Community, the tv show

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, 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.

Also, it's funny.

― HI DERE, Monday, June 21, 2010 8:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

epic rongness

Dan Harmon spent the entire day playing with his new iphone and posting the results:

http://yfrog.com/emschz

an example

I don't know why that's funny, but it is.

NBC now has lots of Community schwag

Let;s see if ths works:

http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/img/product/resized/00265504-797636_500.jpg?k=422fb45c&pid=265504&s=catl

can you get that at best buy?

ask jason

Just noticed that one of the tranny queen nominations is one ms. danielle harmon. injoke lol.

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.

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.

Wasn't trying to be condescending, just contributing, dude.

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.

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.

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.)

Right. I love king of queens, but it's something I'd rather watch as syndicated reruns than in primetime.

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!).

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

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.)

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

its the Happy Shopper brand Friends, dude.

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

Sure, sorry.

apols for negativity, will KIP from hereon in

Neither HIMYM nor BBT theory have Troy and Abed, and are therefore lesser.

theory

Wait people with taste actually watch King of Queens?

Just noticed that the masterbating bum in Its Always Sunny is the old guy in Community :DDD

i saw childish gambino's first live show last night... LOL

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.

actually it's a 3-hour (6-episode) marathon but yes! tonight! bump!

They got screwed by the Emmys.

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.

I'm gonna watch the hell out of the Community marathon tonight!

The Emmys are always lame, is anyone really surprised?

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.

saw the cast in the toronto airport a while ago

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 rest
by 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.

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QIQWoIHSAk

Oh nice, the whole video is up now: http://www.nbc.com/Comic-Con/video/community-panel-comic-con-2010/1240488/

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)

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7XN6Q_qyLo

O_o

It is so so wrong. And I say that as a fan of both Joel and the IT Crowd.

It is exactly the same script and seemingly a very similar set and yet it doesn't work at all.

so weird

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.

It got canceled after one episode as far as I can tell.

i don't think they showed it at all, did they

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

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

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.