Community, the tv show

She was suspended, I think. I don't think there's any guarantee she's coming back, so I don't think she's going to show up in many episodes.

Yeah. She was just stunt casting for the premiere.

Drew Carey's hole in the hand just amazed me, like, where does that even come from. Comedy-wise, I mean. I love this show.

I think John Oliver's character is coming back to fill in as the Anthropology prof.

also whaaa at drew careys weightloss

Yeah, I don't ever see TPIR, so that was kind of a shock.

yeah I was actually prompted to google it to be sure

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It suddenly occurs to me that the oldwhitemansays gag was/is probably a swing at Shit My Dad Says, in the same way they were ripping on Glee last season...

It most definitely was.

Drew Carey looks, just, wow. Like, it's not him but it's him...crazy.

Loved the "pop!" his hand made when he swung his hand in to shake Jeff's hand...that hand gag was total
gold

Ugh could I please say hand a few more times, jeez

thought this was a weaker episode but the chloroform gags were hilarious

hey guys I think maybe in next week's episode jeff is going to think that he's too cool for the group and then at the end he's going to realize that even though they aren't cool, they care for each other and that's what's important

I know it's dumb to complain about the plot in a show like this but I'd rather they abandon the concept of plot entirely and just have 26 minutes of unconnected jokes than see them use that story again

1st ep this season was great but this one was just awful imo

bewildered to come here and find ppl loving it like there's no difference

yeah, this week's 30 rock was better. although this was plenty entertaining... I don't watch anything else.

yeah i liked this week's 30 rock more (unlike last week)

troy's panic dance above absolutely the best bit

idk jokes about germans, "slooow news week," chloroform, troy's dance... how was this not a great ep?

kind of 30 rocked out tbh

The Apollo 13 episode — where we kind of go to space, so to speak — that’s going to be one of the more ambitious episodes that we’re all sort of hoping will have a similar if not better feel to the paintball episode. And the Halloween episode, which we just finished, is scaled up. It’s definitely a full-on horror-movie episode and really well done.

Dudes are just racing through the Simpsons trajectory

yeah but they've already embraced it

this show is unfuckwithable at the moment

@danharmon okay, guys! Not asking you to do anything for me, because you're already fans, I'm just informing: if ratings drop tonight, I kill myself!

@danharmon It's not an appeal, it's just information. I have a gun in my mouth. If I get a 2, I put it in a drawer. 1.9, on the desk. 1.8, BANG.

I like that he embraces the interactive possibilities of the Web.

last two episodes hot fire. can't wait for #3

Just got the season 1 DVD; the outtakes are as funny as the funniest moments of the episodes...funnier, in some cases.

tonight's episode was so bad I walked out (of my own living room)

oh no :(

It wasn't very good, but it was hardly that bad. Troy was good, I liked the Betty White Inception coda, and Oliver's delivery of the 'play along' line was excellent.

agreed, also the little segment of Oliver force pushing Chang away from the food line, then immediately sliding back to his conversation with Jeff was great

"You gain levels, and at a certain point you actually CAN eat a ghost."

I liked the episode just fine.

Yeah, I thought it was just as funny as the other two this season.

Okay Patton Oswalt as the doctor was funny. "These paps aren't going to smear themselves!" There wasn't anything wrong with this ep at all. Or the season so far.

Patton made the same cameo in S1 iirc.

apparently abed had an episode-long plotline involving a pregnant woman that went on in the background of a lot of different scenes -- my dad noticed something was going on mid-episode, but we didn't catch everything.

in the first scene, there's the pregnant woman in the background. In the cafeteria, she goes into labor. Later, she's giving birth in the back of a van.

yes because while everyone obsesses about death life goes on etc etc etc

Thought it was a very good episode.

honestly, i completely missed the abed thing, and was baffled when he popped up at the end

I liked this episode as much as the last one
Teacher: "You in the boobs"

the oil fight was sexy

great episode... saw the pregnant lady in the opening and wondered if she was why jeff was getting the blood test. after abed reappeared at the end, my gf and i watched the whole episode over again to follow his sub-plot. genius!

community over 30 rock this week. both excellent though. senor chang saying YOU ARE DRUNK AND STUPID pushed community over the line first.

A dis"ass"ter of global "proportions" hit the quad wednesday when two do-"good looking"ers wrestled with an unknown issue involving oil. Looks eco-"friendly" to us, ladies!

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ahh what was I thinking, ILX losing its hyperbolic nature?

This episode was hilarious. It started slow, but John Oliver was hot fire. There were a few forced jokes in there (mostly in the first five mins), and the oil wrestling thing was cliche, but I still laughed a lot.

"Are we thinly veiling personal conflict and passing it off as a lesson? Cuz if so, please continue...."

I like that they have lessons. Cynicism is so cheap and easy, and being able to pull off some sort of emotion without resorting to Scrubs or Modern Family tactics is an achievement in this day and age.

Plus I'm more invested in these characters, so even if an episode (like this week's) isn't firing on all cylinders comedy wise, I still enjoy it.

lol i was quoting the episode

Here's the Abed sidestory condensed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tP0ubODOUQ

wau @ that I didn't see any of that going on the first go round.