana, legs.

[40:09] Andrew: I've never seen a better set of legs.

[40:11] Austin Blake Mays: Okay, okay. I have our next song. I have our next song. This is what "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is against.

[40:19] Andrew: Oh, coolie.

[40:21] Austin Blake Mays: Okay.

[40:29] Andrew: Live and easy.

[40:31] Austin Blake Mays: Living free.

[40:33] Andrew: Season ticket on a one-way ride.

[40:37] Austin Blake Mays: Going down!

[40:38] Andrew: Punitale!

[40:40] Austin Blake Mays: My crowns are gonna be that too.

[41:12] Andrew: I don't know a shorter song.

[41:14] Allison: Yeah.

[41:14] Andrew: I'm liking the drool from my chin. Um, Jesse St. James, Jonathan Groff, Gleek of the Week. Do we have any immediate thoughts?

[41:23] Austin Blake Mays: Oh yeah, I think he's hot, and I think that I thought he was so hot when that was airing.

[41:32] Allison: Yeah.

[41:32] Austin Blake Mays: Um, I think that we can forgive his v-neck because they were very in style at the time.

[41:37] Allison: Yeah.

[41:37] Austin Blake Mays: And I like like I think it's fun when he gets to sing kind of like screamy like that.

[41:42] Allison: Yeah.

[41:42] Austin Blake Mays: So uh I think it's I like I mean, if I think it's way better than the last performance we watched, even though I kind of like them for.

[41:48] Andrew: Stop.

[41:49] Austin Blake Mays: You're a fan.

[41:50] Allison: You're a girl that just wants to have fun.

[41:53] Austin Blake Mays: Literally.

[41:54] Allison: I yeah, this is good. I obviously peek Jesse St. James is Bohemian Rhapsody.

[42:02] Austin Blake Mays: But um I don't know. This is his first I think this might be his first scene in this series.

[42:10] Andrew: Because the way that's I think Hello is his first scene.

[42:14] Austin Blake Mays: His oh at the piano.

[42:17] Andrew: Yeah.

[42:18] Austin Blake Mays: It might be, yeah. But like and then this is second.

[42:20] Allison: Yeah.

[42:21] Austin Blake Mays: It is weird, like watching season one back and like all the vocal adrenaline scenes, like the first 13 episodes, like it's like Jonathan Groff is clearly not part of this series.

[42:33] Allison: Yeah.

[42:34] Austin Blake Mays: And like the 14th episode after they're back from this hiatus, it's like okay, Jonathan Groff is the lead vocalist of this. He's been here the whole time.

[42:41] Allison: He's here the entire time.

[42:42] Austin Blake Mays: And he's singing lead on every single song.

[42:45] Andrew: So uh yeah. I think this is this is a good one. I think it's also going through for me. But um, yeah, just not peak Jonathan Groff.

[42:55] Austin Blake Mays: But you know.

[42:56] Allison: No.

[42:57] Austin Blake Mays: But I uh if you get to be a Rachel Berry apologist, I get to be a Jesse St. James apologist.

[43:03] Allison: Please.

[43:04] Austin Blake Mays: He does some messed up stuff in this series. I hate what he does to Rachel and how he just manipulates her into meeting her mom that she wasn't ready to meet.

[43:15] Allison: But he's just so good.

[43:17] Austin Blake Mays: And this I will fight for, I always say this.

[43:21] Allison: I will fight for rolling in the deep.

[43:23] Austin Blake Mays: Rolling in the deep, I will you've always said this.

[43:27] Allison: I've always said this. I say this every every episode.

[43:30] Austin Blake Mays: You don't even yeah.

[43:31] Allison: Off air too. Just like constantly.

[43:35] Austin Blake Mays: Every time you pick up the phone, I'm like, I will fight for why in case we're forgotten.

[43:40] Allison: I'll throw hands.

[43:41] Austin Blake Mays: I'll throw fucking hands through this zoom.

[43:43] Allison: I'll throw a window.

[43:45] Austin Blake Mays: Wait, bust the window out of your car.

[43:46] Allison: Damn it. I didn't bust that.

[43:49] Austin Blake Mays: I'll throw hands through this busting window.

[43:52] Allison: Um, no, I love Jonathan Groff. I just love uh Jay Groffey.

[43:57] Austin Blake Mays: I love him.

[43:58] Allison: I love it I do too. Um do you ever I was like so into him because again, I was such a spring awakening stan.

[44:05] Austin Blake Mays: Which you know they always like the um the internet rumors are that him and Leah Michelle were like in their own little world backstage at Spring Awakening and were like mean to everyone else, is what I always heard.

[44:16] Allison: I in high school, there's a movie from like hit very early in his career uh where he shows his beanish.

[44:24] Austin Blake Mays: Uh his wait, is it what is it?

[44:26] Allison: It's something I couldn't even think of the title off the top of my head, but I knew it, and so uh but I like found that out by interneting and then it was streaming on Netflix when I was in high school and watched uh just for that scene.

[44:38] Austin Blake Mays: I didn't watch it.

[44:39] Allison: Does he go to like an apple picking orchard?

[44:41] Austin Blake Mays: No, that's a different movie. That's called um C O G, Ch which stands for Child of God, and it's based on a it's the only adaptation of a um or film adaptation of a David Sederis essay.

[44:52] Allison: I definitely remember watching a movie with him, and I feel like the the poster of it was him, and there's an apple on his head.

[44:59] Austin Blake Mays: That's C O G.

[45:00] Allison: Okay.

[45:01] Austin Blake Mays: Because he's like goes and becomes an apple picker, and then there's that it and it's from a David Sedera, it's from Naked by David Sederis. The essay is called C C O G, which stands for Child of God, and there's this like creep, and I guess it's a true story because it's David Sayers, but there's this creep who like invites him over to his apartment, and it's like this very and he I think he only goes because he feels kind of bad for the guy and like he doesn't have friends or something, and then the guy has a wall full of dildos.

[45:29] Allison: Yes, I remember that in the movie.

[45:31] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Crazy.

[45:32] Allison: I'm like, wait, that wasn't on Glee. I'm confused. Is this Hamilton?

[45:38] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah, I've never seen it, so I don't know.

[45:41] Andrew: Um when it comes down to is anybody I don't if you want to vote for girls, just want to have fun. The floor is yours right now.

[45:50] Austin Blake Mays: Crickets, crickets.

[45:52] Andrew: Um, I'm voting Highway to Hell.

[45:54] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah, highway to Hell Going through.

[45:56] Andrew: Um, do you want me to pick the next one?

[45:58] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah.

[45:59] Andrew: I like that. Restart our order as we are we get back to normalcy.

[46:06] Austin Blake Mays: Okay, I'm nervous.

[46:08] Andrew: Okay. We're getting some season one bangers, baby.

[46:12] Austin Blake Mays: Wow.

[46:23] Andrew: When you first left me, I was wanting more. You were kissing that girl next door. What'd you do that for? What you do that for when you first left me, I didn't know what to say. I've never been on my own that way. Just sat by myself all day. I was so lost back then, but with a little help from my friends, I found a light in the tunnel at the end. And now you're calling me up on the phone, so you can have a little wine and a moan. And it's only because you're feeling alone. At first, when I see you cry and makes me smile. It makes me smile. I was a feel bad for a while. I'll go ahead and smile.

[47:54] Austin Blake Mays: This is I thought that was Allison laughing at first. I was like, oh my god, she loved it. She's so giddy.

[48:02] Andrew: This is my second favorite portrayal of a Lily Allen song in film and TV.

[48:10] Austin Blake Mays: Wait, what's the first one?

[48:12] Andrew: Is the first? Wait.

[48:13] Austin Blake Mays: It's perfect.

[48:14] Andrew: Yes.

[48:15] Austin Blake Mays: I oh yeah. That was good. And it was like a real The Puppets. It was like a cutaway scene, too. And it was like Yeah. I remember like watching that. I think that was my introduction to that song, too.

[48:25] Andrew: Um What song? Fuck You by Liliana.

[48:28] Austin Blake Mays: Oh, that's a great song. They did it the Socapellas.

[48:32] Andrew: I do love this song. This is Peak Finchal.

[48:37] Austin Blake Mays: I know. When I saw Rachel come out with no bangs, I was so happy.

[48:42] Andrew: I love that she has no bangs.

[48:45] Austin Blake Mays: I Yes, free bangs. This song recently I like because look, of course, like my suggested YouTube videos are sick, and I need to really seek help. Um, but I constantly am getting like suggested like top glee songs of all time. And I watched a video recently where this song was dead last, and they didn't say anything for any other song, but they like put like a disclaimer for this one at being in last place, and they were like, I just hate this song. And I'm like, why is this song like striking a chord that like you hate it so much? I think it's a good song. I think it's a cute performance. Finn and Rachel are getting ready to take the yearbook photos and singing a song about smiling. Like literally, I don't know what smile did to hurt you, but I don't like the Charlie Chaplin smile.

[49:41] Allison: I'm glad that's not in the glacket because I would not is that performed on the show or no?

[49:46] Austin Blake Mays: So yeah, there's here's the thing. Allison's revealing some things about the Glackett right now.

[49:51] Andrew: Okay, I know.

[49:52] Austin Blake Mays: I was like, wait, what? Okay, I thought so. There are three songs that we unfortunately needed to cut out of the glacket. There are 669 songs technically on the series Glee. We're we're counting all songs that were performed in an episode and also have an iTunes release. There are three songs that were included in an episode and also have an iTunes release, but not performed, but not actually performed. Those include the smile Charlie Chaplin version because you don't actually see like them singing, there's no performance to it.

[50:28] Andrew: Um who's singing wait, why is it on the show?

[50:31] Austin Blake Mays: What part? It's like they're taking the yearbook.

[50:34] Andrew: They're taking the photo of the same episode, yeah.

[50:37] Austin Blake Mays: Oh, wow, okay. And it's just playing in the background. Um, You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch by Mr. Schuster and Katie Lang. Um no thanks. And also, this one, I felt so bad, and I think the Gleeks are gonna come for me for this one.

[50:54] Allison: Oh, Barband, yeah, my friend has it's tongue tied.

[50:59] Austin Blake Mays: And it's such a great, it's so cute. We just don't see them perform it. And it it's not part of the glacket.

[51:07] Allison: Okay, anything else about a smile?

[51:10] Austin Blake Mays: It's good. I love it.

[51:11] Allison: I love it. Finchal.

[51:12] Austin Blake Mays: I was a Finchal bitch.

[51:15] Allison: Yeah.

[51:15] Austin Blake Mays: For a long time. Okay, I know from listening to the pod that you were a Tumblr girl and you were on Tumblr when you loved Glee. Um, did you have a how dedicated was your Tumblr to Glee? Was it solely Glee, or was it just like something you liked?

[51:28] Austin Blake Mays: There was a time I started out as a Harry Potter tumbler, and then I quickly, quickly switched to a very potter musical Star Kid, rolled right into Glee.

[51:38] Allison: Okay, it makes sense.

[51:39] Austin Blake Mays: And then I was almost 100% glee for a very long time.

[51:43] Allison: Did you have a glee themed URL?

[51:46] Austin Blake Mays: I was thinking about this. I think my URL was if you have a minute.

[51:51] Allison: Which is from From Somewhere There We Go.

[51:55] Austin Blake Mays: Stop.

[51:56] Allison: Somewhere only we know.

[52:00] Austin Blake Mays: Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. I gotcha.

[52:01] Allison: Um I've pulled the next song.

[52:04] Austin Blake Mays: Yay!

[52:04] Allison: It's one of my favorites. I've the listeners don't know that I love this song, but they will soon. And I love this song so much. I think it's in my top 10. I think people sleep on it.

[52:19] Austin Blake Mays: Really?

[52:19] Allison: Oh, here we go.

[52:20] Austin Blake Mays: Here we go.

[52:35] ♪ Musical number: "Gloria" — performed by Glee Cast ♪

[54:21] Andrew: I think they got to know Gloria!

[54:31] Allison: Gloria!

[54:34] Andrew: Oh!

[54:35] Allison: Gloria!

[54:36] Andrew: Gloria!

[54:40] Allison: Take a Gloria!

[54:44] Andrew: That's good.

[54:45] Allison: Wait.

[54:46] Andrew: Your little wait, what?

[54:47] Allison: You don't like that?

[54:49] Andrew: Oh no, I have chills.

[54:51] Allison: No, wait, Andrew. You made like a little, what was that noise?

[54:54] Andrew: I mean, I know this is supposed to be a competition between Santana and Rachel. All I'm hearing is Santana.

[55:01] Allison: Hmm.

[55:02] Andrew: Okay.

[55:04] Allison: Which is a good thing, but I also just, uh, it doesn't hit.

[55:09] Andrew: It's okay, it's fine.

[55:12] Allison: I literally still have the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up. That's how much I loved that.

[55:17] Andrew: Okay, I'm so glad that you're the Gleek of the Week this week. This performance is so good.

[55:24] Allison: Literally, the hairs on my head are standing up because it was so good, and because that is one of the best songs of all time. It's not just that just alone by Laura Branigan. That's one of the best songs of all time.

[55:37] Andrew: It is so good.

[55:39] Allison: It's amazing. Wait, I'm sort of, because I feel like we could just like go on and on about like how good the song is, but I feel like it's more interesting to hear why it's bad.

[55:50] Andrew: Like what was it that really just like, okay? You're the smile girl.

[55:54] Allison: You're the smile girl.

[55:55] Andrew: I'm the smile girl.

[55:57] Allison: I'm the smile girl.

[55:59] Andrew: I love, I mean, I'm gonna fight for season four.

[56:01] Allison: The worst song on Glee.

[56:03] Andrew: Gloria's the worst song on Glee.

[56:05] Allison: No, I just don't care about this point in this season.

[56:09] Andrew: Uh, season four.

[56:10] Allison: I don't care about the characters at this point.

[56:13] Andrew: Come correct.

[56:14] Allison: Even worse.

[56:15] Andrew: Even worse. What season do they move to New York?

[56:18] Allison: Season four.

[56:19] Andrew: Season four.

[56:19] Allison: Season four at the, is that the end or season four starts in New York?

[56:19] Andrew: Season four starts in New York.

[56:24] Allison: Okay, okay. Season five is terrible. I don't care about a lot of the songs from season five.

[56:31] Andrew: Um, why does Santana always need to be fighting with someone? Can she just be friends? Can she have friends?

[56:37] Allison: This is just her, uh, like continuing the archetype that she is just a mean girl that she's always has somebody to fight with, whether it's Mercedes, whether it's Rachel, whether it's, uh, Zises, whether it's like herself, she's fighting herself.

[56:56] Andrew: She's always mad. Why can't she just be happy for once and sing happy songs?

[57:02] Allison: She has a happy song with Brittany!

[57:05] Andrew: Why can't she have them with more than just her romantic partner, Andrew?

[57:09] Allison: I knew that she got friends. I knew that we were gonna fight this episode.

[57:10] Andrew: I knew that we were gonna fight.

[57:14] Allison: Oh yeah, you did know that. You said that.

[57:16] Andrew: Um, this is so annoying of you to like even say any of the things.

[57:16] Allison: This is so annoying of me.

[57:23] Andrew: I think so too, actually.

[57:24] Allison: So you're being ganged up on.

[57:27] Andrew: I think, I think in many ways, I am Santana, Allison, you are Rachel, and Austin, you are Adam Lambert.

[57:37] Austin Blake Mays: Oh my god, that's rude.

[57:41] Andrew: Um, okay, I love that like we're all situated differently on each other's screens because your pointing was pointing to our screens, but like you weren't pointing to us.

[57:50] Allison: Oh yeah.

[57:51] Andrew: Yeah.

[57:52] Allison: Cause when you pointed out, I was like, I'm who?

[57:57] Austin Blake Mays: Um, wait, I was so glad that we got to a New York performance because one, it jogged my memory that one day me and my friend were in Washington Square Park and they were filming.

[58:07] Andrew: Sorry, I know so many stories.

[58:08] Austin Blake Mays: No, and they were filming, and so we stood there behind this like basically caution tape, um, with a shit ton of tourists and waited for like 30 minutes and then Lea Michele came out and filmed a scene.

[58:22] Andrew: For season, like four or five.

[58:24] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah, it was in 2012. So you tell me.

[58:27] Andrew: It was season four.

[58:29] Austin Blake Mays: They had just, I also know what the scene was too. That's the first one.

[58:31] Andrew: You do because, well, she's like in a striped sweater, and I think it's one of like her first scenes in New York.

[58:37] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah.

[58:37] Andrew: Because they had just moved.

[58:38] Austin Blake Mays: She calls Kurt.

[58:39] Andrew: She calls Kurt and then Kurt and her.

[58:40] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah.

[58:41] Andrew: Yep, exactly. And, um, and everyone was like watching intently, and she was so nice. And that's what I was like, because I was, you know, everyone acts like she was a bitch, and she was so nice to the people who were helping talking to her.

[58:42] Austin Blake Mays: She was so nice to, and by, and it's not like she was like, she was a little too far away to interact with the fans, but like you could tell that she was being so nice, and you could hear what she was saying, and she was being nice to like the people who were like walking her to set and all of that.

[59:11] Andrew: And I was like, good, she's not a bitch. And it was fucking hot as shit, and she was dressed in like fall clothes because it was like July, and she had to be dressed in fall clothes, and it was crazy.

[59:21] Austin Blake Mays: Um, I have such a problem with Glee once they go to New York, and it's my issue is that I truly deeply believed in my heart that Glee is such a good and fun show, and that if they would have turned, if they would have like turned a corner and like kind of just followed the main, say five characters in New York and left the school behind and done this like Saved by the Bell: The College Years vibe, it would have been so good.

[59:53] Andrew: Yeah.

[59:54] Austin Blake Mays: And I think that bringing in some fun characters at the high school, I'm not saying that they're not talented and fun and like thank God we get like, you know, Melissa Benoist and stuff, but, um, also it just felt like it was such this, there's like this dichotomy that they just could not gel and it just felt unnecessary. And I was like, wow, they could have like matured this show a little bit and brought it to New York, and it would have, and all the fans would have stayed with it in a way that it just felt like why are we, why do we have to keep getting new characters at the high school?

[1:00:22] Allison: Yeah, yeah.

[1:00:23] Austin Blake Mays: Um, my nose is running from like almost having tears watching that performance. It was really good.

[1:00:28] Andrew: I think, you know, because like season four and season five take place partly in New York, and I think that they realized like season four, the New York story is like got like a little like stale, like they didn't have like any like additional set beyond the apartment, and then also like Nyada, like they weren't like doing much else, and so like this introduction in season five of them working at like the Stardust Diner essentially, I think was so much fun, and I think this is like the best performance that they did in this location.

[1:01:05] Allison: I think it's so good.

[1:01:06] Andrew: I think you, well, I just like, I still like don't understand why it's not like I'm like scared for this song now.

[1:01:15] Austin Blake Mays: I know.

[1:01:16] Andrew: I don't think you should be because I think we know where Austin's part of the world.

[1:01:19] Austin Blake Mays: No, but like I'm scared for future rounds.

[1:01:21] Andrew: I mean, I will go to my grave saying that the best performance in this diner is Demi Lovato, Naya Rivera, "Here Comes the Sun."

[1:01:32] Allison: And it continues through the diner into the real world.

[1:01:37] Andrew: You wanna vote?

[1:01:40] Allison: We're not talking about that song now.

[1:01:42] Andrew: Like I will unpack my emotions for that song when we get to that song, which might be in this episode, who knows?

[1:01:51] Allison: Um, okay, my vote's for "Smile" by Lily Allen.

[1:01:54] Andrew: Okay.

[1:01:55] Austin Blake Mays: I vote for Gloria.

[1:01:58] Andrew: I mean, Gloria.

[1:01:59] Austin Blake Mays: I call it Laura because that's who originally sings it.

[1:02:03] Andrew: I hope I'm like, oh no.

[1:02:07] Austin Blake Mays: You're like, he hasn't been listening.

[1:02:10] Andrew: Glory's going through.

[1:02:12] Austin Blake Mays: Hell yeah.

[1:02:13] Andrew: Sorry, smile.

[1:02:15] Allison: What the fuck ever?

[1:02:16] Andrew: So I pulled the first song of the last competition, and I think we're all gonna collectively shit our pants.

[1:02:23] Allison: Oh good.

[1:02:24] Andrew: Okay.

[1:02:27] Austin Blake Mays: Oh, great.

[1:02:36] ♪ Musical number: "Rumour Has It" — performed by the Troubletones ♪

[1:04:56] Andrew: That was the same.

[1:04:57] Andrew: That was the episode before "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."

[1:04:59] Allison: That was the episode before "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."

[1:05:01] Andrew: I sort of wish it was "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" against this.

[1:05:05] Allison: It would be fun.

[1:05:06] Andrew: Just for the drama of it all.

[1:05:08] Allison: Yeah.

[1:05:08] Andrew: Um, I mean, it's on so many people's lists at the top of the, I'm sure it's on that smile girl.

[1:05:15] Allison: I'm sure the smile girl's, this is number one on her list.

[1:05:18] Andrew: That smile girl.

[1:05:19] Allison: That smile girl.

[1:05:20] Andrew: Oh brother.

[1:05:23] Allison: What are you saying?

[1:05:24] Andrew: I'm talking the girl who hates smile.

[1:05:26] Allison: The girl that hates smile.

[1:05:28] Andrew: I think that this would probably be at the top of her list.

[1:05:31] Allison: Yeah.

[1:05:31] Andrew: Okay.

[1:05:32] Allison: Yeah.

[1:05:33] Andrew: Maybe it's a Naya Rivera factor because that gave me chills too.

[1:05:36] Allison: It's just so good.

[1:05:39] Andrew: And the moment before it kicks in when it's like a moment of darkness when she's looking and her and Mercedes kind of have that moment where they look at each other, and you know, it's almost like what's about to happen.

[1:05:50] Allison: Oh my god, it's so good.

[1:05:51] Andrew: And take a shot every episode when we say like this is the best song angle because we literally do it every single episode.

[1:05:58] Allison: I think like this is the best song angle.

[1:06:00] Andrew: Um, it is going to go forward a bunch of rounds. I'll do everything in my power to make that happen for you listeners.

[1:06:10] Allison: Uh, except if it's against "Rolling in the Deep."

[1:06:13] Andrew: And another Adele Glee cover.

[1:06:17] Allison: Um, the thing that I think is so hilarious about this performance is that earlier in this episode, Mercedes is like, you know, we have the smash off competition coming up, and I think that we should do Adele.

[1:06:32] Andrew: So it's like canon that Mercedes composed this entire arrangement.

[1:06:37] Allison: Right.

[1:06:38] Andrew: It's show stopping, literally never been done before and never will be again. Like all of these things.

[1:06:43] Allison: Mercedes literally needs a Nobel Peace Prize for putting together this arrangement of the song.

[1:06:53] Andrew: And I don't think that like no one even like acknowledges it going forward. Like the episode ends right after this conversation with Santana and Finn. No one's like, y'all just killed it. Like I feel like the next episode should have started with like the other characters being like, let's unpack that. That was like really great, right?

[1:07:13] Allison: They never discuss it again.

[1:07:15] Andrew: The Troubletones, the Troubletones lose sectionals, which I think is super cuckoo. The fact that like they should have done, like they did "Survivor," I will survive mashup, but they like didn't show the other performances. But like, you know, you already put together this arrangement, also do that, you know, it charted on iTunes. I don't know if you girls forget. Um, but like literally, like it's like too like there's too many things to say about this performance. It's great.

[1:07:49] Allison: Andrew, I think you need to stop holding back on how much you like this song.

[1:07:54] Andrew: I think you need to stop holding back.

[1:07:56] Andrew: It's great.

[1:07:57] Austin Blake Mays: Really tell us how you really feel.

[1:07:58] Andrew: It's fantastic. I remember like maybe like three years ago, I tried to, because like they have like Adele like a cappella and instrumental available. And so like I tried to like arrange a version of Adele singing this mashup with like the pieces of like "Rumor Has It" and "Someone Like You," a cappella together.

[1:08:24] Austin Blake Mays: Um surprised it did not work. It did not work. It is kind of like I think the best mashups are like um wow, how could that ever work? But also, oh, that makes sense because like sometimes it's like you take two songs that could never work and they don't work, but like the thread that it's both Adele. I mean, so many Adele songs on Glee, because I'm thinking of "Turning Tables" by Gwyneth Paltrow suddenly.

[1:08:49] Andrew: Yes, right, Adele. But yeah, definitely one of the best performances ever on Glee. Um, anyways.

[1:08:56] Austin Blake Mays: Love Yeah, I do like this song. That's great. I do like it. I know it's like there's no controversy to talk about. We're just like, wow, it was unbelievably great.

[1:09:06] Andrew: Yeah. Great.

[1:09:07] Austin Blake Mays: Santana running down the hallway. The stomps are like sort of like uh in tune with like the it's just they didn't go wrong. Again, Santana is fighting with someone.

[1:09:19] Andrew: Like, I literally, like, what happened today when you woke up?

[1:09:24] Austin Blake Mays: I chose hate.

[1:09:26] Andrew: Yeah, like I don't like this version.

[1:09:28] Austin Blake Mays: No, I love Santana. I just wish she could do more. Be lovey-dovey with Brittany a little bit more and not be fighting.

[1:09:35] Andrew: Literally, she wants to be lovey with Brittany, but then Finn outed her. I don't know what you want.

[1:09:40] Austin Blake Mays: It's true. Finn is a piece of shit. We know.

[1:09:43] Andrew: Yeah. Literally, like, it's so stupid. Like, Finn, I just re-watched "Pot of Gold" randomly the other day, the Damien McGinty episode of Glee, where he never speaks about it.

[1:09:54] Austin Blake Mays: Not easy being green.

[1:09:55] Andrew: It's not easy being green. I watched that the other day. He needed that performance. And like Finn does the same thing. Like, like he sort of like falls victim to like this same sort of problem, like time and time again, where he like says something in the moment where he's like, he he calls Sue's baby a certain phrase that it's like yeah, okay, you stepped in it, you know.

[1:10:17] Austin Blake Mays: He outed Santana, he calls Brittany stupid in that episode, and then it's like okay, like you're just doing the same thing over and over again, like we're getting tired of like forgiving. I don't know.

[1:10:28] Andrew: I am right.

[1:10:30] Austin Blake Mays: Um that's fair. Okay, going my beef is not with Santana herself, my beef is with the writers.

[1:10:38] Andrew: So we have another mashup.

[1:10:40] Austin Blake Mays: Oh young teacher, the subject of schoolgirl fantasy.

[1:10:52] Andrew: She wants him so badly, knows what she wants to be with all the charms of a woman.

[1:11:06] Austin Blake Mays: You've kept a secret of your unbrook market.

[1:11:14] Andrew: She's so close now.

[1:11:16] Austin Blake Mays: This girl is half his age.

[1:11:20] Andrew: Don't stand, don't stand, so don't stand so close to me.

[1:11:30] Austin Blake Mays: You'll look for me is way out of line. Better run, girl.

[1:11:35] Andrew: You're much too younger.

[1:11:40] Austin Blake Mays: Temptation, frustration, so bad and makes him cry.

[1:11:47] Andrew: Beneath your perfume and makeup.

[1:11:54] Austin Blake Mays: You're just a baby in disguise.

[1:12:01] Andrew: Get out of here before you have the time to change your mind.

[1:12:08] Austin Blake Mays: Cause I'm afraid you'll go too far.

[1:12:15] Andrew: Don't stand. Don't stand so don't stand so close to me.

[1:12:21] Austin Blake Mays: Young girl. You're out of your mind.

[1:12:25] Andrew: You'll look for me is way out of line. Better wonder.

[1:12:32] Austin Blake Mays: Don't stand so you're much too younger.

[1:12:39] Andrew: Okay. Don't stand so close to me.

[1:12:41] Austin Blake Mays: Mashed up with "Young Girl," performed by Matthew Morrison.

[1:12:41] Andrew: Gleek of the week. Do you have any immediate words?

[1:12:49] Austin Blake Mays: Yes, okay. You think I don't? Okay. Um, one. That was a song that was on maybe the first or second soundtrack, I don't know. And never was and that, and it I was introduced to "Don't Stand So Close to Me" because of this cover.

[1:13:02] Andrew: And so I didn't know until this exact moment in my life that it was a mashup.

[1:13:08] Austin Blake Mays: Oh my gosh. I was like, oh, it works perfect. I totally just thought that was "Don't Stand So Close to Me."

[1:13:13] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:13:13] Austin Blake Mays: Um, and too hysterical to think that you know the way to make someone not have a crush on you is like sing a song. That's why it's yeah. And like jump up on the piano, like, don't look at me.

[1:13:27] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:13:27] Austin Blake Mays: Right. A song that's like not really discouraging it. Like the first lyrics are like, I'm tempted.

[1:13:35] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:13:35] Austin Blake Mays: I am tempted by this young underage girl, and but you know what? I feel like if he really wanted to like scare off Rachel, like in a way, like he wouldn't sing this song, of course. I feel like he would have sang like Screamo or something, where he would have been like really cuckoo crazy, like off the wall, like just like doing something absolutely just like, okay, let me just steer this girl away. But like to do this, I'm just like, you're you're playing into it now.

[1:14:03] Andrew: And you're like, I think he should have just been like, Rachel, this is inappropriate. Don't do that.

[1:14:08] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah, maybe not sing a song about it.

[1:14:10] Andrew: Yeah. But I think it was like in the episode, I think it was like Emma's idea to be like, well, you sing about things in the Glee Club, why don't you sing about it? And then of course, like I think it's hilarious that Emma Mays is there as well, and like she's falling victim as well.

[1:14:24] Austin Blake Mays: Oh, yeah, because when he sings that temptation line, he looks at her because he's she's his temptation.

[1:14:29] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:14:29] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah. Wait, okay. This is funny. The um in the beginning of a quarantine when everyone was doing stories that was like, who is who are you? My boyfriend got um Terry.

[1:14:42] Andrew: Good.

[1:14:43] Austin Blake Mays: And I was like, ah, like screaming, laughing, and in the video, he's like, Who is that? The best character on Glee. Carrie Schuster.

[1:14:51] Andrew: Um the song. It's it's inappropriate. It's inappropriate. It's inappropriate.

[1:15:00] Austin Blake Mays: Classic whole Schuster. Okay, I mean, voting is I mean, mashup against mashup. I think it's obvious.

[1:15:05] Andrew: Rumor has it.

[1:15:09] Austin Blake Mays: Rumor has it. Rumor has it. Rumor has it. Everybody is saying rumor has it.

[1:15:13] Andrew: Rumor has it, someone like this song is going through.

[1:15:16] Austin Blake Mays: Uh okay. If you're going through the songs this episode, I have "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," Not Going Through. "Gloria" going through, and "Don't Stand So Close to Me," mashed up with "Young Girl" staying Behind.

[1:15:31] Andrew: I have "Highway to Hell" Going Through, "Smile" Lily Allen Not Going Through, and then "Rumor Has It" Someone Like You Mash Up Going Through.

[1:15:38] Austin Blake Mays: Wow. This is a fun episode.

[1:15:40] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:15:41] Austin Blake Mays: Oh my god. It's so fun.

[1:15:42] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:15:43] Austin Blake Mays: We fought.

[1:15:43] Andrew: We fought.

[1:15:45] Austin Blake Mays: I'm gonna have to take a little bit of time. I think we're gonna go on a hiatus, everyone.

[1:15:50] Andrew: Um see you in seven months.

[1:15:53] Austin Blake Mays: We're gonna go on a little break. Uh we're not getting along.

[1:15:56] Andrew: We're gonna resolve our differences and be back.

[1:15:59] Austin Blake Mays: Off pod, off pod. I think you know, but like honestly, like if you were listening to a Glee podcast where both the hosts like were getting along constantly, like how fun would that be?

[1:16:08] Andrew: Exactly.

[1:16:09] Austin Blake Mays: We have to disagree sometimes, or else this podcast would be boring.

[1:16:13] Andrew: Exactly.

[1:16:14] Austin Blake Mays: I disagree with you about simply everything.

[1:16:17] Andrew: Um simply everything.

[1:16:19] Austin Blake Mays: I hate all of your choices.

[1:16:22] Andrew: Austin, something we ask every episode at the very end to our guests to wrap it up. If Glee was still on in 2021, what are they singing? What are they doing? What's the story there?

[1:16:34] Austin Blake Mays: Um, well, I think almost all the songs would be pulled from TikTok because TikTok has this, you know, way of bringing songs back into people's minds.

[1:16:45] Andrew: Right.

[1:16:46] Austin Blake Mays: Um, even this year at the VMAs, there was like a category that was like best throwback or best comeback, and it was old songs that were popular again. Like um, the one on TikTok that's like "Rasputin" by Boney M, I think is what it's called.

[1:16:59] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:17:00] Austin Blake Mays: So I think that they would be pulling a lot from TikTok. Um how many songs do I have to give? Can I just say that's my answer?

[1:17:11] Andrew: Maybe.

[1:17:11] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah, I mean, of course, um, and this is funny that you ask. I read your reviews today on iTunes where everyone was also giving their answers.

[1:17:21] Andrew: Yes.

[1:17:23] Austin Blake Mays: We love it. We love her. Of course, Olivia Rodrigo. I feel like, you know, people love and I feel like there is like this kind of Glee fandom on TikTok where people are like, this is how Rachel Berry would sing this.

[1:17:36] Andrew: Oh, that one girl, she nails it.

[1:17:38] Austin Blake Mays: I love yeah, I know. So yeah, and I think they would have had a blast with like "Rain on Me."

[1:17:44] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:17:44] Austin Blake Mays: You know.

[1:17:46] Andrew: "Rain on Me." Okay, I think this is like third time that someone's oh no, no, no. No, I because I want your take on it. And we've gotten like Kurt and Mercedes before. We've gotten it's a Kurt and Mercedes duet. We've gotten a Britney and Santana duet. Are you willing to provide us with a different option, or do you want to sign off on one of those?

[1:18:04] Austin Blake Mays: Um, I would say I was thinking Rachel and Santana, but I think it's just because of my Glee having watched "Gloria." You know what I mean? I think that's good. I think that's what I would want as well. I think it would be a good one. And I would want them not to be fighting.

[1:18:17] Andrew: Like literally, like what? Are you coming from like like peace cult today? Like, I don't understand.

[1:18:23] Austin Blake Mays: All I I just went to a Harry Styles concert where a lot of people are saying treat people with kindness. So you know what? That's all I like to do.

[1:18:28] Andrew: She learned her lesson.

[1:18:30] Austin Blake Mays: Okay.

[1:18:31] Andrew: I wait until next week when you're out for blood.

[1:18:34] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah.

[1:18:34] Andrew: And I think Renault. I'm jealous that you saw that concert. That sounds amazing.

[1:18:40] Austin Blake Mays: It was Harry Styles is the love of my life. He's the best human being to ever exist.

[1:18:46] Andrew: He is amazing.

[1:18:47] Austin Blake Mays: I agree. Period. They would definitely sing "Treat People with Kindness." They would sing that. They would sing "Falling." They would sing "Sign of the Times." They would sing "Watermelon Sugar." They would sing "Adore You." They would sing just everything. I'm I embarrassingly embarrassingly sing "Watermelon Sugar" out loud all the time.

[1:19:03] Andrew: Good.

[1:19:04] Austin Blake Mays: For no reason. There's like the TikTok thing where it's like watermelon.

[1:19:08] Andrew: Hi.

[1:19:10] Austin Blake Mays: Watermelon sugar.

[1:19:12] Andrew: Low.

[1:19:13] Austin Blake Mays: Yeah. Girl, have you seen that one? She's like, spot the, she's like, what did I do wrong?

[1:19:20] Andrew: Um Austin, you have been such a fun Gleek of the Week. Where can our glisteners find you online, your podcast, all those things?

[1:19:30] Austin Blake Mays: Okay, so controversially, not at all. I've I'm taking a month off of Instagram and Twitter and TikTok right now. It ends October 6th, but they're all, of course, still up. But I've been totally removed from the internet, and I feel so like, okay, only to be deeply honest with you, woke up this morning to your email. I was like, oh my fucking like was like had totally because I'm like, usually I'm like voting in all the polls, and it's like in the front of my mind.

[1:19:57] Andrew: Um, and every time I choose the wrong one, because like against the majority, I'm always like, I'm an idiot. I guess I'm stupid. My taste level, it's non existent.

[1:20:09] Austin Blake Mays: Um, but oh, all everyone can find me at Austin Blake Mays on everything TikTok, Twitter, Instagram. I'm not really on TikTok, but might as well.

[1:20:19] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:20:20] Austin Blake Mays: Sure. Yeah, that's where I am. And thank you so much for having me. I mean this so sincerely that like I'm sad that I don't get to do this every week with you guys. This was so fun. I had so much fun. I could watch Glee videos all day long. I literally. I love it. I love it.

[1:20:37] Andrew: You guys have so much fun. Thank you so much, Austin. To wrap up and close the episode, how we say goodbye is we say bye in the most annoying voice we can.

[1:20:49] Austin Blake Mays: Okay.

[1:20:50] Andrew: So after one, three, two, one.

[1:20:54] All: Bye!

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