They based it on their own high school glee club experiences.
VOA: special.2010.01.08
Shirley Griffith has more. "Glee" is about a high school singing group, also known as a glee club.
VOA: special.2010.01.08
The rest of the school does not respect the glee club.
VOA: special.2010.01.08
Though Fox's "Glee, " a music-laced show about a high-school gleeclub, remains in the top 20 for viewers between the ages of 18 and 49, it has seen its rating drop 25% in that group so far this TV season compared with a year earlier, according to Nielsen data provided by Fox. (Fox, like The Wall Street Journal, is owned by News Corp.) This could signal a challenge for "Smash, " Mr. Adgate says.
Ed was in the school orchestra, the gleeclub, sang solos in the school operettas, played baseball and basketball (Skagit County champs of 1925), drove the school bus, and was president of the student body in his senior year.