# Glee vs. Jonathan Coulton **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-vs-jonathan-coulton/648237 "2013-01-24T18:01:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-vs-jonathan-coulton/648237/41 "2013-01-29T00:36:08Z")
Well, movies have a _lot_ longer credits than TV shows do. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-vs-jonathan-coulton/648237/42 "2013-01-29T02:00:39Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > I’m also encouraging everyone I know to stop watching the show, as it supports Fox and their bullying arrogant ways. If you’re going to discourage people from watching the show then “it’s frequently pretty terrible” is a better reason…and I say this as a loyal _Glee_ viewer. If it’s Fox and their legal department you have a problem with, it seems like it would be more effective to boycott ALL Fox shows. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-vs-jonathan-coulton/648237/43 "2013-01-29T02:04:20Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > In addition, proceeds from the sale from when he started it until the end of February will go to charity. [His blog post](http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2013/01/26/baby-got-back-glee-style/). Sir Mix-a-Lot will get his proper royalties, whatever handling fees for the companies that sell it will come out, and then the rest gets split between “It Gets Better” and “VH1 Save the Music.” ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-vs-jonathan-coulton/648237/44 "2013-01-29T03:17:34Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > [His blog post](http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2013/01/26/baby-got-back-glee-style/). Sir Mix-a-Lot will get his proper royalties, whatever handling fees for the companies that sell it will come out, and then the rest gets split between “It Gets Better” and “VH1 Save the Music.” I’m extremely impressed by Coulton’s response. Fox essentially took his arrangement, shoved him aside, and told him “we don’t want to work with you.” Coulton, in turn, uses the controversy to support causes that _Glee_ supports, says that there aren’t any hard feelings, and lets Fox know that he’d love to work with them on this. All that despite the fact that it’s pretty clear that he’s really mad about what they did. I’m not sure I’d be able to do such a major turning of the other cheek in that situation. ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-vs-jonathan-coulton/648237/45 "2013-01-29T18:34:27Z")
A fellow indie songwriter - Devo Spice - just released a pretty great (and vulgar) parody called ["JoCo Got Jacked](http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1650)" ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-vs-jonathan-coulton/648237/46 "2013-01-31T21:08:23Z")
[Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) has just posted a delightful article on this topic: [5 Reasons to Be Thankful When ‘Glee’ Robs You Blind](http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-to-be-thankful-when-glee-robs-you-blind/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-vs-jonathan-coulton/648237.md?page=2)