Community, the tv show

CRISIS ALERT

also cheap lols at the greendale anus symbol in the background constantly

Professor Cligoris

Either pronounciation is fine.

loved martin starr in this, he was crazy but like deftly crazy

also i was happy that annie and britta got some good material, but the percentage of troy jokes was wayy too low

Pierce was pretty good in this one too, "Not Asians, women".

but the percentage of troy jokes was wayy too low

Really? I thought the Georgia run was epic.

Also the joke about the smell almost being a solid.

troy and abed didn't have much to do and the dean wasn't even in the episode but that's what happens with ensemble shows, no biggie

Operation gag at the end made up for all of it though!

Enjoyed the straw/cup gag. Thought Britta was way hotter this ep than she has lately.

Dan Harmon has mentioned on Twitter than both Doctor Who & Inspector Spacetime exist in the Greendale Universe. Abed referenced K-9, and the Genesis of the Daleks(I think) VHS cover showed up in the opening segment of the AD&D ep last year.

As somebody has pointed out over at the AV Club, this is the same universe that has both Kickpuncher _and_ Robocop, and Abed liked the cheap knockoff more.

Also, re: the pop culture refs, I'm fine with them as long as they actually serve the scene & the characters. The 2001 bits last week did.

Wait, what was the straw/cup thing? Must have missed it.

also omg at the britta n-word bit.

I wonder if CityTV cut this out from their online stream...?

Wasn't that enamoured of Britta's OTT-ness or Annie's meltdown tbh.

ken jeong was in top form

Wait, what was the straw/cup thing? Must have missed it.

when annie was frustrated by annie kim, she was pushing down and pulling up the straw in her drink, making an annoying noise. troy took the drink from under the straw, took the top off the drink and put it back under her still doing her show of frustrating w/ the straw. you had to be there.

^^What makes it is that all of this is done in one shot-you see Troy's hands come in, exit with the cup, then return after a beat of Annie pumping thin air.

It truly was brilliant. Almost worthy of Mel Brooks.

http://pics.livejournal.com/dementedriku/pic/001f2s0g

Oh yeah, I did see that. Yeah, good gag.

Liked this ep better on second viewing.

"The science works out."
"There's nothing to be Zambia about."

"ready, set, PEACE!" (fires starter pistol)

"I'm farting right now"

troy's intonation/body language when saying "we all farted" cracks me up so much

I need to start watching this show now that I know abt the hilarity of Inspector Spacetime!!

Apparently the Inspector(dressed like Insp. Gadget, no less) is causing some consternation online, as folks wonder why Abed didn't know about the show, does Doctor Who also exist, etc. My attitude is just that they keep the British tv commentary jokes coming.

the little checkout of annie when she walks out after the jeff/annie couch bit was p lol

It's nice of Community to acknowledge the universal comic truth that the name 'Boutros Boutros Ghali' is inherently funny.

Really enjoyed the UN strand of this. Garrett cracks me up - 'CRISIS ALERT!'

Britte and Chang subplot was less funny I think - they're making Britte a bit TOO self-parodic now. Maybe it felt a bit weird because Britte has never really interacted with Chang before, actually Chang doesn't really have any onscreen relationships with anyone other than Jeff, Shirley and other staff members. You never really just see him in a scene with Pierce or Troy or whoever.

Part of the humour in Community is just watching the faces of the characters in the background when something's going on - cf Annie's face when Jeff was repping for her, and Jeff clearly not giving a shit and actually being slightly amused when Britte got tasered.

Also surely we all knew what was coming when Jeff got Uruguay and Pierce didn't disappoint. Open goal deftly taken.

That joke was actually one of the few disappointments for me in this episode because of the precedent set by
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLVJm7QW3dA

Maybe it felt a bit weird because Britte has never really interacted with Chang before

they have, though, that's why the other day i quoted my post from over the summer about their dynamic being hilarious to me -- there were at least a couple moments in season 2 of them just displaying total loathing for each other

There were still plenty of great jokes in these two episodes, but I'm hoping the whole season isn't this streamlined and simplified. I know Harmon said his goal for season 3 was to be more accessible, so while I'm not bailing or anything, I'm starting to worry that S3 might abandon a lot of what I loved about the first two.

alternate universe UN episode felt very of a piece with season 2 imo

conceptually, yeah, i just felt the jokes weren't as smart as they could have been - a bunch of floating heads followed by a big fart scene on stage. "Hello" played over and over and over

I mean you can say "but in s2 this episode was just a stupid thing followed by a stupid thing" and my sense of this may be just an overreaction after really admiring last season, but it really does feel like they're trying to keep things frothy in a thinner way

this is seriously nitpicky, but just as an example - I feel like the "Operation" button would have been a little subtler before, like maybe chevy wouldn't have said "STOP PLAYING OPERATION ON ME!" but just "I'M NOT A BOARD GAME" and then reached for the spare ribs silently without saying "YOU DIDN'T GET MY SPARE RIBS." They would have assumed we know the game Operation and not announced what was going on.

on first watch i would've agreed that the jokes seemed...lesser?...but on second watch it all came together for me and i enjoyed it a lot more. however the endless playing of "hello" killed me both times, i enjoyed that entire subplot. also britta looked really really really pretty.

Fake UN desn't feel like intentional dumbing down to me.

Also lol at the black guy representing Germany with the huge Bavarian whiskers.

reminded me very much of a first season episode. if this season repeats the '3rd season is slightly lesser than amazing for the ages 2nd season but this only helps you accept cancellation more' precedent set by arrested development i can live with that.

totally

That joke was actually one of the few disappointments for me in this episode because of the precedent set by

parks and rec did a simpsons joke too: "in a way, you're both winners. but in another, more accurate way, barney is the winner."

i am fartacus

jaxon r u high

also omg at the britta n-word bit.

I was beside myself, that was hilarious

i don't remember what that was?

Britta: Oh goodie, a new path! Is it lined with credit cards and flat-screen TVs? Does it go by IKEA? Maybe I don’t want a new path - or any path. Maybe my path is a warpath that leads to the Terror Dome, N-words! … OK, maybe I went too far! Maybe I don’t want to offend my African American friends! But the larger point is maybe I’m not done raging against the machine!

oh yeah

Britta has become my favorite.

the only part of the episode that strained credibility for me was the idea that anyone would let Chang carry a taser, but then I remembered we'd already passed that event horizon when they made Chang into a security guard

i am fartacus

Britte and Chang subplot was less funny I think - they're making Britte a bit TOO self-parodic now.

OTM

Also, da croupier OTM but pretty much anything would be a disappointment for me after s2 tbh.