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@danharmon Are you sure disparaging the network that's *this* close to pulling your show is a good idea?
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@MasonMaguire yeah, I'll try apologizing for them and kissing their ass in every interview for another 2 years. IT'S THIS CLOSE TO WORKING.

:(

Troy & Abed's rap from tomorrow night's episode.

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http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6664700/save-greendale-with-the-cast-of-community

das Butt

That guy is like human FroYo.

Genius episode tonight.

can't wait for the Annie gifs.

"Me so Christmas, me so Christmas."

Last two eps have been A+.

can't wait for the Annie gifs.

And I wouldn't kick Britta in the tree suit outta the forest for droppin' needles, either.

trudat

Yay Britta's treesuit.

Dean Pelton: "OHHHHH, BRITTA'S in this?!"

http://cliqueclack.com/tv/2011/12/08/community-christmas-song-lyrics/

We asked our public school to give the answer
But they could only teach us not to pray
The Constitution says the state can’t tell us
Does anyone important born today

Also, I loved the combo doctor who/star wars holiday special combo gags

Man that was so good!

this was amazing. i am going to miss this show.

holy shit, what an episode.

like i knew it would be a glee parody but it was pretty much a horror movie too!

How's your piano still playing this song?

Troy & Abed's Coca Cola Santa song - so incredible. My mouth hung open in delight for the whole segment. :O

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx5i4AgTm1qbmsgzo1_250.gif http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx5i4AgTm1qbmsgzo2_250.gif http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx5i4AgTm1qbmsgzo3_250.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5cdzc3YdFI

great episode, started off good and gradually got better - i found abed & troy's songs kind of annoying/embarrassing (except for abed's song with taran killam) but annie, shirley, and britta's songs were amazing.

Taran Killam was amazing as a creepy Will Schuester clone.

holy shit alison brie

Oh god alison brie

BABY BOOMER SANTA THANK YOU FOR MTV

"Boopie doopie boopie doop SEX" is AWESOME YET A LITTLE DISTURBING.

I thought the whole thing was supposed to be a little disturbing? i.e. taking the piss out of the subsection of Community's audience/dudes who are into infantilizing Allison Brie? Taking the whole Annie as innocent hot young just-out-of-high-school thing to it's creepiest logical extension?

well yeah i don't think that was lost on anyone, especially since winger practically came out and said it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=tUsKNZH-vF4

^^^ the first of 4 or 5 times i totally lost my shit

i.e. taking the piss out of the subsection of Community's audience/dudes who are into infantilizing Allison Brie?

Yes. Also, another dig at Glee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5cdzc3YdFI

where is this treesuit i have been hearing so much about.

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvxn75LTuR1qcm2gno1_500.png

the Body Snatchers joke w/ Jeff was :) :) :) :) :)

Something happening between Annie and Abed right at the end there?

Really enjoyed that ep, by the way, although I wonder if I would have got more out of it if I watched Glee.

Liked Troy's Bob Dylan impression although The "Baby Boomer Santa" song wasn't my favourite.

Had to read another message board to find this out b/c I didn't realize that the paw at the end belonged to Annie's Boobs.

I thought it was just another cat joke.

Dean dean-da dean
Dean dean-da dean

The rap video joins the anime foosball scene and the 2001 homage as proof the show basically just becomes Family Guy when it detaches from reality entirely. The Christmas Claymation worked for me because it was all from Abed's perspective, but when lasers and dancers come out for Troy and Abed's rap, no one other than the viewer is actually seeing this shit. I don't hate Family Guy (at least the first run of episodes) like some people do, so it's not the worst thing in the world, but it just feels more hollow when the genre parody is just overlapped on top of their reality instead of emanating from it. I think the foosball thing would have been so much more effective if they just recreated the edits and intensity of the genre using the actual actors, rather than actually cutting to animation.

Taram Killam was amazing, and there was a lot to love in this episode, but it sort of feels like the show peaked with Season 2, to the point that IF the show stops after this season, I won't be furious. It's still a smart, funny show with lovable characters, and they've gotten over that "Detective Chang" low, but it feels like they're done expanding the parameters and just working the established mold. There are enough smart, funny shows with lovable characters on these days that I won't necessarily feel deprived.

Rong.

i agree that the rap video was kinda too much.

but it's Tear 'N Kill 'Em, not Tear 'Em Kill 'Em.

I like to believe he and Cobie Smulders pronounce their kid's name Shaolin Kill 'Em.

not getting why chinese instructor singing his name is racist when Dean is singing "Dean Dean Dean Dean".

You see he's asian and a clown so he must be an asian clown, and that's bad. whether or not his clown status comes from his ethnicity or the insane shit he does is irrelevant to the truly sensitive.

but when lasers and dancers come out for Troy and Abed's rap, no one other than the viewer is actually seeing this shit

musicals.

Exactly. Kinda baffling that anyone needs this explained to them, particularly in a musical episode where it's pointed out that a piano is playing itself.

I think, if Community were cancelled at this point, I might ultimately miss the characters/actors more than the show itself. I say this because I feel like there's been a tug of war between the two modes of this show (semi-grounded exploration of what constitutes a community vs. balls-out rapid-fire experimental genre pastiche) for a while, and the latter seems to be winning out this season. Which is fine, because it's still an excellent show, but there's also a danger of it becoming more of a show I am in awe of and respect (a la Arrested Development) than a show that I love.

hey guys, i know it's a "musical," i'm saying their parodies are funnier when they don't just zip characters into the world their parodying, but parodies that spring naturally out of the world of Community (i.e., every other song sequence in the episode).