The Cheese Stands Alone

'Glee' high notes: 'Run Joey Run' or 'Ice Ice Baby'?
By Carina MacKenzie

“…Tonight Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) decided to gain herself a "Bad Reputation" with her own video for "Run Joey Run," a Top 5 hit for David Geddes in 1975. She conned her three favorite boys into performing with her in the hopes that she'd come off looking edgier if she had more than one guy vying for her affection.
The video was perfectly cheesy, complete with fog machines, split-screen phone calls, and a cameo appearance by Sandy Ryerson (Stephen Toblowsky) who played Rachel's father -- accidentally shooting her when he means to get her boyfriend, Joey.
The other video featured in the episode had some serious star-power, with Olivia Newton-John revamping her iconic 1981 "Physical" video as a duet with Sue Sylvester.”

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/glee-high-notes-run-joey-run-or-ice-ice-baby.html

When I first checked on the show, “Glee”, I was turned off by the adult content clearly meant for a younger audience who shouldn’t be (but probably would be) awake to see this show. But frankly there’s been so much buzz, I had to give it another look. Cheesy is right, all right, Ms MacKenzie; in fact my prediction is this will be the anti-Woodstock of this generation. Ten years from now, no one will publically admit to having been there, watching it. There is genuine talent here and some fun songs and scenes, though the story lines are no more than an excuse to sing and dance.

Cheese can age beautifully, but the still gorgeous Olivia Newton John singing “Let’s Get Physical”? Come on, that song was Cheese Wiz, 15 minutes after it came out in the 80’s. And Cheese Wiz, like Twinkies never age.

Hey I love Barry Manilow and The Carpenters, so who am I to thumb my nose at Cheese?