Speaker 1: And that's what you really missed with Jenna.
Speaker 2: And Kevin an iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 1: Welcome to and that's where you're in this podcast. Here
Speaker 1: we are at the series Favorites Overviews with a science expert.
Speaker 2: We pulled you guys. You guys, well, you didn't pull
Speaker 2: you guys. You guys sent in tons of emails and
Speaker 2: our lovely team of producers went through everything and you
Speaker 2: guys wrote so much, so many thoughtful comments. You clearly
Speaker 2: have strong feelings and we love that.
Speaker 1: And this is data whole. Thanks Data. Okay, so let's
Speaker 1: just dive in. Kevin, this is very exciting. This is
Speaker 1: our last one.
Speaker 2: And there's lots of surprises for me here.
Speaker 1: Oh, a lot of surprises. Yes, this is exciting. So
Speaker 1: let's go. Let's go through. We'll talk through how you
Speaker 1: guys voted and we'll kind of likelay against what we
Speaker 1: also kind of voted on as well.
Speaker 2: And there's lots of categories here. There's favorite character, favorite episode, storyline, performances,
Speaker 2: and then under performances. It's like solo's duets blah blah blah, friendships,
Speaker 2: couple's guest star tribute, and then the season ranking.
Speaker 1: Okay, so let's start with a favorite episode. There's ten
Speaker 1: we did ten to one. Your tenth pick was Grilled Jesus.
Speaker 1: Total makes total sense.
Speaker 2: Absolutely great. Episode Number nine was special Education.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, okay, I like this. This makes sense too.
Speaker 1: Number eight is Born this Way. How exciting. I don't
Speaker 1: know that I remember it being a favorite favorite, but
Speaker 1: I love this one.
Speaker 2: Continuing with the season two because all these have been
Speaker 2: from season two so far, Number seven is the Rocky
Speaker 2: Horror Glee Show, which I'm very happy about because I
Speaker 2: absolutely love that episode.
Speaker 1: People love love. The Number six is the Power of Madonna.
Speaker 2: Our first season one pick. Number five also from season
Speaker 2: one Journey to Regionals.
Speaker 1: And this is season two for a number four original song. Interesting.
Speaker 2: Now here's the outlier in terms of seasons. Number three
Speaker 2: is the quarterback from season five.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I get it.
Speaker 2: No, look, I totally get it. And after talking to.
Speaker 1: Paris Paris, I have a different perspective on it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not about us, Jenna, it's.
Speaker 1: Not about us, and it is for the and as
Speaker 1: the fans who are voting, as you guys are the
Speaker 1: ones voting, It's clear that this was something that was
Speaker 1: needed for our fans and our viewers. The Number two.
Speaker 1: Favorite episode of the series is Nationals in season three,
Speaker 1: episode twenty one makes Sense.
Speaker 2: Number one.
Speaker 1: Look, Kevin, how do you feel about this one?
Speaker 2: I feel a little guilty. This feels insane. Number one
Speaker 2: voted by all of you was blame it on the alcohol.
Speaker 1: As the MYSID, this is your fault, Kevin. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: I also I don't know. There's something to it, like
Speaker 1: you love it, the viewers love it. There's something about it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know if it's number one.
Speaker 1: No, it's definitely not number one.
Speaker 2: Yeah. What were some of your favorites, Jenna?
Speaker 1: So out of these voting results, I actually really loved
Speaker 1: grilled Cheeses. It's one of my favorite episodes. Different, It's beautiful,
Speaker 1: it's moving. Alfonso directed it. It's a big episode for Corey.
Speaker 1: The storyline is very unhinged, but yet in Glee we
Speaker 1: somehow ground that in some kind of truth and honesty.
Speaker 1: I loved it. And then I also picked for top
Speaker 1: series episode that wasn't in this list, the pilot absolutely
Speaker 1: and hold on to sixteen.
Speaker 2: Oh good one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I enjoyed that one. I also really enjoyed Nationals
Speaker 1: one of my favorite episodes for sure, and I love
Speaker 1: born this way as well. I mean, I loved a
Speaker 1: lot of these. This makes sense, it's just that blamed
Speaker 1: on the alcohol. The number one, it is crazy unhinged.
Speaker 2: I appreciate it, I respect it.
Speaker 1: What about what about you? Kevin?
Speaker 2: In no particular order, A lot of these lineup with
Speaker 2: things I love. Rocky Horror. Journey to Regionals and Nationals
Speaker 2: are my two like favorite competition episodes. Yep, I obviously
Speaker 2: I do love blame it on the alcohol. I do
Speaker 2: love grilled cheeses. So I feel like a lot of
Speaker 2: these are in line. I think my favorite episode has
Speaker 2: to be the pilot.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that is interesting that nobody voted on that
Speaker 1: one or it didn't make the cut.
Speaker 2: I feel like it almost doesn't count.
Speaker 1: It's like is on its own.
Speaker 2: I think it's just one of the best pilots ever. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: I think it's a perfect episode. Yeah, but like I
Speaker 2: think Showmance is a perfect episode. I think, like you know,
Speaker 2: I think there's a it's.
Speaker 1: Also a great episode those first Yeah, Okay, next up,
Speaker 1: we have favorite storylines. This is this is tough for me,
Speaker 1: but you guys voted the data shows. Number five is
Speaker 1: Krowski's whole arc, so he was praised for showing character growth, redemption,
Speaker 1: and handling of bullying and identity that makes sense powerful.
Speaker 2: Number four is Santana's coming out many fans that help
Speaker 2: them come to terms with their own identities, deeply impacting
Speaker 2: them personally.
Speaker 1: Number three is Kurt's coming out in bullying's storyline, and
Speaker 1: so this was recognized as groundbreaking breaking obviously and powerful,
Speaker 1: especially during the Dalton Academy arc. I have to agree,
Speaker 1: I love, obviously Kurtsole coming out from the beginning of
Speaker 1: the show. You know, this didn't come in later. This
Speaker 1: came in episode two three, like we were we were
Speaker 1: talking about, Yeah, so it was very powerful after that.
Speaker 2: Number two also Kurt and Bert's father son relationship celebrated
Speaker 2: for its emotional depth and portrayal of unconditional love and support.
Speaker 2: I think that goes without saying is one of the
Speaker 2: best things on the entire show. Yeah, Ryan's sole purpose
Speaker 2: of that relationship and the example it set for the
Speaker 2: world who watched it. It was just really really important
Speaker 2: and expertly written and acted.
Speaker 1: Okay, and number one Fin and Rachel's relationship, not surprising
Speaker 1: at all, were deeply invested in there on again off
Speaker 1: again journey and called it the heart of the show.
Speaker 1: It kind of I was just reading something on like
Speaker 1: the Ross and Rachel of it all like that definitely
Speaker 1: is like slightly mirrored here of like on On and Off.
Speaker 1: But the way in which Rachel and Finn's storyline, like
Speaker 1: the them being together and not and like the timing
Speaker 1: and being so young and him sitting in that car
Speaker 1: scene that I will never forget of the two of
Speaker 1: them before before branches, Like, uh, that is one of
Speaker 1: my favorite storylines. I agree, because just because like that
Speaker 1: whole that scene really encompasses their relationship for me of
Speaker 1: like the right time, right place kind of thing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think something I would expand on in my
Speaker 2: personal favorite storylines is outside of the Finn relationship Finn
Speaker 2: and Rachel relationship is their individual storylines as well. I
Speaker 2: think how we meet Finn, seeing him become the leader
Speaker 2: not always be perfect a lot of times is not perfect,
Speaker 2: saying the wrong things but always ultimately doing the right thing,
Speaker 2: and how he was with the glee Club and Rachel.
Speaker 2: I mean, the show I feel like is really about
Speaker 2: Rachel's journey and the Glee Club being a place for
Speaker 2: her to realize her potential to be seen for the
Speaker 2: first time and not feel guilty about her talent and
Speaker 2: ambition and then ultimately making it right. You know. That's
Speaker 2: sort of their relationship is sort of a microcosm I
Speaker 2: think of like the thesis of what Glee is. Yes,
Speaker 2: And I think in another storyline is just the New
Speaker 2: Directions as a whole. The journey from the pilot of
Speaker 2: you know, all these underdogs getting together to winning nationals
Speaker 2: several times and becoming a beacon within their school. I
Speaker 2: think is you know, was one of my favorite storylines.
Speaker 2: And obviously, like the Kurts in Santana and Karowski, things
Speaker 2: meant a lot to people, and I think it was
Speaker 2: they were always so beautifully written and needed to be
Speaker 2: seen on primetime television in America.
Speaker 1: They're all different, like their journeys were all difference.
Speaker 2: It wasn't coming out story, yes, and it was so
Speaker 2: different culturally different for each group. And obviously like Chris
Speaker 2: and Naya are just so damn good and Max are
Speaker 2: they're all such great actors and we're so lucky to
Speaker 2: be able to like witness all of this.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I also have to say I know that mister
Speaker 1: Shu gets a lot of hate for some of the
Speaker 1: things that he does. And you know, through this twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five lens of you know, these new generations watching
Speaker 1: the show. But I do think that giving credit to
Speaker 1: these incredible teachers out there who believe so deeply the
Speaker 1: arts and in music, like it's a bigger It's just
Speaker 1: it actually is such so much bigger picture. Like I
Speaker 1: remember when we were on the show when it was starting,
Speaker 1: and like all of these teachers would come up to
Speaker 1: us and kids in glee clubs who'd be like, I,
Speaker 1: you know, we started a glee club in our school
Speaker 1: because of this, just the arts and education aspect of
Speaker 1: this and having like a mister Shoe, like I had
Speaker 1: a mentor like mister Shoe. It's so important for these
Speaker 1: kids to have these role models and people fighting for
Speaker 1: them and advocating for them. I do think that the
Speaker 1: Shoe storyline of it all, like him really always just
Speaker 1: fighting for the kids and yeah, dreaming kind of bigger
Speaker 1: is something that I It resonated with me since the
Speaker 1: beginning of the show, and it was something that if
Speaker 1: I was a viewer and not on the show, that
Speaker 1: definitely would have been a big part.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's how the show ends up. That
Speaker 2: also is the central part of the entire point of
Speaker 2: the show. I also like to say sue relationship with
Speaker 2: Becky Ensue's relationship with her sisters are two of the
Speaker 2: best storylines. She did a lot of crazy, a lot
Speaker 2: of unhinged, unforgivable things, but her best those storylines were
Speaker 2: just great. And I love that the relationship with Becky
Speaker 2: lasted almost the entire show. Like it.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Becky just took a whole life, you know,
Speaker 1: her character just got a life of its own. Two
Speaker 1: all right, we got a lot more categories coming up here,
Speaker 1: So now we get into some of the performances best solo.
Speaker 1: We're doing five to one. But there are some honorable
Speaker 1: mentions that I would like to recognize. One of them
Speaker 1: being for once in my life, mister Artie. Oh nice,
Speaker 1: It is definitely in the top for me.
Speaker 2: Wow. Thanks. Another one which is, I mean this will
Speaker 2: be in my top five, but this is nut Bush
Speaker 2: City Limits by Santana.
Speaker 1: Another honorable mention is I am telling you I'm not
Speaker 1: going to Mercedes, which Amber will go on then to
Speaker 1: perform that on the West End and win Olivier. Right.
Speaker 2: So number five is a tie. Oh, the first being
Speaker 2: Songbird by Santana and Somewhere Only We Know by Blaine
Speaker 2: and the Warblers.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, definitely, definitely number four. It's all coming back to
Speaker 1: me now, Rachel, Wow, Surprise. That is so funny. I
Speaker 1: love that song and I love for singing and I
Speaker 1: love that, but I just didn't think it would be
Speaker 1: a number four.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Number three to nobody surprise is coughs Europe by Blade.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Number two, my man, Rachel Surprise, but really yeah,
Speaker 1: I know that people liked it.
Speaker 2: But I loved it. But like, when I think of Rachel,
Speaker 2: these two are not the first two songs that come
Speaker 2: to my mind. They're incredible, but they're not the first two.
Speaker 1: Yep.
Speaker 2: And number one I do not disagree with Valerie by
Speaker 2: Santana Wow.
Speaker 1: Wow, Yeah that's special. Yeah, I agree. Some of mine
Speaker 1: that didn't make the list were Jesse's Girl. Also on
Speaker 1: my list was for Once in My Life like and
Speaker 1: Lose My Religion. You know. I love that?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you love that. It is so good.
Speaker 1: It's just like I knowing Corey, like, that's a song
Speaker 1: he probably fought four to have on the show. It's
Speaker 1: like the music he listened to and so yeah, anyway
Speaker 1: killed that one.
Speaker 2: I mean, best solo. I could easily just make anaya
Speaker 2: an Amber list. So Nutbush Valerie absolutely ain't no way.
Speaker 1: That was also on my honorable mention.
Speaker 2: It's really hard to pick like a favorite Amber song. No,
Speaker 2: I think Don't Rain in My Parade. Oh yes, it's
Speaker 2: probably my favorite Rachel Rachel song. I think those are
Speaker 2: those are some of my favorites.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agreed. Okay, now we move into the best
Speaker 1: group numbers. Wow, okay, okay, number five we are young,
Speaker 1: not surprised, and I agree, I get it again, was surprised.
Speaker 1: It was a surprise to me when we first saw
Speaker 1: it and the like it was such a profound moment
Speaker 1: for you guys. But like I was like, it's fine,
Speaker 1: Jen a hater. No, I'm not a hater. I just
Speaker 1: I didn't. It didn't strike me like that, but I
Speaker 1: get it.
Speaker 2: Number four is like a prayer. Great. Sometimes I think
Speaker 2: this gets lost and I'm glad it did.
Speaker 1: Read Okay, number three, don't stop believing. Yeah, Like it
Speaker 1: surprises me and it doesn't like I know it belongs
Speaker 1: on the top, but it also surprises me that it's
Speaker 1: not a number one, but it also doesn't surprise me.
Speaker 1: It's not a number one. Does that make sense?
Speaker 2: It's not a great performance. The story is great, and.
Speaker 1: It's also it's our anthem, right yeah yeah.
Speaker 2: Number two is Somebody to Love?
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I agreed. Number one Paradise, but dash or Lives?
Speaker 1: What is happening?
Speaker 2: Are you surprised?
Speaker 1: I am. I am not surprised because we've been through
Speaker 1: this and we knew that this was something that you
Speaker 1: and I were sleeping on. We didn't realize that it
Speaker 1: was so high up on the list for our listeners
Speaker 1: for you guys. Yeah, but to be series' best group number,
Speaker 1: that's bit yeow.
Speaker 2: Okay, what did you have for some of yours?
Speaker 1: So Somebody Love was on there and I don't know
Speaker 1: sidered a group number or not, but yeah, oh yeah absolutely.
Speaker 1: And then also this is part of my competition set
Speaker 1: list one. But also still haven't found what I'm looking
Speaker 1: for mmm mm hmm, you know. And again it's like
Speaker 1: this is where we get a little convoluted because like
Speaker 1: original cast best group number, or like a new cast
Speaker 1: or where any.
Speaker 2: Season, well, okay, group numbers. I wasn't just thinking new directions.
Speaker 2: Should I have been no, but not at all like
Speaker 2: Bohemian Rhapsody. Yeh is absolutely insane. I think even Rehab
Speaker 2: absolutely incredible. I I'm just gonna put a little proud
Speaker 2: Mary on there because that was a very unique and
Speaker 2: special group number.
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is a good.
Speaker 2: Collaun obviously, somebody to love. I like that people like
Speaker 2: we are young because that was the first time we
Speaker 2: had done something sort of casual like that, and it
Speaker 2: felt good with story and song. It was like everything
Speaker 2: just really worked. It didn't need to be a big
Speaker 2: production member and.
Speaker 1: I I'll never forget film me now.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Same. I really really enjoyed that, and I think
Speaker 2: so many of the competition things, but I will save that. Okay,
Speaker 2: And I know this isn't going to be surprising to
Speaker 2: any of you that listened to this, but I would
Speaker 2: be remiss to not mention the trouble tones and group
Speaker 2: numbers and so, I mean you have I was just
Speaker 2: gonna throw something just candy man, it's incredible you have
Speaker 2: obviously rumor has it yet stronger?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Like anyway, those are some of my favorites. Okay, best
Speaker 2: do we at Jenna look? Number five is four Minutes
Speaker 2: by Mercedes and Kurt and Wow, this song would not
Speaker 2: be in our top five. No, and people love this
Speaker 2: song and it is wow surprise. Sometimes I forget it exists,
Speaker 2: but it's a great performance. And I saw Twitter or
Speaker 2: is a TikTok. I saw somewhere somebody was talking about
Speaker 2: this and like, you know why it was great? It
Speaker 2: was because Sue directed.
Speaker 1: Its Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think it's because I'm a
Speaker 1: little thrown because it's like Mercedes and Urt in the Cheerios.
Speaker 1: But I do appreciate that, all right. The rest of
Speaker 1: this list is just fa Yeah. So number four is Faithfully.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, I've been on a faithfully kick recently. I've even
Speaker 2: gone back to listen to the og Journey version of
Speaker 2: the original.
Speaker 1: Version, and it is so good.
Speaker 2: Number three is Smooth Criminal by Santana's Sebastian. Absolutely, no,
Speaker 2: no question there.
Speaker 1: Number two I feel pretty I'm pretty obviously we love this,
Speaker 1: this duet mashup, and.
Speaker 2: I think this is just undebatable. The best duet in
Speaker 2: the history of Glee is River Deep, Mountain High by
Speaker 2: Santana and Mercedes.
Speaker 1: No, you're not going to get any contest here. No,
Speaker 1: this is a great duet list, Yes, right here it is.
Speaker 1: I feel very good about that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Faithfully would be higher. I think Faithfully
Speaker 2: probably number two for me, Kevin, what about houses, Oh yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: that's number three. It's correct, obviously.
Speaker 1: I an honorable mention here. I don't think it belongs
Speaker 1: on the list, but it's honorable mention boys mine. Oh
Speaker 1: it's not like your traditional duet, but like I love it,
Speaker 1: so oh.
Speaker 2: Duet is a duet. I am all about it.
Speaker 1: Okay. Moving on to best Competition set list number three
Speaker 1: season five Mash More than a Feeling America. I still
Speaker 1: haven't found what I'm looking for. I mean, I'm surprised
Speaker 1: it's lower on the list because it was very high for.
Speaker 2: Us it is, but.
Speaker 1: I know I get it. That would look up. The
Speaker 1: rest of the list is yes, excellent, okay, okay.
Speaker 2: Number two is from season one Regionals Faithfully Anyway you
Speaker 2: want at slash eleven touch and feeling out, No eleven
Speaker 2: touch and squeezing and don't stop believing.
Speaker 1: Right right, right right, and number one Season three Nationals
Speaker 1: Edge of Glory all coming back to me now, Paradise
Speaker 1: to the dashboard light. You guys, I know I hear it.
Speaker 1: I can't deny it. I get it. I mean, I
Speaker 1: love this set list. I do, I do.
Speaker 2: I'm going to deny it. That's going to be low
Speaker 2: for me.
Speaker 1: Really.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think Paradise by the Dashboard Light is incredible.
Speaker 2: Right Edge of Glory is not my favorite.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the three is that it's like it
Speaker 1: makes it better. They each make each other better, I guess, like,
Speaker 1: but it's not like a slam dunk per se. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but season one Regionals Faithful anyway you want it, Don't
Speaker 1: Stop is definitely up there. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think that's number one for me, and I think
Speaker 2: number two is the season five Nationals. There's something about
Speaker 2: hearing like I prefer Corey and Leah as like the
Speaker 2: leaders of the Glee club, and hearing them.
Speaker 1: Do faithfully to start.
Speaker 2: It, just like nothing gets me like that. Yeah, And
Speaker 2: hearing Darren on more than a feeling is a very
Speaker 2: similar feeling I get. And it's I just I think
Speaker 2: setting the tone of Glee with Don't Stop Believing Yes
Speaker 2: really set that in stone and it really really works
Speaker 2: for us. Yeah. I love those.
Speaker 1: Okay, best mash up so and some of these mashups
Speaker 1: made it into the duets obviously, but now we're in
Speaker 1: just mashup so. Number five, I will survive survivor.
Speaker 2: Should be higher, should be higher?
Speaker 1: Okay?
Speaker 2: Number four homeward bound home surprising?
Speaker 1: Number three, start me up? Living on a prayer?
Speaker 2: What? Absolutely? It's so good, Jenna, I don't know.
Speaker 1: Keep going.
Speaker 2: Number two? Rumor has it someone like you?
Speaker 1: Oh my god? The people have spoken?
Speaker 2: Number one?
Speaker 1: I feel pretty.
Speaker 2: Upward way wow wow, Okay.
Speaker 1: If I had to switch these around a little bit,
Speaker 1: I feel pretty Pretty would be number one. Still rumor
Speaker 1: has it? Still? Is number two for me? I will
Speaker 1: survive Survivor is definitely number three for me man chef, though, I.
Speaker 2: Mean my number one's rumor has it? Number two I
Speaker 2: will survive Survivor. Number three is houses not a home.
Speaker 2: Number four would be I feel pretty. I'm pretty Yeah?
Speaker 2: And number five I think Halo walking on sunshine?
Speaker 1: Oh good?
Speaker 2: One, but start me up. Living on a prayer is
Speaker 2: so good.
Speaker 1: I think I'm a dream.
Speaker 2: Yeah you are.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna make trouble with that one. Best tribute episode.
Speaker 2: I'm confused by this because this didn't match.
Speaker 1: Up with any of the ones that I well.
Speaker 2: It didn't match up with like the favorite episode list.
Speaker 2: I have a question for best Tribute episode. Does Rocky
Speaker 2: horror not count.
Speaker 1: I think some people would say it does, but I
Speaker 1: think I don't know that it does. Some people would, Yeah, debatable.
Speaker 1: I think some people would and some people would. Okay,
Speaker 1: So number five is Britney Brittany.
Speaker 2: Number four is Dance with Somebody, the Whitney Tribute.
Speaker 1: Right, Number three is the quarterback.
Speaker 2: Number two is Rumors, and number.
Speaker 1: One is Michael. Okay. My issue here is that mine
Speaker 1: isn't even on this list same Madonna has not made it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: what's going on the people? I'm confused because Madonna was
Speaker 1: up there on episodes. Yeah, okay, so I guess some
Speaker 1: people put it as best episodes, so they discounted it
Speaker 1: for a tribute episode. But Rumors, Yeah, I agree, Michael
Speaker 1: was great. I think I'm a little too close to
Speaker 1: like the experience of Michael. Yeah, how all that went down?
Speaker 1: YEA dance with somebody that was really great too. Brittany
Speaker 1: would definitely would have been higher up for me as well.
Speaker 1: So I think Michael danced with somebody Rumors, Brittany Madonna.
Speaker 2: Mine might be the exact same as yours. Yeah, Yeah,
Speaker 2: Madonna's definitely my favorite. Yeah, Rumors, I think Madonna Rumors Brittany,
Speaker 2: Brittany Michael danced to somebody.
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, so we're a little yeah, okay.
Speaker 2: Favorite couple Number five Quinn and Sam.
Speaker 1: Wow, Number four, Sam Sadies.
Speaker 2: Love, number three, Finchel, number two, Clain and number one Britanna.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, I would have to switches around a little bit.
Speaker 1: I think Finchel is my favorite. Same then Britanna. Same
Speaker 1: then since Sam Sadies Wow, then Clan. I don't know
Speaker 1: about Quent and Sam.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Quinn and Sam my list.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that feels right.
Speaker 2: I would almost do Quinn and Finn before.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree, I agree. Okay, that's
Speaker 1: a good one. Those are kind of straightforward for me.
Speaker 1: I'm not surprised by any of those.
Speaker 2: Maybe I'll put Artie and Tina or Artie and Kitty
Speaker 2: as my number five.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, well pig m hm that people like Kitty.
Speaker 1: I agree, I would, I honestly would Artie and Kitty. Okay,
Speaker 1: best friendship. This is where I would put Artiantina, So
Speaker 1: number five, best friendship Santana and Mercedes.
Speaker 2: Interesting, interesting, okay, number four Arti and Tina.
Speaker 1: See okay, Number three Kurt and Mercedes.
Speaker 2: Number two Rachel and Kurt Yep.
Speaker 1: Number one, Blaine and Sam.
Speaker 2: I mean, I'm pretty solid.
Speaker 1: I agree, I like it. I guess there should Santana
Speaker 1: and Mercedes Vidoll with like you know, the do wop
Speaker 1: and yeah, okay, best guest star.
Speaker 2: Oh god, this list is difficult. Okay to number five Matt.
Speaker 1: Boehmer, Yeah, number four a Dina.
Speaker 2: Menzel, number three Adam.
Speaker 1: Lambert, number Kristin Genowe and.
Speaker 2: Number one Gwyneth Paltrow.
Speaker 1: The only thing that I would stitch around is I
Speaker 1: would put that boomer higher up. Really, I was so
Speaker 1: tickled by his performance, and I know it was short,
Speaker 1: like to be fair, Adena and Adam and Kristin and
Speaker 1: Gwyneth all had like were on for much longer, like
Speaker 1: they were essentially recur like if you if really they
Speaker 1: were technical about it, but mad was performance was so
Speaker 1: spot on and so funny and like just elevated Blaine's storylines,
Speaker 1: like he just he did everything he was supposed to do,
Speaker 1: and like the idea of a perfect guest star. So
Speaker 1: I don't know, I just if I could bring him
Speaker 1: up while keeping everybody else in their ranks, I would
Speaker 1: do that.
Speaker 2: What about Stamos?
Speaker 1: Right? I know? And then put SteamOS at number I
Speaker 1: guess number, like put him in there and place in
Speaker 1: that boomer so we're just shoving everybody in to a
Speaker 1: seat a car of five, but we're putting seven or
Speaker 1: six six in there.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I just saw Adam Lambert at the Hollywood Bowl
Speaker 2: and Jesus Christ Superstar.
Speaker 1: I'm so jealous you were there, Like, it's not okay,
Speaker 1: it's not okay, No.
Speaker 2: It's you know, Adam can sing his face off, but
Speaker 2: good lord. Also having to sing opposite Cynthia Revo the
Speaker 2: two of them sounds like a nightmare. Yeah. And then
Speaker 2: having to sing opposite Adam sounds like a nightmare.
Speaker 1: Yeah. And singing that score are you crazy?
Speaker 2: Those songs are so high and they were both Amber
Speaker 2: and I were texting about it because it was unbelievable.
Speaker 2: It was not very surreal, not I was like, what
Speaker 2: is how is this humanly possible?
Speaker 1: Well? And then also kudos to our our friend John
Speaker 1: stay Mos for stepping in while Dad we had COVID
Speaker 1: and learning that in forty eight hours. I mean when
Speaker 1: I did the Bowl, when we did hair. You have
Speaker 1: the people who put on these performances at the Bowl,
Speaker 1: they two weeks straight to learn and entire musical music
Speaker 1: and go up and put this up as a full
Speaker 1: performance essentially. But that's hard enough. Yeah, and then you
Speaker 1: put stems in and obviously it's like, thank goodness, it
Speaker 1: wasn't somebody with seventeen songs, but like still forty eight out.
Speaker 2: Well. I was just thinking about how much Adam and
Speaker 2: Cynthia had to learn. Also, there's so much choreography. Oh,
Speaker 2: like everybody in the ensemble were doing so much. They
Speaker 2: had to learn so much. But the amount of material
Speaker 2: Adam and Cynthia had to learn is anyway, So yeah,
Speaker 2: I agree. My list is I would say the same Gwyneth, Kristen, Adam, Medina, and.
Speaker 1: Matt And then oh wait, what about Graf?
Speaker 2: Does Graf count as a guest star?
Speaker 1: No? No, no, no, no, he's more than right, Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: technically a special guest star. I think he's more than that.
Speaker 1: I think he's closer to her regular.
Speaker 2: Because if he's like a special, I don't know if
Speaker 2: he's a guest star, he's number one.
Speaker 1: And then it all yeah, yeah, no, I wouldn't consider
Speaker 1: craw for guests.
Speaker 2: Okay, now the thing we had asked so often season rankings.
Speaker 2: Let's see what the people said. Season Coming in at
Speaker 2: number six is season six.
Speaker 1: Okay, this received the most last place rankings. It had
Speaker 1: standout moments, but fewer overall fans. Next one is season five,
Speaker 1: so season five was the most often ranked fifth or sixth,
Speaker 1: showing it's generally less favored, so it had knixt reception,
Speaker 1: solid New York City episode, but then some storylines.
Speaker 2: Head coming out at number four is season four. Season
Speaker 2: four is the most divisive. It got midpac rankings more
Speaker 2: than the extremes notable for New Cast and MC.
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, I get that. Number three favorite season is
Speaker 1: season one, so this is more frequently seen as a
Speaker 1: solid mid tier, so often ranked at number two and
Speaker 1: number three, and the original charm and humor carried it
Speaker 1: into consistent top three rankings.
Speaker 2: Number two is Season three, follows closely ranked number one
Speaker 2: by fans and never ranked last. Strong follow up praise
Speaker 2: for National Humor, Rumor has It and the senior arcs
Speaker 2: Got It?
Speaker 1: And number one Drummer Roll Please. Season two is the
Speaker 1: clear favorite. It is ranked number one, the most often
Speaker 1: best overall, beloved for its characters and the Warblers and
Speaker 1: Clayton Ark.
Speaker 2: Wow.
Speaker 1: I voted on this before looking at all of your votes.
Speaker 1: The way I ranked this from lowest to highest was
Speaker 1: season six, season four, season five, season two, season three,
Speaker 1: season one Wow close.
Speaker 2: Yeah, mine was season six, season five, season four, and
Speaker 2: then my top three would be season three, season one, season.
Speaker 1: Two, wow Kevin. Wow. Yeah, so you're you're closer in
Speaker 1: this breaking.
Speaker 2: Look on a different day. It could just be sequential order.
Speaker 2: It could just be one to six.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I hear that. I hear that. Okay, Well, those
Speaker 1: are all of the rankings and voting that you guys
Speaker 1: sent in, and that are a wonderful team analyzed. Thank
Speaker 1: you so much for writing in. I mean there are
Speaker 1: hundreds and hundreds and hundreds. Our friend dj Bob he
Speaker 1: has sent in a voice note to give his favorite Yes.
Speaker 3: Dj Bob here again. You wanted to know my favorite
Speaker 3: koo from Guie, Well, it can never going back again
Speaker 3: by already the guitar, the arrangement giving like all of
Speaker 3: the original with some new stuff as well. It's just wonderful.
Speaker 3: Favorite duet poker, Faith Hegan one, Shelby and Rachel just
Speaker 3: great favorite mash up. I feel pretty unpretty unlikely pairing,
Speaker 3: but great pairing at that and group performing is the
Speaker 3: final number you ever youngly, I lived, jucked everybody together.
Speaker 3: It just get me in my field every kingle time.
Speaker 2: Absolutely after poker Face absolutely needs to be up there.
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, we definitely one oversight.
Speaker 2: I thought about it and then I forgotten about it.
Speaker 1: I know, I know, I know. Thank you DJ Bob
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