tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post318426361664835295..comments2024-03-28T14:40:30.727-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Glee: A Very Glee ChristmasBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-22420518750954896322012-03-07T03:23:51.119-05:002012-03-07T03:23:51.119-05:00Even better than the episode was this exchange of ...Even better than the episode was this exchange of comments. Being a Yank who has lived in the UK for nearly thirteen years, I find myself having to explain American food more often than I would like. LOLChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454170781697615407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-19462198530999525692011-03-18T10:52:26.763-04:002011-03-18T10:52:26.763-04:00Due to the miracle of viewer democracy (Internet-b...Due to the miracle of viewer democracy (Internet-based TV) I settled down last night to watch the Christmas special of Glee which was followed by the Christmas special of Misfits. I have to say, if you have not seen misfits yet stop what you're doing right now and go and watch episode. It will change your life. It is so rare that you get to find an intelligent, completely unique, and so very very funny TV show like misfits. It was quite refreshing to come straight from the banal anodyne Americanisation of high school culture to the quite exciting world of young offenders were special powers! the Christmas episode of Glee was an absolute game changer for me. It was rubbish. Simply rubbish. It's shocking to realise that most people in the world (i.e. outside America) don't actually know what the grinch is! In fact it's as American as cherry pie… or is that apple pie ? misfits, on the other hand broke all the rules. Here we have a group of young offenders giving birth in the nativity scene just after they have ' killed Jesus' ( this is in quotation marks for a reason watch the show and you will know why!). I must say I had an out of body experience laughing so much during this scene. misfits is edgy and it stays that way because the writers don't sell out. Unfortunately Glee seems to be going the same way as 30 Rock.. i.e down the pan! I urge you will to watch misfits NOW !!!Carl Spraggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-34065196370632140222010-12-11T20:01:50.157-05:002010-12-11T20:01:50.157-05:00I definitely enjoyed this episode so much more tha...I definitely enjoyed this episode so much more than last weeks. I thought the songs were very well sung (Merry Christmas, Darling, Last Christmas & Baby It's Cold Outside being my favorites) and they did put me in the Christmas spirit. I liked the Finn & Rachel plot line and even though they aren't together, I loved their smiles while they were at Mr. Shue's house at the end. I also thought that Sue becoming nice for Christmas was a great way to end the episode for the several week break that glee is about to have.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13027498907224308067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-26485034854231559952010-12-10T10:17:31.221-05:002010-12-10T10:17:31.221-05:00Harry, I do feel I have to spoil myself every once...Harry, I do feel I have to spoil myself every once in a while... with delicious Count Chocula! Actually, if you ever do get to try a slurpee, make sure it's the blue kind. And that you're on a date. Nothing says sexy like a tongue that makes you look like you just ate a Smurf! (Incidentally, Count Chocula will make you look like you ate a "Gnap" Smurf--that's the black kind that bite, I don't know what they're called in English.)<br /><br />Jess, that's right. I'd completely forgotten about that side of Finn!<br /><br />Oh, and thank you, Nick. Your knowledge of Wham and the Irish Eurythmics does make me feel a little bit better.Dimitri A.C. Lyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261471534976480158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-70536666315626944992010-12-09T20:37:17.709-05:002010-12-09T20:37:17.709-05:00Finn is the guy that grew up loving Journey becaus...Finn is the guy that grew up loving Journey because of his mom's one boyfriend, yes? (Everyone blames Will for doing too much Journey, but it was Finn's idea the first time around.) So I don't think it is such a stretch to believe he'd have some familiarity with Wham! (Or was the boyfriend only into Journey and not just '80s music in general?) Regardless, as Nick said above, that particular tune may be more well known because they play it a lot around the holidays.Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-15006267822392665242010-12-09T19:54:33.421-05:002010-12-09T19:54:33.421-05:00Dimitri - hurrah I have magical tricksy linguistic...Dimitri - hurrah I have magical tricksy linguistic powers! And goblin spies, yes, yes I do. It was supposed to be an end of season reveal on my part but you spoiled yourself. <br /><br />Count chocula will go next to tater tots on the list of US foods I must try. A slushie is at the top of the list.... to drink, not a facial.<br /><br />Ok so back to Glee, (sorry Anonymous, I got there eventually!) in the UK, Secret Santa refers to the convention of picking a name out of a hat to buy a present for, it doesn't refer to the gift giver. So I guess that's what the writers were going for. <br /><br />As for the Eurythmics and Wham!, don't forget that Rachel is no normal teen. She's a huge Streisand fan and has had a very deep personal connection to the role of Maria in West Side Story since the age of one. Finn's a bit harder to justify.Harry Earlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233963302128107547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-71834363945735030702010-12-09T06:32:40.653-05:002010-12-09T06:32:40.653-05:00Dear Sant: My glee forum has been hijacked by corn...Dear Sant: My glee forum has been hijacked by cornflakes, help<br /><br />ps. Are all cornflakes made of corn or just the lame flavorless ones?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-18234764721585159912010-12-08T22:09:05.057-05:002010-12-08T22:09:05.057-05:00Oh don't worry Dimitri, I'm 18 and I know ...Oh don't worry Dimitri, I'm 18 and I know Wham! and Eurhythmics (though admittedly 'Sweet Dreams' is the only song of theirs I'm familiar with).<br /><br />But I do think lots of people know 'Last Christmas'...they probably just don't know it was Wham!'s song. It's been covered a million times after all.<br /><br />(You've no idea how many times I feel old with my friends lol)Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17171152477267754603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-4122123261195979302010-12-08T19:27:41.959-05:002010-12-08T19:27:41.959-05:00Wait, Count Duckula is a duck though, right?Wait, Count Duckula <i>is</i> a duck though, right?Paul Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979646022056755322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-75587068522958068402010-12-08T19:19:39.678-05:002010-12-08T19:19:39.678-05:00I see. So really, the key is to throw in the words...I see. So really, the key is to throw in the words "flavoured" and "coloured" and (almost magically) chocolate doesn't even have to be an ingredient? It's absolute genius.<br /><br />With regards, Dave, he was born just up the road from where I was born, so I'm a little protective of him. Fortunately, "a little" about covers it. It's miniscule. So let's just call Eurythmics Annie Lennox and be done with it. Let's not even mention him. Say after me "Dave who?"Paul Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979646022056755322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-79626906537228182682010-12-08T19:05:00.148-05:002010-12-08T19:05:00.148-05:00Count Chocula isn't made of real chocolate. It...Count Chocula isn't made of real chocolate. It's made of awesome. They're sugar-frosted pieces of chocolate-coloured sugar with bits of dry chocolate-flavoured marshmallows. Leave them in for more than 28.72 seconds and you get chocolate soy milk. Leave them for 2.5 minutes more and you get soggy chocolate pudding.<br /><br />As an aside, to me there's only one accurate way to describe Eurythmics: "Annie Lennox and that other guy." Any variation, and you're doing it wrong.<br /><br />(And, yes, I realise Dave Stewart is an accomplished musician. "Greetings from the Gutter" remains one of my all-time favourite albums. Still, "Annie Lennox and that other guy.")Dimitri A.C. Lyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261471534976480158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-81751499869981824942010-12-08T18:06:17.845-05:002010-12-08T18:06:17.845-05:00Josie, I should have known better. So this is like...Josie, I should have known better. So this is like Red Rock beer, right? It's not red and there's no rocks in it.Paul Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979646022056755322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-70257380640388120182010-12-08T17:02:50.487-05:002010-12-08T17:02:50.487-05:00Oh, Paul, with your Old Word naivete. :-)
Americ...Oh, Paul, with your Old Word naivete. :-)<br /><br />American factory food is never actually made of what it is called. "Chocolate" is really a form of brown semi-disintegrated plastic, I believe. And it just might be manufactured by RJ Reynolds/Nabisco, makers of cigarettes and crackers.Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-73154624921442746152010-12-08T16:25:20.960-05:002010-12-08T16:25:20.960-05:00Dimitri, that's almost accurate, isn't it?...Dimitri, that's almost accurate, isn't it? Apart from the Irish part. And the obscure part. And the lyrics being wrong. And the "the" part. Apart from that, perfect!<br /><br />Don't Count Chocula have milk in them? I've never heard of them before, but I assume the choc part refers to chocolate. If they don't then I'm getting me some. They sound (and look) chocolicious. (You see what I did there? I made chocolate and delicious one word! Nobody has ever done that before).Paul Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979646022056755322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-52734973359509626872010-12-08T15:04:55.180-05:002010-12-08T15:04:55.180-05:00Harry, your intro read like a confounding magic tr...Harry, your intro read like a confounding magic trick to me. I was bored throughout most of this episode, and, yes, it so happens I am indeed lactose intolerant and so eat my Count Chocula with soy milk. How could you know? Do you have goblin spies in my computer?<br /><br />Two things:<br /><br />First, I think the Glee writers got the Secret Santa thing upside down. If I'm not mistaken, Santa is the bringer of gifts, not the getter, so Sue wasn't anyone's Secret Santa. Everybody was hers.<br /><br />Second, not one but two 16-year-olds who know the lyrics to a Wham! song? Forget Nikita. Now that requires suspension of disbelief! I recently spoke to a 23-year-old who referred to Eurythmics as *The* Eurythmics, "an obscure Irish pop group who have this song, I don't know if you know it, it goes something like 'some people want to abuse and others want to be abused'."<br /><br />I feel so old.Dimitri A.C. Lyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261471534976480158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-20329541840031269082010-12-08T14:08:01.267-05:002010-12-08T14:08:01.267-05:00It wasn't the Brittany part of it that got to ...It wasn't the Brittany part of it that got to me. You're right that it's tough to believe in her naivete. But I loved the Beiste part of their scene together. I was really touched by her trying to help by sharing her story of the husky little girl. Dot Marie Jones was great in that scene.Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-81839819997005678382010-12-08T12:12:26.514-05:002010-12-08T12:12:26.514-05:00I enjoyed a lot of it. Mostly the Grinch stuff; i...I enjoyed a lot of it. Mostly the Grinch stuff; it kept making me laugh out loud. But the heartwarming Brittany stuff doesn't do anything for me. Nobody is that naive!Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-28420254195022445682010-12-08T12:07:01.342-05:002010-12-08T12:07:01.342-05:00I enjoyed this one, especially the scene with Brit...I enjoyed this one, especially the scene with Brittany and Beiste as Santa. I also kind of liked Sue as Grinch with Becky as Rein-dog and Brittany as Cindy Lou Who. It amused me. <br /><br />I was feeling pretty good about the episode, in fact, until I saw the last second pimping for the Glee Christmas album. Then I felt dirty and ill-used. Sigh. Part and parcel with this show, I suppose. I prefer to pretend that advertising and merchandising aren't inextricably linked with television. It's there for my enjoyment, not to sell me stuff, right? Right?Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.com