Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.

'Beneath You'


Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants

This thread is for comedy TV, including network and cable shows. [NAFDA]


§ ita § - May 18, 2012 8:19:11 am PDT #5608 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, it looks like the mini-Dreamatorium is fully functional.

So that was Britta moving in, or was she just helping them carry stuff?

Also, my recording cut off Leonard's review of the chips--I see as far as the guy in the dreads coming into the shot and leaving it.


Steph L. - May 18, 2012 8:21:42 am PDT #5609 of 8624
I look more rad than Lutheranism

So that was Britta moving in, or was she just helping them carry stuff?

Tim wondered the same thing! I wasn't sure if Abed and Troy were moving their bunk bed into the old Dreamatorium and going to dismantle the blanket fort, or just Troy moving into the old Dreamatorium, but Tim thought Britta was moving in.


-t - May 18, 2012 8:45:58 am PDT #5610 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Well, it looks like the mini-Dreamatorium is fully functional.

Yes, that's reassuring, but still.

The chips were a buy. I think that's all there was to that.

It could have been Britta moving in, but I think she was just helping to carry Troy's stuff, since he had moved into the A/C Repair Housing. I'm not sure, exactly how things ended up in the apartment. It's another thing to pay close attention to on rewatch...


Polter-Cow - May 18, 2012 8:46:32 am PDT #5611 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Also, my recording cut off Leonard's review of the chips--I see as far as the guy in the dreads coming into the shot and leaving it.

It was a Buy.


Steph L. - May 18, 2012 9:03:09 am PDT #5612 of 8624
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Also, my recording cut off Leonard's review of the chips--I see as far as the guy in the dreads coming into the shot and leaving it.

It was a Buy.

And one chip was shaped like a duck.


§ ita § - May 18, 2012 11:44:00 am PDT #5613 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, looks like I got most of the good stuff. Rock on, Leonard.

I'm trying to work out if what I said about the darkest timeline coming back is actually satisfied by the finale. Probably only technically. Still, good enough! Abed's imagination is too real.

I remember getting into a debate with someone who said the show was devolving into a lesson every week, and I can't quite remember it not having a lesson every week, pretty much. From the very start, it's usually Jeff getting a little nudge away from shallowness (just a little), but I feel that's been consistent enough to be a hallmark of the show.

And I do like that it's not a huge reset button, and that the characters have changed over the three seasons, not just their circumstances (which do change more than I'm used to from a sitcom anyway).


-t - May 18, 2012 12:33:43 pm PDT #5614 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 think every episode has had some kind of lesson, since the pilot. It's part of the meta-commentary and, as you say, the character growth.


le nubian - May 18, 2012 6:22:50 pm PDT #5615 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Breaking News:

Dan Harmon out as Community showrunner.

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§ ita § - May 18, 2012 6:30:32 pm PDT #5616 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Shit. He may be crazy and a pain to work with but I'd really rather be watching the door hit Chevy's tuckis right now.

I'm still reeling at the back half of the season.


-t - May 18, 2012 6:46:22 pm PDT #5617 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, no. But not completely off the show, right? Don't ruin this for me, NBC.

This season has been amazing and maybe perfect and it certainly seems to be largely Harmon's vision. I know it's all collaborative, but somebody had to say "yes, let's be that weird, this is how we'll pull it off".