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Community: Season 4 Premiere February 7, Old Timeslot
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Yeah, I would have done that, but I'm at work so Hulu is blocked.
Do you not remember this?
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." -- Andrew Jackson
Depending upon the availability of parking.
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Every since his 21st birthday Troy has seemed to be the only normal person in the group.
I loved "No interventions! You guys need to stop intervening! Seriously, you have a problem."
As well as some of Jeff's narcisism jokes. His "I explained that really well." to kick things off was great.
This episode was great. I am getting sick of the weird visuals (expanding hearts, the images inside jeff including annies boobs last week). But overall, I love it. It also seems like both this and 30 Rock decided to say fuck it and just do whatever they want and not worry about ratings. All the while yelling "were doing what we want and we know you wont watch this!"
oh the abed thing was torture because I was sitting there saying "I'm supposed to know who he is! it's a reference to past episodes!" but I couldn't put my finger on it.
Also was this another one of those instances where this episode is clearly out of order compared to last week? They were doing all the "Welcome back from break!" at the beginning of this episode instead of last episode. Or I guess they could be in order and the original intended air dates got all bamboozled by the hiatus.
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As much as I hate it when shows do that, I get why they did here. The wedding episode was both better and more relatable than this last one.
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." -- Andrew Jackson
"Wait! Hello?" "Hello."
"...I have a heavy flashlight for them!"
"That's not relevant," and "LOOK AT HIS SHADOW!"
"Jeff is in grave danger. Hey hey!"
The Moby lookalike who was a Moby lookalike in HIMYM. A psychotic murderous Moby lookalike.
"This is crazy. And inaccessible and maybe too dark."
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"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." -- Andrew Jackson
Hopes are high for a fourth season of Community after every other show on television seems to have failed.
Troy and Abed's behavior makes absolutely no sense in the wedding episode after this one.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm saying it's not consistent from a character development standpoint.
Not necessarily. This episode had Troy introduce the idea that his behavior isn't always "right", and the wedding episode had them make an attempt to be normal. This could be seen as a failed attempt to "correct" himself after learning this.
Also, the ending scenes with Abed in this episode could be more a foreshadowing of future problems, rather than a sudden seismic shift in behavior. The fact that Abed didn't respond to Troy in the same way at the end of this episode could be more him trying to process what just happened in that moment, rather than "things have now completely changed forever".
Ultimately, I think it can work either way.
But running a chicken fingers mafia or being stuck in a KFC spaceship simulator or... is not outlandish?
They're outlandish, but they were also presented as film parodies and those are both common and, by virtue of using familiar source material, easier for most people to grasp.
Like, I'd actually say that the My Dinner With Andre episode is more inaccessible than the KFC episode simply because more people have seen Apollo 13 than My Dinner With Andre. A dinner is more mundane than a shuttle launch, but the idea of a person who's so detached from reality that he can only approach normality by imitating fiction is harder to wrap your head around than a spoof on a blockbuster film.
By the same token, the fact that the most recent episode relies on an understanding on Abed and doesn't have a basis in some familiar pop culture touchstone (like Apollo 13 or Goodfellas) makes it especially weird.
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I was thinking the same thing, but that would be a little too blatant. I'm not sure Chevy Chase actually exists in the Community universe.
I'm not sure that most of this criticism wouldn't apply equally to any show which requires the viewer to be invested in watching it consistently and understanding the characters. I know that this was not a hallmark of older sitcoms, but it has become increasingly common with modern shows like arrested development or the office.
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." -- Andrew Jackson
I'm not criticizing it, and in fact I preferred it to last week's episode (which I said was kind of safe but made sense as an episode to welcome new viewers).
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No, fat chevy chase.
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." -- Andrew Jackson
What the fuck?
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." -- Andrew Jackson
I literally don't understand how anyone could like both shows. One is clever and original and has higher, single camera production values, and the other has a studio audience and is on par with Reba as far as the writing goes.
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." -- Andrew Jackson
Both shows feature nerds and make constant references to things that nerds might enjoy, like Doctor Who or Dungeons and Dragons or Magic: The Gathering.
I don't cook or use meth or have any interest in the subject matter, but I love Breaking Bad. The subject of a show seems like one of the least important parts. Writing, production, and acting are all that I care about. I guess a lot of people feel differently? FWIW, it literally never occurred to me that Community would be a show for nerds, especially based on the first season.
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." -- Andrew Jackson
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EDIT: What Robos A Go Go said.
Is it really that popular? I literally never hear people talking about it, vs shows like the office that everyone I know seems to watch. But then I am consistently amazed that NBC is the last place network since it is the only network I watch anymore, and that CBS is first place since I have not watched anything on it in over a decade (I don't remember ever watching anything on it, actualy) and I never hear people talking about any CBS shows.
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing." -- Andrew Jackson
It's the most popular comedy on television by a huge margin, and I think it passed NCIS as the most popular show on TV. Hell, a repeat on TBS won its timeslot a couple nights ago.
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