# Community's Back! March 15th. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560 "2012-02-21T20:57:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 22, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/21 "2012-02-22T16:58:49Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Happy Birthday! > > I wonder how many “gimmicks” the creative team can come up with before they start running out of ideas. > > They’ve done musicals, stop-motion animation, “space”, anime, alternate universes, and action paintball episodes. > > I’m sure there are many more, but **what else could they do that you Dopers can think of off the top of your heads?** 🙂 > > What would \*\*you \*\*like to see? Spoofing their baffling limbo-hiatus in some very meta way that only Community can pull off. > [@silenus](#): > > Annie’s boobs. Aye. > [@Acsenray](#): > > Are they just going to run out the already-produced episodes and then cancel it or are they really bringing the show back? Well, they’re certainly going to air the rest of season 3. No word yet on if it’ll be picked up for a 4th. But, perhaps this is a good omen? Then again, let’s see… Community wasn’t faring well against The Big Bang Theory in that time slot, so they tossed it into the Hiatus bin, replacing it with the ever beloved and strong ratings giant, 30 Rock… then their rating tanked up against TBBT… so now, they’re putting Community back in that slot again. NBC, don’t you go a’changin’! ---
**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 22, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/22 "2012-02-22T17:01:58Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > It’s my birthday today, too! > > Unless you meant March 15th, otherwise, Happy Ides of March! Actually, my birthday is a couple of days before the Return. I’m counting New Community as a birthday gif. I’ll put it right next to the expected Van Gogh TARDIS print. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/23 "2012-02-22T17:25:26Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Dan Harmon was on a podcast talking about how they wanted to do a episode based on video games. He liked the idea of being able to save your place, and if something went wrong you could go back to where you were. So Troy and/or Abed would make a mistake and then go back and try again. It eventually morphed into the alternate timeline episode, but he said they still might go back to it if they get a chance. That would be sweet! Also, they could do a spoof on ‘Road Trip’ movies. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/24 "2012-02-22T17:36:56Z")
I’ll do the same, although, I’ll have to make room for it next to the Inspector Spacetime Picasso poster. ---
**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 22, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/25 "2012-02-22T18:08:49Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Inspector Spacetime Picasso poster. Someone must do this. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/26 "2012-02-23T09:01:23Z")
More Community and no more Parks & Rec. NBC finally gets it right! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/27 "2012-02-23T10:22:18Z")
Nuh-uh! Parks and Rec is great! When they were aired back to back, it was an hour of comedy bliss for a while there (on top of DVRing TBBT to watch right after). P&R will be back, but not until April 19th, after _Up All Night_ finishes its run. ---
**Author:** ![Hallucinex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hallucinex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hallucinex)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/28 "2012-02-23T12:56:56Z")
This is no longer the darkest timeline. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/29 "2012-02-23T17:24:06Z")
Then why do we all have goatees? ---
**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 23, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/30 "2012-02-23T18:14:24Z")
Why is mine felt? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/31 "2012-02-23T18:36:56Z")
Maybe they could do a crossover epidsode. Troy and Abed go west to a Star Trek convention in Pasadena so Troy can meet LaVar Burton. While there, the boys run into Sheldon and Leonard, who are there so Sheldon can meet Leonard Nimoy. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/32 "2012-02-23T19:15:47Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Maybe they could do a crossover epidsode. Troy and Abed go west to a Star Trek convention in Pasadena so Troy can meet LaVar Burton. While there, the boys run into Sheldon and Leonard, who are there so Sheldon can meet Leonard Nimoy. Gross. Plus, Troy’s already met LaVar, to his horror… Why would he put himself through that on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/33 "2012-02-23T19:21:14Z")
Sheldon can’t meet Nimoy. There is little matter of a restraining order. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/34 "2012-02-23T19:51:42Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Gross. That was my initial reaction too. But then Community does make its nut reveling in, while sending up, TV tropes and cliches. A crossover episode would be an obvious target. But it would have to be completely on Community’s terms. Cougar Town is out, obviously. The Cape would have been out if it had gotten its seasons and a movie. Any other current shows they’ve mentioned as TV shows? I’d vote for something really bizarre. Like The Good Wife or something with a scifi element like Fringe. ---
**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 23, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/35 "2012-02-23T19:57:51Z")
Obviously, a Community/Inspector Spacetime crossover – on Inspector Spacetime, of course. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/36 "2012-02-25T00:16:09Z")
Wow, and it’s after regionals! Just like they promised! I don’t know how anything could outdo that Christmas episode, I must’ve watched that (or parts of it) near a dozen times before they took it down from OnDemand. But I sure will have fun watching them try. > [@obfusciatrist](#): > > That was my initial reaction too. But then Community does make its nut reveling in, while sending up, TV tropes and cliches. A crossover episode would be an obvious target. But it would have to be completely on Community’s terms. > > Cougar Town is out, obviously. The Cape would have been out if it had gotten its seasons and a movie. Any other current shows they’ve mentioned as TV shows? > > I’d vote for something really bizarre. Like The Good Wife or something with a scifi element like Fringe. Cougar Town is out, but not for obviously, but rather for they already did it. Lori (Laurie?) and Travis were in some of the scenes of the last paintball eps, and there was Abed in a Cougar Town scene, just like he said he would be. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/37 "2012-02-25T04:20:32Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Wow, and it’s after regionals! Just like they promised! What the hell are regionals? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/38 "2012-02-25T04:22:53Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > What the hell are regionals? I thought this WAS regionals? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/39 "2012-02-25T07:50:32Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > I’d vote for something really bizarre. Like The Good Wife or something with a scifi element like Fringe. Fringe was already referred to - albeit indirectly - in the model U.S. episode. I mean, alternate blue and red universes? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communitys-back-march-15th/613560/40 "2012-02-25T14:34:37Z")
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