# Community (TV Show) comes to Netflix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\ **Created:** [April 1, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809 "2020-04-01T15:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/21 "2020-04-03T23:53:16Z")
That quiz [personality test](https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/) that’s going around twitter? I took it and got high match with Abed. I don’t know if that’s a badge of honor or of shame. I did just rewatch Cougar Town… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/22 "2020-04-04T00:23:24Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > That quiz [personality test](https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/) that’s going around twitter? I took it and got high match with Abed. I got Daniel Jackson from _SG1_. I wonder what all characters they have? eta: Oh, I see that there is a drop down list of “universe” choices–the default is “all.” In \*Community \*I’m also Abed. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/23 "2020-04-04T14:53:29Z")
I loved Community when it was on NBC, never saw the final Yahoo season. I started rewatching the other night after seeing this thread. Watching multiple episodes in a row, I’m noticing more jokes that span episodes than the first time around. (Example, in the episode where Dean Pelton is trying to get Troy to play football for Greendale, he makes a comment about how they’re only known for how gay their basketball team is. A couple episodes later, during the debate between Greendale and City College, the debate is suspended because the basketball team needs the gym for practice. And as the team takes the floor, it’s clear that yes, they are very gay.) Back when Jim Parsons was winning all those Emmys for playing Sheldon Cooper on TBBT, I thought they should have gone to Danny Pudi instead. He absolutely nailed the character of Abed. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/24 "2020-04-04T15:07:43Z")
[Here](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cWfJYJMrYa0) is a little _Community_ bonus scene from an episode of _Cougar Town_. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/25 "2020-04-05T00:34:16Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > eta: Oh, I see that there is a drop down list of “universe” choices–the default is “all.” In \*Community \*I’m also Abed. Yeah… my number one out of everything was Abed. Not just Community. Pop pop. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/26 "2020-04-06T23:41:56Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > You guys are mostly wrong about the last seasons being bad. They’re different, and they lack Donald Glover who gave the most consistently incredible comic performance there has ever been as Troy, but the average quality is pretty good and there are some gems. The fourth season is the bad one - that’s the one where they kicked Dan Harmon off his own show, and the result is a season of what feels like mediocre fan fiction of the show. Harmon comes back for seasons 5 and 6 and, while never returning to the high of season 2-3, they’re as good as season 1 and still constitute some of the best comedy ever put on TV. Strong agree, although I think season 4 has its charms too. All of Community is great. Some is superb. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/27 "2020-04-06T23:46:30Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > ??? > Do you have the impression that _Community_ is similar to _Rick and Morty_? Because it really isn’t, at all. One episode of R&M does refer to Community (hilariously, in my opinion). Good to know the whole series is available on Netflix - I think I missed most of the post-Glover seasons. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/28 "2020-04-07T00:12:18Z")
Thanks to this thread, I am an addict. Binged until 4am yesterday. I still think I am in season one. I watch it alone. I think with more people it would help the laughs come out. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/29 "2020-04-08T10:36:05Z")
I just saw [a trailer](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6grl2dFwCxs) for a movie about Ken Jeong sitting behind a desk! Sadly, it isn’t [_Chief Starr and the Raiders of the Galaxy_](https://community-sitcom.fandom.com/wiki/Chief_Starr_and_the_Raiders_of_the_Galaxy). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/30 "2020-04-08T12:24:14Z")
It’s a really good time for Community to have come to Netflix. Even the less remembered episodes are funny. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/31 "2020-04-08T13:44:45Z")
I rewatched the whole series a year or two ago (streaming on the CTV web site, I think). Generally I felt that the episodes I disliked weren’t as bad as I remembered and the episodes I liked weren’t as good as I remembered. In particular, some of the high concept episodes weren’t quite as fresh the second time around. Still a very funny show (mostly), though. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/32 "2020-04-08T14:27:53Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Watching multiple episodes in a row, I’m noticing more jokes that span episodes than the first time around. When I was rewatching the series, I was surprised to see that the “Ass Crack Bandit” from Season 5 was a callback to a line in Season 2 (when Annie was running for student council)! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/33 "2020-04-08T19:07:12Z")
I’m glad all the seasons are there including the Yahoo one. It was…different than the rest but still better than most shows out there. Frankie and Elroy were good additions to the cast. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/34 "2020-04-21T15:41:27Z")
I happened upon this series yesterday. Watched the first 2 eps - not terribly impressed. What do you think? Should I give it a couple more eps? Or if I didn’t like the 1st 2, am I unlikely to like what follows? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/35 "2020-04-21T15:57:06Z")
\*\* Dinsdale\*\* it takes a while for the series to get rolling. The second half of the first season is much stronger than the first half. Stick with it a little longer. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/36 "2020-04-21T16:02:07Z")
Skip ahead and watch 1.21 and 1.23 - they’re closer to what the show eventually becomes, without being so far ahead that it’s harder to enjoy them without knowing the characters and in-jokes better. If you like those, go back and watch it from the beginning and give it time to grow. It’s much more of a standard sitcom during the early episodes than it later becomes. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/37 "2020-04-21T16:08:50Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > That quiz [personality test](https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/) that’s going around twitter? I took it and got high match with Abed. > > I don’t know if that’s a badge of honor or of shame. I did just rewatch Cougar Town… Chandler Bing? Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/38 "2020-04-21T16:47:36Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Chandler Bing? > > Huh. Could you _be_ any more surprised? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/39 "2020-04-21T18:20:52Z")
OK - I’ll give it another try. Wanted to like it, as my wife teaches at a CC. And I like Jon Oliver. As expected, Chevy Chase is pretty horrible. My wife’s comment was, “They look too old for CC students, and their skin is too clear!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PatMick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@PatMick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatMick)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809/40 "2020-04-21T18:42:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Community which ran from 2009 to 2015 and somehow managed 6 season but no movie (yet?). 110 episodes. It was an extremely funny series at its best but the last 2 years were not very good sadly. Will have to check it out. My wife only watches sitcoms…and we’re cycling through the same 8-10 every few years. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809.md?page=3)