Community, the tv show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNrPr-UCtog

lol?

Seems like it could be funny, but man do I dislike Chevy Chase.

just read the review in the nytimes, will give this a go

i work at a community college
not sure how i feel about this

have lots of funny stories, but not sure i want to see them dramatized for prime time larfs

ugh this

ok i'll be honest. i am quietly hoping this show fails.

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

OTM

how about this -- he goes back to ridiculing people on tv instead of people in community colleges

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)

And Mindy Kaling, who went to Dartmouth with gbx.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

yeah yeah i know
i realize he is not out to ridicule earnest students, but he may wind up doing that anyway.

i just...i dunno. i smell yuck.

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, 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."

The pilot is good. It's chiefly about McHale's character being an arse.

ok just watched via torrent the pilot and i give it an unambiguous: yes, lol!

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

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.)

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.

im glad weve gone straight tot he hand wringing - enjoy the show!

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:

http://www.starshineroshell.com/images/logos/SBCC_lg.jpg

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.

(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)

xp

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!

ownd

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.

two years off cc for the basics seems like not a bad idea - also watching and discussing this show - it is funny

I trust ice cr?m's taste; going to dl

did u see any 'glee' yet ice cr?m?

Glee is 50% good, 50% terrible, sometimes at the same time.

that's what I'm into

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!

was=will (der)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 teachers
are not paid very well for their time/expertise
are 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

Ok I'm watching the show and this bears no resemblance to my life at all aside from the woman who referenced her babysitter.

These people all talk to each other. As iatee referenced above, almost nobody in my classes talks to each other.

It must be said, John Oliver is the funniest thing in this show.

It must also be said that whatsherface really doesn't look all that much like Elizabeth Shue.

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.

Ass-burgers.

Nice touch ending with "Don't You Forget About Me."

I give it a B+ (ish).

I laughed a little at the menengitis joke.

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.

These people all talk to each other. As iatee referenced above, almost nobody in my classes talks to each other.

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.

i wasn't so bullish on the pilot, but yay trudy campbell!

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.

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

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.

pete campbell's wife is in this? or am i wrong

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.

These people all talk to each other. As iatee referenced above, almost nobody in my classes talks to each other.

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, 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?

B+ seems about right. pretty funny in places but i did not care for the Life Lessons Learned stuff

and yes, better that Parks & Rec pilot from last year

I thought the end of ep 2 was pretty funny

terrible show

well yeah

the ken jeong bit was good

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.

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.

Episode 1: Total horseshit.
Episode 2: Had moments.

Chevy Chase 2009 would be really, really great as the lead in "Sonofabitch: The Dick Cheney Story"

I laughed.

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?

I think he's part of the cast

show needs less chevy chase, more donald glover

this show was awesome, i don't know what you all are talking about

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.

im happy to see him get some decent work again.

parks & rec was way better last night. louis ck majik!

yeah but you like glee

reign on chevy, get rid of love interest. terrible actor.

reign IN chevy.

rein?

haha yes. now that i've had coffee and can see & type.

Reign in Chevys

from a lacerated sky

Is this class easy?
...
Do you like Dane Cook?
Yeah, he's awesome.
So far so good.

So, what John Oliver only around for the first episode?

Apparently. :(

Also, Shirley's real reason for going back to school was AWESOME.

what mordy already posted, plus "how 'bout I POUND you like a MAN... that didn't come out right"

"You, go host American Idol."

John Oliver is in at least 3 episodes, for those wondering.

I really liked episode 3! esp the guy from the christopher guest movies what's his name. show has potential.

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.

is parks & rec watchable now?

this show is very funny!

uh, kinda sucks

P&R has been my favorite of the NBC Thursday night shows all 3 weeks of the season so far.

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.

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.

p&r has been pretty great so far this season, really strong supporting cast

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.

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.

wait what ben stiller has returned to tv?

rashida jones ex bf is great in p&r too

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

I don't know what show you haters are watching.

its this show called Community.

Maybe it'll get better, but I haven't enjoyed the first few episodes much.

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.

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 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.

Watched the first few eps of this tonight. I'm sold.

This show got so brilliantly funny so fast I fear for its future. Tonight's ep FTW.

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.

luvin this.

'you're an 8, and that's a british 10'

I nearly choked from laughing when Troy was crawling out of the waiting/testing room like a paralyzed dog.

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.

The show is getting better now that the characters are more fleshed out.

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

it has potential def but they need to let peoples bad intentions win occasionally - the lesson learning however breezy makes things too predictably neat

yeah they need to do more w/ aped and troy too imo

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.

Me too, because the moment I saw him I was thinking "that dude looks like Mark David Chapman."

"Cheers"

"MASH"

"Fawlty Towers. I win!"

(John Oliver wrong, btw)

Really into the super-manic pace. Feel like half the jokes get, like, a bonus beat that sends them over the top.

"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.

"AT THE PICNIC!"

"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.

I thought her role was being hot

"Annie said that Benjamin Button was compelling. She's a smart girl, but sometimes she's just wrong!"

"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."

okay, those were basically the two funny moments...

i can see this show getting cancelled.

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.

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.

"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."

this was really, really funny

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?

they got picked up for the second half of the season by NBC.

I liked this episode quite a bit.

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.

otm

troy was on fire this ep

"when you say jump he says how high. when you say stop he says hammer time."

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!

Veiled St Elsewhere reference imo.

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!

Yeah, I think last weeks was my favorite episode. I'm glad this show got picked up.

I just realized recently that Donald Glover (Troy) was a writer on 30 Rock. He's very quicky rising in my esteem.

I can't believe SNL rejected him in favor of Armisen playing Obama. Lorne must be on crack.

Although it probably worked out better for Donald Glover, because SNL has been pretty unwatchable lately.

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

^^

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

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

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.

lol @ the ghostbusters joke. i also saw ghostbusters in the theater! if i wasn't a kid when that happened, i would feel old.

this is kinda boring imo

it's watchable but i like parks and recreation a lot more.

parks and rec doesn't have trudy campbell though!

not particularly funny this evening but third of a letter grade bonus for SQUIRREL GIRL

never-ending Batman monologue at the end A++

"What up, Urkel"

I found the tripping scene pretty entertaining.

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.

i could not stop laughing during the tripping scene, and the way they cut to the commercial was perfect

i'd much rather hear post-30 rock screwball dialogue than faux-doc monologues at this point

faux-doc?

mockumentary interview shit: office, p&r, modern family. forgive the french.

i kept thinking doctor for some reason. yeah i agree.

in parks and recreation the mockumentary thing doesn't even make sense

i liked Troy's nodding along to the Mexican Halloween comment.

lol

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

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

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

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

i'd much rather hear post-30 rock screwball dialogue than faux-doc monologues at this point

― 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

troys eddie murphy costume was hilar in that it was also a joke abt how it was not a michael jackson costume

That is probably going to be my favorite Halloween costume this year.

tell me about the Beatles, Pierce

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.

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.

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.

dude should already be famous from this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcx4_CszaDI

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.), 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

omg batman <3 <3 <3

i never even saw beastmaster, i just wanted to be cool

"I'm kind of the Hawkeye around here."

Not a funny episode. A laugh or two maybe.

have you even ~seen~ beastmaster

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.

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!

great episode, esp. vaughn getting garfunkel confused with garfield

yeah that bit was great, really think the show is coming into its own

when the black dude came out to rap about pierce i lost it

"In the last two days, I've spent a quarter."

that was definitely my favorite episode so far. it had the most going on. even chevy's prog keyboard solo was pretty inspired.

Great episode, I think they've finally moved on from introducing the characters and started using them as an ensemble.

"I'm kind of the Hawkeye around here."

^^^this and Annie's over-enthusiastic dice rolling were the biggest lols of the night

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.

i just realized annie is also trudy campbell

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

btw tiny nipples is rad in aggro mode

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.

maybe it's just because these skinny jeans makes my ass look like a skinny pumpkin

baby pumpkin!

this show got good so fast

I really hope it doesn't get cancelled :/

Got a full season pickup. Not sure about the 2nd season yet.

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.

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.

yeah and this was the first episode where they acknowledged that jeff is a loser too

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.

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 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.

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.

this show makes community college look 10x more fun than community college is, so I'm not sure it has 'unapologetic meanness'...

wait you're worried that audiences won't embrace an "aloof and sarcastic" sitcom character? jesus it's like the 90s never happened.

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).

Have they revealed the reason why Pierce is there? I remember him being a former CEO but have they gone into that backstory?

how is this show's tone more biting? seems pretty harmless to me

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.

what people?! seriously who is getting made fun of here? people who go to community college?

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.

DAMN MY TALENT!

Annie = hotter every week.

Also, I really love this show now.

falling into a drumset really hurts

Revisiting the Spanish rap at the end was priceless.

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.

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

Annie or Troy being 18 is the one thing that's hard for me to suspend my disbelief.

her character is supposed to be 19ish and his is supposed to be 35ish

nothing creepy about this ;)

whoah is she really supposed to be 19? that was totally lost on me

her and Troy are right out of HS

that was part og the reason jeff was so skeeved out by his attraction to her

wait, shit, i was thinking of the blonde one

Brunette = Annie. Blonde = Britta.

riiiight

how old is britta supposed to be?

mid 20s?

great ;)

Love that all the movie characters all kind look like the group and then there is the coolio troy.

I think Britta was revealed to be 27.

28, hulu desktop just through up the first scene with Abed and Jeff.

27 sounds right for Brita, old enough to drop out of high school & join greenpeace to impress Radiohead!

Annie's transformation from cute to megahot this last episode was good stuff.

Trudy Campbell vs. Annie

Don't watch Mad Men but I've assumed Trudy Campbell is 1950s adult Annie.

not in the slightest. wonderful actress.

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."

the one about John Lennon killed me

no pun intended btw

Forgot about that one. Just as funny as the others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzJSbxjVVjk

slightly nsfw. and slightly creepy

Speaking of slightly creepy, I thought Jeff and Annie had a lot more chemistry together than Jeff and Britta.

oh yeah that's totally true. fortunately irl she's not nearly that young

wth with that Alison Brie youtube thing. Is that her video headshot or something?

UH

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.

def made some sausage w/ that video yaknowhwatimsayin

wish i didn't

http://i38.tinypic.com/16jjwg8.jpg

Handiest gif out there imo.

the video was only posted less than two months ago though! looks like that guy does a lot of these short "video portraits"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SjPekY7M_w

Shows are in rerun this week, right?

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

nah, son, it's still sweeps month (xpost)

I love 30 Rock, but so far this show has been funnier this season. Ken Jeong is awesome.

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?

Somewhere... out there...

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

really who has seen an american tail besides those born between 1976-1982?

and remembers the songs?

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).

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.

fyi "Somewhere Out There" got to #2 on the Hot 100 and An American Tail was the highest grossing G rated film of 1986.

the song won a grammy cutty,

A GRAMMY!!!!!!

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.

Even if you don't know the song, Troy singing it is pretty funny.

troys the best

Yeah, I thought the perfect capstone wasn't just that Troy was singing, but that he & Abed sang it in harmony.

hah i got the american tail before he even said feivel!

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

my mind is blown that that song won a grammy

oh come on, that song was so classic. i remember hearing it alllll the time as a kid!

Man, between "An American Tail" and "Overboard" a couple weeks ago, this show is hitting all my nostalgia buttons.

Hey guys, my friend wrote last night's episode. I'm so proud :-)

really who has seen an american tail besides those born between 1976-1982?

haha this is probably true. oh those don bluth movies

naw recall my cousin born in 86 being deeply into american tale - its a minor classic

i was born in 85 and i was really into fievel goes west--an american tale not as much

Dudes, when you drop the 'An', American Tail sounds like a whoooooooole other kinda movie.

jouster, your friend has problems! the whole climax/denouement was so fricken out there. the brownie speech? loooooool

yeah the climax was out there. . . somewhere

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.

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.

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZJHamGNOFQ

man that is better the second time around. when senor chang screams? loooool

He'd rather have one amazing season than see quality slip over time.

Uh. The show is getting fairly good but come on.

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.

troy interview http://nymag.com/movies/features/62376

guys ken jeong is an actual DOCTOR

O_O

...you know what this means? i can return to my life as a child actor

you were a child actor????? details?????

haha it came up on some other threads recently, i thought it had been established--

best episode ever. when troy was hungover at the end!

Pretty good episode. That security cop is from the Dasariski improv show in LA.

loved troy writing the crabs joke.

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?

Okay, is that Anthony Michael Hall in the Freddie Mercury mustache?

I'm loving this particular episode more than most, so far.

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.

"So, I didn't know you were a Jew." <--this isn't an offensive thing to say!

Man, Donald Glover is just about my favorite person in the world right now. "Give him the Forest Whitaker eye!"

lol "To me, religion is like Paul Rudd."

i just lost it with the forest whitaker eye

Now I'm afraid this show has peaked, because that was the best/funniest episode yet.

so pumped for this episode now (west coast).

lol "To me, religion is like Paul Rudd."

^^this

and yes, forest whitaker eye

"am i right, JEW?"

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.

Jesus, this one was awesome. From Abed backing up Britta's jokes to the end-credits sequence.

Oops, can a moderator stop this other thread

community on NBC

"Why'd she have to be black?" was maybe my favorite line, but there were many good ones.

yeah this was a good ep i thought

fuckin forest whitaker eye!!!

but their take on jehovah's witnesses was a lil off imo

this has got really good!

"Why'd she have to be black?" was maybe my favorite line, but there were many good ones.

― 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".

i think the idea is that when shirley said "jew" it sound pejorative

i was never particularly into Chevy Chase, but man, everything he does on this show has me breaking up

he's doing everything he's always done!

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.

^^otm

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.

good thing you have no life. this show is the best!

I wouldn't go that far, but yes, I quite like it now.

it is my favorite new show of 2009

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.

zomg I dreamt I went on a date with Annie.

It did not end well.

owen wilson, what are you doing here

yo i need my genitals

i received a text message about free Sephora samples?

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.

this show has some of the best throwaway lines

Senor Chang is one of the best characters on television, no question.

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

They did? In that case I look forward to seeing the last episode.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CQXaaF8_KUk/SwW1iGt7MyI/AAAAAAAAALk/4rpHkyKBS10/s1600/Star-burns.png

this ep was lmfao imo.

One of the best yet, I thought.

was very surprised to learn starburns is one of the cool kids. but yeah he did have drugs at the halloween party.

yeah that was a good reveal - totally shifted my perspective on "the group"

btw from the jack black episode re: shirley's friend - "he's from finland, he doesn't get our humor" ;)

I was really hoping he was called Tuomas when I was watching this.

haha i totally thought about tuomas too!!

last episode was great.

girls are supposed to dance. that's why god gave them parts that jiggle.

kinda sucked, i don't like when they go too heavy on feel-good subplots (nbc tampering?) and too light on snark and funny

ken jeong's burp after he ate that mad men chick's brains was great

All in your cabeza
Without a chase-a

http://i50.tinypic.com/2w6s65f.jpg

:D

yeah this week was not zippy enough. jeff is becoming a man zzzzz.
i still love troy and abed though.

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."

i liked the postcredits joke a lot

i liked abed's dance steps

i also liked shirley's speech describing brita's preparation of jeff as a cup of coffee

<3 the subtle use of "they put me on crosswords because i'm a girl AND I LOVE CROSSWORDS" setting up the credits joek.

how could I forget that callback? very nice.

the return of senor chang is the best two minutes of television in 2010.

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.

what about the turbotax ad at the end w/ ken jeong/dean

boo rerun tonight? :(

I did eat all the macaroni. It's messed up that he knows.

i'm not that cool. i'm not juno, homeslice

Let's go film the sex scene.

This is really one of the funniest shows on television.

I'm surprised that the alison brie bikini shoot hasn't been posted here yet

ya know... it actually kinda doesn't work

SHUT UP, Leonard! No one even knows what you're talking about!

needs a .gif for when everyone was looking at each other having sexual thoughts

Chevy was killin' it this ep.

Amazing ep, top 3 fer sure

when abed did the eyebrows thing

Abed and troy's "they're just jealous" was so awesome. Also lollll phyllis diller!

The existence of starburns and knowing he has to stay like that outside of filming makes me lol constantly.

they are not real

Don't ruin it.

I liked how they managed to shoe-horn Senor Chang into things. "CLEARLY none of my other plans fell through."

Also:

http://i50.tinypic.com/s0xwty.jpg

aren't they real? thought he was a writer who wore fake ones at first and then just grew them out.

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.

i have the weirdest boner right now.

i haven't seen it since it first aired to compare to recent episodes, but i really liked the pilot!

everything is connected: rocks, eagles, hats..

Alison Brie in this ep (& in general) = ws x 1000

micro-nipples

I'm younger than the 3 of you combined

You think I'm too old to make monkeyshines at a picture show?

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.

he's a younger "that asian guy from lost"

really is my favorite show on TV right now

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.

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

the show is just such a pleasure for me, even when it's not funny i'm delighted

jeff brings them all to law school where he teaches

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.

apparently community colleges have wacky themed dance parties every week

i love dan harmon. his blog and twitter are gold mines.

and this: http://www.channel101.com/shows/view.php?media_id=1764

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.

Of course it could be like MASH and be an 11 year moebius loop of the korean war community college.

"at the picnic!"

this show is still stupid funny, new episode coming this week i hope?

yeah!

brunette in this show is cuet

I thought tonights was among the best.

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

I've never thought Abed was a loser.

Really enjoyed this one a bunch.

yeah this episode was tops, and the way they totally went for broke with that last scene was kind of unexpected and awesome

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.

YOU MAGNIFICENT SON OF A BITCH!

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.

i never liked this show, but i'll watch tonight's episode once it's up on hulu tomorrow

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.

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.

loled at the Mad Men thing too. <3 Alison Brie.

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.

the episode was great. brita's pronuncation of bagel had us freaking rolling.

My 2 year old says bagel the way Britta does.

hmmm

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")

lol @ "you are the worst."

http://ow.ly/1ePRs

NBC press release

doope ep, v high quality

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

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

not surprised about Better Off Ted but still bummed to hear :(

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.

"Oh come on, if all Chinese were psychic you would have started using birth control centuries ago..."

total bliss watching this show

mchale was excellent, his detractors can shut up now

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

yeah, this show is pretty unfuckable with atm

parks and rec not renewed apparently?

no, parks and rec was renewed early a couple weeks ago

McHale has detractors?

wasn't he playing the manager in burger king commercials in like 2003?

yep

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

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...

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.

hahaha. Leonard is this show's Creed.

"Touche."

Also, Joel McHale was in the pilot for the American version of 'The IT Crowd,' right?

yeah

http://img6.yfrog.com/i/4l2.mp4/

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.

This is from Patton, Patton says it about Rommel.

Great episode.

That scene with Britta was omgwtf

totally

I HATE GLEE

Good lord Katharine McPhee is pretty. I also appreciated the line about choking the Little Mermaid with a bike chain.

lol Rabbi Chang

"'Senior' Chang?"

That was Katherine McPhee???!? I had no idea.

omg she is hot

Glee-hating coda was the greatest. "(sob) I don't understand the appeal at all!"

not sure if i approve of this new not so dorky annie, it's distracting me from the jokes

She's still a goody-goody, though, which was always her central trait.

Laughed really hard at the Britta spanking scene, and the Glee joke.

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

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

"a zero ghost tolerance policy"

"welcome aboard the s.s. nose candy"

"king of the world!"

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2005/03/buster.jpg

Hey, it that's guy!

goldblooming!

oh wow, lee majors!

ha that was a great ending!

The "Goldbluming" line had me in literal fits of laughter. Had to pause the show for a good 90 seconds to compose myself.

Need .gif of Abed being a vampire.
― the jaws of impermanence and soul death (reddening)

http://i50.tinypic.com/za32a.jpg

"damn, he's ghost-ridin' a jib."

I don't get the Goldbluming line...

have you never seen a jeff goldblum film? almost any one of them?

I don't remember it being said so I don't remember the context, thank you for explaining so willingly though

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.

if you didn't remember it being said then how can you say you don't get it?

because two people mentioned it upthread?

not remembering a joke vs. not getting a joke

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.

obligatory
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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.

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<3 this show

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.

yeah he was definitely hit and miss but entertaining

where did it air?

It was on Comedy Central.

Hooooooooooooly shit tonight's episode was so goddamn fucking funny. The LOLs came faster than usual.

troy and abed in the morning <3
^^^would actually watch every morning

i actually had trouble breathing i was laughing so hard during the cookie crisp thing at the end

Annie slamming Winger's head into the table is an image I never want to forget...

I was rolling while Annie was spraying the pepper spray and running directly into the mist.

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.

troy and abed in the morning <3
^^^would actually watch every morning

― tehresa, Friday, March 26, 2010 1:02 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

I love the fact that they didn't have a camera, but could provide Jeff with a Lavalierre mic.

Abed's po'd police chief rant was CLASSIC. I was crying...

It was very chief from Beverly Hills Cop. Everything to do with Cookie Crisp was killing me too.

uh pierce reading jeff's mind: "gay ... soo gay"

i actually had trouble breathing i was laughing so hard during the cookie crisp thing at the end

― shite new answers (cutty), Friday, March 26, 2010 7:09 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^yar

For me, this one is the best of NBC's Thursday night sitcom lineup.

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."

what an awesome story

Dan Harmon ftw

great episode tonight!

Seriously dying at the layla bridge.

All the show needed was someone to say: "I gotta go get the papers, get the papers"

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.

wheres the thread about tv shows within tv shows? abed calling out law & order for stealing their plot was aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamazing.

oh yeah I DIED at that one! (cuz it was true)

The episode in two weeks is going to blow minds.

amazing episode
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