Mash Off
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"Mash Off" is the sixth episode of the third season
of the American musical television series Glee
, and the 50th overall. Written by former season one guest star and consulting producer Michael Hitchcock
and directed by Eric Stoltz
, the episode aired on Fox
in the United States on November 15, 2011, and features a competition between the two McKinley High glee clubs.
(Mark Salling) fantasizes about his substitute teacher, Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel
), who he kissed during an earlier episode
and has since fallen in love with. He sings "Hot For Teacher
" by Van Halen
, with Mike
(Harry Shum, Jr.
), Blaine
(Darren Criss
) and Finn
(Cory Monteith
). Puck tries to convince Shelby, who adopted the child he fathered with Quinn
(Dianna Agron
), to start a relationship with him, but she rejects the idea. Meanwhile, Quinn still wants to get Beth, her birth daughter, back from Shelby, including trying to join Shelby's glee club, the Troubletones, but when Puck tells Shelby of Quinn's true intentions, Shelby tells Quinn that she does not want her in Beth's life.
Will
(Matthew Morrison
) and Shelby agree to hold a mash-up competition between the New Directions and the Troubletones. Santana
(Naya Rivera
) takes the rivalry very seriously, and is seen taunting and deriding her former New Directions teammates—particularly Finn—throughout the episode. Finn challenges Santana and the other Troubletones to a game of dodgeball. Finn and Santana are the last two people standing, until Santana whips a ball at Finn's face, winning the game. Despite having won, the Troubletones violently target Rory (Damian McGinty
), giving him a nosebleed.
Cheerleading coach Sue
(Jane Lynch
) starts a smear campaign against her chief rival in the special election for congress, Burt Hummel
(Mike O'Malley
). When Burt's son Kurt
(Chris Colfer
) accuses her of lying, Sue defends her tactics, adding that Kurt's own campaign for senior class president is boring and lacks edge. When the presidential candidates make their assembly speeches, Kurt pledges to ban dodgeball, a sport he says is too often used to bully. Rachel (Lea Michele
) withdraws her candidacy and urges everyone to vote for Kurt, because he is the only one who has run a positive campaign. Later that day, Rachel reveals to Kurt that she quit partially so that he could have something important to put on his college application, and also because she missed being close friends with him. The two make up, and go to work on Kurt's campaign.
Mercedes
(Amber Riley
) is elected president of the Troubletones, and tells Santana that she should play fair against New Directions from now on. Santana apologizes to Finn in the school hallway, but her so-called apology consists of a great many further insults. As she walks away, Finn retaliates by telling her to come out of the closet, calling her a coward for constantly tearing others down while not accepting herself. A couple of days later, Santana is told by Sue and Burt that the niece of one of their opponents in the election overheard the conversation between her and Finn, and said opponent is now set to release an attack ad that criticizes Sue for choosing a lesbian as head cheerleader. Santana runs out of the office in tears, saying that her parents do not yet know she's a lesbian. The episode concludes with the Troubletones' mash-up of Adele songs. The moment the performance ends, Santana jumps down from the stage and yells at Finn for outing her to the world, after which she slaps him in the face.
for the episode commenced on October 6, 2011, while the fifth episode, "The First Time
" was still shooting; It was initially filmed in parallel with that episode, which continued through October 14, 2011, and with the seventh episode, which began filming on October 13, 2011.
This episode marked the 300th musical number Glee has filmed, which was a mash-up of two Adele
songs: "Rumour Has It
" and "Someone Like You
", with lead vocals by Amber Riley
and Naya Rivera
. The performance was filmed with great fanfare "in front of an audience of press and crew members" on October 26, 2011, and included a press briefing afterward. Riley revealed during the briefing that she suggested the idea that she perform Adele to co-creators Brad Falchuk
and Ryan Murphy after finding out that Adele was hoping Riley would sing her music on the show: "Someone actually e-mailed me a video of Adele saying that she wanted me to sing her song, so I e-mailed it to Brad and Ryan."
The episode was to contain a flashback to a sixteen-year-old Sue, played by Colby Minifie, singing the title song of the musical Oklahoma!
in a scene that would have explained Sue's antipathy to music in the schools. Series co-creator Ian Brennan
said "we wanted to show that Sue at one point had Broadway dreams", and Lynch reveals, "Will tells Sue, 'Poor little Susie Sylvester was told she wasn't good, and now she's got to punish the world.' Like a lot of angry people out there, Sue's a wannabe." However, the scene was not broadcast because it was, according to Murphy, "too long for the episode"; he also stated that the footage, with the title "How Sue Sylvester Became a Bitch", would be released in the future, "either as a DVD extra or online".
Three other mash-ups beyond the Adele one are being performed in the episode: a Hall & Oates
mash-up of "I Can't Go for That
" and "You Make My Dreams
" performed by New Directions, a mash-up of Lady Gaga
's "You and I" and Eddie Rabbitt
and Crystal Gayle
's "You and I", performed by Morrison and Menzel, and one of Pat Benatar
's "Hit Me with Your Best Shot
" and Blondie
's "One Way or Another
", performed by competing glee clubs New Directions and the Troubletones. Van Halen
's "Hot for Teacher
", performed by Mark Salling, is also included.
Recurring guest stars appearing in the episode include teacher Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel
), Kurt's father and new congressional candidate Burt Hummel
(Mike O'Malley
), Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba
), football coach Shannon Beiste (Dot-Marie Jones), cheerleader Becky Jackson (Lauren Potter
), rival glee club member Sugar Motta (Vanessa Lengies
), and exchange student Rory Flanagan (The Glee Project
winner Damian McGinty
).
" for the lowest rating of the third season. While the show's viewership was up slightly from the 6.91 million viewers for the previous episode, "The First Time
", which was broadcast on November 8, 2011, the rating in the 18–49 demographic decreased slightly from the 3.1/8 rating/share received by that episode.
, with the Adele mash-up, "Rumour Has It/Someone Like You" debuting at number eleven while selling 160,000 digital downloads in its first week, the fifth highest digital sales week by a Glee Cast single. The Adele original of "Rumour Has It" returned to the Hot 100 at number sixty, its best showing ever after peaking at number ninety-six in August 2011, selling 42,000 downloads, its best weekly sales number; "Someone Like You" remained at number three. In Canada, the Adele mash-up made a "Hot Shot Debut" on the Canadian Hot 100
at number twelve, selling 14,000 downloads.
The remaining three mash-ups charting in the Billboard Hot 100 were "Yoü and I / You and I" at number sixty-nine, "I Can't Go for That / You Make My Dreams" at number eighty, and "Hit Me with Your Best Shot / One Way or Another" at number eighty-six. In Canada, the charting order was different, with "I Can't Go for That / You Make My Dreams" at number seventy-four, "Yoü and I / You and I" at number ninety-three, and "Hit Me with Your Best Shot / One Way or Another" at number ninety-five. "Hot for Teacher" did not chart.
Glee (season 3)
A third season of the Fox musical comedy-drama television series Glee was commissioned on May 23, 2010 while the first season aired. It premiered on September 20, 2011, and is being produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Ryan Murphy Television, with executive producers Dante Di Loreto and...
of the American musical television series Glee
Glee (TV series)
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
, and the 50th overall. Written by former season one guest star and consulting producer Michael Hitchcock
Michael Hitchcock
Michael Hitchcock is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and television producer.In 2011, Hitchcock became a writer and consulting producer for season 3 of the FOX television series Glee, where he had guest starred in season 1 as rival glee club director Dalton Rumba.As an actor, he has...
and directed by Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz
Eric Hamilton Stoltz is an American actor, director and producer. He is widely known for playing the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask, which earned him the nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture...
, the episode aired on Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
in the United States on November 15, 2011, and features a competition between the two McKinley High glee clubs.
Plot
PuckPuck (Glee)
Noah "Puck" Puckerman is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actor Mark Salling, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Puck was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian...
(Mark Salling) fantasizes about his substitute teacher, Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel
Idina Kim Menzel is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is widely known for originating the roles of Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked.-Early life:...
), who he kissed during an earlier episode
Pot o' Gold (Glee)
"Pot o' Gold" is the fourth episode of the third season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 48th overall. Written by Ali Adler and directed by Adam Shankman, the episode was first broadcast on November 1, 2011 on Fox in the United States...
and has since fallen in love with. He sings "Hot For Teacher
Hot for Teacher
"Hot for Teacher" is a song on Van Halen's album 1984.The sexually suggestive song was best known for its long opening drum solo, near motorcycle-like drum fills and its music video featuring the band as both adults and young students in a high school...
" by Van Halen
Van Halen
Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...
, with Mike
Mike Chang
Michael "Mike" Chang, Jr. is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actor and dancer Harry Shum, Jr., and has appeared on Glee since the fourth episode in the first season, "Preggers", first broadcast on September 23, 2009...
(Harry Shum, Jr.
Harry Shum, Jr.
Harry Shum, Jr. is an American dancer, actor, and choreographer. He is best known for his role as Mike Chang on the FOX television show Glee. He has appeared in dance films such as Stomp the Yard, You Got Served, Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D...
), Blaine
Blaine Anderson
Blaine Anderson is a fictional character from the American musical comedy-drama television series Glee. Played by Darren Criss, Blaine was introduced in the sixth episode of the second season as the openly gay lead singer of the Dalton Academy Warblers, a rival show choir to New Directions, the...
(Darren Criss
Darren Criss
Darren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and a founding member and co-owner of the theater company StarKid Productions. He currently portrays Blaine Anderson, an openly gay high school student, on the FOX television series Glee...
) and Finn
Finn Hudson
Finn Hudson is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actor Cory Monteith, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Finn was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan...
(Cory Monteith
Cory Monteith
Cory Allan Monteith is a Canadian actor and musician, best known for his role of Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee.-Early life:...
). Puck tries to convince Shelby, who adopted the child he fathered with Quinn
Quinn Fabray
Quinn Fabray is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Dianna Agron, and has appeared in Glee since its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. She is a former cheerleader at the fictional William McKinley High School in...
(Dianna Agron
Dianna Agron
Dianna Agron is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Quinn Fabray on the television series Glee.-Early life:Dianna Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in San Antonio, Texas and San Francisco, California. She is the daughter of Mary and Ronald S. Agron, a general...
), to start a relationship with him, but she rejects the idea. Meanwhile, Quinn still wants to get Beth, her birth daughter, back from Shelby, including trying to join Shelby's glee club, the Troubletones, but when Puck tells Shelby of Quinn's true intentions, Shelby tells Quinn that she does not want her in Beth's life.
Will
Will Schuester
William "Will" Schuester, often referred to as Mr. Schue, is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actor Matthew Morrison and has appeared in Glee since its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Will was developed by Glee...
(Matthew Morrison
Matthew Morrison
Matthew James "Matt" Morrison is an American actor, director, musician, and singer-songwriter. He is best known for starring in multiple Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including his portrayal of Link Larkin in Hairspray on Broadway, and most notably for his Emmy and Golden Globe nominated...
) and Shelby agree to hold a mash-up competition between the New Directions and the Troubletones. Santana
Santana Lopez
Santana Lopez is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Naya Rivera, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Santana was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan...
(Naya Rivera
Naya Rivera
Naya Marie Rivera is an American actress and singer known for her role in the musical comedy television series Glee, as cheerleader Santana Lopez.-Early life:...
) takes the rivalry very seriously, and is seen taunting and deriding her former New Directions teammates—particularly Finn—throughout the episode. Finn challenges Santana and the other Troubletones to a game of dodgeball. Finn and Santana are the last two people standing, until Santana whips a ball at Finn's face, winning the game. Despite having won, the Troubletones violently target Rory (Damian McGinty
Damian McGinty
Damian McGinty, Jr. is a Northern Irish singer and actor from Derry, Northern Ireland, and was a member of the group Celtic Thunder. He has been performing for the past thirteen years, winning his first music competition before the age of six...
), giving him a nosebleed.
Cheerleading coach Sue
Sue Sylvester
Susan "Sue" Sylvester is a fictional character of the Fox musical comedy-drama series, Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Jane Lynch, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Sue was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian...
(Jane Lynch
Jane Lynch
Jane Marie Lynch is an American comedian, actress and singer. She gained fame in Christopher Guest's improv mockumentary pictures such as Best in Show and is currently best known for playing the role of Sue Sylvester in the television series Glee...
) starts a smear campaign against her chief rival in the special election for congress, Burt Hummel
Burt Hummel
Burt Hummel is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actor Mike O'Malley, and first appeared on Glee in the fourth episode of the first season, "Preggers". Burt was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan...
(Mike O'Malley
Mike O'Malley
Michael Edward "Mike" O'Malley is an American actor and playwright who has appeared in films and television series. He hosted Nickelodeon GUTS, and he starred in the CBS comedy Yes, Dear...
). When Burt's son Kurt
Kurt Hummel
Kurt Hummel is a fictional character and one of the male leads in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. Series creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan initially conceived of him as a fashionable gay countertenor who is routinely bullied at school...
(Chris Colfer
Chris Colfer
Christopher Paul "Chris" Colfer is an American actor and singer known for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television series Glee, for which he won a 2011 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and was also nominated twice for an Emmy...
) accuses her of lying, Sue defends her tactics, adding that Kurt's own campaign for senior class president is boring and lacks edge. When the presidential candidates make their assembly speeches, Kurt pledges to ban dodgeball, a sport he says is too often used to bully. Rachel (Lea Michele
Lea Michele
Lea Michele Sarfati , known professionally as Lea Michele, is an American actress and singer. Michele began working professionally as a child actress on Broadway in productions such as Ragtime and Les Misérables. She originated the role of Wendla in the musical Spring Awakening and currently plays...
) withdraws her candidacy and urges everyone to vote for Kurt, because he is the only one who has run a positive campaign. Later that day, Rachel reveals to Kurt that she quit partially so that he could have something important to put on his college application, and also because she missed being close friends with him. The two make up, and go to work on Kurt's campaign.
Mercedes
Mercedes Jones
Mercedes Jones is a fictional character from the Fox popular musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Amber Riley, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Mercedes was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and...
(Amber Riley
Amber Riley
Amber Patrice Riley is an American actress and singer best known for her role on the series Glee as Mercedes Jones.-Early life and career:...
) is elected president of the Troubletones, and tells Santana that she should play fair against New Directions from now on. Santana apologizes to Finn in the school hallway, but her so-called apology consists of a great many further insults. As she walks away, Finn retaliates by telling her to come out of the closet, calling her a coward for constantly tearing others down while not accepting herself. A couple of days later, Santana is told by Sue and Burt that the niece of one of their opponents in the election overheard the conversation between her and Finn, and said opponent is now set to release an attack ad that criticizes Sue for choosing a lesbian as head cheerleader. Santana runs out of the office in tears, saying that her parents do not yet know she's a lesbian. The episode concludes with the Troubletones' mash-up of Adele songs. The moment the performance ends, Santana jumps down from the stage and yells at Finn for outing her to the world, after which she slaps him in the face.
Production
"Mash Off" written by Michael Hitchcock and directed by Eric Stoltz. Principal photographyPrincipal photography
thumb|300px|Film production on location in [[Newark, New Jersey]].Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the movie is filmed, with actors on set and cameras rolling, as distinct from pre-production and post-production....
for the episode commenced on October 6, 2011, while the fifth episode, "The First Time
The First Time (Glee)
"The First Time" is the fifth episode of the third season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 49th overall. Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and directed by co-executive producer Bradley Buecker, it first aired on Fox in the United States on November 8, 2011...
" was still shooting; It was initially filmed in parallel with that episode, which continued through October 14, 2011, and with the seventh episode, which began filming on October 13, 2011.
This episode marked the 300th musical number Glee has filmed, which was a mash-up of two Adele
Adele (singer)
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins , known professionally as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008...
songs: "Rumour Has It
Rumour Has It (Adele song)
"Rumour Has It" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Adele from her second studio album, 21. The song was written by Adele and Ryan Tedder while the production was handled by Tedder. Adele revealed that the song wasn't inspired by the media but it was aimed at her friends who believed things...
" and "Someone Like You
Someone Like You (Adele song)
"Someone Like You" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele. Written by Adele and Dan Wilson for her second studio album 21, the song was inspired by a broken relationship of hers, and lyrically it speaks of Adele coming to terms with it...
", with lead vocals by Amber Riley
Amber Riley
Amber Patrice Riley is an American actress and singer best known for her role on the series Glee as Mercedes Jones.-Early life and career:...
and Naya Rivera
Naya Rivera
Naya Marie Rivera is an American actress and singer known for her role in the musical comedy television series Glee, as cheerleader Santana Lopez.-Early life:...
. The performance was filmed with great fanfare "in front of an audience of press and crew members" on October 26, 2011, and included a press briefing afterward. Riley revealed during the briefing that she suggested the idea that she perform Adele to co-creators Brad Falchuk
Brad Falchuk
Brad Falchuk is a television writer, director and producer. He is best known for his work on the television series Nip/Tuck, Glee, and American Horror Story.-Early life:...
and Ryan Murphy after finding out that Adele was hoping Riley would sing her music on the show: "Someone actually e-mailed me a video of Adele saying that she wanted me to sing her song, so I e-mailed it to Brad and Ryan."
The episode was to contain a flashback to a sixteen-year-old Sue, played by Colby Minifie, singing the title song of the musical Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance...
in a scene that would have explained Sue's antipathy to music in the schools. Series co-creator Ian Brennan
Ian Brennan (writer)
Ian Brennan is a television writer, actor and producer. He is best known for his work on the television show Glee.-Early life:Brennan is the son of John and Charman Brennan. His sister, Sarah Brennan, is one of the founders of in Chicago...
said "we wanted to show that Sue at one point had Broadway dreams", and Lynch reveals, "Will tells Sue, 'Poor little Susie Sylvester was told she wasn't good, and now she's got to punish the world.' Like a lot of angry people out there, Sue's a wannabe." However, the scene was not broadcast because it was, according to Murphy, "too long for the episode"; he also stated that the footage, with the title "How Sue Sylvester Became a Bitch", would be released in the future, "either as a DVD extra or online".
Three other mash-ups beyond the Adele one are being performed in the episode: a Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."...
mash-up of "I Can't Go for That
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
"I Can't Go for That " is a 1981 song recorded by Daryl Hall and John Oates.It was the fourth number-one hit single of their career on the Billboard Hot 100 and the second hit single from their album Private Eyes...
" and "You Make My Dreams
You Make My Dreams
"You Make My Dreams" is a 1980 single by Hall & Oates from their album Voices. The song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1981...
" performed by New Directions, a mash-up of Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
's "You and I" and Eddie Rabbitt
Eddie Rabbitt
Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974...
and Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...
's "You and I", performed by Morrison and Menzel, and one of Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...
's "Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is a song written by Canadian singer/songwriter Eddie Schwartz and recorded by American singer Pat Benatar in 1979. It was released as the second single from her second album Crimes of Passion, and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first top 10 hit...
" and Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
's "One Way or Another
One Way or Another
"One Way or Another" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie.-Song information:Written by Debbie Harry and Nigel Harrison for the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines , the song was inspired by one of Harry's ex-boyfriends who stalked her after their break up. The song was released as a...
", performed by competing glee clubs New Directions and the Troubletones. Van Halen
Van Halen
Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...
's "Hot for Teacher
Hot for Teacher
"Hot for Teacher" is a song on Van Halen's album 1984.The sexually suggestive song was best known for its long opening drum solo, near motorcycle-like drum fills and its music video featuring the band as both adults and young students in a high school...
", performed by Mark Salling, is also included.
Recurring guest stars appearing in the episode include teacher Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel
Idina Kim Menzel is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is widely known for originating the roles of Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked.-Early life:...
), Kurt's father and new congressional candidate Burt Hummel
Burt Hummel
Burt Hummel is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actor Mike O'Malley, and first appeared on Glee in the fourth episode of the first season, "Preggers". Burt was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan...
(Mike O'Malley
Mike O'Malley
Michael Edward "Mike" O'Malley is an American actor and playwright who has appeared in films and television series. He hosted Nickelodeon GUTS, and he starred in the CBS comedy Yes, Dear...
), Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba
Iqbal Theba
Iqbal Theba is a Pakistani-American actor. Theba currently has a recurring role as Principal Figgins in the show Glee.-Life and career:Theba became a familiar face in the 1990s when he appeared in various TV shows and commercials in the United States....
), football coach Shannon Beiste (Dot-Marie Jones), cheerleader Becky Jackson (Lauren Potter
Lauren Potter
Lauren Potter is an American actress best known for her role as Becky Jackson on the hit show Glee.-Biography:Lauren was born May 10, 1990 in Inland Empire, California, U.S.A. She is currently 21 years of age...
), rival glee club member Sugar Motta (Vanessa Lengies
Vanessa Lengies
Vanessa Lynne-Marie Lengies is a Canadian actress best known for starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski...
), and exchange student Rory Flanagan (The Glee Project
The Glee Project
The Glee Project is an American reality television series from Oxygen. It serves as an audition for the FOX TV series Glee. Although originally planned to begin broadcasting in late May 2011, The Glee Project premiered on June 12, 2011...
winner Damian McGinty
Damian McGinty
Damian McGinty, Jr. is a Northern Irish singer and actor from Derry, Northern Ireland, and was a member of the group Celtic Thunder. He has been performing for the past thirteen years, winning his first music competition before the age of six...
).
Reception
The episode was very well received by critics and praised Santana's character, though some critics felt that Kurt's coming out story in the first season was better than Santana's.Ratings
"Mash Off" was first broadcast on November 15, 2011 in the United States on Fox. It received a 3.0/8 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic, and attracted 7.08 million American viewers during its initial airing, which tied with "Pot o' GoldPot o' Gold (Glee)
"Pot o' Gold" is the fourth episode of the third season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 48th overall. Written by Ali Adler and directed by Adam Shankman, the episode was first broadcast on November 1, 2011 on Fox in the United States...
" for the lowest rating of the third season. While the show's viewership was up slightly from the 6.91 million viewers for the previous episode, "The First Time
The First Time (Glee)
"The First Time" is the fifth episode of the third season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 49th overall. Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and directed by co-executive producer Bradley Buecker, it first aired on Fox in the United States on November 8, 2011...
", which was broadcast on November 8, 2011, the rating in the 18–49 demographic decreased slightly from the 3.1/8 rating/share received by that episode.
Chart history
While five singles were released from the episode, only the four mash-ups debuted on the Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, with the Adele mash-up, "Rumour Has It/Someone Like You" debuting at number eleven while selling 160,000 digital downloads in its first week, the fifth highest digital sales week by a Glee Cast single. The Adele original of "Rumour Has It" returned to the Hot 100 at number sixty, its best showing ever after peaking at number ninety-six in August 2011, selling 42,000 downloads, its best weekly sales number; "Someone Like You" remained at number three. In Canada, the Adele mash-up made a "Hot Shot Debut" on the Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
at number twelve, selling 14,000 downloads.
The remaining three mash-ups charting in the Billboard Hot 100 were "Yoü and I / You and I" at number sixty-nine, "I Can't Go for That / You Make My Dreams" at number eighty, and "Hit Me with Your Best Shot / One Way or Another" at number eighty-six. In Canada, the charting order was different, with "I Can't Go for That / You Make My Dreams" at number seventy-four, "Yoü and I / You and I" at number ninety-three, and "Hit Me with Your Best Shot / One Way or Another" at number ninety-five. "Hot for Teacher" did not chart.