You don't need to spot the exact reference to get that this was riffing off a particular kind of historical documentary, really.
I think we all got that.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 8 April 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
it was very specifically that ken burns doc that it was sending up, tho of course that's not like sui generis or whatevs.
i enjoyed this, i liked the parody, i didnt find it a partic funny episode tho.
― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 8 April 2012 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
i am unfamiliar with the ken burns thing and with larger traditions of american documentary-making, and as such i got not a whole lot out of this. ho hum
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
the larger traditions really helped me understand those jokes
― President Keyes, Sunday, 8 April 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
"Jeffrey, find me!"
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 April 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
I remember when I had to go watch a decade's worth of British news programming so I could fully appreciate Monty Python.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 8 April 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
if you're american you don't actually appreciate monty python, just saying
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
just saying nonsense
― President Keyes, Sunday, 8 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
thomp, if one were to make an assessment based solely on your most recent posts itt, one might conclude that they suggest a general tendency towards opinions unworthy of consideration by others. Just sayin'.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 8 April 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
you're a moron
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Aaaand I rest my case.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 8 April 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
you live with your mother
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
and you smell
It's really a shame that this particular thread has to keep devolving into such a toilet.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 8 April 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
THREAD WARNING _ HIGHBROW HUMOUR IN THIS THREAD ONLY _ IN THIS THREAD, PLEASE ACT IN A WAY BEFITTING OUR OBJECT OF INQUIRY: THE TWiCE-NOMINATED FOR PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS TELEVISION COMMEDY COMUNITY
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
what's going on here
― Clay, Sunday, 8 April 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
never change, this thread
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 April 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, never change. If we promise to keep the dark spirits bottled up in this thread, I promise to avoid it like the plague.
― 1 of paper = 4 of coin (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 8 April 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
so basically, all non-USAers should stop watching Community because of the high-level 1992 PBS satire that only we (over the age of 30) can possibly understand.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
non-usaers don't help its ratings so no one cares if they get it or not
just saying
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
i'm sure all the inspector spacetime stuff is aimed solely at US dr. who fans
― President Keyes, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
hrm - that kind of intensely fannish relationship to it is actually more of a US thing, i think. here it's saturday afternoon family tv? i mean, there are devotees, but they're not the norm.
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
remember the good old days when this thread was just quotes and discussion re:Alison Brie's tittays?
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
'tittays'
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
dr. who worship is certainly the norm in the u.s. It's kind of like American Idol.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
you can't read
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
itt unintelligent people believe community is an intelligent tv show
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
thomp sees through our intellectual pretensions.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
I think I can read, prick. Dr. Who fanatics are pretty fucking sparse in America. probably the same where you hail from.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
i come from uranus
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
dramatic music
more who fanatics there than here, i'd think
― President Keyes, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
mainly butt
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
^ who is this putz?
― balls, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
im a sock
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
LOL
― balls, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
"im a sock"
― balls, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
dying over here
in semi-relevant news "remedial chaos theory" was just nominated for a hugo, alongside three doctor who episodes.
― techno pink (reddening), Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
omg who is 'thomp' this is hilarious
― balls, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
you're right, i ignored the thread warning
― thomp, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
MORBS
― balls, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
has morbs seen this guy yet? fucking hilarious
― balls, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
"i'm a sock"
sorry "im a sock"
good lord that's good
― balls, Sunday, 8 April 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
― President Keyes
im from scotland and in my 20s and i watched ken burns' civil war on british terrestrial television when i was a kid.
― zverotic discourse (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 8 April 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
kinda my point
― President Keyes, Sunday, 8 April 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
i saw it in australia
in ur face thompy
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 April 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
FWIW, Dr. Who has gotten pretty big over here in the states recently for some reason.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 9 April 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link