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The most hyped and at least ostensibly anticipated episode of TV last night was Community’s Pulp Fiction parody/homage, which is why it was a real coup for The Office to come in with a surprise upset and steal the night’s Best Moment with Michael’s proposal to Holly and his announcement that he’s leaving the office/show. It was by no means the Jim and Pam wedding episode, and it was a known fact that all of these things were going to happen (wedding proposal, Steve Carrell leaving to pursue other projects, Will Ferrell, etc) but, and I feel like I’ve been really harping on this point all season, it is one of the show’s strengths (and let’s be honest, the show has plenty of weaknesses) that it is able to pull of genuine emotional moments. I was actually thinking about this last night, about how Community is so smart and funny, no duh, but about how even when it does approach genuine humanity, it does so through a knowing, winking filter of TV parody (not unlike the “moral of the story” speeches that South Park characters used to deliver at the end of each episode before their butts were all pooped out or whatever). I’m not sure that you could ever have a genuine, unironic human emotion on that show. You could get very close! But you would still miss the mark. (You could make this argument about 30 Rock, and I think you would be correct, except that 30 Rock basically avoids the emotion question altogether by focusing on absurdity, where as Community turns emotion INTO absurdity.) ANYWAY, LET’S WRAP IT UP, PROFESSOR BOOB TUBE! (The only thing more fun than watching TV is RUINING IT, right, you guys?) I will give Community credit for pulling a very clever switcheroo on people and make the episode actually be a parody/homage to My Dinner with Andre, but all of the Pulp Fiction stuff just reminded me of the Halloween episode, which is basically the Secretary’s Day of Hollywood costume designers. I did post a screencap of it after the jump, for those who want that kind of thing (see: NERDZ).
Well, nerdz? Your turn!
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“No-no juice” is my new favorite name for wine.
“I mean why would i want some random black man’s old photo album sitting on my bookshelf? I’m not James Franco.”
The. Best.
So good…
Can someone explain this joke to me?
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Breaking News! I don’t care much for Pulp Fiction.
Pulp Fiction is a great movie, maybe not the greatest, but I was looking forward to it. So I was kinda disappointented it wasn’t about Pulp Fiction at all. It was like they were trying to mindfuck the audience: “Hey, guess what, PULP FICTION! WATCH IT! SUPER SWEET” and then they barely refer to it, except for the last four minutes. Although I did like Abed’s love for Cougar Town.
Me too! I didn’t even get the Dinner with Andre thing the 1st time around- I thought they were making fun of the long-ass dialogue in Quentin Tarantino’s movies.
Eh, I loved it at the time because the 90s, but I don’t think there’s any reason I would ever need to see it again. My Dinner with Andre, on the other hand, is an awesome film which I will watch over and over again, so I loved the switcheroo. Abed’s Andre Gregory was amazing, the camerawork, the lighting, everything was so right on.
Does Wikipedia have an entry for “Greatest Moment in TV History?” If so, someone needs to edit that page NOW and change it to “Aaron Sorkin’s cameo on 30 Rock.”
“You know my work. ‘The West Wing. ‘ ‘A Few Good Men. ‘ ‘The Social Network…’”
“’Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.’”
“Shut up.”
“We make horse buggies. And the first Model T just rolled into town.”
“We’re dinosaurs!”
“Let’s not mix metaphors. That’s just bad writing”
“Did we just go in a circle?”
Our craft is dying while people play angry birds and poke each other on facebook, why won’t anyone poke me I’m cool
Not to brag, but I got 3 stars on 11-4 on Angry Birds.
NOt to brag, but I was playing Angry Birds when they made that joke.
Andy Dwyer, lets get a beer, man.
Was it just my imagination or did he complete the April the 2nd time in potato chips instead of rose petals?
I saw this last night and was hoping someone would gif it up for me. Thanks, Frank.
So dreamy. He can so give me pickle hair if he wants to.
True story: I went to see Avatar in 3D (“yeah, you and everyone else!” – 2009) and a woman next to me said: “I wish I could see everything in 3D”. So yeah…
To be fair, I am a staff writer for Community. I write all of Britta’s offended facial expressions.
Woah my brain must have been on vacation because I just realized Britta meant x-ray vision. Duh doy.
Not gonna lie, it took me about 4 hours to actually get that joke.
What the fuck is a german muffin?
related I love that at some point bleeped swearing became okay on NBC, Pam’s “holy shit is that real” is just how someone should react
I really wish they would have had a pterodactyl fly by in that P&R sunset scene.
I’m the worst. The comments section needs a “preview” button.
What the fuck? No spoiler alert? I guess I might as well take My Dinner with Andre off my Netflix queue.
Don’t do that! My Dinner with Andre is great (spoiler alert?)!
See below comment.
We got so many LOLs out of that. Seriously though!
Whole Foods, duh!
LOL
“Yeah, she died about 20 minutes after that.”
No homo, but I’d be all homo for Adam Scott.
My Thursday night boyfriend is beyond adorable.
They need to create a new Emmy for best facial expressions. And it will be a tie between Abed and Troy. You could tell IMMEDIATELY when Abed stopped being Chad and started being himself again, without him even having to say a word. And Danny Glover consistently makes me bust out laughing just with his expressions. That’s some solid acting right there.
I think you mean Don Glover, but I also find Danny Glover funny as well. Ha! He is too old for this shit.
Fuck, you’re right. Don’t blame me, I skipped work today and spiked my rum with coffee. It’s Friday!
RIGGS! (You mean DONALD Glover, right?)
Also, Danny Pudi’s Andre Gregory impression was totally spot on. I know this because I was an incredibly pretentious teenager who spent many a Saturday night alone watching cult movies from the 70s and 80s.
Danny Pudi did a great job this episode. That moment you’re talking about was great. So was “I’m hot and my balls are touching a zipper.”
“Little kids get cancer!’
“Awww… they do.”
Archer is just awesome.
“She’s not gay, she just has big hands.”
- “100 people were surveyed! Number one answer is still on the board. Tell me the name of the douchebag in charge!”
- “Vincent.”
- “Vincent?”
- “Vincent van Gogh f**k yourself.”
- “Hm. Vincent van Gogh f**k myself. Survey says?!” {gunshot}
Holy crap. Turns out the entire last scene of “Archer” was a BRILLIANT homage to an obscure “Magnum P.I.” episode, right down to the freeze frame of the gun going off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=T7vW1oEKP1k
SWOOOOOOOON
The fact that she didn’t change her crappy sweatshirt makes me so happy. Also as Liz Lemon and I use the same logic, I’m sure she’s all “Why would I dress nice for a shitty job?”
That summed up how unsuccessful I’d be as a hooker!
i salsa your face
You know what I should do? I should lead a teen abstinence workshop.
They’re all rappists, rappers Jerry
I only saw Community last night, because I went to the taping of Donald Glover’s comedy special (there is only so much you can do in a night, you guys). Anyway, it was really funny! As I was leaving, I saw Gillian Jacobs. “Hey guys, remember when I saw Gillian Jacobs for thirty seconds?” – Me, everyday from now on.
I have missed Thursday Night TV Open Threads, you guys! So many weeks, lost without them.
FRIDAY GIF DAY IS MY FAVORITE DAY!
MICHAEL + HOLLY 4 EVA!
The Notebook?
I am totally on board with “Sky Mall Camping.” In fact, thats probably the only kind of camping I would be willing to do.
The soft serve machine was the best. “Swirl me”
Also, was that a “DJ Roomba?” Cant recall his exact terminology.
Yep! DJ Roomba
DJ Roomba’s in the mix!
Just thinking about Alison Brie in that wig… I have the most understandable boner right now.
Same goes for Gillian Jacobs in the other wig.
BOO-OOOO-ING!
“Why would I want some random black man’s photo album sitting on my bookshelf? I’m not James Franco.”
I’d just like to say that as much as I absolutely hate Michael Scott and find him so very very grating (which I blame partially on ex-bosses of mine), he might be the loneliest man on television. So it’s kind of sweet he gets this ending. Remember when they found that video of him as a child and he said he wanted to have a ton of kids so he’d always have someone to play with? Now he can.
Also, I want Pam and Oscar to plan my life events.
Also, these are real people, right?
“I want to be married and have a hundred kids so I can have a hundred friends and no one can say no to being my friend.” And the puppet’s reaction was almost as good as that line itself!
Keen eyed lorry tv show fans will doubtless have spotted that this week’s Community was brought to you in association with Dean Learner!
So many hearts for Richard Ayoade.
Andy wins at being the cutest always
Did you all catch the hop easter eggs in each show? No, me neither.
My mind was blown when I found out Richard Ayoade directed last night’s “Community”.
NnnnnnNNNNNNNNnnn! Love him! Love this episode of Community. Richard and I should just get married already and have babies with the biggest hair EVAR!
“Luxury Dog Parks: Poodles only. No pooping.”
I’m pretty late to the party, and we didn’t get to discuss this last week, but isn’t everyone just so PROUD OF LESLIE KNOPE!? Because I am!
Leslie is the best!
What, no “Outsourced?”
True story: At a social gathering a few weeks back, someone I didn’t know made an odd joke about Outsourced, almost making fun of it, but holding back. I, in my very, very dry brand of sarcasm which people I’ve known for a long time still sometimes miss, said that it was one of my favorite comedies. The kid then perked up and started to talk about how, yeah, he likes it, but everyone hates on it, then he noticed the silence and odd, uncomfortable glances, because everyone else had noticed my sarcasm. His shame was funny.
“Baby chickens, diamond forks, brand name soda.” – Chang’s idea of a fancy dinner. Also…. Chang’s a member of the group now???
Dear god. I’m the kind of person who back in college could sit through multiple classes with someone, then be approached by them outside of class, and have no idea who the heck they were, yet, watching Community, I’m staring at Britta’s coworker, knowing I know him from somewhere, not knowing where. They added him in the credits at IMDB, and I apparently recognized him, as a side character, from the Sci Fi Channel’s Invisible Man…which was canceled in 2002. Something is clearly wrong with me.
Which, by the way, it turns out is available now on Hulu!