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About the show (from Wikipedia):
"Community" is an American television sitcom created by Dan Harmon. The series ran for 110 episodes over six seasons, with its first five seasons airing on NBC from September 17, 2009, to April 17, 2014, and its final season airing on Yahoo! Screen from March 17 to June 2, 2015. Set at a community college in the fictional Colorado town of Greendale, the series stars an ensemble cast including Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase, and Jim Rash. It makes use of meta-humor and pop culture references, paying homage to film and television clichés and tropes.
Genre:
Sitcom
Surreal humor
Satire
Created by Dan Harmon (creator of Rick and Morty)
Showrunners:
Dan Harmon (seasons 1-3, 5-6)
David Guarascio (season 4)
Moses Port (season 4)
Starring
Joel McHale as Jeff Winger
Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry
Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir
Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley Bennett
Alison Brie as Annie Edison
Donald Glover as Troy Barnes
Ken Jeong as Ben Chang
Chevy Chase as Pierce Hawthorne
Jim Rash as Dean Craig Pelton
John Oliver as Profession Ian Duncan
Executive producers:
Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
Dan Harmon
SUMMARY OF EPISODE 3x8 - Documentary Filmmaking Redux
The Greendale College Board has given Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) $2000 to shoot a new commercial for the college. He enlists the help of the study group, which agrees. Abed (Danny Pudi) declines to participate, but instead shoots a documentary about the commercial's production. Throughout the episode, Abed asks to remain "invisible" to reduce interaction with the subjects of his documentary.
The Dean makes himself director of the commercial with Annie (Alison Brie) as script supervisor. The rest of the group play roles in the commercial, including Jeff (Joel McHale) (with a bald cap) as the Dean himself, and Chang (Ken Jeong) as his understudy. Jeff plays the Dean as a gay stereotype to make the Dean cast someone else and asks to shoot his scenes in front of the school's Luis Guzmán statue, hoping that Guzmán's lawyers will force his scenes to be cut due to image rights restrictions. Instead, the Dean is enthralled with Jeff's performance, and Guzmán decides to play a part in the commercial, to the delight of the Dean. Pierce (Chevy Chase) becomes a diva, demands a trailer, fails to get one, rents one on his own and locks himself in it "till I have the one I don't have!"
Dean Pelton decides to overhaul the entire script and production to make it far more elaborate and expensive. Production shuts down all school activities, and other students are chosen to participate in it as well. The Dean becomes overly demanding with the actors, forcing Britta (Gillian Jacobs) and Troy (Donald Glover) to reshoot a hugging scene for 12 hours. Production goes way over budget while the Dean becomes increasingly erratic, as does everyone around him, with Jeff becoming obsessed with his role and Annie trying desperately to justify the Dean's actions, resulting in her developing Stockholm Syndrome. Despite predicting that this would happen, Abed declines to intervene to avoid interfering with his documentary's story. Eventually, the actors and crew crack under the Dean's demands and abandon him.
Some time later, Guzmán arrives at Greendale to shoot the commercial. However, upon seeing the Dean's disjointed initial cut, he decides not to be in the commercial. While admonishing Guzmán, the Dean insults Greendale, to which Guzmán angrily replies that he loved his own time at Greendale and the Dean doesn't deserve a school that's ultimately so rewarding. The Dean has a remorse-driven breakdown and films a video in which he addresses his insecurities about being in charge. He invites the Greendale Board members to view it, but instead a different video - a commercial made from Abed's footage - plays. The board members are impressed.
Abed reveals himself to be the one who made the commercial. In his documentary's closing statement, Abed says that documentarians are supposed to be objective to avoid having any effect on the story, yet they have the most effect because they decide to tell it.
Finally, the Dean offers the group an apology, which they accept, leading to a group hug. As everyone walks away, Britta and Troy continue hugging, giving Abed pause.
The trailer which Pierce locks himself in ends up in Hollywood for Jeff Garlin's use. In the final scene, Pierce storms out as Garlin approaches the trailer. Garlin, stunned, then begins mirroring Pierce's earlier behavior, locking himself in the trailer while demanding a new one.
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Jeff acting as the Dean was so perfect.
"I'm literally dying."
One of my top three favorite lines in the whole show.
jeff running away crying after being replaced by chang and britta going “ok i don’t know why but this is the last straw” always gets me
Dan Harmon's first choice for the "B list celebrity whose statue adorns the Greendale campus" role was apparently Mark Hammil. Harmon says he got a very nice note from Hammil saying that he got the joke and thought it was good, but that he just wasn't yet at a point where he was comfortable being the butt of such jokes. Guzman said yes, and the rest...
Also, just for clarity: Heart of Darkness is the original book by Joseph Conrad that provides the general plotline of Apocalypse Now -- a film by Francis Ford Coppola (later re-released in expanded form as Apocalypse Now Redux). Hearts of Darkness is a documentary about the making of Apocalypse Now in which Coppola serves as the model for the character the Dean assumes in this episode. And much like the final commercial in this episode, Hearts of Darkness is made by several different people: originally most of the footage is taken by Coppola's wife and then it's later pieced together with other sources to make a doc that a number of people legit believe to be more captivating than Apocalypse Now itself.
You know I love to be seen agreeing with Troy 😂
There was 2 more racial jokes by Dean Pelton that went by quickly:
1. When telling Troy to hug Britta, Pelton says something like, “I understand why she would have a problem with this, but you Troy?”
2. Again when explaining why Britta and Troy’s scene was important, Pelton says something like, “I’m trying to overcome 400 years of oppression.”
I don’t remember the exact words, but this show is deeper than just laughs.
The best Luis Guzman I remember seeing. Is the crooked cop in Meet The Miller's.
This is one of my absolute favorite episodes. However, the best cameo in the series is Betty White, hands down!
You guys laugh so enthusiastically. It makes me relive the joy of the show all over again! :)
my mom's mexican; i told her "dos chinos ha ha" she laughed layne style
This made me laugh. I think you already won a shirt. If you didn’t, this might have put you on the list.
New show: “Make Gabriel’s Mom Laugh!”
Great reaction. Your outro was funny!
STOP SAYING I'M DIFFERENT!
A favorite of mine
I never noticed... is that Subway in the middle of the old commercial?
Yayyyy