Dan Harmon On 'Community': Series Primer | EW’s Binge | Entertainment Weekly 

Ghifari Arrarya I know! Dan having so much to say about the show leads me to think that the world of Community is fresh on his brain, because maybe he’s in the middle of writing the movie!

true but also that’s just dan, lol, super self aware.

Good, cuz im tired of saying it....

We recognized it at the time.

Easily is

@@mickeye6428 true

The one with the puppets had realistic consequences too.

@@numbo655 nowhere near the same stakes as the other episodes, they were just awkward around each other, it's not exactly everyone dying from an infection

@@afropro5294 Nah but you're overplaying the thing with the infection. As viewers we all know they aren't all going to die from an infection, so there aren't actual stakes involved. It's just funny how over-the-top the situation is, and interesting to see how they resolve it. The puppet episode potentially had real consequences in that the relationships between the characters could have fundamentally changed.

Welcome :)

We're glad you're here now!

I have known about it, but coming from Europe, I never really had an opportunity to watch it. Now it's on Netflix, and I love it!

I was lucky to catch it on TV in the U.K., and now I have each season on DVD even though I don’t have a DVD player anymore or any other DVDs, I just can’t get rid of them

Watch it on Hulu not Netflix. There is a ton of dialogue cut from the episodes on Netflix. If someone is questioning this watch the first episode on each platform and u will see.

Woah... I never thought of it like that.

Now this is meta

Nice! That is a true Community type analogy. Abed would say that.

"Woah, you just wrinkled my brain!"

Megan is the best. I realise she may not particular want to relive her community days since Dan Harmon was sexually harassing her during the time (something I was really disappointed to hear, but I’m glad he gave a good and sincere apology), but she was a huge part of it and deserves so much credit

feel bad for hopping on so late ive always heard it was good i never had outlets to wat h it until now

@monokhem Ganz was great and before her Britta was so boring and one-dimensional (and that's what Dan said too)

@monokhem you write butt with one T. You're the AT&T of people

@monokhem you're not very bright, are you?

@@LETSTALKENTERTAINMENT not if you're not from the US. This just in, there are other countries in the world

@@lucs028 hmm didn't ratings only count domestically?

aw

@@ArsyaUtomo what does that have to do with it? I'm answering the guy who said she didn't need cable to watch it

@@lucs028 well community is canceled because of viewership rating declines, Nielsen only counts ratings domestically...... Does that mean international viewership doesnt count to bump It's ratings?

*Duh-doy, I think; but I also share the sentiment

@@HectorTWE :) "Dadoi" is the English language version of the Middle Eastern spelling of "duh-doy."

Are you familiar w/ the podcast "Harmontown"? It's recently ended but I'm sure it's easy to find. It's good stuff. Definitely many stages of growth and chaos are there for your ears. Great monologues, great guests, improv, and the occasional D&D roleplay. The film "Harmontown" captures a pretty good snapshot into the behind the scenes of the podcast. Dan's a bruised, beautiful national treasure.

Exactly bro

Wu-Oh It's me Cat i watched it like 17 times until now never gets boring...

Because it technically wasnt inappropriate, the character was supposed to be young, but like, 20s young, not a teenager past the first season anyway

​@@Killenmachine05 pretty sure she was 18, and jeff was mid thirties. wouldn't be illegal, but major sketch vibes anyway

she's pretty young we try not to sexualize her

@@larsdalaker3519 there's an 18 year age difference

Ew, people who don't understand the power dynamics in a relationship where one person is double the age of the other

Found one

@monokhem he definitely was crazy (or at least short-sighted) to play Chevy Chase's voicemail in front of a crowd, but realizing the complexities and all-too-perasive ramifications of power dynamics in a sexist world is definitely not crazy

monokhem it’s crazy how you think “yo’s” completely logical response to you is crazy. Crazy.

This guy gets it.

monokhem it’s not that eccentric and pretty laymen friendly. There’s jokes that may require some basic tv/movie knowledge but they generally do a good job of explaining the context of those jokes. I believe people watch this show for the characters, not the questionably obscure references thrown in every now and then. The comment above kind of nails it on the head.

​@monokhem To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Rick's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂 And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎

you are soooo on point with the arrested development comparison

@monokhem psst, it's a meme, my guy. knowyourmeme.com/memes/to-be-fair-you-have-to-have-a-very-high-iq-to-understand-rick-and-morty They were making fun of your attitude towards community

It did so well on streaming that it killed Yahoo Screen. Community did well on streaming on Netflix in 2020, it was on Netflix before, it has also been (and still is) on Hulu and Amazon Prime in many countries, yet it didn't get all the hype it is getting right now until April 1st when it came back on Netflix. So... Community did pretty bad on streaming for 5 years, until it didn't anymore because of the quarandean.

its too fast, most people are stupid, thats why shows with laugh breaks do better..

Agreed. You have to wonder how it would have turned out if it had started on Netflix.

Shut up, Pierce!

Jean, but in french I didn't like 30 rock

@@SistoActivitatemAtm why not

I'm pretty sure the critical reception was pretty decent to community. I was in college at the time and remember this show and modern family were like the two new comedies to watch just mostly people ended up watching community online rather than on television.

@@mynameismarkchun critical reception was vastly positive, i meant more like accolades, which 30 rock cleaned up almost always...

the show was streets ahead

I feel you.

I miss the fuck yo mama raps :((

jake lin his voiceover for the Community game commercial that played after the series finale is so brilliant, I watch a clip of that like once a week.

Kin of Silence why watch it once a year? I watch it once in a while...

David from south park everyone says season 4 is terrible but I disagree. I think it’s still enjoyable just because the characters were so wonderfully flashed out by Harmon beforehand so season 4 is able to coast on that. Dan Harmon is a gem.

Tory hmm...

Nightsssssssssss

He has a new show coming out in 2022

He was kidnapped actually. And Donald just joined the cast for a table read and Q&A.

@@Noah-Lach oh

Yeah, check out The Darkest Timeline podcast on RU-vid. It's a podcast of Joel and Ken, and they just had episode 9 with EVERYONE except Chevy.

@@ujai5271 yup

Pierce was the kind of guy who would fake his death to "Teach them a lesson."

It's ok. We were all streets behind back then.

You saved yourself a lot of heartache by waiting. Imagine watching a season, absolutely loving the show, then having to wait an entire year for the next season knowing there was a huge risk of it being cancelled. Or hearing that it WAS canceled. That was every single year being a Community fan. Now you get to enjoy it without that stress 😊

John Jones Six seasons and a movie!

Remember that flashback episode in season 2.... Why can't that be the entire basis for the movie it's back in time when the cast was an institution, hit some familiar points, Easter eggs, maybe visit the other community college for hijinks, and some musical montage for the first time they covered for Glee club. It's everything we could want in a "lost season" found within movie.

Holy shit, really?

How long has it been on Hulu? Way longer than Netflix? I can’t believe I didn’t know that 😫 Edit: yeah I don’t remember the Animal House stuff being in the Netflix version

NotgreatBOB! It’s been on Hulu for a couple years now. I hope it stays on Hulu

Netflix only cuts scenes and dialogue from the pilot episode because they have the syndicated pilot and not the actual pilot like Hulu does. Unfortunately, they do cut out some great stuff, but outside of the pilot and the Advanced D&D episode, I believe Netflix is fine.

It is also on Amazon Prime and nothing is cut out.

True

He was self censoring though.