The Barenaked Ladies scene... no notes Yes Burton is well known for Star Trek and Roots, and a whole generation of Americans grew up watching him host a Reading Rainbow on PBS, and he is the nicest guy!
Abed's "I *am* weird" reaction to being called weird reminds me of something that happened to me. My co-worker's autistic partner came in to the office one day to meet her, and when she introduced us he said to me "Oh, she's told me a lot about you, you're peculiar!" She was mortified that he had said it, but knowing that he was on the spectrum I knew he didn't mean it as an insult or anything, and he was absolutely right anyway, so I wasn't the slightest bit offended and I just said "I sure am!" If anything, I think he actually meant it as a compliment. That's how I took it, anyway.
@@vincegamer Yes. But not when I watched this episode the first time. Saw it one or two years later - when I watched one of those "the right wing media says you couldn´t make a movie like Blazing Saddles any more - because everyone is so political correct" video essays. Was a coincidence that this youtuber chose to show this exact clip of Blazing Saddles and believe me - I was very surprised and thrilled to answer "There are no white women here, Leonard!"
For context on the Barenaked Ladies scene, The Big Bang Theory was direct time slot competition for Community, but it was a ratings monster and Community barely survived cancellation beginning in season 2. Because BNL did the theme song for TBBT, this was a thinly veiled shot at a rival show.
Pierce to me is a complex character. He's moving in a vicious circle in a way; he is constantly excluded but he is in the group. That can be super painful; the group you belong to, never inviting you to anything. It's so painful he's acting out. This only drives him further away from the group though and we come back to him feeling (being) excluded, etc etc. He's a lonely man, with an awful and rejecting father, has no family and just looks to belong. The only person he had, and he loved, recently passed (his mom). Like Britta said in the second episode: 'he'd trade it all for a shot at some kind of family'. Not saying all he does is fair, but there is a complexity to it. His D&D episode was terrible, poor Neil, and there are no excuses. Do like to say he was at the height (or near) of his addiction. His friends wanted to have an intervention earlier, but Jeff shut it down, while an addict usually can use a little bit of help realizing, and support. He's also helped the group out at several occassions before and in the future that I won't mention because spoilers. I always think it's a shame that people forget about all of the above and just see Pierce as a onedimensional 'evil' character.
It's sad when you put it like that. It's weird because there are time where it feels he's really a part of the group and then he does something that pulls him out again and it moves back and forth between those two situations. Maybe we need him written like that. Quite a few people have mentioned the troubled relationship between the creator and Chevy Chase being a factor into the way Peirce is written.
Great comment. Thank you for that. I feel the same way about both Pierce and Chevy. The commenters that always say, “Chevy is hard to work with….” get their info from TMZ. Nobody he thinks is funny thinks working with him is hard. Put him in a room with comic/music elite and they’ll all get on fine. If he doesn’t like your writing or doesn’t like your jokes, he tells you. As far as I’m concerned, he’s allowed to be as crazy as he wants, after a career like that. Much as I love almost everything Community, nobody involved in the show has had a career like Chevy.
That is Andy Dick playing Pierce’s addiction. It’s hard to explain comedian/actor/D List celebrity Andy Dick if you aren’t familiar with his persona. Let’s just say that his personality and personal history make him an almost too on the nose choice to cast as “drugs”.
I feel like Britta tried to be so open minded that she slid into close mindedness again. Like, she just assumed that the girl was a lesbian. Forbid everyone else asking questions about it and so on.
@@majeda_a to be fair - Annie is naive and only had experience with one (literal and metaphorical) closeted gay guy in a walkin closet - before coming to greendale. Her being uncomftable with her sexuality asking if she would change in front of her is on brand and geniun.
I feel like one way the show was prescient was in the way that it portrayed this increasingly evil boomer who thinks being cruel to people is a favor to them. In the words of Childish Gambino, this is America.
The Barenaked Ladies scene... no notes
Yes Burton is well known for Star Trek and Roots, and a whole generation of Americans grew up watching him host a Reading Rainbow on PBS, and he is the nicest guy!
"BOOKS!"- one of the best lines ever. Followed by the one you didn't show "and in summation, good luck and bon appetit"
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I love that Burton ended the show referring to himself as Kunta
Abed's "I *am* weird" reaction to being called weird reminds me of something that happened to me. My co-worker's autistic partner came in to the office one day to meet her, and when she introduced us he said to me "Oh, she's told me a lot about you, you're peculiar!" She was mortified that he had said it, but knowing that he was on the spectrum I knew he didn't mean it as an insult or anything, and he was absolutely right anyway, so I wasn't the slightest bit offended and I just said "I sure am!" If anything, I think he actually meant it as a compliment. That's how I took it, anyway.
If anything, everyone's a little peculiar. Way too boring if we were all the same. I mean ...look at us two idiots 😂.
@@RamblersInc damn right!
Two sweet episodes that help to show the range of the show. Pop! Pop!
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Donald Glovers performance in Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking is unhinged but amazing, steals the episode.
troy crying will never not make me laugh 😂😂😂
Same😂
Since I love to quote Community - its one of my fears that some day I will ask "where are the white women at?" when entering a room.
I hope you know he was quoting from the movie blazing saddles
@@vincegamer Yes. But not when I watched this episode the first time. Saw it one or two years later - when I watched one of those "the right wing media says you couldn´t make a movie like Blazing Saddles any more - because everyone is so political correct" video essays. Was a coincidence that this youtuber chose to show this exact clip of Blazing Saddles and believe me - I was very surprised and thrilled to answer "There are no white women here, Leonard!"
Let me know the outcome when you do 🍿
In America, we transport tacos exclusively in briefcases. In fact we often call briefcases, "Taco suitcases."
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LOL. You had three reactions when you saw the Libraian. One reaction for her face, and then two more reactions for reasons.
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For context on the Barenaked Ladies scene, The Big Bang Theory was direct time slot competition for Community, but it was a ratings monster and Community barely survived cancellation beginning in season 2. Because BNL did the theme song for TBBT, this was a thinly veiled shot at a rival show.
Very subtle.
i love the valentine's episode. as an openly queer person there are britta-types out there, and they're the pits. this is such a funny story for her
The cherry on top was both Annie and the other friend just letting it all play out 😂
Thank you for answering the fanny thing. I wouldn’t want to arrive and order a large Italian fanny with extra sauce
Cue Leonard on bass
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Damn it. I'm actually immature enough that I wanted to see someone attempt it.
POP POP!!
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Pierce to me is a complex character. He's moving in a vicious circle in a way; he is constantly excluded but he is in the group. That can be super painful; the group you belong to, never inviting you to anything. It's so painful he's acting out. This only drives him further away from the group though and we come back to him feeling (being) excluded, etc etc. He's a lonely man, with an awful and rejecting father, has no family and just looks to belong. The only person he had, and he loved, recently passed (his mom). Like Britta said in the second episode: 'he'd trade it all for a shot at some kind of family'. Not saying all he does is fair, but there is a complexity to it. His D&D episode was terrible, poor Neil, and there are no excuses. Do like to say he was at the height (or near) of his addiction. His friends wanted to have an intervention earlier, but Jeff shut it down, while an addict usually can use a little bit of help realizing, and support. He's also helped the group out at several occassions before and in the future that I won't mention because spoilers. I always think it's a shame that people forget about all of the above and just see Pierce as a onedimensional 'evil' character.
It's sad when you put it like that. It's weird because there are time where it feels he's really a part of the group and then he does something that pulls him out again and it moves back and forth between those two situations. Maybe we need him written like that.
Quite a few people have mentioned the troubled relationship between the creator and Chevy Chase being a factor into the way Peirce is written.
Great comment. Thank you for that. I feel the same way about both Pierce and Chevy. The commenters that always say, “Chevy is hard to work with….” get their info from TMZ. Nobody he thinks is funny thinks working with him is hard. Put him in a room with comic/music elite and they’ll all get on fine. If he doesn’t like your writing or doesn’t like your jokes, he tells you. As far as I’m concerned, he’s allowed to be as crazy as he wants, after a career like that. Much as I love almost everything Community, nobody involved in the show has had a career like Chevy.
Most people love their song One Week the most but if you ask me The Old Apartment is Bare Naked Ladies best song.
Good song as well. Yeh, One Week is just insanely popular compared to the rest.
i never understood the term "bromance" until i watched community for the first time
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POP POP!!!
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That is Andy Dick playing Pierce’s addiction. It’s hard to explain comedian/actor/D List celebrity Andy Dick if you aren’t familiar with his persona. Let’s just say that his personality and personal history make him an almost too on the nose choice to cast as “drugs”.
Despite his personal life, his contribution to making NewsRadio the Greatest Sitcom Ever, is undeniable.
I just read up on his arrest. Glad he's got enough of a sense of humor to play the part in this episode.
@@tempsitch5632 Absolutely. NewsRadio had a lot of people with controversial and/or sad lives, but man did they bring us some laughs.
Peirce is great. Stop hating on his genius.
Genius like Palpatine. 😆
@@RamblersInc 😂🫣😂🫣 everything is going just as he has foreseen
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@6:16 Now I want a calzone.
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I feel like Britta tried to be so open minded that she slid into close mindedness again. Like, she just assumed that the girl was a lesbian. Forbid everyone else asking questions about it and so on.
i mean annie was asking weird questions like whats wrong with changing in front of a lesbian lol
@@majeda_a that’s fair. Though it could also just Anni being bi-curious
yeah - she brittad it.
@@majeda_a to be fair - Annie is naive and only had experience with one (literal and metaphorical) closeted gay guy in a walkin closet - before coming to greendale. Her being uncomftable with her sexuality asking if she would change in front of her is on brand and geniun.
At least we found another "Britta" in this world. She's not alone. Yayyyyy😂
BTW you got the timecode for the second episode wrong by one minute I think.
Thanks for the heads up. Fixed 👍
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I feel like one way the show was prescient was in the way that it portrayed this increasingly evil boomer who thinks being cruel to people is a favor to them. In the words of Childish Gambino, this is America.
Interesting 🤔. So is that what the song was trying to say ?
@@adamwells9352 You’re stretching. Badly.