# Community, October 27 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044 "2011-10-28T05:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [October 28, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/21 "2011-10-28T17:46:28Z")
Daaaamm … them boobs ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/22 "2011-10-28T18:16:32Z")
Where Abed and Troy dressed as characters from Inspector Spacetime? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/23 "2011-10-28T19:00:46Z")
I hated this episode. Something was just off. Only thing I liked was reading the test sheets at the end. Nice special effects. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/24 "2011-10-28T20:11:04Z")
Hilarious episode. It’s a shame that Chaos Theory had to be aired out of order, so we had back-to-back episodes where each group member gets a story. While most were very funny, Shirley’s had some great hits: The whole 80s/90s after school special feel. Britta dumping “WEED” all over herself. “That’s my kind of potbong!” “The bad news is, the world is over. This is NPR.” “GAAAYYY MARRIAGE!!!” Side note: I love the cinematography when the dean was brandishing the pitchfork - where he’s stabbing at the rotating, pitching camera. It’s a great way to hilariously convey fear and embarrassment. Reminded me of when Ralphie goes to see Santa in A Christmas Story. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/25 "2011-10-28T20:42:14Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Where Abed and Troy dressed as characters from Inspector Spacetime? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/26 "2011-10-28T20:47:41Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Where Abed and Troy dressed as characters from Inspector Spacetime? I think so. But it wasn’t a costume. You would know if it was. I thought Britta’s and Abed’s stories were hilarious just cause their narrative voice came out so strongly. The other characters’ stories were just as strong, but somehow I think the juxtaposition of a more standard horror story with the lackadaisical storytelling vocabulary in Britta’s story and Abed’s practicality won my heart. “This is NPR” was unexpected, but funny. Poor guys didn’t get raptured either. I do think the episode suffered from being slotted right after Remedial Chaos Theory, which has a similar structure, but I think the episode will grow on me. Perfect use of Chang this week. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/27 "2011-10-28T20:54:09Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Yes. > [@TheTerribleTako](#): > > I think so. But it wasn’t a costume. You would know if it was. That’s cool. Cool. cool. cool. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/28 "2011-10-28T21:17:18Z")
Abed in a do-rag looks amazingly like Jar Jar Binks. Favorite radio broadcast ever: “In the news tonight an escaped convict from the asylum has escaped and he’s mental and he’s on the loose and stuff. He was last seen in the woods and has a thingy for a hand, a hook thing where his hand should be, you know what I mean.” Also loved that they changed the pictures on the paper-thingy in the credits, including giving Pierce butt breasts and hand feet. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/29 "2011-10-28T23:27:55Z")
Another excellent episode, from the Inspector Spacetime clothes to the different stories. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/30 "2011-10-29T05:19:23Z")
Last night’s episode had it’s [lowest ratings](http://www.headlineplanet.com/home/2011/10/28/community-the-office-tumble-in-ratings-prime-suspect-flops/). Admittedly the World Series didn’t help, but I still can’t understand this show’s lack of an audience. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/31 "2011-10-29T05:35:48Z")
It doesn’t get popular critical acclaim either - no emmy noms ever. I have no idea why this show gets no buzz. I mean, I get that there are great shows that no one watches because they’re all idiots (Arrested Development being the prime example), but then critics recognized that it was better than the rest of the crap on TV. But they don’t seem to with community. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/32 "2011-10-29T06:06:20Z")
\*Tyler Perry’s House of Payne \*is almost universally recognized to be a horrible show (with the most annoying laugh track ever in TV history) and gets higher ratings than _Community_. Makes no sense. Of course I’ve often wondered how reliable ratings are, especially today when so many people watch online, DVR/Tivo, On Demand, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/33 "2011-10-29T06:08:16Z")
Wrong thread. But since I have this thread open, has there been any talk of canceling Community? I don’t think there’s anything to worry about until that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/34 "2011-10-29T06:20:23Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Wrong thread. > > But since I have this thread open, has there been any talk of canceling Community? I don’t think there’s anything to worry about until that happens. I don’t think so, perhaps because NBC’s ratings are so low overall that _Community_’s numbers don’t look so bad. I would assume that a lot of viewers are tuning in to _The Big Bang Theory_ instead, which was already a popular show when CBS moved it from Mondays to Thursdays. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/35 "2011-10-29T06:42:15Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > \*Tyler Perry’s House of Payne \*is almost universally recognized to be a horrible show (with the most annoying laugh track ever in TV history) and gets higher ratings than _Community_. Makes no sense. > > Of course I’ve often wondered how reliable ratings are, especially today when so many people watch online, DVR/Tivo, On Demand, etc.. Well, you kind of answered your own question. Broadband streaming, DVRs, etc. = toys of the affluent. And none of those viewing methods count towards ratings at all. The hip, smart crowd who’s watching shows like Community and Parks & Rec also tends to have and use those toys. Whereas Tyler Perry’s is a black show. The demographic for a show like that is coming from an overall lower socioeconomic class that isn’t as likely to have the same toys for watching shows. They watch TV on TV, which is still the only thing that counts towards ratings. So the numbers are going to be naturally skewed. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/36 "2011-10-29T14:34:34Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Well, you kind of answered your own question. Broadband streaming, DVRs, etc. = toys of the affluent. And none of those viewing methods count towards ratings at all. The hip, smart crowd who’s watching shows like Community and Parks & Rec also tends to have and use those toys. > > Whereas Tyler Perry’s is a black show. The demographic for a show like that is coming from an overall lower socioeconomic class that isn’t as likely to have the same toys for watching shows. They watch TV on TV, which is still the only thing that counts towards ratings. So the numbers are going to be naturally skewed. Nielsen has two sets of ratings. There are the standard watched at the timeslot ratings from the box attached to the television and the watched anytime anywhere within a week whether DVR or internet ratings accumulated from the diaries people fill out. They’ve been doing the latter for several years. Just because the news reports don’t mention them (because they aren’t news a week later) doesn’t mean that the executives and advertisers don’t scrutinize them to the last decimal point. Shows get as much as 40% more audience from time-shifted viewers. Everybody in the industry knows this. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/37 "2011-10-29T14:47:52Z")
The show’s salvation is that its viewers skew young. It gets a decent representation in the 18-49 demographic, which is very important. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/38 "2011-10-29T16:17:56Z")
8 seasons and a movie! ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/39 "2011-10-29T17:13:17Z")
I wonder if NBC would consider changing it’s timeslot before giving it the axe. As mentioned in the article, all of the shows on Thursday dropped in ratings. And it’s against heavy competition with **Big Bang**. Would it make sense to do that, or is the peacock determined to keep it’s Thursday comedy block intact? The show needs more exposure. Instead of \*\*The Office \*\*marathons they have when there’s nothing to air, there should be \*\*Community \*\*marathons. > [@cmyk](#): > > 8 seasons and a movie! I Wonder what a \*\*Community \*\*movie would be like… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lovely_Margo_Lane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044/40 "2011-10-29T17:16:35Z")
I was a little distracted by Britta’s awesome sweater with the knit orange elbow patches and shoulder buttons. Want it, 40 minutes of googling came up with nil ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-october-27/601044.md?page=3)