"Extraordinary Merry Christmas" ( Rus. Incredibly Happy Christmas ) is the ninth and Christmas episode of the third season of the American music television series " Chorus ", shown on Fox on December 13, 2011. The episode was the directorial debut of actor Matthew Morrison, who plays the role of Will Schuster in the series [2] .
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| Episode number | Season 3 Episode 9 | ||||
| Producer | Matthew Morrison | ||||
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| Manufacturer Code | Fox | ||||
| Delivery Date | December 13, 2011 | ||||
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| Idina Menzel Damian McGinty Cord Overstreet HER. Bell | |||||
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Content
Story
The choir celebrates Christmas and faces a dilemma when it is possible to perform at two events on the same day [2] . Irish student Rory Flanagan (Damian McGinty) misses her home and finds a friend in the person of Sam Evans ( Cord Overstreet ), who is also away from his family [3] .
Creation
The series was the directorial debut of actor Matthew Morrison , who plays the role of Will Schuster in the series. The fact that he will direct the Christmas series, Morrison announced at an acoustic evening at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles at the end of September 2011 [4] . The episode was not the eighth in a row in the season, as previously assumed, but the ninth [5] .
The episode featured songs included in the Christmas album Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2 . The eponymous song, “Extraordinary Merry Christmas”, written specifically for the series, will be performed by Darren Criss and Leah Michel , who play the roles of Blaine and Rachel, respectively [6] [7] . Another original song, “Christmas Eve With You,” as well as a cover version of “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” will be performed by Mercedes Jones, played by Amber Riley [8] . The song “Little Drummer Boy” will be performed by Kevin McHale , and “ Let It Snow ” by Darren Criss and Chris Colfer [6] . Also for the episode, a song by Damian McGinty, played by Rory Flanagan, and a song that was shot on Thanksgiving with the participation of “a large number of children”, was prepared in the same way as Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch ) sang a song with patients in the last year’s Christmas episode Children's Hospital [9] [10] . In total, six holiday compositions will appear in the episode [11] .
In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Matthew Morrison said that the series will mention the Star Wars franchise and actress Judy Garland . The company Lucasfilm gave the series the right to use their character, Chewbacca , and the actor who played him took part in one day of filming, but did not play musical numbers [11] . As a result, the scene was not included in the shown version of the episode.
The episode is the middle of the third season. Before the start of the third season, the creator of the series, Brad Falchak, said that the new season will be divided into two mini-seasons that simulate school semesters, and the Christmas episode will end the fall half of the year [12] [13] . Filming of the series began on November 10, 2011, simultaneously with the eighth, which they finished shooting on November 21 [14] [15] , and filming of the ninth ended on November 29 [16] .
Notes
- ↑ Ausiello, Michael Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Glee , Bones , Gossip Girl , HIMYM , Housewives , Vamp Diaries and More! . TV Line (November 22, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived on August 27, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 It's Christmas Time at McKinley High on an All-New Glee Tuesday, December 13, on Fox . The Futon Critic . Fox (November 23, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived on September 5, 2012.
- ↑ Team WWK Spoiler Chat: Scoop on Once Upon a Time , Glee , Bones and More! . E! Online E! (December 5, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived on September 5, 2012.
- ↑ Stack, Tim 'Glee' scoop: Matthew Morrison will make his directorial debut on episode 8 . Entertainment Weekly . Time Inc. (September 26, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived on September 5, 2012.
- ↑ Morrison, Matthew Twitter / @Matt_Morrison: Back from Thanksgiving, last few days directing the Christmas Episode. Can't wait for everyone to see it! http://pic.twitter.com/sfKXYABF (unavailable link) (November 28, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived November 3, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Glee: The Music, Volume 7 Available Tuesday 12/6 . GleeTheMusic.com. Sony Music Entertainment (November 22, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ Michele, Lea Twitter / @msleamichele: @amanda_sanroman @DarrenCriss and I got to do a great new original Christmas song in the Christmas episode .. Think you'll love it! (unavailable link) (November 14, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived November 3, 2016.
- ↑ Michele, Lea Twitter / @msleamichele: @MsAmberPRiley is belting out one of the best Christmas songs in the choir room right now! #ICantwaitforChristmas! (unavailable link) (November 18, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived November 3, 2016.
- ↑ Michele, Lea Twitter / @msleamichele: @damianmcginty singing a lovely and charming Christmas song right now :) he's the sweetest .. :) (unavailable link) (November 12, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived November 3, 2016.
- ↑ Michele, Lea Twitter / @msleamichele: Shooting a really sweet number for our Christmas episode right now .. There are lots of children running around our set tonight .. So cute !! (unavailable link) (November 23, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived November 3, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Goldberg, Lesley . 'Glee's' Christmas Episode Guest Star: Chewbacca , The Hollywood Reporter , Prometheus Global Media (December 5, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011.
- ↑ Taylor, Brittany Con fans' Glee'-ful on news of returning stars . Sign on San Diego (July 24, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived on August 27, 2012.
- ↑ Masters, Megan Glee @ Comic-Con: Sue Seeks Office, Good Love for 'Klaine' and Mercedes, Spin-Off Update . TV Line . Mail.com Media (July 24, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived on August 27, 2012.
- ↑ Michele, Lea Twitter / @msleamichele: Hey! Off to another exciting day at work! It's Christmas over here at #Glee! Starting our Christmas episode today! (unavailable link) (November 10, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived November 3, 2016.
- ↑ Michele, Lea Twitter / @msleamichele: Back at work! Feels like we never left! Finally completed our #sectionals episode..Now it's all Christmas! Got my coffee 4 another long day! (unavailable link) (November 22, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived November 3, 2016.
- ↑ Michele, Lea Twitter / @msleamichele: Finally home after a very long day. Finished our Christmas episode! Tomorrow we begin a new episode that's filled with many more surprises! (unavailable link) (November 30, 2011). Date of treatment December 7, 2011. Archived November 3, 2016.
Links
- Extraordinary Merry Christmas on Fox.com
- Extraordinary Merry Christmas on the Internet Movie Database