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GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
I<3bway
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/06
#1GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 8:27pm
Just thought this deserved a thead of its own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2FMdOLyRcA
#2re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 8:32pm
That was freaking hilarious.
Counts seconds until Glee bashing begins.
#3re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 8:34pmhahaha. I laughed so hard when I watched that. Can't wait for Glee tomorrow.
"It's about the Benjamins, not the Bernsteins."-CapnHook
#4re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 8:35pm
Me neither. Some people's absolute hatred for it baffles me. If you don't like it, don't watch it!
He's hands down my favorite character!
#5re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 8:39pmIsn't his dad the brother-in-law from Yes, Dear? He's the perfect actor for the role of the uberstraight, tough guy dad.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#6re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 8:59pm
Oh goodness.... that just made my night! Just awesome.
I also cannot wait for tomorrows episode!
"If we don't live happily ever after at least we survive until the end of the week!" -Kermit the frog "I need the money... it costs a lot to look this cheap!" -Dolly P. "Oh please, Over at 'Gypsy' Patti LuPone hasn't even alienated her first daughter yet!" Mary Testa in "Xanadu" "...Like a drunk Chita Rivera!" Robin de Jesus in "In the Heights"
"B*tch, I don't know your life." -Xanadu After that if he still doesn't understand why you were uncomfortable and are now infuriated, kick him again but this time with Jazz Hands!!! -KillerTofu
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#9re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 9:11pm
That reminds me of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6HAH_Yiuo4
Unfortunately.
-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/
#10re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 9:39pm
LOVE IT!
He is easily my favorite on the show. I can't wait for tomorrow night haha.
#12re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 11:15pmThe fact that SNL already did essentially this joke just proves to me how unoriginal Glee can be. It's not that it's bad... I just don't find any of the humor to be that original. All of the jokes have been done by other people... and done better.
#13re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 11:30pmGlee is just a fun show. It's not ground-breaking, it's not original, it's just a nice little escape for one hour a week. Don't expect much from it, lie back and enjoy. This kid especially is adorable, what's wrong with seeing him spank himself? Nothing, in my book.
#14re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/22/09 at 11:36pmThousands of people on YouTube did it before SNL did.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#15re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/23/09 at 1:34am
Thousands of people on YouTube did it before SNL did.
While that is true, I was referring specifically to the idea of having a man in what is close to the actual costume with women backing him up a la Justin Timberlake on SNL. Yes, of course there have been many many youtube videos like this, but those were people actually trying to show off. This is a spoof, as it was on SNL.
#16re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/23/09 at 1:41am
I don't mean to be a Glee stan, but if you watch the video, it's very clear that the joke isn't that someone is parodying Single Ladies. The joke is that the flamboyantly gay kid and his friends are imitating Single Ladies and got caught. Nowhere is there any sense of originality in the idea of someone besides Beyonce dancing her (inherently un-original) routine.
The point is that the cute little gay kid is imitating many, many gay kids before him, and his redneck dad realizes that.
"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
#17re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/23/09 at 7:48am
Exactly.
Also, that he's imitating her flawlessly.
TulitaPepsi
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/04
#18re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/23/09 at 8:24am
Nobody comes close to Shane Mercado.
Single Man Dances to Single Ladies
"Hurry up and get into your conga clothes - we've got to do something to save this show!"
#19re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/23/09 at 8:57amUgh, Christ. I am aware of that scott68. I am not talking about how it's used in the plot. I was talking about the gimmick. Perhaps spoof was the wrong word, but it is certainly a gimmick that has been used before.
#20re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/23/09 at 9:04amEris, you're correct the actor playing the dad (Mike O'Malley) is from Yes, Dear. Funny enough (if he is indeed going to play a conservative tough dad role here), he played a goofy cop that came out of the closet and dated a effeminate character on My Name Is Earl.
#21re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/23/09 at 9:22amAs regards to the Gimmick, I think it was a smart idea. Single Ladies, while overdone and over imitated, has a following and the implied context fits the character perfectly.
"If we don't live happily ever after at least we survive until the end of the week!" -Kermit the frog "I need the money... it costs a lot to look this cheap!" -Dolly P. "Oh please, Over at 'Gypsy' Patti LuPone hasn't even alienated her first daughter yet!" Mary Testa in "Xanadu" "...Like a drunk Chita Rivera!" Robin de Jesus in "In the Heights"
"B*tch, I don't know your life." -Xanadu After that if he still doesn't understand why you were uncomfortable and are now infuriated, kick him again but this time with Jazz Hands!!! -KillerTofu#22re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/23/09 at 10:36am
No one comes close to Baby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikTxfIDYx6Q
#23re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/23/09 at 12:41pmWhat other music video could he recreate? This one has everything his character would want - costumes, snazzy dance moves, theatricallity. Name another popular music video that would suit his purposes? The only other thing I could think of is recreating an inconic number from a musical but that would be less "now".
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#24re: GLEE-Teaser: Single Ladies
Posted: 9/23/09 at 1:18pm
Yes, how dare more than one show use the same popular song! That's atrocious!
Seriously, there are plenty of reasons to be down on Glee - the way it can't decide if it's a cartoon or an actual dramedy, its heavy reliance on Hollywood high school stereotypes, the overproduced sound of its musical numbers, the way its protagonist is actually kind of a dick but never gets called out on it - but excoriating it for choosing "Single Ladies" when SNL already has? Really?
One show using a song doesn't mean that song is then off-limits forever. And SNL and Glee aren't remotely identical shows, nor are they trying to use the song in the exact same way. Anyway, anything that gives us more of the supporting cast instead of the single-minded focus on Will, Rachel, and Finn is something I support in that show. Maybe Tina will actually get more than three lines this week.
