I KNOW!
(my response to everything everyone has said here about Community)
Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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lisah - Dec 30, 2011 4:58:52 pm PST #4842 of 8624
Punishingly Intricate
Polter-Cow - Dec 30, 2011 5:04:17 pm PST #4843 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Dan Harmon even refers to that episode as "Chloroform."
Steph L. - Dec 30, 2011 5:08:05 pm PST #4844 of 8624
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I also love how automatically they joined the poplockathon, with no discussion, and there was no time spent planning anything--no rehearsals, no procuring of costume, nothing. They just showed up in their shiny jackets and performed casually coordinated numbers.
And now -- The Puppet.
Rayne - Dec 30, 2011 5:11:44 pm PST #4845 of 8624
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Geez, now I'm going to pack Season 1 of Community when I head to Vegas in a few hours in hopes of converting my fiance's family! (So far, I've shown them the beauty of Better off Ted and The IT Crowd).
Oh, and I got a smartphone for my birthday and my new ringtone is the Parks and Rec theme song! (I'm having waaay to much fun with ringtones and notification sounds!)
askye - Dec 31, 2011 6:06:47 am PST #4846 of 8624
Thrive to spite them
I was hesitant about Community because I really didn't like Jeff in the pilot and almost turned it off about half way through he was just so smarmy and unappealing. But I stuck through and now I think it's brilliant.
I watched teh first 4 episodes and then Will came over and so I watched them again with him. The little end bits are the best.
le nubian - Dec 31, 2011 6:44:43 am PST #4847 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
askye, I had the same reaction + was bored at the pilot. That's why i gave the show up. Then I saw paintball and got sucked right in.
-t - Dec 31, 2011 6:57:08 am PST #4848 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I was meh on the pilot and decided not to keep watching the first time. I had thought that I watched a couple more episodes that first season, but when I watched the DVDs I didn't remember anything so I guess not.
§ ita § - Dec 31, 2011 7:20:11 am PST #4849 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I hadn't watched any of it, but kept seeing it being mentioned flatteringly. My only sitcom was Raising Hope, though, and I was pretty content with that. Then the # of mentions on IO9 of geek-friendly content became too much, and by the time they revealed the Firefly death pact, I just had to go look. I was home sick for a day, mainlined season 1, and now I'm a raging raving born-again Community fan, probably one of the worst kinds.
Lee - Dec 31, 2011 7:26:18 am PST #4850 of 8624
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I have to admit, the Chase factor kept me away, and probably would have kept doing so, if people here hadn't been talking about it.
§ ita § - Dec 31, 2011 7:29:51 am PST #4851 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I find I like Chevy Chase even less after becoming a Community fan¹, but I can handle Pierce appropriately. I don't find him a Rygel (which I never quite forgave Farscape for), because even though he's despicable, it does seem to be clear why he's a regular. I do miss Chang a bit, since they toned him down this season. That's the kind of nasty I'm wholeheartedly behind.
¹: I skip the commentaries he's on, and I don't watch much cast stuff that he appears in. He just spoils it for me.