# "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:** 19
**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 22, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/361 "2010-01-22T14:13:22Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > brita looked the best she’s ever looked. Absolutely agree, even minus the leotard. Hair-back and straight is a fantastic look for her. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/362 "2010-01-22T14:18:02Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Absolutely agree, even minus the leotard. Hair-back and straight is a fantastic look for her. I would have loved to see her minus the leotard. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/363 "2010-01-22T14:19:36Z")
I think this show is getting real good from a writing/editing standpoint, but I also think I still tune in mostly for the babes. Is this so wrong? ---
**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, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/364 "2010-01-22T14:23:28Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > I would have loved to see her minus the leotard. Rent Choke. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/365 "2010-01-22T18:38:01Z")
What was it that Troy said to Brita? Something like, “Girls are supposed to dance. That’s why God gave them parts that jiggle.” Damn I love this show. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/366 "2010-01-22T18:47:06Z")
The brunette teacher is seriously doable. If I had to choose between her and Brita, I’d choose to be between her and Brita. ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/367 "2010-01-22T19:01:53Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > The brunette teacher is seriously doable. If I had to choose between her and Brita, I’d choose to be between her and Brita. Which leaves Annie free to “hang out” with me… (but you are right about Professor Slater—She is a stunner) ---
**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 23, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/368 "2010-01-23T00:24:10Z")
Head’s up! Alison Brie (Annie) is going to be on Attack of the Show on G4 in about 1.5 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/369 "2010-01-23T01:37:13Z")
Abed’s dance at at the end was pretty impressive. Favorite Piercism: Jeff: [My girlfriend’s] last name Beeswax, first name ‘None-a-your’. Pierce: Really? My third wife was biracial too. For those not familiar, the [Greendale Community College website](http://www.greendalecommunitycollege.com/) (maintained by the show but separate from the show site) is great, especially the faculty and student profiles. Also pins down the location as Greendale, Colorado. The Admissions Page is pretty good too: Greendale Community College: You’re Already Accepted! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/370 "2010-01-23T03:04:03Z")
> [@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? Brita, Slater than Annie. Although Slater has the advantage of being easy. I loved the nod from Pierce to all his old SNL cast mates when he said he was used to being told “drop dead” to his face. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/371 "2010-01-23T05:57:19Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > I loved the nod from Pierce to all his old SNL cast mates when he said he was used to being told “drop dead” to his face. Didn’t catch that, but it would work. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/372 "2010-01-24T21:51:21Z")
Just wanted to reiterate for the benefit of all the new posters to the thread that Annie is also in Mad Men, although in a very different sort of role as Trudy. I think she’s an amazing actress, because it took me a handful of Community episodes to realize they were the same person. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/373 "2010-01-24T22:04:45Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Just wanted to reiterate for the benefit of all the new posters to the thread that Annie is also in Mad Men, although in a very different sort of role as Trudy. I think she’s an amazing actress, because it took me a handful of Community episodes to realize they were the same person. And she can[dance the Charleston](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_pecY1JfBw). ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/374 "2010-01-28T05:03:22Z")
OMFG, this is the first television episode I’ve ever watched THREE times in a row. _Tea for TWO? But there’s FIVE! Wouldn’t the tea kill the flowers?_ ---
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/375 "2010-01-29T20:28:04Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > 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). The Jack Black episode dripped with it, but that meta-tone has been emerging as a consistent theme since the start of the series. It’s most obvious in the character of Abed–whose interprets events completely in terms of pop-culture–but all of them have moments here and there when they seem to be aware of their sitcom existence. Right now, all of NBC’s Thursday comedies get a good portion of their laughs by having characters comment on the show itself. But “Community” is somewhat unusual because it doesn’t rely on familiar tropes to do this. “P&R” and “The Office” lean on the documentary conceit to introduce meta-humor, and characters in the wonderfully screwball “30 Rock” will overtly address the viewer. Each of these techniques clearly separates the character as part of the story from the character as an actor in the story. But in “Community”, the meta-humor is discussed by and integrated with characters inside the (sitcom) plot, rather than having those characters “step out” of the action to get the meta-point across. So far it’s worked, and if the writers are smart they’ll develop this idea further. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/376 "2010-01-31T06:53:12Z")
[Abed](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2209821/) is just another Chicago Polack? Er, makes a lot of 21st century sense. I drive through hoods that flaunt tempting cuisine except I recall too hell what a person well south of the Tropic ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/377 "2010-01-31T06:54:29Z")
[Abed](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2209821/) is just another Chicago Polack? Er, makes a lot of 21st century sense. I drive through hoods that flaunt tempting cuisine except I recall too hell what a person well south of the Tropic of Cancer is likely to love. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/378 "2010-01-31T07:04:14Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > One word: **Bones**. And Emily Deschanel comes in third. Blasphemy! Especially when Zoe and Emily appeared as cousins. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/379 "2010-01-31T12:52:05Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > One word: **Bones**. And Emily Deschanel comes in third. > \ I agree. Although she looked amazing in her Wonder Woman costume on that Halloween episode. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/380 "2010-02-05T13:12:15Z")
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