# "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:** 21
**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:** [February 6, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/401 "2010-02-06T02:46:53Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > I can’t decide which I like more, that line or the one where Pierce dresses up as the Beastmaster and trips out and Troy tells him ‘You have a full-on erection.’ I think Troy has the best delivery in all the cast. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/402 "2010-02-06T03:31:44Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > I also used to have this problem. Make the shows you always watch into a Series recording - click on your DVR button and click on Series recording, then set this up for all of your shows. (Don’t just hit the “record” button within the guide when your cursor is overtop of the show each week.) Go into the further settings of each of your series recording and change the stop time to 2 minutes past the set time. This should fix the problem for the rest of the season, and for all of your shows. Also, in the meantime, go to Hulu and click to where looks close to the end, and you can watch the last few minutes. Hope this helps! My DVR doesn’t have a “series” setting. It will let you record all first run episodes, or all episodes on this day or time, or all episodes of this title. What it will not do is record the extra two minutes you try to add to the timing. It doesn’t record by timing but by where and how the series appears in the episode guide. It’s different from what you use. Yes, I know about Hulu. It’s the getting cut off that I’m complaining about. That I can catch the ending in another place at another time is another story. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/403 "2010-02-07T19:05:40Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > My DVR doesn’t have a “series” setting. It will let you record all first run episodes, or all episodes on this day or time, or all episodes of this title. What it will not do is record the extra two minutes you try to add to the timing. It doesn’t record by timing but by where and how the series appears in the episode guide. It’s different from what you use. Based in your location there’s a good chance you have Cablevision, which is the same service I have. They’ve added the “extra couple minutes” feature fairly recently. Go in and change the end time to add a minute and it should reflect that for all recordings of the show. It’ll actually show the extra minutes in the “scheduled recordings” listing when you’re done so you’ll be able to verify that it worked. If it doesn’t work for first run, also try it for “this time slot”, which is almost as good. I know I added a full 10 minutes to Human Target to deal with it following American Idol and those 10 minutes got added the following week as well. And that was set as first run. Generally speaking, though, I schedule sitcoms manually in blocks so I don’t lose the 20 seconds between shows starting and ending, which often include a bonus bumper. So each Thursday, for example, I set a single recording of 30 Rock for 8pm to 10:01pm. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/404 "2010-02-07T20:50:28Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Based in your location there’s a good chance you have Cablevision, which is the same service I have. Nope. Time Warner. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/405 "2010-02-07T22:27:30Z")
Still worth a shot. Something I forgot to mention is that it only seems to work if you edit an existing timer. If you tack on the extra minute when you first set the timer it seems to ignore it. If you go in and edit an existing persistant timer, it seems to realize you always want the extra time and adds on the same number of mintes each week. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/406 "2010-02-07T23:03:57Z")
Wow, this makes my problems with my DVR’s (6 so far in 3 years, woo Comcast!) seem minor. Does anyone else seem to think that Britta is the weakest character? I find everyone else is really on top of their game, but she always “takes me out of the show”, so to speak. I find the other characters really all mesh well, but only when Britta and Jeff interact do I think she meshes well. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/407 "2010-02-08T03:04:02Z")
Britta was originally a foil for Jeff, the person who saw through his sleaze. Now that Jeff has become a bit less sleazy, she has less to do. ---
**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 12, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/408 "2010-02-12T18:57:54Z")
Jeff - you broke Abed. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/409 "2010-02-12T18:59:03Z")
Abed is now my favorite sitcom character — ever. The actor has absolutely nailed him. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/410 "2010-02-12T18:59:34Z")
Troy was getting into the dancing far too much… ---
**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:** [February 12, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/411 "2010-02-12T19:06:58Z")
I liked Abed’s experiments with sarcasm and inflection. The pants suits actually were rather fetching. ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/412 "2010-02-12T19:11:05Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Troy was getting into the dancing far too much… I think he was trying not to cry as he did it. He had some funny facial expressions. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/413 "2010-02-12T19:14:09Z")
the breakfast club dance was hilarious. but whoever did Britta’s makeup last night should be fired. It was glaringly awful. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/414 "2010-02-12T19:23:08Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Jeff - you broke Abed. Jeff: (paraphrasing) Something something something. Abed: “Movie reference.” Britta: “Do be fair, Abed’s turtle face is hysterical.” ---
**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:** [February 12, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/415 "2010-02-12T19:34:59Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > but whoever did Britta’s makeup last night should be fired. It was glaringly awful. It was so bad that it HAD to be on purpose—She has always looked so good with minimal makeup, extremely fresh and natural, so to see her painted up like that was a huge WTF… (and for some reason, Professor Slater wasn’t as hot as usual either—Annie is still the most attractive member of the cast, for my money) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/416 "2010-02-12T19:36:04Z")
Britta was supposed to look hung over. She was supposed to look bad. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/417 "2010-02-12T19:41:18Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Britta was supposed to look hung over. She was supposed to look bad. I thought they were referring to her appearance at the dance - by which time she should no longer be hungover. The makeup was way over done. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/418 "2010-02-12T19:48:03Z")
Well, she did it to mess with Jeff, so maybe it was bad on purpose. If I haven’t said it before, I’ll say it now. I love Señor Chang. He’s the most obnoxious character I’ve ever come across, and yet I love him. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/419 "2010-02-12T19:49:47Z")
Agree that dance makeup was ridiculous. Especially the lips. Also, does anyone else besides me not like Prof. Slater? She just seems kind of bitchy and insecure. Like how before any of this Jeff-Britta drama started, she kept making little snide comments about Britta, calling her “Bitter” and “the girl with a million leather jackets,” and saying the only reason she was against Valentine’s day was cause she didn’t have a date. My opinion might be tainted by the fact that I’m a huge Jeff-Britta shipper. Usually I don’t like it when the male and female leads get together, cause I think it almost implies that men and women can’t just be really good friends, and in a way maybe demeans friendship. But something about Jeff and Britta . . . as Shirley says, “two cute white people . . . it just seems _right_.” ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/420 "2010-02-12T20:07:11Z")
I’m not big on Prof Slater and Jeff. I’m also not pro Jeff and Britta. At least not until Britta grows a bit more with her character. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596.md?page=22)