GLEE…the new KIDS Incorporated??
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Kids Incorporated
lashercam — 15 years ago(May 06, 2010 08:27 PM)
Don't tell me that "KIDS Incorporated" never crossed the lips of the creators of GLEE. I mean KIDS was a huge successit ran for practically an entire decadewhy not recycle the formula that totally workedkids covering popular hit songs. The only thing different is the setting: a glee club instead of a kids band.
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Actrs12B — 15 years ago(June 18, 2010 12:32 PM)
I've actually said pretty much the same thing to some of my friends and I think my Mom about the similarities between the two. Of course, "Glee" is obviously geared more to adults based on some of the themes and the time it airs whereas "Kids Incorporated" was geared more for younger people (and teens/tweens in the later seasons), but they do seem to be a bit similar. Diverse cast, show is about a group of people who sing as a group (band in "Kids Incorporated" and Glee club in "Glee"). There are more adults in "Glee" since it is a high school after all, but Mister Schue is obviously the equivalent of the soda jerk they had in "Kids Incorporated". There's also the fact that a lot of the songs have to do somewhat with what's happening in the plot of the episode which was also done a lot on "Kids Incorporated". I loved "Kids Incorporated" when it was on and I am a fan of "Glee" so I hope that it works as well as "Kids Incorporated" did. I wouldn't mind having some "Kids Incorporated" alumni guesting on "Glee" since they are all adults now.
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laeyisoracle — 15 years ago(October 12, 2010 12:43 AM)
Whether or not Glee is adult geared, it still has a big turnout of young people, no less. Also, it basically does what Kids Incorporated did, turning a new generation of young people onto songs from decades past. The thing I liked about Kids Incorporated was, sure, they had a good share of 80s songs they covered, but they also covered songs from the 70s and 60s, introducing a lot of kids to those songs that they might not have been old enough to remember, or even born. Glee is doing the same thing. I haven't heard so many kids on YouTube getting into "Don't Stop Believing" before in my life. And it's not just the covered versions, mind you. Glee's turning younger people onto older music, getting them interested in stuff they probably never would've sought out otherwise, which isn't a bad thing. It's nice to see an appreciation for old things more than it is to see people ragging on old things.
The only difference is, Glee is kinda the PG-13 version(KI was ultra G rated)