J.T Love's Glory Days - Season 2
J.T Love's Glory Days - Season 2
Glory Days had been greenlighted for a second season in March 2024, shortly after the series finale special Any Cards, Today?, which took place at the end of the first season on March 16th.
The first episode, The Muffin Man, premiered on March 29th. Which is the Season 2 premiere, in both production and release order. Most of the songs in this series: The Muffin Man, "Freddy, Get Ready", The Bank Holiday Song, Here We Go Gathering Nuts in May, "The Pop Culture Weekend Medley" - Mutiny in the Nursery, Pop Culture Weekend, Ballad of Sara Paxton and Alexis Bledel, Lucky Day, Ballad of Melissa Rauch and Ballad of Mystery. - those of which are specials.
The other songs include: Three Blind Mice (sample music used from an old original print of the 1947 Chuck Jones short, House Hunting Mice), ABC (sampled from two Tom and Jerry shorts, Professor Tom (1948) and Little School Mouse (1954)), Simple Simon (sampled from Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954) and Little Runaway (1952)), Soldiers of Fortune from The Two Mouseketeers (1952), and the final three songs that were originally going to be the first three episodes: The Umbrella Man, Song of the Marines, and We Did It Before and We Can Do It Again, all of which are used from Merrie Melodies shorts. These will now be available momentarily.
The second season finale, however, is on a cliffhangeresque suite, predicting the future of the Glory Days. Fortunately, Jordan will continue the episodic, musical adventures, right through this decade, or at least until 2030. A third season is in the works.
But anyway, more about later. On with the "Behind the Scenes" chapters.
The Muffin Man (Season 2, Episode 1 - GDSJLS02E02)
Traditional
Sample of "Bridal Chorus of Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner, adapted from The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
Additional lyrics by: Jordan Tyler-Love
Original airdate: March 29, 2024
The Muffin Man is the first episode of the second series, based on the classic nursery rhyme, and the first official special in the series. It is also the first two-part special, paired with "Freddy, Get Ready". Plus, the first Easter special in the series.
Basically adapted from the 1943 public domain Looney Tunes short, Porky Pig's Feat, Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944), and Hot Cross Bunny (1948), Jordan decided he would start a new season with something very basic, at least for the first episode.
A-Story - Dream: The Muffin Man (a caricature of Jordan) is a prince living is a medieval town, made of wood, rather than stone walls. The townspeople (portrayed by his youngest niece and nephew) are his subjects, and then dance to the song.
B-Story: Jordan is preparing his editing for his tutorial, so he can impress his heroes.
Behind the Laughter: Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls, Parenthood), Melissa Rauch (Night Court, Big Bang Theory), and McKenna Grace (before she turned 18) are referenced throughout the song, via hints.
Freddy, Get Ready! (Season 2, Episode 2 - GDSJLS02E01)
Music Adapted by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Ralph Blane
Based on "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2", written by Franz Liszt
Original airdate: March 31, 2024
Behind the Laughter: Jordan had actually planned this a little later on Easter Sunday, and took him most of the day to impress everyone, especially Looney Tunes fans. No B-story here, folks. It was Jordan's first Easter, with a new addition to the J.T. Love, Inc. Voice actors Abby Trott, Susan Silo (Wuya in Xaolin Showdown, Neptunia in Darwking Duck, Netti Pigshetti in Curious George, Karbunkle in Biker Mice from Mars), and recently retired Toronto native, Richard Binsley (Basil Stag Hare in Redwall, Earl P. Sidebottom in Flying Rhino Junior High, and Barktroll in The NeverEnding Story) are referenced throughout the song. Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) and Liza Weil (Gilmore Girls) are also referenced.
The Bank Holiday Song (Season 2, Episode 3 - GDSJLS02E03)
From the cartoon "Mouse for Sale" by Scott Bradley
The Bank Holiday Song is the third song in the second series of Glory Days. Both in production and release order, this is the third and final part of the Easter special.
A-Story - Reality: It's Easter Monday in the Jordan Tyler-Love, which also is a Bank Holiday, in which the term Jordan hates. So, why not sing about it? Indeed, he did. Basically, it was a way for Jordan to understand that there is more to life than a vacation. All art and no video games makes a happy, happy Jordan. Basically, from this day, he began watching Night Court (the recent version), and his passion for drawing patterns. Since Jordan wanted to think of other things besides bingo, this was the song for him.
Behind the Laughter: India de Beaufort (Night Court), McKenna Grace (Ghostbusters), Rose Byrne (Spy, Bad Neighbours), Edith Bowman (BBC Radio), and Chloe Fineman (SNL, Despicable Me 4) are referenced throughout the song. Originally, the actresses and TV presenter were there to experience the holiday in a fantasy B-story.
Three Blind Mice (Season 2, Episode 4) - GDSJLS02E04
Traditional - from the 1947 Chuck Jones cartoon House Hunting Mice (1947)
Original airdate: April 1, 2024
Three Blind Mice is a nursery rhyme, dating back as far as 1609.
Summary: Three Blind Mice is performed as an intermission song, where the mice sit quietly. Jordan originally wanted to impress his group friends at the theatre, but in the end, become part of the series.
Behind the Laughter: The music title music was used from a 16mm original tilted print of the 1947 Looney Tunes cartoon, House Hunting Mice, directed by Chuck Jones. Also, this was also used as a backup, when Jordan had tried to contact some voice actors as a top secret plan for his podcast.
Traditional - from the scores of the Tom and Jerry shorts: Professor Tom (1948) and Little School Mouse (1954) by Scott Bradley
Original airdate: April 2, 2024
Summary: Basically, Jordan had wanted to sing to his youngest niece, and thought this that would be appropriate to show her during her homework and doing ABC's.
Behind the Laughter: Jordan thought he would his mix his series up a little, in addition to borrowing Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn's music scores, he would try and experiment with other classic composers.
Simple Simon (Season 2, Episode 6) - GDSJLS02E06
Traditional, based on the nursery rhyme. To the tune of "Yankee Doodle", but a more politically-correct version, based on the soundtracks "Yankee Doodle Bugs" (1954) by Milt Franklyn and "Little Runaway" (1952) by Scott Bradley.
Original airdate: April 3, 2024.
Summary
A-Story: In this simple, short story, we see our pie-devouring, shorthanded, skint young hero, mooching the fayre's local carnival eatery stall. The chef is most annoyed and boots him down a hill, similar to how Jack broke his crown when he and Jill fetched a pail. Only this time, Simon is not hurt, and decides to go fishing for his tea instead. Soon after the fayre had closed, an angry killer whale attacks him and wrecks his boat, and song ends, he realized, all the water he'd got was in the wooden pail his mother had lent him. Save for a salmon and trout for him to take home for dinner.
B-Story: While trying to surprise his cousin, he thought the next step of drawing an Alexis Bledel-like caricature as a superhero, why not as a cowgirl? Which had inspired him to do a song based on "The Legend of Lobo (1962)".
Behind the Laughter: This was another intermission song as Jordan had felt he was running out of content. Also, this was when Jordan was dreaming about a Liza Weil portrait, he'd thought of drawing.
Simple Simon, in this version, is a Moroccan Christian boy, 5"3, 14 years old and is a meat-eater. The pieman is a middle-aged Laotian man, who is a Generation X.
Soldiers of Fortune (Season 2, Episode 7) - GDSJLS02E08
Music by Sigmund Romberg
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Original airdate: May 1, 2024
Soldiers of Fortune is the seventh released, but eighth produced episode in the second season of Glory Days. It is Jordan's first official adaptation of an MGM original song from the 1952 Tom and Jerry cartoon, The Two Mouseketeers.
Summary:
NOTE: There is no B-story alternative.
The two junior musketeers are on the job to defeat the King's guard in order to retrieve their medals of honour, with some pasta and nugget meals on the way.
Behind the Laughter: The young musketeers in the title card are direct caricatures of Jordan's real-life five-year-old niece and six-year-old nephew, and the king's guard is based on Jordan's older brother, their father. Jordan always loved this song from Tom and Jerry, as he considers the song to be his favourite in the entire classic golden age franchise.
Here We Go Gathering Nuts in May (Season 2, Episode 8) - GDSJLS02E07
Traditional. From the shorts, Screwball Squirrel (1944) and The Screwy Truant (1945) by Scott Bradley
Original airdate: May 27, 2024
Here We Go Gathering Nuts in May is the seventh-produced, eighth-released is the seventh released, but eighth produced episode in the second season of Glory Days. It is also the first MGM Cartoons song cover, based on a Tex Avery cartoon.
Summary:
A-story: Jordan was originally dedicating this song to his former supervisor, Emily Stewart, but not knowing what Zach and Emily might think. Jordan had then decided that Mutiny in the Nursery, would be a more appropriate song to dedicate his interviewee.
B-story: Screwball Squirrel (in a guest appearance via Jordan Tyler-Love art style) is a showoff, bragging about what a real squirrel does and gathering nuts. The singing narrator just ignores him throughout the song.
Behind the Laughter: Screwball Squirrel is the only copyrighted cartoon character in the entire series. All other drawings are Jordan Tyler-Love, Inc. properties. Most other figures are celebrity-based, even though there're no celebrities referenced here.
Glory Days: The Pop Culture Weekend Showcase #1
Mutiny in the Nursery (Season 2, Episode 9) - GDSJLS02E10
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Original airdate: May 31, 2024.
Mutiny in the Nursery is the tenth-produced, but ninth-released episode of the second season. It is the last-minute idea Jordan had due to JazzHandz! Podcast last minute hiatus. It is the first song in the Pop Culture Weekend series. It is based on and is a cover of the hit late-1930s song, from the classic Chuck Jones cartoon, Sniffles and the Bookworm.
A-Story: One weekend, Jordan was a little late saying goodbye to his former supervisor, so he decides to send her a hand-drawn portrait of her. To put his mind off his former theatre group, he decides to come up with a song to stall everyone else, including his closest and loved ones. Why not pop culture? Maybe, that was the ticket. However, he did have to be careful which of his favourite celebs he would mention.
B-story: Paget Brewster, Alanna Ubach, Melissa Rauch, Joey King, Sydney Sweeney, McKenna Grace, modern voice actors, Nora Wyman, Melanie Minichino, Cristina Milizia, and famed Ted Lasso celebrity diva, Hannah Waddingham, appear in Jordan's dream sequence, where they appear out of the magazines and social media, and into various folklore attire. Jordan could not believe his eyes. The twenty-seven-year-old fanboy had finally dreamed he could get away with daydreaming in his own bed, without anyone from his respite past, disrupting him. Jordan began scatting his heart out, while the famous females began dancing.
As the song ends, Jordan wakes up, with his good-seeing left eye popping out, not realizing what came out of his laptop. A redrawn version of the baby owl from the short, and the island bird from the series opening logo, pop out, hooting. Jordan gave a wise, glaring gasp.
Behind the Laughter:
- Jordan has indeed dedicated this song as a special message to Flycheese former supervisor, Emily Stewart.
- This is the first time that McKenna Grace, Sydney Sweeney, Joey King, and the only time Hannah Waddingham, are mentioned.
- Jordan also wanted to show some love and passion for his favourite celebrities/voice actors, albeit through song, and without invading their privacy.
- This is also the first time in which Glory Days has its official fonts in the series.
Pop Culture Weekend (the theme song) - (Season 2, Episode 10) - GDSJLS02E09
Based on the song: Peterkin Pillowby
Written by Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler
Hippety Hop, from the animated shorts, "Who's Kitten Who" and "Kiddin' the Kitten" (both 1952) by Carl Stalling.
Pop Culture Weekend is the ninth-produced, but tenth-released episode of the second season. It is also the official anthem of the special.
Summary: The official theme song of the series, the Wisdom Man, while daydreaming about of the possibilities of pop culture being the next bedtime stories of the future. Lauren Graham and her Gilmore Girls character, Lorelai, are a reference, in addition to Sylvester from Looney Tunes, screaming, via archive Mel Blanc recording. Other than, no other surprises to fill in the blots of this melody.
Ballad of Sara Paxton and Alexis Bledel (Season 2, Episode 11) - GDSJLS02E11
Based on the scores from the classic cartoons, Here Today, Gone Tamale (1959), West of the Pesos and Fastest With the Mostest (both 1960), by Milt Franklyn.
The Ballad of Sara Paxton and Alexis Bledel is the eleventh episode in the second season. The song is a celebrity tribute to 2000s actresses Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) and Sara Paxton (Aquamarine, Sleepover).
Summary: The Wisdom Man is once again, in his pajamas, dreaming. In this song, the singing narrator tells his side of the story, Alexis Bledel, as the first verse. The second verse, Sara Paxton, is then told as the second part.
Behind the Laughter:
- This song was based on an idea Jordan had when he discussed with Emily Stewart in his podcast.
-After it had been uploaded, Jordan felt embarrassed about singing this ballad. To this day, Jordan considers this one of his least favourite song from the series.
Lucky Day (Pop Culture modern version) - (Season 2, Episode 12) - GDSJLS02E12
From the cartoons, The Prize Pest (1951), Thumb Fun, Oily Hare, Hoppy Go Lucky (1952) and Hare Trimmed (1953).
Original music by: Ray Henderson. Arrangement by Carl Stalling.
Lucky Day is the twelfth episode in the second season. Jordan had wanted to do a cover of this song for a very long time. Originally, this was supposed to be the pilot of the previous season.
Development: Jordan originally thought of this back in June 2023, when he was going through a phase during Elemental, his stage fright during his theatre group, and an encounter he had in an Aldi store near Ecclesfield. Later that year, although, he was reluctant to be in Spectrum's future plays, he decided to sing his about his own favourite things, a song parody, so to speak.
Summary: Wisdom Man is dreaming about a special or an unspecific special day of dreams. The singing narrator explains about his favourite celebs/voice actors, in this case heroes. Sara Paxton, Alexis Bledel, Alanna Ubach, Paget Brewster, McKenna Grace, Sydney Sweeney, Cristina Milizia, Melanie Minichino, Nora Wyman, Andrea Libman and Rob Tinkler are referenced throughout the song.
Behind the Laughter: This is the first song to be longer than three minutes, for instance, 3 minutes, 25 seconds, to be precise.
This is the first time Nora Wyman is mentioned fully in the Glory Days series, as Jordan considers her one of his "voiceover" heroes.
Rob Tinkler is also the only male public figure, mentioned in this song.
Ballad of Melissa Rauch - (Season 2, Episode 13) - GDSJLS02E13
Based partially on the cartoon score of: To Itch His Own (1958), by Carl Stalling.
The Ballad of Melissa Rauch is thirteenth episode of the second season. Also known as: The Melissa Rauch Song (working title).
Production and summary: In this ballad, this is yet another intermission ballad. Since Jordan had enjoyed binge-watching the first two seasons of the new Night Court reboot, plus doing a fandub of the original episode where Judge Harry Stone (portrayed famously by the late Harry Anderson), retorts to Wile E. Coyote, to advise going to restaurant, or the greengrocers, but he must stay away from the Road Runner. The hungry lobo felt antagonized. In addition to that, he realized, if SNL was not popular in the UK, why not do American history, from the comfort of his own apartment in the UK? Jordan appreciates Melissa Rauch as a fan, and nothing else. He just prefers Abby Stone to her more well-known role as Bernadette from the Big Bang Theory.
Behind the Laughter:
- This song now inspires him to do a ballad of his latest SNL idol, Chloe Fineman.
- Hope Gregory from The Bronze, was the only he had watched her in, but Jordan recently saw Ms. Rauch in the R-rated comedy film, I Love You, Man! (2009), as a woman jogger yelling at Sydney, to clean up after his dog, after she curses him. Jordan did not realize it until recently.
Ballad of Mystery - (Season 2, Episode 14) - GDSJLS02E14
Based on the "Dinner For a Pack of Hungry Cannibals"
by Raymond Scott.
Arrangement by: Carl Stalling
The Ballad of Mystery is the fourteenth and final episode in the Glory Days' second season.
Summary: In the song, the narrator begins the story, through song, as a conclusion to the second season finale, about how exciting and educational pop culture is. Like how animals walk, and plants could talk (a reference to anthropomorphism in general). The next verse is how AI affects people's livelihoods, ambitions and goals, how robots are crossing the line. The third verse is about privacy, and how it is disrespected, and how it should be kept personal. The concluding verse is where Euphoria, Night Court, Ted, X-Men '97, Luca, Turning Red, Elemental, Wish, The Garfield Movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Inside Out, Despicable Me 4, The Kissing Booth, and Bullet Train, the latter three of which include Joey King.
Behind the Laughter:
- In release order, this is the official, last-minute season two finale, as the remaining episodes originally produced for this season are saved for the fourth season, ahead of the season three greenlit renewal.
- Joey King is the only celebrity mentioned by name in the song. However the other remaining TV shows and movies that Jordan mentioned, the celebrities/voice actors aren't mentioned, but they could be a link to season three.
Index
Jordan is indeed setting an example to his company, he has indeed big plans for the Wisdom Man - finding himself, what his uses are when promoting the art division of how Jordan Tyler-Love, while Kool Ladd and Harold Brothschild are out of commission.
Also, Jordan intends to not only use Warner Bros. and MGM Cartoons' music, but other cartoons, movies, series and other sorts of classics from other companies.
Chloe Fineman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Danica McKellar, whom of which are Jordan's heroes, will be referenced in the series, eventually. Stay tuned for all this and more on Jordan Tyler-Love's Glory Days!
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