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

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

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

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

[0:35] Andrew McGuire: If it's okay with everybody, I'm gonna have a podcast episode right now, and actually we're going to, we're gonna eliminate two songs from the hip-hop show Glee from the Glacket in this recording. But I need, I need some help. So thankfully, wait a minute, there are two people in this recording. One of them was heavily referenced in last week's episode of Emilee's Rule of Fame. Emilee, hello.

[1:05] Emilee: Hello, hello. The riots are still happening.

[1:12] Andrew McGuire: I mean, okay, because I assume that you're talking about a new riot that has since begun after last week's episode?

[1:19] Emilee: Yeah, really. I mean, Connor told me to put down the rock, and I said, absolutely not. Especially after what happened in that second competition last week. Ooh, I got some words. I'm holding on to this rock.

[1:30] Andrew McGuire: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, and then also making Glacket debut, but not a stranger to talking about Glee in an audio fashion. Maybe you've heard him talk to even Kevin and Jenna, and Paris Sparkly, and myself, and other, Marlee's mom from the hip-hop show Glee. Of course, I'm talking about DJ Bob Runkel from the DJ Bob show. Hello, Bob.

[2:00] Bob Runkel: Hello. I'm so glad to have you here. How are you doing? I feel like I've been bugging you for years.

[2:08] Andrew McGuire: I haven't even known you that long.

[2:16] Bob Runkel: Well, I mean, I'm so glad that we can finally make it happen.

[2:22] Andrew McGuire: Well, thank you. Okay, so obviously starting out the episode with Glacket grievances, I feel like we need to have a seasoned pro of talking about Glacket grievances. Start off the discourse, of course, Emilee. You already mentioned it, the rock that you're holding on to. Do you want to discuss the rock?

[2:36] Emilee: Oh my gosh, the rock. So for those of you who might not know, my least favorite song on Glee of all time is Christmas Wrapping. I've discussed it a few times before. Obviously, they were talking about it last week. It's just, and Connor said it best last week, that it is not the Glee performance of it all. It's the song itself. So it's really, like, it was doomed before it even made the airwaves on Glee. So yeah, I was like, and Call Me Maybe? Oh my god, sad to see her go.

[3:14] Andrew McGuire: Are you really sad to see? I feel like it's a canon event that it doesn't make it to round four. No?

[3:20] Emilee: I don't know. That is one that I stream, I stream Call Me Maybe. Especially for what they were talking about the episode, the harmonies, like it is better, way better than the original.

[3:28] Andrew McGuire: Agreed with that. But yeah, I wrote jail, criminal, wrong choice, boo, Xmas Wrapping. It is. I don't know. It feels so many different feelings for Christmas Wrapping being the sole survivor of all the Christmas songs.

[3:50] Emilee: Right. That's what's crazy about it for me. So for how much it I admittedly, the Christmas episodes are not my favorite overall in general. So am I sad that there's not really much representation? No. But come on, for all the songs, does it have to be the one? Just the one?

[4:11] Andrew McGuire: Oh, wait, why? What Christmas song would you, if you did the Glackett exercise, which Christmas song would make it the furthest?

[4:17] Emilee: For me, it would be Last Christmas, kind of the basic answer. But that is my favorite.

[4:22] Andrew McGuire: When you're right, you're right.

[4:26] Emilee: Yeah, I actually really also enjoy Extraordinary Merry Christmas. I like it. I know it's really overplayed. There are two that I latch onto.

[4:34] Andrew McGuire: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, good. I'm not alone. Good. Yes.

[4:39] Andrew McGuire: Wait, Bob, how do you feel about Christmas Wrapping?

[4:42] Bob Runkel: I mean, well, the song in general is a bit of a dud.

[4:49] Andrew McGuire: Sure. Just like you're talking about like the original version?

[4:53] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[4:59] Bob Runkel: I'm not sad if I have to skip it.

[5:08] Andrew McGuire: Sure, sure. For you, Bob, Christmas Wrapping versus Call Me Maybe, where do you fall?

[5:16] Bob Runkel: Call Me Maybe.

[5:16] Andrew McGuire: Yeah, yeah. I knew it. All right. I knew this pairing was just too good. I love it. Not only that, it would be a cultural reset in society.

[5:25] Bob Runkel: Yeah. We all joined together for Carly Rae.

[5:28] Andrew McGuire: Absolutely. Song of the Summer, as they say.

[5:32] Andrew McGuire: Before we get into your Glackett grievances, Bob.

[5:40] Bob Runkel: I don't have a lot. Fair warning.

[5:40] Andrew McGuire: Okay. Wait, Emilee, do you have any final ones before we throw it over?

[5:43] Emilee: I have a couple. I'll just kind of fly through them because it's just since I've been here. I wrote Diva versus Problem. I wrote Diva Down with a sad face. Also, this is a very unpopular opinion, but I am not a big fan of Touch, Touch, Touch Me. I love the Rocky episode. I love Brit and Santana in that number, but I am just not a fan. It just really gives me the ick. I think it's just, I don't know. I don't know what it is. But again, we have quite a bit of Alanis representation now still. So I'm hoping that will continue.

[6:27] Emilee: And then for me, I am a big Run, Joey, Run fan. I am very happy that it is making its return.

[6:34] Andrew McGuire: Oh my gosh. Yeah. Thank you for revealing that information because I completely forgot to reveal that. Since our last recording, Run, Joey, Run has been brought back into Glackett Round 4, running another day. Which is wonderful. So again, that's a hard competition, right? Like amazing versus amazing. But so glad that those babies are both in Round 4. So those are my big ones. But the big one was Christmas Wrapping, you know. I'm just glad I don't have to listen to it today.

[6:59] Emilee: As soon as that recording was over, I messaged the both of you and I was like, you know, Emily specifically, I was like, actually, I don't have two guests for next week, but I know that Emily needs to be one of them, you know.

[7:17] Emilee: I was cackling listening to the episode. I was just like, what is happening right now?

[7:24] Andrew McGuire: Oh, and also the carousel hasn't been released, obviously, for that episode. But you are, there is a slide devoted to the references around you.

[7:34] Emilee: Wonderful. I can't wait.

[7:37] Andrew McGuire: Bob, this is Glackett debut. So I'm equally excited and also terrified at what I could be unleashing when I ask, what Glackett grievances do you have to share at this very moment?

[7:51] Bob Runkel: So this one isn't necessarily a grievance. I just want to say that I love the kind of the up and down with Run Joey Run.

[8:03] Andrew McGuire: Sure.

[8:04] Bob Runkel: Because I think I never know when I'm going to get week to week with it.

[8:10] Andrew McGuire: Like if the people are going to love it or the people are going to hate it.

[8:12] Bob Runkel: Yes. Really?

[8:13] Bob Runkel: Because I've never had an opinion on it. It's just always kind of been, okay.

[8:22] Andrew McGuire: Okay.

[8:23] Bob Runkel: That's interesting. I feel, if I'm understanding what you're saying correctly, I feel similarly about like telephone.

[8:32] Andrew McGuire: I'm not going to be like, oh, oh, crap. I hate this. I don't. But I'm not going to like.

[8:40] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[8:40] Andrew McGuire: Jam out to it. It's not. It's not number one on my list, but it's also not. I can never listen to this again.

[8:49] Bob Runkel: Sure. Emilee, are you streaming Run Joey Run?

[8:53] Emilee: You know, I'm streaming Run Joey Run and I'm driving and acting all the parts in my car.

[8:59] Andrew McGuire: Oh, of course.

[9:00] Emilee: So, you know, because I'm a theater person, but no, I do. You know, it's funny. I think that I stream it more now since this podcast started. Since, I don't know, just kind of a reawakening of the Run Joey Run era. And I just, I love how much Jenna doesn't understand it. And it's just kind of like this inside gag. Like, I just, I love it.

[9:24] Bob Runkel: That's an ongoing bit.

[9:25] Emilee: Yeah, definitely. It's so good. So I think that has kind of reawakened it for me. When I watched it the first time, was I instantly like, this is incredible? No, but like.

[9:35] Emilee: And the crazy thing is, I asked people separate from the fandom who have, they've watched, if my camera was working, I'd be using air quotes.

[9:48] Emilee: Yeah. But people that quote unquote watch Glee, but they only watch it past the first season.

[9:55] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[9:56] Emilee: People say that they enjoy Run Joey Run.

[10:00] Andrew McGuire: It's can.

[10:00] Emilee: Like it's one of their favorites. And I'm like, okay.

[10:06] Andrew McGuire: It's not for you.

[10:07] Emilee: Out of every song there is in the first two seasons, you choose that?

[10:13] Andrew McGuire: I feel like it, like Ian was talking about in the episode that it like, it really encapsulates like the, the pure camp.

[10:21] Emilee: Absolutely.

[10:22] Andrew McGuire: Yeah. Yeah. So.

[10:25] Andrew McGuire: If there were two songs that encapsulate that, it's that and like Busta Move or like, yeah, it's just like, don't overanalyze it. Just enjoy it.

[10:39] Emilee: Just take it at face value.

[10:43] Andrew McGuire: Um, what other ones are coming up for you, Bob?

[10:46] Bob Runkel: I, another one that I have to give you crap about.

[10:53] Andrew McGuire: Okay.

[10:55] Bob Runkel: Take care of yourself.

[10:57] Andrew McGuire: Okay. All right.

[10:58] Bob Runkel: I'm with you, Bob. I'm with you.

[11:01] Andrew McGuire: You're, you're anti take care of yourself. I take it.

[11:04] Bob Runkel: First of all, I never heard this song prior to, I just.

[11:10] Andrew McGuire: To be fair, I haven't either.

[11:12] Bob Runkel: It's one of these things where I thought it was like an old song.

[11:16] Andrew McGuire: It's from like 2011 or something.

[11:18] Bob Runkel: No, it's not. Wait, it cannot be.

[11:22] Andrew McGuire: Because that episode that it was featured in was in 2011.

[11:27] Bob Runkel: Let me see. Take care of yourself.

[11:29] Andrew McGuire: I feel like the original artist is like Teddy something.

[11:32] Bob Runkel: But it was not like, you know, maybe not 2011, but it was like re recent ish.

[11:40] Andrew McGuire: Oh my gosh. Wait, you're right, Bob.

[11:44] Andrew McGuire: How dare I for, uh, trying to correct you on this.

[11:50] Bob Runkel: No, it is a 2011 song.

[11:53] Andrew McGuire: Stop. I thought this was like something my grandparents listened to.

[11:57] Bob Runkel: That's crazy.

[12:01] Andrew McGuire: That's my brain exploding.

[12:03] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[12:03] Andrew McGuire: Cause I looked at up today thinking similar to you.

[12:07] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[12:07] Andrew McGuire: And you know that I, I don't want to sound egotistical, but I kind of know a lot of this stuff, but I heard.

[12:14] Bob Runkel: I would say this about you. Yes.

[12:16] Andrew McGuire: I saw that. I was like, what?

[12:19] Bob Runkel: That I know I would be shocked if anybody was like anybody before listening to this episode knew that.

[12:30] Andrew McGuire: Because if you were going to group them together.

[12:33] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[12:33] Andrew McGuire: It would be like, I only have eyes for you. Take care of yourself. Like that stuff. And I'm like, wow.

[12:41] Bob Runkel: That is it, Bob. But like, to ever doubt you on anything, pop culture is a mistake within itself, because you are the person that knows, like everyone, like, I feel like it's like almost like a popular thing to say at this point, to be like, I'm a pop culture savant. And like, it's like, there are kind of parameters for a lot of people. But like, you actually know everything.

[14:04] Andrew McGuire: Yeah. So I just listened, I re-listened to your episode yesterday. And that's when you were on And That's What You Really Missed. And I'm like, oh, let me look at this guy's podcast. And I'm looking and I'm like, oh my god, you've interviewed so many incredible people, people like puppeteers, Avenue Q people, I'm a big theater person. Like, I'm like, oh, shit, this guy's a real deal.

[14:41] Andrew McGuire: Context, Bob, to people who may be unfamiliar with The Incredible DJ Bob Show. When did you start your podcast?

[14:47] Bob Runkel: I started when I was 15 years old. I'm 30 now.

[14:54] Andrew McGuire: That is a true testament to your work ethic, undeniably.

[14:57] Emilee: That's amazing. Congratulations. Congratulations, Bob.

[15:03] Bob Runkel: It's so cool. You know, I don't really think about the longevity of it all until I see it in writing or I have to, like, type it out or do something with it.

[15:10] Andrew McGuire: Yeah. Because it's just, you talk about knowing everything about pop culture because it really was my escape when I couldn't really do much else.

[15:16] Bob Runkel: Yeah. Physically. So, yeah.

[15:31] Andrew McGuire: And for you to have, and I was so happy to make that connection with you and Sam, Kevin and Jenna's producer, a few months back. So you were able to have that chat with them and you blew them away with all of your knowledge about not just Glee, but like, I feel like the conversation was hardly about Glee. It was like, you were reaching them where they were at.

[15:56] Bob Runkel: I felt bad about that. I really did.

[16:01] Andrew McGuire: No, they enjoyed it. It was such a great listen. No, it was a great—

[16:04] Bob Runkel: The last thing that Kevin and Jenna want to talk about at this point, I feel, is this thing that they've been forced to talk about for over a decade.

[16:13] Andrew McGuire: And it helped that I knew Kevin years before.

[16:17] Bob Runkel: Yeah. That was a great story. I was like, oh my gosh, that's so cool. That's amazing.

[16:23] Andrew McGuire: Yeah. Really awesome.

[16:26] Bob Runkel: And that whole, I mean, interviewing you back in January, I remember the initial email, you were kind of like, why am I here? You're interviewing all these people. And I remember you telling me that, but I'm so glad that we made the connection. And now I'm here today.

[16:45] Andrew McGuire: Yeah. Yeah. And whenever I like have a question about anything of like, oh gosh, like how, how do you like handle like nerves about like interviewing someone that you really admire? You are the person to call, Bob, because—

[17:00] Bob Runkel: Yeah. And we swap stories and we tell each other things that are going on in our lives. Because the thing I always say to other podcasters and other creatives is that we have to stick together because we are our own kind of breed and we have to foster each other's strengths and weaknesses and put it all together into this. Because podcasting is a big world now and everybody thinks they can do it.

[17:34] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[17:35] Bob Runkel: Because it's so easy to do.

[17:39] Andrew McGuire: But there are only a handful of people that can do it for 15 years straight.

[17:42] Bob Runkel: But the truth is, you can tell when they want to do it when, you know, they're given an opportunity versus this is everything that they wanted to do. And I feel like you do that and I do that. And I'm so happy to be with you guys today.

[18:08] Andrew McGuire: Oh my gosh. I'm so glad to have you.

[18:10] Bob Runkel: And I will say I only listen to a handful of podcasters, but your podcast is going to be on my playlist. I got a lot to catch up on. So I'm very excited to add you to my rotation.

[18:22] Andrew McGuire: And there are some good ones coming up.

[18:24] Bob Runkel: The people, I know, I'm not going to reveal anybody. You and I had a conversation the other day and the people that you just kind of just like, oh, this person and this person. I'm like, they're just like small potatoes to you.

[18:35] Andrew McGuire: Right. Oh my gosh.

[18:38] Bob Runkel: Yeah. But the night before the interview, when I'm freaking out, fanboying, oh my gosh.

[18:46] Andrew McGuire: Right, right, right. Yeah. Like suddenly everything that you ever accomplished is out the window.

[18:53] Bob Runkel: Yeah. Yeah.

[18:55] Andrew McGuire: I love it.

[18:57] Bob Runkel: You don't know how many times, the night before an interview, I'm like, I'm so nervous. Maybe I should cancel. I don't know what to do. My anxiety kicks in and it's like, I'm so glad that it kicks in because it shows that I'm not like, oh, I've done this before. Like I get excited too. And that is important to me.

[19:21] Andrew McGuire: You can't ever get too comfortable. That's how I am too, like with theater. Can't ever get too comfortable no matter how many times you do something.

[19:28] Bob Runkel: Because there's always room to grow and learn.

[19:32] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[19:33] Bob Runkel: A hundred percent.

[19:37] Andrew McGuire: Which is a great thing and also a terrifying thing.

[19:42] Bob Runkel: But I know that we just went on that tangent. Of course, we are...

[19:44] Andrew McGuire: Hey, back to what's important here.

[19:45] Bob Runkel: Oops, sorry.

[19:45] Andrew McGuire: Black grievances.

[19:46] Bob Runkel: Right.

[19:52] Andrew McGuire: Hey, hey. Bob, that take care of yourself factoid.

[19:55] Bob Runkel: No, but it, yeah.

[19:55] Andrew McGuire: What other grievances would you like to spotlight at this very moment?

[20:00] Bob Runkel: I, I'll just tell you a couple of my least favorite songs, period.

[20:07] Andrew McGuire: Okay.

[20:09] Bob Runkel: And we'll see where they fall.

[20:10] Andrew McGuire: Okay.

[20:12] Bob Runkel: Now I feel like I should like this because it's a 90s song that's kind of in my wheelhouse. I like independent rock and all the constant craving.

[20:20] Andrew McGuire: Oh, you're not liking it?

[20:28] Bob Runkel: Now, I love the, I love, I love the vocal on it, but the song doesn't do it for me.

[20:39] Andrew McGuire: What do you, what do you mean?

[20:39] Bob Runkel: Okay, because like, Constant Craving was a song that didn't make it out of round one of the Glackett because, and it lost to Got To Get You Into My Life. But I mean, I, the reason why we voted against it was because of the, the Shelby and Puck relationship. I mean, it's, but it's honestly, it's almost like, okay.

[21:03] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[21:05] Bob Runkel: It's, it's kind of layered and I'll shorten it because you know I ramble. I'm really trying not to.

[21:11] Andrew McGuire: No, oh my gosh. You know how long these episodes are, Bob.

[21:15] Bob Runkel: But I, but you know how sometimes on Glee, you could tell that they're just trying to find this song to fill a moment.

[21:28] Andrew McGuire: Okay, yeah.

[21:30] Bob Runkel: I feel a lot of that is the case with like, ending numbers of episodes where they're like, let's wrap this up with a song that's very popular right now.

[21:39] Andrew McGuire: But, but that is the complete opposite. Like, they've, they found this, it was a popular song, I, you know, when it came out. But it's like, out of any song, that?

[21:53] Bob Runkel: Um, okay. I'm not, I don't know why I'm assuming the role of Constance Cravings' lawyer, because of course it, it houses a very inappropriate relationship within the performance. But I say that, but I say that and I stream it because I try to listen to it. But there's always something that just doesn't do it for me.

[22:16] Andrew McGuire: I, I will say KD Lang, a very popular lesbian artist. And they sang it within a week where, for better or for worse, how they handled the entire Santana coming out storyline.

[22:31] Bob Runkel: I forgot it was the same one, yeah.

[22:32] Andrew McGuire: Yeah, that they included. They spotlight, they put a spotlight on a lesbian artist.

[22:38] Bob Runkel: Lesbian.

[22:39] Andrew McGuire: Right? Is that something?

[22:41] Bob Runkel: I feel like you're trying to do something, you know, like, the intended thing.

[22:46] Andrew McGuire: I'm trying to, I'm trying to go with you, but I do, yeah.

[22:49] Bob Runkel: You can.

[22:49] Andrew McGuire: Okay, I, you know what, you don't need to follow me into the dark. It's okay.

[22:55] Bob Runkel: Um, okay, Constance Cravings, that's a good shout. But again, like, I think there is, there isn't a song that I, like, totally, that I, like, totally despise.

[23:13] Andrew McGuire: Okay.

[23:14] Bob Runkel: Like, I don't think, I mean, there are things, there are things, like, up on the rooftop that are very, like, that's not even on the hit, that's not even.

[23:26] Andrew McGuire: No.

[23:27] Bob Runkel: Yeah, so like, that's, that's doable. But I think, yeah, I think that kind of wraps up my grievances.

[23:38] Andrew McGuire: Then can I ask, Bob, if you were to do the entire Glacka exercise, just you, what is coming out on top?

[23:48] Bob Runkel: Okay. Now, I remember when I spoke to you, I told you that one of my favorite songs was Never Going Back Again.

[23:55] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[23:58] Bob Runkel: I feel like that's a common theme between everybody. But the one song that I've been streaming a lot, and I always, whenever, whenever I watch the episode, I, like, rewind the scene so I can watch it again, is Scream.

[24:17] Andrew McGuire: Oh.

[24:18] Bob Runkel: No one's talking about Scream.

[24:21] Andrew McGuire: Scream didn't even make it out of round one.

[24:23] Bob Runkel: R.I.P. Resurrected, yeah.

[24:27] Andrew McGuire: Wait, talk to me about Scream. What do you really love about Scream?

[24:30] Bob Runkel: Well, I mean, I, one of my first pop culture obsessions was Michael and Janet.

[24:37] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[24:39] Bob Runkel: And that video was, up until, up until a couple years ago, was the most expensive music video of all time.

[24:49] Andrew McGuire: Is that?

[24:49] Bob Runkel: I believe that. That, I, I, I'm not going to doubt you again. Um, that is, that is a really interesting factoid, though.

[24:56] Bob Runkel: So, the fact that they were able to replicate that and, and do it so, like, effortlessly and emulate that style.

[25:09] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[25:10] Bob Runkel: And the fact that Kevin kind of advocated for that song.

[25:15] Andrew McGuire: Yes.

[25:16] Bob Runkel: I just, I listened to that one a lot. And then I listened to, a lot of my stuff is, a lot of my stuff is Artie, I'll be honest. I'm an Artie stan for obvious reasons.

[25:32] Andrew McGuire: But I will say, the other song that I listen to a lot that is, like, a frequent favorite is Tell Him.

[25:44] Bob Runkel: Yeah, it's good.

[25:45] Andrew McGuire: It's iconic. And also, I mean, in recent years, I feel Tell Him, uh, the Celine Di, like, the Celine Barbara duet.

[25:55] Bob Runkel: No, no, the, the...

[25:57] Andrew McGuire: Yeah, I know what you're talking, you're talking about the Britney and Marley duet for season four.

[26:00] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[26:01] Andrew McGuire: But of the same song title that they were supposed to sing in season one, I, and now I need to, like, a differentiation in my, in my mind to be like, wait, which Tell Him are we talking about?

[26:13] Bob Runkel: Yeah, they always talk about that song. I don't know what that other one is. Like, I need to listen to it.

[26:17] Andrew McGuire: The Celine one.

[26:18] Bob Runkel: Oh, Emily, you would, knowing what I know about you, you would love it.

[26:23] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[26:24] Bob Runkel: I should listen to it.

[26:24] Andrew McGuire: Okay.

[26:26] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[26:27] Andrew McGuire: It's great.

[26:29] Andrew McGuire: I don't know.

[26:30] Bob Runkel: Because they have, like, a secret recording of that one, right?

[26:30] Bob Runkel: Yes, yeah.

[26:34] Andrew McGuire: I don't know if this may make me a bad Greek. But I'm going to ask you this. Did they ever do the song When You Believe from the Prince of Egypt?

[26:41] Bob Runkel: They did not do When You Believe. But that's a great song.

[26:45] Andrew McGuire: Why not?

[26:46] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[26:46] Andrew McGuire: Right?

[26:47] Bob Runkel: Why not?

[26:49] Andrew McGuire: Great song.

[26:50] Bob Runkel: Great song.

[26:51] Andrew McGuire: That would have been a, oh, a moment.

[26:55] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[26:55] Andrew McGuire: But yeah, that, that basically, I mean, I could go on forever. But yeah.

[27:01] Bob Runkel: So you're manifesting, I take it, some Artie today?

[27:05] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[27:06] Bob Runkel: Wait, can you talk to me a bit about, okay, with the Artie of it all, for folks that are unfamiliar with you, Bob, you are also a wheelchair user.

[27:15] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[27:16] Andrew McGuire: So this character of Artie and Kevin playing Artie and everything, what are your thoughts as an individual? I know that this is like such a broad conversation. But just, you know, asking the hard-hitting questions.

[27:31] Bob Runkel: I'm happy to talk about it. Because it is so, it is so important to me.

[27:38] Andrew McGuire: So what is it that you want to know? Because I could, I could go so many ways with this.

[27:45] Bob Runkel: Yeah. I mean, like, I know that people give Kevin, in particular, a lot of flack for portraying a character in a wheelchair.

[27:50] Andrew McGuire: That's because, okay, that's because they are not living with it, where they don't see themselves.

[28:04] Bob Runkel: So any chance we get to see ourselves, we'll take it.

[28:10] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[28:11] Bob Runkel: Now, do I wish that there were more disabled actors on screen? Yeah. But I'm not going to give people shit when they're, when they're an able-bodied actor playing a disabled character. You're giving us the representation.

[28:29] Andrew McGuire: Do you know how many times in high school it started conversations?

[28:33] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[28:33] Andrew McGuire: Because people saw somebody like me. And they had, they were, like, close with Artie. Artie was through a screen, of course. But they were, like, they had reference for Artie. Artie was their friend. But it's, like, they had, it's, like, they finally had some, like, context for, yeah. And I, people would ask me questions, like, oh, did you go through that? Did you, like, there's this, let me just say this. I, when I spoke with Paris Barclay, we talked about that. Such a good episode. That plot point in Wheels, where it wasn't, where they couldn't afford the ramp or whatever.

[29:15] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[29:22] Emilee: That whole storyline is completely unrealistic. Interesting. Because every bus route has a handicapped accessible bus. Sure. Uh huh. You're telling me that the school had to pay extra when you can't just go to the bus. I know it's Glee, I know it's on him. There are so many other things, of course. Yeah. But just think about it a little more. Yeah. That always bothered me. Yeah. Fair. But overall, I know that I presented a very lousy segue into talking about grievances, and now we're talking about representation in the media. But the only reason that I'm bringing it up, Bob, is because I've heard you talk about it so many times, and you're very open to discussing representation. I love talking about it, because I never used to.

And you have this platform where you can talk about it. I'm not talking about here. I'm talking about you and, you know, talking with Kevin and Jenna, of course, in your own show. No, but really, even here, I feel comfortable enough to, you know, go there, because the whole series of Glee, and I feel like we don't talk about this enough. We talk about the gag character. We talk about all the, you know, all the strides there. But the whole show, as a whole, was really a love letter to inclusivity. That's all it ever did.

[31:12] Bob: Yeah. Well, except for the crack house.

[31:18] Emilee: Except for the crack house, of course, yeah. But yeah, like, I just feel like I'm so glad that we have Artie, and I'm so glad that we have Warren Potter, and I'm so glad that we have, you know, some disabled extras in there somewhere.

[31:35] Bob: Yeah. And it's just like, really, you know, now, disability inclusion is the thing to do. But then it was the thing to do because it was the right thing to do within the creatives, not because it was this thing that network or anybody told them to do.

[31:58] Emilee: Mm hmm. Yeah. Rant over.

[32:01] Bob: No, not a rant. Don't end it like that.

[32:06] Emilee: Yeah, I was just gonna say, as an able-bodied person, it's really, really cool to hear your take on how you felt about the show, and being a fan, and being able to, you know, talk to Kevin, who, you know, does get all this heat for playing that character. But for someone who, that's their life, it was great to hear that.

[32:29] Bob: One of my proudest moments of doing that podcast was almost hearing this kind of sigh of relief from Kevin, not audibly, but I feel like I made him more comfortable with playing that character.

[32:48] Emilee: Yeah, because the hate is so loud. The negative comments are, of course-

[32:51] Bob: It made me feel better that I was doing this for him.

[32:54] Emilee: Yeah.

[32:55] Bob: Yeah. And really, listening to it, like I said, it's very fresh in my mind, because I just listened to it yesterday. You can kind of feel that like, oh, thank God that you feel that way. And it's really cool to get another perspective. Like you said, it's all about inclusivity. And you hear them talking a lot about like the trans choir, and, you know, what they did for, you know, gay people, and, you know, like, that they wasn't on TV much. But the same thing with, you know, people with downs, people who are in chairs, love, you know, it's just a really, really neat point of view to be able to hear. So thank you for being so open about it. It's awesome.

[33:39] Emilee: Yeah, of course. Yeah. Oh, gosh, Bob, the best. You're incredible. All right. So in terms of what you're manifesting, Emily, what are you hoping to see today?

[33:54] Emilee: I wrote some stuff down. So my car jam lately has been hung up by Ms. Jammer herself. So I could really use some positive, fun vibes today. I also have, I wrote down just a couple, wrote Ain't No Way, Dog Days, Gloria, How Will I Know, New York State of Mind. Just looking for some good ones, some heavy hitters today.

[34:18] Bob: I'm not gonna argue with any of those.

[34:22] Emilee: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I have a feeling that we're gonna get a really, maybe, are we gonna get two really bad ones? I have a feeling that it's, like, not going to be an easy answer. The other thing that I wrote down, which I wanted, the other thing that I typed out was that I wanted one from the Back Nine.

[34:38] Bob: Oh, of season one.

[34:40] Emilee: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[34:43] Bob: Yeah. Heck yeah. Okay. Good sweet spot. Like, maybe like a Rose's Turn?

[34:48] Emilee: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All righty. Okay. All right. Here it is.

[34:52] Bob: All right. Song number one. It's gonna be this one. Ooh. Is it None of the Above?

[35:02] Emilee: Forgot that she was still around. But I think it opens itself up to some conversation.

[35:09] Bob: Oh, we will have things to talk about. But of course, Emily, I'm doing, I'm falling into it again. It's fine. It's not even a thing anymore. It's not even a thing. I know.

[35:24] Emilee: I'm making a call back, making a call back. You're segwaying your talks here too.

[35:29] Bob: Um, audio medium, we're looking at the Glee Club and the choir room.

[35:39] Emilee: Shot in the dark. Do we have any concept of what this could be?

[35:46] Bob: It looks to be later on in the show.

[35:49] Emilee: Who's sitting there and who's missing? Uh-huh.

[35:54] Bob: Oh, it's Santana.

[35:56] Emilee: Ooh, you would think because we do not see Santana here. Also, I'm just flagging this. Tina appears to be getting up.

[36:08] Bob: Oh.

[36:13] Emilee: And also Kurt looks downtrodden. This is, okay, I'm just gonna reveal. Are we ready?

[36:20] Bob: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[36:22] Emilee: I'm sorry. I'm stunned.

[36:24] Bob: No, you're completely fine. I feel like people don't talk about this song a lot. But if I look to you.

[36:27] Emilee: Okay, I feel like I was like, finally prepared for those close ups at the end. I just wrote faces. The first two rounds, I remember my immediate reactions were like, oh, I didn't realize that they did that. But I was prepared this time.

[36:48] Emilee: Emily, do you want to start us in the discourse of I look to you?

[36:52] Emilee: Yes. I love how they called Tina and Quinn up for like, nothing.

[37:00] Bob: Nothing.

[37:01] Emilee: Support.

[37:02] Bob: Support, right?

[37:03] Emilee: Some type of support.

[37:04] Bob: Right. Some type of support. You know, I think we do forget about this one, because there are way better Mer solos. I mean, right, she can sing anything, and it would be incredible. But I think that we forget about her because it's, you know, just not the best. But I do really love this episode. I think that religion is a really tough topic in life, in TV and anything. And I think that they really did handle this well, even though there were some things that, you know, might have some people scratching their heads, especially, you know, 15 years later. But I just really think that this was because this was the right, this is the religion.

[37:53] Bob: I'm correct.

[37:54] Emilee: Yeah, this is Girl Cheeses.

[37:55] Bob: Yeah, yeah, that's what I thought. Okay. But I, yeah, I just, I think that overall, it's kind of just a filler song, kind of just to keep this plot going.

[38:08] Bob: Yes.

[38:10] Emilee: Wait, what are you saying, Bob?

[38:12] Bob: I feel, now, I love Amber, and I love Mercedes. Starting off with that.

[38:21] Emilee: But I will say, unless you're a pop culture, like, vacuum like me, who like, sucks it all up and absorbs it all, you're not going to remember this song.

[38:37] Bob: Why do I feel like this was, was this featured in a movie?

[38:40] Emilee: Okay, so this was, this was released. Like, this was her last album.

[38:47] Bob: Whitney's, yes.

[38:49] Emilee: Whitney, and, but I feel like it wasn't, it didn't make, people, people really noticed it once she passed. And I feel like that's not the case in this episode, because it was pre, I think it was, yeah, it has to be. This is the only song that they sang before she passes.

[39:11] Bob: But I feel like it's almost like exactly like, let's find the song that kind of relates to what we're, what we're going for. And I completely forgot about it till you started showing the clip.

[39:28] Emilee: Yeah, I also just like, I feel like it's like,

[39:30] Bob: But that's not a problem.

[39:33] Emilee: No, I'm just like, I've like scratching my head because I'm like, what is it about I look to you that it doesn't have the sauce? What is, what is the sauce that is missing?

[39:45] Bob: You know?

[39:46] Emilee: It's the, it's truthfully, I think it's the recognition.

[39:51] Bob: The song recognition that we don't have context for the original?

[39:54] Emilee: We can, we can pinpoint, going, going a few seasons later, we can pinpoint my love and your love, even though it's here in the episode, we can know where we were because,

[40:09] Bob: Yeah.

[40:10] Emilee: Like, unless, unless you're really tuned in, you don't really think about that song.

[40:19] Bob: And Glee being the pop culture kind of like, juggernaut that it is giving voices to these songs. This isn't one of them.

[40:33] Emilee: It also felt so bizarre to have this be the first and also the first Whitney cover that they do. And also like, I just, it just feels so odd. I'm like lacking the words specifically.

[40:49] Bob: Yeah, I kind of looked up the episode because I'm like, man, I remember a lot of music from this episode. And there are seven songs in this episode. And two of them are Mercedes trying to convince Kurt. And I'm like, I think this should have been the one to maybe be the cutting room floor. Hello, 12 or 13.

[41:14] Emilee: The behind the scenes, you know, here's the DVD extra.

[41:18] Bob: Yeah, really the bonus, right? The bonus track. Because Beautiful, of course it is. She can sing anything and it'll be incredible. But Necessary? Not, not really. I would rather take bridge over troubled water with the whole choir than this number.

[41:38] Emilee: Yeah. To do the same premise.

[41:46] Bob: Yeah. I was also curious while watching this, how, how, I feel like we're really, really being negative about this song. But frankly, I was like, how did you get here?

[41:51] Emilee: Everybody say something nice.

[41:54] Bob: Say something nice challenge about I Look to You.

[41:57] Emilee: Um, it's Amber, like you can't go wrong.

[42:04] Bob: It's a great song, but why is it here?

[42:06] Emilee: Yeah, why is it here? Okay, so in round one, it, uh, it'd be Leaving on a Jet Plane, which I feel like I recall it being like that being like a close competition. But at the end of the day, we were like, yeah, that's, I mean, that's like, my peak glee watching era. So I'm gonna, yeah, watch it. I mean, I watched all of it, but like, I'm gonna latch on to that early stuff a little more.

[42:31] Bob: Then, yeah. Um, and then it also on the opposite side of the spectrum season, beating a season one song, it also beat a season six song. It beat Thousand Miles.

[42:45] Emilee: Oh, and I feel like that I kind of get.

[42:47] Bob: Yeah, let me I feel like I had to have voted for Thousand Miles. Let me check. I don't know if you know they can do but I watched I'm going along with Kevin and Jenna on that on that ride that they were on.

[43:06] Emilee: And I heard a Thousand Miles again, because I alongside you with watching Friday night.

[43:14] Bob: Oh, and like, dark show. I heard that I'm like, yes, a Thousand Miles. Who's singing it?

[43:22] Emilee: Wait, what?

[43:24] Bob: Um, yeah, I okay. So Thousand Miles. I did vote for that Samchel duet from season six over I look to you in round two. Hence, why I look to you is still around today. Also, I wrote down when you believe of course, Bob, I feel like you somehow manifested this song by referencing another Whitney song that wasn't featured in the hit.

[43:50] Emilee: Well, I just listened to when you believe right before this. Yeah, right in my head.

[44:03] Andrew McGuire: I think maybe the closest thing that we have left to "When You Believe." Yeah, um, anything else that we need to say about "I Look To You"?

[44:11] Emilee: And just so we don't, again, just so we don't keep negative, we love Amber.

[44:15] Bob Runkel: We love Amber. Can we say any, there has to be something more that we can say that's positive though? No? Their skin looks really good on those clear shots.

[44:21] Emilee: We could talk about how I love the string section of this arrangement.

[44:26] Andrew McGuire: I think shout out to Adam Anders and all the people on the music production team because it's hard to tackle different genres in one full swoop like that.

[44:31] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[44:32] Andrew McGuire: And they always come through with great, you know, ear candy, ready arrangements of this stuff, and that's one of the things that I do love about this.

[44:39] Emilee: Yeah.

[44:40] Andrew McGuire: This is Editing Andrew. I know that we're lacking some "I Look To You" discourse. I forgot to bring it up in the recording, but there is a great little edit that Glee 10 Años made featuring Amber's version of "I Look To You" in Glee as well as Alex Newell's version of "I Look To You" in Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist. Obviously, we never got an Amber-Alex duet on Glee, and so they were able to craft one, and it will be included for this episode's carousel. Okay, back to the episode.

[45:05] Andrew McGuire: I am dipping back into negative territory. Maybe this isn't negative territory. Maybe it's just something that I noticed. It was also very short. It was only a minute and 43.

[45:13] Emilee: 1:43, which feels short.

[45:15] Andrew McGuire: So what's the point? You wonder what it's like on the cutting room floor when these people are working.

[45:21] Bob Runkel: Do we cut this for time? Do we keep it? Even if it's for story, you wonder if there were conversations about this because it seems kind of, for lack of a better term, copy and paste it in.

[45:31] Emilee: In which regard?

[45:32] Andrew McGuire: Oh, we have an extra scene here. Let's put it in there.

[45:36] Bob Runkel: Yeah, I can see that. Yeah, we have an extra minute 43.

[45:39] Andrew McGuire: Right.

[45:40] Bob Runkel: Mama needs more iTunes money.

[45:43] Andrew McGuire: That too, right? Yeah, I feel that. And around that time, they had no problem getting that.

[45:49] Emilee: Right, right. They're like, the Gleeks are going to be buying whatever we put out. And sure enough, I was talking to a friend about it last week that me and her both did the thing of just asking relatives for iTunes gift cards.

[46:02] Andrew McGuire: Me too.

[46:03] Emilee: And now in hindsight, it's like, why? I have Apple Music. I don't know how you follow if you're on Spotify or Apple Music, but you have access to all of this music.

[46:11] Andrew McGuire: Okay, what I have is burned CDs.

[46:14] Emilee: Yeah, me too. That's what I had too. Burned CDs.

[46:17] Bob Runkel: I did the same thing. Yeah, that was so much fun.

[46:20] Emilee: And I remember going to Target and buying the Red and Green Showstoppers.

[46:25] Andrew McGuire: Yes.

[46:26] Emilee: Because there were different covers that I was just obsessed with.

[46:29] Andrew McGuire: Yeah.

[46:30] Emilee: Any extra track, any cover variant, I was here for it.

[46:34] Bob Runkel: Oh, I remember. Yeah. I thought like Glee, the music presents the Warblers. I never played that. I never listened to that in the car.

[46:41] Andrew McGuire: But I was just like, I need to have it. I need the physical media.

[46:45] Emilee: No, I mean, that's why I still collect movies, and my mom and my parents and my siblings are like, you don't even watch half of the stuff on your shelf. Why do you have these?

[46:54] Andrew McGuire: Yeah, I do that too.

[46:55] Emilee: I'm like, but I need them.

[46:57] Andrew McGuire: For me.

[46:58] Emilee: What if all the streaming services goes up? How am I supposed to watch all six seasons of Glee?

[47:03] Andrew McGuire: But it's true.

[47:05] Emilee: It's true.

[47:06] Andrew McGuire: And I was so excited because this is semi-related. For Black Friday one year, I got the complete series of Glee for 30 bucks.

[47:14] Emilee: Oh, that's a steal.

[47:15] Andrew McGuire: There we go. Steals.

[47:16] Emilee: Endless content. Yeah.

[47:17] Andrew McGuire: Come on. And also, I feel like I have my DVD collection predominantly featured in my living room. And so when folks come over, they have a very clear idea of what sort of person I am just based on the movies that they can see. And it's a conversation point of being able to be like, OK, oh my God, I forgot about this movie. Let's talk about this movie or let's talk about this TV show.

[47:37] Emilee: Thank you. I feel better. I don't feel like a hoarder anymore.

[47:40] Andrew McGuire: No, no, no, no, no.

[47:42] Bob Runkel: I am a hoarder. I keep everything. So I will proudly take the hoarder title.

[47:46] Andrew McGuire: That's funny.

[47:47] Emilee: OK, so "I Look To You." Are we ready for what it's against?

[47:51] Andrew McGuire: Yeah, this is, I'm very—

[47:53] Emilee: I know, I said it was going to be hard competitions this episode.

[47:56] Andrew McGuire: I hope we got more positive commentary.

[47:59] Emilee: Yeah, right?

[48:01] Andrew McGuire: Is this a clear out the cup episode?

[48:04] Emilee: No, it's not a clear out the cup episode. It's from the same season. It's a song that has a very famous history on the Glacket, just the way that we talk about this song.

[48:12] Andrew McGuire: And it's also featured on Glee: The Music Presents The Warblers, an album that I just shat on. Here we go. We are looking at Blaine in The Warblers in the Courtyard. What song?

[48:22] Bob Runkel: It's "Somewhere We Go Sometimes."

[48:24] Andrew McGuire: It is indeed "Somewhere We Go Sometimes." And also, wait, before we even start, only a minute and 57.

[48:31] Emilee: Only a little bit longer than "I Look To You," but the presence feels a little bit larger with this one. OK, first Mercedes singing to Kurt. Now it's Blaine's turn. Bob, do you want to start the discourse on this one?

[48:43] Bob Runkel: Well, that's peak Darren for me.

[48:46] Emilee: Even more than "Teenage Dream."

[48:48] Bob Runkel: Even more so, yeah.

[48:50] Bob Runkel: Because I think that song shows a lot of the emotional weight that moments like that with Blaine have later on in the series. And it kind of sets the tone for that dynamic of what we're going to get. And also, it's one of those songs that introduces the audience to music that they wouldn't otherwise know. Because not a lot of people knew Keane before they were around.

[49:06] Emilee: People that were there knew. But when people think of this song, they think of this version.

[49:10] Andrew McGuire: Right. I also think of the Lily Allen version. I feel like I bring this up every time that we talk about this song.

[49:15] Emilee: Yeah.

[49:16] Bob Runkel: Yeah.

[49:17] Andrew McGuire: Yeah. Wait, I'm not too familiar with Keane. Are you very familiar with Keane?

[49:21] Bob Runkel: Yes.

[49:22] Andrew McGuire: OK. Share some information.

[49:24] Bob Runkel: Especially that album.

[49:26] Andrew McGuire: OK.

[49:27] Bob Runkel: Because that album had another song on it called "Everybody's Changing" that I really like.

[49:32] Emilee: I do remember that. Wait, not to put you on the spot and ask you to sing a portion of it.

[49:36] Bob Runkel: It's like everybody's changing and I don't feel the same.

[49:40] Andrew McGuire: I feel like I have this on my library. Yeah.

[49:43] Bob Runkel: It's used in a lot of reality shows when there's a sad moment.

[49:46] Emilee: Mm hmm. But that's the other big one.

[49:48] Andrew McGuire: But it's like, yeah. So I feel like that was kind of the world's reintroduction to that song. In terms of where do you prefer this version as opposed to the original? Where do you fall with that?

[49:58] Bob Runkel: I, they're neck and neck.

[50:01] Emilee: Yeah.

[50:02] Bob Runkel: I can't. It's not like of the Glee version. I can't be like that right away. But I think I was talking about emotional weight a minute ago. And it's like, this is not. This is something where you really feel the genuineness of this character and this dynamic. And this is when this is when we weren't playing with puppets as much as I have a thing for Puppet Master. This is where things, this is where things when the music scored everything else within the series.

[50:27] Andrew McGuire: Yeah. It's where they like, they earn so much of the viewers' trust. I was thinking the other day that like, there are so many good TV, I was like looking at like the top 10 TV shows that are out right now. And I think I only like knew one of them. Like the top one of the top shows, like the top two was like "Hunting Wives." And I know that people listening are like, I'm sure are like, oh my God, Andrew, "Hunting Wives" is the best show. And I'm sure that it is great. I don't know what it is. My point be, do you know what "Hunting Wives" is?

[50:58] Emilee: I saw a trailer for it. And I thought, what is this? I'm not watching it. Skip.

[51:03] Andrew McGuire: What is this? My point being is that like, Glee at its peak, this performance being a great highlight of a peak this "Born This Way" episode. Like, you are like they earn the trust of so many viewers as the show goes on. You reference the puppet episode. I'm watching the puppet episode instead of a possible great episode of "Hunting Wives." You know what I mean? Because they've already got me in with Glee. And it's like, yeah, the other related thing that, you know, you're kind of alluding to him assuming is that now we have to find the good TV we have to dig through.

[51:39] Emilee: Yeah. Like there's a great series. I don't want to make this tangent longer, but I know this show so I can do that. There's a great show on Apple TV or Amazon that I just binge called "Overcompensating." I still have yet to watch. I know that they make Glee references. And it's like very tongue in cheek. It is a wonderful show. I highly recommend it. But the point is, you have to dig for the stuff. And when this was going on, you had the music at your fingertips, and you had good storytelling. And it was married together into this beautiful thing. Now it's like, well, when are we going to find the next special thing?

[52:14] Andrew McGuire: Right. And I know that, you know, this is like a pop culture savant, but that they don't even like have the time to grow a lot of these shows. The only show that I think is as relevant as Glee was now is "Abbott Elementary."

[52:25] Emilee: Really? Okay.

[52:26] Andrew McGuire: In this space, there aren't shows like this on networks that matter. People always come back to that. Yeah.

[52:32] Bob Runkel: And the other show that was big, I feel like Glee and "Modern Family" were the last two shows that really championed the idea of appointment television for everybody. Now it's segmented.

[52:41] Andrew McGuire: It's completely segmented, and it's completely messed up.

[52:44] Bob Runkel: There it is.

[52:45] Andrew McGuire: That makes sense. Yeah. I'm with you on that. It's unfortunate. It's just too much media when it's too much, too much, you know? But because of this, because we had this at our fingertips, and we were able to view this, we found this song, and we experienced this moment together.

[53:02] Emilee: Yes. And I hope it goes through to the next round.

[53:05] Andrew McGuire: I have a very strong suspicion that it will. Emily, what are your thoughts surrounding TV in general, and "Somewhere Only We Know," and the theory of what life is and everything?

[53:15] Emilee: Oh my goodness, getting to the hard-hitting questions. No, this is my favorite Warblers number. So this is my favorite Darren Lee Warblers feature. Really love it. It reminds me, it came out, I'm aging myself here, but it came out right when I graduated high school. This is a big song for me back then. I really do love the original also. I think it's really interesting that Darren Criss really Americanized it. So there are different vowels that they use when they sing with a British accent.

[53:43] Andrew McGuire: Yeah. You definitely, you can tell that he made it his own, which I'm kind of glad, because I feel like it would be really weird if he wasn't singing it.

[53:50] Emilee: You know what I mean? Like if he was announcing, hitting the vowels.

[53:54] Andrew McGuire: If he was emulating the—

[53:56] Emilee: Yeah. Right. Like it's not gonna be paced. Same thing if they did like Oasis or something, that'd be weird too. Like that kind of thing.

[58:44] Emilee: I wanted to know, in comparison to the original, that I really like about this. I don't know if you would be able to know off the top of your head if they do this in the original, but I really, really love when the Warblers do the, like, I feel like I would doubt that they would do that in the original because it's not done by an acapella group. But I really love that in there. It really adds to it without being overshadowing. I like that. I wrote Blaine screaming at Kurt because there's a point where it's like hugging everyone if he's just like screaming in his ear. He's like three feet away, yeah. And I wrote Finn hug that made me really like feel all the feels. So yeah, this number makes me very, like, gets me.

It just, you know, I love it on the Glackett. And this is one of the episodes that I vividly remember watching with my family because we would appointment television for us. And it was like this. We were all enamored by Darren when we first saw him. But this was the moment that sealed the deal.

[59:36] Andrew: Yeah. In terms of like, so Emily, you said that you would say that this is the blow low that is making it the furthest for you?

[59:41] Emilee: I think so. I really, I mean, I like a lot of, I mean, I'm never really coming off as like a Blaine fan, but I do love Darren Criss and his voice a lot. This one is definitely, definitely top tier for me, if not the top one, definitely top tier. Top three for sure, at least. Cough Syrup is, you know, I'm a big Cough Syrup fan too. So that, you know, is different vibe. That's my top two.

[1:00:07] Andrew: Wait, say that again?

[1:00:08] Emilee: That is my top two.

[1:00:09] Andrew: Top two. Yeah, yeah.

[1:00:11] Emilee: And Cough Syrup. I feel obviously the history with this on the Glackett, obviously it continues to mean so much to fellow Gleek of the Week co-hosts, former co-hosts, and round one Allison Dodge, affectionately known as this song, Somewhere We Go Sometimes. Someplace We Go Sometimes? Now I'm forgetting. Wait, what did we?

[1:01:04] Andrew: Somewhere.

[1:01:05] Emilee: Somewhere We Go Sometimes.

[1:01:06] Andrew: Somewhere We Go Sometimes. Yeah.

[1:01:08] Emilee: I don't think that there's an, the more wrong you get, the more correct it becomes.

[1:01:13] Andrew: Yeah. When that bit, if I can affectionately call it a bit.

[1:01:18] Emilee: When that bit first appeared, I had to look it up on like, what song is she? What's the real song?

[1:01:24] Andrew: What song are they even talking about? Yeah.

[1:01:27] Emilee: And it took me, it took me about 15 minutes to finally figure out.

[1:01:32] Andrew: Oh, somewhere only we know. I feel so bad saying this. I feel like I continue to like not understand the full weight of this song. I don't know what it is. I feel like I can name close to like five to 10 blow lows that I reach for before this.

[1:01:43] Emilee: Wow.

[1:01:44] Andrew: And I want to understand what y'all are loving.

[1:01:48] Emilee: That's all right. Can I ask you a question?

[1:01:50] Andrew: Yes.

[1:01:51] Emilee: What songs make you feel this way? Because maybe if we hear some of the songs that make you feel similar as to we do about this, we'll be able to kind of.

[1:02:00] Andrew: You know, I was thinking the other day, I feel like I haven't thought about like the scientist in a while. I was like the scientist. I don't know if I could package that in the same emotion, though, you know?

[1:02:07] Emilee: I just feel, because I want to know that because I understand why, but I want to know what gives you the same kind of impact because.

[1:02:14] Andrew: Yeah. So with the scientist. I feel like I'm interviewing you. I'm so nervous.

[1:02:18] Emilee: No. Oh my, well, because it's so natural. The scientist feels similar to this. I'm trying to find similarities here. It feels like a large production. It feels like a big emotional beat. They got a big song to represent this emotional moment.

[1:02:30] Andrew: Like introspective.

[1:02:31] Emilee: Yes. They needed to hit it out of the park and they did. And we get some stellar vocals. I just, but the scientist is landing in a way that somewhere only we know isn't. And I feel confident that somewhere only we know is making it through regardless.

[1:02:45] Andrew: So I feel more comfortable saying this, but yeah.

[1:02:48] Emilee: I feel safe with that answer as well.

[1:02:50] Andrew: Yeah. So I don't know, but that's what's coming for me, coming up for me.

[1:02:54] Emilee: That's interesting.

[1:02:56] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:02:57] Emilee: I get that. I, scientist is up there for me too. Um, also I just wanted to, uh, uh, two legal notes first being, uh, Phineas Glee, uh, cast alum and now two time Oscar winner. Um, Phineas, uh, he said, uh, I think he did like a good Instagram story where it was like, hey, ask me anything. Someone asked what his favorite cover is. He said somewhere only we know. So this is coming from a man that notably does have taste. So he knows what he's doing. He knows some stuff about music. Okay. Um, and then also, I don't know. I wanted to ask you, Bob, if you are familiar with SimGM, the Glee spoofs, I feel like this would be right up your alley. Do you know what I'm talking about?

[1:04:42] Bob: No, I do not. And I'm so glad that I don't. Okay. I want to hear this.

[1:04:46] Emilee: Emily, you do.

[1:04:47] Emilee: I do. I know what this is. I haven't really like watched them, but I am familiar. I was, there was a point where I like kind of jumped ship from Glee as it was airing to being more interested in the Glee Sim spoofs. And the reason that I'm bringing it up in relation to this song.

[1:05:02] Bob: Like Sim, like the game?

[1:05:04] Emilee: Yes. So there was, it was an entire production, uh, this YouTube channel. It was, do you, I'm sure you've seen like the Kim Kardashian spoofs, like the Kardashian, like, um, Sims and they're like, I'm going to order orange soda. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah.

[1:05:14] Bob: Do you know what I'm talking about, Bob?

[1:05:16] Bob: I do know. I do know.

[1:05:18] Emilee: Um, but, uh, yeah. So they did like, they did spoofs for the first, like they did spoofs for season two and season three.

[1:05:24] Bob: You have to send me all this later. I'm going to watch it.

[1:05:27] Emilee: Oh, yeah, no, it's, it's very worth your time. Um, and they did a spoof of this moment where Blaine starts singing and is quickly shut down by a random, uh, extra in the scene.

[1:05:35] Bob: And I just, that's what I'm thinking of when I watch it.

[1:05:38] Emilee: I always think of the ones, um, I really love it when they, they add the real noise back in, like what it would be like with like in the hallway when the lockers are slamming and stuff. I always, I was thinking about this the other day, like right before, a couple hours before we got on here, I was watching some of these bad lip reading videos. And I always thought it'd be funny if, did they ever tackle glee? Because if they did that, that's some good material.

[1:06:05] Bob: There, there's some material there without a doubt.

[1:06:07] Emilee: Yeah, they should. Um, in terms of this competition, ooh, this will go down in history as one of the hardest competitions of all time to black it. Um, Emily, do you want to begin?

[1:06:17] Emilee: Oh, I sure can.

[1:06:19] Andrew: Okay.

[1:06:20] Emilee: I look to you very beautiful, but I'm sorry, I have to go with in honor of Miss Allison Dodge. Somewhere we go sometimes or somewhere only we know.

[1:06:29] Andrew: I will text her as soon as this recording is over and let her know that, uh, her baby, her baby girl song is safe and I would assume, well, I'm also voting for somewhere only we know. Um, Bob, would, do you have a vote here?

[1:06:41] Bob: Somewhere only we know.

[1:06:43] Andrew: It's across the board. Yeah. Allison will be very happy to hear this news. Um, perfect. Uh, do we want one more of those competitions?

[1:06:50] Emilee: Let's do it again.

[1:06:52] Andrew: Let's do it one more time. You guys have been so good.

[1:06:55] Emilee: Okay.

[1:06:56] Andrew: Surprisingly, I was so nervous to be here.

[1:06:58] Emilee: Oh, do not be nervous. Oh my gosh.

[1:07:02] Emilee: Sung by two of our mutual friends.

[1:07:06] Andrew: Okay.

[1:07:07] Emilee: Two mutual friends.

[1:07:09] Andrew: Two mutual friends, two people that we've, maybe the three of us have all had a recorded conversation with. Um, they're just two, they're half of the vocalists on this song.

[1:07:17] Andrew: I was just gonna say what's left with them.

[1:07:19] Emilee: Yeah. Okay. Uh, I'm really, ooh, I know, Bob, you are going to have the most fun facts with this song. Uh, audio medium. We're looking at, we're looking at someone picking up a guitar and they're in the choir room.

[1:07:30] Bob: Yes.

[1:07:31] Emilee: Shot in the dark. What song is this?

[1:07:34] Bob: Is it?

[1:07:35] Emilee: Is it what I think it is?

[1:07:36] Bob: Is it?

[1:07:37] Emilee: What do you think it is?

[1:07:38] Bob: Just keep playing.

[1:07:40] Emilee: Wait, Emily, what are you guessing?

[1:07:42] Emilee: Is this Loser Like Me, season five?

[1:07:44] Bob: It is Loser Like Me, season five. Instincts were correct.

[1:07:48] Emilee: Yes.

[1:07:49] Bob: Ooh, that was nice.

[1:07:51] Andrew: Does anybody mind if I start the discourse?

[1:07:54] Emilee: Yeah. I mean, no, I don't.

[1:07:56] Bob: Okay.

[1:07:57] Andrew: Yeah, we actually all do mind.

[1:07:59] Emilee: Actually, we don't want to hear from you.

[1:08:01] Andrew: Yeah.

[1:08:02] Emilee: Um, uh, no, I, I have an obsession with this song. I am unafraid to say it.

[1:08:07] Bob: Me too.

[1:08:08] Emilee: I, I think it's just, just perfect all around. I understand it in a way that maybe people understand somewhere only we know and that I don't. So I'm sorry if you don't understand season five version of Loser Like Me, I wish you well. Um, because it is a beautiful sight to be seen, a beautiful sight to be, or vision to be heard or whatever. Um, but, uh, so I just, I think that it has everything. It has the beautiful vocals, of course, all four, just incredible. And I know, I know it sounds like I'm just like playing flattery to our two friends, Kevin and Jenna. They are the vocal standouts here, though.

[1:09:01] Bob: 100%. I wrote that down. 100%.

[1:09:03] Emilee: They, they are, they are simply carrying here. Um, just really, really beautiful soft vocals, um, from Jenna. I love what Maggie said a few weeks back, that every time that you hear Jenna singing, it's, you can tell that she's smiling while singing. Um, and I think that is such a beautiful, I don't know, uh, thing to be said about, um, Jenna. And also these Kevin ad libs at the end knocked me down so good. They're kind of buried in there.

[1:09:27] Bob: But yeah. It makes me miss Artie on this glacket.

[1:09:30] Emilee: But it's to the point where like, I've, and I, if I can jump in, I feel like I misspoke on, and that's what you really miss about the song. It made it sound like I liked the season two original version better.

[1:09:39] Andrew: Okay.

[1:09:40] Emilee: But if you go on my on repeat, kind of a generated playlist on Spotify that they generate for you, this is

[1:09:46] Bob: It's up there.

[1:09:47] Emilee: Number two.

[1:09:48] Bob: Ooh, as it should be. It's so good. And also,

[1:09:52] Emilee: But it shouldn't be like on paper, on paper, a slow, a slowed down acoustic version.

[1:09:57] Bob: In what universe does it work?

[1:09:59] Emilee: This one.

[1:10:00] Bob: Yes. Exactly.

[1:10:02] Emilee: And that, and that, and that's my final point about Lizard Like Me.

[1:10:06] Bob: But it's to the point where like, I'll put in, I'll put, I'll put the on repeat button, and people will walk in my room or my studio. And they're like, we've, we've heard this. Why are they singing it just like from an outside perspective to be like here, the, I'll see you when you wash my car. Like, so stupid. And that's like, that truly is like, I was saying, this song has everything. It has the comedy reference point of the season two version. Of course, they're, you know, they're singing that song, but in a stripped down,

[1:10:32] Emilee: Directed brilliantly by Paris Barkley.

[1:10:35] Andrew: Oh, is this a Paris Barkley episode?

[1:10:37] Bob: This 100%? This is New Directions. So,

[1:10:41] Andrew: I, let me see.

[1:10:43] Bob: It would make sense, but

[1:10:45] Andrew: Let's see.

[1:10:46] Bob: I know, it's on the same, the same music release. So I wasn't, I was getting too confused.

[1:10:52] Emilee: New Directions was directed by Brad Falchuk. 100 was directed by Paris Barkley. You were correct on that front.

[1:10:58] Bob: Well, yeah, I love it so much.

[1:11:01] Emilee: I love it. Who wants to take it?

[1:11:03] Andrew: I have some things.

[1:11:05] Emilee: Go ahead.

[1:11:06] Andrew: So I do love the harmonies. I think it's a great vocal. I think that, like you said, Kevin and Jenna are the standouts in this. I miss those arty vocals. I miss his solo songs. It's just odd. It's an odd song for me. Like, this is how I, I think this is, like you said at the beginning, I feel this way, like you feel for Somewhere Only We Know. I like it. It's not that it's not, it's not that I don't.

[1:13:25] Emilee: Because it is such a cool throwback. It's fun. It's beautiful. But like it's such an odd choice, especially with Blaine being one of the four people.

[1:13:33] Bob: Yeah, it's like, what? No, and that's the comment. That's the comment I made. I said, why is Blaine here?

[1:13:43] Emilee: You're not part of this. You don't have the reference points.

[1:13:48] Bob: He was there, right? He saw that competition because it was, oh my god, they're doing original songs.

[1:13:53] Emilee: Right, but like feasibly, of course, and again, this is Glee, of course.

[1:13:58] Bob: But literally, I think, I mean, I agree with you, I think. But, Emilee, between the two versions that we got, you would prefer this one, right?

[1:14:12] Emilee: I would. Yes, I would. I would prefer it. The other one's fun, right? It's campy. It's cute. But like, yes, this is definitely the more listenable. It's better on the ears for me.

[1:14:26] Bob: But I will say, the thing, as much as I revere this version, and as much as I champion it, I always laugh at the serious vocal stylings of Push Me Up Against the Locker.

[1:14:45] Emilee: The vocal stylings of Push Me Up Against the Locker.

[1:14:51] Bob: But it's funny, though, too, because there are not one, but two songs in the hit Fox Show Glee that use the words, I can only be who I are, or they say who I are. They do it in two songs.

[1:15:07] Emilee: Wait, what is the other one?

[1:15:10] Bob: Loser Like Me, of course.

[1:15:12] Emilee: So it's Loser Like Me twice. And then it's Break Free. Now that I've become who I really are.

[1:15:21] Bob: Who I really are.

[1:15:23] Emilee: And it just drives me nuts. I'm like, why? Why? Not once, but twice is the lyric.

[1:15:30] Bob: To be fair, Max Martin wrote both.

[1:15:35] Emilee: Oh, there we go. Might be an English translation issue or something.

[1:15:43] Bob: Completely unrelated, but semi-related. They released the 25th anniversary reissue of the Backstreet Boys album, Millennium, recently. And on it is the alternate version of I Want It That Way, which is the more correct lyrics that make more sense.

[1:16:09] Emilee: Like grammatically?

[1:16:11] Bob: Yes.

[1:16:12] Emilee: Oh, funny.

[1:16:13] Bob: And the song is called No Goodbyes.

[1:16:16] Emilee: Interesting. I have to listen to it.

[1:16:19] Bob: And it is the strangest thing ever. And it's exactly what we're talking about. The Swedish people not knowing their English.

[1:16:28] Emilee: So they had an American songwriter come in and rewrite the lyrics, but they thought it scanned better with the version we got.

[1:16:41] Bob: Wait, so which one do you now prefer?

[1:16:44] Emilee: The original, because I grew up with it. But it's so fun to listen to.

[1:16:49] Bob: That's so funny. I love that. I love that. The only other note that I had that I laughed at the very beginning of this number was all the lilies that are strewn all over the room. I just, I had a chuckle at that because I'm like, oh, yeah.

[1:17:03] Emilee: The lesbian of flowers.

[1:17:04] Bob: I wish this song the best. I really love it. I feel like it's a canon event.

[1:17:15] Emilee: I'm going to keep streaming it.

[1:17:17] Bob: It's going to live on in my music library. Yeah. But of course, we don't know what it's against. I don't know. Any final things to be said about Loser Like Me Season 5?

[1:17:31] Emilee: I'm so happy that I got to hear it today.

[1:17:34] Bob: Likewise. Final song of the episode against Loser Like Me Season 5. It's going to be this one.

[1:17:42] Emilee: Oh, interesting competition alert from the same season. Season 5.

[1:17:50] Bob: A lot of good music that season too.

[1:17:53] Emilee: Yeah, I know. People do be sleeping on some of these songs, including this one. I do have a lot to say about this song. Here we go. Share screen. We are looking at music producer of Mercedes. Do we know what song this is?

[1:18:12] Bob: I do.

[1:18:14] Emilee: Then say it.

[1:18:18] Bob: Yeah, say it.

[1:18:19] Emilee: It's Doo-Wop That Thing.

[1:18:20] Bob: Yup.

[1:18:21] Emilee: It is Doo-Wop That Thing.

[1:18:25] Bob: Okay, Doo-Wop That Thing. Who wants to start the discourse here?

[1:18:30] Emilee: I'll take it.

[1:18:31] Bob: Okay, take it.

[1:18:32] Emilee: I have commentary.

[1:18:34] Bob: Please.

[1:18:35] Emilee: So, from a technical standpoint.

[1:18:40] Bob: I know what you're going to say.

[1:18:42] Emilee: There is no way.

[1:18:47] Bob: If you know what I'm going to say, finish it for me.

[1:18:50] Emilee: Oh, no. I feel you are such a master of audio more than I am.

[1:18:56] Bob: Shouldn't they be wearing headphones?

[1:19:03] Emilee: There would be major bleed through between each mic, the Bluetooth speaker they got.

[1:19:09] Bob: Yeah, because she's carrying this brick that's playing the instrumental.

[1:19:14] Emilee: How are you getting the audio of them singing?

[1:19:19] Bob: I'm going to fill in, Emily, on one of the conversations that we have a lot about split audio tracks. Now, when I record an interview, I ask for split audio tracks of each person. Make sure it's just in case somebody coughs or if anybody, you know, just to split them up.

[1:19:41] Emilee: Now, if it was recorded like that, that would be a nightmare to make into something that would sound, I don't know, not even radio ready, but listenable.

[1:19:56] Bob: Yeah, I was going to say.

[1:19:58] Emilee: And plus the reverb of the location.

[1:20:01] Bob: But really, all that aside, the song is great.

[1:20:07] Emilee: It's great.

[1:20:08] Bob: It's great.

[1:20:09] Emilee: Now that I'm like actually thinking about it, it's been a minute since I've seen this episode. But what are they doing with this recording?

[1:20:15] Bob: Yes, that's what I wrote.

[1:20:18] Emilee: Because it's Lauryn Hill's song.

[1:20:20] Bob: So like they can't be like releasing this on Mercedes album.

[1:20:25] Emilee: Without getting rights for it.

[1:20:28] Bob: Right.

[1:20:29] Emilee: So it's like for them to like have this terrible audio. Why are they even recording in the first place?

[1:20:35] Bob: And when I first saw it, I thought Random Producer Guy was Questlove.

[1:20:42] Emilee: And that was the first album I ever bought, too.

[1:20:47] Bob: I was just going to say that was just listed as the number one album of all time.

[1:20:52] Emilee: From that.

[1:20:54] Bob: Was that an Apple Music list or something?

[1:20:56] Emilee: Yeah.

[1:20:57] Bob: Like number one.

[1:20:59] Emilee: So it is a hard song. I mean, there are a lot of difficult songs that they do. But this is a hard song.

[1:21:05] Bob: And I was like, what a miss.

[1:21:07] Emilee: So they did Amber Riley's music before. I said, what a missed opportunity to do another Amber Riley song.

[1:21:15] Bob: Oh, you would have preferred an Amber original in place of this.

[1:21:20] Emilee: I love D.W.A.P. I love this number. I stream it. It is a jam because I love the original. And their voices sound incredible. But like you said, what are they in the Glee universe? What are they doing with this terrible recording?

[1:21:31] Bob: What's the point of it that they do all of this work and get out of the studio?

[1:21:38] Emilee: Could you imagine the crazy echo on the –

[1:21:43] Bob: Oh, yeah.

[1:21:44] Emilee: So I get like a change of scenery. I get like looking for inspiration. And maybe it's a trial run or something. I don't know. But like what a missed opportunity.

[1:21:52] Bob: That's a bit of a reach.

[1:21:54] Emilee: Right, right.

[1:21:56] Bob: Like, yeah.

[1:21:57] Emilee: As much as I'm like, I'll go re-watch this episode to see if I could pick up any crumbs.

[1:22:04] Bob: I feel confident that there's not much crumbs to be had in terms of like more insight on this decision.

[1:22:10] Emilee: Yeah.

[1:22:11] Bob: The minute I saw that, I was just angry.

[1:22:16] Emilee: From someone who does work with idols.

[1:22:21] Bob: I forgot about it.

[1:22:22] Emilee: Yeah.

[1:22:23] Bob: I will say that I will come out right now that I've heard of Doo-Wop.

[1:22:32] Emilee: I remember like when they announced the songs for this episode, I was very excited that Santana and Mercedes were singing this song called Doo-Wop That Thing at the time. I did not know what that song was.

[1:22:45] Bob: I looked it up quickly, of course, fell in love. And that was like such like a re-listen of like that summer of 2014, the original, always re-listening and like consistently a song.

[1:23:01] Emilee: Have you heard the whole album?

[1:23:03] Bob: Please tell me you have.

[1:23:04] Emilee: You know what, Bob? I'm also doubly coming out and saying that I was just thinking this the other day. I need to listen to this entire album all the way through.

[1:23:16] Bob: Educate yourself.

[1:23:17] Emilee: I have no reason.

[1:23:18] Bob: I know.

[1:23:19] Emilee: This is the miseducation.

[1:23:20] Bob: The miseducation of Edgar McGrath.

[1:23:22] Emilee: Yeah.

[1:23:23] Bob: Title of episode.

[1:23:25] Emilee: Title of ep.

[1:23:26] Bob: Thank you.

[1:23:27] Emilee: If you listen to the whole album, that's great. If there's one song you listen to after this recording, listen to Everything Is Everything.

[1:23:36] Bob: So with this, the Lauryn Hill original version of Doo-Wop That Thing, the thing that always takes me out, and I'm always scared to put Doo-Wop That Thing on like a playlist because of this reason, is because at the very end of the song, they have a conversation.

[1:23:55] Emilee: Do you know what I'm talking about?

[1:23:57] Bob: Okay.

[1:23:58] Emilee: So this means around, they always put interludes at the end of tracks that bled into the next one.

[1:24:04] Bob: Yes.

[1:24:07] Emilee: And so they're having a conversation about, I listen to the entirety of it a few times, but I usually do skip it.

[1:24:14] Bob: There's a better version of it on streaming that doesn't have that.

[1:24:17] Emilee: Yes.

[1:24:18] Bob: Yeah, that doesn't have it.

[1:24:19] Emilee: But I know it starts off with, we have some very intelligent women in here.

[1:24:23] Bob: Do you know what I'm talking about?

[1:24:24] Emilee: Yeah.

[1:24:25] Bob: The lyrics.

[1:24:26] Emilee: Yeah.

[1:24:29] Bob: And they have a conversation.

[1:24:30] Emilee: It's long.

[1:24:31] Bob: And sometimes I'll be out at a restaurant, and Doo-Wop That Thing will come on, and I'll be like, as the song dwindles down, I'm like, uh-oh, what version?

[1:24:41] Emilee: And sometimes, sure enough, I hear that part of it included out in public, which is crazy.

[1:24:48] Bob: That happens a lot when I listen to songs from the Destiny's Child album.

[1:24:54] Emilee: Oh, my God, Down the Wall, I think it is.

[1:24:57] Bob: No, She Can't Love You.

[1:24:58] Emilee: Yeah.

[1:24:59] Bob: Okay.

[1:25:02] Emilee: So for some reason, my teacher in high school, my computer graphics teacher, he used to put in music for us to listen to while we were doing our work, and he put in the Survivor album for some reason.

[1:25:22] Bob: Whatever.

[1:25:23] Emilee: He liked it. It's fine. But he would then proceed to quote all the intruders in front of us.

[1:25:36] Bob: Oops.

[1:25:38] Emilee: So now I can't hear them without laughing.

[1:25:42] Bob: I know that.

[1:25:43] Emilee: I remember Thou Shall Know She Can't Love You.

[1:25:46] Bob: What is the other?

[1:25:49] Emilee: What are the other ones?

[1:25:50] Bob: I'm blanking on all the other ones.

[1:25:52] Emilee: There was one right before Bootylicious that made me laugh.

[1:25:57] Bob: Wait, wait, it's before?

[1:25:59] Emilee: I thought that at the end, like, Writings on the Wall, what you were talking about, Emily, at the end of the song, that they would say, like, these kind of statements at the end.

[1:26:06] Bob: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[1:26:07] Emilee: But there's also things, there's also, they're even funnier on Survivor, because they're all about being feminine and being bootylicious.

[1:26:16] Bob: Yeah, yeah.

[1:26:18] Emilee: And you see this grown-ass man teaching a class, quoting these lines, and you're just like, what?

[1:26:27] Bob: That's funny.

[1:26:28] Emilee: Yeah.

[1:26:29] Bob: Oh my gosh, there's so many of them.

[1:26:30] Emilee: But I don't know.

[1:26:31] Bob: There's one at the end of, like, Bills, Bills, Bills.

[1:26:33] Emilee: I don't know.

[1:26:34] Bob: I like every one.

[1:26:35] Emilee: But yeah, anyway.

[1:26:36] Bob: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[1:26:38] Emilee: But bringing it back to this actual song at hand, what other things do we need to add here?

[1:26:46] Bob: I love when Mercedes says, minimum.

[1:26:48] Emilee: Every single time I go, minimum!

[1:26:53] Bob: For me, this was a pleasant surprise, given, like, I don't even care about the little nitpicky stuff. I was just half-kidding. But, like, I love, this time period in music was so special to me.

[1:27:13] Emilee: Even if, even though I was a little kid.

[1:27:16] Bob: I was, like, four or five years old, like, loving this stuff and, like, consuming this stuff because I had older sisters.

[1:27:26] Emilee: And I bought these albums, so it's not something I just listened to pass.

[1:27:32] Bob: I listened to it alongside with everybody else.

[1:27:36] Emilee: So when I hear Glee covering something like that, or Barely Breathing, or, like, just, like, any, like, crush.

[1:27:50] Bob: Crush.

[1:27:53] Emilee: Yeah, I was so excited when I pulled this song. Because I knew, like, this era of music is, like, right in your wheelhouse, Bob, that, like, you have an encyclopedic knowledge of music.

[1:28:06] Andrew McGuire: Welcome back to Gleek of the Week! Today, we have Emilee returning to the Glacket and DJ Bob Runkel making his debut.

[1:28:36] Emilee: I'm so excited to be back! Last week was a wild ride, especially with my least favorite song making it to Round Four.

[1:29:06] Bob Runkel: Thanks for having me! I can't wait to dive into these performances with you both.

[1:29:36] Andrew McGuire: Let's kick things off with the first song, "Take Care of Yourself." What are your thoughts on it?

[1:30:06] Emilee: I think it's such a heartfelt song. The way it resonates with the characters is really powerful.

[1:30:32] Bob Runkel: Absolutely! The emotional weight it carries is something that Glee does so well.

[1:30:58] Andrew McGuire: I agree. It's interesting how they balance the upbeat moments with these deeper themes.

[1:31:28] Emilee: And the ad libs in Glee songs always add that extra layer of fun!

[1:31:56] Bob Runkel: Right? It makes the performances feel more alive and spontaneous.

[1:32:24] Andrew McGuire: Speaking of performances, let's move on to the next song, "Doo Wop (That Thing)."

[1:32:52] Emilee: This one is a classic! The energy is infectious, and the choreography is so much fun.

[1:33:12] Bob Runkel: I love how they incorporate different styles into the performances. It keeps things fresh.

[1:33:32] Andrew McGuire: Definitely! And the way they blend the original with their own twist is impressive.

[1:33:58] Emilee: I also appreciate how they highlight different characters in this number.

[1:34:26] Bob Runkel: It really showcases the ensemble's talent and chemistry.

[1:34:54] Andrew McGuire: Now, let's talk about "I Look to You." What do you think of this performance?

[1:35:22] Emilee: It's such a beautiful ballad. The emotion in the vocals is just stunning.

[1:35:50] Bob Runkel: I agree! It’s a moment where you can really feel the character's journey.

[1:36:18] Andrew McGuire: And the way they build up to the climax is so well done.

[1:36:46] Emilee: It really pulls at your heartstrings.

[1:37:14] Bob Runkel: I think it’s one of those performances that stays with you long after it’s over.

[1:37:42] Andrew McGuire: Now, let’s move on to "Loser Like Me" from Season 5.

[1:38:10] Emilee: This song is such a great anthem for self-acceptance!

[1:38:38] Bob Runkel: It’s so empowering! The message is really uplifting.

[1:39:06] Andrew McGuire: And the way they perform it is just so much fun. You can’t help but sing along.

[1:39:34] Emilee: Exactly! It’s one of those songs that makes you feel good.

[1:40:02] Bob Runkel: Plus, the choreography is super catchy!

[1:40:30] Andrew McGuire: Lastly, let’s discuss "Somewhere Only We Know." What are your thoughts?

[1:40:58] Emilee: This song is so nostalgic. It really captures the essence of longing.

[1:41:26] Bob Runkel: I love how they interpret it. It’s a beautiful moment in the series.

[1:41:54] Andrew McGuire: It’s definitely a standout performance that resonates with many fans.

[1:42:22] Emilee: I think it’s a perfect way to wrap up our discussion today!