I guess this is progress of sorts. On the TV show “Glee,” the local high school football teams breaks into a rendition of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” to distract their opponent. One quibble: They did not take a timeout prior, so there should have been a delay of game penalty. Video:
Hat tip to Tres Fab Sweetie!
on Sep 25th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Here’s a video of a little kid doing the Single Ladies dance with the Glee football team: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGotBIS325g
on Sep 25th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
HAHAHA I love this show… when I saw this scene I burst out laughing! But I also love the fact that us gay sports fans have all noticed the same thing… should have been a time count violation haha
on Sep 25th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
i think that there also could have been a false start penalty for movement on the line
on Sep 25th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
I watched this. I suggest you watch it again, Jim, because the coach called a time out before the dancing. There should have been a false start penalty, however.
on Sep 25th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
lol. i missed the coach doing it. still, it’s the longest TO in history.
on Sep 25th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
What a great show- and when he came out to his dad later in the episode it was very moving.
You cannot watch this and not feel good.
on Sep 25th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Cute……..
on Sep 25th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Why do the sports scenes on TV always look so, so stupid. They get it right in film from time to time. You’d think they’d hire a consultant to work with the director and editor. Hmmmmm….
on Sep 25th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
I’m not sure the producers of Glee are too concerned about portraying football, or high school life in general, accurately. Although it’s been a long time since I’ve been in high school, so maybe things have changed. In any event, it’s good campy fun.
on Sep 26th, 2009 at 12:32 am
A football game played outside on grass and no one has a grass stain?
on Sep 26th, 2009 at 7:02 am
I agree with Will. It is called poetic license , the little errors regarding the football rules have no bearing on the story line . I loved It ,it was fun
on Sep 26th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Glee is a freakin’musical (or a quasi-musical anyway). In musicals, real time stops and people start singing and dancing. Not a huge fan of the genre, but very cool in this show most of the time. By the way, the QB/Glee clubber mentions in this episode that the Super Bowl Champion Bears of the mid 80’s took dancing lessons as a team. Is that true?
on Sep 26th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Lousy clock management… They should have at least called a “delay of game” penalty.
But who cares?
How do I love “Glee”? Let m count the ways, starting with Jane Lynch as the demonic cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester. Whenever she slithers onto the screen, she knocks her scenes out of the ballpark.
Cyd,
If you’re looking for a more realistic TV depiction of high school football, you might want to check out “Friday Night Lights” on DirecTV/NBC. Along with being an engaging drama, its football scenes are well done.
on Sep 26th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
I haven’t watched the episode Mike to know the exact Bears reference, but growing up it it was well known that Walter Payton studied ballet (as was often mentioned to my gay ballet-doing, football-playing brother by his dance instructors when he would think about quitting)
on Sep 26th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
I’m not picking on Glee, I love the show! As for life in high school, Glee is exaggerated. I have a 15-year old son, and can tell you that the shows portrays teens far more realistically than it does adults. Teenage life and high school are essentially non-stop drama and angst.
on Sep 27th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
I totally yelled “delay of game penalty!” and my friends had no idea what i meant lol…wish some of my gay buddies were into sports sometimes ha