Nerd Herd Wednesday – Glee
With all of my favorite shows on hiatus for the summer, and my hatred of reality TV growing more prominent by the minute, I’ve found myself online using Hulu more than usual. Yesterday they had a free comedy day, which I must say is totally misleading because Hulu is always free, that let users watch shows with no commercial interruption. Most of them I’d seen already (oh, The Office, you are just so darn lovely), but there was a promo for a new show on Fox called Glee. I’d seen commericals for it before, and it looked totally dumb, but seeing as I had nothing else to do at the moment, I decided to watch.
Dudes, I’ve found my new love. This show is the lovechild of all the great Fox shows (think Arrested Development or Freaks and Geeks) with a healthy dose of the movies Napolean Dynamite or Election. But the kicker for me was the blatent parody of the High School Musical-ish shows that have filled our TVs and Target stores for the past few years. Now, we all know I used to love my High School Musical, but Glee takes all the cheesy parts I loved and twists them. Bascially, it allows me to love the singing and the dancing while still having my indie comedy street cred. Thanks, Glee!
Oh good lord, I guess you’ll know where to find me this fall…hey, at least it’s not more vampires, right?!
Right?
Crap.
You can watch the pilot of Glee for free on Hulu or on iTunes. Do it, you know you want to.
What a great show! Thanks for the recommendation. I’m so bummed that I have to wait until the fall for more episodes!