Speaker 1: And that's what you really missed with Jenna.
Speaker 2: And Kevin an iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 1: Welcome to you, and that's what you really missed.
Speaker 3: A special episode, an overview of season one and some
Speaker 3: of our favorite some superlatives, and some reflections.
Speaker 2: I'm jo I'm Kevin. This is our bonus Jonas episode
Speaker 2: for season one.
Speaker 1: Wooooooooo.
Speaker 2: Because season one was we'd almost did one hundred songs,
Speaker 2: twenty two episodes. It took us from when we did
Speaker 2: the pilot to the last episode almost like a year
Speaker 2: and a half to film. It was a lot of
Speaker 2: our lives, a lot of time, and we went from
Speaker 2: you know, being green, having not done much television before,
Speaker 2: to being in households around the world and like going
Speaker 2: to the White House and like wild, wild things happened
Speaker 2: in the span of the first season of Glee. But
Speaker 2: we put it to you guys online. We asked you
Speaker 2: your favorite songs, your episodes, favorite couples, and thoughts. We
Speaker 2: also did made some lists ourselves. So let's go through it.
Speaker 3: Jenna, Yeah, okay, Yeah, let's do it. Thanks to everybody
Speaker 3: who wrote in and shared some of your favorites. Okay,
Speaker 3: so you want to start. Should we start with the
Speaker 3: best song the topes?
Speaker 2: Should we with the fan favorites with Yeah, fans voted
Speaker 2: for this song list was not what I expected. Definitely not,
Speaker 2: and it shows me that these are hardcore fans and
Speaker 2: I respect it because it wasn't the you know, the
Speaker 2: biggest hits that sales wise. These are some dedicated folks
Speaker 2: and I appreciate it. Let's go from five to one.
Speaker 3: Okay, okay, so we Number five fan favorite was Roses
Speaker 3: Turn sung by Kurt.
Speaker 1: Totally agree. Yeah, really, well, yeah.
Speaker 2: I just because I think I assumed, you know, the
Speaker 2: biggest hits of the season would be up there. Roses
Speaker 2: Turn was not necessarily one of the biggest hits, but
Speaker 2: I think story wise and character like, it was right.
Speaker 2: I love that it was up there.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's pretty epic for Kurt.
Speaker 3: It's his like first big number like that, Like he's
Speaker 3: sang a lot, but this was like, I mean, he
Speaker 3: had a sign, a glow up sign.
Speaker 2: What do you call it?
Speaker 1: A light up? A light up sign? Thank you?
Speaker 2: He also did have a glow up but yes, yes,
Speaker 2: totally it's separate. Number four blows my mind.
Speaker 3: Okay, I we have to talk about this because I
Speaker 3: feel like.
Speaker 1: People were joking, what is this okay? Okay?
Speaker 2: Number four okay is run Joey run? No, I refuse,
Speaker 2: and I have to say, I get it. This isn't
Speaker 2: a number I put on to like jam two in
Speaker 2: the car. But how is done in the episode is phenomenon?
Speaker 2: No notes, I think it's absolutely incredible.
Speaker 1: Wait what say that again?
Speaker 2: How it was actually done in the episode. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: think it's so good. Run Joy, Run, Yes, you disagree,
Speaker 2: hate it? That was comedy. That was beautiful.
Speaker 1: I mean Elitie did the best she could with it.
Speaker 2: Rachel out of her mind, like using these three different
Speaker 2: guys to be like, I think it was brilliant. I
Speaker 2: think the song is garbage, but I think that's a performance.
Speaker 3: So no, no, the performance was great. You can't deny that,
Speaker 3: But the actual like, I can't, I can't separate the two.
Speaker 2: We didn't specify favorite performance in their favorite song. So
Speaker 2: I feel like, you know, some of this is going
Speaker 2: to be, you know, a season two recap. Maybe we can,
Speaker 2: you know, specify these things a bit more. But I
Speaker 2: get it. Run Joy Run. I think exquisite, fair enough,
Speaker 2: fair enough?
Speaker 1: Okay?
Speaker 2: So number three number three.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yes, Jesse's girl.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 1: Obviously.
Speaker 2: I mean, I also I can't really listen to the
Speaker 2: song because I'll burst into tears.
Speaker 3: But well, I think that this the sentiment of the song,
Speaker 3: the feeling, the performance, the whole thing is the storyline.
Speaker 1: You know, it's all driven and it's all.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the suspins theme song.
Speaker 1: Yeah it's perfect.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's perfect. Okay, what were you going to say?
Speaker 2: No, Number two makes a lot of sense. Number two
Speaker 2: is Journey, Don't Stop Believing. Sure you know so. And
Speaker 2: I'm assuming it's a pilot version. I get it, and
Speaker 2: I respect that it's not number one.
Speaker 1: I have to agree, I have to agree.
Speaker 3: I also have to respect number one.
Speaker 2: I was surprised I had made my list and then
Speaker 2: I looked at this list and I just want to
Speaker 2: say that I was proud of all of you who
Speaker 2: listened to this and participate in this, because I think
Speaker 2: you did a better job than me. This is variety, agreed,
Speaker 2: every genre here.
Speaker 3: I felt, Yeah, I felt proud of you guys, because
Speaker 3: I didn't look either, and I was like, I missed
Speaker 3: these I missed this one.
Speaker 2: This one did come into my mind, and it is
Speaker 2: absolutely like it's probably like top seven for me, but
Speaker 2: number one is.
Speaker 3: That The Boy Is Nude by Satana Mercedes.
Speaker 2: I mean respect, There is a great performance, it's a
Speaker 2: great vocal, there's a great impression of Monica. There's a
Speaker 2: great story behind the song of how it happened in
Speaker 2: the first place. And also it's our first time really
Speaker 2: getting to hear Nya sing a full song, right.
Speaker 1: And a really good impression. Yeah, so good.
Speaker 2: Yes, I think in a lot of ways. You know
Speaker 2: how Heather created this brittany Ish character and Ryan saw
Speaker 2: it and made Brittany, you know, one of the biggest
Speaker 2: characters on the show. I think by seeing her like
Speaker 2: comedic genius behind the scenes. I think Nia doing this
Speaker 2: impression and Ryan seeing it led to him and everybody else,
Speaker 2: the other writers and all of us seeing her potential
Speaker 2: of like star power. For sure, she is at everything.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, and it was like the birth of something great.
Speaker 2: And you couldn't put that back.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't take that back.
Speaker 3: And like how everybody responded to it, obviously, look at this. Okay,
Speaker 3: those are great, you guys, those are really really good
Speaker 3: and really interesting.
Speaker 2: What did you pick for best songs?
Speaker 1: I did my top five?
Speaker 2: Okay, how you did it if you did top five?
Speaker 3: Okay, so actually I did top I did four for song.
Speaker 3: My top four were Faithfully and I'm telling you Jesse's
Speaker 3: Girl and Somebody to Love.
Speaker 2: That's a great top four and we overlap. If you
Speaker 2: had to pick a fifth, what would it be.
Speaker 1: I mean, don't stop even probably yeah, which version the
Speaker 1: first one?
Speaker 2: You know what's funny? And we didn't talk about this
Speaker 2: in the recap of the episode, but the Journey to
Speaker 2: Regional's version where we all sort of sing is the
Speaker 2: version that got nominated for a Grammy. Like we were
Speaker 2: nominated for a Grammy sitting sixth row at the Grammys
Speaker 2: and everyone who sang on it would have gotten a Grammy.
Speaker 2: And I remember we were nominated against Train and the
Speaker 2: lead Yeah, and he'd like, oh, you guys are gonna win,
Speaker 2: And we were like, no, we shouldn't be here, like
Speaker 2: we told we've bambulls, like the Grammy Academy, like why
Speaker 2: are we here? We're a cover band, Like a cover
Speaker 2: song is not going to win for Best like Pop
Speaker 2: Vocal Performance.
Speaker 1: Well that's what we always said.
Speaker 3: We always said, like we're undeserving in some way because
Speaker 3: like we didn't create these songs you know, we didn't, and.
Speaker 2: Then train one for Hey Soul Sister as they should have, which, hey,
Speaker 2: we still got the nomination. We have the little metal.
Speaker 1: We went to Grammy's and met Beyonce in the bathroom.
Speaker 2: That's right, So thank you Grammy Academy. Oh yeah, thank
Speaker 2: you Recording Academy. That's what it is. Okay, tell me,
Speaker 2: so I had my number five was one less bell.
Speaker 1: I knew that was going on there for you, but.
Speaker 2: Okay, I had it sort of tied. There's like a
Speaker 2: number six in its rehab because I just have a
Speaker 2: soft spot for that. That's more the performance as opposed
Speaker 2: to the version of the song. I think the version
Speaker 2: is very good, but that performance was the epitome of
Speaker 2: like what the show could do. At that time, I.
Speaker 1: Was gonna I was gonna put Bohemian Rhapsody online.
Speaker 2: Same, it was one of the I just needed one
Speaker 2: of them to make it. Yeah, number four lean on
Speaker 2: me just because.
Speaker 1: You throw. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I loved that one. I did. Don't random my parade,
Speaker 2: Oh wow, yeah, because I think that's I think that
Speaker 2: number also like means a lot to the show we
Speaker 2: did on tour a lot totally, and I think.
Speaker 1: Obviously cull circle.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Number two Faithfully, yay h yay. I'm glad that
Speaker 2: I'm glad that we both like that one so much.
Speaker 2: Do you think had we done this before we watched
Speaker 2: this season again, this list would have been the same.
Speaker 3: Now even a little a little bit different. I think
Speaker 3: like rewatching Faithfully was the reason why.
Speaker 2: I was like, oh, this is so good, totally same.
Speaker 1: Like like like a prayer too.
Speaker 2: I was like, like a almost ended up on this list.
Speaker 2: We too was on it, and I take it off
Speaker 2: because the list was too long. And the number one
Speaker 2: I have somebody to.
Speaker 1: Love, our number once are the same.
Speaker 2: Yeah, of course they are.
Speaker 3: That's funny. I didn't think that would be your number one.
Speaker 3: That's really funny.
Speaker 2: I think I'm just a little sucker for like sentimentally.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it means a lot to us.
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, let's get into best episodes. Fan voted top
Speaker 2: five and again there's some surprises. Number five is a
Speaker 2: surprise to.
Speaker 3: Me, okay, I you know, thinking about it after I
Speaker 3: saw this, I was like, oh, yeah, it's.
Speaker 1: Alfonso's first one. There's a big group number at the end.
Speaker 3: It's emotionally driven, character driven with zach In it like
Speaker 3: it gives Rachel some grounding, Like I get it.
Speaker 1: I get it. It's not one of my on my lists, but.
Speaker 2: I get it totally.
Speaker 1: I totally get it.
Speaker 3: So number five is obviously laryngitis.
Speaker 2: Yes, interesting. Number four is the pilot. Number four a
Speaker 2: little load to me.
Speaker 1: Agreed, agreed.
Speaker 3: Number three was theatricality, which I definitely agree within the time.
Speaker 1: It's definitely in the top three. I should be, should
Speaker 1: be power of.
Speaker 3: Obviously the costumes. The storyline. Again, it's like the storyline
Speaker 3: was driven. It was very good with like bullying and
Speaker 3: all about Finn standing up for people.
Speaker 1: It was great. Yeah, number two, Madama. You know it's
Speaker 1: funny because before.
Speaker 3: Ryan came on for the second time, before I rewatched it,
Speaker 3: I didn't. I don't know, it didn't click with me
Speaker 3: as like the turning point of the show, like Ryan
Speaker 3: explained it. I agree with him now and I totally
Speaker 3: see it, But I don't know that I saw that
Speaker 3: way in my memory until he came on and did it,
Speaker 3: and I so I wouldn't. It wouldn't have been on
Speaker 3: my list previous to watching all of it. But now
Speaker 3: I get it.
Speaker 2: I feel the exact same way I watching it, I
Speaker 2: had just a blast. I had a great time, and
Speaker 2: I did not remember like you said that was a
Speaker 2: turning point or that.
Speaker 3: We like.
Speaker 2: I remember we liked it when we filmed it, but
Speaker 2: didn't realize what it meant to the show in terms
Speaker 2: of like the long lasting effects it would have. Number one,
Speaker 2: which makes sense, Journey to Regionals the season one finale.
Speaker 3: Really good, obviously, really excellent, very flux at the heart strings.
Speaker 1: Yeah, good tie up. You know we're coming back. I'm
Speaker 1: pretty Mine was pretty close to this, so what is it?
Speaker 3: Mine was? Number three was theatricality. Number two was Journey
Speaker 3: to Regils, and number one.
Speaker 1: Was a pilot.
Speaker 2: Oh damn, look at that and sync with the people.
Speaker 1: In SYCN with you what about yourrs?
Speaker 2: Pretty close? Mine? Number one was a pilot. Number two
Speaker 2: was Power of Madonna. Number three was Journey to Regionals. Okay,
Speaker 2: And then like I did with the songs, I threw
Speaker 2: in their one for us wheels.
Speaker 3: Mine was on my wheels, was on my lips, and
Speaker 3: I dig it up because I was like, wow, I
Speaker 3: don't do that, Jenna.
Speaker 2: No Wheels is a good episode, Jenna, Okay, that was
Speaker 2: on my lips. Our first episode Paris, and it was
Speaker 2: big for us.
Speaker 1: Lots of screeners of it, people loved it.
Speaker 2: And number five, I know this is cheating, I did
Speaker 2: it again, but I have like I have throw Down
Speaker 2: and Roads not taken.
Speaker 1: I had throw Down on mine too.
Speaker 2: Really, yes, maybe it's throw Down then, but also roads
Speaker 2: just mean, like I know how that time just felt.
Speaker 2: I can't think about that episode and not think about
Speaker 2: like meeting Chris and Chenna Witz for the first time
Speaker 2: and working with her and all. But throw Down also
Speaker 2: makes me laugh, probably harder than any other.
Speaker 3: Episodekirkdown is very burned into my memory. Yeah, very good,
Speaker 3: very very good. Okay, let's get to the best couple
Speaker 3: everybody voted.
Speaker 2: I know it's early, it's only the first season, and
Speaker 2: a lot more couples happened after this. I only got
Speaker 2: to top three for this.
Speaker 1: I only picked one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, which is fair. But the I mean,
Speaker 2: the thing to take away from this list from you guys,
Speaker 2: the listeners is that Rachel was really just dating everyone.
Speaker 1: Yes, that's right.
Speaker 3: Well, I mean, and like Ian said, like they kind
Speaker 3: of blew their load, so they kind of had to
Speaker 3: like very early on, if you will.
Speaker 1: Sorry about the reference.
Speaker 3: But like they definitely weren't saving anything, and they were like,
Speaker 3: oh no, no, to be fine, and he was like
Speaker 3: he was, you know, they were totally wrong in that
Speaker 3: aspect of things. But yes, Rachel did date everybody, and
Speaker 3: most of these include.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so number five is Rachel and Jesse.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 2: Number four is Puck and Rachel, which I have to
Speaker 2: say grew on me. When it first happened, I was like,
Speaker 2: absolutely not. But then when they revisit a gam like, oh.
Speaker 3: Obviously you like run, Jenny run, So I mean I
Speaker 3: love it. Number three was Quinn and Puck.
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, they had cute moments.
Speaker 1: Number two with Tina and Arty.
Speaker 2: That's just because we put up the questions and whatever.
Speaker 2: I'll take it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, same.
Speaker 3: And number one was Finn and Rachel obviously, and my.
Speaker 1: Pick was Fin and Rachel.
Speaker 2: Yeah, my number one is Finn and Rachel. My number
Speaker 2: two was asked Tina and Artie, but everyone forgot Burt
Speaker 2: and Carroll. Now you listen here. I get that it
Speaker 2: may not be the first thing that comes to mind,
Speaker 2: but Bert and Carol are so good and so pure,
Speaker 2: and they deserve the world and they provide that for
Speaker 2: each other. They are two incredible parents and together make
Speaker 2: the ultimate parents. They could be my number one.
Speaker 1: But you know, I know, I can't believe I missed that.
Speaker 2: You're so right, everybody missed it.
Speaker 1: I can't believe they didn't rank.
Speaker 2: I'm just obsessed with him, and so you know, we
Speaker 2: love Burt and Carol. We also asked everyone you know
Speaker 2: general thoughts on season one, and there were some pretty
Speaker 2: good drags on here. Someone said it's not the worst.
Speaker 1: I you know what, I like this one. It's positive.
Speaker 1: Somebody said it's hard to top.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there were a lot of iconics in here. Someone
Speaker 2: said not the best, but my comfort season for sure,
Speaker 2: which makes me excited because and a couple people said
Speaker 2: it's their third or second favorite season. That makes me
Speaker 2: excited too. Like we've said a billion times, the first
Speaker 2: season is so ingrained in our heads that as it
Speaker 2: gets on gets a little blurrier, and so you know,
Speaker 2: I'm excited for season two. A lot of people said
Speaker 2: they're excited for season two.
Speaker 1: Somebody said it was really chaotic.
Speaker 2: Yeah, someone said a literal fever.
Speaker 1: Dream love that one. Somebody said a masterpiece.
Speaker 2: Someone wrote solid, but want more Santana and more Santana
Speaker 2: is what we get because it's what we deserve.
Speaker 1: It is what we get.
Speaker 3: Somebody said, great, but Glea's Glee's most basic season, which
Speaker 3: is correct.
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's a good thing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, pop culture defining m A lot of people said
Speaker 2: camp or way campier than they remember.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, which I think the satire thing in their
Speaker 3: heads had said. Some people said, because I know it's
Speaker 3: a sattire now it made it even better.
Speaker 1: Yeah, not the best, not the worst.
Speaker 2: A lot of people keep saying, I guess we're scrolling
Speaker 2: through these that the second season is the best.
Speaker 1: So I've never worked cut out for us.
Speaker 2: Yes, I'm very excited.
Speaker 1: I'm excited.
Speaker 3: What what are your overall thoughts, Kevin?
Speaker 2: I think I mean, in my head, it's my favorite season.
Speaker 2: I think we see all these characters or most of
Speaker 2: the characters come to life a bit, and for us personally,
Speaker 2: it was life changing. I think probably in our personal life,
Speaker 2: this was the most we changed within a single season.
Speaker 2: And maybe that's why we have all the you know,
Speaker 2: the nostalgia attached to it and all these memories attached
Speaker 2: to it, because we can remember with such specificity where
Speaker 2: we were when things were happening. And storylines were happening, right.
Speaker 2: We also, you know, we got to work with so
Speaker 2: many great directors for the first time, right, and we
Speaker 2: part in terms of like what the crew and the
Speaker 2: production of it we're doing. We had to figure out
Speaker 2: the system for how we were actually going to shoot
Speaker 2: this damp show, right, And we figured out all those things,
Speaker 2: and the art department was uping their game every single
Speaker 2: episode and it was just the most memorable, I think
Speaker 2: for us because of all of those things. It was
Speaker 2: a season of firsts. And I don't think I can uncouple,
Speaker 2: you know, the personal life from the professional and this
Speaker 2: one totally, like there's no separation. And I think a
Speaker 2: lot of what the Glee Club was going through and
Speaker 2: this season and second season mirror a lot what we
Speaker 2: were going through in real life, not necessarily because they
Speaker 2: were doing that on purpose, but just because you have
Speaker 2: a bunch of a random group of kids thrown together
Speaker 2: who are nerdy and love the arts and love doing
Speaker 2: this and getting to play dress up and on the
Speaker 2: show you have the same thing, and you know, they
Speaker 2: become a tight unit and they become sort of successful.
Speaker 2: They're sort of figuring out what they're doing, and by
Speaker 2: the end of season two, they become successful, right, and
Speaker 2: it very much mirrored us and you know through some
Speaker 2: of Will's speeches Akay brad Falchuk speaking to us through Will,
Speaker 2: you know, it was sentimental and nice to be reminded
Speaker 2: of what was going on and how special it was.
Speaker 2: What about you?
Speaker 3: In my memory, it's my favorite app is my favorite
Speaker 3: season yet to be challenged. Like you said, I to
Speaker 3: echo you, I think it was a season of first press.
Speaker 3: So it the nostalgia and the emotional attachment I have
Speaker 3: to the season is hard to separate. It was also
Speaker 3: like the most defining, so I think, because it was
Speaker 3: the most defining in our personal lives and our work lives,
Speaker 3: in our relationships with each other, in our relationship with
Speaker 3: the fans and the show and the creators.
Speaker 1: That to me was like.
Speaker 3: It's the defining season, which makes it so memorable and
Speaker 3: makes it so like rock solid in my brain and
Speaker 3: heart and body. Like you, we've seen all the guests
Speaker 3: that we've had over the past season, you know of
Speaker 3: this podcast, and the fondness that they feel for the
Speaker 3: first season, the fondness they feel for the building of
Speaker 3: the foundation that we have that will take us through
Speaker 3: the rest so that I think those are my biggest
Speaker 3: reflections on it. And I'm just I'm really excited to
Speaker 3: watch season two. We only really made it through a
Speaker 3: couple of episodes when we did this last time, and
Speaker 3: I'm really excited about it. Yeah, I have no idea
Speaker 3: what's in the store. There's so many characters, so many storylines,
Speaker 3: and our characters grow so much. Yeah, so I'm excited
Speaker 3: to see what was going on in our minds, what
Speaker 3: was going on in the world, like the memory jogged
Speaker 3: down memory lane, Like this was so much fun to
Speaker 3: look at with these like fresh new perspective.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And I think the two like joys that come
Speaker 2: from doing this are one getting to you know, speak
Speaker 2: to our coworkers and fans of the show and like
Speaker 2: see what it meant to them and their perspective of it.
Speaker 2: And the other one that Jenna and I have, like,
Speaker 2: you know, been texting each other about everything watch an
Speaker 2: episode is like you just said, the memories that are
Speaker 2: jogged while we're watching it, because you forget without the
Speaker 2: visual representation right in front of you, all of a sudden,
Speaker 2: all these memories come flooding back from some random scene
Speaker 2: or a random line or random shot or prop they
Speaker 2: jog something, and that has been just like the most
Speaker 2: joyful and eye opening experience thus far. And I think
Speaker 2: because we remember season one so well that those memories
Speaker 2: also are more easily called up without having to watch
Speaker 2: an episode that going forward to season two, I think
Speaker 2: it's all going to come flooding back and we're getting
Speaker 2: slapped across the face with nostalgia and memories.
Speaker 1: I'm ready.
Speaker 2: I'm ready too well.
Speaker 1: I hope you guys enjoyed this.
Speaker 3: Little overview, and if you did, we'll do it again
Speaker 3: for season two. I can't believe we're already season two
Speaker 3: and we're doing an overview of twenty two episodes.
Speaker 1: That's crazy.
Speaker 2: We got through I think like ninety five songs or
Speaker 2: something in season one, something like that. So let's see
Speaker 2: where we are after season two. You can also go
Speaker 2: on Spotify and there are you can just listen to
Speaker 2: all the season one music.
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, So.
Speaker 2: As we go into season two, also write in let
Speaker 2: us know what other lists we should make for the
Speaker 2: end of season two, and we can put those out
Speaker 2: and hear from all of you, because that's so much fun,
Speaker 2: so much fun. Who cares about our list? I want
Speaker 2: to hear from you.
Speaker 1: No, this was eye opening and I love it.
Speaker 2: When Joey run was top five, that is crazy and
Speaker 2: I love it.
Speaker 3: Okay, Well, we love you guys, and we'll see you
Speaker 3: next week.
Speaker 1: For season two.
Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us for a little bonus episode and
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