lol?
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 17 September 2009 18:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Seems like it could be funny, but man do I dislike Chevy Chase.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 17 September 2009 18:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
just read the review in the nytimes, will give this a go
― just sayin, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
i work at a community collegenot sure how i feel about this
have lots of funny stories, but not sure i want to see them dramatized for prime time larfs
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
ugh this
― Cousin Larry Soetoro (jeff), Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
ok i'll be honest. i am quietly hoping this show fails.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'm a Soup stan so i'll hope for the best but if it's not great then i hope it dies quietly, because of all people McHale doesn't get to contribute to the mountain of useless TV he makes good TV ridiculing
― some dude, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
OTM
― ... (Pillbox), Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
how about this -- he goes back to ridiculing people on tv instead of people in community colleges
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
you must go to community college to be a person on TV
(w/ a few exceptions like Chevy Chase, who went to Bard with Steely Dan)
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
And Mindy Kaling, who went to Dartmouth with gbx.
― jaymc, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
But other than those two, that's pretty much it.
fwiw La Lechera i just read an interview where McHale says:
Many reporters are like, “So are you guys going to make fun of community colleges?” It was such a weird, hostile attack approach. Just like in M*A*S*H, they were like, “Are you making fun of the Korean War?” “No.” “Are you making fun of doctors?” “Uh, not really…” Or like Cheers, you’re like, “You making fun of people that go to bars?” So what did they think our show was going to be? So a community college is somewhere that is a huge cross-section of America, and I thought it ironic that you have to have about as diverse a cast in television history if you want to do a show about community college. I’m just amazed that we’re all English speakers.
― some dude, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
I don't think it's that weird for people to think that, though. Community college is not as widely represented in American pop culture as hospitals and bars are, and when it is, it often does have a mocking or derisive undercurrent to it (cf. Adam Carolla rants). So I totally see why someone would expect that the show would be more of the same.
― jaymc, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah, true. i mean it'll be interesting to see if he's right and the show doesn't laugh at its setting or they end up making the easy jokes after all.
― some dude, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
Uh ...
It's been said that community college is a ‘halfway school’ for losers, a self esteem workshop for newly divorced housewives, and a place where old people go to keep their minds active as they circle the drain of eternity,” reads a network description of the show. “Well, at Greendale Community College ... that's all true.
As a community college student, I'm annoyed.
― etaeoe, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah yeah i knowi realize he is not out to ridicule earnest students, but he may wind up doing that anyway.
i just...i dunno. i smell yuck.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
― etaeoe, Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:53 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
those are lines from the trailer, said by a character. i don't think ur meant 2 b "yes, he is right, lol." but nor is it "oh he is awful, that is so wrong."
― history mayne, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
The pilot is good. It's chiefly about McHale's character being an arse.
― William Bloody Swygart, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
ok just watched via torrent the pilot and i give it an unambiguous: yes, lol!
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 17 September 2009 19:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
the main thrust of the show does not seem to be making fun of community college - and where it does the jokes are not abt the people associated w/the being omg total retards - so dont worry yalls
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 17 September 2009 20:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
I don't think there is anything wrong with poking fun at community colleges - there are a lot of jokes to be made on this subject. if this show becomes popular, if anything, it's just gonna help make ccs seem like a more normal part of american society (which they already are obv, but are non-existent in pop culture.)
― iatee, Thursday, 17 September 2009 20:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's just gonna help make ccs seem like a more normal part of american society (which they already are obv, but are non-existent in pop culture.
I have not seen the show. But from the promotional material I've seen does not reflect the most predominate characteristic of community college students: poverty. Therefore, I believe it would do little for normalizing community colleges.
― etaeoe, Thursday, 17 September 2009 20:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
im glad weve gone straight tot he hand wringing - enjoy the show!
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 17 September 2009 20:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp
that seems like a generalization to me. I live in CA and significanttt numbers of middle class students go to our local cc instead of straight to a 4 year school. I took about 10 classes there in hs and there is a v. large variety of people and incomes.
of course, my local CC looked like this:
― iatee, Thursday, 17 September 2009 20:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
One only needs to look at how "Good Times" normalized the way people view welfare and tenement housing to see how badly "Community" has dropped the ball before it even airs.
― so says i tranny ben franklin (HI DERE), Thursday, 17 September 2009 20:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
(and is probably less representative of ccs than the show. but still, main idea, you really can't generalize + it's probably good that they're getting *some* sort of pop culture rep)
― iatee, Thursday, 17 September 2009 20:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
I spent a summer at a community college getting a few credits out of the way, and I must say that I did not have a favorable impression of the experience. Sorry guys!
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 17 September 2009 21:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
ownd
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
I also went to a community college in CA for the first two years of my degree! Now I work at a community college in OR, and people cry when I tell them I was paying $11 a unit compared to the $81 a unit they're charging here.
― gmail im going to murder u at a beach party (reddening), Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
two years off cc for the basics seems like not a bad idea - also watching and discussing this show - it is funny
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
I trust ice cr?m's taste; going to dl
did u see any 'glee' yet ice cr?m?
― cozwn, Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
Glee is 50% good, 50% terrible, sometimes at the same time.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
that's what I'm into
― cozwn, Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm sort of embarrassed about currently attending a community college, not because I'm attending a community college, but because when people ask me what I'm learning I honestly have to say "not much." If I didn't need something official looking to put on my resume, I could've saved a lot of money just teaching myself at home.
It's for this reason I will not only be NOT offended if this show skewers the community college experience, but I was actively derive joy from it!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
was=will (der)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
Is it "not learning anything" because the classes are poorly taught, or because they require you to take a bunch of general ed bullshit before you can get to your chosen subject? I have students complain to me all the time about the uselessness of general ed, but ultimately they'd be taking the same classes for way more money at a four-year.
― gmail im going to murder u at a beach party (reddening), Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
the classes are poorly taught
I'm in the digital media/tv production program, which is basically run by two instructors at different campuses who absolutely hate each other. Whatever one teaches, the other debunks. After all that is through, it's basically playtime when it comes to studio production and editing projects. Basically, they tell you how to turn on the computer and open up Adobe Premiere (which isn't even industry standard software) and then advise the best they know how, which is limited in all respects.
The worst thing is, the college has a completely digital hi-def PBS station right there, and they won't let students anywhere near it. We're using a studio with equipment that's, no lie, from the 1970s.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 September 2009 23:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
in my experience (classes at a pretty well funded california cc) there was a large spectrum of teacher quality. but overall, what you get out of a class also sorta depends on the students (teachers often teach to the lowest common denominator + you learn through class discussions / study groups.) and this is where the cc classes I took were significantly worse than the classes at my srs 4 year school. they tended to be worse than my public hs AP classes too.
― iatee, Friday, 18 September 2009 00:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
xpost Ugh, that's awful. The students I work with gravitate toward the humanities or medical/nursing programs, which run really well at my CC, but I've heard similar accounts of, like, blind incompetence in certain Computer Science classes.
― gmail im going to murder u at a beach party (reddening), Friday, 18 September 2009 00:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
part of the problem (not to get all shop talk on you, but...) is that cc teachers are usually people who have other jobs and teach "for a little extra cash" adjunct instructors (sometimes up to 75% of the instructors at a CC are adjunct) are often blase because:
they are not teachers by trade are often not given the training or tools to be effective teachersare not paid very well for their time/expertiseare often required to do things that are beyond their range of skills, like writing a syllabus*
that said, there are a lot of great teachers out there at CCs (ahem), but there are a lot of craptacular ones too for the aforementioned reasons
*note: this is not always true, but it's true more than more than most students at CCs realize
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 18 September 2009 00:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
Ok I'm watching the show and this bears no resemblance to my life at all aside from the woman who referenced her babysitter.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 18 September 2009 01:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
These people all talk to each other. As iatee referenced above, almost nobody in my classes talks to each other.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 September 2009 01:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
It must be said, John Oliver is the funniest thing in this show.
― Mordy, Friday, 18 September 2009 01:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
It must also be said that whatsherface really doesn't look all that much like Elizabeth Shue.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 September 2009 01:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Where are the nonnative speakers? Sorry but if this is what passes for funny on tv I'm not impressed. My real life is funnier than this. I have a student whose name is Porntip, but she prefers to go by her nickname: Nooky.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 18 September 2009 01:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Ass-burgers.
― Mordy, Friday, 18 September 2009 01:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Nice touch ending with "Don't You Forget About Me."
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 September 2009 01:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
I give it a B+ (ish).
I laughed a little at the menengitis joke.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Friday, 18 September 2009 02:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
i didn't really have high expectations from the ads/clips i'd seen, but this was a really strong pilot, i laughed a lot. hope it goes well from here.
― murda mo not mo murda (some dude), Friday, 18 September 2009 02:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
right, the whole 'no outside social interaction, people don't know each other' thing is one of the defining features of these places.
I didn't think it was that great, maybe because I felt like I had already seen the entire episode over the ads they showed earlier in the night.
― iatee, Friday, 18 September 2009 05:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
i wasn't so bullish on the pilot, but yay trudy campbell!
― Wake OOIOO (get bent), Friday, 18 September 2009 05:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
the whole 'no outside social interaction, people don't know each other' thing is one of the defining features of these places.
Granted, I went to a smaller community college, but this wasn't true of my experience at all! People in the same classes formed these rag-tag social groups all the time, even if they'd only last a semester or two.
I enjoyed the show a lot -- definitely a stronger pilot than, say, Parks and Recreation last season.
― gmail im going to murder u at a beach party (reddening), Friday, 18 September 2009 05:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
that dude from Derrick Comedy being in this upped my interest about 50%
that said, this pilot was just ok - i'll give it sometime, gotta watch something b/w Office and Sunny until 30 Rock comes back anyway
― Nhex, Friday, 18 September 2009 06:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
I thought it was strong, I look forward to seeing what they do with the future plotlines. Besides the main character's derisive comments, which weren't overly damning coming from him, there wasn't anything that really cast a negative light on community college; the dorky dean is a universal college staple on TV, and none of the students in the study group at least particularly scream "oh look how retarded comm college students are!". One thing the students seemed to have in common is that they weren't stupid, but for various reasons going to/getting into a four-year school just wasn't feasible at the time, which sums up nicely why a lot of people choose community college.
I went to community college through a Washington State program during my junior and senior year of high school full time and I loved it; getting my AA for free (I literally paid no tuition ever) was a bonus too. I met many really bright people at the comm college and many real morons at my university. Same with professors. As long as the show doesn't devolve into a bunch of community college jokes then I think there's lots of potential.
― musically, Friday, 18 September 2009 07:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
pete campbell's wife is in this? or am i wrong
― just sayin, Saturday, 19 September 2009 08:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yes, it is Pete's wife! Now I am looking for some crazy way for Pete to make a cameo on this show. He would be great as an officious dean.
― The ever dapper nicolars (Nicole), Saturday, 19 September 2009 12:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
― iatee, Friday, September 18, 2009 1:03 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i thought the whole plot of the first episode was that these people hadn't talked to each other in class and that we were being the shown catalyst of how they all ended up interacting and having a study group together?
― some dude, Saturday, 19 September 2009 12:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
B+ seems about right. pretty funny in places but i did not care for the Life Lessons Learned stuff
― feed them to the (Linden Ave) lions (will), Saturday, 19 September 2009 13:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
and yes, better that Parks & Rec pilot from last year
― feed them to the (Linden Ave) lions (will), Saturday, 19 September 2009 13:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
I thought the end of ep 2 was pretty funny
― iatee, Friday, 25 September 2009 04:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
terrible show
― am0n, Friday, 25 September 2009 05:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
well yeah
― iatee, Friday, 25 September 2009 05:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
the ken jeong bit was good
― am0n, Friday, 25 September 2009 05:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
As I feared, the Chevy Chase character is turning out to be a little much. Either tone him down or sack him altogether. I like the rest of the cast and the show itself, though.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 September 2009 05:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
This show is one where I still haven't been able to form an opinion. I need to see some actual humor come out of the minor characters. as a drama the story arch is still pretty interesting... I mean the main character is cool and I can easily relate to community college type experiences and trying to get "the girl". but if the show doesn't step up soon I won't believe that any of the characters are really that funny.
I'm giving it another week or two.
― beauty of grunge = abandon (CaptainLorax), Friday, 25 September 2009 05:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
Episode 1: Total horseshit.Episode 2: Had moments.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 25 September 2009 05:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Chevy Chase 2009 would be really, really great as the lead in "Sonofabitch: The Dick Cheney Story"
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 25 September 2009 05:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
I laughed.
― Super Cub, Friday, 25 September 2009 07:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's not firing on all cylinders, but I'm already fond of the characters and that makes up for the weaker stuff. Was John Oliver's character a one-off, or is he coming back?
― "apostrophe" is not Latin for "watch out for the S" (reddening), Friday, 25 September 2009 09:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think he's part of the cast
― iatee, Friday, 25 September 2009 09:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
show needs less chevy chase, more donald glover
― Nhex, Friday, 25 September 2009 09:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
this show was awesome, i don't know what you all are talking about
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 September 2009 12:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
am i the only person who still really likes chevy chase? havent seen the 2nd ep but i thought he was great in the 1st.
― rent, Friday, 25 September 2009 12:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
im happy to see him get some decent work again.
parks & rec was way better last night. louis ck majik!
― scott seward, Friday, 25 September 2009 12:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah but you like glee
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 September 2009 13:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
reign on chevy, get rid of love interest. terrible actor.
― feed them to the (Linden Ave) lions (will), Friday, 25 September 2009 13:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
reign IN chevy.
― feed them to the (Linden Ave) lions (will), Friday, 25 September 2009 13:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
rein?
― scott seward, Friday, 25 September 2009 13:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
haha yes. now that i've had coffee and can see & type.
Reign in Chevys
― feed them to the (Linden Ave) lions (will), Friday, 25 September 2009 14:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
from a lacerated sky
― am0n, Friday, 25 September 2009 15:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Is this class easy?...Do you like Dane Cook?Yeah, he's awesome.So far so good.
― Mordy, Friday, 2 October 2009 01:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
So, what John Oliver only around for the first episode?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 October 2009 01:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
Apparently. :(
― Mordy, Friday, 2 October 2009 01:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Also, Shirley's real reason for going back to school was AWESOME.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 2 October 2009 01:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
what mordy already posted, plus "how 'bout I POUND you like a MAN... that didn't come out right"
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 2 October 2009 04:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
"You, go host American Idol."
― "apostrophe" is not Latin for "watch out for the S" (reddening), Friday, 2 October 2009 09:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
John Oliver is in at least 3 episodes, for those wondering.
― Jouster, Friday, 2 October 2009 09:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
I really liked episode 3! esp the guy from the christopher guest movies what's his name. show has potential.
― iatee, Saturday, 3 October 2009 03:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah...not so great yet, but I'm forgiving. After a year Parks and Recreation is finally working, these last two episodes have been great, so I'll give Community a season + to prove itself.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 3 October 2009 05:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
is parks & rec watchable now?
this show is very funny!
― gore vitalic (s1ocki), Saturday, 3 October 2009 06:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
uh, kinda sucks
― Take a ride on The Rape Tunnel (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 3 October 2009 06:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
P&R has been my favorite of the NBC Thursday night shows all 3 weeks of the season so far.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 October 2009 06:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
P&R is slowly getting better. I watching FlashForward and catching it on Hulu, but I feel like FF has more to prove (I'll stick with it for a month or two, at least) while Parks has improved a lot since Season 1 and seems to be getting into a groove. Community's all right, definitely good enough for me to watch while waiting for Sunny to come on.
― Nhex, Saturday, 3 October 2009 08:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
Thursday is a pretty great night for TV...Office, Community, 30 Rock (starts in October?), Sunny, Project Runway; it's already taking me a few days to catch up.
― musically, Saturday, 3 October 2009 16:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
p&r has been pretty great so far this season, really strong supporting cast
― fleetwood (max), Saturday, 3 October 2009 16:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
the best parts of this show thus far have been the scenes with aped and troy during the credits
p&r has been dece. aziz ansari and aubrey plaza and the dude with the tache especially.
rashida jones is attractive but maybe they should make her funny in some way?
not really feelin community so much.
― history mayne, Saturday, 3 October 2009 16:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
I don't know what show you haters are watching. Community has been tops so far. Funnier than The Office this season, at the very least.
Oh, and for those who even know what I'm talking about, the Community creator was apparently also responsible for Heat Vision And Jack.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 3 October 2009 16:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
wait what ben stiller has returned to tv?
― history mayne, Saturday, 3 October 2009 16:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
rashida jones ex bf is great in p&r too
― fleetwood (max), Saturday, 3 October 2009 17:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah it's like a bizarro the office where roy is the funniest character on the show instead of just being this grunty clueless guy
― iatee, Saturday, 3 October 2009 18:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
I don't know what show you haters are watching.
its this show called Community.
― （ ´_ゝ˙） (Dr. Phil), Sunday, 4 October 2009 00:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
Maybe it'll get better, but I haven't enjoyed the first few episodes much.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Sunday, 4 October 2009 01:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
Funnier than The Office this season, at the very least.
Yes, but at this point that's not saying much. It does seem like it is getting funnier as it goes along though.
― The ever dapper nicolars (Nicole), Sunday, 4 October 2009 01:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm curious: what's not to like? Like, specifically?
I also wonder if I like this more because I'm a Soup fan. But pretty much everyone in the show is good (including Chevy, who I often think is a humorless turd), the writing is funny. I can see this developing into something really good (the next 30 Rock?) if the premise is something they can work with and expand on.
Also, it's worth noting how solid it is straight out of the gate. I can't say that about most of my favorite sitcoms.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 4 October 2009 01:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
I LOVE LOVE LOVE The Soup.
But I don't yet LOVE or even like Community that much yet, though it has some moments.
But I also think the first few episodes of every sitcom are awkward and usually terrible.
Except for Arrested Development.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 4 October 2009 04:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
Watched the first few eps of this tonight. I'm sold.
― kingfish, Sunday, 4 October 2009 10:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
This show got so brilliantly funny so fast I fear for its future. Tonight's ep FTW.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 October 2009 00:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
I am looking forward to watching my "legal download" of the most recent episode.
A few years ago, I prematurely called 30 Rock the logical successor of Arrested Development, and I haven't been particularly disappointed on that front. So:
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SOLD YET! I BELIEVE THAT COMMUNITY IS THE LOGICAL SUCCESSOR OF 30 ROCK. SET YOUR VCRs.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 9 October 2009 06:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
luvin this.
'you're an 8, and that's a british 10'
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 9 October 2009 12:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
I nearly choked from laughing when Troy was crawling out of the waiting/testing room like a paralyzed dog.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 October 2009 12:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
I look forward to this show more than The Office now. I can't get enough of Abed, he's like the living embodiment of TV Tropes.
― four on the floor (reddening), Friday, 9 October 2009 23:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
The show is getting better now that the characters are more fleshed out.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 9 October 2009 23:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
im enjoying the show but its just a lil too rote - u can feel the writers paying the storyline and character bios etc too much respect - they need to let dark comedy delight guide them
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 11 October 2009 16:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
it has potential def but they need to let peoples bad intentions win occasionally - the lesson learning however breezy makes things too predictably neat
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 11 October 2009 16:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah they need to do more w/ aped and troy too imo
― fleetwood (max), Sunday, 11 October 2009 16:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
when they let troy be funny hes really funny but they give him so few lines
John Oliver's line to the chunky bespectacled dude - "Go shoot John Lennon, you loser!" kept cracking me to an irrational degree.
― Nicolars was the drummer for Gay Dad (Nicole), Sunday, 11 October 2009 17:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
Me too, because the moment I saw him I was thinking "that dude looks like Mark David Chapman."
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 11 October 2009 19:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Cheers"
"MASH"
"Fawlty Towers. I win!"
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 16 October 2009 17:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
(John Oliver wrong, btw)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 17:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
Really into the super-manic pace. Feel like half the jokes get, like, a bonus beat that sends them over the top.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Friday, 16 October 2009 20:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
"What language are you writing in?""It's probably Arabic."
Also the Dean is kind of the reincarnation of Tobias Funke, but I'm not complaining.
― what kind of nickname is Steve when your real name is Jesus (reddening), Friday, 16 October 2009 21:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
"AT THE PICNIC!"
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 16 October 2009 23:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Cheers""MASH""Fawlty Towers. I win!"
Really dig the fact that they're spending these early episodes pairing everybody up in different combinations, good character development. Though Britta still needs a chance to be funny and be more than just a stern foil to teach the main character lessons.
― Nhex, Saturday, 17 October 2009 02:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
I thought her role was being hot
― iatee, Saturday, 17 October 2009 02:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Annie said that Benjamin Button was compelling. She's a smart girl, but sometimes she's just wrong!"
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 23 October 2009 00:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
"i'm saying you're a football player. it's in your blood.""that's racist.""your soul.""that's racist.""your eyes?""that's gay.""that's homophobic.""that's black""that's racist.""damn."
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 23 October 2009 02:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
okay, those were basically the two funny moments...
i can see this show getting cancelled.
― scott seward, Friday, 23 October 2009 03:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
I can see that, but I can also see this show hanging around for a while and doing well, which is often hard to visualize after just a handful of episodes.
― some dude, Friday, 23 October 2009 03:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
i think it could be really good if it would just settle down and find its rhythm.
but yeah, probably will be cancelled, unless NBC decide they've got nothing better (not unlikely!).
hope it doesn't. it can be pretty funny, i like the cast, and yeah britta's kinda hot.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 23 October 2009 03:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
this was really, really funny
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 03:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
I thought all the shows tonight were funny, and Community even more than usual. It seemed like the pace was quicker or something.
And WTF with the mascot?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 23 October 2009 03:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
they got picked up for the second half of the season by NBC.
I liked this episode quite a bit.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 23 October 2009 22:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
this show is great when it actually has jokes and pretty bad when it goes into heartwarming mode (esp. when dude showed his home movie about his relationship with his dad wtf). i wish they would abandon the relationships and character development and just be funny.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 23 October 2009 22:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
otm
troy was on fire this ep
― ice cr?m, Friday, 23 October 2009 23:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
"when you say jump he says how high. when you say stop he says hammer time."
― musically, Friday, 23 October 2009 23:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
I read an interview with the creator where he claimed he wasn't really having a go at community college, a claim somewhat undercut by "We used to be the Greendale Grizzlies, but, you know, some of these students have been called 'animals' their whole lives."
Abed meta-commentary went to a whole new level last night, too!
― This revisionist bible is delicious (reddening), Saturday, 24 October 2009 00:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Veiled St Elsewhere reference imo.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Saturday, 24 October 2009 00:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
i liked this episode a lot actually - the jeff/annie thing worked better than i would've expected, and I don't think it veered too far into cuteness like the abed documentary one. also it was worth watching just for a few bits (the racism bit above, troy's horrible 2004-era political fight songs). more donald glover!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 13:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I think last weeks was my favorite episode. I'm glad this show got picked up.
― kingfish, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 17:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
I just realized recently that Donald Glover (Troy) was a writer on 30 Rock. He's very quicky rising in my esteem.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 17:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
I can't believe SNL rejected him in favor of Armisen playing Obama. Lorne must be on crack.
― Otter madness (Nicole), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 18:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
Although it probably worked out better for Donald Glover, because SNL has been pretty unwatchable lately.
― Otter madness (Nicole), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 18:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
this show is...pretty bad when it goes into heartwarming mode (esp. when dude showed his home movie about his relationship with his dad wtf). i wish they would abandon the relationships and character development and just be funny.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, October 23, 2009 6:53 PM
^^
― am0n, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 18:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
SNL would be more watchable if they brought in more new blood instead of just hanging onto the same people forever and arbitrarily sloughing off a couple of them each season, so it's a vicious circle
― crazypoxyfule (some dude), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 18:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
ok, this is hysterical. i laughed more during the halloween episode tonight than with any other of the thursday night shows.
― cutty, Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:45 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
chevy chase as beastmaster
― cutty, Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:46 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― cutty, Friday, 30 October 2009 02:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
i really wanna like this show cuz i love mchale but this seems super contrived to me. like, the office is absurdist but it's still pretty grounded in believability whereas the characters in community and the premises of the episodes kind of seem to only be able to exist in minds of the writers. granted i've never been to community college so maybe i'm wrong but this is kinda boring imo.
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Friday, 30 October 2009 02:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol @ the ghostbusters joke. i also saw ghostbusters in the theater! if i wasn't a kid when that happened, i would feel old.
― the tamiflu show (get bent), Friday, 30 October 2009 03:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
this is kinda boring imo
it's watchable but i like parks and recreation a lot more.
― the tamiflu show (get bent), Friday, 30 October 2009 03:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
parks and rec doesn't have trudy campbell though!
― the tamiflu show (get bent), Friday, 30 October 2009 03:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
not particularly funny this evening but third of a letter grade bonus for SQUIRREL GIRL
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 30 October 2009 03:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
never-ending Batman monologue at the end A++
― This revisionist bible is delicious (reddening), Friday, 30 October 2009 05:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
"What up, Urkel"
― kingfish, Friday, 30 October 2009 05:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
I found the tripping scene pretty entertaining.
― Super Cub, Saturday, 31 October 2009 09:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
I wish they'd drop the will-they-won't-they (Joel McHale isn't that confident an actor, and they don't have the chemistry), but I'm really loving this show. Such a tremendous ensemble.
― da croupier, Saturday, 31 October 2009 11:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
i could not stop laughing during the tripping scene, and the way they cut to the commercial was perfect
― cutty, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'd much rather hear post-30 rock screwball dialogue than faux-doc monologues at this point
― da croupier, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
faux-doc?
― cutty, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
mockumentary interview shit: office, p&r, modern family. forgive the french.
― da croupier, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
i kept thinking doctor for some reason. yeah i agree.
― cutty, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
in parks and recreation the mockumentary thing doesn't even make sense
i liked Troy's nodding along to the Mexican Halloween comment.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol
― cutty, Saturday, 31 October 2009 12:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
this show is losing me a little bit, getting tired of every episode being about main dude trying to be all cool and withdrawn and then realizing at the end that he CARES about this lovable gang of misfits - this has happened like five times now, it's already old and it's going to get more annoying
abed as batman was great though, and ken jeong is nuts
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 31 October 2009 13:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah ken jeong kinda steals every scene he's in. and while i agree with you, by now jeff has done his cool-then-caring-thing with every cast member and i have confidence in this show mixing it up soon enough
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
i don't know about ken jeong - the whole LOL he's azn teaching spanish! angle already turned me off, the scene-stealing seems too obvious, too
still, i enjoyed this episode nonetheless
― Nhex, Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
starting to catch up on the episodes, i thought ep 4 and 5 were pretty good. ken jeong is a big reason to watch the damn show and the british teacher is pretty funny
― luol deng (am0n), Saturday, 31 October 2009 15:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
― da croupier, Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:20 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
the jim style parks&rec guy looked at the camera and shrugged a couple weeks ago
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
troys eddie murphy costume was hilar in that it was also a joke abt how it was not a michael jackson costume
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 31 October 2009 16:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
That is probably going to be my favorite Halloween costume this year.
― Otter madness (Nicole), Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
tell me about the Beatles, Pierce
― Nhex, Saturday, 31 October 2009 17:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
the whole LOL he's azn teaching spanish! angle already turned me off,
I dunno. I think they only went for this joke in his first episode, where it worked.
I enjoyed him in this ep, from his little interjections that put a point on the scenes(from the Urkel to the Loooooser as he zooms by). He's great when used sparingly, instead of needing to have him do onscreen breakdowns alla time.
― kingfish, Saturday, 31 October 2009 21:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
As good as the show is already (IMO), I think we'll see a distinct uptick in quality as the writers figure out how to best utilize the fantastic ensemble they have at their disposal.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 31 October 2009 22:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
troy is too much. he's got one of those faces i just look at and laugh. very subtle comedic actor. he will be famous.
― cutty, Sunday, 1 November 2009 00:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
dude should already be famous from this
― Nhex, Sunday, 1 November 2009 01:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
― a goon boy (J0rdan S.), Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:53 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I don't see how this is any more contrived/less believable than 30 Rock
― Bobby Wo (max), Monday, 2 November 2009 13:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm liking the show and think it can get better, but I'm really hating the tendency to be filled with aspirational platitudes. So far every episode has these "you're ok, I'm ok" pep-talks.
― dan selzer, Monday, 2 November 2009 14:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm really hating the tendency to be filled with aspirational platitudes
Yeah, this. I like all the characters and I like watching their attempts to get to know each other, I just wish they wouldn't...talk...about it so much. I was fine with things like Abed's film making his dad cry, or Shirley talking about her husband leaving her, but when three or four characters are having these moments every episode, it starts to feel like an after-school special, and not in the good Strangers With Candy way.
Whatever though, I'm still enjoying it.
― This revisionist bible is delicious (reddening), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
like, the office is absurdist but it's still pretty grounded in believability whereas the characters in community and the premises of the episodes kind of seem to only be able to exist in minds of the writers.
This strikes me as a pretty big misstep of a comparison. Community is more obviously stylized and less grounded in reality. I think the commitment to that voice strengthens the absurdity. Whereas The Office wants to have cake and also eat it, and so denies its own foundational reality far too often.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah i mean...some shows work hard to feel real and believable aside from being comedies, some just give you a vaguely realistic situation as a springboard for comedic stories and dialogue, this is very clearly the latter.
― returnofthaghmac (some dude), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
Have to agree w/Deric - I mean, the whole premise of the show is such a sitcom world, one step removed from the Seinfeld fake show/Butler premise. And yet, that blue study room is freakishly authentic to me - gives me chills!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
omg batman <3 <3 <3
― ms. thighs (tehresa), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 04:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
i never even saw beastmaster, i just wanted to be cool
― cutty, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 12:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
"I'm kind of the Hawkeye around here."
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 November 2009 01:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
Not a funny episode. A laugh or two maybe.
― dan selzer, Friday, 6 November 2009 01:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
have you even ~seen~ beastmaster
― how rad bandit (gbx), Friday, 6 November 2009 01:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp I dunno. I laughed about as much as usual, but I just don't think it will ever be the kind of show that inspires riotous fits of laughter. And I keep finding new ways to compare it to Scrubs. If they start doing fantasy sequences regularly, watch out.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 November 2009 01:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
I did like the that every poster in Abed's room was from a movie from 1985 - 1988, and this fact was never ever remarked upon.
I mean, there was a poster for 'Vibes.' VIBES, people!
― kingfish, Friday, 6 November 2009 08:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
great episode, esp. vaughn getting garfunkel confused with garfield
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 November 2009 14:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah that bit was great, really think the show is coming into its own
― lindsay goham (some dude), Friday, 6 November 2009 14:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
when the black dude came out to rap about pierce i lost it
― cutty, Friday, 6 November 2009 14:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
"In the last two days, I've spent a quarter."
― kingfish, Friday, 6 November 2009 17:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
that was definitely my favorite episode so far. it had the most going on. even chevy's prog keyboard solo was pretty inspired.
― scott seward, Friday, 6 November 2009 17:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
Great episode, I think they've finally moved on from introducing the characters and started using them as an ensemble.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 6 November 2009 18:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
^^^this and Annie's over-enthusiastic dice rolling were the biggest lols of the night
― musically, Saturday, 7 November 2009 00:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
This show has been great and the cast as nearly flawless. The biggest problem I see with it, though, is that the Joel McHale character is, for a protagonist, really unlikable. This last episode the character was improving a bit and moving beyond aloof smartass so hopefully, like Ed said, they're going to start using the characters better and they're done setting them up. I worry that the show could have Arrested Development's problem in that, as funny as it is, the average viewer is turned off by all the eccentrics and the lack of normal, sympathetic characters.
And the "Do you like Dane Cook?" dig at the beginning of the inspirational class episode may have something to do with the fact that NBC was recently debating whether or not Joel or Dane should be given a major push by the network.
― Cunga, Saturday, 7 November 2009 16:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
i just realized annie is also trudy campbell
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 7 November 2009 16:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
The biggest problem I see with it, though, is that the Joel McHale character is, for a protagonist, really unlikable.
― Cunga, Saturday, November 7, 2009 11:54 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
all the more reason for troy to step to the fore
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 7 November 2009 17:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
btw tiny nipples is rad in aggro mode
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 7 November 2009 17:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
Why on earth was the guy that plays Troy relegated to the role of writer on 30 Rock? Everyone who owned an internet connection back in 2006-07 knew he was a funny actor, and that he belonged in front of the camera.
― Cunga, Saturday, 7 November 2009 17:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
maybe it's just because these skinny jeans makes my ass look like a skinny pumpkin
― cutty, Saturday, 7 November 2009 18:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
baby pumpkin!
this show got good so fast
― iatee, Saturday, 7 November 2009 19:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
I really hope it doesn't get cancelled :/
― iatee, Saturday, 7 November 2009 19:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
Got a full season pickup. Not sure about the 2nd season yet.
― kingfish, Saturday, 7 November 2009 19:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
I don't understand what this means. Was Dane Cook going to have a show on the fall schedule at some point? I'm sure he was never considered for Community.
The biggest problem I see with it, though, is that the Joel McHale character is, for a protagonist, really unlikable. This last episode the character was improving a bit and moving beyond aloof smartass so hopefully, like Ed said, they're going to start using the characters better and they're done setting them up.
I understand this, but I disagree with it. I think it's kind of great how they've set up this dynamic where the main character is someone who's always been slick and successful, but screwed up and now has to hang out with the uncool kids, and they keep dancing around the line between sympathetic and unsympathetic. It reminds me a little of the relationship between Sam Malone and the rest of the Cheers gang.
― lindsay goham (some dude), Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah and this was the first episode where they acknowledged that jeff is a loser too
― cutty, Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
I had a friend who was a summer intern and he told me one meeting of tv executives was essentially about whether Dane Cook or Joel McHale would get certain promotional resources. I know no more details other than that Joel McHale had more support (and one female executive, the one my friend was interning for, thought nothing of Joel McHale other than that he was mean and rather unfunny).
I love that dynamic, too, but the very qualities some like about the show (its unapologetic meanness towards Community College, Joel McHale's aloof and sarcastic persona, the comic-pathetic characters) might be a turn-off to NBC's usual audience. But it's changing and McHale might prove more likable. I like it precisely because it doesn't have those usual sitcommish qualities but I just wonder if, like AD, its own unpopularity might come from the show being so different.
― Cunga, Saturday, 7 November 2009 21:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
this show makes community college look 10x more fun than community college is, so I'm not sure it has 'unapologetic meanness'...
― iatee, Saturday, 7 November 2009 21:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
wait you're worried that audiences won't embrace an "aloof and sarcastic" sitcom character? jesus it's like the 90s never happened.
― lindsay goham (some dude), Saturday, 7 November 2009 22:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
I probably am just being nit-picky, but dont' twist my words and be mistaken - I think the double-edged sword is that McHale's sarcasm and the show's tone is more biting than yr average sitcoms, and I'm just wondering out loud on here if that could pose a problem, or not.
iatee: mean in that it makes CC look like a circus of losers. Most other network television gets intentionally ambivalent but this show is content to not please everybody (and I like that about it).
― Cunga, Saturday, 7 November 2009 22:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Have they revealed the reason why Pierce is there? I remember him being a former CEO but have they gone into that backstory?
― Cunga, Saturday, 7 November 2009 23:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
how is this show's tone more biting? seems pretty harmless to me
― cutty, Saturday, 7 November 2009 23:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's all pretty harmless (this is American network television), and occasionally it does cop-out like with the way they try to deal with everybody's problems, "I'm okay, you're okay"-talks, as mentioned upthread, but they go further than most (non-cartoon) network sitcoms would in making fun of people and CC.
― Cunga, Saturday, 7 November 2009 23:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
what people?! seriously who is getting made fun of here? people who go to community college?
― cutty, Saturday, 7 November 2009 23:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
the characters quirks are why the show is funny, not some biting commentary on american education
Never mind. Let's go back to agreeing that this show is super funny.
― Cunga, Sunday, 8 November 2009 00:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
DAMN MY TALENT!
― some dude, Friday, 13 November 2009 01:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
Annie = hotter every week.
Also, I really love this show now.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 November 2009 01:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
falling into a drumset really hurts
― cutty, Friday, 13 November 2009 01:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
Revisiting the Spanish rap at the end was priceless.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 13 November 2009 03:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
hahaha kept laughing during this ep. As long as they keep juggling the weekly combos each week, the character building should continue quite well. Annie is starting to show the fact that the actress is like 9 years older than the character.
― kingfish, Friday, 13 November 2009 11:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah the whole annie/jeff thing is a little creepy given that her character is supposed to be 19ish and his is supposed to be 35ish
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 13 November 2009 12:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Annie or Troy being 18 is the one thing that's hard for me to suspend my disbelief.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 13 November 2009 13:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
her character is supposed to be 19ish and his is supposed to be 35ish
nothing creepy about this ;)
― cutty, Friday, 13 November 2009 13:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
whoah is she really supposed to be 19? that was totally lost on me
― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 14:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
her and Troy are right out of HS
― cutty, Friday, 13 November 2009 14:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
that was part og the reason jeff was so skeeved out by his attraction to her
― ice cr?m, Friday, 13 November 2009 14:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
wait, shit, i was thinking of the blonde one
― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 14:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Brunette = Annie. Blonde = Britta.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
riiiight
how old is britta supposed to be?
― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
mid 20s?
― ice cr?m, Friday, 13 November 2009 16:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
great ;)
― lots of jerks (gbx), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
Love that all the movie characters all kind look like the group and then there is the coolio troy.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 13 November 2009 18:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think Britta was revealed to be 27.
― Cunga, Friday, 13 November 2009 18:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
28, hulu desktop just through up the first scene with Abed and Jeff.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 13 November 2009 18:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
27 sounds right for Brita, old enough to drop out of high school & join greenpeace to impress Radiohead!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 13 November 2009 19:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
Annie's transformation from cute to megahot this last episode was good stuff.
― Cunga, Saturday, 14 November 2009 03:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
Trudy Campbell vs. Annie
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 14 November 2009 03:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
Don't watch Mad Men but I've assumed Trudy Campbell is 1950s adult Annie.
― Cunga, Saturday, 14 November 2009 07:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
not in the slightest. wonderful actress.
― cutty, Saturday, 14 November 2009 12:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
What are everybody's favorite lines so far? I could think of:
"You're an eight, and that's a British ten."
"Kick that for me."
"Wassup, Urkel?"
"I'm don't talk to people who emerge from bushes.""cause I'm right, that's why""No, because I'm in not a commercial for kids cereal."
― Cunga, Sunday, 15 November 2009 01:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
the one about John Lennon killed me
no pun intended btw
― musically, Sunday, 15 November 2009 01:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
Forgot about that one. Just as funny as the others.
― Cunga, Sunday, 15 November 2009 02:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
slightly nsfw. and slightly creepy
― Nhex, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 03:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
Speaking of slightly creepy, I thought Jeff and Annie had a lot more chemistry together than Jeff and Britta.
― ô_o (Nicole), Tuesday, 17 November 2009 03:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh yeah that's totally true. fortunately irl she's not nearly that young
― Nhex, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 03:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
wth with that Alison Brie youtube thing. Is that her video headshot or something?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 03:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
UH
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 17 November 2009 04:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
re: that youtube
How laws are passed, sausage gets made and, new to the crew, what Hollywood actresses did before their big break. The big three, now.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 06:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
def made some sausage w/ that video yaknowhwatimsayin
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 06:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
wish i didn't
― tehresa, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 06:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Cunga, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 07:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
Handiest gif out there imo.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 07:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
the video was only posted less than two months ago though! looks like that guy does a lot of these short "video portraits"
― Nhex, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 07:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
Shows are in rerun this week, right?
― Cunga, Thursday, 19 November 2009 05:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
new eps of all the nbc shows this week. that makes ten straight weeks (minus 30 rocks late start) which means we're nearly halfway through the season already o_O
― love this mumbo (Clay), Thursday, 19 November 2009 06:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
nah, son, it's still sweeps month (xpost)
― some dude, Thursday, 19 November 2009 06:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
I love 30 Rock, but so far this show has been funnier this season. Ken Jeong is awesome.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 20 November 2009 21:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
the episode last night was so fucking bizarre but it WORKS.
i'm sure the AN AMERICAN TAIL joke was lost on all but a few?
― la monte jung (cutty), Friday, 20 November 2009 21:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Somewhere... out there...
― Mordy, Friday, 20 November 2009 21:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
you think? I can't imagine there were that many people sitting at home going "Fievel? I don't get it. what's that song they're singing?" xpost
― dan me, perryhole (some dude), Friday, 20 November 2009 21:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
really who has seen an american tail besides those born between 1976-1982?
― la monte jung (cutty), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
and remembers the songs?
― la monte jung (cutty), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's not like "a whole new world"
I would have been more impressed if it had been "Dreams to Dream" from Fievel Goes West (which I had to sing in 8th grade choir).
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah, cutty is right. last night's wasn't side-splittingly hilarious, but it had all these bizarre subplots that dovetailed perfectly in the final song.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
fyi "Somewhere Out There" got to #2 on the Hot 100 and An American Tail was the highest grossing G rated film of 1986.
― dan me, perryhole (some dude), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
the song won a grammy cutty,
A GRAMMY!!!!!!
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
I was born in 1984 and grew up on Feivel. This may, however, have something to do with the fact that the film was practically a family memoir.
― Mordy, Friday, 20 November 2009 22:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
Even if you don't know the song, Troy singing it is pretty funny.
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
troys the best
― super sexy psycho fantasy world (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I thought the perfect capstone wasn't just that Troy was singing, but that he & Abed sang it in harmony.
― kingfish, Friday, 20 November 2009 22:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
hah i got the american tail before he even said feivel!
― tehresa, Friday, 20 November 2009 22:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
only 100 people saw "an american tail," but every single one of them went out and made a condescending post on an internet message board
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 November 2009 22:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
my mind is blown that that song won a grammy
― la monte jung (cutty), Saturday, 21 November 2009 01:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh come on, that song was so classic. i remember hearing it alllll the time as a kid!
― tehresa, Saturday, 21 November 2009 02:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Man, between "An American Tail" and "Overboard" a couple weeks ago, this show is hitting all my nostalgia buttons.
― they aren't werewolves until they hit werewolf puberty (reddening), Saturday, 21 November 2009 03:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
Hey guys, my friend wrote last night's episode. I'm so proud :-)
― Jouster, Saturday, 21 November 2009 05:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
haha this is probably true. oh those don bluth movies
― Nhex, Saturday, 21 November 2009 06:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
naw recall my cousin born in 86 being deeply into american tale - its a minor classic
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 21 November 2009 06:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
i was born in 85 and i was really into fievel goes west--an american tale not as much
― max, Saturday, 21 November 2009 10:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Dudes, when you drop the 'An', American Tail sounds like a whoooooooole other kinda movie.
― I HEART CREEPY MENS (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 21 November 2009 11:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
jouster, your friend has problems! the whole climax/denouement was so fricken out there. the brownie speech? loooooool
― la monte jung (cutty), Saturday, 21 November 2009 13:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah the climax was out there. . . somewhere
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Saturday, 21 November 2009 14:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
That climax was so funny. Cutting between all the characters and having them harmonize that song was the funniest/craziest thing I've seen from NBC Thursdays this year, prob.
― Cunga, Saturday, 21 November 2009 15:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Agreed on the climax, and while it was still pretty feel-good and look at everyone coming together and achieving their goals, it did it in a way that wasn't the aspirational preachiness of most of the episodes so far.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 21 November 2009 17:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
I forgot about the Dark Knight parody scene, though. That was good as well. Did anyone else hear rumors that the shows' creator isn't even sure if he wants to do more than one season of this? He'd rather have one amazing season than see quality slip over time.
Here's a youtube of the "Somewhere, Out There" scene:
― Cunga, Saturday, 21 November 2009 18:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
man that is better the second time around. when senor chang screams? loooool
― la monte jung (cutty), Saturday, 21 November 2009 19:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
He'd rather have one amazing season than see quality slip over time.
Uh. The show is getting fairly good but come on.
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Saturday, 21 November 2009 20:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think it's far from great, though I enjoy it and have hopes. Just last night I said, "this is better then Parks and Recreation was last year", and P+R has been a total gem this year. I think Community can go either way. I'm rooting for it.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 21 November 2009 21:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
troy interview http://nymag.com/movies/features/62376
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 05:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
guys ken jeong is an actual DOCTOR
O_O
...you know what this means? i can return to my life as a child actor
― crazy farting throwback jersey (gbx), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
you were a child actor????? details?????
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
haha it came up on some other threads recently, i thought it had been established--
― crazy farting throwback jersey (gbx), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
best episode ever. when troy was hungover at the end!
― mascara and pies (a hoy hoy), Friday, 4 December 2009 10:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
Pretty good episode. That security cop is from the Dasariski improv show in LA.
― Cunga, Friday, 4 December 2009 22:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
loved troy writing the crabs joke.
― Wee xx (a hoy hoy), Friday, 4 December 2009 22:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
He has such great facial expressions and split-second comic timing. I think that's what a previous poster meant when they said he was a subtle actor.
Remember "Ha. I'm funny." from a few weeks ago?
― Cunga, Friday, 4 December 2009 22:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
Okay, is that Anthony Michael Hall in the Freddie Mercury mustache?
I'm loving this particular episode more than most, so far.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 December 2009 01:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oh bah. I posted on the other Community thread. Anyway, my fave two moments so far this episode:
"Ho ho ho. Merry happy!"
And Annie being Jewish.
― Mordy, Friday, 11 December 2009 01:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
"So, I didn't know you were a Jew." <--this isn't an offensive thing to say!
― Mordy, Friday, 11 December 2009 01:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
Man, Donald Glover is just about my favorite person in the world right now. "Give him the Forest Whitaker eye!"
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 December 2009 01:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol "To me, religion is like Paul Rudd."
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 December 2009 01:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
i just lost it with the forest whitaker eye
― Bastards of Young Dro, Friday, 11 December 2009 01:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
Now I'm afraid this show has peaked, because that was the best/funniest episode yet.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 December 2009 01:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
so pumped for this episode now (west coast).
― Cunga, Friday, 11 December 2009 03:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
^^this
― Siberian Klaatu (get bent), Friday, 11 December 2009 04:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
and yes, forest whitaker eye
― Siberian Klaatu (get bent), Friday, 11 December 2009 04:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
"am i right, JEW?"
― Siberian Klaatu (get bent), Friday, 11 December 2009 04:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
One of the things I like about this show is that within ~12 eps, they've built up the characters so that when Shirley talks about her post-final Christmas party, I am already anticipating lolz.
― kingfish, Friday, 11 December 2009 06:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
Jesus, this one was awesome. From Abed backing up Britta's jokes to the end-credits sequence.
― kingfish, Friday, 11 December 2009 06:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oops, can a moderator stop this other thread
community on NBC
― curmudgeon, Friday, 11 December 2009 13:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Why'd she have to be black?" was maybe my favorite line, but there were many good ones.
― Cunga, Friday, 11 December 2009 20:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah this was a good ep i thought
― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Friday, 11 December 2009 20:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
fuckin forest whitaker eye!!!
― tehresa, Saturday, 12 December 2009 05:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
but their take on jehovah's witnesses was a lil off imo
this has got really good!
― Cunga, Friday, December 11, 2009 8:46 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark
otm.
am i being retarded though? i didn't get "say the whole word".
― Smokey and the S'Banned It (history mayne), Monday, 14 December 2009 00:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
i think the idea is that when shirley said "jew" it sound pejorative
― max, Monday, 14 December 2009 00:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
i was never particularly into Chevy Chase, but man, everything he does on this show has me breaking up
― dell (del), Monday, 14 December 2009 02:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
he's doing everything he's always done!
― robster craws (cutty), Monday, 14 December 2009 04:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think this is the best episode yet. This show is becoming comedy gold.
Chevy Chase is good in this show, because he's used sparingly. Chevy Chase vehicles are usually awful; CC as an ensemble cast member = comedy gold.
― Super Cub, Monday, 14 December 2009 04:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
^^otm
― Nhex, Monday, 14 December 2009 04:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
Didn't much care for the pilot so didn't watch further, but because I have no life, watched the mini-marathon, I have now some catching up to do. Also, Mrs. Pete Campbell is yowza.
― Leee, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 19:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
good thing you have no life. this show is the best!
― bum-sniff deviant (cutty), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 19:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
I wouldn't go that far, but yes, I quite like it now.
― Leee, Thursday, 31 December 2009 06:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
it is my favorite new show of 2009
― bum-sniff deviant (cutty), Thursday, 31 December 2009 10:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
Did anyone else hear rumors that the shows' creator isn't even sure if he wants to do more than one season of this? He'd rather have one amazing season than see quality slip over time.
― Cunga, Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:49 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
This isn't really correct. In the AV Club interview -- http://www.avclub.com/milwaukee/articles/how-dan-harmon-went-from-doing-comedysportz-in-mil,34126/ -- Harmon said he only wants to be showrunner for the first season and then let someone else do it so he can go off and do other projects. And obviously if it's successful NBC will keep it going regardless of the creator's level of involvement. Kinda makes sense, since Harmon did the Channel 101 website and Acceptable TV series on VH1 (which was awesome and hilarious), where they'd create new mini-shows every week and let people vote on whether they come back for new episodes, so I can see how he'd get bored doing the same show for years and years.
― as far as the eye (ken c) (some dude), Thursday, 31 December 2009 18:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
zomg I dreamt I went on a date with Annie.
It did not end well.
― Leee, Thursday, 14 January 2010 05:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
owen wilson, what are you doing here
― max, Friday, 15 January 2010 18:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
yo i need my genitals
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 15 January 2010 18:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
i received a text message about free Sephora samples?
― Al Gore invented the internet to house the bitterness of humanity (reddening), Saturday, 16 January 2010 01:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
also you could tell donald glover worked on 30 rock from the way he said "but don't get audited! cuz that's bad!"
hahaha, senor chang wins that episode.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 16 January 2010 07:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
this show has some of the best throwaway lines
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Saturday, 16 January 2010 20:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
Senor Chang is one of the best characters on television, no question.
― real bears playing hockey (polyphonic), Saturday, 16 January 2010 20:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
this episode was better than both 30 rock episodes, and this wasn't even that great
i liked how they were making fun of the jack black persona
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 16 January 2010 20:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
They did? In that case I look forward to seeing the last episode.
― Cunga, Saturday, 16 January 2010 21:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
this ep was lmfao imo.
― free the charmless but occasionally brilliant Dom Passantino (history mayne), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
One of the best yet, I thought.
― Simon H., Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
was very surprised to learn starburns is one of the cool kids. but yeah he did have drugs at the halloween party.
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah that was a good reveal - totally shifted my perspective on "the group"
― supra-max (ice cr?m), Sunday, 17 January 2010 19:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
btw from the jack black episode re: shirley's friend - "he's from finland, he doesn't get our humor" ;)
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Monday, 18 January 2010 21:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
I was really hoping he was called Tuomas when I was watching this.
― ô_o (Nicole), Monday, 18 January 2010 21:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
haha i totally thought about tuomas too!!
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Monday, 18 January 2010 21:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
last episode was great.
― Cunga, Thursday, 21 January 2010 00:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
girls are supposed to dance. that's why god gave them parts that jiggle.
― tehresa, Friday, 22 January 2010 07:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
kinda sucked, i don't like when they go too heavy on feel-good subplots (nbc tampering?) and too light on snark and funny
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Friday, 22 January 2010 16:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
ken jeong's burp after he ate that mad men chick's brains was great
― super sexy psycho fantasy world (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 22 January 2010 16:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
All in your cabezaWithout a chase-a
― carne asada, Friday, 22 January 2010 18:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
― carne asada, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
:D
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Friday, 22 January 2010 20:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah this week was not zippy enough. jeff is becoming a man zzzzz.i still love troy and abed though.
― tehresa, Friday, 22 January 2010 21:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
This was one of the lesser episodes imo.
The scenes between Jeff and the Professor were poorly acted. They both had that "this is so awkward I want to laugh to ease the tension" look.
though we also got winners like "truth is ketchup...truth is Jim Belushi. It isn't meant to blow our minds."
― Cunga, Friday, 22 January 2010 21:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
i liked the postcredits joke a lot
― Lamp, Friday, 22 January 2010 21:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
i liked abed's dance steps
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
i also liked shirley's speech describing brita's preparation of jeff as a cup of coffee
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 21:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
<3 the subtle use of "they put me on crosswords because i'm a girl AND I LOVE CROSSWORDS" setting up the credits joek.
― dumb mack maine follows (a hoy hoy), Friday, 22 January 2010 22:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
how could I forget that callback? very nice.
― Cunga, Friday, 22 January 2010 22:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
the return of senor chang is the best two minutes of television in 2010.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 22 January 2010 23:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
I just found out the dude who played Vaughn (surf-bro who dated Britta) went to Pepperdine. No wonder he did such a good job.
― Cunga, Friday, 22 January 2010 23:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
what about the turbotax ad at the end w/ ken jeong/dean
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Friday, 22 January 2010 23:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
boo rerun tonight? :(
― Ponger12, Friday, 29 January 2010 00:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
I did eat all the macaroni. It's messed up that he knows.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 February 2010 01:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'm not that cool. i'm not juno, homeslice
― Mordy, Friday, 5 February 2010 01:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
Let's go film the sex scene.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 February 2010 01:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
This is really one of the funniest shows on television.
― Mordy, Friday, 5 February 2010 01:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm surprised that the alison brie bikini shoot hasn't been posted here yet
― Sex Sexual (kingfish), Friday, 5 February 2010 06:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
ya know... it actually kinda doesn't work
― Nhex, Friday, 5 February 2010 07:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
SHUT UP, Leonard! No one even knows what you're talking about!
― Sex Sexual (kingfish), Friday, 5 February 2010 09:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
needs a .gif for when everyone was looking at each other having sexual thoughts
― stop assuming I assumed something LOL (CaptainLorax), Friday, 5 February 2010 21:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
Chevy was killin' it this ep.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 February 2010 21:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
Amazing ep, top 3 fer sure
― Simon H., Friday, 5 February 2010 21:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
when abed did the eyebrows thing
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 6 February 2010 00:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
Abed and troy's "they're just jealous" was so awesome. Also lollll phyllis diller!
― tehresa, Saturday, 6 February 2010 00:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
The existence of starburns and knowing he has to stay like that outside of filming makes me lol constantly.
― 80085 (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 6 February 2010 00:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
they are not real
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 6 February 2010 00:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
Don't ruin it.
― 80085 (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 6 February 2010 00:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
I liked how they managed to shoe-horn Senor Chang into things. "CLEARLY none of my other plans fell through."
Also:
― Al Gore invented the internet to house the bitterness of humanity (reddening), Saturday, 6 February 2010 00:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
aren't they real? thought he was a writer who wore fake ones at first and then just grew them out.
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Saturday, 6 February 2010 00:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
Community (and Parks & Recreation, too) is proof you can't judge the goodness of a show by its pilot alone. This show is completely hilarious and maybe the best thing on tv now.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 6 February 2010 01:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
i have the weirdest boner right now.
― jonathan - stl, Saturday, 6 February 2010 03:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
i haven't seen it since it first aired to compare to recent episodes, but i really liked the pilot!
― some dude, Saturday, 6 February 2010 04:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
everything is connected: rocks, eagles, hats..
― Screeching Weerasethakul (Pillbox), Saturday, 6 February 2010 04:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
Alison Brie in this ep (& in general) = ws x 1000
― Screeching Weerasethakul (Pillbox), Saturday, 6 February 2010 04:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
micro-nipples
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Saturday, 6 February 2010 05:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm younger than the 3 of you combined
― stop assuming I assumed something LOL (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 6 February 2010 06:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
You think I'm too old to make monkeyshines at a picture show?
― Al Gore invented the internet to house the bitterness of humanity (reddening), Saturday, 6 February 2010 08:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
this ep was a stone classic. lol at chevy chase doing robin williams. every1 had a classic bit, but "im not juno, homeslice" is just.
― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Sunday, 7 February 2010 23:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
he's a younger "that asian guy from lost"
― carne asada, Friday, 12 February 2010 16:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
really is my favorite show on TV right now
― da croupier, Friday, 12 February 2010 17:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
It reminds me a little of the relationship between Sam Malone and the rest of the Cheers gang.
This is pretty otm, and the way they've reworked the sam-and-diane act (which grated in the first few episodes) has been great.
― da croupier, Friday, 12 February 2010 17:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
excited to see how season two will go now that they have the form down, though i dunno how they can hope to keep people in community college forever if it hits.
jeff brings them all to law school where he teaches
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 12 February 2010 17:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
the show is just such a pleasure for me, even when it's not funny i'm delighted
Dan Harmon (creator of the show) actually addressed this in a recent interview:
I don’t have any ambition to be the next Laverne & Shirley, and have it run two decades. Jeff’s not going to grow a beard and start teaching there while the rest of them open a pet store across the street.
He also mentions that it's possible to get a bachelor's degree at a community college, so the show basically has a four-year plan laid out. That interview and this one from E!Online are pretty interesting looks at how he's dealing with the expectations from the fandom that's sprouted up.
― we are too good to live in squalor (reddening), Friday, 12 February 2010 17:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
apparently community colleges have wacky themed dance parties every week
― am0n, Friday, 12 February 2010 17:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
i love dan harmon. his blog and twitter are gold mines.
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 12 February 2010 17:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
and this: http://www.channel101.com/shows/view.php?media_id=1764
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 12 February 2010 17:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
In July 2009, Harmon was nominated in two Emmy categories for his part in writing the Oscar telecast: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, the latter of which he was awarded for "Hugh Jackman Opening Number" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 12 February 2010 17:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
Of course it could be like MASH and be an 11 year moebius loop of the korean war community college.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 12 February 2010 17:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
"at the picnic!"
this show is still stupid funny, new episode coming this week i hope?
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 1 March 2010 21:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah!
― shite new answers (cutty), Monday, 1 March 2010 21:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
brunette in this show is cuet
― by another name (amateurist), Monday, 1 March 2010 23:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
I thought tonights was among the best.
― dan selzer, Friday, 5 March 2010 04:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
I laughed at the naked pool bit way more than I want to admit, but also hopeful that due to the Abed plot we'll get a bit less of him just being the self-aware/fourth wall breaking loser of the group
― Nhex, Friday, 5 March 2010 05:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
I've never thought Abed was a loser.
― Jouster, Friday, 5 March 2010 06:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
Really enjoyed this one a bunch.
― Your body is a spiderland (polyphonic), Friday, 5 March 2010 06:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah this episode was tops, and the way they totally went for broke with that last scene was kind of unexpected and awesome
― some dude, Friday, 5 March 2010 06:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
Loser was not quite the word I was looking for, but I just read this AVClub review that nailed what I wanted to say far more eloquently:
The show's detractors often write it off as a series about a bunch of types who interact with each other in utterly predictable ways. And while that was true of some of the earliest episodes of the series, I don't think it's true anymore. As the series has slowly given every character in its ensemble showcase episodes that show them off, it's found the human beings behind the types. Take a look at how the show treats Abed tonight (in what's probably the best showcase the series has come up with for Danny Pudi). Abed's been the typical TV character who's detached and sort of aloof, an outsider who hangs out with our cast. (Harmon compared him to a wide variety of TV characters, including Mork and the Fonz.) But this episode shows that that's just a level of comfort with himself that the other characters lack, a level of comfort that they envy in some ways. Just like Britta is not an ice-cold bitch but, rather, a girl who's only beginning to realize how little she understands the way she gets in her own way or like Troy is not just a dumb jock but also a guy who's always leading with his heart (but is easily swayed by others), Abed's revealed to be something more than what he appears.
― Nhex, Friday, 5 March 2010 07:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
YOU MAGNIFICENT SON OF A BITCH!
― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Friday, 5 March 2010 07:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah that's a good point about how much they're willing to toy with and put new angles on the characters, even so early on in the show's run. i mean i never would've thought from the pilot episode that Troy would've become such a weird and hilarious character.
― some dude, Friday, 5 March 2010 07:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
i never liked this show, but i'll watch tonight's episode once it's up on hulu tomorrow
― HOOM gang (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 March 2010 08:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
What is the origin of "you magnificent son of a bitch?" I feel like I've been hearing that phrase forever as a semi-reference.
― Jouster, Friday, 5 March 2010 09:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, this has replaced 30 Rock as the Show of My Heart. Something about seeing the coach walking around naked with his farmer tan just killed me. I was actually pretty impressed with the guy who played the coach -- it would've been easy to sound hammy and overdone with some of those lines, but he really sold it.
Need .gif of Abed being a vampire.
― the jaws of impermanence and soul death (reddening), Friday, 5 March 2010 11:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
loled at the Mad Men thing too. <3 Alison Brie.
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Friday, 5 March 2010 12:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
I really like some of the changes they're making with the characters, especially making Brita more vulnerable (see the ballet dancing episode, drunk dialing, her breaking down when everyone makes fun of her in last night's episode) instead of just being the sassy ice queen all the time.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 5 March 2010 13:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
the episode was great. brita's pronuncation of bagel had us freaking rolling.
― carne asada, Friday, 5 March 2010 15:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
My 2 year old says bagel the way Britta does.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 5 March 2010 17:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
hmmm
― Freddy 'The Wonder Chicken' (Gukbe), Friday, 5 March 2010 23:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
My car's GPS says bagel the way Britta does (we have it set on the British accent voice and one day we set the destination as "Ein-steeeen Bross Bag-els")
― some dude, Saturday, 6 March 2010 00:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol @ "you are the worst."
― Simon H., Saturday, 6 March 2010 01:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://ow.ly/1ePRs
NBC press release
― Sex Sexual (kingfish), Saturday, 6 March 2010 01:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
doope ep, v high quality
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 6 March 2010 01:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
so torn between being happy for this show and being anxious about the increasing possibility of Joel getting his Kinnear on and leaving The Soup
― some dude, Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
Even if ABC hadn't just cancelled Better off Ted, that episode would have finally settled it as to which was the best comedy currently on US TV.
in britain its pronounced bygule
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
not surprised about Better Off Ted but still bummed to hear :(
― some dude, Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm not sure if it has officially been cancelled but most of the actors seem to be working on other things. However, given how bad ABC at scheduling and promoting things it would surprise me if any announcement has slipped completely under the radar.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Oh come on, if all Chinese were psychic you would have started using birth control centuries ago..."
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
total bliss watching this show
mchale was excellent, his detractors can shut up now
― shite new answers (cutty), Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
even though you want them to keep this show tight and not drag on forever in a way i wouldn't mind it because it's got that thing where i have a new favorite character every week, and those shows are very rare
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah, this show is pretty unfuckable with atm
― carne asada, Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
parks and rec not renewed apparently?
― shite new answers (cutty), Saturday, 6 March 2010 03:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
no, parks and rec was renewed early a couple weeks ago
― the jaws of impermanence and soul death (reddening), Saturday, 6 March 2010 03:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
McHale has detractors?
― some dude, Saturday, 6 March 2010 03:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
wasn't he playing the manager in burger king commercials in like 2003?
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 03:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
yep
― Nhex, Saturday, 6 March 2010 03:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
2003 is completely irrelevant, in 2003 i was sitting down to get a mediocre grade in the ap us governmnent exam and now i'm here on the internet to tell you that community owns even when it is really cheesy and you can see all the parts being fitted together
― A B C, Saturday, 6 March 2010 03:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
that wasn't meant as a dis, I was seriously asking. He actually was really funny in those. next time I saw him was Spiderman 2, don't watch The Soup tho...
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 03:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
the soup is very special. mostly really stupid, but awesome fun. though their skits are the worst part. Choosing random reality TV bits, repeating them until they become their own religion and even then having the source come in and take part in the joke is always good. I mean, spaghetti cat was pretty good, but Chicken Tetrazzini was really special.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 6 March 2010 03:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
hahaha. Leonard is this show's Creed.
"Touche."
Also, Joel McHale was in the pilot for the American version of 'The IT Crowd,' right?
― Sex Sexual (kingfish), Sunday, 7 March 2010 05:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah
― some dude, Sunday, 7 March 2010 09:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://img6.yfrog.com/i/4l2.mp4/
― shite new answers (cutty), Sunday, 7 March 2010 21:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
This is from Patton, Patton says it about Rommel.
― I Am Curious (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 11 March 2010 23:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
Great episode.
― Mordy, Friday, 12 March 2010 01:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
That scene with Britta was omgwtf
totally
― Nhex, Friday, 12 March 2010 03:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
I HATE GLEE
― gabourey weaver (get bent), Friday, 12 March 2010 04:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Good lord Katharine McPhee is pretty. I also appreciated the line about choking the Little Mermaid with a bike chain.
― T Bone Streep (Cave17Matt), Friday, 12 March 2010 06:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol Rabbi Chang
"'Senior' Chang?"
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 March 2010 18:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
That was Katherine McPhee???!? I had no idea.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 12 March 2010 18:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
omg she is hot
― nitzer ebbebe (gbx), Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Glee-hating coda was the greatest. "(sob) I don't understand the appeal at all!"
― the jaws of impermanence and soul death (reddening), Saturday, 13 March 2010 01:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
not sure if i approve of this new not so dorky annie, it's distracting me from the jokes
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 13 March 2010 02:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
She's still a goody-goody, though, which was always her central trait.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 13 March 2010 23:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Laughed really hard at the Britta spanking scene, and the Glee joke.
― Your body is a spiderland (polyphonic), Saturday, 13 March 2010 23:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
Laughed so hard at that scene... so many layers of funny. Troy peaking and cringing, main guy and hot chick coming in, britta being spanked!
Last weak it was Abed's vampire impression that had me rolling
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 14 March 2010 00:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
Need .gif of Abed being a vampire.― the jaws of impermanence and soul death (reddening)
haha agree. you made the .gif of all of them having sexual thoughts and I never thanked you for that. so thank you
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 14 March 2010 00:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
"a zero ghost tolerance policy"
― kogi taco ergo sum (get bent), Friday, 19 March 2010 03:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
"welcome aboard the s.s. nose candy"
― kogi taco ergo sum (get bent), Friday, 19 March 2010 03:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
"king of the world!"
― stuffies don't have corn in 'em (KMS), Friday, 19 March 2010 03:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
Hey, it that's guy!
― stuffies don't have corn in 'em (KMS), Friday, 19 March 2010 03:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
goldblooming!
― tehresa, Friday, 19 March 2010 05:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh wow, lee majors!
― Sex Sexual (kingfish), Friday, 19 March 2010 06:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
ha that was a great ending!
― shite new answers (cutty), Friday, 19 March 2010 13:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
The "Goldbluming" line had me in literal fits of laughter. Had to pause the show for a good 90 seconds to compose myself.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 March 2010 14:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Bastards of Young Dro, Friday, 19 March 2010 14:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
"damn, he's ghost-ridin' a jib."
― LaMonte, Friday, 19 March 2010 22:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
I don't get the Goldbluming line...
― musically, Saturday, 20 March 2010 17:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
have you never seen a jeff goldblum film? almost any one of them?
― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 20 March 2010 17:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
I don't remember it being said so I don't remember the context, thank you for explaining so willingly though
― musically, Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
Jeff Goldblum often seen in films hunched over books, going crazy trying to figure something out. This is what Jeff was doing when the comment was made.
― he might have even have gone in. (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
if you didn't remember it being said then how can you say you don't get it?
― shite new answers (cutty), Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
because two people mentioned it upthread?
― musically, Saturday, 20 March 2010 18:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
not remembering a joke vs. not getting a joke
― shite new answers (cutty), Saturday, 20 March 2010 19:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
I didn't remember the joke because I didn't get it at the time. Seeing it mentioned upthread made me realize I missed a joke. I hope you are finally able to grasp the situation.
― musically, Saturday, 20 March 2010 19:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
obligatory
― Nhex, Saturday, 20 March 2010 19:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
they need to give her more time, feels like she's been in the bg a lot. The Debate episode was one of my favorites.
― musically, Saturday, 20 March 2010 19:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
<3 this show
― cozen, Sunday, 21 March 2010 11:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
Donald Glover's stand up special on Friday night was pretty funny for the most part. You can tell he's still kind of new to the game, though.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 March 2010 12:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah he was definitely hit and miss but entertaining
― some dude, Sunday, 21 March 2010 19:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
where did it air?
― shite new answers (cutty), Sunday, 21 March 2010 21:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
It was on Comedy Central.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 March 2010 21:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
Hooooooooooooly shit tonight's episode was so goddamn fucking funny. The LOLs came faster than usual.
― Usain Bolt Cola (Cattle Grind), Friday, 26 March 2010 01:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
troy and abed in the morning <3^^^would actually watch every morning
― tehresa, Friday, 26 March 2010 05:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
i actually had trouble breathing i was laughing so hard during the cookie crisp thing at the end
― shite new answers (cutty), Friday, 26 March 2010 11:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
Annie slamming Winger's head into the table is an image I never want to forget...
― Usain Bolt Cola (Cattle Grind), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
I was rolling while Annie was spraying the pepper spray and running directly into the mist.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 26 March 2010 14:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
Mornin' boys. I'm Annie Edison, but people call me Psycho because I had a nervous breakdown in high school. My partner's a Christian housewife.
― Nhex, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
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― max, Friday, 26 March 2010 19:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
I love the fact that they didn't have a camera, but could provide Jeff with a Lavalierre mic.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 March 2010 20:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
Abed's po'd police chief rant was CLASSIC. I was crying...
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 26 March 2010 20:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
It was very chief from Beverly Hills Cop. Everything to do with Cookie Crisp was killing me too.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 26 March 2010 20:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
uh pierce reading jeff's mind: "gay ... soo gay"
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 27 March 2010 05:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
― shite new answers (cutty), Friday, March 26, 2010 7:09 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^yar
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 27 March 2010 05:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
For me, this one is the best of NBC's Thursday night sitcom lineup.
― Tesla, the Electric Jesus (KMS), Saturday, 27 March 2010 06:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://kellyoxford.tumblr.com/post/479774445/my-story-about-the-film-monster-house
"I’ll tell you why. Because Gil Kenan is a hack and Steven Spielberg is a moron."
― rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
what an awesome story
― just sayin, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Dan Harmon ftw
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
great episode tonight!
― Nhex, Friday, 23 April 2010 02:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
Seriously dying at the layla bridge.
― s.clover, Friday, 23 April 2010 02:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
All the show needed was someone to say: "I gotta go get the papers, get the papers"
― Beer me a Lagavulin (KMS), Friday, 23 April 2010 03:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
massive episode, these guys are on such a roll i'm almost mad that they're gonna go on summer hiatus soon and have to pick up in a few months.
― some dude, Friday, 23 April 2010 04:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
wheres the thread about tv shows within tv shows? abed calling out law & order for stealing their plot was aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamazing.
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 23 April 2010 07:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh yeah I DIED at that one! (cuz it was true)
― Nhex, Friday, 23 April 2010 07:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
The episode in two weeks is going to blow minds.
― Jouster, Friday, 23 April 2010 08:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
amazing episode
― Steve Sharta (cozen), Friday, 23 April 2010 08:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://twitter.com/AnniesB00bs
― Steve Sharta (cozen), Friday, 23 April 2010 08:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
totally awesome ep so far
― GREAT JOB Mushroom head (gbx), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
I loved that episode so much. I don't want it to go on summer hiatus.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 23 April 2010 15:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
Not crazy about that one! Some great moments, but it felt like it crossed over into full-on parody territory in a way I wasn't totally pleased with.
― Simon H., Friday, 23 April 2010 15:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh man the Goodfellas satire was magnifique
― Bogart Puff 'n Stuff (Cattle Grind), Saturday, 24 April 2010 01:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
Closing the door a la The Godfather made me lol
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Saturday, 24 April 2010 01:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
yea, as soon as that happened I probably disturbed my roommate with guffawing laughter.....that was as good as the moment on the Sopranos where they subtlety spoofed the "elevator" into funeral parlour scene from Godfather....
― Bogart Puff 'n Stuff (Cattle Grind), Saturday, 24 April 2010 01:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
so apparently back in March, someone sent Dan Harmon this message on Twitter:
both Modern Family and Glee are streets ahead of your meta bullshit
and Dan Harmon decided everyone should be using this expression, made a PSA about it, and wrote it into an episode that aired barely a month later. the internet age is insane.
― the international mooncake trade (reddening), Saturday, 24 April 2010 08:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
ha
― WTF cat with unfitting music (kingfish), Saturday, 24 April 2010 08:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
OK, that's awesome.
― Simon H., Saturday, 24 April 2010 09:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
LOL. what a way to zing someone by giving it to Pearce to say....that rules.
― Bogart Puff 'n Stuff (Cattle Grind), Saturday, 24 April 2010 09:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
As soon as they nodded to goodfellas I was praying for the Layla bridge...damn that was an awesome ep. Streets ahead!!
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 25 April 2010 05:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
uh pierce reading jeff's mind: "gay ... soo gay"― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 27 March 2010 05:02 (4 weeks ago)
that was a really amazing bit imo. pierce got so passionate about it
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 25 April 2010 05:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
Have decided that, as funny as Ken Jeong is in movies, THIS show is where he's at his peak.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 30 April 2010 00:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
Brilliant ep tonight. as usual
― Mordy, Friday, 30 April 2010 00:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh man that was perfect
― kill whiney (cutty), Friday, 30 April 2010 01:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
I went to community college full time when I was 16 but I was totally awesome and popular so I didn't relate to this episode at all.
― musically, Friday, 30 April 2010 04:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oh I enjoyed that.
― WTF cat with unfitting music (kingfish), Friday, 30 April 2010 05:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
Hilarious! I can't wait for the action movie next week
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 30 April 2010 05:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
I want Abed and Troy to have their own Harold and Kumar type big screen film.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 30 April 2010 06:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
we have lost our turtle! or our johnny drama! or e... that show is sloppy
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 April 2010 12:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
^^^^ lol
― Dennis Parrotin' (some dude), Friday, 30 April 2010 12:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
episode totally killed it
― g.w.f.nagl (cozen), Friday, 30 April 2010 12:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
started out thinking it was a little flat but by the end i was loling so hard. also sort of felt like a finale but there are still three episodes left.
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 30 April 2010 13:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
Enjoyed the little moments when Britta and Annie were looking at each other wondering who was what.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 April 2010 15:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
this show is on fire atm
― the subject of many paedo's thoughts (history mayne), Sunday, 2 May 2010 00:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
SHMITTTAY
― kill whiney (cutty), Sunday, 2 May 2010 01:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
also sort of felt like a finale but there are still three episodes left.
this show has evolved so much I have a hard time believing it's all been in one season.
― da croupier, Sunday, 2 May 2010 17:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
O M G THIS IS SO FREAKIN AWESOME
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 00:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
SHIT this is on now!!!!! turning on !
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Friday, 7 May 2010 00:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
Fuck, I want to rewind and watch that again. Maybe I'll do it while The Office is on.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 00:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah goddamn that was next fucking level. kinda glad my wife is out tonight so i can rewatch it w/ her this weekend.
― iiiinfinite jjjjest (some dude), Friday, 7 May 2010 00:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
O-M-G!!!!! not only did the unmentionable (not gonna spoil for people who DVRed it) happen....Chang's paintbomb, OMFG.....i'm trying not to laugh loud to avoid disturbing my roommate but I couldn't hold it back....
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Friday, 7 May 2010 00:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
One of my friends read my Facebook post LOLing at the episode and asked me "What the hell is Community?".
defriended.
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Friday, 7 May 2010 01:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
Good work.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 01:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
that episode was seriously special. on one hand I'm kinda like "this show is a bit too meta/referential at times" but then they pull something off...when Jeff walked into the room with Troy and Troy's like "Jeff Winger you no good..." or whatever, then changed his tone. So otm.
― dan selzer, Friday, 7 May 2010 03:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
even just that Chang bit which references Chow Yun Fat and Face Off and Scarface all at once, they then throw in the Predator bit at end.... so much good action movie stuff in this episode
― Nhex, Friday, 7 May 2010 03:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
Fuckeeng community was off the hooK street style!
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 7 May 2010 04:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
also add The Warriors to the meta
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 7 May 2010 04:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
Terminator too. "Come with me if you don't want to get paint on your clothes."
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 04:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
that was seriously amazing.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 7 May 2010 04:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
I've known Matthew Perpetua for 12 years, but this might finally be the thing that ends a friendship:
@perpetua Wow, it would be great if Community never did another awful, awful, awful, awful episode like that ever again.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 05:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
tonight's episode was another level of awesome, I was dying when Chang joined the action
― musically, Friday, 7 May 2010 05:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp aw man i'm a fan of his... well, i was
― Nhex, Friday, 7 May 2010 05:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 05:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
sometimes I think people like Perpetua just come up with contrarian opinions so they stand out more...
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Friday, 7 May 2010 06:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I mean if this isn't the kind of thing you're looking for this show to give you, then what the hell are you even watching it for?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 06:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
Another reason to think he is a chucklehead.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 7 May 2010 10:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
always hated him. so yeah.
― cutty, Friday, 7 May 2010 12:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
i can see someone liking the first half of the season more and being put-off by some of the broader, more high concept stuff they've been doing in the last few episodes, even if i personally love how ambitious and crazy the show's getting.
― iiiinfinite jjjjest (some dude), Friday, 7 May 2010 12:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
this was above & beyond the greatest. i <3 this show.
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
i feel like the end of the billiards class episode was really where they threw down the gauntlet and showed how far they were willing to go, and the last 2 episodes are them going full bore in that direction. it's kind of exciting, since most sitcoms end up doing something zany and conceptual eventually, but by the time they do it's like season 5 and it's easy to accuse them of jumping the shark or running out of ideas. for Community to do this stuff this early on i think sets more of an 'anything goes' tone for the future.
― iiiinfinite jjjjest (some dude), Friday, 7 May 2010 13:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
that all sounds quite correct
― Nhex, Friday, 7 May 2010 13:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
also shocked that nobody posted this yethttp://nerve.com/features/true-stories/homosexual-schmomosexual
― Nhex, Friday, 7 May 2010 13:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
Have to wait till Sunday to watch this week's episode. it's going to be so, so hard.
― da croupier, Friday, 7 May 2010 14:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
was posted on the mad men thread xpost
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 7 May 2010 14:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wonder if that Brie story "inspired" Annie's loss of virginity tale from the episode about the safe sex fair.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 May 2010 14:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
I smile, "I'm going to touch your penis..."
― cutty, Friday, 7 May 2010 14:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
beginnerpottery.gif
― da croupier, Friday, 7 May 2010 14:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just saw that the same writer, Emily Cutler, is responsible for both Modern Warfare AND the chicken fingers episodes. Let's get this woman an Emmy at her earliest convenience, thanks.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 19:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
Bet yall noticed it but funny which member of their group got shot first
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 7 May 2010 19:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yes, I DID notice. No way that was just random.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 19:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
ha, never thought it through like that!
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 7 May 2010 19:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
of all the references though...the degree by which they nailed the 28 Days Later atmosphere was pretty amazing.
― dan selzer, Friday, 7 May 2010 19:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think the most amazing thing for me was how casually the paintball contest was mentioned (and disregarded) and then when it became a full blown thing.. from the first Abed appearance to the rendezvous point with Troy. Then I was continually amazed that the action film spiel was continually pulled off flawlessly - things like the scene where they are sitting around the fire in the cafeteria really got to me. I'm gonna stop praising this episode before I curse it :)
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 7 May 2010 19:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
so is this show always delightful or only when there is cartoon violence?
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 7 May 2010 20:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
― carne asada, Friday, March 5, 2010 9:52 PM (2 months ago)
― Aerosol, Friday, 7 May 2010 20:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
^_^
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 7 May 2010 20:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
THIS SHOW
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 7 May 2010 20:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's up on Hulu.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 7 May 2010 20:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
HE'S A PAWN
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 7 May 2010 20:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
so amazing
― rapping about space and shit, floatin’ around in an orgy of screen savers (gbx), Friday, 7 May 2010 20:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
Genius!! Filled with referencey-goodness. Mr Veg and I were crying laughing the whole way through...and omg I want that paintball machinegun so bad! Senor Chang FTW.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 7 May 2010 22:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
Can I saw that Britta is one of the most attractive women on television right now?
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Friday, 7 May 2010 22:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think Agent Olivia Dunham from 'Fringe' has her beat, but Britta's pretty awesome.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 7 May 2010 23:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
Annie > Britta, sorry dudes.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 7 May 2010 23:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 7 May 2010 23:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
amazing ep
― Greatest contributor: (history mayne), Friday, 7 May 2010 23:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
Annie's right up there too. I could go either way with them on any day of the week, honestly.
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Friday, 7 May 2010 23:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
Perhaps I could have phrased that better.
The spy-chick on Chuck is up there in the top 3 probably. I like the redhead on The Mentalist also. Olivia otm.
― CaptainLorax, Saturday, 8 May 2010 00:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
love that this is their second dig at Glee
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Saturday, 8 May 2010 00:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
might have to watch this again
― rapping about space and shit, floatin’ around in an orgy of screen savers (gbx), Saturday, 8 May 2010 00:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
I like the redhead on The Mentalist also.
Over Robin Tunney? No way.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 8 May 2010 00:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
other ref: battle royale!
― rapping about space and shit, floatin’ around in an orgy of screen savers (gbx), Saturday, 8 May 2010 00:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
Love the John mclane wifebeater
― VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 8 May 2010 02:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
what was the battle royale ref? i musta missed it. there was a bunch going on there.
― s.clover, Saturday, 8 May 2010 05:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
The whole thing seemed kinda Battle Royale'ish. Esp the part where they send in the ringer to kill everyone.
― Mordy, Saturday, 8 May 2010 06:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
if this episode doesn't win some kind of award, there's no point in having awards.
― if he wants to cry to the night sky that's what he'll fucking do (reddening), Saturday, 8 May 2010 09:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
that episode must have been so fun to make
― max, Saturday, 8 May 2010 12:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
I can imagine it'd be stressful too, because they had to get the shots just right for the satire to work. And it's out of their element a little.
One thing I know is that it was sure as hell fun to watch.
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Saturday, 8 May 2010 13:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
Justin Lin directed it. Makes sense.
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Saturday, 8 May 2010 14:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
troy's "jeff winger... you son of of a bitch"
soooooo hilarious
― cutty, Saturday, 8 May 2010 14:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
the last few episodes have been amazing.
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 8 May 2010 14:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
― cutty, Saturday, May 8, 2010 10:25 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah troy was a standout this whole episode, too bad he had to die first but the meta-joke was basically worth it
― max, Saturday, 8 May 2010 14:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think I missed the meta-joke?
― Mordy, Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
black guy dies first cliche is all it is afaik
― some dude, Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
which one?
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
its a black guy dies first thing, but its funny b/c it happens when troy is talking about how hes NOT just a black guy and obviously it sounds pretty dumb when i write it out like that
― max, Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'm not an ambassador... i'm a gladiator
― Greatest contributor: (history mayne), Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
God, this one was so great. Was reading thru the comments on the AV Club and agreed with the sentiment that while the show uses a lot of pop-culture refs, it uses them to both augment and illustrate the character interactions.
Also, fat blubbery victim was great
― WTF cat with unfitting music (kingfish), Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's totally found its metier with this and the goodfellas ep. completely inspired.
― Greatest contributor: (history mayne), Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
or, rather, streets ahead
― Greatest contributor: (history mayne), Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
As I probably mentioned at some point too, this show is like the only instance where I find the blonde more attractive than the brunette
― WTF cat with unfitting music (kingfish), Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
i think it varies from episode to episode, yet another testament to the greatness of this show
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
yes!! his fat blubbery pauses
― cutty, Saturday, 8 May 2010 15:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
That was the guy the John Oliver character called out for looking like Mark David Chapman in the episode about the psychology experiment.
― ô_o (Nicole), Saturday, 8 May 2010 16:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
AND I DON'T HAVE AN EGO MY FACEBOOK PICTURE IS A LANDSCAPE
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 8 May 2010 16:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
Can we make this quick, I need to give a banana to Annie's boobs.
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 8 May 2010 16:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
Been enjoying this show all season, but the last few episodes make me think it might steal the Best Comedy Emmy from 30 Rock this year.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 8 May 2010 16:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
give it to glover, get best of both worlds?
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 8 May 2010 16:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
Donald Glover really is one of my favorite people in the world right now.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 8 May 2010 18:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
real talk
― rapping about space and shit, floatin’ around in an orgy of screen savers (gbx), Saturday, 8 May 2010 18:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
speaking of John Oliver what exactly happened to his character?
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 02:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
He was only attached to the pilot.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 02:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
I think he showed up in one other cameo, though.
he was in that one episode where he was doing an experiment and Annie was the facilitator....
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 02:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah there was that episode where at the end Britta was forced to see him for "counseling" every week, but then he never showed up again
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 03:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
i read an interview that said they wanted him more, but his daily show schedule didn't permit it. he's going to be in the finale tho, along with the "seize the day" professor.
― if he wants to cry to the night sky that's what he'll fucking do (reddening), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 03:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
I loved him on the show and thought his and Jeff's banter was great. Wish he was on more often.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 03:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
him=Oliver, though Higgins is always fun.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 03:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
I've missed the last four or five eps, and you all have me convinced I need to catch up immediately.
― Cunga, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 04:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oh hell yes, the last several episodes (actually, everything going back to the xmas episode) are E-FUCKING-SSENTIAL.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 04:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
Especially especially the last one.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 04:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
Cool. I miss enjoying the post-episode aftermath with you guys as well.
― Cunga, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 05:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
from the Bill Bryson thread:
It's maybe not a fair comparison, but Paul Theroux is streets ahead.
― Tag, Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:48 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Thursday, 13 May 2010 02:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
love good will hunting mockery
― symsymsym, Friday, 14 May 2010 03:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
Senor Chang not being Senor Chang anymore makes me sad. Not even a keytar heals my broken heart. ;_;
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 May 2010 03:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Bit of a letdown after last week's episode, but pretty much anything would have been. Annie's Disney-face bit was great though.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 May 2010 03:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
This episode was mega boring.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 14 May 2010 04:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
RONG
― Jordan York (some dude), Friday, 14 May 2010 05:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's funny to think that i was ever initially disappointed about John Oliver not being a full on cast member, would be fine with more appearances but the ensemble, even Senor Chang and the dean, feels so complete without him. really i'm more hoping for more Eric Christian Olsen guest spots.
― Jordan York (some dude), Friday, 14 May 2010 05:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Not quite to the heights of last week, but what could have been? I still enjoyed them moving the mechanics of the collected-group schooling along, giving Senor Chang a reason to stick around, and setting up for the next season. And they gave Star-burns a good joke. Disappointed they didn't do more with Jerry Minor, who I just found out is from my hometown.
Also, I enjoyed the stinger.
― WTF cat with unfitting music (kingfish), Friday, 14 May 2010 07:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
YOU CAN BE A JANITOR
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 14 May 2010 07:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
has anyone seen this? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1237838/
― just sayin, Friday, 14 May 2010 11:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
to buy a flying car??????
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Friday, 14 May 2010 16:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 14 May 2010 18:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
That t-shirt is awesome.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 14 May 2010 18:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
At one point I was teaching you KLINGON!
― if he wants to cry to the night sky that's what he'll fucking do (reddening), Friday, 14 May 2010 21:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
loved the quote that was something like "I want to make you a boy so that I can punch you"actually a lot of great lines on that episode and I did love the Janitor meta
― CaptainLorax, Saturday, 15 May 2010 04:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
So apparently CBS is moving Big Bang Theory to compete with Community Thursday nights. It won't be a question for me (I never watch BBT and love Community to pieces) but apparently BBT is the highest rated sitcom for adults 18-49 so -- uh -- next season might be Community's last.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/community-creator-fires-back-at-big-bang-theory-move/
― Mordy, Friday, 21 May 2010 00:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
I've seen Big Bang Theory. I can't imagine it has fans that would follow it to another night, considering how banal it is. It only gets those eyeballs now because it has ZERO competition on Monday nights (Chuck, really? And I don't even know what comes on ABC on Monday nights.)
(House doesn't count, because House is House.)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
I missed the last five minutes of Community tonight, btw. The last thing I saw was Jeff talking to Annie outside after she bailed on the trip, then the cable went out.
Then it came on again just in time for P&R. Then it went out AGAIN with five minutes of P&R left, so I don't know what happened at the end of that either.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
people LOVE Big Bang Theory, it's pretty much the heir to the 'really unhip show that's the highest rated sitcom on TV' throne currently occuped by 2 And A Half Men (which people don't LOVE like they love BBT in my experience).
― some dude, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
Here's hoping Community wins an Emmy or two, just so NBC will think twice about killing it.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
But seriously, fuck CBS.
The finale was fantastic, I hope Jim Parsons gets kidnapped by Somali pirates so Big Bang Theory won't compete against it.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 21 May 2010 02:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
Tell me what happened that I didn't see! I don't want to wait until tomorrow to see it on Hulu.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
Jeff and Annie ended up kissing.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 21 May 2010 02:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
WAHT!?1 Oh boy.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
also nice 'Abed's video yearbook' ending gag
― some dude, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
i seriously keep wanting to start a Big Bang Theory thread so people can stop talking about it in comedy show threads but that's just too spiteful as i despise the show. but ironically nobody likes it enough to start one
yeah johnny, you missed out
― Nhex, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think scott is really into BBT.
― Mordy, Friday, 21 May 2010 02:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
i get so happy when john oliver appears!
― EGOT Schiele (get bent), Friday, 21 May 2010 03:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
scott started a thread for BBT
― mizzell, Friday, 21 May 2010 03:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hey, Nerdlinger,Sheldon Has Klingon Hearing! (Big Bang Theory Thread)
this will finally stop me from blabbing about this show on the how i met your mother thread.― scott seward, Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:43 PM (7 months ago)
― scott seward, Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:43 PM (7 months ago)
haha, my bad!
back to community: yeah nice that they did all those callbacks like john oliver's mandated therapy appointments for britta, john michael higgins, even britta/annie's hippie boyfriend
― Nhex, Friday, 21 May 2010 03:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
This finale was amazing. I love how so much of the show's parody is left totally unstated (like the shot where Annie is saying goodbye to each of them and that black wall with lights was lit, or where Troy is at the party and there's just a group of black guys dancing in the middle of the party that he momentarily joins), like with a show that had built less good will with me I'd be annoyed about, but because this show has such a ridiculous distance from itself, I just read as more mockery.
― Mordy, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow I just found out that this week is the finale for Community and Modern Family, this is a totally awesome surprise since I thought last week was the finale week. I was wondering what the hell you were all talking about today...
― musically, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
Why does Hulu have to wait until morning to post episodes? I mean, I'm sure there's some procedural mumbo jumbo rationale, but what about those of us who away from home and at the mercy of shitty cable and can't just call it up on the dvr?
I'm sure it will still be just as awesome tomorrow morning, but I WANT IT NOW.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
if you can download, they are usually on torrents/rapidshare within an hour of airing on the east coast
― musically, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
This computer is about a billion years old and not even mine. Don't want to install any torrent applications. I'll just have to wait it out.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
m3gar3l3as3.n3t
― musically, Friday, 21 May 2010 07:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
decent, not amazing, finale. The season really had nowhere to go but "solid" after the paintball spectacular.
― Simon H., Friday, 21 May 2010 07:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow I just found out that this week is the finale for Community and Modern Family, this is a totally awesome surprise since I thought last week was the finale week
haha me too except i thought that the finale of community was two weeks ago
― Lamp, Friday, 21 May 2010 07:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
― leck mich im arshavin (cozen), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol nice to see badger in this
has he been in it before?
― leck mich im arshavin (cozen), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
also iunno but jeff and britta, jeff and slater, and especially jeff and annie all seem p.lame outcomes
― leck mich im arshavin (cozen), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Slater was never gonna happen anyway, and I guess I am still a little weirded out by the age difference between Jeff and Annie, which was even pointed out several times during the show. (Yeah, I know she's actually much older in real life, so that softens it, but they defined her as the "young one" constantly.) But I guess out of those three pairings McHale and Brie clearly had the most natural chemistry, especially in that debate episode, so I guess they had to go with it.
― Nhex, Friday, 21 May 2010 09:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
So I gave up on the show around episode 8 or so and after reading some of the comments here got back on board with the "Modern Warfare" episode.
When in HELL did the show go STARK RAVING BUGFUCK INSANE?! That episode was a million different kinds of awesome.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 21 May 2010 10:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
"what's this?" "a roll of quarters..."
― Gee, Officer (Gukbe), Friday, 21 May 2010 11:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
TRANNY QUEEN
CON-TRANS-ULATIONS
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 May 2010 12:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
"I'm going to find a loophole"
― leck mich im arshavin (cozen), Friday, 21 May 2010 12:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^^ so good
― cutty, Friday, 21 May 2010 12:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
wait coz do u even watch lost?
― cutty, Friday, 21 May 2010 12:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just the image of Troy walking around eating that gigantic cookie all episode was great. Then getting sick. Then taking another bite.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 May 2010 15:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
bahaha this link to the nyt article on dan harmon being pissed
I applaud Big Bang's move to Thursday at 8 p.m. This clever and witty series should be available to a younger audience instead of the same crude and tired plot lines that pervade most sitcoms ie. Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother, etc, Also, Thursday night is a TV wasteland on the major networks.Thank you CBS.
cbs: too racy for this gal
― mayor jingleberries, Friday, 21 May 2010 22:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
not crazy about britta declaring her love for jeff &c, and it's true that the season shd have stopped two weeks ago coz basically nothing could ever top the paintball ep
but this was still 'full of lols'
'there was an episode of happy days where fonzie *literally* jumped over a shark. and it was the *best* episode.'
― long time listener, first time balla (history mayne), Saturday, 22 May 2010 09:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^^yes
― leck mich im arshavin (cozen), Saturday, 22 May 2010 10:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
harmon is totally right to be afraid - BBT's audience is over double that of Community's, actually increasing every season. it's a legitimate hit compared to the entire NBC thursday night line-up
we should all be crossing fingers that devil Chuck Lorre hasn't killed the show by this time next year
― Nhex, Saturday, 22 May 2010 10:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
arrested development was instantly stunning, but I have a hard time thinking of a comedy that revved up so intensely over its first season (30 rock, maybe? i didn't get on the train til later). Simpsons were in their second before things got "holy shit."
― da croupier, Saturday, 22 May 2010 12:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Watched "Mystery Team." It's pretty amusing, but Glover is obviously the star of his comedy team; other two dudes are pretty much dead weight. I think they must have realized this because he has the biggest part. Aubrey Plaza and Bobby Moynihan are in it too, plus cameos from Matt Walsh, Dot Com, Lutz, Erin from The Office.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 13:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
the kinda tallish dead-weight dude from the team's viral karate sketch has been getting bit parts in lots of NBC comedies lately. don't count derrick comedy viral karate dude out yet!
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah that guy is easily the worst of the three. the other dude seems ok maybe but was basically doing a Napolean Dynamite impression through the whole movie
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
you don't like viral karate dude? he's like the kevin mcdonald to glover's bruce mcculloch.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
I have not seen viral karate. If we're talking about the same dude, he is very very bland in Mystery Team.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 11 June 2010 22:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm mystified by the fact that so many people hear loved the paintball episode, which was the weakest one yet imo
while watching it, i thought 'oh heck, i guess at some imminent point jeff will wake up and there will be a funny dream-related plot twist, like maybe he passed out drunk at abed's place again', but no...it turned out to be just lame pop cultural reference trope. didn't simpsons, et al, run that kind of thing into the effin ground?
i only complain so vehemently b/c community was so funny w/o that kind of thing. to my mind it became less funny with that crap. i wish the people writing the show would have confidence that the characters and their relationships are plenty sufficient to bring the lol's. now the show risks becoming trainspotting territory to an audience of stand-ins for the abed character
― dell (del), Friday, 11 June 2010 22:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
i definitely think the paintball episode shows how the show could eventually turn into some kind of family guy culture ref repository, but I think it did a witty job of it (I quite like a lot of those old simpsons homages!) and still utilized the character's personalities within the context. I love that it actually advanced relationships - that it wasn't just the usual "finch dreams everyone on just shoot me are characters in the wizard of oz" sitcom thing. i'd be bummed if the show stopped doing small scale stuff and every episode became a movie tribute, but I'm not going to slam a great movie tribute on principle.
― da croupier, Friday, 11 June 2010 22:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
It would totally suck if they started doing that kind of episode every week, yeah, it would get totally boring. But the fact that this was a one-off, guns blazin' episode totally worked for me. Plus, I think almost any other attempt at resolving the Jeff/Britta sexual tension would have been awkward and hamfisted. This way they could set their inevitable hook-up in a crazy setting where it wouldn't have been the episode's sole focus.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 11 June 2010 22:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
fair enough. it just prompted far fewer laughs in me than previous episodes did, hence my harshing on it. it occasioned my first disappointment in a show that was surprisingly funny right out of the starting gate. you're very right in that it wasn't purely lazy, as many other shows might have been when ambling into similar territory
― dell (del), Friday, 11 June 2010 22:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
I love that it actually advanced relationships - that it wasn't just the usual "finch dreams everyone on just shoot me are characters in the wizard of oz" sitcom thing.
yeah this is otm
― some dude, Friday, 11 June 2010 22:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
it might have bothered me had the execution not been so perfect.
― Simon H., Saturday, 12 June 2010 00:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
I would hope they'd limit their over-the-top/incongruous episodes to one per season, kind of like how CSI only bases one ep per season on the lab techs or some completely ridiculous case. It's a nice opportunity to see characters you love because they act one way to act that way (or differently) in completely different circumstances.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 12 June 2010 01:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
They just went farther with that episode than others, but the Color of Money and Goodfellas ones were also great. Guys, it's okay to like parodies!
― Nhex, Saturday, 12 June 2010 02:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
re: paintball episode
I agree it worked partially because it was sort of a one time thing.
What had me going was the experience. They start the episode with them talking about some random stuff I can't remember in their study room. The PA system announces some paintball competition and that announcement came off as background noise. The characters kept on talking and pretty much disregarded the PA announcement if I remember correctly. I knew the episode would have paintball in it (from the previous week's previews) but like the characters, I basically blew off the announcement (for the time being) as well.
But then it was like a sudden onslaught of visceral paintball Armageddon with a wide pan shot of Jeff waking up in his car. The episode became mesmeric because of the sudden immersion and randomness of it all.
Then what kept me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next was all the great qualities you would find in an action movie. The tension. The drama. The survival aspect. The sex. The twist (Chang enrolling/no prize). The coolness of it all - Abed coming in jumping off the wall playing the part of the all-American hero, Troy with the great "you son of a bitch" line, the girls coming out of the bathroom stalls, the dark cafeteria with roller-skate dudes attacking, Chang with the paintball machine gun...
The cinematography/sets really pulled it all together. The action moments/tense moments were filmed really well and it was crazy to see a whole school messed up badly - something I dreamed of as a kid. "This would never happen" crossed my mind a few times but I that didn't distract me from letting the show unfold because it was all weirdly enjoyable
There was definitely less funny quotes than normal but a there was a lot of silly situational stuff instead
I watched the paintball episode late at night in my basement on a huge HG TV. Plus the episode worked better in that I wasn't expecting so much. I think my experience was also benefited from feeling some of the tension - the kind of tension that people are supposed to feel when watching action movies. Understandably, some people may have not had the same kind of reaction as me - they may have been less susceptible to the tense parts (maybe they were wanting more comedy in a comedy series). People could have easily been in the 'wrong state of mind' for this episode. Different states of mind (e.g. different kinds of logical, emotional, open, closed, sleepy...) is rationale for people's largely varied opinions on any given episode of Lost last season (as I gathered from the Lost thread)
― CaptainLorax, Saturday, 12 June 2010 23:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
loving this series. the paintball episode was absolute, unalloyed and audacious genius. and i loved the 'shmitty' kids too. shows like this and modern family are STREETS AHEAD of Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, both of which I think are truly charmless and terrible.
― Worth waiting for the fannypunch at 4.02 (stevie), Sunday, 20 June 2010 22:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
Watching the paintball episode now, and it's just as good as everybody said (possibly even better)
― Cunga, Sunday, 20 June 2010 23:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
the 'shmitty' kids
XD
― cutty, Sunday, 20 June 2010 23:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
Am I the only one who enjoys both Community and Big Bang Theory? I'm only into season 2 of BBT but I don't see a major difference in quality between the shows. (One makes pop culture references. The other makes science references.) If I had to pick one, I may go with Community and I hope the shows don't enter into competition but I do think both are good.
― Sundar, Monday, 21 June 2010 20:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
I enjoy them both, community has a slight edge but I like BBT especially as my partner is an academic and I think most academics have a little bit of Sheldon inside them.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 21 June 2010 20:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
xp they're going to be in the same time slot next season, where BBT will undoubtedly thrash Community in viewership and drive it towards extinction, hence the anticipatory hate
― Nhex, Monday, 21 June 2010 21:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
I hate pretty much any sitcom with a studio audience. Just don't like the format.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 21 June 2010 21:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh, they're definitely going to be in the same slot? Bastards.
― Sundar, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
"BBT will undoubtedly thrash Community in viewership"
Is there a demographic breakdown of who watches BBT and who watches Community?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, June 21, 2010 5:45 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
if you mean of current shows I might be like OK that's defensible but if you mean of all sitcoms ever then you're just nuts.
― neal page (some dude), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Whats that weird new show that comes on Thursday in the time slot that Parks and Recreation used to have that is shot in a Community format but has canned laughter anyway? That combination creeps me out really bad. The show is a terrible second attempt at "Friends" by the way.
― Evan, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
100 Questions or something like that. Historically awful.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
is shot in a Community format but has canned laughter anyway? That combination creeps me out really bad.
That does sound comically creepy and depressing.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 01:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
we have a thread about it, it's amazingly bad: Is "100 Questions" the worst show in recent history?
― neal page (some dude), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 01:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
7 BIG BANG THEORY, THE CBS Mon VAR 23 5.3 14,14370 COMMUNITY NBC Thu VAR 24 2.1 4,990
From the 2009-10 primetime season rankings. Last two numbers are 18-49 rating and total viewers in millions. BBT is #7 OVERALL - the #1 scripted show, which is kinda nuts already, going up against Community which is #70. (BTW, Community ranks even worse when you compare it by overall viewers, instead of just the 18-49 demo, unsurprisingly - less old folks watching).
― Nhex, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 01:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
whaaaaa?! this data has to be wrong! there's got to be some diebold shenanigans.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 01:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
The only reason BBT is such a runaway success is because half the cast of Roseanne are in and out of there on such a regular basis that people are confused and think they're watching something that's good.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 01:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also, it's funny.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 01:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'll concede there are many less funny shows currently on television than BBT. Anything with Tyler Perry's name on it for starters. Oh, and The Office.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
Whatever you think of these shows, they all lost to UNDERCOVER BOSS. WHA?!
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
BBT is weird because it contains a lot of smart and seemingly well researched references, but the plots themselves are lowest-common-denominator sitcom schlock. Raj gets drunk and sleeps with a fat lady! Penny's friends don't like Leonard because he doesn't understand football! Howard and his mom yell at each other a lot!
I still watch it and enjoy it, but Community is the better show and it pisses me off that they're going head to head.
― it sucks and you all love something that sucks (reddening), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
really, what else can you expect from the genius creator of Dharma & Greg and Two and a Half Men?
GET READY AMERICA
Police officer Mike Biggs knows his way around the streets. As a cop, Mike’s not scared of anything—except dating, so he’s joined Overeaters Anonymous® to lose those extra pounds and gain some much-needed confidence. When he meets Molly at a meeting, the attraction is immediate, and suddenly Mike is excited about the prospect of a new life. But now he must find the willpower to give up his beloved junk food for the apple of his eye.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 03:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
LOL, it's funny becuz he's fat.
― ô_o (Nicole), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 03:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
The show is a terrible second attempt at "Friends" by the way.
a worse and more brazen attempt at being Friends than HIMYM?? the mind boggles, and then shudders...
― Worth waiting for the fannypunch at 4.02 (stevie), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 07:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
It actually reminds me a lot of Couplings.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
shows like this and modern family are STREETS AHEAD of Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, both of which I think are truly charmless and terrible.
― Worth waiting for the fannypunch at 4.02 (stevie), Sunday, June 20, 2010 11:32 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
modern fam is blah, HIMYM is aces
― ultra nate dogg (history mayne), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
u rong, dog
― HOME OF CHALLENGE PISSING (stevie), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
allyson hannigan = charisma vaccuum
― HOME OF CHALLENGE PISSING (stevie), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think she's the weakest of the five principals and that's still wrong
― ultra nate dogg (history mayne), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Allyson Hannigan being the ultimate nerdfox makes up for a lot, but I still am not into HIMYM
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
At its best, HIMYM is a contender to Arrested Development for best developed sitcom universe, with a million callbacks, well-planned arcs and charming actors (who doesn't like Jason Segel, Allyson Hannigan or Neil Patrick Harris off the bat?). At its worst, it's just another Friends clone with one of the most unlikeable main characters I've ever seen in a sitcom.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
NPH is almost never funny on that show. Most of the humor comes from the women and Jason Siegel.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Monday, June 21, 2010 9:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ah yes, the famous 'Roseanne effect' that made shows like Twins and Charlie Lawrence into long-running ratings juggernauts.
― neal page (some dude), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 17:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also, it's funny.― HI DERE, Monday, June 21, 2010 8:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― HI DERE, Monday, June 21, 2010 8:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
epic rongness
― flapjackin (gbx), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 22:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Dan Harmon spent the entire day playing with his new iphone and posting the results:
http://yfrog.com/emschz
an example
― Don Homer (kingfish), Thursday, 24 June 2010 06:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
I don't know why that's funny, but it is.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 24 June 2010 06:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
NBC now has lots of Community schwag
Let;s see if ths works:
― Don Homer (kingfish), Friday, 25 June 2010 02:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
can you get that at best buy?
― ultra nate dogg (history mayne), Friday, 25 June 2010 08:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
ask jason
― flapjackin (gbx), Friday, 25 June 2010 13:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just noticed that one of the tranny queen nominations is one ms. danielle harmon. injoke lol.
― samuel :D (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 26 June 2010 06:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
I am going to guess the ratings thing has a lot to do with cbs generally getting higher ratings, ppl putting it on the channel for the night, etc., and that I think a lot of community's views are web or dvr rather than primetime on the air and ratings don't usually account for that. Like, I watched all of this season on hulu and saw maybe one episode live on air, while I've never seen an ep of BBT opr HIMYM.
― tehresa, Saturday, 26 June 2010 13:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
well, Big Bang Theory definitely had a leg up in that it was put in an already successful comedy block alongside the highest rated sitcom on TV, but it's an actual popular show in its own right that people actually like. don't know why that's so hard to understand or why people on any thread about a show on NBC or cable have to be totally condescending toward less hip types of shows, frankly.
i don't think online viewing factors into ratings but now that networks have figured how to monetize that stuff i think shows that do get lots of views on hulu or whatever are probably helped by that in terms of not getting cancelled, etc.
― ~athdouspart (some dude), Saturday, 26 June 2010 18:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wasn't trying to be condescending, just contributing, dude.
― tehresa, Saturday, 26 June 2010 18:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
i guess, it just seemed to hand in hand with JF's "people don't actually think that show is funny, they're just confused, bless their hearts!" comment upthread.
― ~athdouspart (some dude), Saturday, 26 June 2010 18:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
tbf, I'd much rather watch BBT than about 100 other sitcoms that have come and gone on the networks over the last several years. So, I don't hate it by any means.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 26 June 2010 18:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think it's legit to be upset that a show you like isn't as popular as another show, especially if you feel like what's rewarding about a show is that it takes a little attentiveness (at least as far as television goes) to enjoy, while other really popular shows seem to be spoon-feeding really well-tred sitcom ground. Which isn't to say there's anything wrong about just wanting to see something familiar (arguably that's what the mimetic impulse is anyway), but that I definitely get frustrated when shows like Party Down, Community, 30 Rock, It's Always Sunny or whatever are way less popular than Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory. Chuck Lorre is really good at making shows that people find instantly accessible and enjoy easily, but sometimes I don't want to just watch something instantly accessible. (Obviously this is very YMMV, as even the shows I mentioned aren't particular dense, none of this is like cracking your teeth on Pynchon or whatever.)
― Mordy, Saturday, 26 June 2010 18:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
Right. I love king of queens, but it's something I'd rather watch as syndicated reruns than in primetime.
― tehresa, Saturday, 26 June 2010 19:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, King of Queens works when you can watch two episodes back to back when nothing else is on. It's utilitarian in its funniness. I couldn't imagine scheduling time to watch a new one each week, though (but millions of people did, so what do I know!).
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 26 June 2010 19:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
don't know why that's so hard to understand or why people on any thread about a show on NBC or cable have to be totally condescending toward less hip types of shows, frankly.
not being condescending, just think HIMYM is execrable
― Ghia (stevie), Sunday, 27 June 2010 13:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
TBH, both Community and Big Bang Theory strike me as relatively straightforward sitcoms with a twist, especially compared to something like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (or HIMYM on the other end of the spectrum). A sitcom about physics professors actually seems like a pretty bold concept to me. An episode like the one where Sheldon devises an algorithm to understand friendship seems as clever to me as some of the things that Community does. (I can totally believe that the later seasons of BBT may have gotten worse though.)
― Sundar, Monday, 28 June 2010 21:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
just think HIMYM is execrable
― Ghia (stevie), Sunday, June 27, 2010 2:37 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
rolling my damn eyes and shaking my damn head
― my weekly race thread (history mayne), Monday, 28 June 2010 21:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
its the Happy Shopper brand Friends, dude.
― Ghia (stevie), Monday, 28 June 2010 22:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
gonna have to severely disagree with you there, but can we keep this thread on topic? BBT is only relevant because it's competing directly next year
― Nhex, Monday, 28 June 2010 22:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sure, sorry.
― Sundar, Monday, 28 June 2010 22:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
apols for negativity, will KIP from hereon in
― Ghia (stevie), Monday, 28 June 2010 22:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Neither HIMYM nor BBT theory have Troy and Abed, and are therefore lesser.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 June 2010 22:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
theory
Wait people with taste actually watch King of Queens?
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 28 June 2010 22:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just noticed that the masterbating bum in Its Always Sunny is the old guy in Community :DDD
― samuel :D (a hoy hoy), Monday, 28 June 2010 22:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
i saw childish gambino's first live show last night... LOL
― cutty, Thursday, 1 July 2010 11:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
Apparently there's gonna be a 6-hour hosted marathon of this Thursday -- maybe NBC is making a big push for it before the next season starts? i can only hope they plan to stand behind the show.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 02:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
actually it's a 3-hour (6-episode) marathon but yes! tonight! bump!
― does a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ sh!t in the woods? (some dude), Thursday, 8 July 2010 14:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
They got screwed by the Emmys.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 July 2010 14:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
I've not really followed the Emmys before but they seem to be a bit of a joke - no Justified or Sons of Anarchy or Community nods, at all, but loads for Glee? Lame.
― Simon H., Thursday, 8 July 2010 14:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm gonna watch the hell out of the Community marathon tonight!
― quincie, Thursday, 8 July 2010 14:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Emmys are always lame, is anyone really surprised?
― ô_o (Nicole), Thursday, 8 July 2010 14:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
OK, after watching some more BBT, I'll concede that it is less innovative than Community. I think I was just really charmed by the math and science references.
― Sundar, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 22:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
saw the cast in the toronto airport a while ago
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 23:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.avclub.com/articles/community-the-latest-show-to-deny-betty-white-her,43124/
Newswire Community the latest show to deny Betty White her well-deserved restby Sean O'Neal July 14, 2010
NBC’s Community is the latest show to hitch its wagon to overworked draft horse Betty White, hiring her to guest star in its second season première as “Professor June Bauer, an anthropology professor who’s described as “esteemed, albeit slightly unhinged,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Have we used the word “meta” today? We bet it’ll be very meta.
― Don Homer (kingfish), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 23:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
This clip from Comic Con's Community Panel features Donald doing one of his on-set characters that will likely never make it to broadcast:
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 25 July 2010 19:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh nice, the whole video is up now: http://www.nbc.com/Comic-Con/video/community-panel-comic-con-2010/1240488/
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 July 2010 17:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Coverage from the event: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/comic-con-a-community-love-fest?m=j
and John Oliver is coming back: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/community-john-oliver-gets-a-promotion?m=c
http://www.avclub.com/articles/comiccon-day-3-for-the-love-of-community,43448/(written by the guy who hosted the panel)
― Don Homer (kingfish), Monday, 26 July 2010 18:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
A little off topic, but here is what it looked like when Joel McHale was the lead in the US version of The IT Crowd:
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 2 August 2010 17:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
O_o
It is so so wrong. And I say that as a fan of both Joel and the IT Crowd.
― ô_o (Nicole), Monday, 2 August 2010 17:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
It is exactly the same script and seemingly a very similar set and yet it doesn't work at all.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 2 August 2010 17:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
so weird
― cozen, Monday, 2 August 2010 17:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
ugh so wrong. joel is not right as roy and the woman playing jen seems terrible. and why is moss still moss? weird. IT Crowd wouldn't work in the U.S. without script changes anyways, it's too goofy and not edgy enough, it would get canceled after like three episodes.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 2 August 2010 17:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
It got canceled after one episode as far as I can tell.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 2 August 2010 17:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
i don't think they showed it at all, did they
― A B C, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 01:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
also basically the whole reason i read cookdandbombd is to see what uk comedians they hate beyond reason and richard ayoade is the most mystifying member of their legion of doom. his voice is funny and he's cuet, i can't imagine where his WHAT A CUNT status comes from and i almost like it better leaving the mystery
― A B C, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 01:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
not even that noel fielding kind of "cute" where finding him attractive is carried on the same gene that leads people to seek out libertines fan fiction, dude is non-threateningly dreamy
― A B C, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 01:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Actually, I find him kind of annoying, too. It’s the whole Julie Walters “every character must have a funny voice” style of comic acting.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 10:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
Actually, I find him kind of annoying, too
I only know him from Boosh and odds snippets of IT crowd, and yeah it's absolutely the 'voice' that annoys for each character.
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 10:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
i can't imagine where his WHAT A CUNT status comes from
he is successful, cookdandbombd populated by losers
― are you some kinda rap version of marc loi (stevie), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 14:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's true. but he is a rubbish, one-note performer.
― unchill english bro (history mayne), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 17:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think he is a funny one-note performer.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 17:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
kind of lol'd at concept of a show that 'isn't edgy enough' for american tv, but i guess it's actually true of 'the it crowd'.
― unchill english bro (history mayne), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 17:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
I dunno, I think IT Crowd and Big Bang Theory are similar in terms of edginess.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 17:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
Pretty much.
― ô_o (Nicole), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 17:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
I didn't mean "edgy" like "innovative." By "not edgy enough," I mean that so much of the humor in U.S. sitcoms is based on sarcasm and verbal irony with undertones of nastiness (basically everyone is dicks to everyone because it's hilarious!) and, with the exception of some of roy's lines, that isn't really evident in the IT Crowd, where most of the characters are basically guileless. This ties in to my old thread about the death of the sight gag - U.S. sitcoms are almost entirely based on verbal humor, you could just listen to the audio and get 95% of the jokes, but IT Crowd actually has a lot of visual humor.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 17:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/03/entertainment/la-et-jump-the-shark-20100903
― i am legernd (history mayne), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 11:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
Fortunately, my career didn't jump the shark after "jump the shark." When "Happy Days" ended, I went directly to the ABC Paramount hit show "Webster" and, after that, wrote and produced, among others, "It's Your Move," "He's the Mayor, "The New Leave It to Beaver" and "Family Matters." In 1987, Brian Levant and I created the action comedy "My Secret Identity," which won an International Emmy.
um...
― Chaki doesn't have beef with unicorn (stevie), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 11:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
MONEY TALKS, MEMES WALK
― da croupier, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 12:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
In 1987, Jon Hein and his roommates at the University of Michigan
Y'know what? I think I actually met this guy. He was a much earlier alum of the same campus sketch/improv troupe that I tried for write for and eventually took over as producer. I met him at a group reunion something like 10+ years ago.
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 18:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
I remember It's Your Move being pretty awesome!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 22:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
As far as Jason Bateman sitcoms go, it is a very close second to Arrested Development. Or at least that was my memory of it -- I don't think it has ever even been released on dvd.
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
you can torrent it.
― j., Wednesday, 8 September 2010 04:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
I want to be friends with everyone involved with this show.
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 20 September 2010 23:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'd settle for Alison Brie & Joel McHale.
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Monday, 20 September 2010 23:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'll settle for Gillian Jacobs
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 20 September 2010 23:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
So the Season 1 DVD set is out today, and they've released a soundtrack for the show (!!) on iTunes. Attempting to take on Glee in their stronghold is pretty bold.
― it sucks and you all love something that sucks (reddening), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 08:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also <3 Donald Glover like everyone else (his physical comedy is kind of brute force/not very finessed, which I dig, cf. the jump onto the lab table in the mouse episode), though some of his tics are clearly cut from the Tracy Morgan mold.
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.avclub.com/articles/community-premiere-to-be-preceded-by-twitterbased,45463/
with relevant links
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 02:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
or, just, well, here ya go:
http://twitter.com/annieedisonGCChttp://twitter.com/jeffwingeratlawhttp://twitter.com/abedstweetshttp://twitter.com/troytbone09http://twitter.com/brittafeedhttp://twitter.com/shirley_GCChttp://twitter.com/hawthornewipeshttp://twitter.com/alexosbourneGCChttp://twitter.com/greendaledeanhttp://twitter.com/senorchang_gcchttp://twitter.com/oldwhitemansayshttp://twitter.com/anniesB00Bs
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 02:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
Back tonight !
― Aerosol, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
he said, fully erect.
― Sterling, Cooper, Nash & Young (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really hope Big Bang Theory doesn't kill this show.
― svend, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
Harmon on multi-camera v. single-camera stuff in that AV club interview is really insightful and cool
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
this one: http://www.avclub.com/articles/community-creator-dan-harmon,45508/
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 September 2010 21:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
this "twittersode" thing appears to be happening
http://twitter.com/nbccommunity/characters
― Clay, Thursday, 23 September 2010 23:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.impawards.com/1993/posters/were_back_a_dinosaurs_story_ver1.jpg
― Mordy, Friday, 24 September 2010 00:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
Immediate Spider-Man ref from Donald Glover. LOVE IT
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 00:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
already lol'ing
― Mordy, Friday, 24 September 2010 00:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
looking forward to the gif of that kiss
― Kerm, Friday, 24 September 2010 00:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm Old White Man Says??? No wonder he says everything I'm thinking!
― Mordy, Friday, 24 September 2010 00:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Alison Brie makes the best crying faces.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol @ the burn on Shit My Dad Says.
Also, saboteur Chang will be fun.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 00:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
good stuff - probably one of the best Britta performances yet
― Nhex, Friday, 24 September 2010 03:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 24 September 2010 03:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
Great episode
― funky house skeptic (polyphonic), Friday, 24 September 2010 04:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
Annie's reactions to Jeff/Britta were great. Also I know it's cheap but Chang can bring the lolz.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 24 September 2010 04:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
this pocket got any room or a little spare Chang?
― Kerm, Friday, 24 September 2010 05:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
shirley's quiet, gleeful clapping during the kiss was also pretty magnificent
― Nhex, Friday, 24 September 2010 06:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
Everything about this show is so pitch-perfect right now.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 06:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
I just watched the season premier and directly afterwards found myself here as a result of getting high. I think I'm going to like this place. Can somebody tell me how it works?
― john.shepherd, Friday, 24 September 2010 09:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
Fantastic start to the season, loved it all but I laughed hardest at the Abed/Sherley exchange about "meta" and him wishing all the adventures could all be more like paintball.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 September 2010 13:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Since you failed to grasp the central metaphor of those insipid Twilight books you devoured, let me explain it to you: men are monsters who crave young flesh. The end."
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 24 September 2010 13:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
"I'll show you the tool that's most important to our survival but I have to warn you, it's my penis."
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 24 September 2010 14:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
omg the balloons that come with the wedding and irish singer and george clooney best man have half britta face half jeff face
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 24 September 2010 14:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2010/09/23/donald-glover-likes-to-shit-on-peoples-faces/
In other words, you’re not Joaquin Phoenix.No, no, I’m not Joaquin Phoenix. I was told that somebody shit on somebody’s face in that movie. I’m not going to do that.
I just saw that movie last weekend, and yeah, that was an alarming part to see.I’m not gonna do that on camera.
If you do that, we won’t hear about it.Well, unless she tells somebody.
Oh, it’s a woman who’s getting her face shit on?Is it not a woman in the movie?
No, it’s actually Joaquin who gets shit on.Look, all I’m saying is that to be aroused, I need to shit on someone’s face, usually a woman. That’s all I’m saying. Will that make it in?
Yes, we’ll make the headline: “Donald Glover Likes to Shit on People’s Faces.”The only way Donald Glover can cum.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 15:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
ratings stayed the same (i.e. abysmal).
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
boo.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 15:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
At least they didn't get worse? I was worried about Big Bang Theory taking away a part of the audience.
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm going to be so sad when this show gets cancelled.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think if Community were to get canned by NBC (which, who knows...they'd be dumb enough to do it), it's got the kind of fanbase that would get it picked up by Comedy Central or TBS.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 15:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
I hope so, but I have my doubts. It's probably going to be like Arrested Development all over again.
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
Too expensive for cable, I'll bet. Either way, with Outsourced doing very well it looks like Community is first in line to get the chop to make way for Parks and Rec. It's all so cruel.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
I wonder how much that has to do with NBC promoing the shit out of Outsourced all summer. Here's hoping the ratings for that show nosedive in the coming weeks.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
IT DID WELL? xp
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
NBC probably loves backlash at this point, so they'd probably keep it on the air just to spite people who don't like it (Outsourced, that is).
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 15:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
Community had about 5 million viewers, Outsourced had a 8 million.
Also, Shit My Dad Says gave 30 Rock a hell of a beating.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ugh.
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, but Shit My Dad Says got pretty universally panned by critics beforehand and by tv watchers on twitter after its premiere. I bet the second week numbers are considerably less.
I didn't see it, so I don't know how bad it actually is.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 15:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
Its only the first week, I'm not going to worry about those numbers too much just yet. Lets see what October brings.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 24 September 2010 15:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
Outsourced had the benefit of The Office being a lead-in. Where are the numbers for how many of those 8 million people tuned out before the half hour was up?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 September 2010 15:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
good ep. I really wanted to see Aison Brie's post-punch reaction play out more just coz I imagine it being insanely great
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 24 September 2010 19:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
GRATE ep.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 24 September 2010 23:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
this and the league are the only two comedies killing it right out of the gate this season
― Mordy, Friday, 24 September 2010 23:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh Mordy, you just blackened my heart right there
― Nhex, Saturday, 25 September 2010 00:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
Really really really hate The League
― funky house skeptic (polyphonic), Saturday, 25 September 2010 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
from what i can tell via twitter, community folx were pleased with the ratings -- everyone was expecting a big drop due to Big Bang Theory, but in reality they were slightly higher than the ratings they were getting last season at 8:00. it's folly to compare community/30 rock ratings to the office/outsourced ratings, because people are still watching the office in large numbers for some reason.
also people were worried about My Generation potentially being big competition, but i heard it did pretty badly.
― it sucks and you all love something that sucks (reddening), Saturday, 25 September 2010 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol The League is kinda a joy for me but maybe only bc I'm into fantasy football.
― Mordy, Saturday, 25 September 2010 01:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Community numbers were level with last season, so yeah, the lack of drop-off is a good sign. Still, it was a bit of a shock that it was renewed in the first place, so with no improvements I worry how they'll handle it. I don't know what effect Zucker's exit will have.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Saturday, 25 September 2010 01:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm sure I'm not the only one, and I think the show is great on its own merits, but half the reason I love it so much is because all the cast members are on twitter all day long acting just like friends I have in real life. I've even had Donald and Gillian respond to things I've written to them directly, which seems inconceivable for any other show/cast currently on tv. c0rNy, sure, but when Thursday rolls around, I feel extra motivated while watching.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 30 September 2010 23:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
The League is the TV they show you in Hell
― A B C, Thursday, 30 September 2010 23:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
never in my life do I want to see Nick Kroll's face again
― A B C, Thursday, 30 September 2010 23:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
the league is so, so bad
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 30 September 2010 23:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
co-sign on that
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 30 September 2010 23:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
pssst i think you want 2010 Fall TV Premieres: What's good and what's not so good?
― Kerm, Thursday, 30 September 2010 23:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
sorry. I love Community and I am not at all sick of Senor Chang even though I know in my rational mind that I should be and Donald Glover in the Spidey pjs made my heart hurt because he would have been great casting
― A B C, Thursday, 30 September 2010 23:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
xp There was some previous discussion of The League upthread.
this and the league are the only two comedies killing it right out of the gate this season― Mordy, Friday, September 24, 2010 7:54 PM
― Mordy, Friday, September 24, 2010 7:54 PM
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 30 September 2010 23:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
my bad
― Kerm, Friday, 1 October 2010 00:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
These chloroform gags are killin it.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 October 2010 00:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
maura tweted something about glover channeling gene wilder when he's hopping around the janitor and I thought that was pretty OTM and awesome
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 October 2010 04:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
All I heard was "suck."
― Sterling-Kinney (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 October 2010 04:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
Animated prank at end credits knocked me out of my chair
― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 1 October 2010 06:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 October 2010 07:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Shirley, don't sue a stripper. Life already sued her, and she lost."
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 1 October 2010 12:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think this has pretty clearly zoomed past even 30 Rock now. I had to pause several times last night to catch my breath.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 1 October 2010 13:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
this show is killin it
― max, Friday, 1 October 2010 19:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
funnier than 30 rock or himym right now
― max, Friday, 1 October 2010 19:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/09/alison_brie_on_mad_men_communi.html?mid=twitter_vulture
o_o
We’ve heard about a Claymation Christmas episode. Will that be the topper to last season’s paintball episode?
I think just in terms of the whole outlook in the season, the ante has been upped. It’s not just about having huge fantastical episodes, which there are, but in general I think the whole nature of the show and how silly we can get is being pushed more and more. The Apollo 13 episode — where we kind of go to space, so to speak — that’s going to be one of the more ambitious episodes that we’re all sort of hoping will have a similar if not better feel to the paintball episode. And the Halloween episode, which we just finished, is scaled up. It’s definitely a full-on horror-movie episode and really well done.
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 October 2010 20:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think I prefer the less out-there episodes. I was disappointed to read that interview with the creator guy where he said they were going to try to make more paintball and chicken fingers type episodes. Chicken fingers was by far my least favorite episode from season 1. I don't think it's possible to ever, ever get good comedy out of mafia spoofs (esp. Goodfellas) again!
― Dan I., Friday, 1 October 2010 20:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
In fact, the fewer genre spoofs of any kind the better
― Dan I., Friday, 1 October 2010 20:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
would rather have stunt genre episodes than stunt guest stars/casting
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 October 2010 20:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Rob corddry was pretty good! But yeah, not looking forward to all the Betty White we're presumably going to be exposed to this season.
― Dan I., Friday, 1 October 2010 20:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Did her character get fired or something, and all the students got automatic A's?
― Sterling-Kinney (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 October 2010 20:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
She was suspended, I think. I don't think there's any guarantee she's coming back, so I don't think she's going to show up in many episodes.
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Friday, 1 October 2010 21:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah. She was just stunt casting for the premiere.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 October 2010 21:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Drew Carey's hole in the hand just amazed me, like, where does that even come from. Comedy-wise, I mean. I love this show.
I think John Oliver's character is coming back to fill in as the Anthropology prof.
― it sucks and you all love something that sucks (reddening), Friday, 1 October 2010 22:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
also whaaa at drew careys weightloss
― the only truffuluther on ilx (gbx), Friday, 1 October 2010 23:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I don't ever see TPIR, so that was kind of a shock.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 October 2010 23:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah I was actually prompted to google it to be sure
― the only truffuluther on ilx (gbx), Friday, 1 October 2010 23:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 October 2010 23:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
It suddenly occurs to me that the oldwhitemansays gag was/is probably a swing at Shit My Dad Says, in the same way they were ripping on Glee last season...
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 2 October 2010 00:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
It most definitely was.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 2 October 2010 01:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
Drew Carey looks, just, wow. Like, it's not him but it's him...crazy.
Loved the "pop!" his hand made when he swung his hand in to shake Jeff's hand...that hand gag was totalgold
― VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 2 October 2010 01:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ugh could I please say hand a few more times, jeez
― VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 2 October 2010 01:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
thought this was a weaker episode but the chloroform gags were hilarious
hey guys I think maybe in next week's episode jeff is going to think that he's too cool for the group and then at the end he's going to realize that even though they aren't cool, they care for each other and that's what's important
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 2 October 2010 03:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
I know it's dumb to complain about the plot in a show like this but I'd rather they abandon the concept of plot entirely and just have 26 minutes of unconnected jokes than see them use that story again
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 2 October 2010 03:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
1st ep this season was great but this one was just awful imo
bewildered to come here and find ppl loving it like there's no difference
― r|t|c, Saturday, 2 October 2010 07:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah, this week's 30 rock was better. although this was plenty entertaining... I don't watch anything else.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 2 October 2010 07:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i liked this week's 30 rock more (unlike last week)
troy's panic dance above absolutely the best bit
― sock lobster (blueski), Saturday, 2 October 2010 12:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
idk jokes about germans, "slooow news week," chloroform, troy's dance... how was this not a great ep?
kind of 30 rocked out tbh
― laughing out loud lol (history mayne), Saturday, 2 October 2010 16:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Apollo 13 episode — where we kind of go to space, so to speak — that’s going to be one of the more ambitious episodes that we’re all sort of hoping will have a similar if not better feel to the paintball episode. And the Halloween episode, which we just finished, is scaled up. It’s definitely a full-on horror-movie episode and really well done.
Dudes are just racing through the Simpsons trajectory
― da croupier, Saturday, 2 October 2010 16:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah but they've already embraced it
― haven't you people ever heard of theodor a-goddamn-dorno (bernard snowy), Saturday, 2 October 2010 16:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
this show is unfuckwithable at the moment
― luis guzman baking a pie, Sunday, 3 October 2010 00:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
@danharmon okay, guys! Not asking you to do anything for me, because you're already fans, I'm just informing: if ratings drop tonight, I kill myself!
@danharmon It's not an appeal, it's just information. I have a gun in my mouth. If I get a 2, I put it in a drawer. 1.9, on the desk. 1.8, BANG.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 October 2010 20:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like that he embraces the interactive possibilities of the Web.
― funky house skeptic (polyphonic), Thursday, 7 October 2010 20:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
last two episodes hot fire. can't wait for #3
― committee for the removal of eccentric, evil mods (C.R.E.E.M.) (San Te), Thursday, 7 October 2010 20:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just got the season 1 DVD; the outtakes are as funny as the funniest moments of the episodes...funnier, in some cases.
― Sterling-Kinney (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 7 October 2010 20:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
tonight's episode was so bad I walked out (of my own living room)
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 8 October 2010 03:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh no :(
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 8 October 2010 03:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
It wasn't very good, but it was hardly that bad. Troy was good, I liked the Betty White Inception coda, and Oliver's delivery of the 'play along' line was excellent.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 8 October 2010 03:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
agreed, also the little segment of Oliver force pushing Chang away from the food line, then immediately sliding back to his conversation with Jeff was great
― Nhex, Friday, 8 October 2010 03:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
"You gain levels, and at a certain point you actually CAN eat a ghost."
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 8 October 2010 05:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
I liked the episode just fine.
― funky house skeptic (polyphonic), Friday, 8 October 2010 06:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I thought it was just as funny as the other two this season.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 October 2010 06:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
Okay Patton Oswalt as the doctor was funny. "These paps aren't going to smear themselves!" There wasn't anything wrong with this ep at all. Or the season so far.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 8 October 2010 06:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
Patton made the same cameo in S1 iirc.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 October 2010 06:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
apparently abed had an episode-long plotline involving a pregnant woman that went on in the background of a lot of different scenes -- my dad noticed something was going on mid-episode, but we didn't catch everything.
― it sucks and you all love something that sucks (reddening), Friday, 8 October 2010 06:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
in the first scene, there's the pregnant woman in the background. In the cafeteria, she goes into labor. Later, she's giving birth in the back of a van.
― kate78, Friday, 8 October 2010 10:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
yes because while everyone obsesses about death life goes on etc etc etc
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 8 October 2010 13:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
Thought it was a very good episode.
― Super Cub, Friday, 8 October 2010 17:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
honestly, i completely missed the abed thing, and was baffled when he popped up at the end
― Nhex, Friday, 8 October 2010 21:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
I liked this episode as much as the last oneTeacher: "You in the boobs"
the oil fight was sexy
― popular music is destroying our youth (CaptainLorax), Friday, 8 October 2010 23:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
great episode... saw the pregnant lady in the opening and wondered if she was why jeff was getting the blood test. after abed reappeared at the end, my gf and i watched the whole episode over again to follow his sub-plot. genius!
― you forged the Finnish guy....in Americanese! (stevie), Friday, 8 October 2010 23:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
community over 30 rock this week. both excellent though. senor chang saying YOU ARE DRUNK AND STUPID pushed community over the line first.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 9 October 2010 04:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
A dis"ass"ter of global "proportions" hit the quad wednesday when two do-"good looking"ers wrestled with an unknown issue involving oil. Looks eco-"friendly" to us, ladies!
― http://tinypic.com/r/s0wvar/7 (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 9 October 2010 15:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
― rmde @ the romo dumplings (history mayne), Sunday, 10 October 2010 15:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
ahh what was I thinking, ILX losing its hyperbolic nature?
This episode was hilarious. It started slow, but John Oliver was hot fire. There were a few forced jokes in there (mostly in the first five mins), and the oil wrestling thing was cliche, but I still laughed a lot.
― THE SOMEWHAT COMPETENT RANDY (San Te), Sunday, 10 October 2010 16:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Are we thinly veiling personal conflict and passing it off as a lesson? Cuz if so, please continue...."
― THE SOMEWHAT COMPETENT RANDY (San Te), Sunday, 10 October 2010 16:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like that they have lessons. Cynicism is so cheap and easy, and being able to pull off some sort of emotion without resorting to Scrubs or Modern Family tactics is an achievement in this day and age.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Sunday, 10 October 2010 16:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
Plus I'm more invested in these characters, so even if an episode (like this week's) isn't firing on all cylinders comedy wise, I still enjoy it.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Sunday, 10 October 2010 16:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol i was quoting the episode
― THE SOMEWHAT COMPETENT RANDY (San Te), Sunday, 10 October 2010 16:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
Here's the Abed sidestory condensed:
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 10 October 2010 16:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
wau @ that I didn't see any of that going on the first go round.
― THE SOMEWHAT COMPETENT RANDY (San Te), Sunday, 10 October 2010 16:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
I had a feeling that the scenes I was seeing were "busier" than normal, but I didn't realize what had happened until someone on here mentioned it when the show was over.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 10 October 2010 17:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also, did you notice that the oil drum back there says "Wilde" on it?
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 10 October 2010 17:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
such a smart trick.
― you forged the Finnish guy....in Americanese! (stevie), Sunday, 10 October 2010 17:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
apollo 13 episode toniiiight, so stoked.
― Justin Bieber's tweet about the mine rescue (reddening), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
Anus flag!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 October 2010 00:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Well, that was no paintball, but it was sorta funny.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 15 October 2010 00:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha! awesome!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 15 October 2010 04:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
so i just caught up with this entire show in the last week or so and can i say: it is awesome.
― carles in carge (s1ocki), Friday, 15 October 2010 05:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
it was worth it alone for when abed comes back to find the ship gone.
― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Friday, 15 October 2010 13:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
thought that was brilliant
― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Friday, 15 October 2010 14:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
I've never seen Apollo 13 but The Right Stuff is one my all time faves and the opening sequence was awesome.
― dan selzer, Friday, 15 October 2010 14:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
alison brie gives me a boner.
― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Friday, 15 October 2010 14:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
Thanks for the heads up
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 15 October 2010 15:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's what he should say to her
― faust LARP (s1ocki), Friday, 15 October 2010 15:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
Those aren't thumbs
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Right Stuff is one my all time faves and the opening sequence was awesome.
^^^^^^ watched the opening several times before moving on.
― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 16 October 2010 06:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
would've been better if they got Goldblum and Shearer to do it!
― dan selzer, Saturday, 16 October 2010 13:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
nah imo half the fun of these episodes is seeing how much the cast gets into it and wink wink nudge nudge cameos wouldn't add anything -- don't need to see Ray Liotta or whoever popping up in line for chicken fingers
― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude), Saturday, 16 October 2010 13:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
this show is just hitting that perfect "hanging with your hilarious loveable tv friends" sweet spot... à la season 2 us office, cheers, early 30 rock... LOVE it!
― faust LARP (s1ocki), Saturday, 16 October 2010 16:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
This episode was not an Apollo 13 reference... obviously no one has seen Space Camp.
― sofatruck, Saturday, 16 October 2010 16:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
i got that!!
― faust LARP (s1ocki), Saturday, 16 October 2010 16:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
eleven herbs and space experience
this show is so good
― am0n, Sunday, 17 October 2010 23:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Uh, it was a reference to quite a few movies, including Apollo 13. I mean, the whole Abed thing was a pretty explicit reference to Gary Sinise's character.
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― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 October 2010 02:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
Anyone know the techno bit playing with during the Pop-n-lockathon a few episodes back? With the whistling? It's been bugging me all day.
Did a brief search but my endurance flags after the first page or so.
― R Baez, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 23:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
what a peculiar episode so far...
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 October 2010 00:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
I don't even believe in God, but I love me some Abed.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 October 2010 00:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Shirley is especially great tonight.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 October 2010 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
not lolling @ this ep rly :\
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 22 October 2010 00:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
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― Our society and culture has put rock music on the backburner (bernard snowy), Friday, 22 October 2010 01:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Autotune God of Faaaarts!
― Dan I., Friday, 22 October 2010 01:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sadly a subpar episode, but still funnier than almost any other show on network TV right now.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 22 October 2010 03:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
i want to see more yvette nicole brown episodes (she feels a bit underused) but yeah this was just ok. the abed meta joke... joke... was ehh
― Nhex, Friday, 22 October 2010 03:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really liked this one.
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 22 October 2010 05:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
I did too. I don't think they all have to be hilarious.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 October 2010 05:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
I enjoyed the Pierce-as-a-teenager sub story, but the Abed/Jesus/meta thing was really interesting to me. I thought it was pretty smart!
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 22 October 2010 05:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
'hey, bitch, why don't you go back to your temple?'
― j., Friday, 22 October 2010 06:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
The story was v. interesting but yeah, also not as funny as it could have been. The end all made it worth it though, like Jeff getting Britta added as the emergancy contact and the dressing up as Jeff thing.
― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Friday, 22 October 2010 07:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
i know abed's jesus getup was going for romance-novel stud, but i'm convinced there was a little tommy wiseau mixed up in there too.
― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Friday, 22 October 2010 07:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
weird episode
― max, Friday, 22 October 2010 07:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
but no way it was going to be as good as kfc space
"That sounds... very appealing to filmmakers" was sterling though.
― All the filmmakers are Jesus and all their cameras are God (CONGO, M.D.), Friday, 22 October 2010 12:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
I turned it on halfway through the episode and for about 5 minutes I thought he was being Michael Jackson.
― franny glass, Friday, 22 October 2010 13:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Aww, somebody made a Shirley tribute video and Yvette linked to it on twitter (it's actually pretty good)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 October 2010 16:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
<3
― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Friday, 22 October 2010 17:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
This reminded me of the God episode of Louie, and not just because of the subject matter. It wasn't funny ha-ha all the time but I really liked a lot of the ideas in it.
Abed also channeling Criss Angel a bit.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Friday, 22 October 2010 23:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hm, I thought this was great actually, one of their most original, cleverest episodes.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 22 October 2010 23:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
Then, I thought the ep with Jeff's lawyer friend was really weak, relatively.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 22 October 2010 23:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
loved the rap - 'tables made of pies'
― just sayin, Saturday, 23 October 2010 09:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
britta was looking more fine than usual? or was that just me?
― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 23 October 2010 13:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
weird ep for sure
― george pimpton (s1ocki), Saturday, 23 October 2010 14:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
they shd stop using the word meta
― incredible zing banned (history mayne), Saturday, 23 October 2010 14:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
pretty sure using the word meta was meta
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 23 October 2010 14:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
sundar otm both times
― The Boondog Taints II: All Taints Day (stevie), Sunday, 24 October 2010 21:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
weird one but i still enjoyed it thoroughly
― da croupier, Sunday, 24 October 2010 21:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
The "ABED" song was a nice touch.
― Pinktits, Sunday, 24 October 2010 21:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
OMG SHORT ARMED BRITTA
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 29 October 2010 00:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
This is an amazing episode so far.
― Mordy, Friday, 29 October 2010 00:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is as good or better than paintball
― Mordy, Friday, 29 October 2010 00:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
Be the first black guy to make it to the ned
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 29 October 2010 00:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
I wonder if this is even funny to people who don't know the characters. It's hilarious to us, but...
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 October 2010 00:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Chang and Shirley <3<3<3
I wish I could remember all of Chang's burn quote.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 00:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
IN YOUR FACE
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 29 October 2010 00:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol @ George Takei's voicemail bonus for people named Kevin.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 October 2010 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
FLAVA FLAV WAS RIGHT
― balls, Friday, 29 October 2010 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
@perpetua Is every other episode of Community going to be a lame movie parody now?
It's probably not fair to pick on Matthew since he doesn't post here anymore, but this is a case of someone completely missing what's so great about a particular show.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 October 2010 01:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
I wish I could remember all of Chang's burn quote.― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, October 29, 2010 12:51 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark
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― quique da snique (bernard snowy), Friday, 29 October 2010 01:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
I can see his point, and there were problems with the premise of this episode, but it was still really, really funny so I don't really mind. xpost
Chang killed it all episode.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 01:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
Perpetua being astoundingly wrong shocker.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Friday, 29 October 2010 01:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
Community is special in a way that I can appreciate what the characters are doing and, in a completely separate way, appreciate what the actors are doing within the parameters of the show. When there's a more "normal" episode, I laugh at Troy or Abed or Chang, but in an episode like this, I'm laughing at Donald Glover or Danny Pudi or Ken Jeong having a great time making a tv show.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 October 2010 01:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
sepinwall w/ interesting look into community's creative process - http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/community-epidemiology-behind-the-scenes-of-zombie-land
― balls, Friday, 29 October 2010 02:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm still giggling over short armed T-Rex britta ^____________^
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 29 October 2010 02:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Thinking of South Park
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Friday, 29 October 2010 02:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
Fantastic episode. The cat flying across the basement had me rolling. And kudos for completely ruining the Lady Gaga costume joke on The Office.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2010 02:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
I love how they keep taking shots at Shatner too.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 October 2010 03:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
smh at people who are like "bleh i hate it when they do parodies." WHY DO YOU HATE JOY.
― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
Zombie Jeff trying to text and Zombie Annie trying to study just killed me, this show is so fucking good right now.
― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
great ep, so many little details throughout
― Nhex, Friday, 29 October 2010 07:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
LOL at the dean's voice memos interspersed with ABBA "Oh, and I need to check out this movie called Human Centi-"
― righteousmaelstrom, Friday, 29 October 2010 15:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
knew I recognised chiquita MD from somewhere; he was good in tht one ep of justified
― cozen, Friday, 29 October 2010 15:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Dean Pelton's Lady Gaga costume was soooo much better than Gabe's.
― overrated steven tyler television gigs that I have no interest in viewing (KMS), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
It also just made more sense; of COURSE Dean Pelton would go as Lady Gaga. Gabe's character isn't interesting enough for him dressing up as Lady Gaga to elicit anything more than a "Oh. Hm." If that.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
And Pelton's seemed less professional/we-have-a-TV-budget than Gabe's.
great episode. Troy and Abed's Alien/Ripley fight had me dying.
yeah, you would think that it would get old, but it's a testament to how great a show it is that after decades of south park/simpsons/family guy 5 parodies per episode, these writers still manage to find fresh ways to pull it off.
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, 29 October 2010 19:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh yeah, so much better. And it did make MUCH more sense. I do have to admit, though, that I actually laughed out loud at The Office this week. More than I have yet this season and most of last season too. The cold open with Stanley was lol and so much better than the forced memes they've been playing with.
Back to the topic at hand though, its killing me that I can't remember where the "I love you" - "I know" reference is from. I know I should know that one. Donald Glover's timing is perfect. His "I have no idea why I thought this would work" switch was so great, as was his "sexy Dracula" costume.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2010 19:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
Empire Strikes Back for one.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 19:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Goddammit, thats it!
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2010 19:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
was jeff dressed as beckham?
― cozen, Friday, 29 October 2010 20:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
y
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 20:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
because
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2010 20:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
tru
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 20:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
Jeff's transition from zombie to normal without stopping texting was masterful.
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Friday, 29 October 2010 20:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Friday, October 29, 2010 3:23 PM (1 hour ago)
Community is more about the parody of movie cliches than specific films.
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Friday, 29 October 2010 20:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
This was the first thing I thought of:
― trishyb, Friday, 29 October 2010 20:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
and it does it so quickly! Troy and Zombie Abed was fast but that look was enough to be effective. xpost
Ratings were up because of the Shrek lead-in. Around the same numbers as 30 Rock normally gets, so that's good. The next episode's drop will be important.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Friday, 29 October 2010 20:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
was so weird how they both had the exact same lady gaga joke
― candid gamera (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 October 2010 15:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Why did he call me?"
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 30 October 2010 16:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
cos he was the only one left?
― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 30 October 2010 16:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
keep lolling at 'oh snap: the man who went there'
― it's always random in wackydelphia (history mayne), Sunday, 31 October 2010 14:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
Loved this! The cat joke was so well done...and the Abba soundtrack throughout was soooo lol!!!
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Sunday, 31 October 2010 19:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
NBC just ordered two additional eps this season, bringing the total to 24. Hooray!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Abba soundtrack was the icing on the cake.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Glad they ordered those before they saw the drop in ratings post-Shrek special lead-in.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
I love Community, but damn is NBC desperate if they're ordering a full season and additional episodes.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
Trying to remember where I red it but apparently Community pays for itself in DVD sales not on first run and NBC use online viewing figures as a predictor of this. This is good as the first run ratings are shocking.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm gonna ask for Community DVDs for Christmas then
― Life! The Story of Life (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
It might pay for itself but NBC really needs hits to up revenue. DVD sales and online figures are fine, but nothing compared to the revenue stream of the first run of a primetime hit.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
Can't see the affiliates being too happy either.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
I love the show, but there's really no reason it should go beyond a second season. It's a community college! I'm just glad they're getting a full second season.
NBC could do itself a lot of favors by looking at cable (their USA shows do incredibly well and, in most cases, really aren't that bad). If they go edgy like FX or (of late) AMC, they may earn a new reputation as the network which will deliver excellent television at the risk of upsetting the FCC. (I mean, obviously they can't go as far as FX or AMC, but they can push it.)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
There's limited value in attempting a gritty and/or edgy cable drama on network TV though. AMC/FX/USA numbers are so far below where networks need them to be. Lone Star is an example. Human Target is probably the closest to a USA show on networks, and it's hardly thriving.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
I guess you're right. They need to shake it up in one way or another, though, because they've got NOTHING.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
When you only have one show (The Office) that can offer you a lead in to build a new series, you're in trouble, yeah. Still, it works out for the fans of Community. and 30 Rock. and Friday Night Lights.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
The networks definitely have their own personalities. I mean, if I'm watching Grey's Anatomy (for example...I actually haven't watched it in years), I know right away I'm watching an ABC show. NCIS is unmistakably CBS. I can't even imagine either of those shows on alternate networks, and especially not on NBC. NBC dramas over the last decade just seem to have some kind of cheap sheen on them. Friday Night Lights and Southland were the most surprising exceptions, and neither of them translated in that setting.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 November 2010 20:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
is that Hillary Duff?
― Gukbe, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
This episode is really great so far.
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
Damn you Pierce!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
That one was brought by the letter "S" as in "SNAP"
― Mordy, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's going to be a maze
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 November 2010 00:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
would happily have chang just floating around making comments like that for the rest of the season xpost
― Gukbe, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Gary with the check on the weather just made me lol so hard. "IT'S STILL SUNNY"
― Mordy, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
ugh I really hate this Abed-as-Robocop stuff. lol at "it's going to be a maze," though.
― Simon H., Friday, 5 November 2010 01:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
just watched the zombie ep... if you guys really think that 1/ that was a billionth as good as paintball and 2/ the season hasnt pretty much been a complete fiasco then i don't really know what to say. perpetua otm.
― r|t|c, Friday, 5 November 2010 02:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
Abed-as-Robocop was, sure, gimmicky, but totally worth it for Britta's "rowboat-cop" line.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 5 November 2010 04:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's not so much that it was gimmicky, it's that it was a reductive, cheap way to portray his Asperger's, which was handled a little more deftly last season iirc
― Simon H., Friday, 5 November 2010 04:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Good point, but it could also be argued (not necessarily by me, I'm just playing devil's advocate) that this is the manifestation of Abed's Asperger's, as seen through Abed's eyes -- a bittersweet gaze into his psyche.
Or something.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 5 November 2010 04:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
totally lost my shit at the secret garden/alice in wonderland-type music they played when troy found the trampoline.
the last third of the zombie episode was basically a donald glover showcase, idk how people could watch it and think "oh THIS isn't what i watch community for."
― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Friday, 5 November 2010 05:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
totally predictable genre cliche "jeff, you've been up there for an hour" had me on the floor.
― dan selzer, Friday, 5 November 2010 05:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
Loved Chang with the ice cream watching from outside the room the most.
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Friday, 5 November 2010 05:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
I love how these Community keeps repping for other shows Dan Harmon likes:
@vdoozer Cougartown got a shout out by @danharmon on Community tonight. http://i51.tinypic.com/ic7n15.jpg (bottom right hand corner of pic)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 November 2010 06:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Pinktits, Friday, 5 November 2010 06:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 November 2010 06:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
Projected Cycles! OMG!
Also Garry's weather report!
The trampoline!
Britta looking even hotter with every episode!
Boob bump!
This episode was perfect. I hope they use more different places like they did in the cold open - they can leave the library and classroom occasionally.
― gazza bale flame (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 November 2010 07:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
― r|t|c, Thursday, November 4, 2010 10:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
no way zombies was as good as paintball but... complete fiasco... u trippin homie
― max, Friday, 5 November 2010 08:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ugh, people who keep expecting another paintball episode don't really get this show and, tbh, should probably not even be watching it. This season has been outstanding, and last night's was amazing. Great use of Matt Walsh. My favorite lines:
"They're like walking in dreams.""Eventually its going to be a maze."
Also, great Andy Dick cameo.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 5 November 2010 12:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
pierce flying through the air and crashing into the dumpster made me fart.
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Friday, 5 November 2010 12:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
just thinking about "IT'S STILL SUNNY" makes me lol
― Mordy, Friday, 5 November 2010 13:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
andy dick was in it?
― gazza bale flame (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 November 2010 13:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
He was the little tiny pilot in Pierce's remote controlled plane thing.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 5 November 2010 13:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
huh just assumed that was the dean
― gazza bale flame (a hoy hoy), Friday, 5 November 2010 14:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
That was kind of magical.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 6 November 2010 01:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
thought it was the dean until credits as well.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 6 November 2010 03:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
anyone hating on this show is insane
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 6 November 2010 07:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
its just a big network comedy, and for that its pretty great
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Saturday, 6 November 2010 07:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
I can't tell if this is completely serious or just a piece of high-art sarcasm, but it's worth reading: http://diversityawareness.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/nbcs-community-needs-a-mexican-character/
NBC’s Community needs a Mexican characterPosted on November 5, 2010 by Macon TrisdaleNBC’s COMMUNITY NEEDS A MEXICAN CHARACTER. I applaud NBC for their effort in bringing in a diverse cast of characters to a television show. The mediocre comedy entitled Community has several minorities represented… They have a muslim, two black characters, an Asian, several women, a gay dean, and a senior citizen. It would seem that they have all of there bases covered.But there is one minority that they have completely and unconscionably ignored. That’s right. Our friends to the south… THE MEXICANS. How could they have ignored such a culturally rich and prominent culture? Mexicans are plentiful in community colleges, so why have the Latinos been excluded from the show? My studies show that Mexicans make up a whopping 19% of all community college attendees. And don’t forget all the janitors and maintenance men that are Mexican. America’s community colleges are basically brimming with Mexicans. So why are they being ignored?I have a few theories as to why Mexicans have been so vociferously excluded: * Dan Harmon (Community creator) is ignorant * Dan Harmon is fearful of low ratings due to white people’s hate of Mexicans * NBC does not allow too many minorities in it’s comediesMaybe not all of these are true; but if even one of them is true, then it is a despicable situation. Why aren’t more people clamoring about this issue? Don’t people care about inclusiveness, tolerance, and love? Why is the main character a white man? WHAT CAN WE DO?I’ll tell you what we can do. We can email Joel McHale and Chevy Chaese and Dan Harmon and inform them of this issue. We can start a petition and send it to NBC. We can talk to our neighbors and co-workers about this issue. We need to create a meaningful dialogue about this issue. Our Mexican brothers and sisters are entitled to have the same equality as the other minorities represented in Community.
NBC’s COMMUNITY NEEDS A MEXICAN CHARACTER. I applaud NBC for their effort in bringing in a diverse cast of characters to a television show. The mediocre comedy entitled Community has several minorities represented… They have a muslim, two black characters, an Asian, several women, a gay dean, and a senior citizen. It would seem that they have all of there bases covered.
But there is one minority that they have completely and unconscionably ignored. That’s right. Our friends to the south… THE MEXICANS. How could they have ignored such a culturally rich and prominent culture? Mexicans are plentiful in community colleges, so why have the Latinos been excluded from the show? My studies show that Mexicans make up a whopping 19% of all community college attendees. And don’t forget all the janitors and maintenance men that are Mexican. America’s community colleges are basically brimming with Mexicans. So why are they being ignored?
I have a few theories as to why Mexicans have been so vociferously excluded:
* Dan Harmon (Community creator) is ignorant * Dan Harmon is fearful of low ratings due to white people’s hate of Mexicans * NBC does not allow too many minorities in it’s comedies
Maybe not all of these are true; but if even one of them is true, then it is a despicable situation. Why aren’t more people clamoring about this issue? Don’t people care about inclusiveness, tolerance, and love? Why is the main character a white man? WHAT CAN WE DO?
I’ll tell you what we can do. We can email Joel McHale and Chevy Chaese and Dan Harmon and inform them of this issue. We can start a petition and send it to NBC. We can talk to our neighbors and co-workers about this issue. We need to create a meaningful dialogue about this issue. Our Mexican brothers and sisters are entitled to have the same equality as the other minorities represented in Community.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 November 2010 04:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
Love how surreal and absurd this season is. Big improvement over the last season.
― Darin, Sunday, 7 November 2010 05:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
u mad
This season has been outstanding, and last night's was amazing.
― rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Monday, 8 November 2010 00:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
this was ok ('it's going to be a maze' = hilare), and last week's was ok, but show has fallen off and im not just comparing it with the paintball ep
― rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Monday, 8 November 2010 00:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
its fallen off i guess? not as hard as himym or 30r imo
― max, Monday, 8 November 2010 00:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
I am enjoying it as much as ever.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Monday, 8 November 2010 01:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Loved the Wilhelm Scream in the zombie episode
― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 8 November 2010 05:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
I didn't catch that, but I'm not surprised at all.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 8 November 2010 05:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
im not surprised you didnt catch it either
― irritable bol syndrome (s1ocki), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 20:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
Brought to u by the letter S as in "Snap!"
― Mordy, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 20:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
toss me in the 'this season kinda sucks so far except for the first two' pile
― Noel 1 Silence 0 (blueski), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 22:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
thought this was the best episode of this season so far. excellent modfam this week too.
― Calumny (stevie), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 23:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think the first season was pretty uneven but maybe people didn't notice because the show was new and exciting. So basically IMO second season is as good as first season but only because people kind of overrated season one (probably including me).
The only episode that has out-and-out sucked so far this season was the Jesus episode, Shirley just isn't a very funny character and the whole thing just seemed off. I didn't find Halloween as amazing as everyone else but it still was good. Trampoline episode was great.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 23:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
imo the show really hit its stride with last season's xmas episode and it's been riding a pretty consistent wave ever since, some episodes being better than others.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 23:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
you know which episode deserves a critical reevaluation? the jack black ep. the fact that they put the stereotypical jack black character in the show and then made sure to film the awkward five-second silences following each of his outbursts was genius. not to mention keeping in what sounded like genuine line flubs to hammer home his patheticness even more.
― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Thursday, 11 November 2010 06:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
otm. also i loved the cheap opening credits/timing gag.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 11 November 2010 06:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
apparently this week is a bottle episode, so i'm anxious to see how it works out.
This show got so brilliantly funny so fast I fear for its future. Tonight's ep FTW.― Johnny Fever, Thursday, October 8, 2009 8:20 PM (1 year ago)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, October 8, 2009 8:20 PM (1 year ago)
I must have gone all-in earlier than I remembered. I wonder what episode it was that made me a complete convert.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 11 November 2010 06:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wikipedia says that was the fourth episode, "Social Psychology".
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 11 November 2010 06:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Gukbe, Thursday, 11 November 2010 06:29 (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
whats a bottle episode?
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 11 November 2010 07:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
'sa a doctor cuts you open when-a you sick
― Dan I., Thursday, 11 November 2010 07:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
you know which episode deserves a critical reevaluation? the jack black ep. the fact that they put the stereotypical jack black character in the show and then made sure to film the awkward five-second silences following each of his outbursts was genius. not to mention keeping in what sounded like genuine line flubs to hammer home his patheticness even more.― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:25 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
― christ a Journey medley (reddening), Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:25 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
yeah totesally
― rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Thursday, 11 November 2010 08:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Networks occasionally ask shows to do an episode on the cheap to create budget space for the more expensive ones. These feature minimal cast members and sets. Breaking Bad's hunt the fly episode, for instance, or the Don and Peggy-heavy "suitcase" episode in the recent mad men season.
So I'd guess no Dean or Starburns or whatever next week, maybe no Chang, just the study group stuck in a single location dealing with character stuff.
― Clay, Thursday, 11 November 2010 09:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
suitcase episode had hella-expensive ghost cgi tho
― look at this dapper motherfucker (reddening), Thursday, 11 November 2010 10:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
Preview of the bottle episode: http://www.televisionaryblog.com/2010/11/bottle-episode-advance-review-of.html
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 11 November 2010 21:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the very best bottle episode ever produced."
high expectations considering *that* friends episode is basically the best friends episode along with chandler in a box... which is essentially the second best bottle episode.
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 11 November 2010 21:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
Has this show delivered anything truly amazing after the lackluster season premiere?
― Cunga, Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
Anything on part with Halloween episode, or Paintball etc?
― Cunga, Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Which episode is *that* Friends episode?
― trishyb, Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ugh, people who keep expecting another paintball episode don't really get this show and, tbh, should probably not even be watching it. This season has been outstanding, and last night's was amazing.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 5 November 2010 12:51 (6 days ago)
sorry, forgot i did a 2am rant. i only brought up paintball cos the zombie ep was trying and failing so hard to be a sequel to it - in fact i very much agree that paintball (amazing tho it was) was not the be all and end all of this show's former greatness. funnily enough i went on to really enjoy the trampoline one but it's been the first for a long while.
simplistically speaking the whole thing is kinda reminding me of the diff between simpsons then and simpsons now, trying to compete with family guy etc - endless reffy zings and non sequiturs to the point of unravelling the ties that originally bound it together
― r|t|c, Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's hard to pin down though cos the lawyer episode (2nd this season iirc) was probably the least random and most sitcommy of them all but was still easily the worst ever.
― r|t|c, Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
all the handwringing over whether this show is good/funny right now is hilarious to me. this show is good, everyone! every episode isn't the state of the sitcom union and we don't need to reassess community's "legacy" or prospects based on whether a gimmick worked for you week to week.
― Clay, Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
I thought the lawyer episode was pretty fucking funny, esp. Drew Carey and his hand
― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
Me too.
The chloroform gags just kept being hilarious.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
¯\(º_o)/¯
fucking h8 discussing comedy
― r|t|c, Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
this thread is always relevant:
Which is more annoying: arguing about what people find funny or arguing about what people find sexy?
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 11 November 2010 22:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
BRIIIIIIIEEEEEEE
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 November 2010 01:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'LL MAKE YOUR ASS SENSE
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 November 2010 01:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm doing a bottle episode!
― Mordy, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
As funny as Shirley and Chang's hookup was, I don't think I'd like a Baby Shirley-Chang at all.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
wtf
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 November 2010 01:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
great ending!
― Mordy, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
So crazy
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ha! Annie's Boobs was really the most satisfactory resolution.
― Gukbe, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
I know! xxp
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 November 2010 01:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
perpetua See, this is the good kind of Community episode. The kind that isn't pandering to dumbasses.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is the only show i'm excited about watching every single week
― Mordy, Friday, 12 November 2010 01:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
I would still kick perpetua in the shins if I ever met him.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Friday, 12 November 2010 02:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
YOU KNOW, GIRL
― Gukbe, Friday, 12 November 2010 02:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
anyone got a screencap of that last scene with the pile of junk? besides the Troy and Abed in the Morning mug, I wonder if there were other things...
― Nhex, Friday, 12 November 2010 03:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
Notes on "Gwennifer"
http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 12 November 2010 03:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
Perpetua OTM, I think. This might be my favorite episode ever
― Dan I., Friday, 12 November 2010 03:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
The point wasn't that tonight's episode wasn't good. It was that the parody/theme episodes pander to dumbasses. If that's true, then I am a proud dumbass. (He hated "Modern Warfare" ffs.)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 November 2010 03:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
He whacks off to fiery furnaces, his arguments are invalid.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Friday, 12 November 2010 04:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Gukbe, Friday, 12 November 2010 02:53 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Friday, 12 November 2010 07:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
pink balloon with jeff's face on it which i can remember being a thing i just can't remember the joke; one of shirley's WWBJD wrist bands; some keys; a fancy watch; some tin foil; a lighter; troy's student card; many gel pens in a fancy little lace wrap; troy's human being valentines present to himself signed troy; a piece of paper i cannot see what is written on it; a mariachi band hat...
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Friday, 12 November 2010 07:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
my sister pointed out that you can just barely see Annie's Boobs lift the pen right at the start of the episode, when Troy is talking about wanting to lick the puppy.
― look at this dapper motherfucker (reddening), Friday, 12 November 2010 09:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
that was a weird sentence.
― look at this dapper motherfucker (reddening), Friday, 12 November 2010 09:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
pink balloon with jeff's face on it which i can remember being a thing i just can't remember the joke;
I think that was from this season's premiere, from the "wedding" Abed staged for Jeff and Britta. It's Jeff's and Britta's faces combined.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 12 November 2010 12:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Did anyone else pick up on the implication that Britta and Jeff are still sleeping with each other? (I.E. The condoms and Abed noticing her use of the word "usually" in reference to his underwear.)
― R Baez, Friday, 12 November 2010 16:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Gukbe, Friday, 12 November 2010 16:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
"nice try, mike ty ... son"
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 12 November 2010 17:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
(wish I could remember the rest of those lines)
"stephen fry!"
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 12 November 2010 17:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
I just watched the space simulator through trampoline episodes on OnDemand last night and holy shit this show got funny, like beyond every reasonable expectation I had
"It's going to be a maze." lololololololol
also I love that Jeff isn't always the default star and I think ppl were short-shrifting Shirley in the Jesus movie episode.
― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Friday, 12 November 2010 17:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think Troy is my favorite character on any TV show right now.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 12 November 2010 17:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol great ep
glad to see my stinging rebuke shamed these dudes into manning up ^_^
― r|t|c, Friday, 12 November 2010 17:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
I was hesitant about approaching the zombie attack episode but it was awesome. Britta's zombiefication cracked me the fuck up but the true star was the cat in the basement and their reactions to it.
― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Friday, 12 November 2010 17:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh man the sofa cushion in troy's backpack... i lol'd. & pierce's callback to that was excellent too. (xxp)
yah last nite's ep was stellar
― ptarmigan (Lamp), Friday, 12 November 2010 17:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
I was hesitant about approaching the zombie attack episode cause i didn't want to get bitten
― Mordy, Friday, 12 November 2010 17:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 13 November 2010 00:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
my grandmother's hands aren't going to take close-ups of themselves!
― look at this dapper motherfucker (reddening), Saturday, 13 November 2010 03:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
This pen episode is my favorite Community episode ever
I wasn't so amused with the zombie episode as most people were. My little sister for instance really liked the zombie one but she wasn't super impressed with this pen one - whatever
― Life! The Story of Life (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 13 November 2010 03:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
shit rewatching this episode is yielding all sorts of lines i didn't hear the first time.
abed: "if we're gonna have a pregnant woman in one of these, i say go 'elevator labor' or go home."
― look at this dapper motherfucker (reddening), Saturday, 13 November 2010 03:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
this guy is such a turdish critic. i literally cannot stand his awful, self-regarding writing.
― Calumny (stevie), Sunday, 14 November 2010 10:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
no-one gives a shit what perpetua thinks about anything
― rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Sunday, 14 November 2010 10:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
Why was the monkey named "Annie's Boobs" again? I totally forget.
Good episode btw.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 14 November 2010 21:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
multiple twitter feeds, too:
http://twitter.com/anniesboobs
http://twitter.com/anniesb00bs
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Sunday, 14 November 2010 21:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
Troy did a Twitter contest to name the monkey, Senor Chang's suggestion of "Annie's Boobs" won.
― look at this dapper motherfucker (reddening), Sunday, 14 November 2010 22:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
Lol @ Troy when they cut open Pierce's casts: "It smells like a Waffle House sink!"
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Sunday, 14 November 2010 22:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
i lol'd at that line
― get off my lawn (rockapads), Monday, 15 November 2010 02:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Me too. Considering how hard it must be to come up with an original and funny "it smells like" line, that was pretty brilliant.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 15 November 2010 03:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
okay I missed a couple of episodes and had no idea the monkey was named Annie's Boobs, so when someone said "you can see Annie's Boobs pick up the pen" I was looking for something completely different
― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Monday, 15 November 2010 15:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
I was gonna ask why it didn't seem strange to you that Boobs was capitalized, but I guess if anyone's boobs were gonna be capitalized it's her
― deej otm (some dude), Monday, 15 November 2010 17:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
bOObs
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 15 November 2010 17:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's hard for me to know exactly but a large percentage of why i like this show is bound up in how hot i find alison brie
― Mordy, Monday, 15 November 2010 17:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
Same for me, except sub Joel McHale for Alison Brie
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Monday, 15 November 2010 18:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
I <3 brie coz I think she's a hilarious actress but I'll take Gillian Jacobs because I do like me an icy blonde
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 15 November 2010 18:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
in your defence, it seems to me the show has been a lot more about annie's boobs this season xp
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 15 November 2010 18:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
for a sitcom about a community college study group, they do find a lot of reasons to take their shirts off.
― Kerm, Monday, 15 November 2010 18:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
sb?
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 15 November 2010 18:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
community colleges are our nation's breeding grounds!
― Mordy, Monday, 15 November 2010 18:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
xp i ain't complaining
― Kerm, Monday, 15 November 2010 18:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
noted
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 15 November 2010 19:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
you wanna go there? i was BORN there
liked this ep
― rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Monday, 15 November 2010 19:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
Mordy OTM.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 15 November 2010 19:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
According to Dan Harmon's Twitter, the next episode is a "special live" episode starring Gary Busey as Pierce's long-lost son. Not sure if this is a joke, haven't seen anything else about a live episode. Not sure this cast can pull it off, given how 30 Rock's went. Busey could be funny though.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 18:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Not this week's episode, actually, the next one after Thanksgiving.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 18:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
That reads like a Dan Harmon joke to me, but I'll be pleasantly surprised if it turns out to be a reality.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 18:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
He also posted that Abed would discover a T-Rex and Annie would fight nine popes. I hope but highly doubt this is true.
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 18:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
dude busey would be great.
― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 18:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
So the characters have their own Twitter feeds, right? Last night around 3 AM Jeff posts "Sleepy" and Britta replies back "Me too." So they are totally sleeping together.
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 18:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
okay, that is just weird
― Life! The Story of Life (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 18:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
tv characters being vital characters outside the show is so meta
― Life! The Story of Life (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 18:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
I follow all the actors on twitter, but not their characters. That's one step beyond.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 18:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
Same here, and while I don't want to be that guy, surely Jeff tweeting at 3AM and then Britta responding means that they're not sleeping together.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 19:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
I knew I was crossing a line as I was typing that.
Or, they ARE sleeping together but are creating a Twitter facade to make people think they AREN'T...
(I've been That Guy since the day I was born)
― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 19:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Come on, they're sleeping together. Why else would the show have made a point of Britta knowing what underwear Jeff 'usually' wears on a date?
xpost Plus what DJP said.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 19:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Surely that's way too subtle, even for Community.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 19:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
The character Twitters are kind of like a rudimentary ARG, foreshadowing plot points and filling in details. And with the monkey's Twitter account it's pretty clearly just Dan Harmon or one of the other writers just posting random shit:
AnniesB00bs: People want to kno my favrit movie. Please understand that "favrit" is a uniquely human concept. But I love Xanadu and it holds up
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 19:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Baron Strange of Knockin (DJP), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 19:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
That is funny. I may have to start following AnniesB00bs.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 19:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 22:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
Gillian and Donald are trading twitter accounts for an hour right now. Pretty funny.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 23:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
gassy
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 18 November 2010 00:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Gillian and Donald are trading twitter accounts for an hour right now. Pretty funny.― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
are you bros with these guys?
― rip whiney g weingarten 03/11 never forget (history mayne), Thursday, 18 November 2010 00:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ms. Jacobs and Mr. Glover to you, pal.
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 18 November 2010 00:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
Twitter shit was HILARIOUS. I'd like to see those Big Bang turds try that.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 18 November 2010 02:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 18 November 2010 02:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
those turds!
― .gif of the magi (Lamp), Thursday, 18 November 2010 02:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
This one's off to a great start.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 November 2010 01:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
Professor Professorson!
― Mordy, Friday, 19 November 2010 01:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
Learning!
― Mordy, Friday, 19 November 2010 01:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
This is why you don't try to teach your dad a lesson!
― Mordy, Friday, 19 November 2010 01:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Britta in the fetish room was LOL
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 November 2010 01:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 November 2010 01:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
That was like Inception with all the levels.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 November 2010 01:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hey, apparently today IS Latvian Independence Day
― Gukbe, Friday, 19 November 2010 03:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow. just wow.
― s.clover, Friday, 19 November 2010 04:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
would were that my television were a time television so i could watch that episode for the first time again.
― s.clover, Friday, 19 November 2010 04:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
chase thru the fort was pretty great
― max, Friday, 19 November 2010 04:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Alison Brie seriously does some Lucille Ball-type physicality every fucking week and it's amazing
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 November 2010 04:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh exactly, I can't think of very many actresses that could pull off her fall on the floor and speak in tongues gag.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 November 2010 05:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
the dalmatian guy was in the fetish room....lol
― sous les paves, Friday, 19 November 2010 05:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
my t0rrent suggests it was a zerbraman
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 19 November 2010 05:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
principles of intermediatestudyologyclass 101learning!
― strangled by a necklace of mexicans (Pillbox), Friday, 19 November 2010 05:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
i started watching this like 5 minutes into it and i could not make heads nor tails of what was going on
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Friday, 19 November 2010 05:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
Interesting to find out that Dan Harmon doesn't actually have a writer's credit since the second episode of the first season, and that there are SO MANY writers on this show. That's why the episodes are so different from week to week. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Community_episodes
tbh, I figured while I was watching tonight's episode that Harmon had gone crazy one night and hammered this script out in 20 minutes in a fit of delusional brilliance.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 November 2010 05:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
I don't know!
...but-- but--
― Nhex, Friday, 19 November 2010 08:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
this was kind of amazing, tbh
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Friday, 19 November 2010 08:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
except the abed/troy bit at the end (it's mainstream, shut it down) was pretty wince-y. the meta jokes are funny but a little too close to the wind sometimes.
also: yeah, alison brie's physical acting was pretty phenomenal. actually, pretty much everyone was a little more cartoonish in this one, now that i think about it.
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Friday, 19 November 2010 08:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
totally awesome.
― j., Friday, 19 November 2010 08:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Having finished a stint at community college just about a year ago, and taking more than half of my classes at night, I can back up the authenticity of the inherent creepiness of a campus after dark. The freaks come out.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 November 2010 08:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
"I know a shortcut. Through the Turkish District!"
― Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 19 November 2010 09:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
the parade thing was straight out of hitchcock. 39 steps? nbnw?
― s.clover, Friday, 19 November 2010 21:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
I thought it was more of a parody of different movie chase scenes. Hitchcock came to mind, as well as The Fugitive Harrison Ford version.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 November 2010 21:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
also Indiana Jones market scene
― Mordy, Friday, 19 November 2010 22:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
<3 Kevin Corrigan
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 20 November 2010 01:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
This is a still from the upcoming Community claymation Xmas special (!) on Dec. 9
― the 'Friends' experiment (Pillbox), Saturday, 20 November 2010 01:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol @ Jeff being a jack in the box. But why is Shirley topless and in a diaper?
Also, that's John Oliver in the wizard garb I presume?
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 20 November 2010 02:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm pretty sure she's the baby Jesus. Cuz why not?
― R Baez, Saturday, 20 November 2010 02:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol @ Britta
― Gukbe, Saturday, 20 November 2010 02:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
xp Yeah, that makes sense.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 20 November 2010 02:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
Holy shit.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 20 November 2010 03:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
excited for claymation now!
Kevin Corrigan is the shit, he was great as the bowling-alley shrink in Fringe too.
And omg the fort chase was terrific.
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Saturday, 20 November 2010 03:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
great episode. I love conspiracy theories/political thriller type stuff, this one was great. No less then the "this is a zombie film pastiche" or "this is an action film pastiche", just less reliant on props/costumes. And Kevin Corrigan always kills it.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 20 November 2010 05:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
omg that claymation, i'm going to die. is pierce a teddy bear?
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Saturday, 20 November 2010 05:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
Annie was off-the-charts awesome in this episode, her lolling around in the hallways yelling "bleep bloop" was so defiant and unabashed.
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Saturday, 20 November 2010 05:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
shirley as a baby might have something to do with shirley being pregnant.
― phantompenguin, Saturday, 20 November 2010 06:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
okay everything about that episode was wonderful
― human fleshy kids (stevie), Saturday, 20 November 2010 13:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah both this and 30 rock peaked this week. kevin corrigan is a genius.
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 20 November 2010 13:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
amazing in freaks & geeks
― mo loko (cozen), Saturday, 20 November 2010 14:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
another great mod fam too.
― human fleshy kids (stevie), Saturday, 20 November 2010 16:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
according to Dan Harmon, the stop-motion Christmas episode is going to be completely stop-motion, not just portions interspersed with live action. someone tell Perpetua so he can get a head start on complaining.
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Sunday, 21 November 2010 02:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
<3 u Dan Harmon
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Sunday, 21 November 2010 04:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
First clip!
http://www.avclub.com/articles/heres-the-first-clip-from-the-community-christmas,48174/
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh I can't wait.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
So I basically just rewatched the first season of Community with friends who had never seen it before and watching it again (esp from the Debate episode and onward) is somehow making me love the show even more. I love how the relationships were in that season and how they evolved perfectly into what they are today. Like the conspiracy episode really only worked because of the relationship between Annie + Jeff which took that Debate episode to shift (the show was single-mindedly about Jeff + Britta in the first half of the first season) and then the Pascal's Triangle episode to really give the payoff.
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
Annie "Hot Lips" Edison
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
The commentaries (on every episode!) are pretty great, especially about which lines were ad-libbed. Of course, I can't remember a single example right now.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh man there are commentaries on the dvd? i fucking hate not being american at times.
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol "You don't know me!"
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
emo episode :/
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
I liked it.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
I notice they've been underlining Abed's Asperger's more and more over the past few episodes.
― R Baez, Friday, 3 December 2010 02:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Lifetime of episodes.
― Kerm, Friday, 3 December 2010 03:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
That was really good! Troy realizing adults are not smarter ;_;
Lol @ Abed & the Farscape conversation. That happened to me at bar once with a dude who liked Bruce Springsteen. At the end of the night he asked my friend for my number. I spazzed out when she told me and she was all "Well why did you talk to him all night?" Me: "(Shrug) I just thought he liked Bruce Springsteen!"
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 3 December 2010 05:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
i dig the characters so much that i'm totally cool with the emo elements.
also Troy's "Abed, nobody likes a tattle tale" was lol.
― Gukbe, Friday, 3 December 2010 05:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
xpost - that has been most of my experiences with extended chats in bars tbh.
Lol.
And yeah otm, they're at the point where they can do anything and I'll go along.
Seeing Joel McHale next Saturday, pretty excited imo (<3 btw)
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 3 December 2010 05:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
For two milliseconds I was scared Troy and Annie were going to kiss in her hallway, so I'm glad they didn't. (not that kisses on this show have led to anything by the time of the next episode)
― Señor Mexico (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 December 2010 05:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
Chevy messing around in the birthday cake was pretty funny, btw.
― Señor Mexico (Johnny Fever), Friday, 3 December 2010 05:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
not sure how i feel about this one -- i laughed a lot, funny joeks, etc, but the whole "shirley used to be a drunk" thing felt like too big a revelation to be left hanging like that. i'm sure it'll get addressed again but idk. it's nice that they'd try to humanize her after how self-righteous she's been, but this was a pretty big and sudden drop.
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Friday, 3 December 2010 05:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
that episode has the on-screen vers of:
in my experience calling a girl annoying is guy for "im gonna try and fuck that chick". its an instant break up in my book.
-- sunny successor, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 1:47 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 3 December 2010 06:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
"I was raised on a trout farm!"
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 3 December 2010 07:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Farscape references were hilarious, and I do agree w/Abed's theories about wormholes.
― THX THO... (Nicole), Friday, 3 December 2010 11:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
they're really going all out in making pierce as pathetic as possible, to the point where it's almost not funny - no one really likes him or wants him around
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 3 December 2010 13:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
emphasis on "almost"
+ lol at imagining Chevy Chase sitting in a wheelchair trying to say lines while Community crew members remote-control spin him around and slam into things
― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Friday, 3 December 2010 13:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is pure conjecture but chase is known to be a total dick IRL and I wonder if the writers/show producers are taking revenge on him with what they're doing to pierce
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
I remember Joel McHale was on twitter talking about how cool Steve Martin was when he met him, so Joel and Dan Harmon had this joke about how they picked the wrong amigo.
― THX THO... (Nicole), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
xpost yeah definitely, it's hilarious to picture — all calling in favors from big-name hollywood types with longstanding grudges against him
― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
"22 minutes? yeah, sure, we can do that for you. but I'm gonna need a lock of Chase's hair, and I plan to keep the clay model of him when we're done shooting..."
― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^^^ jokes I gave up on and posted as-is because I couldn't quite get them to work
― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Friday, 3 December 2010 14:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
doodely doo.
The pictures of Shirley were priceless.
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Friday, 3 December 2010 16:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
i know i am the sucker we all hate for wanting things to go a bit friends but i was so disappointed nothing came of annie and troy at the door. i think that would be a hilarious storyline imo.
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Friday, 3 December 2010 18:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
supposedly starburns is in charge of the stop motion episode as he used to do moral orel for adult swim..
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 3 December 2010 20:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
i wonder what misfit toy he will be
― ZOUNDS! (CaptainLorax), Friday, 3 December 2010 20:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
The little tease after last night's epiode made me so excited. I briefly felt like a kid again, anticipating the annual showing of Rudolph. I <3 this show so much and am going to be heartbroken when it gets cancelled.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 December 2010 20:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
they already discarded the annie/troy thing nicely i thought
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Saturday, 4 December 2010 03:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, December 3, 2010 8:48 AM (13 hours ago) Bookmark
i agree with this, i find i don't really enjoy watching his character very much
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Saturday, 4 December 2010 03:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
hard to root for annie/troy when annie/jeff have so much chemistry omg i'm a shipper
― Mordy, Saturday, 4 December 2010 04:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
re: pierce; was wondering if chevy had injured himself again or something, thus his character being placed in the wheelchair.
― Babylon and zing (stevie), Saturday, 4 December 2010 10:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah it's not so much that he's been less likable than before, he's just not been in it. no stories, basically no lines. pretty sure they knew he was an ass before they hired him though. i figure he's pretty much like this all the time irl:
anyway, latest episode was great with the guy throwing his drink in abed's face and all.
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 4 December 2010 13:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
funny guy
― mo loko (cozen), Saturday, 4 December 2010 14:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
i was so disappointed nothing came of annie and troy at the door.
I actually thought it was great that they seemed to build up to it and then not go there at all, giving us Jeff's and Britta's sloppy drunken makeout instead.
Btw, Abed was never actually diagnosed with Asperger's, right?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 4 December 2010 14:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
neither was Sheldon Cooper
― some dude, Saturday, 4 December 2010 14:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ha. I mean, Sheldon's pretty genuinely disconnected and baffled by social interactions whereas Abed is mostly just too rational and self-possessed to care about some things. Sheldon actually had no concept that grad students were throwing themselves at him. Abed realized the guy was hitting on him; He just enjoyed talking about Farscape.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 4 December 2010 14:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
I apologize for that capital "h" btw. The episode from s1 where everyone was trying to 'Can't Buy Me Love' Abed is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. It showed more about the rest of the group's hangups than than it showed that Abed has any disorder. That said, there are episodes (e.g. the 'mean girls' episode) when I start to wonder if the show's writers are all that clear on the distinction themselves.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 5 December 2010 04:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i was mostly kidding. i think Abed has a kind of refreshing amount of perspective compared to the average sitcom's one "weirdo" character whose behavior usually hinges on them being too dumb and/or un-self-aware to realize when they're acting strange -- and even when he does go really far out there either Jeff punctures it or Troy goes along with it to hilarious results.
― some dude, Sunday, 5 December 2010 04:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
he's just a student of human character with a buttload of self-esteem.
― j., Sunday, 5 December 2010 04:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
with all that self-esteem you mention you would think he would have a girlfriend :/
― ZOUNDS! (CaptainLorax), Sunday, 5 December 2010 06:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
j. OTM.
Abed has had girlfriends, as the s1 episode I mentioned showed. Many women find him attractive. Besides, having high self-esteem can mean that you have less of a need to be in a relationship for the sake of it. He seems pretty content doing his thing.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 5 December 2010 06:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
he's had a few, including dennis from it's always sunny in philadelphia's real life ridiculously hot wife. they probably overplay (esp in the first season) the 'this guy is actually amazing at everything' abed as much as they do dorky, slightly aspie abed (though decidedly not aspie right? abed's got way to strong a sense of humor and he's frequently insightful about social mores around him).
― balls, Sunday, 5 December 2010 07:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
the having of a romantic partner is probably always going to be off the table on this show anyway, since it's organized around plots about the group's stability and cohesiveness, which are threatened by a) outsiders trying to get in, b) insiders becoming attracted to outsiders, and c) complications in internal relationships that lead to imbalances or departures.
(compare to a lot of 'buffy' plots)
a big part of abed's character is related to his attraction to the world of imagination. a big part of the show involves the comedy of people who aren't yet fully formed (educated / grownup) seeking out individual identities within a community of equals (itself always set inside larger and larger groups that bump into each other and cause people to momentarily falter in how well-formed they've managed to become so far)—especially via the medium of assuming roles and performing them, and imagining/investigating roles that they could assume. so abed's character is special because he's most connected to the most general conditions the whole show takes place under and investigates. part of its conceit is that people primarily imagine what kinds of people they could be or how they could live their lives in terms of made-up stories and characters that they take, nowadays, from tv and movies. abed recognizes that and makes it more extreme, partly because he sees those stories as more understandable and attractive than the disappointing world around him, and partly because he sees the stories as a way of relating to others on a more idealized terrain that lets them repair the defects of their ordinary lives.
in certain ways that makes abed very socratic/platonic. he's got one foot outside of reality (i.e. the everyday world out of touch with imagination), which makes him seem stunned and bewildered by it in comparison to other people, even though his immersion in the world of imagination gives him insight into everyday life. he's self-possessed and controlled, apparently without the kind of neediness for social and romantic relationships that other people have, even though he still appreciates them. his primary relationship (with troy, who is the 'learner' in the relationship to abed's 'teacher') is homoerotic but based on a shared love of imagination rather than on any worldly goods (sex, pleasure, wealth, fame, status). and his love of imagination is in the service of improved human community in which people can be their best selves, even though it is occasionally at risk of becoming detached from reality, mainly because its exuberance and intoxication with the imagination (e.g. abed's vampire self, his god-movie).
pretense is closely related to playing a role and to playing make-believe, which is why there are characters that are more pathetically funny because they're based on attempts to make themselves out as something they're not, even though no one else accepts it—like chang or pierce. or, like in the dean's case, their primary social identities are based on their role of constantly trying to coax pretensions about their shared social life into being fully convincing and participated in by everyone involved even though people are generally cynical, apathetic, and uninvolved, which is why the dean is like a) a kindergarden teacher and b) saddled with every administrative-leftist/political-correctness-joke trope there is.
― j., Sunday, 5 December 2010 21:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
'mainly because of its exuberance', i meant.
the pathetic characters also have ways of forcing / enticing people into putting up with their pretenses anyway, like chang's authority as a teacher, pierce's money, or the dean's administrative power. now that chang doesn't have that authority he's more pathetic but also more hilariously abusive.
― j., Sunday, 5 December 2010 21:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
holy shit dude
― It's Long Like Donkey Dong (some dude), Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
I can't even...
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
j. out of curiosity are you writing your thesis on 'Community' by chance? :)
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
ok but troy and annie go against that a bit, no? they are p much willow and oz if you go back to the buffy thing, not a relationship born out of all of that but instead actually liking each other and mutually being able to help each other connect, grow etc. (Willow and Tara being the only other relationship in the show not coming out of dire circumstances?)
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
― It's Long Like Donkey Dong (some dude), Sunday, December 5, 2010 10:04 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark
― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
just spillover from the life of the mind yo
― j., Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
willow and tara's relationship is attractive to willow because it lets her pursue, with recognition by tara, full expression of her developing self (i.e. as a witch, as someone with power of her own contra her primary social group which is dominated by buffy), which was rebuffed by the shallow pretenses at identity formation of the campus wiccan group; but it's also forged in dire circumstances when mortal danger becomes the excuse for them to show and admit to intimacy.
troy and annie have a special capacity for recognizing one another since they knew their past selves as well as their present ones—which is special in this group since the general premise is that people are trying to overcome/escape/leave behind their past selves. i don't know where they're supposed to be going, though. it seems like annie's arc should be away from her past via realization that her past fantasies about happiness were just that. but they've also done a bit to indicate that e.g. her pill addiction was tied up with her ambition and that her acknowledgment of the value of her present social relations puts something of a check on her ambitions.
where that fits in with troy depends on his arc, too, and i'm less clear on what it could be. i thought his part in the troy-turns-21-everyone-goes-drinking story was really interesting—not just because of the stuff about how stupid adults actually are, but because the action was focalized around him, so that peoples' drunken behavior (not extreme, just boringly normal) was shown as unappealing in the same kind of way that abed is shown as regarding unimaginative reality. he would rather have interesting, genuinely absorbing interactions with others rather than obliterating ones that bring out how people who think they're opposed don't even realize that they share something in common (i.e. britta and jeff, in the car ride home). but even though troy and annie have special opportunities to know each other because of their past, i think the whole arc set up by the show's premise would have them establishing separation from each other.
― j., Sunday, 5 December 2010 22:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
part of annie's past self involved her ugliness—acne, no boobs—and so the fact that she is now attractive to her past object of idealized affection, now that she has become hot, should stand as an obstacle to her self-realization, because it could easily become the wrong reason that anyone who knew her before is attracted to her now.
― j., Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
This thread now needs a Kindle app
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
also, speaking of people seeking their identities in the human community—
given the first season's awesomely drawn-out jokes about the dean becoming a furry ('i hope this doesn't awaken something in me…'), his voice memos played over the PA in this year's halloween episode are really disturbing.
after the greg kinnear movie he reminds himself to check for something called 'human cent—', and then it's cut off. this movie? a saw someone tweet: 'it's all about bringing people together'.
― j., Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
naw, probably something else
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
j. yr posts here are awesome. wish I had something to add to the conversation but uh I mostly just watch it for the jokes >_>
― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
snowy otm
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
J., although I haven't read Socrates or Plato, I think I basically agree with your first long post except for the characterization of Troy's and Abed's friendship as 'homoerotic' in any sense. It's a close friendship but I don't see any reason to attribute eroticism to it: If anything, it makes me think more of a pre-sexual sort of childhood friendship, like the bond I had with my best friend when I was 10. (These are often also based on love of imagination, of course.)
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
ya i think it sort of speaks to the uneasiness in our culture that we have about close male relationships that the "homo-erotic" modifier gets appended to describe that kind of friendship
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
they hold hands which is p gay
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
they should totally make an episode where Troy realizes he acts gay around Abed so Troy purposely avoids Abed and acts like a jerk when he does see him... (dot dot dot)
― ZOUNDS! (CaptainLorax), Monday, 6 December 2010 00:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh, surely—if i were being more careful i would have said 'homosocial', and of course a lot of the in-show jokes are about it being misrecognized as (proto-)homo-erotic by others. (and of course, troy's got a thing for butt stuff.)
the stuff about childhood is good—and it's connected up with the contemporariness of the show (a culture of adolescents staring at fart videos on youtube instead of actually learning about human culture) and the romantic-artist-imagination-self-creation stuff that i mentioned above. the end-show bit with abed fooling troy with the wall mural was amazing—especially troy's sad closing repetition about not being taken in by the prospect of a return to childhood wonderland.
― j., Monday, 6 December 2010 00:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
i mean TENT FORT
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
― j., Monday, 6 December 2010 00:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
can't believe Abed is now on ILX
― Gukbe, Monday, 6 December 2010 00:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
the end-show bit with abed fooling troy with the wall mural was amazing—especially troy's sad closing repetition about not being taken in by the prospect of a return to childhood wonderland.― j., Monday, December 6, 2010 12:08 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
― j., Monday, December 6, 2010 12:08 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Monday, 6 December 2010 01:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
omg the "TOOOOOOO YOU!" opening of the most recent ep was so good
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 01:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
i have a different take on abed, which is that Community (and Dan Harmon specifically) recognizes that the two most popular modes of articulation atm are this kinda 'aspie' dialogue and this 'snarky' dialogue (obv living in different contexts; psychology v. popular culture) and that they are actually speaking in a similar disaffected/affectless voice. these two voices come together in abed who is simultaneously aspie (unable to fully grasp real emotional depth) and snarky (like in robocop snark episode or really any time where he seems very saavy). the concept being that both dialogues are actually one + the same; these modes of articulation that fail to address serious emotional lacunas. one reason Community speaks so strongly to me is that it's about creating these communities of support + family in light of absolute failure (and moreover, in this Hegelian twist, creating this communities in the very failed institutions that necessitate them). that's why plotlines like jeff sleeping in his car, or troy moving in with abed, or pierce, are so important -- this is a show literally about grappling with notions of domesticity + family in the broader experience of total failure (homelessness, unemployment, the very model of community college as institutions of higher education that fail the majority of its students). abed is then this almost liminal figure between the disaffected tone we take on in our experience of alienation from the community but also recreating that community within new models. (And then on a personal experience level we experience community in watching the show every week and posting about it and sharing it with friends so this very savvy piece of popular culture also becomes a way for us to create families, even as the institutions around us - government, education, economy, pop culture itself - fall to pieces.)
― Mordy, Monday, 6 December 2010 03:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
jesus did society crumble in the time it took to read that post?
― ITT Deadliest Choads (some dude), Monday, 6 December 2010 03:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
yes
― Mordy, Monday, 6 December 2010 03:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
"oh shit, i got really engrossed in a message board thread and looked up, and there was no more postal service"
― ITT Deadliest Choads (some dude), Monday, 6 December 2010 03:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's cool dude we got owl city now.
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Monday, 6 December 2010 05:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
it has begun!!
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
sooooo psyched for this!!!
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
here. we. go.
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
asterisk.
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
because I'm progressive and kick ass
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
cookies.
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
if only he could find the power to not be a smug douche
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
bjork
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is really something else
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
That turned out to really be sweet.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
This was the best show that was ever on TV ever in the history of TV.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
it was pretty awesome. not my fave ep of the season, but def one of the best christmas television episodes i've ever seen
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
I didn't lol very much but I still enjoyed it. and the ending was nice
― unemployed aerosmith fans I have shoved (bernard snowy), Friday, 10 December 2010 02:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
also Mordy I like yr thesis about the snark/aspie overlap — it's something that used to weird me out when I first started watching the show and didn't really 'get' Abed's character
― unemployed aerosmith fans I have shoved (bernard snowy), Friday, 10 December 2010 02:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
Lost DVD joke was hilarious and also legitimately cathartic.
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Friday, 10 December 2010 06:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wow that was genuinely moving. Love this show SO much
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 06:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
This ep made me realize how sick I am of Christmas culture in general.
― Simon H., Friday, 10 December 2010 07:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
I believe the phrase you're looking for is, ahem, "BAH HUMBUG"
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 07:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah pretty much.
― Simon H., Friday, 10 December 2010 08:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
Christmas Pterodactyl
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 10 December 2010 09:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just noticed that, right after "The End" on the TV they're watching, you can see the non-stop-motion cast in the reflection of the screen.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 10 December 2010 14:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yes.
― THX THO... (Nicole), Friday, 10 December 2010 14:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
Such a great, and sweet, episode.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 December 2010 15:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
My favorite bit was probably when John Oliver skated backwards on one foot out of the Cave of Frozen Memories, such a nice touch.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 December 2010 15:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
agree that it didn't really bring the lulz but was very well made and entertaining
― http://www.ilxor.com/glyloop.mp3 (Aerosol), Friday, 10 December 2010 15:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
I liked the songs!
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 17:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
i thought this was kinda wack guys, sorry.
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
>:(
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
i did too^^^. I was disappointed.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Nice to find out which ilxors lack hearts.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
i thought it was touching and all...but....
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah yeah, take it to the "Bah Humbug" thread :)
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
did i miss something, why did they want to kick abed out of school?
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha
― http://www.ilxor.com/glyloop.mp3 (Aerosol), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
slow sad Christmas song
― Trip Maker, Friday, 10 December 2010 19:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
Bc of his psychotic break with reality xxp
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 19:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
hey my wife had one of those and no one wanted to kick her out of school. alhtough its funny because her delusions were about Lost.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Friday, 10 December 2010 19:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
Clay Britta hotter than clay Annie.
― nickn, Friday, 10 December 2010 21:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
No way, Britta's clay counterpart looked like shit, the way they overemphasized her lower eyelids.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 December 2010 21:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah it looked like they stapled some pastrami flaps to her eyes.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Friday, 10 December 2010 21:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wow, that's got to be the most ambitious thing any sitcom has ever done. I thought it was brilliant! Def. worth $3.50 for the HD iTunes download.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 10 December 2010 21:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
OK, the eyes were weird but Annie looked like some generic kids' doll.
― nickn, Friday, 10 December 2010 21:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
I agree that it seems unlikely for someone to get kicked out of school over something like that though. And a little disappointed that the writers seem to actually believe that Abed is a bit mental and not just, you know, smart and confident.xpost
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 10 December 2010 21:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wow, you guys are actually studying the logic of this show now?!?!
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 December 2010 21:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really liked the part where Abed was on top the train and Annie and Troy were helping him get away from the Warlock. It was like a dramatic moment where his friends came to defend him for having Asperger's because there is nothing wrong* with having Asperger's.
I was laughing a lot during this episode. Not because the jokes were abundant or especially funny. But because the "claymation" angle provided levity to everything - and there was so much good in picturing what the other people were actually seeing in the non-claymation world (the script compelled me to picture the real world throughout the whole episode and it was brilliant having to think about both worlds at once).
I especially liked the scene at the end on the train when Pierce opened the door to the front cart and you could see the study room (or whatever) behind him. COOKIES! And then setting the train's speed to 'Bjork' is just a great gag in general.
I also loved all the dialog between Abed and the Wizard/Warlock throughout the whole episode.
― ZOUNDS! (CaptainLorax), Friday, 10 December 2010 21:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also, the credits sequence was golden.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.