COMMUNITY (Season 2): Streets Aheadier

I read today that the Christmas episode will be in stop motion animation. I just wish them luck against that pile of shit that is the Big Bang theory.

I am eagerly waiting for El Tigre's show this season. It seems Harmon understands how to handle him.

Mattioli, great title. I guess "Annie's boobs return" would be a little over the top.

Man, I completely forgot this was up against Big Bang Theory.

I'm thrilled that Community will be back though (although I'm excited that the Fall TV season in general is starting back up again)

I'm super excited! I've missed the gang. Let's hope for an amazing season 2.

Sad thing is this is gonna get slaughtered by Big Bang Theory. Hopefully NBC sticks with it, as it is arguably the best thing on the network next to 30 Rock.

I'm all sorts of excited for Thursday night.

Oh man is it really THIS WEEK? Awesometown.

Can't. Wait. Just pre-ordered the S1 DVD set, too--time to preach to the unconverted!!

And yeah, I tried watching The Big Bang Theory once, to see what sort of competition it would be. Ugh...WHY is the show that popular?? I laughed maybe once.

I sat through one episode of Big Bang Theory and that was one too many. I just don't get the appeal.

I have no words for the amount of excitement I have for the return of Community. It does feel as the use of Betty is beating a dead horse at this point, but their use of Jack Black gives me strong confidence the show will know how to utilize her well.

And El Tigre as a student? The possibilities are endless!

They should buck the recent trend and have her not be the bawdy old lady.

I have perfect faith and perfect trust that they don't fuck this up. I owe them nothing less.

Oh yeah, the show sucks...hard. But it's gonna eat up Community, hope I'm wrong though.

Fuck Big Bang Theory. I really hope Community holds on to enough viewers to last at least a full season.
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The problem with CBS is that you (or maybe it's just me) can't watch most of their stuff online. They don't put up alot on their website other than daytime soaps, and they don't use Hulu that I can tell either. I'm not a big fan of BBT, but I like NCIS and a few others. So to make sure I catch them, got to watch live.

Also, I hope Community holds it's own.

Big Bang Theory is lowest common denominator crap. So of course, it's the #1 comedy series on television.

No doubt about it, Community is going to get eaten alive (as will 30 Rock against Bullshit Shatner Says). Knock on wood, it holds just enough viewers to keep chugging along.

I think I just Big Banged in my pants.

Seriously though, Community is so damned good and original so of course that crappy CBullShit sitcom is going to crush it. Which really sucks since Harmon and Co. are twisted geniuses of the highest order.

I don't understand how 95% of CBS' programming gets the ratings that they do.

Plenty more Annie gifs to come, friendo.

This is the prime CBS demographic:



The only show worth watching is Craig Ferguson and that's it.

Bless you.

Only CBS shows I watch are Criminal Minds and The Mentalist. CM because I kinda love serial killers, and TM because I kinda love Simon Baker's hair.

NCIS is actually pretty damned good. And Letterman is still Awesome.

Written by Harmon and... Starburns!

Don't forget How I Met Your Mother. It's the only laugh-track show I can stomach.

I think the reason CBS doesn't put many of its shows online is because it assumes its audience don't know how those newfangled Internets work.

Well of course, Starburns has been doing stop motion shows on adult swim for the last few years.

By the way, is the shirt ripping clip from an episode of Community? Cause this is the first time I'm seeing it and it is glorious!

I didn't know that

Follow the white rabbit...

The appeal is Jim Parsons. He's fantastic.

Sub. Scribed. Looking forward to catching up on new episodes with you guys.

Yes, but the script is shit.

Imagine Annie dressed like Little Red Riding Hood. There you have, Halloween special.

Isn't that the name of a band? If he's the guy I think hie is, all I recall him doing was rattling off nerdism and then a laugh track telling me I should find him hilarious.

A stop-motion Christmas episode, and now a zombie apocalypse Halloween episode? The show hasn't even started yet, and oh my cup it doth run over.

Considering how epic that paintball episode was...I can only dream of what madness they will bring to both episodes.

Why isn't there a KICK PUNCHER t-shirt yet?

Last season's Halloween episode wasn't too shabby either. It's the one that turned a lot of people who were on the fence. WHomever has the dancing Annie skeleton .gif, post it please!

That trippy scene was pure gold and El Tigre sold it. As I posted earlier, Annie will incarnate Little Red Riding Hood.

I don't know if I blame Parsons or the showrunners/writers for this, but Abed is everything that Sheldon Cooper wants to be. I actually find it slightly offensive how caricatured Sheldon's version of Aspergers is. He pushes it to the extremely autistic realm, and couples it with OCD, making the character almost literally a circus freak. Sheldon isn't a human being, he's an outsider's view of how life must be for an autistic person, to laugh at. Compare him to Abed, who is just a regular guy who has some social awkwardness, but the same level of passion (only for geek shit instead of nerd shit). After half a season, we felt compassion for Abed in "Physical Education" because of his unconventional way of relating to women, but were shown and told at the end that "Abed, you're a god." (-Jeff Winger) I find it very hard to believe that after 3 seasons ANYone would give a shit if Sheldon were hit by a bus, because he's so damn insufferable. If Big Bang Theory was anything approaching reality, Sheldon would be jobless, homeless, muttering to himself in an alleyway somewhere. And I don't care that "it's just a sitcom, not reality", because Community has twice the hyper-stylized elements as BBT, yet all the characters are more grounded.
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Sorry, my wife was forced to catch up on all of BBT because of her Writing the Situational Comedy class in film school, and we both agree that the worst part of the show is Sheldon.

I like Abed more too, but he's light years away from realism. Probably the least believable character on the show.

Perhaps he's light years from realism, but as far as being believable? I think he's completely believable. It may not be realistic, but Ryan uses the phrase grounded, and there's a big difference between grounded and realistic but both will create a character who is believable. I think Abed is far more believable and sympathetic than Sheldon.

Yeah, that ^^

Oh man.

Well of course Abed is more sympathtic than Sheldon. Sheldon is the Rimmer (look up Red Dwarf for those who don't know) of Big Bang Theory. He is the ass that everyone follows because he has the power to make their lives more annoying. Granted the premise was more believable in Red Dwarf when it was 2 people, a robot, and a computer on a space ship in the middle of nowhere that couldn't get away from the man vs "so why hasn't Lenord just saved up and moved out by now".

At the same time I still like both Community and Big Bang.

I don't Twitter, but I'm sure you all will keep me updated.

By the way, has anyone mentioned yet that Amazon has the first season DVD set on sale for the ridiculously low price of 17.99?

I saw that yesterday and had to order it. Thats just an amazing deal.

I almost want to join Twitter just to follow Pierce.

"You know, a migraine is what you call a headache when you're a pussy."

So any word why it isn't on Blu?

All the episodes they gave dirt on sound great. Really want to Halloween one now.