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Ah Michael, met you in LA some 10 years ago and you were fantastic then, one of the nicest guys around and what a body! Now you just age more and more gracefully (while I go to pot as I age), and that piece of yours gets bigger and bigger! I too wish I had time to catch up with you while in NYC this time, but the schedule and mine do not mix sadly. So... I will wait for the next swing through. But for any interested, he is worth it!!!

Thanks Deej -- I guess I have to just sit and replay (re-run??) all my You Tube favorites of Darren and the Warblers.... and dream (hope) the producers will do a few more from the prep school (maybe post-cricket shower singing; midnight dorm raids etc...)

And why oh why did we have back-to-back REPEAT episodes this week? I cannot figure out this new thing in the US on the major stations of having repeats even before a season ends.... (sigh - for the years when re-runs only happened in the summer...)

I too watch this a few dozen times a night together with the second "Warblers" song from the Sectionals show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Ysqz_sMU0 and then the full sequence of "Baby It's Cold Outside" and you realize he is a very talented singer-dancer-actor. I am constantly amazed at the talent that continues to appear on GLEE -- the so-called "Triple Threats" of young actors who are great also at singing and dancing. As for Darren, I am mezmerized by his ability to show such great expressions (face and hands) that match the music, and when he moves, dances and glides across a floor, he realy is great. I imagine he could have quite a future in musical theatre.

I have to agree. I was waiting all week to see how they would develope the hype of the promo -- I did like seeing the "Baby, It's Cold Outside" scene, but thought it was a lame set-up. To me almost all of the other songs and scenes fell flat -- as if they were trying too hard, and pulling at stings every which way for a theme. Is it me, or do other fans sense that the writers and producers are moving too far from the original script? The addition of the new school glee club, "The Warblers" has some good directions it can move in (heh heh how about Blain and the boys singing in the shower....), and some of the new characters in the original group are great, but I also fear that some of the original members are growing up too fast and looking a bit too old now (even after one plus years??) to be playing high school GLEEKS. Still I am completely smitten by Darren Criss... and so as long as HIS character is in the line-up each week, I will be glued to the TV.

Now I am getting addicted to all the numbers with Darren Criss on GLEE -- interestingly, when he sings his usual tracks at clubs and other places on the net, he does not have the same effect (and come on, admit it, the "preppy look" is much better than the way he usually looks - almost like a totally different person). The number they will sing next week (see above) has some really harsh comments from Gleesters who do not seem to understand the "sound" of an all-male Glee Club; personally I like the sound of the Warblers fine enough (and could watch and listen to them, blazers and all 24/7).

In the beginning I thought interest in GLEE was over the top - and I thought this without actually ever sitting through an episode. About 9 months ago, however, I was bored with everything else offered in its time slot, and began watching. The excellent work in the music numbers, the story lines, and the very different and yet intriguing characters (not to mention the eye candy...) hooked me that first time, and since then I am addicted. Now, however, I am even more caught up with the Darren Criss character, and thank Duchess for the preview -- I just wiped my evening slate clean for next week's show. Something about him, the way he sings and dances (I am really lusting over his two-stepping as he sings, and dream of a scene where he will do it with gym shorts or less.... but I digress....), and I agree the show really addresses in a serious way some major issues that many of us should hear occasionally and that they do it addressing a younger crowd is great. And hey - it is the best weekly musical entertainment program around these days. (PS - I too love all things Carol Burnett, and though the whole Sue's marriage scene was a bit tougg to sit through... I cannot ever turn the channel when Carol is there.)

Hi AJ Your first two choices are fine... you might want to also consider Yan, who I have seen quite a few times, and each time, excellent. http://www.masseurfinder.com/members/yan.shtml