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[0:00] Andrew: Glee go the week.

[0:08] Allison: Boop boop boop boo boopo-doop boo-boo thing thing.

[0:12] Andrew: Gleek, gleek.

[0:13] Allison: Gleek, gleek.

[0:14] Andrew: Uh hey, here we are. Back for another episode of Gleek of the Week podcast.

[0:19] Allison: Hey.

[0:21] Andrew: Alright. I ate three mini Hershey bars before coming into this Zoom.

[0:27] Allison: Okay, and I'm sure that's gonna affect voting.

[0:29] Andrew: Probably.

[0:30] Andrew: I'm voting for only Quinn solos.

[0:33] Allison: We don't have any Quinn solos left.

[0:36] Andrew: So, well, I might as well log out. It's nice knowing Allison is co-host of Gleek of the Week Podcast.

[0:42] Allison: See you guys!

[0:43] Andrew: Bye everyone. We are uh accepting submissions. Um okay, so uh, yeah, some big news, I guess.

[0:53] Allison: Um, which I guess you are if you're listening to this.

[0:56] Andrew: Oh maybe so. Um, okay, so like really random. I saw that, like, okay, Funny Girl Broadway like posted on social, like, hey, um, we have some big thing coming tomorrow.

[1:11] Allison: And everyone was like, pro shop, pro shop, pro-pro shop, pro shot, pro shot, pro shot.

[1:15] Andrew: I think that's also why Aaron Tveit is back as Christian in Moulin Rouge, but that's a different for a different Broadway podcast.

[1:22] Allison: You think so?

[1:23] Andrew: Oh, yeah, that's why. I'm assuming.

[1:25] Allison: Okay, okay. You have some intel.

[1:28] Andrew: Yeah. Aaron Tveit messaged me. And it was like, we're actually I'm back for a pro shot. I'm back for a pro shot. It's like a it's like a limited time thing.

[1:36] Allison: And I was like, okay, Aaron, like, stop texting me.

[1:39] Andrew: Right. Texting you or DMing you?

[1:41] Allison: No, texting.

[1:42] Andrew: Okay, cool.

[1:43] Allison: Yeah. I have I know his area code. I know where he lives.

[1:47] Andrew: Oh.

[1:47] Allison: Um, okay. We're talking about Funny Girl. Uh, okay, so um they posted that they're gonna be doing something. Everyone is a pro shot, including myself.

[1:56] Andrew: Um, I said, you better give us the pro shot, bitch. Uh and they didn't.

[2:01] Allison: Audio medium, I'm holding a gun.

[2:03] Andrew: I'm holding an actual gun too.

[2:06] Allison: Um and they didn't. They announced, like, hey fuck them.

[2:15] Andrew: Seriously, fuck them.

[2:15] Allison: Um, they were like, okay, come to the August Wilson Theater this Friday and talk to the um the four lead actors of this production of Funny Girl.

[2:28] Andrew: I don't know if you heard, but they're doing Funny Girl on Broadway now. It's a revival, it's a pretty big deal, and it's like, oh my god, they're doing original songs.

[2:32] Allison: They're doing original songs.

[2:39] Andrew: Um and uh and so "drump" is replaced by "Cannonball" by Lea Michele.

[2:49] Allison: I love in the last episode us just going absolutely a cappella with um with "Cannonball."

[2:56] Andrew: We did, I just finished last week's episode. We do a lot of singing.

[3:01] Allison: I think when it's just us, we be singing.

[3:04] Andrew: We be singing. Anyway, so they're like, um, Lea Michele, Ramin, Jared, Tova, um, they're all gonna be at the August Wilson this Friday.

[3:17] Allison: Hey, you buy an album, you get to um get an autographed copy.

[3:22] Andrew: And I was like, okay, bet. Um, Slagist Wilson.

[3:29] Allison: Um okay. I don't know if that worked. Um, but appreciate your input.

[3:36] Andrew: Um, and so I was thinking when I first saw it, it was like, mm, should I go ironically or unironically? And um I talked to uh previous Gleek of the Week guest and loyal glistener, Sarah.

[3:51] Allison: Um, and Sarah was like, should we go? And I was like, you know what? I think that we should.

[3:55] Andrew: And so we went, um, and we waited an hour in line for the wristband, and then we waited over an hour, like maybe an hour and a half, uh, to get back into the theater to get the autographed copy of this damn CD.

[4:10] Allison: And I'm like, what am I gonna do with the CD? Who the heck knows?

[4:14] Andrew: Um, and so as we like approach and we get inside the August Wilson, um, we're seeing that people are having full-fledged like TED talks to the entire cast of Funny, not the entire cast, the four um lead actors.

[4:28] Allison: Um, they're they're having like a one-on-one, like a 60 minutes.

[4:31] Andrew: Did you have to pay, like buy a copy of the CD?

[4:35] Allison: It was a $25 album, and I'm like, okay, $25 for the experience.

[4:38] Andrew: I'm like, okay. Yeah, cool. $25 to say whatever you want to Lea Michele.

[4:43] Allison: I'm like, I that's not enough money.

[4:48] Andrew: I'm big time nervous.

[4:49] Allison: We approached the I would be sweating.

[4:52] Andrew: Sweating fucking bullets.

[4:54] Allison: Are you kidding?

[4:54] Andrew: Yeah, yeah. And motion. And I'm like, are you kidding? Like, I need to also no shade to the rest of the cast, but I'm like, I don't. We all know why I'm here.

[7:12] Allison: I host a Glee podcast.

[7:12] Andrew: Yeah, I'm like, yeah, it's like no shade, obviously fucking love, Tova, Jared, Ramin. But I'm like, I can't help but think about getting to Lea at the end of the fucking table the entire time.

[7:12] Allison: So I'm like, I need to humor honestly these like these three other people and just be like, okay, what am I what am I going to say that will feel authentic, feel real? And I was just like, I had my things ready.

[7:29] Andrew: I went to Tova and I was like, love your dress, loving Funny Girl, you're doing iconic things. I saw you on the train.

[7:29] Allison: Did not bring that up, but I did see Tova on the train a few months ago.

[7:48] Andrew: And she was like, she was full mask. I don't think I told this story in the podcast. I she was in full mask, full sunglasses, wearing a hat, and I went up to her and I was like, you're Tova, correct? And she's like, yes, I am. How did you know? And I'm like, you're literally wearing a hat that says hello, gorgeous, like, hello.

[9:24] Allison: Um duh. And I was like, love the show. Um, she's like, tell everybody, I was like, literally, don't have to, you're breaking records, queen.

[9:24] Andrew: Um, and so then went to Jared and I was like, um, congrats on your Tony nomination last year. And he was like, oh yeah, that was a full year ago. That's crazy. And I'm like, yeah, you're still a fucking Tony nominee.

[9:24] Allison: And um trying to make that work. Um, and he was very Jared is very, very sweet. And like the person in front of me was talking to Ramin for a very long time. And uh instead of what would I have to say to Ramin? Hey, you make uh that song, "You Are Woman, I Am Man," makes sense. Thank you.

[9:24] Andrew: Yeah, you made it make sense.

[9:24] Allison: Make it make sense, you did. And I said, Ramin, like, hey, um, congratulations on the show's success. I've been telling everybody like to go see it, and I've had friends um fly out of town to come see it.

[9:24] Andrew: And he was like, oh, love that. And um, oh, that's so cute. And so then I got to Lea, and I already posted this clip on social media, so like you already know. Like, we already know how this story ends.

[9:24] Allison: Um, so I went to Lea and I was just like, hello, Lea. I host a Glee podcast. Um, we've been doing it for the past two years. We're massive Gleeks. Uh I just need to let you know that we refer to "Don't Rain on My Parade" as "drump."

[10:01] Andrew: And she was like, "drump," yeah.

[10:01] Allison: As if like this is the like as if everybody in line has been telling her this same information. She's like, okay, what else? "Drump," yeah. Yep. And I was like, are you kidding? Like, you call it "drum" too. And she's like, yeah, we all do.

[10:01] Andrew: And I'm like, oh, great. Well, sh okay, you are not doing your tone of voice accurately. Because when you told me this story, I was like, oh shit, like Lea Michele hates you, actually.

[10:01] Allison: But no, she was like, she was like, oh, we all we all call it that. It's not that original. Like she's laughing, she's sweet, she's flirting with you.

[10:01] Andrew: She was low-key flirting.

[10:01] Allison: She was flirting.

[10:01] Andrew: Hard.

[10:01] Allison: And um, and so then I was like, okay, bet. How about how about "Rolo," Rachel Solo?

[10:01] Andrew: And she seemed like honestly, I don't know if it could come across in the audio uh of that clip that I posted on Instagram, but like she was very underwhelmed by that.

[10:01] Allison: She was like, uh, no. Haven't heard that before.

[10:01] Andrew: Like, but like it wasn't like at all. But she was like, oh no, I haven't, I haven't heard that one before. But she's like, but we have heard "drump." She doubled down.

[10:01] Allison: She's like, but I have heard of "drum."

[10:01] Andrew: She was like, I do want to leave on a bad note, and it's like, yeah, you didn't make that up. Doubling down, you're fucking dumb.

[10:01] Allison: So I can't spell, but I can fucking know "drum," bitch. "Drump."

[10:01] Andrew: And honestly, I you know what? I don't know who the heck I think I was thinking that I was the person that came up with "drump."

[10:01] Allison: I mean I had never heard it before. But everyone at the Slagist. The Slagist Wilson did.

[10:01] Andrew: And you know what? That's on. We all do.

[10:01] Allison: Yeah. Um do they talk about the discourse between Rachel and Santana's "drump"?

[10:01] Andrew: Probably not. That would make some people uncomfortable.

[10:01] Allison: That would probably make a lot of people uncomfortable on that.

[10:01] Andrew: Yeah, I wasn't gonna because at the top comment, someone um Diego commented on um the post and was like, well, does she know Samantha's "drump"? And I was like, um, yeah, that would that would be a great follow-up.

[10:01] Allison: I'm sure she's gonna be like, exactly. You know Samantha? We call Santana Samantha.

[10:01] Andrew: Yeah. Yeah, we love it. Um, so ask me anything.

[10:01] Allison: Well, wild, wild, wild. What did she there were barriers up?

[10:01] Andrew: Yes, yeah. And Sarah, who was behind me was like, um, Leah was like, um, oh, do you do the Glee podcast with him? And she was like, no, but I I'm a big listener, whatever.

[10:04] Allison: Um, which was I appreciate that she acknowledged the information, processed it, and did a follow-up question to the next person in line.

[10:14] Andrew: Yeah, that's cute.

[10:15] Allison: So she knows us.

[10:17] Andrew: Yeah, yeah, and she's been she's been flooding my iMessage with like please let me on.

[10:23] Allison: You've got Leah, I've got Aaron Tveit texting us.

[10:26] Andrew: Not Aaron uses an Android, so unfortunately, our it's not iMessage, it's just text. But you know Leah's an iPhone girly.

[10:34] Allison: She's an iPhone girly until the day she dies.

[10:37] Andrew: And um, yeah, I think maybe we should just like set them up together and be like, ooh, this is Leah. I have someone that texts as much as you do.

[10:46] Allison: Hey, Aaron.

[10:48] Andrew: I think I have a friend you would love. She's found every night at the Slagist Wilson Theater.

[10:55] Allison: Go hang out.

[10:56] Andrew: Except Thursdays, don't fucking go there on a Thursday, bitch.

[10:59] Allison: Um or Monday.

[11:03] Andrew: But no, go go to on Thursdays for Julie Banco.

[11:07] Allison: No, no, no, we're setting up Aaron with Leah.

[11:09] Andrew: I know, but I think I do want Aaron Tveit to witness Julie Banco as well. Like, I just want him to see like, hey, they're they're comparable.

[11:19] Allison: Julie is not in Ryan Murphy's phone book yet, um, but Aaron and Leah are, so they don't have that in common, but I think they can work through that difference.

[11:29] Andrew: Okay. Um, so I also big talking episode. Big Andrew episode.

[11:38] Andrew: Um, I have a voicemail that I wanted to share specifically with you, Allison, and no one else.

[11:45] Allison: Oh, okay.

[11:46] Andrew: So everybody stop listening.

[11:48] Allison: Everybody stop listening, please.

[11:50] Whitney: Hi, this is Whitney. Pronouns are she, her melatonin is starting to hit, but I just had a revelation. So you know the theory that like season two, Blaine is older than Kurt, he's a junior, like uh Kurt sophomore or whatever.

[12:07] Whitney: Well, it comes from him saying like he's a junior member, right? But how come the Warblers Council is the upperclassman? And if Blaine's like the leader, wouldn't he be considered like in that council, like leading the meetings and everything?

[12:25] Whitney: So, like, if he's supposed to be older, why isn't he leading that? Why isn't he a part of that? He's a junior member. I consider that as like he's a junior, like a j on junior varsity team in sport, if that makes sense.

[12:40] Whitney: So like he's not an upperclassman and he's like there's the quote in um original song where he's like I appreciate your trust in me as junior member. Like why would he say that if he was an upperclassman like if he was a junior if he's older than Kurt if he's older than everyone does that make sense I think I'm like on to something here.

[13:08] Whitney: So uh I think I just debunked the theory that season two Blaine is older.

[13:16] Andrew: If you agree or if you disagree you're wrong.

[13:19] Andrew: Whitney thank you for sending that message and I think I love you for saying once and for all if you disagree you're wrong.

[13:19] Allison: If you disagree you're wrong.

[13:30] Andrew: What what is your opinion on the Blaine age discourse?

[13:34] Allison: Um I think that we put too much stock into Sirs Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan and Brad Falchuk.

[13:45] Andrew: Because um I don't think they thought that far ahead I think they didn't know if Blaine was going to work um and when it became obvious that he was going to work they were like oh fuck we have to like plan this whole thing out um and the junior member thing makes sense.

[14:03] Chase O'Donnell: However, you can be a junior in high school and not be varsity.

[14:10] Andrew: Like upperclassmen does mean junior senior, but it does it can just mean senior.

[14:15] Chase O'Donnell: Like Wes and all them are seniors.

[14:18] Andrew: Right.

[14:20] Chase O'Donnell: Blaine's a junior.

[14:21] Andrew: However, why wouldn't if he wasn't an upperclassman, why did he get every fucking solo?

[14:27] Chase O'Donnell: Right, exact.

[14:28] Andrew: That's what I wanted to bring up.

[14:30] Chase O'Donnell: Because I I do think that Winnie made some very solid points, and I'm afraid to disagree with her if I'm gonna be honest.

[14:35] Andrew: If we disagree, we're wrong.

[14:37] Chase O'Donnell: We're wrong, we're wrong.

[14:38] Andrew: So uh don't regard anything that we're about to say as factual because we are actually incorrect.

[14:46] Chase O'Donnell: Um but yeah, I don't know. I I've been listening to um the Glee Rem the Gleak the Week Remaining Songs playlist a lot recently.

[14:59] Andrew: And somewhere only we know, obviously, we have yet to pull.

[15:04] Chase O'Donnell: And I really wanted to focus in on the lyric. I'm getting older and I need something to rely on.

[15:12] Andrew: When in fact, and I was gonna wait to bring this up and when we pulled it, but I'm like he's getting younger, and it's like, okay.

[15:20] Chase O'Donnell: You're Benjamin Button. So if you're lying about this, what else are you lying about?

[15:24] Andrew: Mm-hmm. So, um, let's start there.

[15:28] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah. Uh because like Blaine, like, even in like Never Been Kissed, like his first episode, there's no fucking way you cannot convince me that that that boy is like younger than Kurt.

[15:42] Andrew: No.

[15:42] Chase O'Donnell: Right?

[15:43] Andrew: No.

[15:44] Chase O'Donnell: Well, and it uh it's just like it goes back to the whole he's a different fucking character.

[15:50] Andrew: Like he's seen as a role model for Kurt and guiding him through this really difficult thing that he's going through.

[15:58] Chase O'Donnell: And they just take that and they smash it into a little box and they say, fuck you, Gleeks.

[16:03] Andrew: We're gonna make him a fucking sophomore, you stupid bitch.

[16:06] Chase O'Donnell: I don't give a fuck about you at all. I'm gonna make you a fucking sophomore.

[16:11] Andrew: Oh my god. Dumbasses, I hate you all.

[16:14] Chase O'Donnell: Why would you bring this up?

[16:15] Andrew: That made me so sad when they said that twaz.

[16:21] Chase O'Donnell: Ryan Murphy came into my home and punched me in the face.

[16:25] Andrew: And was like, Blaine's a sophomore, you stupid bitch.

[16:29] Chase O'Donnell: It's a sophomore.

[16:32] Andrew: Like everything that you believe is a goddamn lie.

[16:34] Chase O'Donnell: Exactly. And then and then he peed in my kitchen sink again.

[16:42] Andrew: I'm like, Ryan!

[16:43] Chase O'Donnell: Wait, what was he doing?

[16:44] Andrew: You can't do this again.

[16:45] Chase O'Donnell: What was the first discrepancy that he he peed that like prompted him being into your kitchen sink?

[16:54] Andrew: No, he just I I mean, I gave him a key to my apartment a while ago, and I think I regret it because he just walks in as I'm sitting on the couch reading my freaking Kindle, and he's like playing as a sophomore.

[17:10] Chase O'Donnell: This is of course in 2010.

[17:16] Andrew: When you live with your family.

[17:19] Chase O'Donnell: Wait, but are you the only person that's witnessing this?

[17:23] Andrew: Yeah, yeah.

[17:24] Chase O'Donnell: My parents are out, and my brother is um upstairs.

[17:27] Andrew: And Ryan Murphy, I'm sitting on my couch and he just comes up to me and like punches, but he punches down, you know, because I'm on the couch.

[17:37] Chase O'Donnell: Um, so he really, really, really um knocks a couple teeth out and dislocates my nose.

[17:42] Andrew: And then he's like, fuck you, gets up and just peeze in my sink and then leaves.

[17:47] Chase O'Donnell: I just like I'm I'm thinking about all the possible times that Ryan Murphy could come into your apartment or come into your place of living and um and just spout the fact like glee like things that are blatantly that's just not true.

[18:03] Andrew: Like the fact that like Quinn's nine-month pregnancy, there's no way that she would have feasibly been nine months pregnant when they got to regionals when we know regionals happens in the goddamn spring and she got pregnant in the fall.

[18:19] Chase O'Donnell: Like this.

[18:21] Andrew: I think about him coming into your home and telling you that and then pissing in your in your um in your sink.

[18:27] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, he did that multiple times.

[18:29] Andrew: And I was like, okay, that doesn't make me like agree with you, but I guess if I disagree, I'm gonna go.

[18:35] Chase O'Donnell: I'm fearful, yeah.

[18:37] Andrew: Yeah.

[18:38] Chase O'Donnell: So no, Blaine is older.

[18:41] Andrew: Shut up, everyone.

[18:43] Chase O'Donnell: No, don't say that.

[18:44] Andrew: Especially you, Ryan Murphy.

[18:46] Chase O'Donnell: No, wait, I'm scared of Whitney and Ryan Murphy.

[18:49] Andrew: No, I like I very much appreciate the research and the the the glycites that she came with.

[18:55] Chase O'Donnell: Right, I do as well.

[18:56] Andrew: Yes.

[18:56] Chase O'Donnell: Um I think it's it's up for contention.

[18:59] Andrew: I think it's truly whatever you want to believe.

[19:01] Chase O'Donnell: This show, we we don't have really hard facts.

[19:04] Andrew: So what really makes you feel comfortable and helps you sleep at night.

[19:09] Chase O'Donnell: I know.

[19:09] Andrew: And I I I can remember the scene where he he's like doing the line dance.

[19:15] Chase O'Donnell: Oh my god, and that shook the internet.

[19:18] Andrew: Yes.

[19:18] Chase O'Donnell: The line dance, and he's like, Well, I'm just a sophomore, Kurt.

[19:22] Andrew: No, he's on the well, he was a junior.

[19:24] Chase O'Donnell: He's a junior there.

[19:25] Andrew: Yeah.

[19:26] Chase O'Donnell: And I remember people being like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[19:30] Andrew: Go.

[19:32] Chase O'Donnell: What?

[19:33] Andrew: Ugh.

[19:33] Chase O'Donnell: And I was like, another So we have two more years with this fucker?

[19:38] Andrew: Fuck him.

[19:40] Chase O'Donnell: Sorry.

[19:40] Andrew: I feel like we're really aggressive this episode.

[19:43] Chase O'Donnell: Um, so what sort of songs are you manifesting?

[19:47] Andrew: I have a good one that I'm manifesting.

[19:50] Chase O'Donnell: Okay.

[19:51] Andrew: And I kind of okay.

[19:53] Chase O'Donnell: I?

[19:54] Andrew: Okay, okay, okay.

[19:55] Chase O'Donnell: What?

[19:56] Andrew: No, I wanted to like recreate mine with you.

[19:59] Chase O'Donnell: Okay.

[19:59] Andrew: Our guest is in the waiting room, so.

[20:01] Chase O'Donnell: Um.

[20:05] Andrew: Pick up the phone.

[20:06] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, hello?

[20:08] Andrew: Hey, uh, I know you don't know me, but uh, do you know this guy named Oh you know his name?

[20:08] Chase O'Donnell: You know his name.

[20:15] Andrew: Oh, yeah, definitely. I know his name.

[20:17] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, yeah.

[20:18] Andrew: Well, I just need to tell you, he's mine.

[20:20] Chase O'Donnell: Uh no, no.

[20:21] Andrew: He's mine.

[20:22] Chase O'Donnell: Um, and mine would regrettably be the swaggy anthem.

[20:27] Andrew: Um, boys slash boyfriend.

[20:32] Chase O'Donnell: Glee!

[20:32] Andrew: We are joined this week by comedian and TikTok musical queen, uh, Chase O'Donnell.

[20:41] Chase O'Donnell: How are you, Chase?

[20:42] Chase O'Donnell: Wow, I've never been introduced that way.

[20:45] Chase O'Donnell: That's so exciting.

[20:46] Chase O'Donnell: I've been watching your TikToks all day.

[20:49] Chase O'Donnell: I've never known as TikTok Musical Queen.

[20:52] Chase O'Donnell: I'm honored.

[20:53] Chase O'Donnell: I'm really honored.

[20:54] Chase O'Donnell: Thank you.

[20:55] Andrew: Wait, and we hear that you're also um a little bit of a bleek.

[20:59] Chase O'Donnell: Um, we are as well.

[21:01] Andrew: So um, we want to know what your relationship is with this um this box series.

[21:06] Chase O'Donnell: Well, get ready.

[21:08] Chase O'Donnell: I I went to a performing arts high school.

[21:11] Chase O'Donnell: I went to Orange County High School of the Arts, and guess who else went there?

[21:15] Chase O'Donnell: Mr. Shu.

[21:16] Chase O'Donnell: Matthew Morrison.

[21:19] Chase O'Donnell: So Glee came out my senior year of high school.

[21:24] Chase O'Donnell: And you best believe us theater kids at my performing arts high school.

[21:30] Chase O'Donnell: Uh-huh.

[21:31] Chase O'Donnell: Went wild.

[21:34] Chase O'Donnell: And Matthew Morrison, he always was like our celebrity.

[21:37] Chase O'Donnell: Like he'd come back and do like, you know, performing with the stars at our school.

[21:43] Chase O'Donnell: And he came back and did so much with us that year because he was just like we were all bowing down to him.

[21:49] Chase O'Donnell: And we did our like final, we have a gala at Osha.

[21:54] Chase O'Donnell: And he came back and did Roxanne, that tango song from Moulin Rouge.

[22:00] Andrew: Yeah.

[22:00] Chase O'Donnell: Um, we were all like dancing.

[22:02] Chase O'Donnell: I mean, it's a little inappropriate.

[22:04] Chase O'Donnell: We were 17, and he's I mean, he's pretty much his character.

[22:08] Andrew: There you go.

[22:09] Chase O'Donnell: It really, it really adds up.

[22:11] Chase O'Donnell: And so, anyways, um, I was obsessed with Glee at the time, and then I took that with me into college.

[22:22] Chase O'Donnell: Um, I would like watch it every week because you know, at the time we didn't have streaming, it just like you watched it live when it was happening.

[22:33] Chase O'Donnell: And um, but then I fell out when it was the season with the the um the lunch lady came in with her daughter.

[22:42] Andrew: Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[22:44] Chase O'Donnell: That's when I that season four, I lost I started losing interest.

[22:48] Andrew: Got really heavy.

[22:50] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[22:50] Andrew: And I needed a school shooting episode?

[22:53] Chase O'Donnell: I don't think so.

[22:54] Andrew: I well, I don't know about it.

[22:55] Chase O'Donnell: Did you get to the school shooting episode?

[22:57] Andrew: Do you do you know that there was one?

[22:58] Chase O'Donnell: No, I didn't know there was a school shooting.

[23:01] Andrew: Oh god.

[23:02] Chase O'Donnell: This is all this is this is a learning podcast, as it turns out.

[23:06] Andrew: I'm not surprised that they went there though.

[23:09] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, yeah.

[23:12] Andrew: Yeah, so yeah.

[23:14] Chase O'Donnell: I was definitely like die hard the first few seasons.

[23:19] Andrew: Okay.

[23:19] Chase O'Donnell: Do you have a favorite performance that you that sticks out to you from the first three?

[23:26] Chase O'Donnell: I do.

[23:27] Chase O'Donnell: Um and I didn't even have to like think about this.

[23:31] Chase O'Donnell: Uh my favorite performance I remember screaming at the TV, like just as if they were the Beatles, was when they sang Teenage Dream, Darren Chris and Hit the Warblers.

[23:31] Andrew: Yeah.

[23:31] Chase O'Donnell: Who were there?

[23:31] Andrew: Yeah.

[23:31] Chase O'Donnell: When they sang Teenage Dream, I I was in love with every one of those boys.

[23:52] Andrew: I was just screaming.

[23:54] Chase O'Donnell: It was so good.

[23:55] Andrew: For us all.

[23:56] Chase O'Donnell: Yes.

[23:56] Andrew: And and not only so like ninth grade for me, high school musical came out.

[24:02] Chase O'Donnell: And that's when I was like, that's what I'm gonna do with my life.

[24:05] Andrew: That it was that.

[24:07] Chase O'Donnell: I really like this like book ending of your high school career.

[24:10] Chase O'Donnell: And then Glee came out, and then we got the pitch perfect.

[24:14] Chase O'Donnell: Like it was a really great time for me to be alive with all this musical stuff happening and being really popular.

[24:24] Andrew: Right.

[24:25] Chase O'Donnell: So I wanna ask you as a content creator.

[24:31] Andrew: Um, we love your if musicals were real life series.

[24:35] Chase O'Donnell: So good.

[24:38] Andrew: Thank you.

[24:39] Chase O'Donnell: Why do you think because Glee has kind of had this resurgence, this glenescence in the past couple of years?

[24:47] Andrew: And I think that, like, from my point of view as a theater kid, I feel like I have a community that's more obvious that's outside of like high school.

[24:58] Chase O'Donnell: Like Tumblr kind of did that, and there was this dip, but I feel like TikTok has really blown it up more from your perspective.

[25:07] Andrew: Why do you think that's happening?

[25:09] Chase O'Donnell: Like, okay.

[25:10] Chase O'Donnell: Musical.

[25:12] Andrew: Yeah, I think it was.

[25:14] Chase O'Donnell: I'm actually in a group text with some of my friends from high school where we send each other these like glee TikToks and die all the Mr.

[25:23] O'Donnell: Shoe stuff that's like he's so creepy in hindsight.

[25:27] Andrew: I think I think Gen Z.

[25:29] Chase O'Donnell: Are you Gen Z?

[25:31] Andrew: Are you a millennial?

[25:32] Chase O'Donnell: We're we're millennial.

[25:34] Andrew: Okay.

[25:35] Chase O'Donnell: You're a millennial, I'm Gen Z, because I think it splits right in the middle.

[25:39] Andrew: No, I'm at the end of 95, you're at the beginning of 96.

[25:42] Chase O'Donnell: Yes.

[25:42] Andrew: Okay, okay.

[25:43] Chase O'Donnell: And I'm 91, so I'm definitely a millennial.

[25:46] Andrew: But yeah, Gen Z, I need the younger Gen Z, because you're kind of zillenial, but they're able to like call it out in a way that's like, wait, this is so inappropriate that he's just standing and listening to the boy in the shower singing, or like asks him to be his best man and he's 17.

[26:08] Chase O'Donnell: Like there's so many creepy things that like we just took as it was at the time.

[26:13] Andrew: And looking back, this the these TikTokers have done the best job calling out the ridiculousness.

[26:22] Chase O'Donnell: And I think it's that's what I think the resurgence is.

[26:25] Andrew: Am I am I off?

[26:27] Chase O'Donnell: No, I completely agree.

[26:28] Andrew: And I think TikTok is a good, it's a good format.

[26:33] Chase O'Donnell: Because I think Tumblr, like if you I love the like mashups of uh Times Glee altered my brain chemistry.

[26:44] Andrew: Yeah.

[26:44] Chase O'Donnell: And it just plays like little clips of it, and I can just swipe through a bunch of those.

[26:49] Andrew: Whereas Tumblr, you'd have to like put it on YouTube and then upload the link to Tumblr and then share it.

[26:57] Chase O'Donnell: Or it was a gift set and it didn't have sound.

[27:00] Andrew: And I think TikTok allows you to share that content in a funnier way.

[27:06] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[27:07] Andrew: Literally points that out.

[27:08] Chase O'Donnell: It feels like more of like an effective like trauma dump of it all.

[27:12] Andrew: It's like, okay, we can really get it all in this one like 15-second clip on TikTok and have all of the feelings.

[27:19] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[27:20] Andrew: And do you think question for you two?

[27:24] Chase O'Donnell: Because I I know people are like making fun of it, but we think it brought a community together of like it's love hate, right?

[27:33] Chase O'Donnell: No, exactly. I'm just trying to be a cool millennial. Is it cool likely or not? Again, this is a learning podcast, if anything. So um, we're here to instruct. Um, I mean, like it is really interesting because um obviously there have been like so many like dramatic and traumatic things to go around this show without getting into any of them, but like to this show is popular for a reason, and it like broke so many barriers, and I think that we wouldn't have a lot of the content that we would today if it weren't for Glee. And I think it's more it's like sometimes like fun to see like how Glee has like sort of gone off the walls in later stuff. But it's like we can also like really enjoy this content, but also poke fun at it, but also be obsessed. You know?

[28:24] Andrew: Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's just I don't know. It's like it's really fun content. I think it's like not like not all of it's like standing the test of time, but like I think the content is standing the test of time. Like I have other shows that I've been obsessed with that I'm not going back to watch because I'm like, this is like not fun to rewatch. There's no ongoing conversation, but there's still like there's a conversation point every single day, I feel around Glee that's like being brought up. It's like, hey, we're talking about this today on like that.

[28:57] Chase O'Donnell: Well, yeah. I went back in preparation for this interview. I went back to YouTube. This interview that's so good. And I watched a lot of those compilation videos of just like moments from Glee that I'll still be thinking about at 60 and like all those type of and I was laughing out loud, just like, oh yeah, no wonder I loved this show. It was so well written and so funny and so like, yeah, breaking barriers, but like the writing was really good. Really? Really funny lines from Brittany, you know.

[29:36] Andrew: Yeah. When we had like um, we had Michael Buckley on around like a year ago now, and I remember like he was talking about just like watching reruns of Glee, like at different like I mean, like it's only been off the air for like 10 years, but just like watching it when it first aired as to now and like understanding certain jokes and everything, and I think that it's like it's very fun to re-watch, I mean every show, but like specifically Glee, and just like hey, like you catch different things, and it's like some Britney jokes, it's like they sort of go over your head, and but like when you're I don't know, like just like it's just the two years difference, and you know like certain pop culture things, it's like oh now I get this joke, it's fun.

[30:20] Chase O'Donnell: You can rewatch, and every time you rewatch, you're seeing something different. There was one just one from the clip I just watched. It's like, what's the capital of Ohio? And she's like, Oh. Oh, yeah. It's great. That's good. So brilliant. It's so I didn't get that when I was I was watching. Now I get it. I know I get it. The Capital Letter.

[30:46] Andrew: So good. Uh I'm very excited to get into our songs tonight. Um, we have these cups, Chase. Um, these beautiful Slurpee Cups. Oh my gosh. We are uh pulling our songs out of completely random.

[31:02] Chase O'Donnell: Okay.

[31:02] Andrew: And the six songs that we pull will accurately describe you as a person for the rest of your life.

[31:08] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, I can't like um they make the roles.

[31:13] Andrew: Yeah. This is a song my first song is one that I don't know if you've seen, Chase.

[31:21] Chase O'Donnell: Okay.

[31:21] Andrew: Uh season four. It's pretty, it's pretty deep in iffy territory.

[31:28] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, it's pretty deep in there, but um there's a discourse.

[31:33] Andrew: Okay. Okay, okay, deep in here.

[31:35] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, when you're rolling with Hardy Abrams, anything can happen.

[31:40] Andrew: Strip to the waist, we fall into the river. Cover your eyes so you don't know the secret. Yes, since we found out, since we found out that anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could I the one we said we'd fight together I guess we found this just what humans do But now I've seen it through and now I know the truth that anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could baby I'll give you everything you need I'll give you everything you need oh but I don't think I need you strip to the waste we fall into the river Yes, since we found out, since we found out that anything could happen, anything could happen.

[33:26] Chase O'Donnell: Anything could know it's gonna be. I know it's gonna be. I know it's gonna be. I know it's gonna be. I know it's gonna be. I know it's gonna be.

[33:58] Andrew: Anything could happen. Oh anything could happen, including Rachel getting pregnant. Um Chase, what do we think?

[34:11] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, memories just came rushing back. Wait, can I ask? Have you seen this episode or no?

[34:17] Andrew: I don't know if I've seen that episode.

[34:20] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, okay. But though that like it they were they were like the new cast that came in, that group.

[34:25] Andrew: The cafeteria.

[34:27] Chase O'Donnell: And I remember being so jealous that those kids were like the new like class. And I think as I'm watching, I was like, oh yeah, I remember being really jealous, and that's probably why I also had to stop watching. I wanted to I wanted to be on Glee so bad. I auditioned for Glee. And when I had the audition, I told the casting director, I was like, you don't understand. This is like the biggest deal for me. And I called my agent like every day, being like, so what did they say? And they're like god.

[35:00] Andrew: Wait.

[35:01] Chase O'Donnell: Apparently I got sent to the producers. Maybe they were being nice, but that's that was the end of it.

[35:06] Andrew: Wait. There's stop.

[35:08] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah. There are so there are so many follow-up questions. Were you on the auditioning for we need to stop the discourse on the song?

[35:15] Andrew: Um okay, wait. So were you auditioning for a certain role or the Glee project or what?

[35:20] Chase O'Donnell: No, no, not the Glee Project. It was a cheerleader role. I don't remember what it might have been Kitty. Is that the cafeteria's daughter?

[35:29] Andrew: No, no, no. That's that's cafeteria daughter nemesis turned friend.

[35:33] Chase O'Donnell: Katie sounds right.

[35:37] Andrew: Kitty.

[35:38] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, kitty, okay. But maybe maybe Katie too. Same thing. I don't know. But I it was a cheerleader. So it might have been yeah, kitty, and then there was like another mean cheerleader Brie later on.

[35:53] Andrew: Okay.

[35:54] Chase O'Donnell: But yeah. Both those sound great.

[35:56] Andrew: Yeah. So wait, was it a singing audition? What were you singing?

[35:59] Chase O'Donnell: No, I was reading a script, and I remember I did it twice. It was just a funny like monologue. She was like dumb, I guess. And or the way I played it, it was. And they thought I was being serious. Because I was like, wait. And they're like, oh, it's okay, we can start over. And I was like, oh, sorry, I was acting. So then I'm this is an audition. I'm so sorry. That was a choice that I just made, and that's how good of an actor I am that you thought I wasn't acting. And then so then I had to do it again.

[36:35] Andrew: That's good. Well, that's wild. I it's crazy that we didn't see you in that in that performance that we just did.

[36:39] Chase O'Donnell: Isn't that crazy?

[36:40] Andrew: Yeah. That was a good performance that you did in the audition.

[36:45] Chase O'Donnell: I know. I really prepared for it. Like I was like, this is it. I'm gonna be on Glee. Um I love you also saying, not that not to roast you, but like but like you saying to the casting director, this this is a big deal for me. As if like I'm sure the Glee casting director is being told this audition after audition, like okay.

[37:08] Andrew: I don't know. Here's another Gleek that's auditioning for us.

[37:11] Chase O'Donnell: You know who else was at the audition was you might be too young for this, but do you remember Allie and AJ?

[37:17] Andrew: Of course we know Allie and AJ, yes.

[37:19] Chase O'Donnell: AJ was there.

[37:21] Andrew: AJ Mashaka for what?

[37:23] Chase O'Donnell: For the same part, the cheerleader.

[37:25] Andrew: Are you kidding?

[37:27] Chase O'Donnell: She also didn't get it. So it makes me feel that.

[37:30] Andrew: She was not on Glee.

[37:32] Chase O'Donnell: Wait a minute.

[37:33] Andrew: If I I'm gonna fan cast the reboot, and you and AJ Mashaka get over there.

[37:42] Chase O'Donnell: You're you're the dumb cheerleader. She's the more like, I don't know, mature. She knows she a girl about town.

[37:49] Andrew: Yeah. Some fun facts there.

[37:52] Chase O'Donnell: Anyways, I didn't remember that all came rushing to me as we were watching that. I was like, whoa. I'm almost like tempted to just end the recording right now and just sit with that information about Allie being on Glee.

[38:05] Andrew: AJ.

[38:06] Chase O'Donnell: AJ AJ.

[38:08] Andrew: Oh wait, AJ. The younger one.

[38:11] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[38:11] Andrew: Oh, okay.

[38:12] Chase O'Donnell: Allie was the one in Phil of the Future.

[38:14] Andrew: Yeah.

[38:15] Chase O'Donnell: Allie. And also Wait. Allie was also in EZA?

[38:21] Andrew: Yes. Yes.

[38:23] Chase O'Donnell: Oh.

[38:23] Andrew: Wait, so what is like AJ's like acting credit?

[38:26] Chase O'Donnell: She was like in that that Cow Bell one. She did it with the game.

[38:29] Andrew: Oh yes.

[38:31] Chase O'Donnell: I think she was.

[38:33] Andrew: She dated family?

[38:36] Chase O'Donnell: Probably, yeah.

[38:37] Andrew: She dated Joe Jonas.

[38:40] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, yes.

[38:41] Andrew: So haven't we all?

[38:43] Chase O'Donnell: Haven't we all?

[38:46] Andrew: Get in line, girl.

[38:48] Chase O'Donnell: Get in line.

[38:49] Andrew: Okay. So what do we what do we think about the MP4 that we just watched?

[38:53] Chase O'Donnell: I thought that was absolutely brilliant.

[38:55] Andrew: Okay.

[38:56] Chase O'Donnell: It was very good. Do you know?

[38:59] Andrew: There's just a lot of context that I'd like to feel you in on.

[39:04] Chase O'Donnell: Okay.

[39:05] Andrew: Because I'm sure you missed on Glee, okay?

[39:08] Chase O'Donnell: Excuse me to miss on Glee.

[39:10] Andrew: Rachel's pregnant.

[39:11] Chase O'Donnell: Well, we don't know if she is.

[39:14] Andrew: Um is it Finn's baby? Did they bang at a wedding?

[39:18] Chase O'Donnell: They banged at a wedding the same episode, yes.

[39:21] Andrew: Okay, see. They bang it. This is what I mean though. About like here they are having fun. Anything could happen. And he's they're putting in, oh, she might be pregnant. Like, I don't know. It just seems like can we just keep it fun?

[39:36] Chase O'Donnell: Right.

[39:37] Andrew: That's so good. This is a good idea. I don't need teen pregnancy. I don't eat tears. Our main character might be pregnant. There was there was so much teen pregnancy in this show. It just seems like as theater kids, there was I didn't know any teen pregnant theater kids going on.

[41:05] Chase O'Donnell: I don't know. I know this world so well, and this world wasn't what I was living, and that's why I think I was like, it's not real. This isn't what it's like.

[41:05] Andrew: This might be too big of a question to unpack, but why do you think a theater kids aren't getting pregnant?

[41:05] Chase O'Donnell: I think there's a lot of questions. Just, you know? Because not aren't they like the the same kids that like be rubbing up on each other all the time? Like the band kids, they just like be doing like the massage trains and all that, right?

[41:05] Andrew: That's true, but like my first kiss was with a gay boy, and like I think like all my I don't think there's many straight Joe Jonas. I don't think it was Joe Jonas. I don't think there's many straight guys for the girls in my world, there wasn't uh very many straight guys.

[41:05] Chase O'Donnell: Interesting.

[41:05] Andrew: Is I don't know. In my in high school as well.

[41:05] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah. That would be a major detriment.

[41:05] Andrew: Yeah.

[41:05] Chase O'Donnell: Or they're just all using condoms all the time.

[41:05] Andrew: Yeah. That's what I was like. I was like, are they using condoms? Just yeah. And and like, I don't know. I think theater kids, if you're like obsessed with like musical theater, which I was, I wasn't obsessed with like partying.

[41:19] Andrew: Yeah, it's like there's almost some sort of like nerd type, not nerd, but like it's more like I loved High School Musical, so I wasn't like going out with the boys. But this might just be me. I'm obviously putting my experience on the show.

[41:40] Chase O'Donnell: So yeah, Rachel and Quinn are exceptions to the rule.

[41:44] Andrew: Exactly. They do be banging.

[41:45] Chase O'Donnell: And I do think it's hilarious that like, um, spoiler alert, um, Chase, if you ever do choose to finish the series Glee, um, she goes to, um, I oh god, I don't, is that OBGYN?

[42:02] Andrew: Yes.

[42:03] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, okay. She goes to the OBGYN with, um, Santana, comes out of the appointment, Santana's in the waiting room, and she's like, not pregnant, gotta get to class. And Santana's like, okay, we need to have a moment. Because it's like, girl, like we just spent the past like two episodes with you freaking out over this.

[42:18] Andrew: Yeah, we thought you had a baby inside of you. Calm the fuck down.

[42:21] Chase O'Donnell: Right. We sang a whole song about things that could happen.

[42:24] Andrew: Exactly. And Santana sets her straight.

[42:28] Chase O'Donnell: Santana sets her straight and is like, girly girl, don't blow past your trauma.

[42:33] Andrew: Yeah.

[42:39] Chase O'Donnell: I also think now I'm taking back what I said that it's too much that she was having a teenage pregnancy.

[42:45] Andrew: Excuse.

[42:46] Chase O'Donnell: I'm so sorry. Yeah, what's going on now?

[42:48] Andrew: I was blessed so hard. Um, I do think that's another thing about Gen Z is much more open and more like it's good now to show these things on TV. And I think at that time I was also like, this doesn't, this isn't happening. But it's good that it is. Anything could happen. And they're showing that anything could happen. And somebody that identifies with that will be like, oh, I'm not alone. So I take it back. I take it back.

[43:22] Andrew: You're glad Ellie Goulding.

[43:25] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, I think it's good that they're showing this.

[43:28] Andrew: Only Ellie Goulding song.

[43:31] Chase O'Donnell: Only Ellie Goulding song. What song would you want? What other Ellie Goulding?

[43:35] Andrew: But Lights.

[43:37] Chase O'Donnell: Lights. Who would sing?

[43:38] Andrew: Oh, the night's around and all.

[43:41] Chase O'Donnell: You like it?

[43:42] Andrew: Whenever you sing, I can't hear it in the Zoom.

[43:45] Chase O'Donnell: You are at such a pitch that I'm like, I can't hear you.

[43:49] Andrew: You'll get it in the quick time later.

[43:50] Chase O'Donnell: I'll get it in the quick time. Um, wait, but who be singing Lights?

[43:54] Andrew: Um, Marley.

[43:56] Chase O'Donnell: I do think Ellie Goulding is a Marley-coded artist.

[44:02] Andrew: Yeah. And I think that season four's version of the like standing in a line in the like stadium seating, singing Keep Holding On.

[44:18] Chase O'Donnell: That's season one through three.

[44:21] Andrew: Season four's version of it is singing a song while just like jumping around.

[44:25] Chase O'Donnell: Moshing dancing.

[44:26] Andrew: Absolutely moshing on stage to Ellie Goulding. Um, final note about this song is that we start this performance with Artie telling Betty Pillsbury, um, played by past Gleek of the Week, Allie Stroker. And um, and he says, when like suggesting that they're going to blossom into a larger relationship, he says, when you're rolling with Artie Abrams, anything could happen.

[44:56] Chase O'Donnell: That is the last time that we see Allie Stroker's character, which I don't know if you remember this, Chase, but they just like they do this with Glee guest stars, where they're like, okay, you get one episode and we might have promise and we might really like that character, but that's the last time that we see them.

[45:13] Andrew: So it's sad.

[45:15] Chase O'Donnell: So you hear saying that makes it so you don't like this performance?

[45:18] Andrew: No, I do like it. It's just it's part of the MP4. Um, so you know, subtract two points.

[45:25] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, I guess. Sure. I don't know. I wanted more Allie Stroker in Glee.

[45:30] Andrew: Yes.

[45:31] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[45:32] Andrew: Allie and AJ. Um, I wanted more Allie and AJ in Glee.

[45:39] Chase O'Donnell: Now I don't, I know it's hard because I was the first one and we're watching more, but right now it's clearly in first place for me.

[45:46] Andrew: I just loved that.

[45:49] Chase O'Donnell: Okay. It's in first and last place.

[45:52] Andrew: Exactly.

[45:53] Chase O'Donnell: Simultaneously.

[45:55] Andrew: Paradox.

[45:56] Chase O'Donnell: I did like it. Let's see. Okay. I was just, this shows how big of a Gleek I am, as if you didn't already know. I was just watching this episode right before I joined this.

[46:07] Andrew: Oh, it's from the season four, uh, Stevie Wonder episode.

[46:14] Chase O'Donnell: Oh well, another season four.

[46:17] Andrew: Another season four, if you can believe it.

[46:19] Chase O'Donnell: Of course. When I said this is when I tapped out. But I'm glad. Now I'm getting to see what I missed.

[46:36] Andrew: Oh yeah, baby.

[46:39] Chase O'Donnell: Like a fool I win and save too long. Now I'm wondering if you love so strong. Ooh, baby. Here I am. Sun sealed delivered. I'm yours. Then the time will win it, said goodbye. Now I'm back and not ashamed to cry. Ooh, baby. Here I am. Sun sealed delivered. I'm yours. Here I am, baby. You got my food straining hands. Here I am, baby. You got my feelings in your hands. Yeah. I've done a lot of foolish things. That really did mean. Ah yeah. Yeah, yeah. Did not. Oh, babe. Oh, we baby set my soul. That's why I know you're my soul ninja. Some still delivered. I'm yours. Here I am, baby. You got my future in your hands, baby. Here I am, baby. Yeah. Ooh, here I am. Sign sealed delivered. I'm yours. Glee cast version by the Glee cast.

[48:25] Andrew: Chase, um, what do we think about that?

[48:27] Chase O'Donnell: Do you not see my mouth dropped? Mouth dropped. Even more so than the last performance, I feel.

[48:33] Andrew: Yeah. I have to say, um, I just put myself in that room, and I was like, what if I was just watching high schoolers in the saxophones behind me in that performance? I mean that, uh, unreal.

[48:47] Chase O'Donnell: Unreal. Insane. Uh, low-key kitty sleigh. That was kitty.

[48:53] Andrew: That's what that's kitty.

[48:56] Chase O'Donnell: That's the part. That's the part that, oh god, I'm so glad that we got this with you. Wait. Could you have sung Sign Seal Delivered?

[49:06] Andrew: Absolutely.

[49:07] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, perfect. I could have done anything they wanted.

[49:09] Andrew: Yeah. No, but I gotta say that she deserved it. I'm happy it was her because that was brilliant.

[49:19] Chase O'Donnell: No, I want to live out the universes where you're kitty and also AJ. I just want to like, I want to live out all of those lives. You know what I mean?

[49:29] Andrew: Oh my god. I know what you mean. Very, very, very good performance. Um, a kitty solo that I'm not mad about. Shows up on the Glee of the Week Remaining Songs playlist all of the time.

[49:43] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah. On repeat. Uh, it's good. But you know what I will say. Um, you know it has more plays on my iTunes?

[49:55] Andrew: Sun Seal Delivered Glee Project version by Glee Project.

[49:58] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, stop it.

[50:00] Andrew: Yes.

[50:01] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[50:03] Andrew: They're like shoving each other out of the way. It's mess.

[50:05] Chase O'Donnell: I know big time mess. The Glee Project. Chase, did you watch the Glee Project?

[50:12] Andrew: Listen, you're bringing back so many memories. I think I watched it, but I don't have like, I can't place it, but I know I was aware of it and like watching their songs.

[50:25] Chase O'Donnell: There was the one guy. The, I'm remembering the guy that was, they put him on the show.

[50:31] Andrew: Yes.

[50:31] Chase O'Donnell: The drag.

[50:34] Andrew: Oh, yeah, Unique.

[50:35] Chase O'Donnell: Yes. Yes.

[50:36] Andrew: Yeah, Alex Newell.

[50:37] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, I remember him very well from the show.

[50:40] Andrew: Uh huh.

[50:41] Chase O'Donnell: Alex, and then, uh, Blake Jenner, who's in this performance, is from Glee Project as well.

[50:49] Andrew: The, the yeah, the guy here.

[50:52] Chase O'Donnell: Okay. Yeah.

[50:52] Andrew: Swoopy hair.

[50:53] Chase O'Donnell: Sweepy hair had the thin scarf for some reason, and anything could happen. And that took me out. I was like, why is Ryder wearing that?

[51:02] Andrew: Not I feel like the song is just so good because it's Stevie Wonder that like song choice is very important, I believe.

[51:15] Chase O'Donnell: And this song choice is just like, it's so strong that it almost goes ahead of the other one for me.

[51:23] Andrew: Really?

[51:24] Chase O'Donnell: Really?

[51:25] Andrew: Like I said it, but like not confidently.

[51:28] Chase O'Donnell: I'm saying it, but I don't, I'm saying it, but I'm not super confident.

[51:33] Andrew: Yeah.

[51:34] Chase O'Donnell: Wait, I will speak to the unconfident part of you. Because I don't like, I, because look at the Stevie Wonder episode, I'm like, they sort of give, it's the same thing with like the Whitney Houston tribute episode where they give songs to, I feel the wrong vocalists.

[51:51] Andrew: I have mm-mm. I have to say that.

[51:54] Chase O'Donnell: You have a rebuttal already?

[51:55] Andrew: Already.

[51:56] Chase O'Donnell: Okay. I have a, I have an agreement to that after.

[52:00] Andrew: So thank God. Stevie Wonder.

[52:03] Chase O'Donnell: Stevie Wonder songs, I think, lean themselves towards Artie's voice.

[52:09] Andrew: Yeah.

[52:09] Chase O'Donnell: I think Kevin McHale would have sang this very, very well. However, this scene is all kitty and Artie kind of beefing. Right?

[52:20] Andrew: The context is, and this really speaks to Glee as a whole, where they're like the context is that Kitty's announcing that Artie was delivered his, um, acceptance letter into college, and they sing a whole song of signed, sealed, delivered.

[52:37] Chase O'Donnell: Sealed delivered. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[52:39] Andrew: Okay, thank you for the context.

[52:40] Chase O'Donnell: So they're not, that's good. It's really important.

[52:44] Andrew: Beefing, she like, but Artie doesn't want to go because his mom, played by Kitty Segal, is like, uh, he doesn't want to leave Kitty Segal. And Kitty Segal is like, hey, I'm only here for one episode and you have my approval.

[53:01] Chase O'Donnell: And so, okay, so they're kind of beefing. Like she's making him uncomfortable. However, um, I think that's why Kitty sang this song is because this is a song that Artie would sing.

[53:14] Andrew: So here it is.

[53:15] Chase O'Donnell: Of course, but it was Ryan Murphy's or whoever's choice to make it Stevie Wonder Week.

[53:22] Andrew: Yes, so true. They didn't have to do that.

[53:24] Chase O'Donnell: I feel like Mercedes could have sang that extremely well.

[53:29] Andrew: Yes. Right.

[53:30] Chase O'Donnell: And as someone that just watched the episode, I want to provide further context for I think it's very important that you know why they had a Stevie Wonder week.

[53:40] Andrew: Yeah, would you tell me?

[53:42] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, of course. Um, the episode starts off with Rachel calling Mr. Schuester and says, hey, I have a callback for Funny Girl, okay? Um, this is when the Funny Girl storyline happens.

[53:55] Andrew: Oh, I followed all that drama.

[53:58] Chase O'Donnell: Okay. Mr. Schuester's like, wow, that's wonderful news. And then he hangs up the phone, he's like, wonderful. And then he walks into the choir room and then wonder-full. And he's like, yep, we're doing Stevie Wonder.

[54:13] Andrew: Hey, I wish I could make it up.

[54:15] Chase O'Donnell: Ooh. Yes. That's the, that's the show we, um, build a podcast around. Um, you remember I was complimenting the writing of the show earlier.

[54:34] Andrew: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. No, no, no, no, no. Some of the writing's good.

[54:37] Chase O'Donnell: Some well, and this is when I did tap out.

[54:41] Andrew: CC.

[54:42] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, yeah.

[54:43] Andrew: Um, okay, so, uh, here's who's, what's the guy's name in the wheelchair, Jared?

[54:49] Chase O'Donnell: That's Artie.

[54:50] Andrew: Oh, that's Artie. Is there a, is there a Jared?

[54:54] Chase O'Donnell: No, there's not a Jared, but there is now. You can call him Jared. His name's Jared.

[55:01] Andrew: Sure, Artie. Artie's facial reactions during that song is what had my heart. I think he stole the show. It was so funny. Uh-huh. In his bag, yeah, with those facial expressions. Very good. Between the two songs, would Jared's facial expressions help enough to grant this a vote over anything could happen?

[55:27] Chase O'Donnell: No, I take it back. Anything can happen is in top is in the win.

[55:31] Andrew: In first right now.

[55:32] Chase O'Donnell: For me.

[55:33] Andrew: For you.

[55:35] Chase O'Donnell: But we all vote, right?

[55:37] Andrew: Yeah.

[55:38] Chase O'Donnell: It's not just me, right?

[55:39] Andrew: Okay.

[55:40] Chase O'Donnell: Nope. After every two songs, we'll vote.

[55:42] Andrew: And this, so yours is for anything can happen.

[55:45] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[55:46] Andrew: What are you doing?

[55:48] Chase O'Donnell: I think I know what you're doing.

[55:50] Andrew: I think I'm doing anything could happen is.

[55:58] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, I'm feeling bad because that we only have two kitty solos, and I think this one is the better one.

[56:04] Andrew: What's the other one?

[56:05] Chase O'Donnell: Um, look at me, I'm Sandra D from Greece.

[56:09] Andrew: Yeah.

[56:10] Chase O'Donnell: Um, but some people are.

[56:12] Andrew: I really like Marley's vocals on anything could happen. I think it's that's good.

[56:19] Chase O'Donnell: Right.

[56:20] Andrew: Yeah.

[56:20] Chase O'Donnell: But if you were to vote, Allison.

[56:24] Allison: I think I would vote anything could happen.

[56:26] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[56:27] Andrew: So we all chose anything could happen.

[56:31] Chase O'Donnell: Yes.

[56:32] Andrew: Finally, we agree on something.

[56:34] Chase O'Donnell: How exciting.

[56:37] Andrew: We're gonna do this two more times.

[56:41] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, great.

[56:43] Chase O'Donnell: Jared.

[56:44] Andrew: He went to Jared.

[56:47] Chase O'Donnell: Um, okay.

[56:50] Chase O'Donnell: Season six.

[56:51] Andrew: Oh shit.

[56:52] Chase O'Donnell: The song fell out of my cup.

[56:54] Andrew: Oh, that's a good one.

[56:55] Chase O'Donnell: I'm putting it back in. Um, but the one that I actually drew is season six.

[57:00] Andrew: Okay.

[57:00] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, how many seasons are there?

[57:03] Andrew: Six.

[57:04] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, okay.

[57:05] Andrew: Yeah.

[57:06] Chase O'Donnell: Um, there's a oh god, I'm gonna quote SpongeBob right now.

[57:12] Andrew: And uh SpongeBob is like, what's my score?

[57:15] Chase O'Donnell: And Mrs. Puff is like six.

[57:18] Andrew: And he's like, what's the maximum score?

[57:20] Chase O'Donnell: And she's like, six.

[57:22] Andrew: He starts celebrating, and she's like, hundred.

[57:26] Chase O'Donnell: There's six hundred seasons of Glee.

[57:30] Andrew: And uh, and it do feel like that.

[57:33] Chase O'Donnell: It do feel like that sometimes.

[57:40] Andrew: When we're alone, uh push it down, push it uh.

[57:47] Chase O'Donnell: I'm the one for a good time cuff on the swinging.

[57:51] Andrew: She's back.

[57:52] Chase O'Donnell: Feel the love.

[57:54] Andrew: Feel the love.

[57:55] Chase O'Donnell: I mean incredible choreography.

[57:57] Andrew: I know.

[57:58] Chase O'Donnell: One, two, three, one, two, three, drink.

[58:00] Andrew: One, two, three, one, two, two, three.

[58:02] Chase O'Donnell: No.

[58:03] Andrew: No.

[58:05] Chase O'Donnell: No.

[58:07] Andrew: What?

[58:11] Chase O'Donnell: Gonna sleep.

[58:14] Andrew: From the chandelier Glee.

[58:17] Chase O'Donnell: From the chandelier.

[58:19] Andrew: No.

[58:19] Chase O'Donnell: A Maddie Ziegler look alike?

[58:23] Andrew: No.

[58:24] Chase O'Donnell: Like tomorrow doesn't exist.

[58:50] Andrew: From the chandelier.

[59:18] Chase O'Donnell: Wow.

[59:20] Andrew: Yeah.

[59:20] Chase O'Donnell: Wow.

[59:22] Andrew: Wow.

[59:23] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, wait. Start the discourse. What are you feeling about chandelier or Glee Cast version by the Gleek ass?

[59:29] Andrew: Okay.

[59:30] Chase O'Donnell: The full title.

[59:32] Andrew: Okay.

[59:33] Chase O'Donnell: When little Maddie Ziegler comes out.

[59:36] Andrew: I'm putting air quotes because it's clearly not me.

[59:39] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[59:40] Andrew: It's clearly not Maddie.

[59:42] Chase O'Donnell: They n sh in that little girl, is there a backstory to her, or she's just random?

[59:47] Andrew: It's Myron.

[59:48] Chase O'Donnell: That's Myron.

[59:50] Andrew: Myron is a what, 14-year-old boy?

[59:55] Chase O'Donnell: I feel like, oh yeah.

[59:57] Andrew: He just celebrated his bot mitzvah, mit Bar mitzvah.

[1:00:01] Chase O'Donnell: So he's 13.

[1:00:03] Andrew: He's thirteen.

[1:00:04] Chase O'Donnell: That's 13.

[1:00:05] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:00:06] Chase O'Donnell: So, and he joined the Gleek Club early. He's a prodigy. His uncle is the superintendent and you know, wanted to join this click club, even though he's not even in high school yet.

[1:00:21] Andrew: Okay.

[1:00:22] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, well that was shocking when he came out. Um, but like produ as uh here I am watching a performance, like, oh wow, they went there and then the swinging on the chandeliers, like to me it's a no-brainer. This production value was way more than our win.

[1:00:43] Andrew: What was the song we just voted on?

[1:00:46] Chase O'Donnell: Anything could happen.

[1:00:47] Andrew: Anything could happen, you know, they're just having fun in their little school outfits and this they're in costume and this with this incredible choreography and doing back hand springs and flying and little Maddie Ziegler. I'm really it was shocking, but I it was good.

[1:01:08] Chase O'Donnell: Do you fear that they're doing too much?

[1:01:11] Andrew: Yes.

[1:01:12] Chase O'Donnell: Because I feel like I was like overstimulated watching that.

[1:01:17] Andrew: I, as a viewer, too much. If I was in that audience, I would have been like, what? Like if I was like really there.

[1:01:28] Chase O'Donnell: I'm putting myself as if I was really there watching that. I'd be like, what is happening? This is a high school glee club.

[1:01:34] Andrew: I love it.

[1:01:35] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:01:35] Andrew: When theater performances come in from the wings.

[1:01:38] Chase O'Donnell: That stresses me the fuck out.

[1:01:40] Andrew: No, you're kidding.

[1:01:42] Chase O'Donnell: No, I love it. When in hair, they're like dancing through and handing out little flowers to audience members.

[1:01:49] Andrew: I'm like, as when I was 13, I was like, yeah.

[1:01:54] Chase O'Donnell: That is different than Myron dressed up as Maddie Ziegler.

[1:02:00] Andrew: I love that.

[1:02:00] Chase O'Donnell: Like dry humping one of the judges.

[1:02:03] Andrew: I love it.

[1:02:04] Chase O'Donnell: It is too much.

[1:02:05] Andrew: I hope in the uh what is it? When a musical comes back, revival.

[1:02:12] Chase O'Donnell: Revival.

[1:02:13] Andrew: Revival of um Sweeney Todd, that they do the bit with um the woman who sings the like witch, which and they have her like in the wings.

[1:02:28] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, it's so good.

[1:02:30] Andrew: That gives Maddie Ziegler Myron Chandelier Sia.

[1:02:34] Chase O'Donnell: I hate this is where we really separate because I really hate when they're in the aisles.

[1:02:40] Andrew: I really I went to go see like Lion King, but I was like in the mezzanine, so I like enjoyed it when they were like walking through was the animals.

[1:02:46] Chase O'Donnell: I'm like, oh, I can appreciate this from afar, but like I don't know.

[1:02:50] Andrew: I don't want to look an actor like at eye level or anything.

[1:02:53] Chase O'Donnell: Like it stresses me the fuck out.

[1:02:55] Andrew: No.

[1:02:56] Chase O'Donnell: Well, yeah, I do feel like what they did with Myron having.

[1:03:01] Andrew: Myron, sure.

[1:03:05] Chase O'Donnell: You call him Myron. Is that what you kids call him?

[1:03:08] Andrew: So he's in the nude like thing that Maddie Ziegler was in.

[1:03:14] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:03:14] Andrew: Right.

[1:03:15] Chase O'Donnell: Which I just feel like they didn't.

[1:03:18] Andrew: I feel like this whole number with the singers, they're in their high school costumes and it's like different.

[1:03:25] Chase O'Donnell: They should have, they shouldn't have had him in the nude bodysuit.

[1:03:29] Andrew: I think they could have had him be the little kid being a crazy and not had to completely copy that.

[1:03:35] Chase O'Donnell: No, they had to.

[1:03:37] Andrew: They had to.

[1:03:38] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:03:40] Andrew: Sia has it in her contract.

[1:03:40] Chase O'Donnell: Uh, if you sing this song, you have to have a little Maddie Ziegler running around somewhere.

[1:03:47] Andrew: And it's usually Myron.

[1:03:47] Chase O'Donnell: But poor Myron can't even keep up with Maddie Ziegler.

[1:03:52] Andrew: I know.

[1:03:52] Chase O'Donnell: Maddie Ziegler's so good.

[1:03:54] Andrew: And so you're just comparing.

[1:03:56] Chase O'Donnell: I don't think I think when I'm watching Myron, and I feel like we're really uh at nuts and bolts with this performance.

[1:04:03] Andrew: But like Myron's having fun.

[1:04:05] Chase O'Donnell: I don't think Myron's thinking about Maddie Ziegler at all.

[1:04:08] Andrew: Because I think he's just giving his own interpretation of it.

[1:04:12] Chase O'Donnell: And they're little kid monster.

[1:04:13] Andrew: Is Myron a little off?

[1:04:15] Chase O'Donnell: Myron is a lot.

[1:04:17] Andrew: He's like lightning in the bottle, I would describe.

[1:04:20] Chase O'Donnell: No, no, like lightning in a bottle is like a compliment.

[1:04:23] Andrew: I don't I don't mean that as a compliment.

[1:04:25] Chase O'Donnell: He's a very extroverted 13-year-old kid.

[1:04:28] Andrew: Like I'm just wondering why they wrote in this storyline.

[1:04:32] Chase O'Donnell: They must have seen talent in this kid.

[1:04:35] Andrew: Join the club.

[1:04:36] Chase O'Donnell: And been like, let's write him apart.

[1:04:38] Andrew: Like he must be, I feel like they wrote it for him, because why would they have him?

[1:04:45] Chase O'Donnell: I don't club.

[1:04:47] Andrew: Listen, I hated it while it was on the air. The final season, I feel it's important in context that the final season was shown Friday nights at 9 p.m.

[1:04:58] Chase O'Donnell: Um, so very telling.

[1:05:02] Andrew: Very telling. I feel like that really came across with that performance.

[1:05:07] Chase O'Donnell: Um, but uh yeah, I didn't like it on my first watch through in 2015.

[1:05:12] Andrew: But I think in hindsight, I enjoy Myron as a character.

[1:05:15] Chase O'Donnell: I think he's fun.

[1:05:16] Andrew: I think he's spunky.

[1:05:18] Chase O'Donnell: I don't know.

[1:05:18] Andrew: I don't condone him like dry humping a judge.

[1:05:21] Chase O'Donnell: I don't think that's like helping your performance.

[1:05:23] Andrew: No, but I do uh uh Chase, right when you said, oh, I love this choreography, this is so good.

[1:05:31] Chase O'Donnell: Um, they just did the Megan doll movie dance.

[1:05:35] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:05:36] Chase O'Donnell: And I was like, oh, that's where it came from.

[1:05:39] Andrew: Which came first?

[1:05:40] Chase O'Donnell: Mathrigan or uh or Chandelier because came first.

[1:05:45] Andrew: Rachel and Kurt are canonically the directors of the Glee Club at this point.

[1:05:52] Chase O'Donnell: They've graduated high school and they're doing this.

[1:05:55] Andrew: And Rachel like laughs when Myron comes out.

[1:05:58] Chase O'Donnell: I know, I know I know we're it's your idea, Rachel.

[1:06:01] Andrew: Yeah, I but like again, like I don't think that this is like a racial idea.

[1:06:05] Chase O'Donnell: I know this girl, Rachel. I've known her for six seasons now.

[1:06:09] Andrew: And it's like this is not a Rachel.

[1:06:09] Chase O'Donnell: Six hundred seasons.

[1:06:15] Andrew: And this is not an idea that she would come up with.

[1:06:17] Chase O'Donnell: See, and neither is come sail away from last episode.

[1:06:20] Andrew: Like that's what I'm saying.

[1:06:23] Chase O'Donnell: Wait, so how would you defend Rachel and Kurt coming up with this idea?

[1:06:28] Andrew: I don't I don't think this is in their playbook.

[1:06:32] Chase O'Donnell: You think that this is Myron just going like loose canon?

[1:06:35] Andrew: Yeah, Myron's like, I have this skin tight, skin colored scoot suit.

[1:06:40] Chase O'Donnell: Scoot.

[1:06:41] Andrew: I need to wear it, so we need to do um chandelier.

[1:06:45] Chase O'Donnell: Spacio.

[1:06:47] Andrew: You have to do it.

[1:06:47] Chase O'Donnell: Uh well.

[1:06:49] Andrew: We have I have to wear it.

[1:06:51] Chase O'Donnell: And she's like, I have to wear it.

[1:06:54] Andrew: Okay.

[1:06:55] Chase O'Donnell: Like I have to wear you better be singing chandelier.

[1:06:57] Andrew: Exactly.

[1:06:58] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, I'm so excited.

[1:07:01] Andrew: I hope this is from season one.

[1:07:02] Chase O'Donnell: It's not.

[1:07:03] Andrew: It's from season four.

[1:07:03] Chase O'Donnell: Um, I can't wait.

[1:07:09] Andrew: Okay.

[1:07:10] Chase O'Donnell: It's a fun one.

[1:07:11] Andrew: Okay, I'm ready.

[1:07:12] Chase O'Donnell: Let me be clear.

[1:07:14] Chase O'Donnell: He's a womanizer.

[1:07:16] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:07:17] Chase O'Donnell: Okay.

[1:07:18] Andrew: Superstar, where you're from, how's it going?

[1:07:22] Chase O'Donnell: I know you got a clue what you're doing.

[1:07:25] Andrew: You can trade brand new to all the other chicks out here, but I know what you are.

[1:07:31] Chase O'Donnell: What you are, baby.

[1:07:32] Andrew: Look at you.

[1:07:34] Chase O'Donnell: Get login just to re up, baby.

[1:07:36] Andrew: You got all the puppets with the strings up.

[1:07:42] Chase O'Donnell: I see them.

[1:07:42] Andrew: I know what you are.

[1:07:44] Chase O'Donnell: What you are, baby.

[1:07:46] Andrew: Womanizer, woman, womanizer, you're a womanizer, oh womanizer, oh, you're a womanizer, baby.

[1:07:53] Chase O'Donnell: You go you uh, you go you uh womanizer womanizer womanizer.

[1:08:00] Andrew: Boy to try to front uh I'm not just just what you are uh uh boy don't try to front uh I don't just just let you uh uh uh You got me going.

[1:08:09] Chase O'Donnell: You're also charming, but I can't do it.

[1:08:13] Andrew: You womanizer.

[1:08:28] Chase O'Donnell: Maybe if you both lived in a different world.

[1:08:32] Andrew: And as a woman as a woman, no.

[1:08:35] Chase O'Donnell: It would be a good and maybe I could be a girl, but I can't, cause we don't.

[1:08:40] Andrew: You woman as a woman womanizer, you're a woman as a woman as a door woman as a baby.

[1:08:49] Chase O'Donnell: You go, you could do a womanizer, womanizer womanizer.

[1:08:57] Andrew: Don't try.

[1:09:06] Chase O'Donnell: But I can't do it.

[1:09:17] Andrew: You say I'm crazy.

[1:09:18] Chase O'Donnell: I got you crazy.

[1:09:20] Andrew: You're nothing but a womanizer.

[1:09:26] Chase O'Donnell: We should hang out sometime.

[1:09:30] Andrew: I have so much to say about this performance. Number one, best thing we've watched tonight. Can I say that?

[1:09:39] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, really?

[1:09:39] Andrew: I will.

[1:09:40] Chase O'Donnell: Wow.

[1:09:41] Andrew: I think I would agree.

[1:09:42] Chase O'Donnell: What?

[1:09:43] Andrew: Wait. Wait.

[1:09:47] Chase O'Donnell: Yes.

[1:09:48] Andrew: Okay.

[1:09:48] Chase O'Donnell: So good.

[1:09:50] Andrew: Alex Newell, uh, in the lead. Absolutely incredible. Britney 2.0. Why is Will Schuster walking around in the background of that gym scene?

[1:10:00] Chase O'Donnell: I don't know. That's not like even like natural, like traffic area.

[1:10:04] Andrew: No, he's just walking and then stands there and looks.

[1:10:07] Chase O'Donnell: He's like, huh. And then there's no uh solving that.

[1:10:10] Andrew: When I usually walk past the girls' gym class, uh there's not this much commotion.

[1:10:16] Chase O'Donnell: Why are there lights and music? I'm confused.

[1:10:19] Andrew: Um also I wanna know if there's I don't think what Jake's doing is womanizing. I think what he's doing is being a slut.

[1:10:29] Chase O'Donnell: Um there's a difference to me. Like a womanizer is a flirt, like kind of reels women in and then treats them badly, and then ghosts.

[1:10:44] Andrew: Um it's not beep bopping from one girl to the next. That's just like a sleaze, slutty, slutty man. Um what do you think?

[1:10:54] Chase O'Donnell: No, I think you're right. I think I think I think you're right. That's the definition.

[1:10:57] Andrew: Now I think I watched that, and sometimes I gotta be honest, this is where like the musicals in real life videos that I have been making stem from because I watch things like this.

[1:11:12] Chase O'Donnell: It's different. We just watched a performance, people are watching it. This is like a music video in a school, and it's like, right? Is that really happening?

[1:11:20] Andrew: That they're in their class and girls came in and started singing womanizer. No, and if it really did happen, people would be like, what is happening?

[1:11:33] Chase O'Donnell: So I watch these type of things just being like, this is so not real. This isn't happening right now. What and they they go back and forth in glee where it's like we believe that musicals are happening, and then we're like, what's the reality here? What world are we in?

[1:11:49] Andrew: Wait, you don't you don't like having both.

[1:11:51] Chase O'Donnell: No.

[1:11:52] Andrew: No.

[1:11:53] Chase O'Donnell: You want it to be one or the other.

[1:11:54] Andrew: Yeah. I wanna. Are we in a musical where where songs just happen out of the blue? Or are we in a school that they sing songs? So would you believe that this is like a day, a collective daydream of all of the girls at the high school?

[1:12:09] Chase O'Donnell: I would believe this was. Yeah, if this was a collective daydream, yes.

[1:12:17] Andrew: Where I guess at the end he's in a sort of rope at the end and he's still interacting.

[1:12:24] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah. Yeah.

[1:12:24] Andrew: I loved the choice at the end where he said, I think we should hang out because it made me feel like, oh, it was actually happening. He did he did just watch them do gymnastics in the gym singing womanizer about him.

[1:12:39] Chase O'Donnell: Right. And he just like he's like, oh, what a great song. Like I don't get that they're singing it about me.

[1:12:45] Andrew: Yeah. Right. So that's what that's going to be me. I'm a slutty sleaze man, not a womanizer.

[1:12:50] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah. I know the definition of womanizer, and I'm not that. Whoever this song's about is a real douche.

[1:12:56] Andrew: Yeah. Exactly. I hate that guy. So that was my that's my thing. I felt like I get really like my head starts going, what's happening? What's real? Right. What's real? What's real? Is this really happening? Or a collective daydream works for me.

[1:13:13] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah. A collective daydream. Um, I remember this performance really brought up the um a memory from high school that my friend Tori and I would print out pictures of Unique, um, the lead vocalist on this song.

[1:13:29] Andrew: And we would cut them up, like cut them out, like cut out the pictures of Unique and tape them on to books that are on display on in the library at our school, and see how long they would last and like without people like noticing because it like you would you wouldn't believe it, but a picture of Unique actually does like naturally just sort of dissolve into covers of like history textbooks and whatever.

[1:13:57] Chase O'Donnell: And so every every like free period that we would have, Tori and I we would do laps and do our like Unique checkups, and we would see like oh like Unique's still there. Glad that she's still like persisting. Um and I remember like there was like a one picture from this performance specifically that we printed out and put in like the history section, and she lasted a really long time. There, I remember there was one day that we went and she was no longer there, and I I wish that I could have so funny that.

[1:14:28] Andrew: So were you what season six were you a senior in high school? What was your journey?

[1:14:35] Chase O'Donnell: I was a senior and a freshman in college.

[1:14:39] Andrew: So this season I was a junior in high school, season four.

[1:14:43] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, okay, okay.

[1:14:44] Andrew: Yeah, and so I should have been like prepping for the SATs or I don't know, like getting ready for my driver's test or something, but instead putting pictures.

[1:14:53] Chase O'Donnell: That's so fun.

[1:14:54] Andrew: That's really fun.

[1:14:55] Chase O'Donnell: That's cute.

[1:14:55] Andrew: We had a blast. Um, and also every time I remember I used to play this song so many times in the car that I remember like noticing that there's like a lyric in the bridge that Unique sings that she says, maybe if we both lived in a different world, it would be all good, and maybe I could be your girl, but I can't because we don't.

[1:15:20] Chase O'Donnell: And I love that lyric because it's just like it's like, well, we could be doing this, but I guess we're not in that world because we don't. So yeah, I just need to shout out my favorite lyric of all time.

[1:15:33] Andrew: That's a beautiful lyric. And can you tell me who sings this song?

[1:15:38] Chase O'Donnell: It's Womanizer by the Glee Cast version by Glee Cast.

[1:15:42] Andrew: Yes. Yeah.

[1:15:43] Chase O'Donnell: Thank you. Womanizer Glee Cast version by Glee Cast. From the episode Brittany 2.0. Um, okay, so you both loved this.

[1:15:52] Andrew: Love it.

[1:15:53] Chase O'Donnell: I love it.

[1:15:54] Andrew: You said that you this is the worst thing that you ever watched, right?

[1:16:00] Chase O'Donnell: Okay. Well, listen, now I'm I I don't think it was the worst thing I ever watched. I I liked the Sia performance better.

[1:16:12] Andrew: Okay.

[1:16:13] Chase O'Donnell: Is this gonna be super controversial?

[1:16:16] Andrew: No, no, no, because I want I really do like the chandelier performance as well. And it's just it's a darn shame that these two songs are against each other. To put two birth pu beautiful girls up against each other is women against women. We don't like to see it, but I'm voting happens.

[1:16:32] Chase O'Donnell: I'm voting for Womanizer. If Chase is voting for Chandelier, I'm voting for Womanizer, which means Andrew.

[1:16:37] Andrew: Well, good luck.

[1:16:39] Chase O'Donnell: And I gotta vote for my favorite favorite.

[1:16:43] Andrew: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[1:16:45] Chase O'Donnell: No, maybe if we both lived in a different world, I guess.

[1:16:49] Andrew: But we don't. I knew I was outnumbered on that one. I knew. I knew Womanizer was gonna win. I'm happy for Womanizer. I really am. I hope that you can you can stick around for one last competition, Chase.

[1:17:00] Chase O'Donnell: I'm I'm happy. I'm happy to stick around for one last competition. No hard feelings.

[1:17:05] Andrew: Okay. I'm looking forward to it.

[1:17:08] Chase O'Donnell: I'm here's hoping for season one.

[1:17:11] Andrew: Season five.

[1:17:13] Chase O'Donnell: No.

[1:17:16] Andrew: No way.

[1:17:17] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, this is good though. I'm seeing what I missed. Truly.

[1:17:21] Andrew: Are you liking what you missed so far or no?

[1:17:24] Chase O'Donnell: No, I I'm realizing this is why I topped out.

[1:17:28] Andrew: Yeah, okay.

[1:17:29] Chase O'Donnell: It's for the best. Everything's for the best. No, I am a fan.

[1:17:37] Chase O'Donnell: Friday night I crashed your party. Saturday I said I'm sorry. Sunday came and trashed me out again. And you told me not to drive, but I made it home alive. So you said that only proves that I'm in the same.

[1:18:01] Andrew: You may be right. I may be crazy. But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for. Turn off the lights. Don't try to save me. You may be wrong, but all I know, but you may be right.

[1:18:26] Chase O'Donnell: I'm having fun.

[1:18:29] Andrew: I'm not.

[1:18:31] Chase O'Donnell: I think of all the years you tried to find someone to satisfy you. I might be as crazy as you say. If I'm crazy, then it's true that it's all because of you. And you wouldn't want me any other way.

[1:18:55] Andrew: You may be right. I may be crazy. Oh, but it just made me a lunatic you're looking for. It's late to fight. It's late to change me. You may be wrong, but all I know, but you may be right.

[1:19:21] Chase O'Donnell: Look at baby right. I may be crazy. Hey, but it just made me a lunatic go looking for. Turn out the lights. Uh try to save That's good.

[1:19:40] Andrew: You may be wrong, for all I know. You may be right. You may be wrong, but you may be right. You may be wrong, but you may be right. You may be wrong, but you may be right.

[1:20:04] Chase O'Donnell: Okay. Wow.

[1:20:06] Andrew: The whole school.

[1:20:08] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, well bit of a Billy Joel. Was that um like summers out for the seas like is school's out for summer?

[1:20:17] Andrew: No.

[1:20:18] Chase O'Donnell: No, this is the job fair episode.

[1:20:24] Andrew: Oh I had fun.

[1:20:29] Chase O'Donnell: I had fun watching.

[1:20:30] Andrew: Yeah, a little Will Schuster solo up in here. Very cute.

[1:20:34] Chase O'Donnell: It's fun.

[1:20:35] Andrew: No, not a song. There's more vocalists in there. But yeah, Mr. Shaw Lee.

[1:20:38] Chase O'Donnell: A heavy Wolo.

[1:20:42] Andrew: Mm-hmm.

[1:20:42] Chase O'Donnell: Um I feel like you both really liked this.

[1:20:46] Andrew: Yeah, did you hate it?

[1:20:47] Chase O'Donnell: This is the worst thing you've ever watched.

[1:20:49] Andrew: Well, because I was listening, of course, to the only thing that I listened to, the Gleek of the Week Remaining Song playlist. And uh this came up today, and I was like, yeah, I'm ready to discuss how fucking much I hate this song.

[1:21:01] Chase O'Donnell: Really?

[1:21:02] Andrew: It's the song, not the performance.

[1:21:04] Chase O'Donnell: You don't like if Billy Joel singing it.

[1:21:07] Andrew: Down to Unique's goddamn ugly outfit. Unique, I have never seen an uglier outfit now.

[1:21:13] Chase O'Donnell: No, that's a you were wearing it.

[1:21:15] Andrew: That's disgusting. What are you thinking? Um, but I want I want to be I want to be swayed. I don't want to start negative. I want to hear the positives of this performance first.

[1:21:25] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah. The positives for me were you watch, it's a feel-good number. You're watching it, just oh, have oh, they're having fun. Maybe I'll have fun. They they're they're having fun. I've said having fun a lot, but that's all I can. They're having fun.

[1:21:42] Andrew: We're having fun. We're all having fun watching that.

[1:21:46] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:21:47] Andrew: Okay. Not all of us.

[1:21:48] Chase O'Donnell: Okay. I like the camaraderie of it all. We're just yelling singing at Sue, and then we're dancing through the hallways and then dancing on the stage. It's very cute.

[1:21:58] Andrew: It's cute. It is giving the end of an era, though. It's giving end of something.

[1:22:06] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, yeah.

[1:22:07] Andrew: Oh, this is the last time we ever see.

[1:22:09] Chase O'Donnell: I can't believe the context is it's job fair. It's like they're celebrating the end of job fair week.

[1:22:16] Andrew: Yeah. Uh-huh.

[1:22:18] Chase O'Donnell: So that's shocking. But and and I gotta say, like, this is season five. We've seen this number.

[1:22:28] Andrew: Not that song, but we've seen this number so many times already.

[1:22:32] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:22:33] Andrew: Like, this isn't anything original.

[1:22:35] Chase O'Donnell: Nobody's mouth is dropped.

[1:22:37] Andrew: It's we've seen it just with a different song.

[1:22:40] Chase O'Donnell: Okay.

[1:22:41] Andrew: Yep.

[1:22:41] Chase O'Donnell: Uh-huh.

[1:22:42] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:22:43] Chase O'Donnell: Wait. I had to. Okay, so I think that's where I'm coming from. And so, like, you've seen it.

[1:22:46] Andrew: I've seen it before.

[1:22:48] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:22:49] Andrew: We've seen it.

[1:22:50] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:22:50] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:22:51] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:22:52] Andrew: I don't know.

[1:22:53] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, where is Teenage Dream, like, you know, a cappella group? They're not doing anything fun. And also, like, I mean, to your point earlier, Chase, um, you said, like, okay, the difference between like a dream sequence or like a performance that actually is happening in universe. I am annoyed with like, okay, with Glee, the story is obviously like Glee's like underdog, like sub basement, like they are at the bottom of the blue chain. Um, and yet everybody and their goddamn mom is singing along to this song. And so I'm like, wait a minute. What's that? Do you all hate these kids? Or not? But I don't know. Season five, or I thought maybe they were cool.

[1:23:37] Chase O'Donnell: Didn't they become cool at some point?

[1:23:40] Andrew: They do for an episode, and then Cafeteria Lady daughter joins Glee Club and they hate Cafeteria Lady.

[1:23:47] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:23:48] Andrew: And so they're like, uh-uh.

[1:23:49] Chase O'Donnell: I did not like that storyline.

[1:23:52] Andrew: We didn't like the cav.

[1:23:54] Chase O'Donnell: Marley has been like pretty consistent in these performances. Showing up in every single one of them.

[1:24:01] Andrew: Yeah. Um, yeah, I'm just like been there, done that, seen it. I don't know if this needs to win any sort of award, but I had fun.

[1:24:08] Chase O'Donnell: Right.

[1:24:09] Andrew: What will I go on YouTube and watch this again? Absolutely not.

[1:24:12] Chase O'Donnell: I don't, I don't really need to. I've seen it.

[1:24:15] Andrew: You're not screaming.

[1:24:17] Chase O'Donnell: I'm not screaming. Yeah.

[1:24:18] Andrew: Okay.

[1:24:22] Chase O'Donnell: Which I have done before in Glee performances.

[1:24:26] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:24:26] Chase O'Donnell: Nice.

[1:24:27] Andrew: On the record, yeah. Um, yeah, I don't know. I I feel like they were like trying to like reach a quota, like they were like losing dad listeners at this point. And they were like, okay, we gotta get the dads back.

[1:24:35] Chase O'Donnell: Gotta get the dads back.

[1:24:37] Andrew: We gotta get the dads back. Come on. Um, so I don't know. Final song of the episode.

[1:24:43] Chase O'Donnell: Oh my gosh. Season one.

[1:24:45] Andrew: Season one.

[1:24:46] Chase O'Donnell: Please.

[1:24:50] Andrew: Season five.

[1:24:52] Chase O'Donnell: Woo! Very nice.

[1:24:54] Andrew: Okay.

[1:24:55] Chase O'Donnell: Okay. Um my neighbors hate me for just a screaming season five episodes. Um, okay, but it's a song, like, this is from the 100th episode where they redo songs that they've done before.

[1:25:11] Andrew: So 100th episode.

[1:25:13] Chase O'Donnell: Well, you've seen like the first performance of this, but not.

[1:25:16] Andrew: Don't tell me it's don't stop believing.

[1:25:19] Chase O'Donnell: No.

[1:25:19] Andrew: Okay.

[1:25:19] Chase O'Donnell: No. It's a fan favorite.

[1:25:21] Andrew: Okay, okay. Can't wait.

[1:25:26] ♪ Musical number: "Valerie" — performed by Santana and Brittany ♪

[1:27:26] Chase O'Donnell: Wow.

[1:27:29] Andrew: You know the original that Santana did from season two.

[1:27:32] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah. My um, I mean, this is a no-brainer for me. That was fun. I can't even believe I called the other one fun.

[1:27:42] Andrew: Hindsight is 2020. Um, how I know we're gonna say a lot of positive things about this.

[1:27:48] Chase O'Donnell: Okay.

[1:27:48] Andrew: I want to say one negative thing. Um, that this song should have remained a Santolo.

[1:27:56] Chase O'Donnell: I didn't Oh my god! I was gonna say the same thing.

[1:27:58] Andrew: Yeah, I didn't need the Britney in there.

[1:28:00] Chase O'Donnell: I need the Britney.

[1:28:01] Andrew: I liked Britney jumping in.

[1:28:03] Chase O'Donnell: Okay.

[1:28:04] Andrew: I think it's fun.

[1:28:05] Chase O'Donnell: Fun.

[1:28:05] Andrew: I think the per like the performance is better like the M than the MP3 because I'm like, I'm listening to the MP3. And I'm like, I don't need I'm sorry. I don't know. I don't I don't know if many people like rise for this version of this song. But like this But watching it is different.

[1:28:25] Chase O'Donnell: Watching watching, okay. I think it's like cute. I think what really takes me out is the Britney fit. Like unique's fit was very also ugly. Like this is a bad fit for Britney. And Brittany has graduated from high school at this point, and um she's no longer on the Cheerios and yet still wearing like the high pony. And I'm like, please just give it up. Give up the high.

[1:28:50] Andrew: I can't imagine.

[1:28:51] Chase O'Donnell: Right. I would I think that would have been way more fun if like she let her hair down to perform. I don't know.

[1:28:56] Andrew: So you're more giving notes to the the costume team.

[1:29:00] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:29:01] Andrew: Yeah, and they're they're loyal listeners of the podcast, so they're they're writing this all down. I also had a moment I was watching the video and then I w looked at you, Andrew, and you were taking notes. And I laughed to myself. I wanna know what notes you took.

[1:29:20] Chase O'Donnell: I I mean I I was thinking I've been taking notes this entire time because I need to know what's the to talk about. Write down notes during performances and it makes me so happy. For people to come in here it's like I they must think that we're fucking insane that I'm like we're you're having like fun watching the performance I'm like well this they flopped you know okay her hair should be down her hair we're subtracting points um I mean okay because like I obviously said on record number of times Britannia fan may I be I I love this ship I will cry for this ship I will die for this ship this song just didn't need to happen we only get like four Britannia duets throughout the entire series all 600 seasons of glee and um in and like I just I I could have done without this one.

[1:30:15] Andrew: Okay I don't I like I think it's cute. I just I did yeah I I was like I I don't think it needed to be touched again and for the hundredth episode they do this twice and it irritates me because they did this with like Defiant Gravity where it's like obviously Kurt and Rachel first sang in season one and then for the hundredth episode it was Kurt Kurt, Rachel and Mercedes. And then with Valerie it was like Santana sang it arranged but like it now we're doing Santana and Britney and it's like no just give it to someone else entirely.

[1:30:46] Chase O'Donnell: Right?

[1:30:46] Andrew: What the fuck is like Tina doing? I don't know.

[1:30:48] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah yeah now see I don't have that context so like I'm not I wasn't watching fun so I'm I was just having fun I sure I thought that was just objectively a great performance.

[1:31:03] Andrew: And it is.

[1:31:04] Chase O'Donnell: And it had the wow factor because I thought the dancers were really good.

[1:31:08] Andrew: They were great.

[1:31:09] Chase O'Donnell: Yes.

[1:31:10] Andrew: And that one I would watch again.

[1:31:13] Chase O'Donnell: This is an obvious competition.

[1:31:15] Andrew: It's an obvious competition.

[1:31:16] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:31:16] Andrew: I already wrote the winner.

[1:31:18] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah, yeah.

[1:31:18] Andrew: Okay, okay, you're right. No, no, no. Here I am like trying to say it should win, but but it was an obvious choice, and I didn't need to put that out there.

[1:31:27] Chase O'Donnell: Okay.

[1:31:27] Andrew: I'm glad you stood up for this.

[1:31:28] Chase O'Donnell: Okay, okay.

[1:31:29] Andrew: Stood up for the colour.

[1:31:29] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, you thought you're valid. I'm glad you stood up for Valerie.

[1:31:32] Andrew: You're allowed to say whatever you want on this game.

[1:31:33] Chase O'Donnell: I stood up for the number.

[1:31:35] Andrew: Okay.

[1:31:37] Chase O'Donnell: And I appreciated it. Um Valerie is the obvious uh loser. You may be right going through it in it. It's trying to neglect it. Um, to recap this episode, we have um sign seal delivered, I'm yours not going through, Womanizer going through, and Valerie going through as well.

[1:32:00] Andrew: And I have anything can happen, yes, going through, anything can happen.

[1:32:04] Chase O'Donnell: It means going what?

[1:32:06] Andrew: Anything can happen.

[1:32:08] Chase O'Donnell: You know what just did happen? You're going through to the next round of the glacket.

[1:32:12] Andrew: You're going to Hollywood.

[1:32:12] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:32:13] Andrew: You're going to Hollywood. Um then chandelier and you may be right staying behind. Um, may they rest in peace. I really, you know what? Chandelier, R. Ip. It was good. Yeah, because even when you brought up Sign Seal Delivered, I was like, that was good.

[1:32:30] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah.

[1:32:30] Andrew: We left you, you guys have left some good ones behind.

[1:32:35] Chase O'Donnell: But they will be sorely missed.

[1:32:37] Andrew: But better ones are moving forward.

[1:32:39] Chase O'Donnell: Better ones are moving forward. Um, Chase, to wrap up our episode, we want to ask you a question that we ask every single one of our leaks.

[1:32:49] Andrew: Okay.

[1:32:50] Chase O'Donnell: If Glee was still on in 2023, what are they singing?

[1:32:56] Andrew: Oh, well, they seem to sing the like the relevant hits of the time. So I think they're singing.

[1:33:02] Chase O'Donnell: You may be wrong, but you may be right. Relevant.

[1:33:09] Andrew: I think they're singing Flowers by Miley Cyrus for sure. There's some sort of like woman empowerment episode.

[1:33:16] Chase O'Donnell: Yes.

[1:33:17] Andrew: And they're probably singing Taylor Swift, unless she's like cost too much money, but I bet they sing like Antihero, because it was such a hit.

[1:33:26] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, for sure. Yeah.

[1:33:27] Andrew: They only did two Taylor Swift songs. Can you believe that?

[1:33:29] Chase O'Donnell: Really? Was it Shake It Off? I I No, they did um Mean and Mine. And I don't know what the choice was there, but I I don't know. I think it might have been uh like a copyright like property.

[1:33:43] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:33:44] Chase O'Donnell: Yeah. Or big speaknow heads. So they love speak now.

[1:33:47] Andrew: They love speak now.

[1:33:49] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, Rachel really wants to sing this song, but we can't afford it. Darn. God. Um Chase, thank you so much for being our clique this week. It has been nothing short of iconic. Um, where can all of the glisteners, the glee listeners, obviously, where can all of them find you on social glee?

[1:34:14] Andrew: Social Gledia, you can find me. I post everything on my Instagram, which is Chase Underscore O'Donnell, but I as I am a did we call me a TikTok extra musical queen. Something like that.

[1:34:26] Chase O'Donnell: Yes. That's TikTok is short air as well. Yeah. Yeah. Queen extraordinaire. That's Chase underscore Elaine. And then um I have a comedy special coming out next month. So that'll be I'll be posting about it on my social Gleadia. Um Social Glead. But that's a different app. I hope you're aware.

[1:34:45] Andrew: Oh, okay.

[1:34:50] Chase O'Donnell: Don't be like using our terms like that.

[1:34:52] Andrew: Oh my gosh, you're right. I should have assumed. Um but that's gonna be on YouTube so anybody can see it.

[1:34:59] Chase O'Donnell: Oh my gosh. All the check it out. I am I'm so checking out I love.

[1:35:04] Andrew: We thank you. This was so good. Thank you so so much. Like truly? Talk about having fun, me. I just had so much fun. So thank you.

[1:35:16] Chase O'Donnell: Having fun is the winner of the Glackett tonight.

[1:35:19] Andrew: Yes.

[1:35:21] Chase O'Donnell: Oh, that's good.

[1:35:23] Andrew: All right, to end the episode, we're gonna say bye in our most annoying voices after one. Three, two, one.

[1:35:32] All: Bye!

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