Community, the tv show

whats a bottle episode?

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.

suitcase episode had hella-expensive ghost cgi tho

Preview of the bottle episode: http://www.televisionaryblog.com/2010/11/bottle-episode-advance-review-of.html

"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.

Has this show delivered anything truly amazing after the lackluster season premiere?

Anything on part with Halloween episode, or Paintball etc?

Which episode is *that* Friends episode?

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

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.

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.

I thought the lawyer episode was pretty fucking funny, esp. Drew Carey and his hand

Me too.

The chloroform gags just kept being hilarious.

¯\(º_o)/¯

fucking h8 discussing comedy

this thread is always relevant:

Which is more annoying: arguing about what people find funny or arguing about what people find sexy?

BRIIIIIIIEEEEEEE

I'LL MAKE YOUR ASS SENSE

I'm doing a bottle episode!

As funny as Shirley and Chang's hookup was, I don't think I'd like a Baby Shirley-Chang at all.

wtf

great ending!

So crazy

Ha! Annie's Boobs was really the most satisfactory resolution.

I know! xxp

perpetua See, this is the good kind of Community episode. The kind that isn't pandering to dumbasses.

this is the only show i'm excited about watching every single week

I would still kick perpetua in the shins if I ever met him.

YOU KNOW, GIRL

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...

Notes on "Gwennifer"

http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/11/11/replying-with-the-enemy-showrunners-on-twitter-ii/

Perpetua OTM, I think. This might be my favorite episode ever

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.)

He whacks off to fiery furnaces, his arguments are invalid.

YOU KNOW, GIRL

― Gukbe, Friday, 12 November 2010 02:53 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban 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...

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.

that was a weird sentence.

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.

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.)

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbrh5wQT5J1qdlhc1o1_r1_400.gif

amazing episode

"nice try, mike ty ... son"

(wish I could remember the rest of those lines)

"stephen fry!"

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.

I think Troy is my favorite character on any TV show right now.

lol great ep

glad to see my stinging rebuke shamed these dudes into manning up ^_^

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.

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

I was hesitant about approaching the zombie attack episode cause i didn't want to get bitten

http://cdn.wg.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/annie-scream.gif

my grandmother's hands aren't going to take close-ups of themselves!