Speaker 1: And that's what you really missed with Jenna and Kevin
Speaker 1: and I heart radio podcast. Welcome back. I'm Jenna, I'm Kevin,
Speaker 1: and you're listening to and that's what you really missed
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Speaker 1: automatily popped up. Either way, Thank you for being here. Yes,
Speaker 1: we are recapping Vitamin D today and I am very excited.
Speaker 1: This episode was really fun to shoot and very very memorable,
Speaker 1: very memorable. It was the start of the infamous Glee
Speaker 1: mash up, which really just set the tone for the
Speaker 1: rest of the series. It sure did also around this time.
Speaker 1: So this episode aired in on October seven. Um, we
Speaker 1: were starting to feel the effects of a show growing
Speaker 1: in popularity every single week. Um it starts, we get
Speaker 1: back from Australia, we go back to shoot, We get
Speaker 1: picked up for the back nine, so we had already
Speaker 1: shot the first thirteen episodes. We get picked up for
Speaker 1: a full season of twenty two episodes, and UM we
Speaker 1: go back around. UM, I think this time to start
Speaker 1: shooting again. UM, and you, Jen and I were just
Speaker 1: going through pictures. They're like, what was happening in our
Speaker 1: lives at this point? And we still have them, and
Speaker 1: it was like, oh my gosh. By the end of
Speaker 1: October two, on Halloween, we were backing up Amber singing
Speaker 1: the national anthem at the World Series. We met Joe
Speaker 1: Biden that day. So in my memory and I think
Speaker 1: probably yours, Jenna this, I thought those things happened a
Speaker 1: full year later. I did not realize that these things
Speaker 1: were happening already, because cut to the new year. We
Speaker 1: are going to go on Oprah, We're going to go
Speaker 1: to the White House early in two thousand ten, and
Speaker 1: for some reason, in my head, everything was a year
Speaker 1: later than it actually was. Yeah, I agree, feels like
Speaker 1: we spread it out in our mind almost, but it
Speaker 1: was so compact. Everything happened really fast in early two
Speaker 1: thousand and ten, Like that's when I think the machine
Speaker 1: started really rolling. Yeah, And I think even the Mall tour,
Speaker 1: the music tour where we um we were releasing our
Speaker 1: first album, we did like a press tour, and that
Speaker 1: felt like we were seeing a lot more of us
Speaker 1: in the media and like a lot of visibility, a
Speaker 1: lot of press, very busy all the time. But I
Speaker 1: think we were also kind of like our head was
Speaker 1: a jumble. There was Also, when I was looking back,
Speaker 1: there's a I think it was like an US Weekly
Speaker 1: article saying that when I was I was practicing for
Speaker 1: the world series National Anthem, and the neighbors were complaining
Speaker 1: about the sound. I was like, first of all, never
Speaker 1: did I have a practice this we're doing and Oz, yeah,
Speaker 1: Amber was the one singing yes. So people started also
Speaker 1: apparently lying to the press about it around this time. Okay,
Speaker 1: fair enough, fair enough. Yeah, we were starting to see
Speaker 1: ourselves on tabloids and yeah that was it. I remember
Speaker 1: there was one tabloid that came out probably sooner than
Speaker 1: we thought, which also was like Glee Kids Gone Wild
Speaker 1: to remember that. Yeah, of course, Also like Jane Lynch
Speaker 1: was already on MPR, like being called TV's new Queen
Speaker 1: of mean. Oh my god, she was becoming super iconic
Speaker 1: with those Adidas track suits. Things were happening, and we
Speaker 1: have a new director this time around. It was Leddie Keene,
Speaker 1: who comes back a couple of times um throughout the
Speaker 1: rest of the series. And this Yeah, I think the
Speaker 1: mash up was the most monumental of this episode. Like
Speaker 1: the Pioneer episode, we need to mark that too. Of
Speaker 1: like when we get atam Ander's on here. Eventually, Um,
Speaker 1: we need to ask him about the mashups and also
Speaker 1: maybe a simple voice note to uh Ryan Murphy to
Speaker 1: be who came up with these mashups? Whose idea was
Speaker 1: this to do? That? Didn't Brad Felt Chuck tell us
Speaker 1: there was like somebody's idea. I can't remember. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't remember whose it was, but we'll have to ask. Um.
Speaker 1: It was very exciting for us because we have to
Speaker 1: do incredible songs. These numbers are absolutely insane. The performances
Speaker 1: are insane, like Finn you know, on the vitamin D,
Speaker 1: Rachel on the vitamin D. In their little monologues were insane.
Speaker 1: It's pretty great. It is a pretty fun episode. A
Speaker 1: lot of comedy happening, a lot of comedy. Shall we
Speaker 1: get into it to break it down? Jennah, Okay, cool? Alright,
Speaker 1: So the a storyline of this episode is that the
Speaker 1: Glee Club members have become complacent a head of sectionals
Speaker 1: because we find out who our competitors are and we're like,
Speaker 1: we can dan circles around them. We've got it, and
Speaker 1: so we basically just stopped trying. Also already just not
Speaker 1: not it not what he says about these other headit
Speaker 1: of schools is not okay. I was just like, oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, what is happening to me? Lead that ship
Speaker 1: to sue not me. No, you can do it. It's hard.
Speaker 1: It's not the first time. Already says some suspects stuff. Sorry,
Speaker 1: continue on, Jenna, you're a vehicle. Um. And so Will
Speaker 1: comes up with this idea that he's going to divide
Speaker 1: the glee club up and create a little friendly competition competition.
Speaker 1: We love a little friendly competition. So the boys and
Speaker 1: the girls are against each other, and the girls are like, well,
Speaker 1: obviously we've got this in the bag. To be fair
Speaker 1: in real life, we're also like, the girls have got
Speaker 1: this in the but I will say it's it's a
Speaker 1: toss up for me. And it was a toss up
Speaker 1: for me, and you know, like what happens a lot
Speaker 1: of times on this show. It was art imitating life
Speaker 1: where I think we were all very suspicious of ourselves.
Speaker 1: The boys are like, don't think this is going to
Speaker 1: be great, and then we surprised all you girls. I
Speaker 1: think when you saw us perform, you were when we
Speaker 1: were sitting in the corner, we were actually surprised. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the expectations were low, but it was really fun to watch. Um.
Speaker 1: It's also fun to just sitting back and watch an
Speaker 1: episode a performance for the first time. That was which
Speaker 1: became something we'd love to do. We've talked about a lot.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I guess that was the very first time,
Speaker 1: wasn't it. Yeah. I mean I will say later in
Speaker 1: episodes it'd be like, I'm not in this number. Great
Speaker 1: here like great, I don't have to go to rehearsal
Speaker 1: for this great um, but that it's too early for that.
Speaker 1: So so, Sue also sees that Quinn is slipping her performance,
Speaker 1: is slipping. Quiver of the knee during that beautiful pose
Speaker 1: by the cheers is one of my favorite parts of
Speaker 1: this episode. It's very funny. Um. And and then Quinn
Speaker 1: blames her her exhaustion on Glee Club. So again Glee Club.
Speaker 1: Sue has a renewed sense of um of motivation to
Speaker 1: take down Will and the Glee Club. Yeah. And by
Speaker 1: taking down Will, she wants to destroy his personal life,
Speaker 1: which I think is very fun, which leads us sort
Speaker 1: of to, you know, our next big plot point, which
Speaker 1: is Sue fully meddling in this man's personal affairs and
Speaker 1: shows up at their house too to rat out. Basically
Speaker 1: Will and Emma to Terry saying that they're getting busy
Speaker 1: at school, yes, and commences her to become the new
Speaker 1: nurse because Sue Syvester pushed the old one down the stairs,
Speaker 1: tripped her down the stairs. I had to rewind that
Speaker 1: twice because I was shocked, jarred, and also I was
Speaker 1: tickled that smack of her face. That's some good folly worked.
Speaker 1: It was a good flops, a pancake flop. It's just
Speaker 1: so wildly inappropriate, but I love this. Is also like
Speaker 1: when we get introduced to Sue's journal, and I love
Speaker 1: sus journal. Here I am about to turn thirty. That
Speaker 1: very good, it's very delivery is good, the writing is good.
Speaker 1: We love Too's journal. But so Sue decides it convinces
Speaker 1: Terry to come take a job as a school nurse,
Speaker 1: which it's very exciting for us because we get to
Speaker 1: work at Jesslin for the first time and she's so good,
Speaker 1: never wanted. Kids don't have the time, don't have the uterus, which,
Speaker 1: by the way, Sue gets pregnant later, so I don't
Speaker 1: know that she doesn't have a uterus, or is it
Speaker 1: just a miracle, bait be I think she also is
Speaker 1: just talking and also wouldn't be the first time that
Speaker 1: the show um had some errors. Continuity errors. Um, fair enough,
Speaker 1: we love those continuyars um. Okay, So while she's meddling,
Speaker 1: she gets Terry to join the to come on as
Speaker 1: an employee of the school, and then she also convinces
Speaker 1: Ken Tanaka to propose to Emma because Emma is wiping
Speaker 1: mustard off of Will's chin for the seventh time. Can
Speaker 1: that man not eat a sandwich? You know, I'd like
Speaker 1: to say that I'm any different than Will, but I
Speaker 1: can't need a sandwich without getting a jammy masshole. But
Speaker 1: like dangling off your chin like that? Yeah, fair, it's
Speaker 1: just a bit much. Um. And this also gives Terry
Speaker 1: the opportunity to interact and meet Finn and to see Quinn,
Speaker 1: and ultimately leads Quinn and Terry to have a little
Speaker 1: running in the hallway about getting that baby, and Quinn
Speaker 1: agrees to give her the baby, and and Finn doesn't
Speaker 1: know and doesn't and Will doesn't know, well, well Will
Speaker 1: still doesn't know it. This is a fake baby. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure how you get away with that, But here
Speaker 1: we are again and it's getting away with stuff. Then
Speaker 1: we get into the part that we're really involved in,
Speaker 1: which the most important part obviously the decongestent of it all. Um,
Speaker 1: Finn is very very tired and his little monologue and
Speaker 1: playing video games. He's like, I already stopped doing homework
Speaker 1: to lighten the load. I love that that's the thing
Speaker 1: he cut. Um. He goes to see the nurse and Terry,
Speaker 1: the qualified nurse that she is, gives him pseudophedrian. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you know it's decongestent over the counter. You can only
Speaker 1: buy a certain amount of a certain time. Um. And
Speaker 1: he tells the rest of the glee club because I
Speaker 1: remember filming the scene with him storming in and sort
Speaker 1: of being like high off his ass on. It was
Speaker 1: so good and it was so much fun to shoot
Speaker 1: these scenes. Now when in the musical number, when we
Speaker 1: were supposed to be like hopped up basically on speed
Speaker 1: and um, watching Corey, I think Corey was like very
Speaker 1: underrated in his comedic prowess y And um, yeah, which
Speaker 1: is we had a lot of fun lines to say
Speaker 1: in this episode as well, and it was a fun.
Speaker 1: It was a very well tied in episode with the
Speaker 1: adults and the Yeah, it was a perfect balance, and
Speaker 1: I did. It was nice having Terry, who was the
Speaker 1: ultimate like pot stir be at the actual school and
Speaker 1: being able to like metal and also being some scenes
Speaker 1: with us, which was nice. Mm hmm it was. Did
Speaker 1: you notice Kevin that, um, well, I don't know, there's
Speaker 1: extra Gleak club women in the scene with Terry when
Speaker 1: she's giving the pseudo federan to or the vitamins, the extraterials.
Speaker 1: The extra cheerios. Now, I don't remember them being there
Speaker 1: or why they're there, but they're not in the number
Speaker 1: with us, so I'm a little confused. Yeah, I and
Speaker 1: like you weren't there to shoot it. I was. I
Speaker 1: don't remember why they were there, but there they were.
Speaker 1: If you go back and you look, there's two extra
Speaker 1: cheerios in that scene with us. Do you think they
Speaker 1: were just like Heather and Nia's stand ins and they
Speaker 1: put them in the scene. No, Nia is in that scene?
Speaker 1: Are they there? Maybe they're actually standings. Maybe Ledie wanted
Speaker 1: to fill out the line a little more. Maybe maybe,
Speaker 1: and I don't think. Yeah, maybe maybe we needed it
Speaker 1: for the Jocelyn's monologue, And I think for us. Um,
Speaker 1: this episode was about the mashups right there. This was
Speaker 1: the first time we got to do it. Um. It
Speaker 1: was the first time there's not a solo in an episode.
Speaker 1: It's only these matchups, it's only group numbers. And also
Speaker 1: again the first time it was split into boys and girls.
Speaker 1: We get split up a couple of other times as
Speaker 1: the show goes on. Um. But it was also weird,
Speaker 1: like when Kurt tries to go with the girls, That's
Speaker 1: how I felt in real life where I wanted to
Speaker 1: be doing your guys numbers. UM, And I don't remember
Speaker 1: what the thing is, but like I'm still playing the
Speaker 1: guitar at this point in Glee Club and I have
Speaker 1: that like weird to thing in my mouth, which that
Speaker 1: I love that but turns out gag reflex not great. Um.
Speaker 1: I was like trying not to vomit each take. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Oh no. UM. This was also like I was very
Speaker 1: excited that we were doing Ussher Confession sportswo. Um. This
Speaker 1: is a great They're both great mashups, really excellent chosen
Speaker 1: songs but also mesh well. And they were also hits
Speaker 1: huge Yeah, and a good mashup of song genre and
Speaker 1: of eras where the one current song yeah and one
Speaker 1: older song um. I also remember going to the recording
Speaker 1: studio being really paranoid because I had gotten the demo
Speaker 1: for this and I believe Adam Anders actually sang it
Speaker 1: and he has a very high voice, and I was like,
Speaker 1: I can't do this. There was no way that da.
Speaker 1: So they had to come to Jesus with me in
Speaker 1: the studio because I was like, I can't do it.
Speaker 1: I absolutely cannot do it, um, and we sound great.
Speaker 1: We ended up working out We're all you know. I
Speaker 1: think they helped me. Well, you know, there's nothing wrong.
Speaker 1: I need a little I needed a little, a little
Speaker 1: post recording, which I appreciate it. I also fun fact
Speaker 1: for nobody but me and my friend Cleo, my best
Speaker 1: friend in high school. She had this dance move or
Speaker 1: the thing she would do or she'd take her thumb
Speaker 1: and like go across her neck like I'm going to
Speaker 1: kill you. And this is the point where I started
Speaker 1: trying to throw in little like shout outs to my
Speaker 1: friends and episodes, and so that was a shout out
Speaker 1: to Clean. I was shout I built in her little
Speaker 1: you know movement that she did also Jenna, So when
Speaker 1: we would we start filming big numbers in the choir room. Um,
Speaker 1: I believe this is the first time we did this.
Speaker 1: The entire wall where the dry race board is on
Speaker 1: right where Mr Shoe usually is, that entire wall gets
Speaker 1: taken out and when when we're shooting like big numbers
Speaker 1: to the risers, looking at the risers exactly. And this
Speaker 1: was the first time that, right, this is the first
Speaker 1: time that we knew that this was a capability. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we came in and the cameras were all
Speaker 1: set up and every the wall was gone and we
Speaker 1: were like, what happened to the wall? And the room
Speaker 1: looks big because it breaks into the hallway abously. So yes,
Speaker 1: I like the cameras are basically set up in the
Speaker 1: hallway and shooting, yeah, which is really movie magic. Hollywood kids,
Speaker 1: did you know that Vitamin D? The episode was nominated
Speaker 1: for Best Comedy Series Episode at the two thousand ten
Speaker 1: Prison Awards because it's hilarious, it's great. It's a great episode.
Speaker 1: I don't think I don't think I gave the credit
Speaker 1: that was due. This is one of I re watched
Speaker 1: it today yesterday. I absolutely love this one. Okay, So, um,
Speaker 1: let's talk about the scene with when they get and
Speaker 1: when Terry gets trouble and Minister Shoe and Terry get
Speaker 1: in trouble with Figgins because they tell the story. Matton
Speaker 1: and Jesselyn tell his story a lot, and um none
Speaker 1: of them could keep it together in the scene because
Speaker 1: um ich Ball, who plays Figgins, was having a trouble
Speaker 1: you know, when you have trouble saying. I had so
Speaker 1: much trouble saying lines all the time, and like I
Speaker 1: just couldn't There was one that I was like to
Speaker 1: school spirit and I couldn't say it anyway. Umball had
Speaker 1: a trouble say and to the point where he couldn't
Speaker 1: get it out of his mouth. And you at some
Speaker 1: point you just kind of lose it, right. You're like,
Speaker 1: please just get this done. But apparently Matt and Jesslyn
Speaker 1: couldn't keep together either, and so the scene was like
Speaker 1: a massive giggle fest of them trying to keep it
Speaker 1: together to get um a shot of the scene where
Speaker 1: they weren't laughing. Um, I can't imagine. And it's also
Speaker 1: hard because when you're when you're in it and you
Speaker 1: want to get it done and you're frustrated something, you know,
Speaker 1: an actor is frustrated not being able to get it.
Speaker 1: I don't know if Itball is frustrated, but um, it
Speaker 1: makes it harder the deeper you get, and it makes
Speaker 1: it funnier. And then the director is probably yelling at you, like,
Speaker 1: come on, guys, let's get it together, because everybody wants
Speaker 1: to go home. You also know it's real because like that.
Speaker 1: I think Matt and Jesselyn are both very good at
Speaker 1: keeping a straight face much. They're very good, and so
Speaker 1: if they're losing it, you know it's bad. And so
Speaker 1: should we talk about the musical numbers? Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: you talk about I sort of covered the boys number
Speaker 1: a bit. Well, I also have to say we're going
Speaker 1: to talk about the boys number. Harry Sum. Well, Harry
Speaker 1: Shum is a star and is shining for the first
Speaker 1: time that we're really getting to see his Like we
Speaker 1: knew he could dance, but like dance moves, and then
Speaker 1: also his acting of like the Vitamin D everybody was
Speaker 1: so different hopped up on the d like Kurt looked
Speaker 1: crazy and very funny. It was a really great number,
Speaker 1: really great number, and everybody was shining. Yeah, and you
Speaker 1: were you sounded great and you were very funny, like
Speaker 1: wheeling yourself. And I remember we were excited to just
Speaker 1: sit there and watch number one, but then also like
Speaker 1: we were just cracking up at you guys, you know,
Speaker 1: acting a fool. So it's a really enjoyable time. The
Speaker 1: Girl's number we shot, I believe after as well, Like
Speaker 1: I think we did your guys first, and then we
Speaker 1: were like we actually felt like we had to bring it.
Speaker 1: And I remember Number doing the number and we were like,
Speaker 1: we're gonna get crazy, and Heather and I in particular
Speaker 1: like we're going to get crazy. Now if you go
Speaker 1: back and you watch just Heather or just me, it's scary.
Speaker 1: I'm scared for myself. Um, my neck has never been
Speaker 1: the same. No, you've had that injury. I've had neck problems.
Speaker 1: I gave myself full whiplash, um because I really wanted
Speaker 1: to get my hair to move, because Ryan kept saying like,
Speaker 1: if you move your hair in the camera, it looks
Speaker 1: so beautiful, it looks so great, And so in the
Speaker 1: rehearsals we'd be like whipping our heads and then obviously
Speaker 1: on performance day you're like doing it for the cameras,
Speaker 1: and we were. I was in particular crazy, um and
Speaker 1: then Heather and I had had like five Red Bulls,
Speaker 1: I'm not kidding, and then the five hour energy shots
Speaker 1: and we drank the five hourn energy. Then we drank
Speaker 1: Red bull then we did the number. We were sweating
Speaker 1: so hard because we were working really hard and the
Speaker 1: lights were really bright in the choir room. We put
Speaker 1: on Tiger mom or like I see hot on our
Speaker 1: backs during the during the shoot, and all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: I start to feel like burning, like burning, and I'm like,
Speaker 1: how are you feeling hot? And She's like, my back
Speaker 1: is burning. We burned ourselves. We were so hot, and
Speaker 1: then we were hopped up on all of these energy
Speaker 1: drinks so much so that I remember like my back
Speaker 1: imagine like having fireballs on my shoulders and then whipping
Speaker 1: my head the next day like I couldn't move my neck.
Speaker 1: I actually couldn't. My neck is never been in the
Speaker 1: same um. It was really bad, but it was actually
Speaker 1: really fun to shoot and it was so much fun
Speaker 1: to watch. I was losing my mind. It felt like
Speaker 1: I got to be the front row at this incredible concert. Also,
Speaker 1: I don't think I had really heard your versions yet,
Speaker 1: and like the mashup was great and it did feel
Speaker 1: like a really incredible show and tell look what we've
Speaker 1: been working on. It also felt like having audience members
Speaker 1: like you guys. It egged us on. It was so good.
Speaker 1: We had really a lot of fun. Do you remember
Speaker 1: the director of String Awakening came to visit that day?
Speaker 1: Michael Mayer came to visit that day because I just
Speaker 1: remember creeping around and um, I was standing behind he
Speaker 1: and Ryan when they were um, yeah, I think it
Speaker 1: was during the girls stuff and I think that the
Speaker 1: camera was changing, you know, there's a changing set up
Speaker 1: or whatever, and yeah, they were just chatting in the hallway.
Speaker 1: I was like tras Man, So I was just that's right.
Speaker 1: There was also a point around this time when Linn
Speaker 1: Monuel Miranda came by. Yes, and I didn't know this,
Speaker 1: and somehow on Twitter I interacted with him within the
Speaker 1: past like two years, and he either d m me
Speaker 1: or he said it on his Twitter like, well we've
Speaker 1: actually met before, and he sent me oh he said
Speaker 1: he came with Matt and visited and met us all
Speaker 1: what pre Hamilton's and I posted in the heights Oh wow, idea,
Speaker 1: isn't that crazy? Wow? Because Maddie would have like you
Speaker 1: know like Laura Bell, Bundy came, I think, I think Merissa, Jaredett,
Speaker 1: Jared win Ogre came, I don't remember lincoming. Wow, absolutely insane.
Speaker 1: I felt so rude. I was like, oh my god,
Speaker 1: so sorry. It's the best. Um. So that was yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: the musical numbers of this episode, and also it was
Speaker 1: fun to have like a compact thing where it was
Speaker 1: like one and done. That's true. Around it just felt
Speaker 1: more exciting too because it was something new and it
Speaker 1: was um, you know, they had to constantly reinvent the
Speaker 1: wheel on the show in terms of how do we
Speaker 1: keep as fresh and exciting and nailed it. Nailed it.
Speaker 1: This was yeah, this was fun. Um. Somebody. A fan
Speaker 1: also said that this episode reminds them of the Saved
Speaker 1: by the Bell episode where Jesse takes the caffeine pills
Speaker 1: and she said, I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm
Speaker 1: so scared. That must have been the inspiration for this,
Speaker 1: right had to be. We should find out. I'll text
Speaker 1: Rhinemur if you're right now and ask him, um, if
Speaker 1: this episode was inspired by Jesse Inside by the Bill
Speaker 1: and if the matchups were his idea, so we can
Speaker 1: get some clarity, see your response, and then we have
Speaker 1: to talk about the engagement. We have to talk about
Speaker 1: the engagement. Sue is really, really, really busy. She's meddling,
Speaker 1: she's meddling heart, and Ken doesn't want to propose no,
Speaker 1: and Emma doesn't want to say yes. But then also
Speaker 1: Emma's getting it from Ken, getting it from Sue. And
Speaker 1: then Emma also in this episode stands up to Terry
Speaker 1: and says Will deserves better. So like everyone is really
Speaker 1: put into these uncomfortable situations. Continued, so Emma says that
Speaker 1: she she agrees to the proposal, it has to be
Speaker 1: a secret one, which tickles. I am tickled by that um.
Speaker 1: But then she has to tell Will more importantly that
Speaker 1: she said yes to Ken to knock his proposal. And
Speaker 1: this is foreshadowing in the Hallway of My Life would
Speaker 1: Suck Without You? At the end of the season, it
Speaker 1: felt like we were about to break into that song.
Speaker 1: I was waiting for a big song at the end
Speaker 1: of this episode, and I was like, what is there
Speaker 1: a song here? There isn't, but there's The drama is delicious, right,
Speaker 1: and we're getting set up for Rachel back on her
Speaker 1: elliptical in her room is very high. It's time, um
Speaker 1: getting ready for sectionals. The other big thing that happens
Speaker 1: because there's again, um, irresponsible choices by the adults at McKinley.
Speaker 1: I obviously, Terry gets fired UM once Principal Figins learns
Speaker 1: what happened, and he's angry with Will because you know
Speaker 1: the Will and Terry of it all that he appoints
Speaker 1: a new co director of the glee Club. God and
Speaker 1: who do we think that as Janet Mm hmmm, um,
Speaker 1: Sue none other than Sue Sylvester meddling meddling Lady. I'll
Speaker 1: never forget shooting that scene because number one, it was
Speaker 1: a weird camera move that they did. Is that what
Speaker 1: I remember too? I was like, why do I remember this?
Speaker 1: Rand ever forget the scene. I don't know why. Maybe
Speaker 1: it's the move, the camera move, Maybe it was like
Speaker 1: something was going on that day on set, But UM,
Speaker 1: I will always remember that that scene. And then also
Speaker 1: I think it's also because it was the first time
Speaker 1: we actually got to work with Jane. It was so
Speaker 1: we were so excited and we were we couldn't stop
Speaker 1: laughing at her entrance, and it's it's not even like
Speaker 1: her funniest stuff, but somehow like we were just so
Speaker 1: excited to have her. Yeah, so so excited. Um, and
Speaker 1: so that that was the scene that most other than
Speaker 1: our musical, And that was also the first time where
Speaker 1: she had been involved in a choir room scene where
Speaker 1: she had been used to these sort of one on
Speaker 1: one scenes that are very quick, or you know, a
Speaker 1: couple of people in the teacher's lounge like, welcome to
Speaker 1: the choir room. We're going to be here for another
Speaker 1: eight hours, eight hours because there are eighteen of us
Speaker 1: to shoot. So true. So you were talking about the
Speaker 1: weird or interesting camera movements, and I remember Led sort
Speaker 1: of introduced doing different camera movements into the show or
Speaker 1: later on in the series, we have some other cool ones,
Speaker 1: and we have some new directors to come and who
Speaker 1: can't take liberties and try these things. And I remember
Speaker 1: we were so used to a specific way of shooting
Speaker 1: these episodes or was formula and eld came in, She's
Speaker 1: like what about this. We'd be like, can you do this?
Speaker 1: But I also remembered for her it was which I
Speaker 1: thought was really interesting because we didn't necessarily get to
Speaker 1: talk to directors about these types of things. But these
Speaker 1: directors weren't used to shooting musical numbers, and so I
Speaker 1: remember her and I having a conversation around Crafty, and
Speaker 1: she was asking me about how to shoot, not how
Speaker 1: to shoot like she's not like she couldn't figure it out,
Speaker 1: but she knew I had I'm from like music and
Speaker 1: had done music videos and all these things about how
Speaker 1: to Yeah, how what did I think was important in
Speaker 1: shooting the musical numbers? And and I think for us,
Speaker 1: because not all of us, for the best dancers, there
Speaker 1: are a lot of close ups. You have those things
Speaker 1: to sort of cover the mistakes. But and I think
Speaker 1: cinematically it looks better I think for story when you
Speaker 1: aren't closer and can see the looks to people, and
Speaker 1: but for dancing and for performance wise, you need to
Speaker 1: have a lot of wide shots to cover all of that.
Speaker 1: And I remember telling her that were like a dance
Speaker 1: needs to be covered wider so you can see the
Speaker 1: movements informations that we all work on intentionally. And she's like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, that's a very good point. I didn't
Speaker 1: realize that. It's like, yeah, because I understand from a
Speaker 1: director's standpoint, who's coming into cover story and narrative you're
Speaker 1: getting like the looks and the reactions and the yeah
Speaker 1: yeah yeah. So it's about finding that balance between covering
Speaker 1: our bad dancing also covering you know, the story that's
Speaker 1: going on, but also look at these incredible sets and
Speaker 1: staging informations. Um, so like how do you? And I
Speaker 1: really liked that we were able to have that conversation
Speaker 1: because this was a weird thing for directors to come
Speaker 1: in and shoot, and it was early enough that like
Speaker 1: they were like everybody was still figuring it out, versus
Speaker 1: much later in the series where it was very formulated
Speaker 1: like it was, um even especially like the sectionals, regionals,
Speaker 1: nationals were mostly Brad Baker would come in, who used
Speaker 1: to edit um, the show, would come in and direct
Speaker 1: and he somehow magically did it with such grace and
Speaker 1: ease and will have him on. But um, there's such
Speaker 1: a formula or else you forgive my language yourself because
Speaker 1: you don't get everything that you need to get away
Speaker 1: from you very quickly, very quickly. Um. But yeah, it
Speaker 1: was it was fun to have fun and also a
Speaker 1: bit jarring to have directors come in and switch it
Speaker 1: up like later on we'll have like Alfonso Gomez Rey
Speaker 1: home who is we called Fonzi and he he would
Speaker 1: switch it off a lot and his his eyes just
Speaker 1: like no other. UM. It's very unique and different. And
Speaker 1: so it would it would kind of throw us a
Speaker 1: little bit when we would have guest directors come in
Speaker 1: that UM for the first time. That would kind of
Speaker 1: like do things differently. We're like, this isn't how it
Speaker 1: works through us. Yeah, I mean we thought we were
Speaker 1: somebody to say, but well what happened to is that, UM,
Speaker 1: when there's more of us, when there's a bigger production number,
Speaker 1: everything from every department takes longer. So like lighting technically speaking,
Speaker 1: lighting these things, shooting these things, and time equals money.
Speaker 1: And so I think being able to figure out that
Speaker 1: formula and then make sure all the directors and all
Speaker 1: the different departments knew that going forward was going to
Speaker 1: save money because we were an expensive shoot money. It
Speaker 1: took a long time no matter what. So time is money. Um.
Speaker 1: And and and also I have to give a shout
Speaker 1: out that we get to see Howard Bamboo again. Howard
Speaker 1: Bamboo whenever a fan favorite or a John and Kevin favorite,
Speaker 1: that Terry makes him go get more pseudofteran from the store,
Speaker 1: which these days he wouldn't be able to do because
Speaker 1: it's locked behind it a pleax plexiglass locked drawer. Um.
Speaker 1: This was around the time though, where they were starting
Speaker 1: to lock the medicines because the kids were going to
Speaker 1: get them, and so I'm sure that impacted their idea
Speaker 1: to write right about this. Um. Um. Something I noticed
Speaker 1: during this show, and I think it was one of
Speaker 1: those continuity errors. But did you notice that terry shirt
Speaker 1: was pink and this in one scene and then the
Speaker 1: very next scene it's blue while she's talking to Quinn.
Speaker 1: But theoretically, you're right, she could have. She could have.
Speaker 1: But if I remember, like I think it was the
Speaker 1: same day, but in TV land, that wouldn't have happened that.
Speaker 1: Oh so some there's something wrong scripty miss that one.
Speaker 1: Something happened. I don't know. I don't want to anybody
Speaker 1: in trouble. But maybe what's done, it's done. She would
Speaker 1: do some tarty takes. Let's do some tarty takes. Okay,
Speaker 1: dirty takes, all right, So cringe moment of this episode. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think the proposal made me feel really,
Speaker 1: really uncomfortable. Yeah, fair enough, I'm still uncomfortable. When I
Speaker 1: think about it, Yeah, I agree, partially because I think
Speaker 1: nobody wanted to do it. No, and then this poor
Speaker 1: man do it now I know, I know, Um the
Speaker 1: worst dance move. I don't think there's any bad dance,
Speaker 1: but the unfortunate incident is you being injured for the
Speaker 1: rest of your life from this number. It was honestly
Speaker 1: worth it. I did it again on tour and just
Speaker 1: it was just part of it. Um the best song.
Speaker 1: So who do you think have the better mash of Kevin? Well,
Speaker 1: I'm guessing because it was Halo You're going to Save
Speaker 1: the Girls? Um, I have to say I sort of
Speaker 1: feel fifty fifty about this one. Well, I do too
Speaker 1: to the next time we do this it's not. But
Speaker 1: this time I feel like, yeah, it was a really
Speaker 1: good The guys had a really good mashup. I think
Speaker 1: so too, and we you know, the guys get a
Speaker 1: lot of ship for it. But I think I think
Speaker 1: it was pretty good. I'm going with the boys. Really yeah, wow,
Speaker 1: you guys, Yeah, it was really good. I think it's
Speaker 1: because we got to watch and so like being able
Speaker 1: to watch yours was you guys were out of your
Speaker 1: mind and it was so so fun to watch. I'm
Speaker 1: scared for my scared for myself and Tina. She was
Speaker 1: so extra Amber spaces also Amber in this episode is
Speaker 1: wild and she's the ringleader of you girls by the
Speaker 1: way of being like whatever, we got this. She was
Speaker 1: doing my nails. She's like, I say, we just wing it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: like the eyes have it? Like what? I love that? Alright?
Speaker 1: Best line? Well, I mean I feel like the dear Journal.
Speaker 1: I think the dear the whole, the entirety of the
Speaker 1: near journal, and maybe within the dear journal. The about
Speaker 1: to turn thirty line is probably my favorite. It hits
Speaker 1: just as hard as the first time that I heard it.
Speaker 1: And then the best performance by a prop Well, first
Speaker 1: of all, I have to say that little machine that
Speaker 1: you you operate, Yeah, that one's pretty great. I don't
Speaker 1: know why it makes me laugh. Um. I think a
Speaker 1: second contender could be the actual journal. Oh yeah, and
Speaker 1: we get more journal. And I did a little clap
Speaker 1: to myself when the tear journals. I wonder if Ethan
Speaker 1: really liked to write these journals. Will have to ask, right, yeah,
Speaker 1: because what goes on in that head of him? I
Speaker 1: feel like any sue sees it, and any journal entry
Speaker 1: is just the most insane train of thought and you
Speaker 1: just let it go like a creative writing session, right,
Speaker 1: every horrible thing comes up with this is alarming and
Speaker 1: also amazing. So Jenna this week and should we found
Speaker 1: on TikTok a ghost of what we were talking about
Speaker 1: with a little continuity, errors and glee Sometimes it was
Speaker 1: posted on TikTok by Glee clips and then Mackenzie tagged
Speaker 1: us and asked us to address this. So Trent the
Speaker 1: Warbler a k a. Dominic dom Dominic Barnes sweet Um
Speaker 1: was apparently going to McKinley and Dalton Academy at the
Speaker 1: same time, because if you find the video, there are
Speaker 1: clips of him in classes at McKinley. And then he's
Speaker 1: a warbler. You know what he used, just a double dipper.
Speaker 1: Maybe he's got a twin that lives in a different district.
Speaker 1: I love that. Also, again, continuity he was. He ended
Speaker 1: up being in thirteen episodes, but I think eventually he
Speaker 1: was just a warbler. A warbler he went when the
Speaker 1: Warblers were more set. I think that's when they realized
Speaker 1: they couldn't double dip anymore with these people because they're
Speaker 1: just too familiar. Exactly, very good. Thank you. M oh yeah,
Speaker 1: and I mean it goes on and it shows him. Um, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's a fool on in one of the classes and
Speaker 1: he's got a very recognizable face. And he was great
Speaker 1: in the Warblers. I love that. I love that one.
Speaker 1: Shout out to Dominic and shout out to Glee clip
Speaker 1: that was great. Um, and keep keep tagging like mckensey
Speaker 1: tagis and that here we are, So thanks for leading
Speaker 1: us down the path. Yeah, that's the episode of the
Speaker 1: episode that is Vitamin D. So before we go, I
Speaker 1: texted Ryan and he actually responded Jenna, Yes, so um
Speaker 1: Vitamin D. False didn't It was not inspired by Saved
Speaker 1: by the Bell. It was inspired by his love and
Speaker 1: addiction to Clarton Deed during the Allergy season. That sounds right.
Speaker 1: Ryan also's like walking into this set me like, oh,
Speaker 1: theologies in this building are so bad. Sinuses is always
Speaker 1: complaining about them? Is everybody else's sinuses acting up? Well?
Speaker 1: Because fun fact, the stages we were on, um the
Speaker 1: big stage they filmed the Ten Commandments on, So there
Speaker 1: was a water tank underneath the stage. Yes, and he
Speaker 1: thought it was moldy and mildewey. I didn't feel that way,
Speaker 1: but you know. Um. The other question was if the
Speaker 1: matchups are his idea, and yes, they were his idea indeed. Um.
Speaker 1: I also did throw in a bonus question because a
Speaker 1: lot of people have asked us about this. Okay, what
Speaker 1: is it? Um, we're the bloopers because there have been
Speaker 1: so many questions about bloopers. There was a DVD that
Speaker 1: said they were going to be bloopers on it, and
Speaker 1: then it came out bloopers. So he said, I never
Speaker 1: liked to release bloopers from my shows out of respect
Speaker 1: for the actors. Oh oh, I love it. I mean
Speaker 1: I love it too, but that makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 1: I understand what Actually very nice, Um, I do love
Speaker 1: that though. I love yes. So thank you Ryan for responding.
Speaker 1: We'll keep it going. Also, on a selfish note, before
Speaker 1: the holidays, Jenna and I, you know, and some of
Speaker 1: our friends, we're doing children's just children's group called the Alphabets,
Speaker 1: and there's a Christmas epe, so just go download it
Speaker 1: and it's a lot of fun for the whole family.
Speaker 1: The Alphabets with a Z family friendly. Kevin put a
Speaker 1: lot of time work into this. We really enjoyed doing it,
Speaker 1: and I think this could be really great for your family.
Speaker 1: So yeah, there'll be more to come in the future,
Speaker 1: but for now, enjoy this little Christmas ep with us
Speaker 1: and a lot of our friends. Yes, enjoy the holidays. Everyone,
Speaker 1: Happy holidays. There's not gonna be a recap um for
Speaker 1: the holidays, but you get two special bonuses. There's Snacksmiths
Speaker 1: and there's a special metaverse episode with Darren Chris Darren Okay,
Speaker 1: so be sure to check that out. Because we we
Speaker 1: talked about Christmas, we talk about traditions, holidays, we talked
Speaker 1: about Glee Christmas, and I mean between these two episodes,
Speaker 1: we have so many special guests, so listen to both
Speaker 1: of them. Tell your friends, enjoy the holidays, and we
Speaker 1: will see you in the new year. Recabin in the
Speaker 1: new year. Thanks for making this year so wonderful with
Speaker 1: all of our Glee family. We'll keep it going. See
Speaker 1: you next year. Yeah, that's what you really missed. Boy.
Speaker 1: Hey guys, we just wanted to acknowledge the passing of
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Speaker 1: for the world, for the dance community, for the entertainment industry,
Speaker 1: for and especially for his family. For Allison and his children.
Speaker 1: He was an incredibly bright light, UM and so lucky
Speaker 1: to have gotten to spend the brief time with him
Speaker 1: that we did, and just wanted to let them know,
Speaker 1: UM that we are thinking of them and sending as
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