I don’t know if anyone else mentioned this in the comments, but there’s some heartwarming brilliance to Pierce being the only one to make it to the North Pole with Abed. Earlier that season, Pierce’s mother passed away and he had a crisis of faith. He knows what it’s like to lose a mom and have your status quo shaken. So him sticking by his side and trying to actually help him is really sweet (it also makes the line about him not going home for Christmas kind of sad too).
It's a small detail but I like how as Pierce connects with Abed he also starts to see wonderland. At the start he says he can only see the study room. Then once they get to the cave of frozen memories he says "what do youean cave-like? it's a cave" and by the end of the episode he's asking abed what he sees. I just find it nice as one of the few episodes where Pierce is genuinely empathetic.
Rewatching it recently, it made me realize how much Pierce wants to be a part of the group as much as he acts the opposite. That was a genuine moment of Pierce connecting with Abed, and then we get to D&D where none of them, even Abed the DM, invited him to join. Which then leads well into the overdose episode.
Having watched season 1 of Lost I'm now sightly confused about this joke. Is it specifically taking a shot at season 1, or the eventually series end (which I know is famous for the lack of payoff)?
@Ryan Akwar I wonder if that's the point in that case. You can't have a devastating lack of payoff without exceptional build-up. They must have been saying season 1 was that build-up.
@Ryan Akwar who's the guest by the way?.. I'm now wondering if it's the Asian dude with the crutch that Jeff shoots in the head in season 6 and desperately hoping I'm not being racist by jumping to that.
I really love how this episode doesn’t just make Abed’s weirdness a joke and he isn’t really a comic relief. It would be really easy to just make this an episode where everyone laughs at Abed being weird.
It's so great to have a main character who is clearly on the autism spectrum, but who is treated like an actual character instead of an obstacle or walking punchline.
That's why I love Abed so much. Abed subverts so many aspects of the "nerd" trope" because he's written and acted with so much depth and nuance. He's not just a punchline but a real character who just happens to have hobbies and passions that many consider to be nerdy.
@@videogamenostalgia I think atypical is a show that does this quite well. The main character has autism and while there some comedy, he never feels like a joke and I haven't seen it in awhile but I remember there being some heartfelt moments
"The meaning of Christmas is the idea that Christmas has meaning" is maybe the most profound line of dialogue I've ever encountered in media. It completely changed the way that I thought about the holidays, and allowed to me to embrace that I'm obsessed with them haha
Yeah, it’s awesome. I’m not religious but I think the whole season between Diwali and the eastern New Year as just a season of lights and celebration and love is a beautiful thing. For some it’s about worship, for some it’s just about warmth and light in times of cold and darkness.
Apparently Starburns' actor, Dino Stamatopoulos, is behind the stop-motion having created Starburns Industries after his first year on Community! They're also behind the film Anomalisa and helped with the set-up of Rick and Morty
Holy shit the backwards “someBODY” as John Oliver walks out that door is perfect. Also love how other characters have names, but John Oliver is just John Oliver
He does have a name in the show. It's Ian Duncan. I don't know why he kept saying John Oliver or some form of that repeatedly. I got a feeling he doesn't like John Oliver. Edited to fix grammer.
Abed is still one of my favourite characters of all time. They combined someone that could so easily be a one-joke chapter or a dumb autistic stereotype and somehow made an incredible realistic character from it. Apparently Dan Harmon realised he was autistic doing research for writing Abed
His behavior is closer to psychopathy than autism. Psychopaths have difficulty interpreting facial expression and appropriate behavior per social situation. The only thing that sets him apart from a true psychopath is that he doesn't interact with others solely for his own benefit, thus firefighting the accompanying traits like being opportunistic, deceptive and manipulative. However, these traits easily define Jeff's core personality. Autism exists on a spectrum and is characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. Autistics have difficulty with communication and social situations because they are so deeply introverted that they are prone to disregarding external stimulation including people talking to them or even imminent danger. There is an argument for Abed possibly having Asperger's Syndrome, but he is far too coordinated, open to behavior modification and he is not nearly offensive enough. He also does not have an over developed sense of self worth, which is typical of Asperger's.
2:45 He doesn’t mention that he mixed pills with alcohol. He just says “he was scared of getting older so he went into a coma.” I really want to know what people who haven’t seen the episode imagined after that line.
I know I'm a year late, but I want to comment. I thought Jeff might've gotten himself into a car accident. ... At the time I'm typing down this comment, I'm in my first run-through of "Community" and had just watched this Christmas special (LOVED! IT!).
I'm a freelance animator, and my mentor who taught me stop motion worked on this special (along with basically ANY stop motion production you can think of, she's incredible)! I remember her saying that this was a lot of fun, and that the team was super respectful of the animators. A lot of live-action production teams don't really understand how animation works, or how much time and effort goes into it, so they're kind of dismissive and frustrating to deal with, but she said that the Community people were lovely and courteous. It shows in the product, as well, because all of their parodies always feel like they're done with a lot of love and understanding of the source material!
I love Abed not only for being a great character, but also because he's half Polish half Arabic. During the time I was watching Community for the first time, I had an internet friend from Kuwait, who also had watched the show. Abed was like a bridge between us, her being Arabic and me being Polish.
Troy is actually the heart of the show. He's the foil to Jeff, the main love interest for Annie and Britta in some seasons, kind of the son Pierce never had, and he has a great relationship with Abed.
Was that All Star playing backwards when John Oliver left the ice cave after his little episode??? The details in the editing is INSANE! Edit: Timestamp 6:41
My absolute favorite subtle character thing that I WISH got properly addressed in the episode is why Pierce stayed with Abed the whole time. Pierce’s mom had died earlier in the season, so this was his first Christmas without his mom, just like Abed.
6:42 For the unenlightened, this is the line “somebody” (from the iconic Shrek scene) played backwards to reflect the person leaving through the door, the opposite of what Shrek did.
Yeah i think you're spot on! As an autistic person, me and many of us use pieces of media to understand the world around us, sometimes obsessively clinging to it. I havent gotten around to watching community just yet, but it looks pretty damn good.
I think he had a really good episode in I think season 5 where he stops being a creep for once and helps his friends, it's really good development for him.
Something I'd like to add onto this just a smig: Christmas has evolved into much more than a Christian holiday, so many common traditions or images we have for Christmas aren't even Christian. Hanging a wraith is a Wiccan tradition, kissing under a misteltoe is Druidic, decorating a tree in an ode to the god Saturn, etc. It's a collection of a lot of general beliefs and traditions which is why it's a fitting national Holiday for the US, a nation founded on multiple cultures and people inhabiting a new world. You don't have to be a Christian to celebrate it and you don't have to follow the traditions, it can be anything you believe it to be because that's what it has evolved into.
I think the think Schaff brought up with how the church moved the date of Christmas to accommodate the people and not the people conforming to what the church did illustrates this point really well. Christmas isn't by a long stretch just about Jesus. Most European cultures had some kind of winter celebration because of how important the harvest was and how devastating winter could be, so all these regional variants kept being celebrated even with Christianity in the mix.
I’ve been a fan of Community from the Beginning and it warms my heart that it’s gained so many fans this year. It’s the only show where I actually cried when it got canceled. I related with Abed a lot in high school and being the weird person who relates to people through movies and books, it was the show that made me realize, “Wow, I’m not the only one.” And it was the thing I watched every week to make me happy. Abed’s Christmas special was definitely an episode I watched over and over when it was released.
ok ik this is a year old but that's why its fitting for me to comment in case you didnt know-- they're actually finally getting around to making the movie for real
He did exclude that episode to be fair, along with the parallel timeline one. It was pretty frustrating to see the Season 4 writers piggyback off the popularity of Remedial Chaos Theory and use it to jump the shark, kinda retrospectively taints my favourite episode. Who am I kidding, I'll never hate Remedial Chaos Theory.
Currently watching this episode on live loop for the official community happy merry Christmas marathon! Thanks for giving this episode the love letter it deserves.
I wasn’t a huge fan of Frankie (no offense to Paget, of course), but I was a fan of Elroy. That may be because I’m very partial to Keith David, though. Elroy just had some really funny, weird bits like “There’s no green 3 in Billiards. Where could this have come from?”
A COMMUNITY VIDEO?? THIS IS AMAZING. I just recently watched this show through for the third time and I can’t believe that Schaff is now doing a video for it
What I love about abed's character is that his constantly breaking the 4th wall but in the same time his not it's how his character works he looks at life as a tv series or movie
@@melvinlinderoth7108 I think you misread my reply, I agree. Its not underrated it was quite popular Just critics didn't seem to like it as much I don't think
@@glendarjj3991 it was kinda a sleeper hit, good reviews from critics but not a ratings juggernaut like other shows it had to share its time slot with like Glee and Big Bang Theory
As a Muslim myself, I've always had a love and envy for Christmas especially now when during our own holidays family gatherings are depressing and feels like a chore because we only gather because of self image and a bit of obligation.
as an atheist (who is kinda ex-christian but not really bc i was like seven and didn't understand religion until i did enough to turn away from it) i still celebrate christmas and enjoy it, and like he says in the video (and how britta says) christmas isnt even actually about jesus originally so you can still celebrate :D
It's a really special episode. I just started watching community about three weeks ago, and watched this episode last week and it was just so great. They really pulled off a hilarious parody of the christmas special genre while building a truly meaningful and heartfelt story. They found the true meaning of comedy
Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas is definitely one of Community's strongest episodes, but I dislike how it meshes with season 1's Christmas episode. The whole point of that episode had to do with how most of the main cast didn't celebrate Christmas, and it did a great job showing how the holiday season feels for other cultures. When Annie & Abed just announce all of a sudden that they actually celebrated Christmas the whole time, it kinda contorts the meaning of that previous episode. Season 3's Christmas episode takes this much further, and by then it starts to feel like the writers see the cast's cultural differences are an annoyance to write around, and not an important part of who they are.
I get what you're saying for sure, though in the first season's Xmas episode, i feel like the impetus for the characters even revealing their religions was more to get out of joining Shirley and her Christian shenanigans 😄
This Christmas special as well as the other Christmas specials on community have been a tradition of my family's, we watch them every year, in fact we watch them all the time even when it's not Christmas
One of the best episodes in the entire series. I still think the two part paintball season finale is the best the show has ever made, but I didn't know where they were going with the Abed episode till the reveal at the end. It got me pretty good.
I watched this show when I was 9, I enjoyed everything about it even if I didn't understand the shows deeper meanings all the time. Now that im older I've grown to appreciate the show even more. I love community anf it will always be up there with Bojack horseman.
I started watching community after seeing your upload, Schaff. This show was life-changing. I was recently diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and watching Abed made me feel seen long before I even knew what I had.
As someone who went to community college for 2 years I was happily surprised to see how accurate they portrayed the experience of acutally going to one
13:49 This is why I'm now subscribed. You are a class act. Hate when other people's fandoms go bombard other video comments (especially for music). Thank you for letting them know they don't have to do that.
When you said "Pierce only sometimes cares about his friends" you show a clip of him punching Jeff, this is a example of him caring, he believes that being punched in the face is a rite of passage, he thinks he's helping Jeff even if everyone else would disagree.
Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou Community is my all time favorite show and to see one of my favorite youtubers talk about how its one of THEIR favorite shows just makes me unexplainable happy. This is the best Christmas gift for this year. All the praise to Community, and to Schaffrillas for talking about how amazing it is. Respect and Merry Christmas.
Ok, I love how you mention both that Christmas is religious, and that many non-christians celebrate regardless. Christmas is no longer just a religious holiday, in many countries it's a national holiday, which means it applies, no matter how you celebrate it. That's also my complaint with the movement to cut the phrase "Merry Christmas" out of the holidays, it's not just a religious thing anymore, its celebrated by all sorts of people as is. It doesn't need any extra cleaning for Political correctness sake.
@@dragonslayer2255 nothings wrong with it, but there's this push to replace it with Happy Holidays for inclusiveness sake. I have no problem with Happy Holidays, but I don't like that some people are trying to replace Merry Christmas because its got 'Christ' in it.
@@Zander2212 Ah I though the word Merry was the problem well I don't care either way as long as nobody gets angry at me for saying merry christmas, because then you are just dumb.
honestly what i dislike about "Merry Christmas" is just the assumption that i celebrate Christmas from a complete stranger. Like, I don't, and many others don't, I don't know you, just say Happy Holidays please. Saying it to people who you know celebrate is fine tho obviously
@@annazeidman5187 Generally with people I don't know I tend to try for both. Technically, it's a national holiday (atleast in the US) so it's ubiquitous, but I usually say "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays". I celebrate Christmas, and I'm not dropping that for anyone else, but I do try to acknowledge that not everyone celebrates it.
I’ve been obsessed with community for so long, but I’ve never watched Abeds uncontrollable Christmas because, I don’t know really, but I just watched it today and I legit cried at it, I’m upset with myself that I took thing long to watch it. Anyway, as soon as I finished it I looked it up on TH-cam to see if others recognised the brilliance of it and lucky enough, Schaffrillas has done a video on it so thank you! :)
my sister and i watched community together for the first time together this year. at first, i had it mostly in the background but as the show progressed, i fell more and more in love with the show. i now consider it one of my favorite shows if not my favorite. abed’s uncontrollable christmas is something i plan on watching every year now.
I don’t know if anyone else mentioned this in the comments, but there’s some heartwarming brilliance to Pierce being the only one to make it to the North Pole with Abed. Earlier that season, Pierce’s mother passed away and he had a crisis of faith. He knows what it’s like to lose a mom and have your status quo shaken. So him sticking by his side and trying to actually help him is really sweet (it also makes the line about him not going home for Christmas kind of sad too).
Pierce stayed because of the cookies, not to help him
@@georgy2596 The cookies were gone, but he came back anyway
A good observation to make but Pierce didn’t question his faith
It's a small detail but I like how as Pierce connects with Abed he also starts to see wonderland. At the start he says he can only see the study room. Then once they get to the cave of frozen memories he says "what do youean cave-like? it's a cave" and by the end of the episode he's asking abed what he sees. I just find it nice as one of the few episodes where Pierce is genuinely empathetic.
Rewatching it recently, it made me realize how much Pierce wants to be a part of the group as much as he acts the opposite. That was a genuine moment of Pierce connecting with Abed, and then we get to D&D where none of them, even Abed the DM, invited him to join. Which then leads well into the overdose episode.
"It's the first season of Lost. It represents lack of pay-off"
That's a big _fucking_ *_O O F_*
With a side of game of thrones season 8
Having watched season 1 of Lost I'm now sightly confused about this joke. Is it specifically taking a shot at season 1, or the eventually series end (which I know is famous for the lack of payoff)?
@@artyb27 The eventual series end.
@Ryan Akwar I wonder if that's the point in that case. You can't have a devastating lack of payoff without exceptional build-up. They must have been saying season 1 was that build-up.
@Ryan Akwar who's the guest by the way?.. I'm now wondering if it's the Asian dude with the crutch that Jeff shoots in the head in season 6 and desperately hoping I'm not being racist by jumping to that.
I really love how this episode doesn’t just make Abed’s weirdness a joke and he isn’t really a comic relief. It would be really easy to just make this an episode where everyone laughs at Abed being weird.
Bog bang theory intensifies
Its like the wackier the episode is, the more serious abed becomes
It's so great to have a main character who is clearly on the autism spectrum, but who is treated like an actual character instead of an obstacle or walking punchline.
That's why I love Abed so much. Abed subverts so many aspects of the "nerd" trope" because he's written and acted with so much depth and nuance. He's not just a punchline but a real character who just happens to have hobbies and passions that many consider to be nerdy.
@@videogamenostalgia I think atypical is a show that does this quite well. The main character has autism and while there some comedy, he never feels like a joke and I haven't seen it in awhile but I remember there being some heartfelt moments
"The meaning of Christmas is the idea that Christmas has meaning" is maybe the most profound line of dialogue I've ever encountered in media. It completely changed the way that I thought about the holidays, and allowed to me to embrace that I'm obsessed with them haha
Same!!!
Yeah, it’s awesome. I’m not religious but I think the whole season between Diwali and the eastern New Year as just a season of lights and celebration and love is a beautiful thing. For some it’s about worship, for some it’s just about warmth and light in times of cold and darkness.
Apparently Starburns' actor, Dino Stamatopoulos, is behind the stop-motion having created Starburns Industries after his first year on Community! They're also behind the film Anomalisa and helped with the set-up of Rick and Morty
That fact still amazes me.
Yeah he also crated Moral Orel if you’ve ever seen that
He also did the voice of Drinky Crow
Louis CK mentions Dino a few times in his specials
He might be Greek. -poulos endings in last names are Greek
Now here’s a man who knows how to make a video on Community.
I have a brain the size of Jupiter, not anyones third ghost buster
Now there's a man that knows how to marry his cousin!
It's Saturday, call me Craig. Offcampus, I'm just a Craig-ular Joe!
Funny that the Community parody is better than nearly every Christmas movie.
Like shrek being better than most fairy tale films
@@glendarjj3991 true
@@ThemeParkAvenue And Don Quixote is better than most if not all knight fantasy books of the time.
@@benjulc9271 I definitely agree
True thag
Holy shit the backwards “someBODY” as John Oliver walks out that door is perfect. Also love how other characters have names, but John Oliver is just John Oliver
I heard the name John Oliver several times in this video, but I was NOT prepared to actually hear his voice over in a stop motion picture.
@@webbowser8834 Wait, why are you watching a review of an episode you haven't seen, of a show you probably haven't seen?
@@wordyballoons Good question. I like Schaff I guess?
@@webbowser8834 Yeah makes sense. Either way, you should definitely check out this gem of a show if you haven't already! :)
He does have a name in the show. It's Ian Duncan. I don't know why he kept saying John Oliver or some form of that repeatedly. I got a feeling he doesn't like John Oliver.
Edited to fix grammer.
Avatar, Bojack and Community. The ABC of masterful television.
@Tom Ffrench BoJack and community i guess?
Okay, that was pretty good.
Abc is easy
Its like counting up to 3
That really is streets ahead
so A is best B second and C third
that's how i see it and it's right for me
“It’s the first season of LOST on DVD”
“That’s the meaning of Christmas?”
“No, it represents lack of payoff.”
It's GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Abed is still one of my favourite characters of all time. They combined someone that could so easily be a one-joke chapter or a dumb autistic stereotype and somehow made an incredible realistic character from it. Apparently Dan Harmon realised he was autistic doing research for writing Abed
My God! It's like doing research on autism is beneficial for everyone or something!
His behavior is closer to psychopathy than autism.
Psychopaths have difficulty interpreting facial expression and appropriate behavior per social situation. The only thing that sets him apart from a true psychopath is that he doesn't interact with others solely for his own benefit, thus firefighting the accompanying traits like being opportunistic, deceptive and manipulative. However, these traits easily define Jeff's core personality.
Autism exists on a spectrum and is characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. Autistics have difficulty with communication and social situations because they are so deeply introverted that they are prone to disregarding external stimulation including people talking to them or even imminent danger.
There is an argument for Abed possibly having Asperger's Syndrome, but he is far too coordinated, open to behavior modification and he is not nearly offensive enough. He also does not have an over developed sense of self worth, which is typical of Asperger's.
2:45
He doesn’t mention that he mixed pills with alcohol. He just says “he was scared of getting older so he went into a coma.”
I really want to know what people who haven’t seen the episode imagined after that line.
I know I'm a year late, but I want to comment. I thought Jeff might've gotten himself into a car accident.
...
At the time I'm typing down this comment, I'm in my first run-through of "Community" and had just watched this Christmas special (LOVED! IT!).
I’ve actually never seen Community, and this video makes me want to.
You must. It is the best show.
WATCH IT
You should it’s really good except for the infamous season 4
DO IT
How were you here 2 days ago?
I'm a freelance animator, and my mentor who taught me stop motion worked on this special (along with basically ANY stop motion production you can think of, she's incredible)! I remember her saying that this was a lot of fun, and that the team was super respectful of the animators. A lot of live-action production teams don't really understand how animation works, or how much time and effort goes into it, so they're kind of dismissive and frustrating to deal with, but she said that the Community people were lovely and courteous. It shows in the product, as well, because all of their parodies always feel like they're done with a lot of love and understanding of the source material!
Woah, how do you keep covering things I just finish? Get out of my head Schaff
I watched this episode for the first time 2 weeks ago lol
Hey funny JoJo egirl
Bruh when do you find time to comment everywhere
oh hi shuck
Is that *the* Shuckle Person?
I love Abed not only for being a great character, but also because he's half Polish half Arabic. During the time I was watching Community for the first time, I had an internet friend from Kuwait, who also had watched the show. Abed was like a bridge between us, her being Arabic and me being Polish.
He is indeed such a unique and relatable character
dani pudi himself is also half polish actually. but he's not arab irl, he's indian
That musical Christmas episode in S3 is also fantastic.
“BWAINY HURTY UNDERSTANDY CWISTMAS”
Mistletoe for eating taste good?? :D
“You know, you eventually hit a point of diminishing returns on the sexiness”
Annie is young we try not to sexualise her
doopy boopy boop boop seeex
@@jakeb4569 "What's a dimininuminah?"
Troy is actually the heart of the show. He's the foil to Jeff, the main love interest for Annie and Britta in some seasons, kind of the son Pierce never had, and he has a great relationship with Abed.
i would partly agree with that but i feel like Troy not being in the last two seasons made the role ultimately go to abed overall
@@reesepettigrew3626 makes sense.
It really sucked to see almost half the characters leaving at the same time
@@finn596 Ye
And he and shirley we're obviously related.
Would it be wrong to say this special was my introduction to community , cause it was definitely how I first heard about it .
Same for me
How did you comment on this 2 days ago???
@@googleaccount3999 TH-cam is drunk again
HoW dId YoU cOmEnT tHiS 2 dAys AgO.
@@maldon3659 they might be a patron and were able to see it early
"I'm not surprised the Community parody outshines the originals." -JelloApocalypse, 2018
@@mellmellody His Christmas specials video.
Was that All Star playing backwards when John Oliver left the ice cave after his little episode??? The details in the editing is INSANE!
Edit: Timestamp 6:41
What
Yay, someone else noticed that!
timestamp
I'm glad I wasn't alone here
i fr thought that was allstar thank god im not insane
congrats on reaching one million subs!
First reply (for some reason)
Oh dang, it’s the best YTPer on TH-cam
“Extra thick straps!”
“Extra thick straps!”
“Extra thick straps!”
I do not like that episode but I regularly say this
Ah, a man of culture I see
My absolute favorite subtle character thing that I WISH got properly addressed in the episode is why Pierce stayed with Abed the whole time. Pierce’s mom had died earlier in the season, so this was his first Christmas without his mom, just like Abed.
Community + Schaffrillas = Christmas Miracle
20,000 years from now they’ll say. The most successful Christmas was today.
You said it stop motion youtube channel that I am typing a reply to with my stop motion hands
comfrillas
"Please, its Christmas!"
"It's December 1̶0̶t̶h̶ 21st!"
Screaming, "IT'S DECEMBER 10TH!" on the relevant day is one of my sister's and my holiday traditions.
@@nataliekmaguire
Mine as well!
6:42 For the unenlightened, this is the line “somebody” (from the iconic Shrek scene) played backwards to reflect the person leaving through the door, the opposite of what Shrek did.
I'm pretty sure Abed doesn't think his life is a TV show, he just relates it to a TV show to understand life better.
Yeah i think you're spot on! As an autistic person, me and many of us use pieces of media to understand the world around us, sometimes obsessively clinging to it. I havent gotten around to watching community just yet, but it looks pretty damn good.
He said this multiple times
I, too, discovered Community this year. I love a solid 90% of the show.
I watched it because one of my old math teachers recommended it
I may or may not have binged the entire show following the release of this video just so I can watch it.
Did you like it???
'John oliver who I keep forgetting is in this show"
That's sad because he's great a character
But true
He was gone for like two and a half seasons
“He’s taken to Professor John Oliver, who I keep forgetting is in this show”
FELT
Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas is both streets ahead and very cool, cool cool
I see shaffrillas I click
Same
Community is one of the most underrated shows and I’m so happy more and more TH-cam channels are covering its genius.
Agree!!
Ian Duncan was at his best in this episode. They actailly found something for him to do!
I think he had a really good episode in I think season 5 where he stops being a creep for once and helps his friends, it's really good development for him.
I think he was great overall.
11:54 one of my favorite lines in the show is the first Christmas episode where Jeff says hes agnostic and everyone sighs.
Something I'd like to add onto this just a smig: Christmas has evolved into much more than a Christian holiday, so many common traditions or images we have for Christmas aren't even Christian. Hanging a wraith is a Wiccan tradition, kissing under a misteltoe is Druidic, decorating a tree in an ode to the god Saturn, etc. It's a collection of a lot of general beliefs and traditions which is why it's a fitting national Holiday for the US, a nation founded on multiple cultures and people inhabiting a new world. You don't have to be a Christian to celebrate it and you don't have to follow the traditions, it can be anything you believe it to be because that's what it has evolved into.
Well said!
Yeah its christmas.... where did all my money go?
👏👏👏
I think the think Schaff brought up with how the church moved the date of Christmas to accommodate the people and not the people conforming to what the church did illustrates this point really well. Christmas isn't by a long stretch just about Jesus. Most European cultures had some kind of winter celebration because of how important the harvest was and how devastating winter could be, so all these regional variants kept being celebrated even with Christianity in the mix.
Very well put.
I’ve been a fan of Community from the Beginning and it warms my heart that it’s gained so many fans this year. It’s the only show where I actually cried when it got canceled. I related with Abed a lot in high school and being the weird person who relates to people through movies and books, it was the show that made me realize, “Wow, I’m not the only one.” And it was the thing I watched every week to make me happy. Abed’s Christmas special was definitely an episode I watched over and over when it was released.
ok ik this is a year old but that's why its fitting for me to comment in case you didnt know-- they're actually finally getting around to making the movie for real
"Community never does an animated episode just for the sake of doing it."
Intro to Felt Surrogacy: 👁👄👁
Technically isn’t fully animated so it doesn’t count. We’ve got a perfect record!
The gas leak year does strange things, but we're past that
Intro to Felt Surrogacy was a good episode I will die on that hill
@@sketchyjulia It is good, it's just that in a series with great episodes good seems lesser than usual due to the curve.
He did exclude that episode to be fair, along with the parallel timeline one. It was pretty frustrating to see the Season 4 writers piggyback off the popularity of Remedial Chaos Theory and use it to jump the shark, kinda retrospectively taints my favourite episode.
Who am I kidding, I'll never hate Remedial Chaos Theory.
Currently watching this episode on live loop for the official community happy merry Christmas marathon! Thanks for giving this episode the love letter it deserves.
I just got into the snap cube dubs, so when Alfred Coleman said “I pissed on the moon”.....
I felt that
Haha ha ONE!
We need a community episode worst to best
Agree
community is truly one of the most innovative and really underrated shows ever created. it’s like a secret treasure and i am so drawn to it every time
Ikr I just love it so much. It’s so wild and entertaining
Wait a minute, don't disrespect season 6, Elroy was a goddam gem.
I wasn’t a huge fan of Frankie (no offense to Paget, of course), but I was a fan of Elroy. That may be because I’m very partial to Keith David, though.
Elroy just had some really funny, weird bits like “There’s no green 3 in Billiards. Where could this have come from?”
“NOW THIS IS A MAN WHO KNOWS HOW TO MARRY HIS COUSIN”
I think his just worse version of hickey,even tho he has thew iconic lines
Agree season 6 deserves better
i also love frankie though. "SHUT UP LEONARD! You... are old! And you deserve less, because of your age"
I like that you don't refer to him as Duncan, purely John Oliver
I can't be the only one who likes him
@@goldenfox8701 I love him.
@@goldenfox8701 I like him and his rap is pretty funny
I call him duncan just cause show i watch before it was total drama
It’s dr John Oliver.
Finally, you're talking about the best TV show ever created.
Good for you.
@Ryan Akwar I know
@Ryan Akwar You were talking about The Sopranos, not The Wire
One of
A COMMUNITY VIDEO?? THIS IS AMAZING. I just recently watched this show through for the third time and I can’t believe that Schaff is now doing a video for it
This show is incredibly special and it is so amazing to see a whole new group of people discovering it.
Man, I started Community because it was on Netflix and I'm in love with it.
one episode (advanced dungeons and dragons) was removed from netflix so make sure you catch that one somewhere else!
@@zitrodivad It's literally one of the best episodes in my opinion
What I love about abed's character is that his constantly breaking the 4th wall but in the same time his not it's how his character works he looks at life as a tv series or movie
I literally just started to watch community and just finished this episode. How did you time this upload so perfectly? You stalkin’ me?
maybe
Make sure you watch Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, it’s the real S2E14 and was removed from most streaming services except for Amazon Prime.
Why?
@@willd8574 I'll be sure to do so
ME TOO
I'll never be able to watch the very last clip, where you can see their reflections in the TV, without tearing up.
this show wouldnt be as underrated if there was some degree of cast consistency but its still my fav sitcom ever
It’s not really underrated though
Its a cult classic so not underrated among the public
But maybe critics?
@@glendarjj3991It's under watched more than underrated everyone I know who's seen it loved it
@@melvinlinderoth7108 I think you misread my reply, I agree. Its not underrated it was quite popular
Just critics didn't seem to like it as much I don't think
@@glendarjj3991 it was kinda a sleeper hit, good reviews from critics but not a ratings juggernaut like other shows it had to share its time slot with like Glee and Big Bang Theory
Just in time for the "Larry, I'm on Ducktales" meme.
the final shot where you can see the live action actors watching the special always makes me so happy
As a Muslim myself, I've always had a love and envy for Christmas especially now when during our own holidays family gatherings are depressing and feels like a chore because we only gather because of self image and a bit of obligation.
as an atheist (who is kinda ex-christian but not really bc i was like seven and didn't understand religion until i did enough to turn away from it) i still celebrate christmas and enjoy it, and like he says in the video (and how britta says) christmas isnt even actually about jesus originally so you can still celebrate :D
@@thatgaylibertarian I'm not the celebrating type but I love watching the old Christmas movies and specials. They're so magical to me 🥰
This video might make it to regionals
It's *this* close.
How is a hearted comment so hidden.
The people who disliked this are definitely streets behind
Oofer doofums wins this comment section
I have autism and abed is easily the best representation in any media ever.
It's a really special episode. I just started watching community about three weeks ago, and watched this episode last week and it was just so great. They really pulled off a hilarious parody of the christmas special genre while building a truly meaningful and heartfelt story. They found the true meaning of comedy
This episode truly was streets ahead
This is the only episode of community i has made me cry, its so well written and my favorite episode to this day
Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas is definitely one of Community's strongest episodes, but I dislike how it meshes with season 1's Christmas episode. The whole point of that episode had to do with how most of the main cast didn't celebrate Christmas, and it did a great job showing how the holiday season feels for other cultures. When Annie & Abed just announce all of a sudden that they actually celebrated Christmas the whole time, it kinda contorts the meaning of that previous episode. Season 3's Christmas episode takes this much further, and by then it starts to feel like the writers see the cast's cultural differences are an annoyance to write around, and not an important part of who they are.
Community's still tied for my favorite show of all time tho
I get what you're saying for sure, though in the first season's Xmas episode, i feel like the impetus for the characters even revealing their religions was more to get out of joining Shirley and her Christian shenanigans 😄
This Christmas special as well as the other Christmas specials on community have been a tradition of my family's, we watch them every year, in fact we watch them all the time even when it's not Christmas
"James, your paper on the Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise is overdue, please see me at my office at 1:00..."
Happy to say that this is probably the video that pushes Scahaffrillas to 1M :)
Community is literally so underrated
I just started Community. I'm LOVING Season 1 so far, and I can't wait to see what comes down the pike!
I can’t believe you only did one video on community though. Love this show so much
The bit when he's on the train and they tell him it's December 9th always makes me cry.
>Schaffrillas talking about Community
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
One of the best episodes in the entire series. I still think the two part paintball season finale is the best the show has ever made, but I didn't know where they were going with the Abed episode till the reveal at the end. It got me pretty good.
I watched this show when I was 9, I enjoyed everything about it even if I didn't understand the shows deeper meanings all the time. Now that im older I've grown to appreciate the show even more. I love community anf it will always be up there with Bojack horseman.
COMMUNITY IS MY FAVORITE SHOWBOF ALL TIME IM SO GLAD YOU LIKE IT AHHHHHH
I will never forget the Christmas Pterodactyl
I started watching community after seeing your upload, Schaff. This show was life-changing. I was recently diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and watching Abed made me feel seen long before I even knew what I had.
“He clings to the days when his mother was there”
Ok Schaff I KNOW that was intentional
That game doesn’t ever leave your brain
Profile pic checks out
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anyone here after Schaff just hit 1M.... no...? still CONGRATS!!! 🎉🥳
Schaff, you should do a video on the Amazing World of Gumball at some point. That show was my childhood.
Mine too
He rarely does western kid cartoons
Ya should do one on adventure time and regular show too
not alone on that opinion,
Why? He has lots of more important things to review. Plus Gumball hasn't even stopped airing yet
12:50 Fun fact, this was only because NBC would’ve only credited them as voice actors if they didn’t make a physical appearance in the episode.
Schaffrillas talking bout Community? My early birthday gift is here
As someone who went to community college for 2 years I was happily surprised to see how accurate they portrayed the experience of acutally going to one
You're always so good at telling the stories from shows and movies! It's always interesting to watch.
13:49 This is why I'm now subscribed. You are a class act. Hate when other people's fandoms go bombard other video comments (especially for music). Thank you for letting them know they don't have to do that.
SCHAFF YOURE ABOUT TO HIT A MILLION SUBS COME ON LETS DO THIS
Today I finished this show , and I nearly cried. It was great and I think I will watch it again. Definitely underrated.
When you said "Pierce only sometimes cares about his friends" you show a clip of him punching Jeff, this is a example of him caring, he believes that being punched in the face is a rite of passage, he thinks he's helping Jeff even if everyone else would disagree.
Congrats Schaff on a million subs, The verminator would be proud!
I seriously love community and everything that it did to make me smile. Good job on the video man!
Community is my favorite show of all time this episode warms my heart. A full series review would be amazing.
Yet that won’t let me get hyped for “Why Shrek 2 is a Perfect Sequel: The Sequel”
Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou
Community is my all time favorite show and to see one of my favorite youtubers talk about how its one of THEIR favorite shows just makes me unexplainable happy. This is the best Christmas gift for this year. All the praise to Community, and to Schaffrillas for talking about how amazing it is.
Respect and Merry Christmas.
When John Oliver leaves the cave of frozen memories he plays the beginning of all star in reverse to parody Shrek. Respect.
Community is probably one of the greatest shows ever created, Dan Harmon is a genius, the peanut bar rap is insanely hilarious and GI Jeff is amazing
Ok, I love how you mention both that Christmas is religious, and that many non-christians celebrate regardless. Christmas is no longer just a religious holiday, in many countries it's a national holiday, which means it applies, no matter how you celebrate it.
That's also my complaint with the movement to cut the phrase "Merry Christmas" out of the holidays, it's not just a religious thing anymore, its celebrated by all sorts of people as is. It doesn't need any extra cleaning for Political correctness sake.
Wait what is wrong with merry Christmas. I am confused
@@dragonslayer2255 nothings wrong with it, but there's this push to replace it with Happy Holidays for inclusiveness sake. I have no problem with Happy Holidays, but I don't like that some people are trying to replace Merry Christmas because its got 'Christ' in it.
@@Zander2212 Ah I though the word Merry was the problem well I don't care either way as long as nobody gets angry at me for saying merry christmas, because then you are just dumb.
honestly what i dislike about "Merry Christmas" is just the assumption that i celebrate Christmas from a complete stranger. Like, I don't, and many others don't, I don't know you, just say Happy Holidays please. Saying it to people who you know celebrate is fine tho obviously
@@annazeidman5187 Generally with people I don't know I tend to try for both. Technically, it's a national holiday (atleast in the US) so it's ubiquitous, but I usually say "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays". I celebrate Christmas, and I'm not dropping that for anyone else, but I do try to acknowledge that not everyone celebrates it.
I’ve been obsessed with community for so long, but I’ve never watched Abeds uncontrollable Christmas because, I don’t know really, but I just watched it today and I legit cried at it, I’m upset with myself that I took thing long to watch it.
Anyway, as soon as I finished it I looked it up on TH-cam to see if others recognised the brilliance of it and lucky enough, Schaffrillas has done a video on it so thank you! :)
I think Community is almost better than The Office.
100% less boring
*is better*
I agree but i like the office too
lol it is
I like the office, but it’s no competition. Community wins 1000%
I’ve watched this 6 times this year already, introducing it to so many different people.
Cried every single time.
I didn't have friends to spend Christmas with
I’ll be your friend
LOL!
my sister and i watched community together for the first time together this year. at first, i had it mostly in the background but as the show progressed, i fell more and more in love with the show. i now consider it one of my favorite shows if not my favorite. abed’s uncontrollable christmas is something i plan on watching every year now.