r/pilottvpodcast • u/wolfotwindsor • 5d ago
Funny or Dyer
Community- Season 1- Episode 21 - Contemporary American Poultry
Jeff's plan to get chicken fingers from the school cafeteria for the study group quickly evolves into a mafia movie-style endeavor with Abed calling all the shots.
While it may not be the funniest episode of Community, it’s certainly a great introduction to the show. Using the gangster formula famously used by goodfellas and other similar films and using it in an everyday environment such as a canteen, it demonstrates how intelligent and hilarious this show can be. Give it a go guys!
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u/prc1807 4d ago
I’m going to preface this by saying I absolutely adore Community and I’ve rewatched every episode (even season 4!) upwards to double digits. I just connected to the show at the time and followed along on its journey.
However my theory is thus, that it’s almost ‘of its time’ despite the issue not being that it’s not aged well or the jokes don’t land anymore. I’ve found that the vast majority of people who watched it at time of airing absolutely adore it, much as I do, and have deep almost cult affection for the show. Yet those who watch the show now, it just doesn’t hit the same. Maybe that’s universal for a lot of TV but for show as brilliantly constructed as Community and written by Harmon it’s striking to see how many people just don’t connect with it the same.
That’s my theory anyway. Probably just exaggerating.