This Day in Pop: Britney Spears makes cameo appearance on Glee in 2010 (September 28)

[PokemonSpears]

 

On September 28 2010, "Britney/Brittany", the second episode of Glee's Season 2, premiered on Fox. It paid tribute to Britney Spears and Britney herself made several cameo appearances throughout the whole episode.

The storyline focuses on the character Brittany and her classmates having anesthesia-induced hallucinations while visiting the dentist, and in them they recreate Britney's most iconic moments of her career.

 

 

 

A total of five Britney Spears songs were performed on the episode. All of them were released as singles and they all managed to appear on the Billboard Hot 100:

• ...Baby One More Time (#54)
• Stronger (#53)
• I'm a Slave 4 U (#52)
• Me Against the Music (#56)
• Toxic (#16)

With these songs, plus a cover of Paramore's The Only Exception, the Glee cast surpassed The Beatles as the non-solo act with the most appearances in the chart's history, and became the third one overall at the time, only behind Elvis Presley's 108 appearances and James Brown's 91 (they were eventually surpassed by Drake).

 

 

 

 

In 2020, Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz talked about the episode on their podcast Showmance: Glee Recap Edition, joined by Heather Morris. Among other things, they described the mystery surrounding Britney's scenes, as well as the safety measures "her team" took, such as having everyone wear wristbands to prove they were part of the show, or telling Heather not to talk to Britney because "she was working". 

 

‎Showmance: Glee Recap Edition with Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz: S2 E2 Britney/Brittany with Heather Morris! on Apple Podcasts

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‎Show Showmance: Glee Recap Edition with Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz, Ep S2 E2 Britney/Brittany with Heather Morris! - Jul 9, 2020

 

[BrittonJeanSpears]

Oh yeah, the GOOD Britney episode they did. We don't talk about Britney 2.0...

******, I miss Naya Rivera so much.  But she died saving her son from drowning, and I don't think anyone could ask for a more honorable death.