# The Rocky Horror Glee Show (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454 "2010-10-26T23:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/61 "2010-10-29T00:59:13Z")
Evidently Dot Jones (Coach [del]Balbricker[/del]Beiste) has a pleasant singing voice as Murphy says she sings in an upcoming episode and people will be pleasantly surprised. Susan Boyle is rumored to be slotted for a guest shot as a lunchroom lady (probably inspired by Chris “Kurt” Colfer’s claim that the lunchroom ladies were his closest friends at school). Of course Chord Overstreet was said to be Kurt’s love interest so they do drag red herrings over the tracks from time to time. It’s now official that Sam is _not_ gay or otherwise going to couple with Kurt. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/62 "2010-10-29T01:04:27Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Football players will do all sorts of bizarre & nonsensical stuff if they (& the coach) think it’ll help them win. It’s pretty ridiculous to think the team could be convinced that the Beyoncé stuff will help them win. The show has been pretty unbelievable from the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/63 "2010-10-29T01:10:58Z")
I thought of starting a poll thread and certainly somebody else is welcome to do so, but if you could choose the next stage-movie musical they salute what would it be? I’m not a huge fan of RENT but I do like some of the music (I just hate the characters, plot, and half the numbers), but I do think _Seasons of Love_ is an ultimate Show Choir Number and Mark would do a great _One Song/Glory_. A return to the classics might be nice: _Sound of Music_ or _Man of La Mancha_ (with Mercedes as Aldonza), or CABARET even. Thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/64 "2010-10-29T02:05:13Z")
I could easily see them doing _Chicago_. Didn’t Kurt sing Mr. Cellophane at his audition in the pilot? ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/65 "2010-10-29T03:52:56Z")
I would say Les Mis, but probably only because it’s the best musical of all time ™. But they’ve already done On My Own and I Dreamed a Dream, so it’s not likely. What about Tommy? … or I’d love to see a Disney themed show, though unless Glee moves to ABC, it would be pretty unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/66 "2010-10-29T04:30:50Z")
Tommy doesn’t have a lot of female roles. Also, pedo uncle :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/67 "2010-10-29T05:08:49Z")
> [@Annie](#): > > Tommy doesn’t have a lot of female roles. Also, pedo uncle :eek: They could change the lyrics. “Fiddle About” becomes “figure it out”: “Time for the bed-bed, put on your nightshirt!” ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/68 "2010-10-29T05:47:12Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Um, the original lyric is “_seat_ wetting” 😉 Ahhh.. And what did they replace “heavy petting” with? > [@alphaboi867](#): > > And **Sweet Transvestite** was butchered; how is Mercedes-as-Frank still a transvestite when they threw in that line about her being a girl? Unlike Tim Curry, she’s a transvestite who is reasonably “passable”. > [@Sampiro](#): > > Hulu has it, decent quality. It’s storefront as opposed to alleyway. I think Fox blocked anyone using cablevision internet from using any of the ‘legit’ methods of watching their shows (except iTunes). ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/69 "2010-10-29T12:19:01Z")
> [@Annie](#): > > Tommy doesn’t have a lot of female roles. Also, pedo uncle :eek: Good point… I like the songs, though… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/70 "2010-10-31T03:29:43Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > That man really has aged well, hasn’t he? I hope I age like that. Yum. Sometimes I forget what pipes he has. Then I think back… even Uncle Jesse sang… he _was_ a rocker! I didn’t mind Mercedes as Frankenfurter. I’m a little sick of Kurt because he seems to be the writers’ pet. I’m sick of getting beat over the head with the whole “I’m troubled, I’m gay, I can be a jerk if I want” thing. And they’re going to have this big upcoming storyline about him finding a boyfriend. I needed an episode away from Kurt-a-palooza. Mercedes has great pipes and I like it when she gets a moment to shine. Yeah, I think it would have been interesting to see a guy play that role (I think Puck coming out of Juvie would have made an interesting Frankenfurter… or him as Rocky… or him fighting with Blondie for that role… anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/71 "2010-10-31T05:20:45Z")
[QUOTE=Serenata] I’m a little sick of Kurt because he seems to be the writers’ pet. I’m sick of getting beat over the head with the whole “I’m troubled, I’m gay, I can be a jerk if I want” thing. And they’re going to have this big upcoming storyline about him finding a boyfriend. I needed an episode away from Kurt-a-palooza. [/QUOTE] It gets better. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/72 "2010-10-31T16:02:23Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > …Unlike Tim Curry, she’s a transvestite who is reasonably “passable”… Yet they changed “I’m not much of a man” to “I’m not much of a _girl_”. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/73 "2010-10-31T19:43:49Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > The show was never remotely believable. Didn’t last season have Kurt on the football team doing Beyoncé? Artie as a football player is as believable. the football team doing beyonce i can reason out to be a “dance sequence” and we shouldn’t take it as a real world occurrence. artie as a tailback is completely ridiculous though. a school doing RHPS as their school musical? pretty unlikely as well. as for the “computerization of the voices” is it really that rampant? i barely even hear things that could be construed as autotune. they do **lip sync** but that’s not autotune. lip synching is crucial, unless you want to equip all the actors with mics. plus then the quality will be rough - breathing etc. the kids get in the studio anyway since they sell these songs on itunes, so why not give the audience a clean-sounding version anyway? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/74 "2010-10-31T22:12:38Z")
I really enjoyed “Glee” the first half of the first season. After that, it’s gone downhill. I loathe RHPS for the same reasons I’m beginning to loathe “Glee.” Disjointed plot, creepy, unlikeable characters, and no purpose. When I walked out of the theatre for the first time back in 1983, my reaction was more WTF than “Wow.” That’s how I’m beginning to feel about “Glee.” ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/75 "2010-11-01T04:12:24Z")
Just got around to watching it - missed opportunity, IMHO. If they’d gone with “Glee Does Rocky Horror”, it would have been great - I loved the actual “Rocky Horror” parts, they took me back to nerd camp at Duke in the 90’s. The rest, though - dumb and boring and just errrrgh. I really liked Mercedes - I thought it was character-based and interesting instead of a note for note interpretation. And I got up and did the Time Warp and realized I hadn’t heard of anybody going to an RPHS event in ten years, and it made me sad. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/76 "2010-11-01T23:53:18Z")
Coach Bieste should’ve played the Tim Curry part, not Mercedes! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454/77 "2010-11-02T00:24:30Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Coach Bieste should’ve played the Tim Curry part, not Mercedes! [Brother Boy from _Sordid Lives_]"I don’t know any man in drag that’d go around lookin’ that bad…[/Brother Boy from _Sordid Lives_] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-glee-show-open-spoilers/558454.md?page=3)