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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
Watched the first few eps of this tonight. I'm sold.
― kingfish, Sunday, 4 October 2009 10:41 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
luvin this.
'you're an 8, and that's a british 10'
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 9 October 2009 12:14 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah they need to do more w/ aped and troy too imo
― fleetwood (max), Sunday, 11 October 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
"Cheers"
"MASH"
"Fawlty Towers. I win!"
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 16 October 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
(John Oliver wrong, btw)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 16 October 2009 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
"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 (fourteen years ago) link
"AT THE PICNIC!"
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 16 October 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
"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 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought her role was being hot
― iatee, Saturday, 17 October 2009 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
"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 (fourteen years ago) link
"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 (fourteen years ago) link
okay, those were basically the two funny moments...
i can see this show getting cancelled.
― scott seward, Friday, 23 October 2009 03:02 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
this was really, really funny
― everybody loves am0n (J0rdan S.), Friday, 23 October 2009 03:08 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
otm
troy was on fire this ep
― ice cr?m, Friday, 23 October 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
"when you say jump he says how high. when you say stop he says hammer time."
― musically, Friday, 23 October 2009 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
Veiled St Elsewhere reference imo.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Saturday, 24 October 2009 00:30 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I think last weeks was my favorite episode. I'm glad this show got picked up.
― kingfish, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
ok, this is hysterical. i laughed more during the halloween episode tonight than with any other of the thursday night shows.
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chevy chase as beastmaster
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― cutty, Friday, 30 October 2009 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link
parks and rec doesn't have trudy campbell though!
― the tamiflu show (get bent), Friday, 30 October 2009 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
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 (fourteen years ago) link