# Community Tackles The Timeless Question... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2011, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466 "2011-04-15T09:38:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466/21 "2011-04-19T01:08:34Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > How is this even a question? I thought it was pretty obvious that Angela was the boss. _That’s_ your question? Not "Why is there a whole course devoted to _Who’s the Boss_? Damn, though, Greendale has some kickass classes. Fencing? Wine tasting? Kewl. > [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Needle nose Ned? Ned the head? Me too! Ned… Ryerson! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466/22 "2011-04-19T01:08:51Z")
This was my least favorite episode of the season. Several early jokes were IMO telegraphed and predictable, and nothing later on really made up for it. But hell, every show is gonna have some stinkers, so I don’t mind too much. ---
**Author:** ![Hallucinex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hallucinex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hallucinex)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466/23 "2011-04-19T07:16:16Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > The all-black version of Fiddler made me smile. It’s hard to be Jewish in Russia, yo ---
**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:** [April 20, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466/24 "2011-04-20T14:15:08Z")
> [@beartato](#): > > On the plus side, my girl Britta in something skimpy, Abed as Troy’s conscience, and the perfect amount of Chang. On the other hand, Britta’s face was not at its best. She looked exceedingly pale and skeletal. In one of the acting class scenes, there was a close two-shot of Britta and Troy talking to each other and I actually gasped at how horrible Britta looked close up. > [@control-z](#): > > Every time I see the guy that played the TV professor I think of Ned Ryerson on Groundhog Day. “Phil? Hey, Phil? Phil! Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you!” Stephen Tobolowsky. Always a joy. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466/25 "2011-04-21T12:08:41Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > Google it. > > I loved the part where the TV show professor (name?) was all like “I’m not a fan… I’m not a groupie… I’M AN ACADEMIC!” > > Over a TV show. Haaaaaa! Riiight, googling a treatise on Who’s The Boss? would yield the secrets to this thread :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [April 21, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466/26 "2011-04-21T12:55:57Z")
Community is an NBC Thursday night sit-com that takes place at a community college. One of the Characters, Abed - a walking repository of all things pop-culture, took a class on Who’s the Boss? The class was taught by guest-star Stephen Tobolowsky’s character, who also wrote the text book, entitled “Who Indeed.” On the first day of the class, the teacher tells the class that he’s not a fan, not a groupie, but rather he’s an _academic_. the then asks the class, “Who’s the boss?” Everyone in the class laughs at the little joke, except Abed, who says, “Angela.” The teacher explains that it was a rhetorical question, and there really was no Boss. Later, Abed approaches the teacher during office hours, and starts to explain why he thinks that Angela is The Boss. The teacher will have none of it, and tells Abed that maybe he should teach tomorrow’s class. Cut to Abed standing in front a chalk board filled with his proof (as in mathematical proof) that Angela is The Boss. A screen shot can be seen [here](http://community_tv.livejournal.com/676793.html). (Sixth picture from the top.) ---
**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:** [April 21, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466/27 "2011-04-21T14:29:26Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Stephen Tobolowsky. Always a joy. His name is his passport. Verify him. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466/28 "2011-04-21T15:04:18Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Riiight, googling a treatise on Who’s The Boss? would yield the secrets to this thread :rolleyes: Are you serious? You said you’d never heard of a show called “Community,” and you were told to Google it. How is that difficult? Why, for that matter, would you come into a thread about a show called Community and tell us you were unfamiliar with the show? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466/29 "2011-04-21T15:14:57Z")
Oh, right, as if there’s a website with a stupid name like “google”. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [April 21, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466/30 "2011-04-21T15:24:04Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Are you serious? You said you’d never heard of a show called “Community,” and you were told to Google it. How is that difficult? Why, for that matter, would you come into a thread about a show called Community and tell us you were unfamiliar with the show? To be fair - usually the Community threads are usually titled like; > [@](#): > > Community 4/14: Competitive Wine Tasting’ The title, “Community Tackles The Timeless Question…” could either refer to the TV show, or a community in general. I watch the show regularly, and then check in the next day to look for the Community thread, so I automatically knew what the OP was talking about. **EvilTOJ** apparently does not watch the show, and was understandably confused. As were **Oakminster** and **foolsguinea**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tackles-the-timeless-question/578466.md?page=1)