The 'get my coat' exchange was the best.
I figured as much last week, but I feel much more certain at this point that pieces are being positioned in anticipation of a season(ish)-long story arc of some sort.
― The Itchy And Scratchy Glowbo Blow (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 30 March 2012 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
in some pre-season interviews Harmon talked a bit about watching the wire all summer and wondering if you could do big long arcs like that on a sitcom and that it was his goal to try, so yeah, probably.
― Clay, Friday, 30 March 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
He also said somewhere that serialization is a crutch.
Anyway, "Britta Unfiltered" "I get it!"
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 30 March 2012 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
Rash brought it during the coat rack bit.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 March 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
Loved this week's Magnitude appearance, and this is definitely one of the better product placement workarounds I've seen.
"Pop pop, captain."
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 30 March 2012 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
"But we saved Garrett!"
"Did we?"
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 March 2012 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
at one point britta was eating popchips
I didn't even get the coat rack bit! My o/h had to explain it to me!
― kinder, Friday, 30 March 2012 05:46 (twelve years ago) link
what was the 'get my coat' thing?
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 30 March 2012 05:50 (twelve years ago) link
I dug this ep. I loved the sword noises and gunshots during the fight scene at the end
Watched the last two eps tonight:
We know that they can bridge universes b/c that's what happened in model U.N./Crisis Alert ep. Evil Abed showing up and Chang building his personal guard of 13-year-old jewish kids were nice little set-ups for the rest of the season. I enjoyed all the meta-Seacrest jokes, including the ones that chimed in with those Joel himself makes on The Soup. Also, nice Incredible Hulk tv-show ending ref at the end.
Curious to see if John Oliver makes an appearance at all.
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Friday, 30 March 2012 08:39 (twelve years ago) link
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― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 30 March 2012 06:50 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he had a boner from listening to the tapes
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 30 March 2012 09:05 (twelve years ago) link
eat fresh? eat fresh? eat fresh.
― j., Friday, 30 March 2012 11:00 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't even realize it until I watched it a second time, but Chang wasn't in last night's episode at all. And I think I preferred it that way.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 30 March 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost ohhhhhh that's awesome
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 30 March 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
We know that they can bridge universes b/c that's what happened in model U.N./Crisis Alert ep.
are you serious
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Friday, 30 March 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
Imma be completely honest with y'all: I thought the coat exchange was just a non-sequitur and pretty funny on that level. It didn't occur to me that there were layers, I guess because my mind isn't in the gutter.
― Brock Peuchk (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 30 March 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
the best part of that whole exchange was the Dean's face as he looked from the dude to the coat rack and back
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 30 March 2012 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
Jim Rash = <3
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 30 March 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
Thinking out loud: this was better than last week's, more like decent Simpsons as opposed to crap Simpsons, but I still feel like something has been lost. Like, it was clever that they did the whole 1984 thing but the 'corpo-humanoid student' idea just seemed kind of dumb and contrived to begin with. If it was supposed to be some kind of satirical comment on corporate power (?), it's too OTT and not pointed enough. If it's not, it's just ... trying too hard for a laugh? I dunno, something like the chicken fingers mafia worked because i) it actually illuminated things about the characters and their relationships ii) it was funny because I could totally imagine people being really desperate for the one edible thing in a college cafeteria. Same with e.g. Abed's stop-motion wonderland. I liked the 'Kim' thing though.
Btw, I only expect great things from Community because it delivered them so consistently in the first two seasons. If it really were just a simple sitcom with nothing to it beyond jokes, I don't think there would be such a long thread about it (any more than there would be for Modern Family or Big Bang Theory).
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 31 March 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
what, you don't think they wouldn't use this?
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
we're really not getting enough meta ilx laughs out of the fact that the fast food chain Subway is a sinister force in recent episodes of "Community"
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Saturday, 31 March 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
john goodman was awesome. loved this episode.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 31 March 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
i recognized Subway from It's Always Sunny...also didn't realize the *ahem* implied circumstances with the coat bit either!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 31 March 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
is this why whiney hates it?
― Nascar Pony (stevie), Saturday, 31 March 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
whiney hates it bc people like it iirc
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
also didn't realize the *ahem* implied circumstances with the coat bit either!
Yeah, I didn't get that until it was explained on this thread.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
and the scene was great regardless.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
same here, i didn't get it while i was watching it, but it was still really funny
― Nhex, Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
what is so hard about boner jokes
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
i think about how much time it took for you people to get it and i think "really? that long?"
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
throw me a frickin penis
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't get it till reading it here either. why must you taint our innocence.
― Boo-Yaa Too Rough International Boo-Yaa Empire (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
balls to you zachlyon
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
you're both close, but no cigar
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't even mean the 'taint' bit. LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
― Boo-Yaa Too Rough International Boo-Yaa Empire (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
My first viewing of a Community episode tends to be somewhat inadequate and not terribly penetrating. I'm generally a much less sloppy viewer the second time around.
― Marty McBrundlefly (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
plus you don't want to blow your load too early
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Well, yeah, I've learned the hard way how disappointed people in this thread can get when there's a premature congratulation.
― Marty McBrundlefly (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 1 April 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
yes i was laughing really hard at how the episode was developing, but it was really not going to be worth it to try to explain to my wife the additional levels of hilarity
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 1 April 2012 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
Wait what's the ilxor subway deal?
― President Keyes, Sunday, 1 April 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
Do we like it or something?
― President Keyes, Sunday, 1 April 2012 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
ilx poster Whiney W. Weingarten is known for a) eating at Subway often and b) vehemently hating "Community." that is all.
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Sunday, 1 April 2012 03:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l32bnjpnf01qzb0x0.gif
'might i trouble you for a delicious sandwich?'
― Lamp, Sunday, 1 April 2012 06:41 (twelve years ago) link
haha whiney "w" weingarten, i wasn't THAT drunk last night was i
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Sunday, 1 April 2012 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
Do people on this thread not get boners
― not lazy but clowning (Suedey 2), Sunday, 1 April 2012 11:34 (twelve years ago) link
Tbh I thought it was a very simple joke that went on for too long, sort of out of keeping with the show
I mean it's fine but it's just a boner joke people
― not lazy but clowning (Suedey 2), Sunday, 1 April 2012 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
I thought you all were going to be talking about the Whiney Weingarten of Community.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Sunday, 1 April 2012 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
Suedey! I didn't know you were still hanging around here, my man! Yeah, I'm ashamed to say that I wasn't able to get a grip on that boner joke. I'll try harder next time.
And why am I not surprised that Chevy Chase is still a huge pain in the ass?
― Marty McBrundlefly (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 1 April 2012 12:23 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sure Chevy is a huge dick, this part isn't really news, but honestly if Harmon wants to keep this show going he should probably take the high road a little more often instead of playing into Chase's game. Its not helping the show's future for him to run around playing Chevy's nasty voicemails all over the place or making sure all the dirt finds it way online. I'm sure NBC has to be looking at that stuff too when decided what to do with the show.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 1 April 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
"Top notch whoresmanship, Britta"
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Sunday, 1 April 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link