Tina definitely said in a previous episode that she'd been faking her stutter. It was something like that she was shy and didn't want attention, so if she stuttered, then people would think she was weird and would ignore her. (Which doesn't at all make coincide with the experience of jr. high and high school of any actual stutterer I know -- stuttering doesn't make people ignore you, it makes people mock you -- but, well, it's Glee.)

I liked it ok. Def agree that I would have liked to see something else from the Vocal Adrenaline performance, and while the chore was great it was way too much of a Jesse showpiece. And I don`t think he played.
 
As opposed to Puck, whose actor clearly can play and I loved that piece. Well, I love Israel anyway, so I was going to. But it was an uke and guitar duet with Will and Puck!

I'm not sure how I feel about that assesment of Glee (and Tiger Beatdown in general. i want to like it. but . . . I digress), but it did bring one thing to mind -- somebody needs to bring back Cop Rock in reruns - Lifetime, Bravo, Retro Network, I'M LOOKING AT YOU!

I'm a little reluctant to say this, because one of my favorite elements of Glee is the way it treats popular music as a great big grab-bag that can't be contained by narrow-casting. Like in the first episode we saw, bouncing from "Jesse's Girl" to "The Lady Is a Tramp" to "One."

But I'm not sure "Over the Rainbow" was the right song for the moment. (Well done, just not the best choice.) Maybe "Getting to Know You" from The King and I ("By your pupils you'll be taught"). Or be a little more playful with "See You in September." Stretch that grab-bag even further.

Wasn't Cop Rock awful?

Wasn't Cop Rock awful?

yes, but deliciously so. Plus, a bunch of people who are now/were famous, like James McDaniel (Fancy from NYPD Blue) and CCH Pounder.

Given the speed of delivery, I'm not surprised.

A poster at TwoP snarked that she didn't think Quinn gave birth in 7 minutes; she thought Vocal Adrenaline performed a 16 hour rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody."

I actually do know someone who gave birth in about 10 minutes. (She was very disappointed. She wanted to have a birthing party, and her plan was to call one of her friends, who could call the rest of us, as soon as she went into labor, and we would all show up with wine and crackers and cheese and celebrate the baby entering the world. She ended up delivering the baby about five minutes after she got to the birthing center, which was itself only about five minutes from her apartment.)

Cop Rock was only 11 episodes so I doubt it will ever be syndicated but they could at least release a DVD.

someone could do a marathon!