WEBVTT - The Pilot (S.1 E.1) 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:05.440 And That's what you really missed with Jenna and Kevin 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:11.119 and I Heart Radio Podcast. Welcome to and That's what 0:00:11.240 --> 0:00:15.360 you really missed. I'm Jennaschwitz, I'm Kevin McHale. Thank you 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:17.439 so much for coming back for a third week in 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:19.919 a row. Thanks to Ryan Murphy for an incredible two 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.599 part opener to the launch of this podcast. Um, we're 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:27.680 back here to chat about the pilot again. Are you 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:31.440 watching recapping before we do that? I just want to 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:34.760 The response has been absolutely crazy, So thank you to 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:38.440 everyone who's been downloading and listening and telling your friends 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:43.239 about it. My family's even listening. Yeah, it's crazy. I'm 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:45.760 We're super appreciative. This is more than we could have 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:49.879 asked for coming back, and you know, um, we we're 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:53.960 just super grateful. So so, um, should we should we 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:57.080 talk pilot? Let's talk pilot? How many times have you 0:00:57.120 --> 0:00:59.520 seen this pilot? Kevin, I don't want to talk about it. 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:01.880 I guess that's what we're here to do. I've seen 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:05.319 it so many, like probably over a hundred times. Yeah, 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:07.640 and I have to say I was not looking forward 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:10.000 to watching it again, not because I don't love it, 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:12.959 just because we've so many times I'm also not a looper. 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:16.120 I don't watch things a lot. Oh that's interesting. I 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.840 am an absolute looper. Yes, okay, I'm not one of 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:22.479 those people that's seen Friends you know times. I saw 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:24.920 it when it was on originally and haven't seen it since. Um. 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.200 David and I have been watching National Treasure on the 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:36.440 regular every night. Anyway, Okay, I digress. Let's do this. Um. 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:40.440 This is season one, episode one, the pilot. Um. It's 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:44.760 so freaking epic and it aired on nine after the 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:50.120 American Idol finale. UM, let's chat about it. Tell me 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:54.000 about the synops of this show, Kevin. Um. Okay, Well, 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.720 we are introduced to everyone. Introduced to the glee club 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:02.080 that is sort of falling apart. Um. We're introduced to 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:07.200 Will Schuster Um, a teacher, Spanish teacher with a good 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:10.840 heart who wants to revive the glee club. We are 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:15.040 introduced to Sue Sylvester and the Cheerios. Oh yes, the 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:19.200 football team. We see that in Lime, Ohio Sports. Just 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:22.480 like why Grip of Texas is number one, glee club 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.280 is not important. They are the competitive teams at the school. 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:31.679 But everything changes when the quarterback of the football team 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:36.880 joins the Glee Club. Wow wow wow wow. So um, 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:41.919 just to kick off the preamble to shoot this pilot recap, Um, 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:46.160 Corey couldn't get down because he was Canadian to rehearse 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:48.880 with us in the weeks like leading up to filming 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:52.120 this physically couldn't get across the border. Yeah, and so 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:55.960 he would wait for a work visa. So Kevin, Me, 0:02:56.480 --> 0:03:00.799 Leah Amber and Chris we're all rehearsing a million different 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:04.640 versions of Don't Stop Believing, and um, sit down, you're 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:09.000 rocking the boat. And there was this this actor was 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:12.960 coming to play Finn, yeah, and who I instinctually hated 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.840 because he played villain. Yeah. He played the villain on 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.760 the show called kyle x Why back in the day, 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:21.880 and I had just seen it and that's where I 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:23.520 knew him from. And I was like, I'm not looking 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:25.680 forward to Like he supposed to be the star of 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.040 the show and super nice and we're supposed to get 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:32.359 behind him. But he's mean and I'm not excited to 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:35.600 didn't know that. Yeah, But also like he's Canadian, so 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:37.400 of course he was going to be the nicest person ever. 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.680 But he felt like this like magical character that like 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.080 nobody knew and we all were bonding, and we're like, 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.400 what happens when Corey comes and what happens when we 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.400 we've all bonded and we're all friends and this other 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:53.280 guy comes in? But lo and behold it was also 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:55.120 it was the four of us. It was you, Me, Amber, 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:58.720 and Chris for weeks and none of us knew Leah 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:02.360 except you. And then yeah, and then we met Leah 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.880 and then we started rehearsing with her, and then I 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:07.960 don't know, two weeks or a week after that, then 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:10.000 Corey came in. So it was a little one by 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:13.200 one we all got together to form this little band 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:19.799 of misfits. Now I'm thinking about this recap with Justin 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:26.000 timber Now, I feel like we have to like bring 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:31.800 bring in Justin and and and imagine him in the 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:34.920 in this show now. I mean, I don't think it's 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:38.159 such a like a stretch for people to imagine. I 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:41.920 just think it's funny. It is. It's weird also, like 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:46.680 he wouldn't have had the time, like in what world 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:50.240 I think, but I would have liked to know if 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:53.720 we were on Justin timber Lake schedule, though we would 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:58.000 have been working a lot less like Justin is not available, 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:02.080 Glee Club can't work today. He just shoot all of 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:09.880 those exposition scenes immediately. Okay, let's get into it. Yeah. 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:13.760 I think there's also a billion songs in this episode, 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:17.280 so there's there's a lot more than Yeah, there's a 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:21.080 lot to go over. But I will say, um that 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:25.159 watching this episode, I feel like it holds up. It 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:29.200 looks great. It's so cinematic and also something for normal 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:31.279 teen shows because I grew up watching a lot of 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.440 them and still watch a lot of them. They're they're 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:36.680 not normally I think shot with this level of care 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:40.800 and attention. When Ryan was talking about that, like you know, 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.839 the last episode of about his creative process, and I 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:47.080 do think that's also besides the structure of the show 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.240 and the music and the story, it's also I think 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:53.440 how the show looked and was presented it was I mean, 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:55.520 then when you come in there with a bang with 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:59.279 Sue Sylvester talking about waterboarding in the first fifteen seconds 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:04.000 of this show, Um, it's iconic. I mean that that 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:07.440 line became so iconic. But I think they recorded like 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:11.160 or shot like many many many different versions that Ian 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:15.719 Brennan kind of threw out at her um. Also to 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:18.520 note we were one of the last shows to shoot 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.960 on actual film. Yes, I think that's why it also 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:26.680 looked so good on film for a while. Yeah, like 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:31.200 three seasons, I think. Yeah, um, okay, Well, and we 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:35.640 were introduced to the villain right immediately immediately. Also, can 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:37.800 you imagine the show without her? It wouldn't it wouldn't 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:41.000 have worked. And also, just I forgot it opened like 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.680 that for some reason. I thought it opened on Will 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.719 Shuster's old car with like banged up car. Yeah, I forgot. 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:51.800 It's that phenomenal cheerleading moment. That's right, that's right. Um. 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:54.799 And then here we are with Mr Shu Um, justin 0:06:54.839 --> 0:07:00.800 Timberlake is here and um. And then this is the 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:07.120 first of the kids. Kurt is thrown it into a dumpster. Yeah, 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.040 it's something that Puck really likes to just throw us 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:13.320 kids into dumpsters and porta potties. And but it's all 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:16.200 I think. Also like the introducing all these characters in 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:19.320 such a definitive way where you get to know everyone 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:24.000 immediately beyond the wardrobe. You get to know, Okay, this 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:26.080 is who Kurt is, this is his relationship, this is 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:29.520 who Sue is. Um. The only character that's sort of 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:32.400 unfolding as it goes as Will and his intentions. You know, 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:35.280 he's a good guy, but everything else is I think, 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.080 such a great introduction to each of the characters. So 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:41.680 Justin Gaston it is, wasn't Justin Gaston was the one 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:43.880 who he was one of the football players. He's a 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.520 very good looking football player in the back only there 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:51.640 for the pilot, right. And also I remember us like 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:56.080 they were whisperings the whole time that he was dating 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.960 Miley Cyrus. Well, yeah, I was sort of not star struck. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:01.960 Was like, what is he doing here? Because you know, 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.800 I saw him in tabloids, like I saw him in 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:09.360 paparazzi photos every single day updating Miley, and then he 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.480 was there. There was a lot of that on the show. 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.559 But I didn't know Jane was cast on the show. 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:17.600 None of us did. No, we literally bombed into her 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.200 during the pilot, and I was like, I think we 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.200 had also been talking about how much we loved Jane 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.320 because I think they referenced her, like Ryan said, and 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:29.240 we knew they referenced her, but we were, you know, 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.280 naive and ignorant to that. Oh no, No, they actually 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:36.400 got the real thing, and we kind of we learned 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:40.319 very much about Finn in this, like even like holding 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:45.079 Kurt's jacket, you know, when he gets dumped into the dumpster. 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:50.079 But did you notice that Um in the Spanish in 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:54.240 the Spanish room, like Corey just like not being able 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.800 to hold it together. I did. I feel like this 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.199 was the first time I caught that. I don't know why, 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.000 but it was maybe because I haven't seen it so long, 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:03.840 but it was the first time I saw him sort 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:07.760 of like like when he tries not to laugh, like 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:09.920 the sides of his eyes go up, like he tries 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:13.840 to do this sort of like plastic surgery phase, you know. Yeah, 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:17.360 and he's like trying to keep it together, and you 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:19.000 could tell it was like they have to cut before 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:24.120 he completely it. Wow, there'll be a lot of that, 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:28.160 and that that leads us to this is what I 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:32.040 feel like was probably inspired by Ian's original script, where 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:39.880 you have Sandy Ryerson, the outgoing glee club teacher, um 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:46.960 placing an inappropriate hand on Ben blood cell. Yeah, and 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.240 I feel like that must have been sort of the 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:55.959 bridge of this guy's terrible and inappropriate Yes, the little 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:59.760 remnants of the original script, Yes, Yes, totally and it 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.480 so it is a good way and to get Will 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:06.640 into you know, heading up club. It's like it all worked. 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:11.280 It was all transition. Also again just having another iconic 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:17.480 comedic actor, um Steven Tabolowski, like like what throughout the 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.920 whole series. I just remember like when we didn't really 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.720 work with him very much, and so his scenes would 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.760 be shot with Jane or you know, Matt and Jayma 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.800 and like, and then we'd see them in our and 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:34.640 our viewings are lunchtime viewings of the episodes, and my 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:38.160 job would dropped the ground because he was just so 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:42.400 he was like Jane Lynch level of like comedic genius. 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:46.960 So they're very much counterparts to each other. They were. Yeah, 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:49.200 it was it was exhausting being around them because I 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:50.840 was like, I can't keep up with either of you. 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.320 And then we we meet, we go into the teachers 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:58.120 loue time, which is personally it was that's where we 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.960 hung out a lot. Yes, we did between in the 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:06.040 teacher's lounge. Yeah, we played games in there. It's always. Yeah, 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.640 that's where I introduced Mafia to everyone. It was close 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:11.840 by the choir room, so we would leave when they 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.160 would like the choir room and we go sit together 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:16.120 and we were all loud, so it was far enough 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:21.520 away where we wouldn't father the professionals. Um. Okay, so 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:28.439 we meet can Tanaka here right, Um we see Sue again, 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:33.679 and um, we learned that Sue is a horrible human being. 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:37.679 Also maybe my favorite, one of my favorite lines of 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:42.599 the entire episode. Irma, I'm going to take a phone er. 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:47.640 That's an interview on my phone. I do remember being 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:50.640 somewhere around when they were shooting that and like hearing 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:54.640 those lines and being like, Wow, she's really funny phenomenal 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:58.280 also fun fact Like, there's also this running gag where 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:02.280 Sue never calls Emma by her real name, but the 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:08.559 scene that's right, she actually does say Emma. I mean 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:10.920 it's one and done, right, she says Emma and then 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:18.120 never to be seen. No Ellen Dye eleanor Amelia, Edna, Dina, 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:25.160 Elma Elmo, Um i jama. I mean Emma is one 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:30.559 of my favorite characters. Um, she's just her outfits pop. 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.640 She is like the epitome of like the Glee you know, 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:39.719 colors and the bubble gum pop that Ryan was talking about. Um, 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:41.560 and I think this is where we start to see 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.880 like their little relationships start to bud right, and their 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:48.320 chemistry is so good. That's so cute together. I also 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:53.240 think it's Jammys, who plays Emma, is also one of 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:57.680 the most wonderful, hilarious people I've ever met, and so 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:00.199 I think it's a combination of my love for her 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.760 and also Emma is complained, like I don't know where 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:05.360 one starts the other, one ends, one ends, the other 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:09.240 one starts. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I hear that. I hear that. Um, 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:11.720 so this is this is okay, so this is the catalyst. 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:14.280 This is where Emma tells Will that the glee club, 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.520 you know, the glee teacher got fired. And Will's like, 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.480 this is my chance to relive my high school glory 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:26.079 and I am going to um head the glee club. 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:31.959 And um this is also Figgins. Oh well sorry I'm jumping, 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:37.320 but no, right, okay, yeah, he goes to Figgins and Veggins. 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:41.720 Veggins was one of my favorite um it's like places 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:43.840 to shoot. We also slept. I also slept on that 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:49.319 couch a lot. But I feel like that is amazing 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:53.040 and he is just a wonderful, kind human being. But 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:56.040 he was just so freaking funny, and like when you 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.120 got to do scenes with him, it was the best 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:00.400 because you didn't get to do them a lot. It 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:02.760 really did feel like we were very much the kids, 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:05.600 and the adults were very much the adults, even though 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:09.120 some of us playing kids were a little closer to 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:12.360 the teacher's ages. But when you went into the scenes 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:17.120 with them, you're in scenes with these comedic powerhouses, every 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:20.120 single one of them. It's intimidating. It was very intimidating. 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:22.800 It was very very hard to keep a straight face 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:26.560 and actually be professional. But I was so scared all 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:29.120 the time, and I didn't want to like upset Ryan 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:33.160 Ian or Brad because everyone was so good and I 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:40.080 felt like I tricked everyone hiring me. Yeah, absolutely, at 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.960 least the entirety of the first season, Like and you 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:45.960 don't realize that, like we're on each other, we're having fun. 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:49.320 It feels great and camaraderie and whatever, and all of 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:52.000 a sudden you're in a scene with Jane Lynch and 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:55.560 I don't know what, I forget it. It's like him 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.120 and I heard my goal hedgecock and it's like we 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:03.320 will also have on It's like I don't know, Okay, again, 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:08.080 we're I'm diegrassing from it's what we do. Yes, that 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:09.760 that is what we do. But we have to talk 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:15.800 about the fact that, um that Will Schuster is naked. 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.680 Should we guess how long? How long are we into 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:23.840 this before his shirt is off? How much time technically 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:28.160 do you think it is? Do do? Do? Do? Do? 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.520 I mean? I think four minutes? Do you think it's 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:35.920 that quick? Mm hm? I yeah, I feel like I 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:39.360 would have to say it's I think it's a little longer. 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:43.280 I think it's maybe like twelve Are we twelve minutes 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:46.800 into this? Can we get a check time check, time, check, 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:55.080 and somebody check when under five minutes? You know? And 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.960 this is what feeds the fuel of all the YouTube 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:03.240 videos of Schuster cringing moments, ugly in a bath, shirtless shoe, 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:07.760 shirtless shoe, Yes we have the teacher is shirtless and 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.720 under five minutes. Welcome to Glee, everyone, Welcome to Glee. 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:15.200 Um okay, I also to talk about the name of 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:21.960 our gly club because Mr Schuster still shirtless? Still shirtless? No? No. 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:26.200 The new directions sign up sheet goes up new directions, 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:33.560 um and e W space directions right, Um, people didn't 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.200 know this, like people still don't know, like massive fans 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:40.080 that like Claudia and Jackie from The Toast, like Morning 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:48.360 Toast still didn't know that New Directions is nude erections. 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.240 That's what it's supposed to sound like. And also he's 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:56.200 waking up in the middle of the night and I 0:16:56.240 --> 0:17:00.400 think that was that was definitely I I was probably 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:07.240 a nod to the the original screenplay. Um, this is 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:12.639 also little tidbit. Um, this is where we came up 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:16.680 with Tina's last name. So in the script, yeah, so 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:18.960 in the script, um, we were about to shoot this 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:20.919 where we all walk up and we saw our names 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.760 and then it cuts to our auditions and um, Ian 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:25.560 was there, Brad was there. I don't know if Brad 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:27.520 was there. Actually Ian and Ryan were there, and I 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:30.720 walked up and um, I said, what is my last 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:32.320 Like what am I going to sign my last name? 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:37.960 And He's like see Tina see And I was like, well, 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.959 what does it stand for? And He's like, Ian's like, 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:44.120 that's a really good question. Why don't we do Cohen 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:51.480 Cohen Cohen Chang? Um? Because my last name was is 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:53.960 I don't know still is? I guess my maiden name 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:56.199 is Ushkowitz. And he was. The people were just like 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:59.520 floored by, you know, this little Korean American with like 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:03.840 a Jewish last name. So this is a nod to 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:11.719 Jenna and Cohen. Check yeah, I'm sweet. Also, wasn't there 0:18:11.760 --> 0:18:14.800 like a continuity issue with the sign up sheet? Was 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:18.240 there that when you like it was originally written and 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:22.159 it was like Tina, like you would write in a 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:26.000 stutter as I did. I did shoot that once. We 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:30.080 did shoot that once that it was like, um, like 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.800 I wrote like I stuttered. But then I think they 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:35.119 had me do it the other way just in case, 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:37.040 and I think and then it cuts back to it 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:53.800 and both yea and tenas do you remember these auditions? 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:58.480 So then the auditions come up and I remember, yes 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:00.520 that it was like late at night. It wasn't like 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:03.280 a last minute decision or something. It was the last 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:06.680 minute decision, which was my nightmare. You weren't here, right, 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:09.000 You weren't there for it because I was. You were 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:12.440 you hung out? I hung out because I wanted to see. Also, 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:14.520 we were shooting in Long Beach and that was not 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:18.320 close to I. For any of you geography nerds, I 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:20.959 lived in Santa Clarita, which is northern l A so 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:24.240 far you were, so it was wried and Long Beach 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:27.480 was the opposite direction, and so I was in no 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:30.280 rush to go back because I'm like, what am I 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:32.560 going to do? I'm not excited to drive two hours 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:36.159 home right now we were. I was honestly concerned for 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:38.160 you because I was like, he's going to fall asleep 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:40.840 with the wheel where sometimes, like early on you did 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:44.480 sleep on my couch because we were like shooting till 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:47.879 midnight and then had to be there at six um. No, 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:52.600 this was actually yeah, So we were supposed to do 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:56.320 this at the end of the shoot, like at the 0:19:56.400 --> 0:19:59.520 end of the week, and for some reason scheduling how 0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:03.119 TV works, everything that pulled up and I had not 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:08.000 rehearsed this song yet. So Tina's original audition song was 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:10.119 if I were a Bell from Guys and Dolls? Is 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:13.320 that right? Guys and Dolls? I think so. And because 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:16.679 my costume was like already and she was a sweet 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:20.560 little girl. And then when everything switched over and Ryan 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:22.800 decided she was going to be gothic and I went 0:20:22.920 --> 0:20:29.200 gothic like it was. I was stressed. I was really 0:20:29.240 --> 0:20:33.919 really stressed. Had they not addressed the that song issue? 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:39.000 Yet after they changed your wardrobe, Um, they addressed the 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:41.520 song issue. But I thought on the schedule that I 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:45.040 had time, So okay, so you knew what song was 0:20:45.080 --> 0:20:47.000 going to be. I did know, We did know it 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:48.800 was going to be I kissed a girl that had 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:51.479 to get cleared, So I think they knew. I just 0:20:51.560 --> 0:20:55.200 hadn't gone, you know, even like I hadn't rehearsed it. Yeah, 0:20:55.320 --> 0:20:58.560 because I mean, to be fair, we were doing we 0:20:58.560 --> 0:21:02.160 were shooting how many hours a day and then still 0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:05.280 rehearsing for all the other group numbers and things, so 0:21:05.320 --> 0:21:07.800 there was a lot of free times. It was chaos. 0:21:07.840 --> 0:21:11.439 We also, I mean side note, we normal episode we 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:13.879 would try to shoot in eight days. The pilot we 0:21:13.920 --> 0:21:17.359 shot over three weeks, not including the two three weeks 0:21:17.359 --> 0:21:20.880 of rehearsal prior to shooting. So there was a much 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:24.320 longer time period in which it took to do all 0:21:24.359 --> 0:21:27.280 these things. And it wasn't because we had more time. 0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:29.119 We were still filling up all of that time with 0:21:29.640 --> 0:21:34.040 shooting things and rehearsing and recording figuring things out. Yeah, 0:21:34.040 --> 0:21:35.960 because we didn't have a system yet. It was not 0:21:36.080 --> 0:21:38.560 the well oiled machine and eventually became a couple of 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:45.879 years later. Yes, um, so back then I kissed a girl. No, 0:21:46.080 --> 0:21:48.160 it was just it was wild and it was late 0:21:48.200 --> 0:21:50.240 at night. I remember being really tired and really stressed 0:21:50.240 --> 0:21:52.119 about it, and then Zach Woodley was I was like, 0:21:52.160 --> 0:21:55.080 what am I going to do with the choreographer? Honestly sorry, 0:21:55.280 --> 0:22:00.359 our choreographer, amazing choreographer who literally choreographed all seven numbers 0:22:00.359 --> 0:22:06.320 that we did. Um, it's mind blowing to me. I 0:22:06.400 --> 0:22:08.760 remember being outside the high school and Long Beach and 0:22:08.840 --> 0:22:13.440 you panicking and knew that fear of God in your eyes, 0:22:13.880 --> 0:22:18.239 and you were pacing around, and it was also very 0:22:18.280 --> 0:22:23.080 indicative of everybody's personalities of Amber was like okay, and 0:22:23.119 --> 0:22:24.960 you're like, okay, I gotta get this right. I wasn't prepared, 0:22:25.000 --> 0:22:26.200 but I have to get this right, and you're pacing 0:22:26.240 --> 0:22:29.520 and Chris is sort of like went away. Literally he 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:34.840 literally just disappeared and did his own thing. Yeah. Yes, um, 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:37.920 it is very type of of me to feel very underprepared. 0:22:38.000 --> 0:22:42.240 But there was something about it that like we felt 0:22:42.240 --> 0:22:45.320 like we needed something like really strong and really like 0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:48.480 I don't know, commanding, and something that maybe would like 0:22:48.560 --> 0:22:52.480 shock Mr Shoe. So Zach came up with this move 0:22:52.720 --> 0:22:58.159 that you know, the hip hit. That felt insane. I 0:22:58.200 --> 0:23:01.080 mean it really felt insane, but also felt really right. 0:23:03.840 --> 0:23:06.359 It felt really right. It also didn't help you sort 0:23:06.359 --> 0:23:07.960 of like get over the nerves of like I have 0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:12.600 to be ridiculous now what we're doing. Yes, and those um, 0:23:12.600 --> 0:23:15.280 those audition songs were some of the only things that 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:19.679 we recorded. We we did live um probably ever so 0:23:19.880 --> 0:23:22.000 we sang all of that live with Brad Ellis on 0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:25.919 the piano, UM, whereas as most of you know, we 0:23:26.080 --> 0:23:28.960 lip sing and would prerecord all of these songs and 0:23:29.240 --> 0:23:33.199 UM previous to shooting them. But you all sounded great. 0:23:34.440 --> 0:23:39.439 It's very kind. That's very very kind. I was very nervous. UM. 0:23:39.480 --> 0:23:43.080 But these audition songs, I feel like really also set 0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:46.199 kind of the tone. UM. It also was reflective of 0:23:46.200 --> 0:23:48.359 how we rehearsed in real life. Do you remember one 0:23:48.400 --> 0:23:52.119 of the first days of our vocal rehearsals, everyone had 0:23:52.160 --> 0:23:55.000 to go around and do the audition songs. Yes, that's 0:23:55.080 --> 0:23:58.200 right because we were our first group number was Sdaniel 0:23:58.240 --> 0:24:00.119 Rock in the Boats. We have been working on that 0:24:00.840 --> 0:24:02.480 and then it was like, oh, let's just go over 0:24:02.480 --> 0:24:05.520 these just in case, and then Amber, you and Chris saying, 0:24:05.800 --> 0:24:07.440 and that was the first time that we had ever 0:24:07.480 --> 0:24:11.240 heard each other saying yes, and we were all floored. Florida, Florida. 0:24:11.280 --> 0:24:14.399 Everybody was so different and so it was just it 0:24:14.480 --> 0:24:16.520 was really, that was really, it was magical. That's a 0:24:16.520 --> 0:24:18.919 really cool moment. We should also like take a running 0:24:19.200 --> 0:24:24.359 tally or make some notes for questions we want answered 0:24:24.359 --> 0:24:27.479 by Ryan. We can do true or false. And then 0:24:27.480 --> 0:24:29.160 at the end of the episode sent him a voice 0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:33.080 note because there's gotta be the slushy comes out of 0:24:33.080 --> 0:24:37.840 nowhere and yeah, I feel like that was an Ian 0:24:37.880 --> 0:24:43.880