GLEE

In honor of my first post in months I'd like to talk about a show that makes me so happy. Glee. I fell in love with this show from the previews. Last May Fox aired the first episode (pilot as we in the biz call it) and I wondered if I could marry a TV show. Not a person, because as you all know Jack Bauer and I have been betrothed for awhile now.

Seriously. Priceless.

For those of you who haven't seen it (and why haven't you!?!?) Glee is about a glee club an Ohio high school. Although, that isn't giving it enough credit, obvs. It's really about the loser kids who go out for the club and their (hot ass) teacher who was once a glee club star, in the early 90s when it was (semi) cool to be in it.


In. Love.

The first episode is all about Mr. Schuester setting up the glee club and the wacktastic kids he gets to join, one of them a football star who he lies to and threatens to get him in. But of course once he's in he loves it and ends up defending these losers to his football friends. The show is full of stereotypes, the a-hole football jocks, the uptight cheerleaders, the big black girl that can sing her ass off, etc. But, there are so many unexpected, non conventional things in this as well. The cute lead glee club singer is an outcast, and has been raised by her biracial gay dads. The guidance counselor, Emma, is in love with Mr. Schuester, and really, who wouldn't be, and of course, Jane Lynch, because come on, she's Jane Lynch.

If I have any influence at all over the shows you watch, THIS is the number one for the new fall season. I've never seen High School Musical (don't plan on it) so I don't want to say it's like that just because they are singing in a high school. It's more organic then that it seems like. Besides the occasional dream sequence, they don't just break out in song and dance like they're doing music theatre. Most of the kids (and Mr. Schuester) come from Broadway, so they've got the chops. Sorry Zach Effron. They're also taking contemporary songs and not ones made up for the show.

I can't tell you how much I like this show. I had a chance to see the second episode this past summer at a Glee panel. Unfortunately I had to leave to see the True Blood panel. Vampire Eric tops everything.

Glee starts on September 9th at 9pm.

I'M BBAAAAACCCKKKKK

Wow, the last entry I made was on April 15th, tax day. I wish I could come up with something witty to say, linking the fact that that was my last day with it being tax day, but I'm still working on my first cup of coffee and my wit is slowly catching up. I know it's Tuesday, but for all intents and purposes it's Monday, so my brain is just waking up. The next few entries will be short, but I can't let the fall season start without talking about some of the shows I've been privileged to see already. Yeah, I know you're jealous. :-)