# Community 11/4 (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569 "2010-11-05T13:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/1 "2010-11-05T13:23:20Z")
Okay, the whole trampoline thing seemed very familiar, including the incidental music, but I can’t place the references. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/2 "2010-11-05T13:39:50Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Okay, the whole trampoline thing seemed very familiar, including the incidental music, but I can’t place the references. The music reminded me of American Beauty, and in fact at first I thought that that was what this was going to be a parody of. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/3 "2010-11-05T13:43:08Z")
I think community is starting to have too much story and too few jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/4 "2010-11-05T13:49:12Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Okay, the whole trampoline thing seemed very familiar, including the incidental music, but I can’t place the references. Looked like “A Secret Garden” to me. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/5 "2010-11-05T15:39:23Z")
Best line of the night: “It’s going to be a maze!” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/6 "2010-11-05T15:42:29Z")
Abed’s Terminator display when he was in his “mean Girl” mode was pretty funny. I liked how he just robotically and unemotionally located and verbalized every flaw a person had. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/7 "2010-11-05T15:43:10Z")
Neither of the story lines worked for me this time. If Abed’s insults had been more pop-culture based, it might have been a little more plausible, if that’s the right word. and probably funnier. The trampoline story just kind of laid there. Even the racist punchline seemed tacked on. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/8 "2010-11-05T15:48:25Z")
Funny, the library seems to have recovered quite well from last week’s zombie incident. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/9 "2010-11-05T16:05:39Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Abed’s Terminator display when he was in his “mean Girl” mode was pretty funny. Freeze-framing on these will be worth your while, by the way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/10 "2010-11-05T18:26:47Z")
At first, I thought they were going to do some sort of \*Lost \*parody with the garden/trampoline. (With Joshua = Jacob). But as the episode progressed, that made less and less sense. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/11 "2010-11-05T18:47:29Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Okay, the whole trampoline thing seemed very familiar, including the incidental music, but I can’t place the references. I was thinking The Secret Garden. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/12 "2010-11-05T18:52:23Z")
Not a very good one. The trampoline thing was barely funny. The mean girls bit was OK in places, but rather uninspired. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/13 "2010-11-05T19:32:07Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Abed’s Terminator display when he was in his “mean Girl” mode was pretty funny. I liked how he just robotically and unemotionally located and verbalized every flaw a person had. Did anybody else pause it to read all of the info? > [@](#): > > SHIRLEY- Projected next cycle 11/04 > > SITUATION RECAP: Troy and Jeff have found relaxation source, Pierce determined to locate it. > > NOTES: Check if Mom is coming for Xmas; make blanket fort In addition to SECRET GARDEN I think there was some COCCOON (the life giving swimming pool secret that gets destroyed). [QUOTE=emacknight] Best line of the night: “It’s going to be a maze!” [/QUOTE] I liked “Who names a child Meaghan? Are they stocking up in case of a bitch shortage?” ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/14 "2010-11-05T19:37:44Z")
Yeah, this was kind of disappointing. The premise of the episode was promising, but neither of the story lines provided a good payout. Both the Abed as a Mean Girl story line and the trampoline story line ended exactly as I predicted. I just wish they would have done something a little bigger in scope with the stories. Or, maybe just put in more jokes. Am I the only person who wanted to see how Greendale would teach a women’s studies class? We didn’t even get to see the instructor and I love all the instructors that we’ve been introduced to at Greendale. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/15 "2010-11-05T20:04:16Z")
Andy Dick played the little man piloting the Dragonfly. ---
**Author:** ![Lightsaber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Lightsaber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightsaber)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/16 "2010-11-05T20:12:52Z")
Really? It kind of sounded like the dean to me. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/17 "2010-11-05T20:16:17Z")
the dean and andy dick’s voice aren’t too far apart. i wasn’t entirely sure until i saw the credits. i agree that it was subpar for community’s usual standards (better than KFC truck though imo) but it still provided more funnies than say… The Office. I wish they would have just ended the Office last season and brought Parks/Rec back. ---
**Author:** ![AutumnLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@AutumnLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AutumnLeaves)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/18 "2010-11-05T20:52:20Z")
It was Andy Dick, but _why_? It might as well have been the Dean. Didn’t love the episode, but I did think the end of the trampoline story line was hilarious; the Jeff and Troy parts, anyway. It’s increasingly rare that I find Pierce anything other than annoying, this episode didn’t fix that. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/19 "2010-11-05T20:53:45Z")
I don’t have a recorder or cable and this season I’ve had to choose between Community and Big Bang Theory. I went with BBT but it’s been losing me lately. Last night I switched to Community and I think I made the right choice. Community wasn’t at it’s best last night but still better than the last couple BBTs. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569/20 "2010-11-05T21:01:30Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > and brought Parks/Rec back. Parks and Rec was/is scheduled as a mid-season premiere, as Amy Poehler didn’t want to go through the ridiculousness of hiding a pregnant belly in all of her scenes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-11-4-open-spoilers/559569.md?page=2)