I remember him first being mentioned in the episode before; John Oliver calls on "Fat Neil," and he says, "Um, just 'Neil' is fine." Did he appear before that, though?
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
he's not even just in the background, is called by his name fat neil in the episode before the DnD one iirc.
or what he said.
― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
worst tertiary character = john oliver.
― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i like oliver. is it a british thing to hate on him?
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
haha jon oliver annoys me but i consider him a 'secondary' character also i started that poll
― nu rave electro banger coked out art school college party (Lamp), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
For some reason, I love Oliver on Community, hate him on everything else. Ditto Chevy Chase.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Oliver on The Daily Show, less so on Community, and don't really think much of his stand up.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i dunno, i just think he's really unfunny. anecdote about him: some acquiantance of mine saw him do stand-up, in brighton iirc, when he was a total unkown. he bombed and was getting wildly heckled, he started ranting, and not like righteous, witty vituperation, just straight saying, "shut up, you're just too stupid to understand my material". couple of months later he's on american tv. go figure.
― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
in community i think the writing is pretty weak for him, lots of "in britain we call it a [comedy name for a commonplace thing]" or whatever. like, lol, the wacky brit prof.
― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
omg best news everrrr, i was legit feeling sorrowful at the prospect of this show getting canceled.
― accredited butter grader and dairy technologist (reddening), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i just enjoy oliver's delivery of things, even when his lines aren't partic. strong
― accredited butter grader and dairy technologist (reddening), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
The radio show he did with Andy Zalzman, "The Department" was hilarious and his daily show writers would do well to listen to it, much better than his Daily Show stuff.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 17 March 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
He and Andy still do a weekly podcast, "The Bugle."
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
indeed, but the department was better
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah this
― dom p's rusty Nuts (sic), Thursday, 17 March 2011 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link
annie's boobs mvp of cold open
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 18 March 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
may. be. we. do.
― Mordy, Friday, 18 March 2011 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
britta's cheekbones MVP of the rest of the show
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 18 March 2011 00:21 (thirteen years ago) link
"sourface"
― Mordy, Friday, 18 March 2011 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Good ep. Like the incidental use of "Tall Kyle" by Britta - arbitrary throw-away detail.
― Comics can't all be syringes and scalpels poised before eyes. y'know? (R Baez), Friday, 18 March 2011 00:40 (thirteen years ago) link
i didn't get the ending (at the table). could someone explain?
― bakumastah, Friday, 18 March 2011 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Presumably what the actual study sessions are like, minus wacky shenanigans and sub-plots.
― Comics can't all be syringes and scalpels poised before eyes. y'know? (R Baez), Friday, 18 March 2011 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
the devices they were using were progressively more modern, but not sure i got it other than that
― rockapads, Friday, 18 March 2011 04:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't see the whole thing because my DVR cut it off. Thought the joke was that Pearce was using a calculator when everyone else was texting or something. What devices were everyone using?
― dan selzer, Friday, 18 March 2011 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah you're right, i re-watched the end. jeff = texting on phone, annie = laptop, shirley = phone texting, pierce = old adding machine, troy droid 2 looking thing, abed = ipad 2 it looked like, britta = txting on phone
― rockapads, Friday, 18 March 2011 04:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i think its mostly just an observational joke abt how much time ppl spend texting or w/e when theyre hanging out w/ friends
― nu rave electro banger coked out art school college party (Lamp), Friday, 18 March 2011 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah maybe so. also looked like troy & abed may have both been gaming
― rockapads, Friday, 18 March 2011 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
old adding machine? I'm not THAT old but it looked like just a regular old calculator. Not like he whipped out an abacus or something!
― dan selzer, Friday, 18 March 2011 04:54 (thirteen years ago) link
ha, yeah, you're right. guess i was thinking of this http://www.kegcoat.com/howtoguides/AddingMachine.htm
― rockapads, Friday, 18 March 2011 05:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked the saw jokes, but thought Chang was getting a little too cartoony for even that character.
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Friday, 18 March 2011 05:44 (thirteen years ago) link
YES. I absolutely agree.
― dan selzer, Friday, 18 March 2011 05:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I dunno, if they're even going to keep Chang in the show, it seems unlikely at this point to ever bring him back down to the "normal" level of the main characters ever again (like say the episode with his ex-wife from last year), so I guess that's why they just keep ramping him up
His best moment this season has gotta be that one at the end of the drug play episode after Shirley forgives him, and he just says "I'll tell Chang when I see him!" with the most stone cold serial killer vibe
― Nhex, Friday, 18 March 2011 05:56 (thirteen years ago) link
"...I haven't Chang-ed that many women."
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 18 March 2011 05:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Not the greatest episode, but I'm such a stan for this show now I get untold amounts of joy from things like Troy's "what was that?" after Britta's Genie in a Bottle thing.
― Gukbe, Friday, 18 March 2011 06:10 (thirteen years ago) link
speaking of which, this was just posted to Ken Jeong's FB page:
http://www.screenjunkies.com/tv/tv-lists/16-hilarious-animated-gifs-of-senor-chang-from-community/
xp
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Friday, 18 March 2011 06:36 (thirteen years ago) link
This one's so excellent
http://cdn2.screenjunkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/chang-chew.gif
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 March 2011 06:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I see your Annie's boobs and raise you Jeff's nipples.
― ThirtyPennies, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think Jeff "Nipple Player" Winger is necessarily a reference to his own nipples
― some dude, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Seriously, Donald Glover's timing and delivery on lines like that is fucking genius.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i want one of the post-paintball hoodies
― Aerosol, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I assumed it was, given the pasties callback at the police station.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 18 March 2011 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't get the end bit
― nultimate fighting champ (cozen), Friday, 18 March 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
was a joke about what happens when they don't have wacky adventures.
― Nult AGL (a hoy hoy), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
also was a joke about ppl hanging out together everyone on their own little tech device
― Mordy, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
+more Pierce & Annie, who were just in the cold open.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
The end was, like, a total lazy, shit joke, which I feel like is really rare for Community.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Friday, 18 March 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
It was okay, but even the most half-cooked Troy & Abed in the Morning joke would've been better.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 March 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Pierce made it worth it for me
― da croupier, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
The funniest part about Britta's 'Genie in a Bottle' thing was Britta's 'Genie in a Bottle' thing. It basically set up me laughing at everything Britta said or did for the rest of the episode.
― U2 the musical by Spiderman (CaptainLorax), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Friday, March 18, 2011 4:48 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
bring it up w/ yr boys glover and pudi coz it's their bit
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link