Community, the tv show

We know that they can bridge universes b/c that's what happened in model U.N./Crisis Alert ep.

are you serious

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.

the best part of that whole exchange was the Dean's face as he looked from the dude to the coat rack and back

Jim Rash = <3

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).

are you serious

what, you don't think they wouldn't use this?

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"

john goodman was awesome. loved this episode.

i recognized Subway from It's Always Sunny...
also didn't realize the *ahem* implied circumstances with the coat bit either!

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"

is this why whiney hates it?

whiney hates it bc people like it iirc

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.

and the scene was great regardless.

same here, i didn't get it while i was watching it, but it was still really funny

what is so hard about boner jokes

i think about how much time it took for you people to get it and i think "really? that long?"

throw me a frickin penis

i didn't get it till reading it here either. why must you taint our innocence.

balls to you zachlyon

you're both close, but no cigar

i didn't even mean the 'taint' bit. LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

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.

plus you don't want to blow your load too early

Well, yeah, I've learned the hard way how disappointed people in this thread can get when there's a premature congratulation.

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"

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

Wait what's the ilxor subway deal?

Do we like it or something?

ilx poster Whiney W. Weingarten is known for a) eating at Subway often and b) vehemently hating "Community." that is all.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l32bnjpnf01qzb0x0.gif

'might i trouble you for a delicious sandwich?'

haha whiney "w" weingarten, i wasn't THAT drunk last night was i

Do people on this thread not get boners

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

I thought you all were going to be talking about the Whiney Weingarten of Community.

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?

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.

"Top notch whoresmanship, Britta"

I'd be sad if Pierce were to disappear actually, they've really brought his character round this this season. I will never tire of Hawthorne lol-technology jokes.

I liked the gag about kids being forced to read 1984 as well. This was a really great, multi-layered episode.

Also, poor Kim. Community really gets a lot of mileage out of the pathos of interchangeable sidelined nerds (see also Todd).

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, April 1, 2012 10:01 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah this is otm, they had to know what they were getting into casting him in the first place. anytime i've glanced at harmon's twitter he seems to be taking these little potshots at CC and it's like damn, dude, either write him out of the show and move on or shut up.

There's probably network pressure to keep him on the show. Some ancient exec who still thinks he's a 'name' or something.

this is the first i've heard of him taking shots at CC!

http://crushable.com/entertainment/community-returns-march-15-dan-harmon-chevy-chase-687/

Then at the wrap party, Harmon got up and gave a “Fuck you, Chevy” speech in front of Chase and his wife and daughter, and encouraged the crew to join him in saying “fuck you” to the actor.

wow, what a piece of shit that harmon guy is

community is pretty much the worst comedy in the history of american tv btw

Only because you're not a show on American TV, fwiw.

btw the worst comedy in the history of america airs wednesdays at 8 and is called whitney.

CaptainCrawl went down today:

Dear music blogosphere,

due to legal reasons and intense server costs CaptainCrawl has to go offline - forever.
And - sadly - this is not an April the 1st joke.

In the past 4 years CaptainCrawl has been one of the most visited sites in the music
blogosphere, with more than 4,500,000 (searchable and tagged) music blogs posts,
16,000,000 unique visits and some 10,000s of high quality one-click audio previews
(tracks, mixes, talks). From April 1st 2012, this site will be offline.

CC will never come back as a search engine. The possibility to perform full text searches
within the entire music blogosphere was always a problem for labels & lawyers.
CC got serious complaints from major labels and major artists, so CC has to
react on that. And we are talking about big names here. Like Coldplay.

wrong thread

DAN HARMON IS NOT A PIECE OF SHIT

Coldplay are though, by the looks of things.

harmon's always been a piece of shit. he's a child. you're allowed to know this and still like the show.

After listening to the WTF with the guy who did Scrubs and Cougar Town, I'm tempted to believe that a lot of these TV dudes are children.