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Here’s What We Missed on Glee | Mic The Snare

Mic The Snare | March 20, 2025



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Get your slushies ready, because this month’s Examining video is all about Glee. The hit Fox series was a behemoth in TV, but its impact on music was just as strong. Let’s take a retrospective walk through the full series, its music, and how these geeks managed to rise to (and fall from) the top…

Let me know your favorite Glee episode/song/character/Will rap in the comments!

NOTE 1: Drake surpassed Glee’s record in March of this year, not February.

NOTE 2: At two points in this video, I use terms regarding people who use wheelchairs. Some of you have told me that these phrases are at best cringy, and at worst offensive. I apologize for using those terms, and will be more mindful of my language going forward.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Intro – 00:00
Backstory – 01:01
The Pilot – 01:43
Season 1 – 03:30
The Music of Glee – 06:57
Season 2 – 11:05
The Business of Glee – 14:40
Season 3 – 17:44
Season 4 – 26:25
The Quarterback – 36:55
Season 5 – 39:40
Season 6 – 44:46
Aftermath/Impact – 49:37

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SOURCE LIST

Show Footage
Brennan, Ian, Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy, creators. Glee. Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions, and 20th Century Fox Television, 2009 – 2015.

Articles Cited in Video
Ganz, Jacob. “Hits That Aren’t: ‘Glee’ Songs Zoom Up And Down The Charts.” NPR, NPR, 19 Nov. 2010.
“How Glee Cast Became the Act With the Most Hot 100 Entries in Billboard History.” Billboard, 17 May 2019.
Jensen, Jeff. “Why a Humbled ‘Glee’ Is a ‘Glee’ Worth Watching.” Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2015.
Turner, Kyle. “Glee Captured All of Its Wasted Promise in One Character.” AV Club, 9 May 2019.
VanDerWerff, Emily. “I Can Pinpoint the Exact Moment Glee Got Bad.” Vox, Vox, 20 Mar. 2015.

Articles Shown in Video
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473024/glee-cast-tops-elvis-presley-for-most-hot-100-hits
https://www.complex.com/music/2020/03/drake-has-the-most-hot-100-entries-ever#:~:text=Drake%20Now%20Has%20the%20Most%20Billboard%20Hot%20100%20Entries%20Ever,-ByJordan%20Rose&text=Following%20the%20chart%20performance%20of,alone%20with%20208%2C%20per%20Billboard.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/glee-lea-michele-chris-colfer-210869
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tca-glee-spinoff-officially-dead-279495
https://www.jonathancoulton.com/2013/01/18/baby-got-back-and-glee/

Other Articles That Inspired the Video
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266953/glee-rewrites-the-script-on-tv-music
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-glee/glee-throws-lifeline-to-music-industry-idUSTRE6BC0LL20101213
https://www.networkworld.com/article/2246757/apple-itunes-sells-25–of-all-us-music-sales.html
https://medium.com/@TyleKurner/ive-heard-that-song-before-45f6d494fd96
https://www.mixonline.com/recording/music-joy-glee-366160
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hot-business-glee-75593
https://www.vulture.com/2015/03/glee-best-performances-ranked.html
https://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/11/15/glee.effect.show.choir.comeback/index.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dont-forget-glee-used-to-be-the-best-tv-show-ever
https://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/why-glee-still-matters#.eoy5Rqx4M
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/09/music-made-glee-and-music-killed-it/262218/
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/21/jump-the-shark-glee
https://www.thedailybeast.com/glee-no-plot-character-development-or-logic
https://www.thedailybeast.com/glee-ryan-murphy-cory-monteith-chris-colfer-lea-michele-whats-happening
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/is-glee-past-prime-music-242716
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8271318/Glee-the-making-of-a-musical-phenomenon.html
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-glees-tribute-cory-monteith/story?id=20532067
https://www.playbill.com/article/how-the-glee-project-helped-launch-these-performers-to-stardom
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/glee-creator-lashes-out-against-kings-of-leon-and-slash-249074/
https://ew.com/article/2010/08/19/kings-of-leon-glee/

CBS News Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxNL3lnrqWQ
ABC News Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLycKkdF2ko

Opening Tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhU7euFPWwo

Kitty/Marley Clip from Oh Hello! On Broadway (Netflix)

Community Dean Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvzE64A28NI

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