Needs More Jazzhands: Recent Episodes
Meg Winter
If you're looking for a podcast to explore the ins and outs of musical episodes, you have found the right place! Here, I explore what makes a good musical episode of a non-musical show. A show for fans and creators alike, this podcast tells you everything you need to know about why a musical episode worked—or why it didn't.
This episode, I go back to the 90s to look at what Xena: Warrior Princess's The Bitter Suite did right, and what it needed to do better.
This episode, I look back on Once Upon A Time's musical Episodes, The Song In Your Heart, breaking down the many things they did right and the few critical things they did wrong.
In this episode, I look at a more recent musical episode: Salvatore! The Musical from Legacies.
In this episode, I look back on the origins of the Music Meister from Batman The Brave and the Bold, gushing over the character while criticizing... almost everything else.
This episode, I look at the musical Flash/Supergirl crossover to point out what did and didn't work.
This episode, I explore what made Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "Once More With Feeling" a cult classic musical episode.
If you're new to the podcast, this is the place to start! I talk through what I'll be doing on this podcast (critiquing musical episodes) and what my criteria is to judge them by.