# "Community" (new NBC show) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596 "2009-09-18T15:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/341 "2010-01-15T18:56:26Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > YES With the exception that I like him IN Tenacious D. Everything else he’s ever done, loathe. But he was in his element doing Tenacious D (specifically the HBO series, less so their later stuff). ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/342 "2010-01-15T19:06:28Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Does anyone else just loathe Jack Black? He’s got horrific man boobs and generally looks like a street urchin. I thought he failed miserably. Also, the “cool group”? Jack Black does NOT fit with the “cool” group at all - he wasn’t even qualified for the McHale group whatsoever. It was such a stretch on so many levels. Creepy. I didn’t laugh once while he was onscreen. That was the point, though, right? That Black’s whole bit is just frankly annoying and would alienate anyone near him if he was just a guy in class/study group. And that the “cool group” at a community college would be so far from cool that they would just love him. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/343 "2010-01-15T20:08:26Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > I liked the brief appearance of Dino Stamatopoulos as “Starburns.” I didn’t know his name but I recognized him from _Mr. Show_ and _Conan O’Brien_, and I recognized Owen Wilson of course. Was the Asian actress anybody famous? (It wasn’t Lucy Liu was it? Not “racially profiling” like the dean [“it only went out to all the black students and a French guy named LeBron”] I didn’t record and she was only on screen for a second.) I never thought I’d say this, but Chevy Chase needs a bigger part. Not every episode maybe, but they really need to develop Pierce a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/344 "2010-01-15T20:40:09Z")
I thought the Jack Black bit was a bit much as well until Owen Wilson showed up- I thought it really worked then. It seemed much more believable somehow with the cool Owen allowing Jack into the club- also with the fact that everyone on the show is overacting their character too much (Shirley, Annie, Troy) that bringing on two enormous “overactors” really works. I was trying to figure out two other people who they could have invited to be caricatures of themselves to the same effect and I think Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell are the other two. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/345 "2010-01-16T03:29:25Z")
I thought Jack Black was totally annoying but I loved it when Owen Wilson showed up! Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/346 "2010-01-18T00:05:50Z")
Just caught it (thanks DVR). I absolutely love the meta-humor, especially in the beginning when Jack Black talks about adding one more person may ruin the rhythm of the group and in the middle of his sentence the opening credits play, only for the show to continue right where Black left off. Utterly hilarious and brilliant writing. Usually it is Abed, being somewhat of the narrator of group dynamics and he did it again, by doing the Jeff = Hawkeye comparison (the martini machine was awesome as well). ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/347 "2010-01-18T01:20:24Z")
They found a totally annoying actor to play a totally annoying character which is one totally annoying too many. The M_A_S\*H subplot worked, but the show as a whole was the season low. They need to get back to friction in the group. I’m sure that somewhere up this thread we talked about the danger of having a guest villain of the week. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/348 "2010-01-18T01:46:12Z")
Maybe Jack lack didn’t really work, but the payoff with Owen Wilson was pretty good, and there were some other decent little bits and throwaways throughout the episode. If this was an off episode for the show, then it’s still pretty damn good. Even the worst episode is still better than bilge like _Til Death_. I think it has to be said that the show has, on balance, been pretty entertaining, worth watching and has a base level consistency that never dips below tolerable. It’s best moments are outstanding (the meta jokes as well as the joke jokes). It kind of reminds me of _Arrested Development_, not in terms of stories (obviolusly, the show are nothing alike in that regard), but in terms of wit, and wordplay and self-winking. _Parks and Recreation_ has gotten a lot better as well. Thursday nights are currently as solid as they’ve been since the _Seinfeld_ says. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/349 "2010-01-18T01:47:14Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > The M_A_S\*H subplot worked, but the show as a whole was the season low. Yet the Annie-on-Brita cheerleader fight was the highlight of the season. Odd. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/350 "2010-01-18T01:49:42Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Yet the Annie-on-Brita cheerleader fight was the highlight of the season. Odd. If you ever make it to Salt Lake, you have a cold beer coming for reminding me of that scene… ---
**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:** [January 18, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/351 "2010-01-18T02:37:24Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Yet the Annie-on-Brita cheerleader fight was the highlight of the season. Odd. My God, that was hot. ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/352 "2010-01-18T20:47:56Z")
Eh. I didn’t love this one. I did enjoy the meta joke with the intro cutting off Jack Black, but I think that was the only time I laughed during the entire episode. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/353 "2010-01-20T15:47:30Z")
I guess I’m the only one here who really likes Jack Black so naturally I enjoyed this episode. It was especially funny how they introduced him. When they have a group hug he tentatively walks up as if he wants to be a part of it, then his face is in one of the reaction shots, then a few seconds later the characters realize he’s there. I didn’t notice it the first time. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/354 "2010-01-21T15:28:27Z")
Why was I not informed about this show?! Put me on whatever newsletter list that notifies people of TV shows not designed for retards. Best comedy since Arrested Development, although not nearly as good. Probably is too limited in the premises (and probably on too conservative a network) to go all the places AD went and will probably flame out sooner, but in the meantime I’m enjoying it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/355 "2010-01-22T02:52:59Z")
## With the re-introduction of the uber-hottie Professor Slater character, I will say again that Community has the most attractive three women in a single cast of any television show I can think of… To show just how shallow and/or lonely I am, I would personally rank Annie (Alison Brie) as the most attractive, followed by Professor Slater, then Britta. (Gillian Jacobs). How about you? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/356 "2010-01-22T02:56:53Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > ## With the re-introduction of the uber-hottie Professor Slater character, I will say again that Community has the most attractive three women in a single cast of any television show I can think of… > > To show just how shallow and/or lonely I am, I would personally rank Annie (Alison Brie) as the most attractive, followed by Professor Slater, then Britta. (Gillian Jacobs). > > How about you? Not to mention Brita in a leotard. That was a plus. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/357 "2010-01-22T03:01:51Z")
Re: The 1/20 show. This is why television was invented. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/358 "2010-01-22T06:10:38Z")
brita looked the best she’s ever looked. Pierce was on fire. the ending bit was awesome. get 'em while they’re goobery ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/359 "2010-01-22T12:26:28Z")
“When I was thirty, people would wish me dead to my face! THAT was RESPECT!” “Let me get the Break-up Form…” This is one of the most consistently witty shows I have seen in years. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/360 "2010-01-22T13:39:36Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > With the re-introduction of the uber-hottie Professor Slater character, I will say again that Community has the most attractive three women in a single cast of any television show I can think of One word: **Bones**. And Emily Deschanel comes in third. Good show. I loved Pierce’s reaction when Jeff told him he should drop dead. Also the crossword puzzle gag. “Don’t you see the pattern here?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596.md?page=19)