# Community Season Premiere **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277 "2011-09-23T00:41:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/21 "2011-09-23T16:33:13Z")
I love the reaction to Troy and Abed’s announcement they were living together. Reminded me of Leonard’s mom on BIG BANG THEORY referring to Howard and Raj’s “ersatz homosexual marriage”. Loved John Goodman and the Dean’s competing evil laughs. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/22 "2011-09-23T16:39:57Z")
What a great way to start the new season. Everything changed and yet stayed the same, with openings for a season’s worth of plot lines. The parodies and homages were brilliant. The only thing I can think to say is that I hope they didn’t blow the budget with them and have to do too many bucket shows. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/23 "2011-09-23T17:27:08Z")
For those that missed it: [Annie’s dance moves.](http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/09/thursday-night-recap#page/2) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/24 "2011-09-23T19:11:16Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > On the whiteboard: > > > [@](#): > > > > Trannies, Monkeys, and Toys. Oh my! > > What actor does this refer to? > > Now, I’m curious. > > And that’s WhusssuP. Robin Williams? ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/25 "2011-09-23T19:29:54Z")
“They only ran six episodes. That’s the great thing about British TV. They give you closure.” I remember when a friend of mine refused to watch _Fawlty Towers_ when he found out there were only 12 episodes. “What’s the point of that?” ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/26 "2011-09-23T19:31:29Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > For those that missed it: [Annie’s dance moves.](http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/09/thursday-night-recap#page/2) I see ass! ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/27 "2011-09-23T19:55:02Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I lost it at “Inspector Spacetime.” “This is the best show I’ve ever seen in my entire life.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/28 "2011-09-23T19:56:12Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I remember when a friend of mine refused to watch _Fawlty Towers_ when he found out there were only 12 episodes. “What’s the point of that?” Does he not watch movies then? Only two hours? Pffft. ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/29 "2011-09-23T21:37:38Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I remember when a friend of mine refused to watch _Fawlty Towers_ when he found out there were only 12 episodes. “What’s the point of that?” Yeah, since I started getting into British tv, I’ve noticed how shows are approached differently in the UK and the US. To us Americans, the shows seem to run for such a short period of time, and so few episodes a season - but in Britain, I think the focus is more on producing a good product that ends when it has run its course, whenever that may be. More like a miniseries with a distinct endpoint. Whereas in the States, a show would go on for years and years, long after the writers have run out of ideas, and would only go off the air when the main cast gets tired of it or ratings finally go down. It’s also interesting that what Americans call a “season” is called a “series” in the UK. I think it shows how Brits tend to think of each year’s worth of shows as a distinct show almost. To borrow an example from the Community episode, there’s Doctor Who, in which the revised series has changed some of the cast each season except the current one. I remember the 80s Sherlock Holmes show, where each season was named after the book that the stories were from: First “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” then next season, “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,” etc. Or TV cook Nigella Lawson, where each season is tied in with (and named after) her latest book. She doesn’t put out a new book every year, so she doesn’t do new episodes every year either. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/30 "2011-09-23T23:01:13Z")
Great as always…but I was kinda hoping for a Troy n Abed ending like the old days. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/31 "2011-09-23T23:33:49Z")
There’s already an [Inspector Spacetime](http://shirtoid.com/48484/inspector-spacetime/) T-Shirt. ---
**Author:** ![fc1114](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@fc1114](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fc1114)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/32 "2011-09-24T00:47:27Z")
This is their third season, isn’t community college supposed to be only two years? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/33 "2011-09-24T00:48:34Z")
> [@fc1114](#): > > This is their third season, isn’t community college supposed to be only two years? If you take a full load of courses. If you’re only taking one or two at a time it can take much longer. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/34 "2011-09-24T01:40:13Z")
I think they said it’s actually a four-year college, and that the group will graduate at the end of season four – but the show will continue. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/35 "2011-09-24T01:45:28Z")
> [@fc1114](#): > > This is their third season, isn’t community college supposed to be only two years? Some community colleges do offer four year degrees. And as **Sampiro** says, someone who isn’t going to school full time isn’t going to complete an Associate’s Degree in two years. Pierce probably isn’t pursuing a degree at all, but is just taking classes as a way to fill his time. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/36 "2011-09-24T02:05:54Z")
Didn’t Pierce once say he’d been going there for like fifteen years? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/37 "2011-09-24T02:58:11Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > The 2001: A Space Odyssey nod was cool. Yes, but was it really a Kubrick nod? (Jeff’s ax action could be right out of The Shining) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/38 "2011-09-24T03:45:32Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Some community colleges do offer four year degrees. [Dean Pelton]Just like a real university![/Dean Pelton] Anyone else notice that Jim Rash (Pelton) has his name in the opening credits now? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/39 "2011-09-24T03:51:49Z")
I enjoyed Annie’s Boob’s namesake’s underpants’ replay’s slo-mo’s discussion’s witticisms. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277/40 "2011-09-24T16:06:57Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Yes, but was it really a Kubrick nod? (Jeff’s ax action could be right out of The Shining) Why couldn’t it be two Kubrick nods? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-premiere/597277.md?page=3)