anyway the more i think about it the more this episode was a total success -- annie's sexy idiot song, the baby boomer song and the children who don't know about jesus song were all perfection
I loved how cynically contrived each of those songs was as a recruitment tool, especially Shirley's.
― Matt DC, Monday, 12 December 2011 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
is it someone's birthday today??? public schools won't tell me!
― j., Monday, 12 December 2011 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
This episode was hilarious and it was more because of the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" vibe than it was because it was a musical. Britta going up to Jeff and having him turn around going "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" and her subsequent scream was just money.
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
yup
― flexidisc, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
yeah just the bland laaaaaaaaaaaaaaa was the lolingest part of that
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
also the implication that everyone else had to be brainwashed via a specific type of song geared towards their sensibilities in order to get sucked into the glee club, but Jeff could just go "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" at Britta and after a good scream she's totally down
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
like, it actually subtly played to the character's total lack of connection to music
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
I got a Christmastime for me. I got a Christmastime for a tree.
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
― OH NOES, Monday, December 12, 2011 11:17 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
haha yes i remember thinking "that's all it takes?"
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty good ep. I really hate musicals and would never watch Glee willingly and was going to stop watching until Annie's dance. A pretty enjoyable episode. I liked how Pierce took credit for the perfection of music by the baby boomers. And the "Laaaaa" part was LOL, otm. And yay for animated gifs:
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx5i4AgTm1qbmsgzo1_250.gifhttp://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx5i4AgTm1qbmsgzo2_250.gifhttp://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx5i4AgTm1qbmsgzo3_250.gif
― Emperor Cos Dashit, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
i was cringing that entire scene.
― sir thermo of thinwall, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
prefer it in animated gif form.
I am reasonably certain that scene was supposed to induce cringing, hence Jeff's commentary at the end.
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
I enjoyed Pierce's reaction to the Baby Boomer Santa song. He looked so proud.
― Mr. Farmer, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
I loved that.
― pothole pleasures, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
yeah and the dylan impression lol
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Monday, 12 December 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/mNT2E.jpg
peace
― tumblr whine-y (dayo), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah Troy as Dylan was fantastic. Although Childish Gambino has kind of killed the funny in Troy rapping, A-B-E-D had me laughing twice as much.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i was kind of stunned at how bad the rapping was
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
I wasn't, because I've heard Childish Gambino records. I think Donald Glover is so funny but his rapping is tragic.
― Nicole, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
i mean i think he's a terrible "rap artist" but on a technical level i've heard him do better than that at least
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
Did not know that Dan Harmon busted up with his girlfriend this summer. Maybe this explains all the self-taken bubble bath photos he's posting on Twitter.
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
she used to take the pics for him?
― Mr. Stevenson #2, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
I watched this again yesterday and Annie's "Wha's a 'dimwahwahwah wetwahwah'?" babytalk was hilarious
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
xxp yeah, i remember reading about the breakup (and a few "love is dead"-type things he posted to tumblr) and wondering if it would seep into his writing somehow this season. i don't think it has, really.
― reddening, Thursday, 15 December 2011 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
so i was listening to dan harmon on that nerdist podcast and it really alternated between somewhat enjoyable and total pseudo-science bullshit uncomfortable nonsense. i ultimately had to turn it off. that podcast has just the worst two hosts.
― Mordy, Thursday, 15 December 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
It makes me sad that there will be no Community on tonight and yet Whitney continues to exist.
― Nicole, Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
Whitney's getting swapped with Up All Night soon, isn't it?
― OH NOES, Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Not soon enough.
― Nicole, Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
I thought it was very VERY telling that Chelsea Handler did a guest appearance on Whitney as her shrink and was EFFORTLESSLY a bazillion times funnier than everyone in the regular cast.
― OH NOES, Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
still read that everytime as Whiney and not Whitney.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
Works either way.
― Nicole, Thursday, 15 December 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
that podcast has just the worst two hosts.
lol, it has three, but two of them are completely indistinguishable (and both are more subdued verions of the main dude)
― The Larry Sandbox Show (sic), Friday, 16 December 2011 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
i am fine w/ no new community tonight because i really needed to see the stop motion ep again
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 16 December 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
xp wait there are three hosts on that podcast???
― Mordy, Friday, 16 December 2011 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
oh, you know, i made a mistake. it wasn't the nerdist i was talking about. it was indoor kids. can we plz spend a minute talking about how terrible indoor kids are?
Enh, I think they're okay, but they really need a Jeremy Parish type who actually knows game history, context, the diff between Western & Japanese gamedev philosophies, etc.
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Friday, 16 December 2011 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
the Whitney hate itt makes me very...happy. one episode was enough to make me gag.
― if you ain't gonna wash it, i ain't gonna eat it, Friday, 16 December 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
Dan himself does Harmontown every once in a while in the space that the Nerdiast guys set up at an L.A. comic shop
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Friday, 16 December 2011 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
the Cheslea Handler love itt makes me very...confused.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 16 December 2011 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
Wait where are you seeing Chelsea Handler love, because I know it's not in my post
― OH NOES, Friday, 16 December 2011 05:32 (twelve years ago) link
it actually subtly played to the character's total lack of connection to music
She didn't sing as badly in last year's Christmas episode though. I have to admit I'm still having some trouble with what they're doing with Britta this season.
― EveningStar, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
In what way?
― HOOS aka driver of steen, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
For one, it's a little hard to swallow since they've basically changed her character/personality type without really showing how this is some kind of organic or logical development of her character. (Annie's character has changed as well, for example, but it makes sense as a sort of maturation of her character. Same with Jeff.) Also, I just don't really find the new Britta all that charming or funny some of the time, especially when they go really OTT with her, e.g. in the model UN episode.
― EveningStar, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
Because character development and continuity do seem fairly important in this show, it's a little hard for me to accept that the same character who grudgingly began singing the final song of last year's Christmas episode in a low-key manner is the same character who sang the "Me so Christmas" song on stage in this year's Christmas pageant.
― EveningStar, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
I love doofus Britta but it's a clear case of Homerization. Also Warren Piece was a step too far.
― fartz, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
britta is the best thing about this show
― n/a, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
britta was the last holdout against the glee mania too though.
― joshuajlee, Friday, 16 December 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
Still, her whole attitude was different and, like I said, her singing voice was completely different. Her sense of humour, the way she relates to the other characters have all changed (compare her interactions with Shirley and Annie in last year's Christmas episode.)
― EveningStar, Friday, 16 December 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like there's a totally logical contrast between the way Britta acts when she's a smug defensive hipster and when she lets her guard down and gets enthusiastic about things. it's what makes her character realistic and, more importantly, hilarious.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Friday, 16 December 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link