Community: How Paintball Changed Everything

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Community's "Modern Warfare" might be THE defining episode of the NBC sitcom that just made its way to Netflix. In this video, I take a look a look at what defined the Dan Harmon show and how it changed after this memorable episode.
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[@captainmidnight]

What's your favorite episode of Community? Go to buyraycon.com/midnight for 15% off Raycon earbuds.

[@sachaprasad1852]

Chicken tender episode

[@JesseJongbloets]

Pillows and Blankets. No doubt.

[@superchamploo1155]

Remedial Chaos Theory. I'd watch you do a video on it!

[@daniell7413]

Paintball 2: part 1

[@youmgsandwiche]

Probably the one with the pillow fight war, mostly because of the bit with >Leonard likes this post! and also because I really liked the show straining Troy and Abed's friendship bit by bit over a few episodes

[@thwipkid]

When Señor Chang entered the study room, I knew I was watching one of the best shows of my life.

[@burntpencil8648]

Including the stereotypical Asian music

[@ard1805]

BurntPencil It immediately turned into a John woo movie. Edit: I just got to the part he said that lol. Fucking perfect show man.

[@catalandustin51]

Yeah I love the john woo doves

[@jaccbolton]

More times than i can count I've watched an episode and said to myself, "this is the best show I've ever watched

[@fanboy5272]

@@burntpencil8648 it's actually an old chinese poem about a warrior who goes to fight a king and his army alone and gets killed in a process, so it was kinda accurate

[@pytle]

6 Seasons and a Movie!

[@benwasserman8223]

Jassinth Thiagarajah More like 6 Seasons and Quarantine reunion readthrough

[@astrogallotron]

As long as the movie isn't like season 6 🤐

[@jackweiss5480]

THE SHOWS GONNA LAST THREE WEEKS!

[@jackweiss5480]

@@astrogallotron I actually really like season 6.

[@pauloricardo-wn6ps]

@@astrogallotron still better than the year of the gas leak

[@youmgsandwiche]

Oh god, please make more Community content The world is sorely lacking in Community content

[@daftbanna7202]

Remedial chaos theory next?

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

@@daftbanna7202 I am chief STAR, and i'm in the STARS! What?...What? What's my motivation? I need more than i'm getting. HAAAAAAAAAM GUUUUURL!?!

[@fruityrobo7]

I would love some character analysis for community

[@daftbanna7202]

@@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond umm ok

[@paulakroy2635]

Is it really though. There are so many other channels covering community. I like the show I just don't think it's underrated.

[@electricbluetiramisu3713]

I love how Community’s return to Netflix is bringing it back into all my social feeds. It deserves so much more love. I remember the first time I saw Modern Warfare I knew I was seeing a game-changer, fresh and unspoilt. That’s an almost-impossible experience these days

[@davidmhh9977]

Kind of reminds me of Arrested Development, and how much it blew up on Netflix. Both their format's so much better on streaming, because you can actually appreciate the running jokes they set up, and you can watch it chronologically, so you really get the see the character development

[@whodatninja439]

And now can finally go I loved Community before it was cool 😎

[@airypayload2355]

my brain read that as game Chang-er

[@a2daj]

It also shows how few people have Hulu. Community has been on it forever.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

It's been on Canadian Netflix for forever too lol

[@akedah]

It's no suprise, this show was streets ahead.

[@joescott1526]

Anyone that missed it is streets behind.

[@seanoneil5910]

Coined and minted

[@berjanbeen7188]

Stop trying to coin the phrase streets ahead!

[@johnlewis8934]

Berjan Been lol I love this community fandom 😭😂

[@rolftatesthethird4054]

I would like your comment, but it has 666 likes

[@nms7872]

"Come with me if you don't want paint on your clothes" - is probably my favourite rendition of that line

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

That line always gets me. The next is Troy with the "Jeff Winger, you son of a bitch!" But the one that takes me out Every Single Time (and I've watched this one episode fiftyleventeen times now), is the Diehard homage. After Jeff and BritTAH have sex and she's pointing the gun at him. Once she tries to shoot and he says, *"Oops! What? No paintballs, Hans?"* iDied laughing!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@EltonAndersonJr]

“Jeff Winger, you son of a bitch” is def a fave. 😂

[@simonwyzik8661]

The opening (with Jeff in his car) really reminds me of the Walking dead

[@cllifjumperPT]

@@simonwyzik8661 Apparently, it was inspired by 28 Days Later, so close enough.

[@etngod2725]

A personal pet peeve of mine is when everyone praises Modern Warfare like it started the whole "more genres" thing because it truly started 2 episodes before that with "contemparary American poultry " the episode is a mafia film with abed being the gang leader and the episode is the most underrated in the whole series

[@ameliacisna3868]

YES THIS and Contemporary Modern Poultry also began shining more of a light on Abed

[@NassimPanda]

Yeah I'm always on a fence on that too, Contemporary American Poultry is probably the 1st episode where Community is fully at its best on all fronts (though the video also mentions the pretty great Debate 109)... but Modern Warface goes a step further, if only because it looks and feels bigger. Poultry is brilliant, hilarious, perfectly meta and has great character development, but if still felt like something that maaaaaybe another show could have pulled off, while Modern Warface just completely blew my mind.

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

Actually, it started with the Pilot Episode with *The Breakfast Club.* That's one of the things I love most about *Community* is that, it was ALWAYS THERE, but some people didn't catch on until *Contemporary American Poultry* aired. That episode was the first to point out the pattern that had already been established during the pilot. *Community was always Streets Ahead!*

[@D.Jay..]

Every episode is based on a movie from the pilot being “breakfast club”

[@Tmanowns]

"I'm going home, Bri-TAH." "I know..." "No, for real, I'm going home." It really was just such a good episode. I think what I love the most about Community though, is that it gets absolutely wild, and then in the last season it... doesn't do that any more. It really drives home how much Jeff is panicking, feeling like the world, his Greendale, is changing. That series finale will always hit me hard, but I think that's okay. I think the point is that... life goes on. Your friends move away, the girl gets away, and you feel left behind but life still goes on anyway. And that's okay, and normal. I would love to see a movie, but at the same time, I don't need to. Unless it's them all banding together to save Troy from the pirates in the Gulf of Mexico, and they use their paintball skills to do it.

[@theshamanite]

It's a shame I'm yet to follow Community, but I have no doubt that as soon as Dan Harmon can get the movie written, Community will get a serenade with the final nail in its mahogany coffin.

[@quibily]

The more I re-watch, the more I realize how brilliant Yvette Nicole Brown’s performance is. Her Jekyll-and-Hyde-like ability to completely change her tone in a second is so freaking good! And, you’re, right, this show is so surprising and effective when it gets emotional. I’ll never forget the lave episode for that reason! I cried when he fake-died!

[@iftachbarnea8223]

I feel like the movie doent need to star where the show ended like most of the people think it would be (abed journey to find troy echesra) at the end of season 2 they show us so many advrntures that happend and we don't know about and i think that a movie about one of them would be perfect. That way they can also try and bring chuby chase back and it won't feel forced.

[@walkershultz8700]

you should write a book.

[@arunk-vc]

Why am I crying 😭

[@EightOneFive]

I love how you called out Troy's line when he sees Jeff. Every.single.time we watch the episode both my wife and I crack up at the exact same moment. It's so classic

[@drigondii]

Especially now that Donald Glover has actually portrayed Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars films.

[@Nirvanist100]

The music cue is a big part of the humor there. A full-on, unironic, heartwarming (but still very short) "we're meeting again" music, which feels completely out of place/"unearned" (just like Glover's line) and makes it that much funnier

[@batmandalorian5504]

@@Nirvanist100 and the "We thought you were dead, Man.."

[@ocek2744]

It's not necessarily that the show put their romantic lives in the background, it's that the romantic lives were simply an *aspect* of their relationships together as friends. The scene that best describes it is when Annie confronts Jeff about "stolen glances", which they go through a whole montage of "moments" between the pair. Immediately afterwards they parody similar "moments" between Pierce and Abed. What it means is that their relations as a group are so strong that a romantic relationship is a minor upgrade at best. They already care about each other immensely.

[@mrlowdays]

They started as wholesome as the family in the Brady Bunch and later they were as dysfunctional and incestuous as the cast of the Brady Bunch

[@sierra3644]

very well said!

[@gunkyzip]

just to be meta, those montages are an homage to a fan-made music video, still around after almost 11 years: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaSlp6R6rLukrcU

[@alexklavy7372]

The romance stuff does go in the background after season 1 tho. As Abed says in the first episode of season 2: "Im hoping we can move away from the soapy relationshipy stuff, and into bigger, fast-paced, self contained escapades!". Which they did. Its basically the writers saying: we dont want to fall into the classic sitcom formula of being about relationships forming and falling apart, rinse repeat. we want to do something else. Community still has more heart than any other sitcom in spite of that.

[@aa-to6ws]

@@gunkyzip Thank you, so much, for this info.

[@arianarunpop2202]

Friends of Abed will all tell you: we prefer the term “homage” - not parody. However thanks for putting out more Community content!

[@tejavenkatthakare4805]

only an ignorant will call it a parody

[@itsaUSBline]

pastiche works too

[@brennaleeann1416]

is friends of abed like the code word for autistic people? should i start referring to myself as a friend of abed?

[@alexchampagne3577]

I love Jeff’s “28 Days later” walk from his car onto the campus

[@pineappleskillyou6022]

How paintball “Changd” everything

[@redstreak9430]

Fun fact: it was the paintball episodes (Season 2’s specifically) that convinced Disney/Marvel to hire the Russo Brothers to direct Captain America Winter Soldier. It also explains why there were some cameos from some Community cast members in the movies they directed.

[@mateoremedi4703]

That makes ... So much sense

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

*Extra Fun Fact: Annie and Bri-TAH are the only cast members that have not been in a Marvel movie.* - Abed was in Winter Soldier - Jeff was in Spider-Man 2 (it still counts as Marvel) - The Dean was in Avengers Age of Ultron - Troy was in Spider-Man Homecoming - Shirley and Chang were both in Avengers Endgame (hmmm, they were together in the same movie 🤔. Baby Ben IS Chang's Baby!!!😯).

[@moviemastermarco7690]

*POP! POP!*

[@Ethan-en2ij]

I want that to be my thing now

[@iwonttellmynametoamachine5422]

"pop...." "POP WHAT MAGNITUDE?? POP WHAT???" *Troy crying*

[@TheDwightMamba]

I love the debate where the Dean said, "Magnitude, same question." "Same answer. Pop! Pop!"

[@bmo1428]

The Dwight Mamba *I Chang my mind*

[@TheDwightMamba]

@@bmo1428, your reply must be streets ahead of my knowledge of the show, because I can't call the reference for shit.

[@ajax3310]

Also, they take so many shots at Glee because they're filmed on the same set ✌️

[@user-oq6ol5fi2w]

I really wish they would have done an homage episode for glee, I know they had some where the plot was about glee club but they weren't framed in the same style and I think it would've been really funny

[@malachihormel7994]

I thought this was regionals...? Don't let my confusion undercut their importance.

[@crystalwolcott4744]

Also taking shots at glee will always be relevant. Especially to those of us who liked it!

[@ChaseMcCain81]

Lol

[@killatedddybear]

I’m glad Community is getting the recognition it truly deserves.

[@jaccbolton]

It shocks me how many people dont know about this show.. I've been shouting this show out for years and years now

[@tylerphillips503]

A lot of the show's humor was streets ahead and is very fitting for the new generation of fans discovering it through Netflix, 10 years later

[@dylanpearson9480]

Yeah I love that this show is getting more of the attention it deserves it's such and amazing show with amazing talent. I always thought 6 seasons and a movies seemed ambitious but that was before things like streaming services existed, now it feels closer than ever. Between this and Avatar two of my favorite shows are relevant again and it is awesome!

[@magnetshowdotheywork]

@@tylerphillips503 "Streets ahead" niceeeee

[@loserscorner6746]

Most underrated sitcom of the 2010s

[@sriharshaeati]

Definitely not underrated. Just under viewed during it's broadcast. Its pretty much had near universal acclaim always.

[@davidmckesey7119]

Best one ever

[@abigdip190]

I give this one to Happy Endings, almost criminal what they did to that show.

[@hansmichaelfanunal2545]

This is perfect timing because I have recently became a big Community fan

[@lexofpower2822]

Same

[@aa-to6ws]

Cool, _cool cool cool_

[@frozenpancakes]

Same. Many new fans from its inclusion on Netflix

[@zaynrivers7433]

Same dude it's become my new fav sitcom over B99 off the first viewing. I'm struggling not to watch it again tbh bc I want to wait a bit and come back somewhat fresh, but I'll always remember this fucking classic episode.

[@sippysippyslurpslurp5616]

its always nice to hear that more and more people is starting to give it the praise it deserves

[@technocore1591]

I've watched Community several times through and it's this latest run through that it occurred to me that Britta's character didn't change. Getting to know Britta means getting to know that she is not the with it, hip do-gooder she absolutely presents to the world. I submit there is no difference between her character being changed, and how we experienced getting to know Britta and how everyone in the show experiences getting to know Britta. You meet her, you think she's got it all together, you find out she does not.

[@nikomiller]

Also, Greendale makes people kooky and she was using more drugs (probably more than just marijuana, as network tv didn't allow them to say any other drugs)

[@eigenmishi_in_3d]

You'd like the interview with Dan Harmon & cast at the end of the first season Harmon: "Are we peeling back layers or are we changing the character..?" Jacobs: "A little bit of both, I think" Harmon: "As we peel back these layers.." Jacobs: "Wrong answer, I gave the wrong answer"

[@hoscarconhache]

I love that Community is bigger than ever, it gives me hope. P.S.: #sixseasonsandamovie

[@DazzlingMrScratch]

That zombie episode in season 2 is still one of my favorite episodes of television ever

[@whodatninja439]

It made me love Abba

[@SepTeena]

I feel like THIS episode doesn’t get the recognition that it deserves. This is easily one of my favorite episodes in this entire series.

[@antoniojuliano1672]

Aye aye y’all I’ve been bit, y’all damn!

[@tatianablackthorn2528]

The Man The Man My Mom was working super late one night and on My33 at like 2 am that episode played. She wasn't paying attention, but when Starburns got bite she was hooked. She made me look it up the next day and I'm so glad we found it, when we did. :')

[@jaredsmith7067]

YOU PUNCHED A LADY BEE

[@madtitan0825]

This episode turn Community from a good comedy to HOLY SHIT insanity(in a great way)

[@catalandustin51]

I love the billiards episode for Jeff and Abed

[@dc1397]

The glee club snipers...I watched the whole first season because of McHale from talk soup...such a great show.

[@VariadoBR]

This kind of transformation happens very rarely on TV. I can only recall Arrested Development to do the same

[@NakAlienEd]

I bought the first 2 seasons on DVD on recommendation from a friend, and proceeded to have them run in the background while I played Civilization on my computer, Modern Warfare made me stop, rewind, and start the episode (and season) over again. Wasn't a background show after that episode.

[@TheFreshSoundsFlorida]

What you described is exactly what I experienced after watching that episode the night I caught in syndication.

[@benwasserman8223]

And the later Western paintball episodes made the Russo Brothers' Marvel' leading visionary directors.

[@JustKrin]

I like to picture Kevin Feige watching A Fistful of Paintballs and saying "bring me those guys"

[@stephanemignot100]

They could use a script... Endgame is pure crap!

[@loganbigmo]

@@JustKrin I mean, that is sort of what happened. Kevin Feige hired the Russo Brothers solely based on season 2's two-part paintball episodes.

[@JustKrin]

@@loganbigmo yes I know, but what I mean is like how funny is picturing Kevin sitting in a couch, watching this goofy western paintball episode and going "those guys are perfect for Winter Soldier"

[@troopieeeeee]

community is the best sitcom, and possibly the greatest show, ever made. i stand by that. it just has so much heart

[@fatalshore5068]

have you seen the good place? Comedy and heart in abundance

[@ginuman1600]

As a die hard community fan it's so cool seeing the show get so much love recently. Also all the cast podcasts and live streams are awesome

[@Bill4290]

The paintball episodes are some of the best of any show

[@cantstandya9749]

Title: *Starts with Community* Me: *CLICK*

[@tobyellis5039]

"Oh Christmas Troy" is elite though

[@Tbrous4]

No, THIS is krumping.

[@malachihormel7994]

This nose smells like special drink

[@SkettchyDesigns]

Nothing better than community

[@unlimited971]

scrubs

[@10midgits74]

@@unlimited971 False

[@cetinceviz2791]

@@unlimited971 true

[@nathanlevesque7812]

Nothing better than the first three seasons I'd say.

[@Exel3nce]

Yeah, scrubs. Who can blend fantastic comedy with even better Drama. Community doesnt have that

[@zachbelen4796]

I know this is unrelated, but the dean’s payday rap made me laugh for 10 minutes straight.

[@mooble1325]

BARACK OBAMA IS SCARED OF ME

[@ivoemo7047]

LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT

[@kingofthekeysXBL2]

Even more unrelated, but after years of watching only the first 4 seasons, I’m finally finishing seasons 5 and 6 and that rap was an absolute highlight. It genuinely brought me to tears of laughter

[@vanikestewart8578]

It's my Birthday and my last day of school. Now Captain Midnight had a video on the paintball episode. This is a great day

[@captainmidnight]

Happy birthday!

[@krmnych_backlog]

It's the best thing in the history of things.

[@ard1805]

It’s like, the batman of tv shows.

[@benjaminadams1918]

Absolutely streets ahead

[@aidansmith7025]

Just binged Community recently and it was such a great show! Haha

[@keithdube12]

"I mean Im all for winning but lets not resort to cheap ploys" *immediately takes off shirt* Easily a top 3 episode. Its so nice to see Community finally get its well deserved respect from the masses

[@CroutonsRawk]

Damn, you were 16 when this came out? Lol I was 2 years into college when this episode dropped and having that context made this episode that much sweeter cause hell, who wouldn't want priority registration haha

[@maryjanelover]

if it makes u feel any worse i was 5 and now i’m annie’s age s1-s2 lmaoo

[@rakkatytam]

Lava World might be my favorite episode. I love the homage to Mad Max and the whole concept in general was pretty unique. I also really related to Abed that episode. Multiple times I have been in a position where good friends of mine were about to leave a make a better lives for themselves. I don't have any family besides a grandmother who is pushing 100 years old and can barely hold a conversation. Friends were the next closest thing I had to family. I would find myself selfishly wishing my friends' plans would fall through and they would have to stay in a place they wanted to get out of just because I didn't want them to leave. I wasn't caring about what was best for them, just what would satisfy me.

[@JPVersus_]

Paintball 1 is a Masterclass in pacing, dialogue, satirical reference and overall storytelling. This was the first time I said "TV can be more than what we expect from it."

[@gangheel614]

I binged the whole show over quarantine, it was awesome, I'm glad its getting so much attention now!

[@bettstp]

You pointed out exactly what I noticed watching Community (and continued to be amazed by). Many of the episodes are absolutely packed with ideas that lesser shows would exploit over multiple episodes, if not a season. So inventive, you find yourself in an episode like Modern Warfare with an entire concept realized, executed and wrapped up satisfyingly in just over 20 mins. Fav for me is still Advanced D&D, the wordless section of Annie describing how she seduces the Elf Maiden to get the Pegasus is absolute gold

[@mahkahwu4885]

Video: "I feel so old saying I remember watching season 1 on TV" Me: "Hmm yeah I get that" Video: "So many things that felt weird and new about this episode when I was 16" Me: "Oh god damn you"

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

That cracked me up, too. I'm like, "You were 16?! Dude, this show debuted on my *40th* birthday!" 😂😂

[@mr.moviemafia]

Community video? Cool, cool cool cool.

[@ivoemo7047]

JESUS WEPT

[@iyanutaiwo]

Paintball episodes we’re always fantastic

[@Wolfman7870]

This episode was when Community changed from a quirky show I watch on Thursday nights if I was tired of playing the same video game to holy shit, I gotta see what those crazy mofo's do this week.

[@bovinejoni4243]

Wolfman7870 that was the best thing about watching it when it originally aired. I actually think it loses a little something on Netflix because episodes tend to sort of blend together when you binge-watch them the way so many shows today are meant to be watched. The constant tone shifts and gimmicks of the series as a whole come off as sort of overwhelming and schizophrenic when viewed that way instead of each episode standing as it’s own unique experiences the way they did when you’d tune in every Thursday with no clue what the next thirty minutes had in store.

[@luk7400]

Convinced me to watch

[@daniell7413]

6 seasons and a video essay

[@veryneatguy-838]

I agree they didn’t really know what to do with Chang (even tho I love him throughout the show) Like I love how season 4 had the whole changnsia thing and season 5 was like “nahh hes just kinda mentality gone now”

[@LeBearr]

This video is streets ahead

[@afropro5294]

Nah captianmidnight+community that's like the best combo ever!

[@tave6202]

Finally someone says in a video how Community beat Black Mirror to the "likes" concept. Also I really feel that Community did it much better, the like episode was when I stopped watching Black Mirror for good.

[@insertclevernamehere2506]

Black Mirror's quality suffered enormously once it left the UK. Americans are why we can't have nice things.

[@priscaiado]

The classes (or castes) concept is from a book called "Brave New World"

[@williameedubsix]

@@insertclevernamehere2506 lol Americans are the only reason you have nice things.

[@arturocastroverde3349]

From masterpieces like Black Christmas to hot trash like the hannah montanah episode

[@mangokraken]

Abed actively breaking the fourth wall and the group constantly chocking it up as his quirky persona is absolute TV gold. I've rewatched the show so many times because i always catch an Abed wall break i hadn't noticed or appreciated before. The absolute wall break god.

[@radioboyatl]

Just got into Community at the start of COVID-19 on Netflix, and have since picked up physical copies of this first three (3) seasons. This is one of my favorite episodes and this is good academic analysis. Thanks for making it.

[@johnstevens1380]

Started watching community a few weeks ago and the paintball ones have been amazing! Will have to watch this later though, don’t want any spoilers…

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

No Spoilers! However, I'll say this. As you watch each episode, don't focus just on what's going on in front of you. Look at the background, too. They have subtle things happening that you wouldn't notice until your 3rd or 4th viewing (or if some lady on the internet mentions it). 😁 Non-spoiler example: The STD dance episode, there's a moment where Abed runs to make the announcement that no one should use the condoms that were passed out. In the background of the cafeteria, you see a guy kissing a woman, then he throws away the unopened condom. The following season in the episode where Britta & Annie are doing a environmental protest regarding oil spills, look in the background and you'll see Abed touching the pregnant belly of that same girl. Then you see the guy (father of baby) trying to fight Abed. Later, after the oil fight, in the background you see Abed deliver the baby in the back of a truck.

[@RaineJT]

That was the most seamless ad transition I've ever seen in a video, and I appreciate it even if I stopped the video as soon as I hear it.

[@xeros4000]

4:54 "everyone just shrugged it off" meanwhile annie screaming silently.

[@pixxaslice321]

I started watching community a week ago and paintball is probably my favorite episode so far

[@ryanhodgetts]

For me, when I saw the episode when they cut to animation for a foosball fight blew my mind.

[@megaboygaming4904]

discovered community on netflix 2 months ago, i started it sceptical but now im so happy i gave it the chance

[@highgrounder2012]

I can't believe how how cool and clicky the title was made by just his channel's name👌🏼

[@RJWdevelopment]

It's worth mentioning that one of the high point episodes - the Freaky Friday episode - was written by Jim Rash (or shall I say Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dean Pelton-Rash).

[@DrMadd]

After it’s big success on Netflix and (most of) the old cast coming back for quarantine discussion reunions and the like I think we’re more likely than ever to finally get the long prophesied Community movie.

[@redhood2394]

7:44 his name is Alex

[@johnnycashew9101]

"I saw Community air on live TV- I feel pretty old" Remembers watching Futurama premiere in 1999.... "Fuck."

[@hanzolee1174]

Just seeing Chang's entrance through the door with the Chinese poem-like background music, never made me tired of that scene

[@micahclawrence]

You tapped into something that made it special. Their concepts could have been stretched over a full season, and it always gave it a sense of excitement and freshness that make other shows just pale in comparison.

[@protoman1214]

I was so incredibly smitten with this TV show. I watched the first episode when it aired and kept watching until season 3 when life got a lil messy for me and I stopped watching. I remember the paintball episode absolutely blew my mind. I couldn't wait to see what else they came up going forward.

[@arpitarsh1070]

I just started watching this show. I've seen 13 episodes of it and you uploaded a video about it. 😂♥️👍🏼

[@paulpj]

The transition from talking about the episode to promoting Raycon was so silky smooth ima go buy a pair

[@julcaos]

1:20 Pillows and Blankets, the best episode of all time...

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

That and Hot Lava in season 5 are tied for me.

[@TheRagheb95]

This is the ep that got me hooked on community. I watched it by accident on tv, and after that I watched the whole season and start my journey with community

[@josefsnyder599]

Jeff becomes my favorite character in season 5 and 6 from the G.I. Jeff episode and the Finale, can you do videos about those episodes?

[@dinodm4083]

This is the episode that solidified my love for this show. I bought it on iTunes and every time I traveled I would watch it. I still adore it.

[@ajax3310]

Jeff's wakeup in the car reminds me of the Dawn of the Dead remake as well, another reference?

[@whodatninja439]

obviously a reference to post apocalypse zombie films in general

[@1234muaddib]

28 days later

[@FictionalAlarm]

Community is still one of my favorite sitcoms of all time. The writing and acting were so great that it still holds up today. I also remember watching the 1st episode on live network TV... and I was immediately hooked. My favorite episode is probably Physical Education (the billiards/pool episode) but I love almost all of the episodes in season 1 (Social Psychology, Intro to Statistics, Home Economics, Debate 109, Environmental science (with all the plot points coming together over the song "Somewhere Out There"), Interpretive Dance, and I could go on).

[@excalipoor]

Damn you feel old? I was 30 when community started. I’m in my 40s now. Lol. I agree with your love of Chang with his John Woo entrance. So many references for different movies in that one episode. I’m rewatching them now. Hope you can mention another episode of community in the future. May be the DnD episode? Just a suggestion.

[@Mys10c]

I started watching this a week ago and I’m on S3. It’s honestly amazing.

[@radhiadeedou8286]

You sweet innocent child

[@deepdirt]

“No paintballs, what do you think I’m stupid Hans?”

[@aron4117]

I love community. a special place in my heart because it was one of the first shows i routinely watched and grew up with. that first season really leaned on the Britta and Jeff relationship but I absolutely loved how they kinda forgot that it happened and it evolved into adult relationships. those Thursday nights were a must watch for me.

[@normf9020]

I’ve actually just started watching Community for the first time, so this was a perfectly timed episode for me. Modern Warfare was great, but so far, Epidemiology seems like pinnacle Community for me. But, I’m only midway through season 2.

[@ahorrell]

Oh man, you've got some of the best ones to go! Season 3 is amazing

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

Wait till you get to Donald Glover's send off episode in Season 5. Hot Lava was a miracle in television making unmatched by anything I've ever seen.

[@Porlarta]

The best Chang moment is his fued with Britta when he is a security guard and she is having her midlife crisis, change my mind.

[@Johnny0lovely69]

"Hello, is it me you're looking for?"

[@ard1805]

It’s the “Batman” of tv shows.

[@doppelmoppel]

You're the savior of this world, please never stop the community content

[@daftbanna7202]

Yes I knew you would do a community episode

[@lanie7569]

i was almost 6 when this came out and 11 years later im so glad my dad made me watch this show. it’s genuinely one of the funniest smartest things i’ve seen and i hope everyone watches it

[@thomasedgerley7453]

"Community doesn't cover relationships" proceeds to show Troy and Abed's Spanish rap

[@jeremywilliams705]

I used to rewatch this episode over and over again when I was younger even at like 13 I could tell how amazingly written it was

[@RUDEMusicUS]

What a coincidence. I just watched it for the first time. That shit was insane.

[@foxes0123]

I started watching this show around 2021 when I discovered it on Netflix. Ever since then, I’ve watched and rewatched it several times already. But when it was removed from Netflix PH, I just felt sad despite having watched so many times already.

[@brucepersons2797]

The best Chang is season 3 Chang, especially in The First Chang Dynasty

[@Boatanga]

Community is one of the best sitcoms of all and I would love any other videos you put out on it

[@ZachT]

Okay this is freaky, cause I had just watched a clip from The Soup where Joel featured his cast mates and then I saw this in my sub box.

[@manypseudonyms]

omg I loved The Soup!!! I miss it

[@zachmoray3444]

It's hard to pick a favorite Chang episode but I recently watched the one where he's trying to "make detective" as a security guard and it's brilliant. The inner narration is hilarious. "I had to think fast."

[@sanyang66]

I remember watching Troy's greeting for the first time made me realize what the heck was going on Lol

[@kaushiksivaraman5203]

Man ! I am glad a lot of people think this way , it was way back in 2012 that i started community. I absolutely loved modern warfare. In fact i was amazed that television could dare to show such a amazing episode that wasn't a season finale. I might have rewatched community a few more times since it ended but i always remember the child like glee that i had when i first saw this episode

[@aduckwithayoutubechannel]

Community managed to fit a western, a Star Wars parody, a D&D episode, and a zombie epidemic in a single season. I think that summarizes the bravado this show has.

[@LothlorianOG]

The pillow fort war was probably my favorite episode, but this one was a close second. I remember getting home from work or wherever I was and catching this episode and laughing the whole way through. It was such a crazy episode I couldnt believe it.

[@baileyjackson2780]

I was just up to the season 2 paintball episodes. I needed this

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

After A Fist Full of Paintballs, and A Few Paintballs More in season 2, I didn't think it was possible for them to ever top it. Then...season 6 happened. 😲 I was shocked and it is GREAT!!!

[@johncorr7154]

Yeah, well I watched Scooby Doo Mystery Inc the day it first aired. How old do you think I feel?

[@gas7904]

honestly one of the best episodes on tv ever i think its rly memorable too