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#101 Post by domino harvey » Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:04 pm

Murdoch wrote:Frasier on the other hand I forgot about.
Community didn't, as they namechecked it in last nite's ep

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#102 Post by swo17 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:07 pm

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Good grief, how hot is Amanda Plummer Annie?

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#103 Post by Jean-Luc Garbo » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:16 pm

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Uma Britta is pretty good, too.

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#104 Post by domino harvey » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:31 pm

I concur with these important opinions

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#105 Post by Murdoch » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:40 pm

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Jules Shirley ftw

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#106 Post by mfunk9786 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:37 pm

Is it weird that I went back and slo-moed the slo-mo of Britta dancing? Gillian Jacobs is seriously the most beautiful actress on television.

Oh, and in case anyone was wondering: Bill Lawrence is still a really cool guy.

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#107 Post by Jean-Luc Garbo » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:53 am

mfunk9786 wrote:Gillian Jacobs is seriously the most beautiful actress on television.
Even more than Rashida Jones?

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#108 Post by mfunk9786 » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:55 am

By a smidge. :oops:

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#109 Post by Jeff » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:34 am

mfunk9786 wrote:Oh, and in case anyone was wondering: Bill Lawrence is still a really cool guy.
I love that there is apparently a legion of outraged Cougar Town fans that believe that they have just been glove slapped.

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#110 Post by mfunk9786 » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:54 am

I liked Scrubs a lot and enjoy Lawrence's brand of humor, but there is no way whatsoever that I'm watching a show called Cougar Town. There are probably a lot more people like me in that camp - I can't believe he OKed that title and continued to work on the project.

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#111 Post by Zumpano » Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:04 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:Gillian Jacobs is seriously the most beautiful actress on television.
Not to come off as DVDBeaver or anything, but after a quick Google search, I think I may have found a reason for me to check out that movie "Choke".


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#113 Post by swo17 » Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:40 pm

It is perhaps worth pointing out that my younger brother's favorite ep of Community is the chicken fingers one, despite the fact that he has never even heard of Goodfellas. Moral: The better shows discussed in that article work on their own merits. Getting the references is just the icing on the cake*.

*reference to a centuries old practice of putting cakes in the freezer so they taste better

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#114 Post by Murdoch » Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:35 pm

I thought something similar about Arrested Development and its Bush-riffing, especially the finale. Swo's right that shows like these are funny enough without needing contextualizing within an era to get them, Community and the Simpsons work because they create a universe that the shows exist in and as long as you're privy to it you won't be too left behind. A few of the Simpsons jokes discussed in the article I didn't pick up on (The Great Gabbo for one) but it didn't stop me from enjoying them. Although understanding the references make for a much more enjoyable experience, the finale of AD wouldn't be half as funny if you had no idea what went on in Iraq.

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#115 Post by mfunk9786 » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:45 pm

The 3rd season of Arrested Development was by far its weakest, even though they were current references in context, the middle east stuff was super lame.

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#116 Post by Murdoch » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:50 pm

The third season was my favorite so we'll have to agree to disagree on that.

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#117 Post by mfunk9786 » Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:03 pm

Well, at least it was one of only four television shows ever that weren't pernicious, or made for commercial gain.

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like Abed took to Cougar Town

#118 Post by Andre Jurieu » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:52 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:I liked Scrubs a lot and enjoy Lawrence's brand of humor, but there is no way whatsoever that I'm watching a show called Cougar Town. There are probably a lot more people like me in that camp - I can't believe he OKed that title and continued to work on the project.
Lawrence constantly makes fun of the title whenever possible, including throughout the show itself (for awhile he expressed his displeasure on the show's title-card), so he's made his frustration with the title quite apparent. It really has evolved passed the original premise into a kind of middle-aged (though less inventive) "Community." As Abed states, "it's good," and I believe Harmon agrees.

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#119 Post by Cold Bishop » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:19 pm


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#120 Post by domino harvey » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:15 pm

I thought we left behind episodes like this in early Season One

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#121 Post by knives » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:18 pm

Not good?

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#122 Post by domino harvey » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:21 pm

A couple laughs but overall the weakest episode since the quettle quorn one

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#123 Post by knives » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:24 pm

I like quettle quorn. It was funny and sad. The lesbian episode (it was from this season right?) for me is the weakest out of what I've seen from this season.

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#124 Post by Murdoch » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:18 pm

I thought it was better than the political debate, the Fiddler on the Roof parody gave me a good laugh.

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#125 Post by domino harvey » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:24 pm

I think the only big laugh I had was the 1-2 of the professor's drawer contents, though Annie's line about the Joke Class was good. Quettle Quorn is probably still the worst episode of Community to my eyes, but I see we all have our own opinions!

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