How (Not) To Revive A Show: Arrested Development vs. Community

In my second attempt at a TV-centric video essay, I attempt to point out the parallels between two of television's most innovative comedies of the past two decades: Arrested Development and Community. Both are highly acclaimed and feature award-winning writing and performances, but they have another, more specific thing in common; they both failed- twice. Which one did a better job handling their attempted rebirth, or did both of them crap the bed their second time around? I offer my two cents.
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[@patovaquero3005]

The fact that Community was revived by yahoo sounds weirdly on brand for Greendale community college.

[@captaincrazycreative]

It's what the dean would want

[@notaulgoodman9732]

Subway was gonna buy the school I forgot about that lol 😂

[@dashx1103]

I just re-watched Season 6, and it was pretty good for the most part. Certainly better than Season 4 (which was atrocious) ... and probably better than Season 5. Nowhere near the quality of Seasons 2 & 3, but that bar is so high -- Community Seasons 2 & 3 are probably the two best seasons of a TV comedy ever. Season 2 was the best, but Season 3's episode, as mentioned here, Remedial Chaos Theory is probably the best episode of any comedy I've ever seen. Meanwhile, Arrested Development just couldn't hold my interest in its final seasons -- despite being great in its earlier seasons.

[@Hippycow12]

4th!

[@twigwigsoso]

also love that community and tumblr have been the two biggest things to cause yahoo to go bankrupt

[@mistersonnen848]

When community started losing cast, it felt like losing old friends. I legit felt sad at the end

[@vinayak5159]

me too friend. I recommend this show to everyone but I don't recommend them to binge it cause we all start to care about these characters so quickly.. honestly I don't wanna watch the final season because Troy was my favorite character in the entire show

[@deactivatedperson3759]

Not pierce

[@eggman5106]

@@deactivatedperson3759 Peirce was a douche but he was one of the main characters, and it was nice to see him grow and become a better person because of the group

[@Francisco-ph5zd]

That’s the main reason of why I didn’t like season 6. The addition of Elroy and Frankie to the group feel so unnatural and forced. At least season 5 had Ian Duncan who had been on the show previously so it didn’t look strange seeing him with the rest of the group and also Hickey had a good chemistry with the rest of the characters and he was really funny sometimes. Not to mention that at least Troy was on the first 5 episodes and shirley was on all of them.

[@shawn4170]

"One by one they all just fade away"

[@beeblebuice]

drew describing jeff as the straight man of community is so insane to me because jeff is maybe the straight man in season one but he gets REAL crazy as time goes on

[@z34n18]

yeah but whos fault is that.... (dean pelton)

[@cotton3399]

I’d say till like midway through season 2 he’s the straight man but yeah he gets insane. Remember when he drove an axe through the study table?

[@hannahdavis2538]

@@cotton3399 to be fair that was the monkey gas, but that sentence doesn’t make him appear very sane lol

[@ugotztabeekrazee]

somehow abed becomes the straight man

[@CarterWills1]

Jeff is the gay one.

[@whawhawhawhaaaa]

Community lost 3 main cast members, was canceled once, moved to a shitty streaming service, and still ended up as the best sitcom ever made. That's impressive.

[@kmiller6791]

Community will always be my favorite show. I hope the movie will be as good as the show

[@perad1895]

Love it too much

[@quak7912]

absolutely. community is revolutionary and the fact that is ended like this is sad. can’t wait for that movie though :)

[@idiot1902]

Community sucked ass let’s not kid ourselves it’s one of the shows that gets stale after the first viewing. Watching it a second time you can really figure out what doesn’t work

[@quak7912]

i’ve seen it like five times now and i still love it. people have different opinions :)

[@sebastianquiros6770]

Pierce probably wouldn't agree that Jeff was a "straight man"

[@accountsequity5587]

Sebastián Quirós Jeff: Did you know that you’re gay?

[@TheMilapMehta]

But on a serious note, Jeff stopped being a straightman midway through season 1. He did plently of things that were just as quirky as everyone else, where he and Michael are not alike at all. Overally you really really can't compare the 2 because Community is frickin amazing and Arrested Development is an overrated piece of crap.

[@RomanZolanski123]

Milap Mehta oh really!! I’ve never seen arrested dev but I was planning on starting since there’s a lot of crossover fans with community, is it that bad?

[@TheMilapMehta]

@@RomanZolanski123 If you're planning on watching it, I won't spoil any specific jokes. In short, they do a terrible job setting up their jokes. Judy Geller from Friends is an example of a well written mom who talks down to her kid because she's super nice to the other. Lucille Bluthe is really mean to everyone so her bad mom jokes don't work. Gob and Buster are both man childs. There is absolutely no need for both. The jokes with Lyndsey are super inconsistent with her sometimes being perceived as hot and sometimes being ignored. Her gay jokes don't work because Lyndsey is a caricature and nothing like the actress, Portia de Rossi. Portia's real life being ironic to the show is probably a reference of the joke in Ocean's Eleven where the press don't recognize Brad Pitt and George Clooney, but poorly done. Community did an awesome job of making fun of incest in season 6. Arrested Development did a terrible job writing Maybe and George Michael's incestuous romance. Tobias Funke is the only funny character, and even he is poorly written for many episodes.

[@jjnn2]

@@RomanZolanski123 don't listen to that guy. Watch it, see how it is, then make your own opinion

[@notmyrealname3403]

I like how the community universe's excuse for season 4 was a "gas leak".

[@camilleb51]

literally love how self aware community was

[@Cheezus]

and how they had the Dean make a big deal about not busting into a room in costume for a whole semester, by busting into a room in many costumes at once xD

[@boertush]

It's funny because it's really stupid, unlike season 4 which was just stupid

[@shawn4170]

which they made season 5 & 6 leak eveb more

[@yoboinicossman]

Season 5 < Season 4, imo

[@graffititurtle11]

Community’s legacy is literally the textbook definition of “I’m unappreciated in my time”

[@angelinebena9675]

Totally agree

[@joesoq]

it is streets ahead

[@sohamladd]

@@joesoq stop trying to coin the term streets ahead

[@sohamladd]

Love how the show ended with a narration saying show might move to the internet where turns out millions were watching, but will not matter

[@AhmadAneeq]

@@sohamladd trying?? coined and minted

[@Bobby-tj1hq]

I’m still flabbergasted that “yahoo screen” was something that existed

[@katla_phc]

Agreed...and personally, that I was around to watch Community on its yahoo screen run. What an era.

[@Jakuuu]

Still think it's so funny that the only time it comes up in conversation it's because of Community lol

[@pokaay3163]

I have never heard of Yahoo screen. Ever. Except for in this video, and that’s upon REWATCH because I did not remember this being part of the video.

[@jordankeller4253]

right?! like, did yahoo not realise how ultimately unimportant they were? i know they're one of the biggest search engines, but that really isn't saying much considering the near monopoly Google has on the internet. i dont know anybody who uses yahoo, and aside from yahoo answers (which has basically been replaced by Quora) i dont think ive ever seen anyone really use it even 20 years ago Yahoo Screen is as crazy as the idea of a Bing streaming service. But hey, at least Andrew Garfield's Spiderman and Xbox users use Bing...

[@shockthetoast]

I watched it on Yahoo Screen when it first came out and I didn't even remember Yahoo Screen existing. I had retconned it to being on Hulu in my brain.

[@drowsiella]

yall remember in season 2 of community when shirley gave birth in anthropology class? abed stated that he had helped deliver a baby in the back of an suv before. a few episodes before that, while jeff was saying something, you could see someone giving birth in the back of an suv far away in the background... this show is insane

[@dan-tf6ie]

Which episode?

[@drowsiella]

Daniel Cui shirley giving birth - s2ep22 abed delivering a baby in the background - s2ep3 it was super subtle but the amount of details this show has is insane, i love it so much. all throughout the episode u can see abed in the background with the pregnant woman

[@dan-tf6ie]

@@drowsiella Holy shit I just went back to watch it, that's amazing. He's even fighting with the dad at the beginning

[@stessymwadime587]

drowsiella and at the end of that episode Shirley asked abed what he had been up to that day and he just said nothing much like he hadn’t just delivered a child

[@ChrisCypher]

Never noticed that before, but I also just found that that background story goes back even further. In S2:E3, you see that couple with Abed about 3 times in the background leading up to the birth. You also see that same couple in the background of episode 11, season 1. When the announcement comes to not use the condoms because they're faulty, you see the guy throw the condom away.

[@RobinHouseChannel]

Season 1 of Community deadass has one of the funniest bits of dialogue in any show ever. "You're a football player! It's in your blood!" --"That's racist." "Your soul." --"That's racist." "Your eyes?" --"That's gay." "That's homophobic." --"That's black." " _That's_ racist."

[@austinoverthere8898]

i loved that part when i saw it

[@nikeb4212]

I haven't even watched the show and I still found this funny.

[@fridahan588]

I kept rewinding it because it was too funny to not want to watch again.

[@dindayangmanaya]

Abed: Assalamualaikum Troy: Shamalamadingdong 👊 One of my fav bit in Season 1 episode 13, Comparative Religion

[@nate.8482]

Its no payday rap

[@json_bourne3812]

AND NOW WE'RE GETTING OUR MOVIE!!! Community is probably one of if not my favourite show of all time. Even the "gas leak year" season had its good moments.

[@favouriteghost]

Herstory of Dance is legitimately a wonderful episode. The puppet episode however is the worst thing I've ever seen. Season 4 was certainly... a season of television

[@KTK44]

overrated show

[@redgoesfaster5792]

@@KTK44quite the opposite - far underrated.

[@gray740p]

I love how even the worst season of Community, is rated higher than the average sitcom.

[@bayofempty]

Basic Human Anatomy (E11) was the only episode that made me smile in S4 (coincidence that this is the ep where Troy and Britta split? probably not). the puppet one was godawful but the haunted house one (E2) is a close second for worst piece of garbage

[@ClockFink]

Alternate take: If giving Community a 6th season killed Yahoo Screen, that is a net win for the world. Let’s be honest: there is no scenario of Yahoo Screen spending that 42 million differently where it would have been better spent. The platform died blowing its wad on something great, rather than throwing those 42 million dollars it had no business possessing in the first place in a wood chipper.

[@NoCloutJoey]

Very well said

[@analcommando1124]

Yahoo Screen was flawed from the start. They signed no major studios or production companies to get content and they only produced a handful of their own original content. No streaming service is going to survive with that. The business model was just absurd. Unlike Paramount, Peacock, HBO Max it didn't have a huge back catalogue or a broadcast tv station or cable channel to also carry the content and it didn't spent anywhere near the money Netflix, Apple or Amazon did to produce a large array of original shows. And this video is wrong when it says Community alone cost Yahoo Screen $42 million. That $42 million was what they lost across all their original shows, just not Community.

[@ArchangelLBC]

Pure facts. Lots of streaming services come and go and add nothing worthwhile to the world. Yahoo was a washed up nothing at this point and if the streaming service existed just to give us the 6th season, it was worth it.

[@redbone9553]

The biggest tragedy with season 6 is that we only had Frankie and Elroy for so little screen time. Despite their short appearance, they were really fun and interesting characters, Frankie especially.

[@favouriteghost]

@@redbone9553 yeah the strength of the actors (and writers) really shows in how they both fit into the cast so well. same with johnathon banks

[@cymberciara]

I love how now Community's third run on Netflix brought it back into popularity. Proving it only failed because of Yahoo

[@AgentMacklinFBI]

I don't understand why Netflix didn't pick it up in the first place when it got canceled before season 6

[@parkxtra5901]

I believe arrested development is failing right now. But community season 1-3 were amazing season 4 was a flop and 5-6 were good just not as good as the first three

[@Mr.gluestick]

@@parkxtra5901 The later seasons suffered from season 4 a lot. Bad writing pushed the show in a direction that had to be retconned, and a majority of the talent left as the ratings dropped. Hell, even Chevy Chase leaving was a bummer.

[@cftpafan]

Parker Smith 5 was nearly as good as the first three, but I struggled to get through 6. Still better than AD 4 and 5 though.

[@yugi4671]

@@Mr.gluestick what retcons are you referring to? I cant think of a single one.

[@Lisalista12]

I feel like in Community we didn't understand how important Troy was until he left.

[@ShirleyG10]

Not Your Mom what is funny is that when Troy leaves to get the pizza in “Remedial Chaos Theory” that is the darkest timeline. The foreshadowing is real.

[@Lisalista12]

@@ShirleyG10 that's so true, I hadn't thought about it.

[@avab3034]

troy is a superior character. i love him

[@nathanielbeven9052]

he was huge in the childish gmabino scene a year before he left tho...

[@BearTheGrudge]

Wrong. Troy was there in season 4 and it is the worst season by a mile. Donald Glover, while very talented, was NOT the key to Community’s brilliance

[@breadstickboss4358]

I legitimately think the original run of arrested development has the best writing of any television show

[@gabriellaberman]

I fully agree. I’ve seen so many amazing sitcoms, but the first two seasons of Arrested Development are actually perfect. It’s not my #1 sitcom, but I think it’s genuinely the best

[@Jearbearjenkins]

I don’t know. The best comedic writing to me has to go to it’s always sunny. They have the most laugh out loud oh shit moments in my opinion. Modern Family also really have decent episodes with some great jokes and really well delivered recurring jokes (phil tripping over the step he never fixes but always means to whenever he goes up or down the stairs in a hurry). I know a lot of people on tbe internet don’t like modern family for some reason but the show definitely has great writing

[@luozvia4032]

Watching Arrested original run for the first time was like listening to a beautifully composed musical piece. Just a masterpiece

[@katiekinross1335]

One of my favorite gags of Arrested Development was when they were about to be cancelled in the final season and had a whole episode centered around switching family companies (networks), and they brought up the "Home Buyers Organization" (HBO) and Showtime and a few others. Plus the narrator mentioning every two mins to "tell your friends to watch this". Iconic

[@morty1504]

I know the show generally got worse later on but the one thing that did get better as it went on was the narrator. His meta jokes are super clever and funny, the guy obviously did an amazing job

[@abzdudy1]

In my honest opinion, I always found arrested development a far superior show than community with regards to comedy and character craft.

[@Stoneador]

I just finished watching season 2 and there’s an episode that begins with Michael hearing that an agreement the Bluth company had was altered and they now were only scheduled to build 18 houses instead of 22. The first season of the show had 22 episodes, but the second only got 18. I’ve seen this show so many times, but this was the first time I noticed that this was a meta joke about Fox shortening their season.

[@comfortscalling]

And Ron Howard was that narrator.

[@MsNellaM]

@@comfortscalling😮 holy shit hahahaha I love how I keep discovering shit from this show and it just makes the rewatch so much better

[@daltonfilho835]

Community is now on Netflix and is literally more famous now than it ever was... Netflix has contracts with Alison Brie (GLOW), Joel McHale (his own show) and Ken Jeong (his own stand up special)... Donald Glover, the Russo brothers and Dan Harmon are some of the most beloved celebrities in the world nowadays... I think it's time we got our movie. And it's better be called *_AND A MOVIE_*

[@brambleleaves47]

TBF it's possible, the Russo brothers can probably get permission too make whatever they want after endgame

[@blazehaze233]

Also, Gillian Jacobs with LOVE

[@gabrielwillians1385]

And the Russos also made a movie for Netflix recently, they just have to get Donald Glover and the movie is very possible

[@meatstring]

Think bigger please #7 seasons and a movie!

[@kevinw712]

The biggest hurdles to climb for a theoretical Community movie are not getting Netflix (or whatever other service) to pony up the production budget and distribution, nor is it corralling the primary cast at the same time for it (& yes, I'm including Donald Glover in that sentiment, even though he's already produced two more albums and written a movie in the time since I started this paragraph). Hell the Russos have even made it pretty clear they'd happily produce & direct it. BY FAR the biggest detail that fans seem to be sleeping on is Dan Harmon knocking out a feature length script. Sure, it's very likely a few of the series' other big writers would also be involved, ultimately it comes down to being Harmon's baby. He's talked about this a couple different times now, for one he's veeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrry skeptical (especially all the more time's now passed) he'd be able to cook something up to high enough quality to feel worth doing it. He's terrified of it sucking. But just even on the more practical side, anyone who knows much about how Harmon works knows he doesn't typically finish anything even close to quickly. He procrastinates like a motherfucker. And, in tandem with that same point, he's still got lots more of Rick & Morty he has to crank out for the foreseeable future. Trust me, I'd never be so happy to wind up being so thoroughly wrong about everything here, but I kinda don't think I will be. I fucking adore this show beyond reason, but I made peace awhile ago now with not ever getting a movie.

[@bowiieh5187]

the "troy sneezes like a girl!" "And how about I pound you like a boy- That didn't come out right" line is one of my favourite parts of the show

[@louis8487]

Donald Glover had such a talent for delivering his lines in the best comedic way possible. It makes sense he’s had so much success after leaving the show he was probably the most talented actor in the cast.

[@kasbt]

@@louis8487 I think they left him long ago.

[@Aztromaniac]

@@louis8487 Yeah, he's a comedian, rapper, singer, writer, actor, and director.

[@jerryp6001]

If that's your favorite line then you're streets behind

[@christaincarvalho]

"Uruguay sounds like your gay" I was happy to see Uruguay on the show, and that line came so out of nowhere that it made me laugh for 2 straight minutes

[@weebabyshakeus]

That fact that Community’s season 6 was really good, while being moved to Yahoo and without Donald Glover (Troy), Chevy Chase (Pierce) and Yvette Nicole Brown (Shirley) shows just how fucking good Dan Harmon was. And shoutout to Paget Brewster and Keith David, who I thought were both terrific in season 6. I let’s not forget how important the Russo Brothers were to Community. Arrested Development on the other hand was pretty weak on season 4 & 5. It just seemed like none of the actors wanted to do the show anymore. It felt very forced. Which is a shame, because the first 3 seasons of AD are probably the funniest episodes of television ever. Often times when I binge watch AD, and just stop after the 3rd season.

[@rabbitman8535]

I love season 6, elroy and frankie were amazing, the loss of the shirley, troy and pierce however unfortunate was reflective of life changing. The last episode of the season was amazing, as jeff slowly adopts abeds indulgence into TV being used as a crutch for reality as he's unable to understand or handle it. Until he finally accepts there is no season 7 people change and develop and although he won't be with his friends anymore he still will be able to be happy. He no longer hides behind his cool persona as a way to prevent other from seeing his insecurities and fear of abandonment and fear of no control. Which was shown to him through the group. As well as Annie growing up from a naive young girl into a assured women ready to start her career and abed going out into the world. I wish Brett had a better ending, kinda feel sorry for her throughout however I did love her interacts with her parents throughout season 6 which somewhat explains her actual behaviour but there's no long term development. Glad Jeff didn't get with Annie too. It was too weird for me. The age gap was too much as well as their maturity gap.

[@Jimmyboygohome]

I disagree with your second statement. The actors of AD very much wanted to do the show, even earlier, but the entire cast and production staff had so many problems trying to stay “on the air” while maintaining views due to poor broadcasting management essentially. I think they were just tired of fighting and knew it was time to end. The whole team including the actors still speak very fondly and highly of the show and each other.’

[@coomiler6490]

Nah, community season 4 and 6 are weak

[@joey.sportsedits]

I’ve never gotten farther than 5 episodes into AD season 4

[@charweez]

@rabbitman8535 Honestly, even though Chevy Chase was a major dick, I was still sad to see him go. The main 7 are all vital to the show, and even 1 leaving (which ended up being 3..) can make the show not the same. I still liked it afterwards just not as much as the other seasons

[@rhea.treece]

referring to community season 4 as "an uno card with a weird stain on it" is the funniest and truest thing ive ever fucking heard

[@takecarayourself85]

This is honestly why I’m so relieved the creators of The Good Place are purposely stopping after their 4th season to maintain the integrity of the plot line.

[@BleedingLiar17]

youve made me very sad, i did not know season 4 was the last :(

[@bencollier6432]

Should have stopped after season 2 tbh.

[@BleedingLiar17]

@@bencollier6432 your opinion. I find myself wishing there were more cause i find the concept fascinating

[@bencollier6432]

@@BleedingLiar17 it is but don't you find they are dragging it out with random backstories and side plots that we don't need? And that the whole test they do in season 4 regarding whether humans can improve is irrelevant to the actual finding that the society with live in has rendered the point system ineffective? Lots of big ideas being lost in dragged out episodes

[@BleedingLiar17]

@@bencollier6432 you're very right about that. I also feel like theyre scared to take risks with some concepts. I did feel like season 3 had unnecessary side plots which diverged from the plot. I also found eleanor and chidi always being torn apart starting to get quite frustrating, which now makes me glad it'll end in s4 because i dont think i could handle it happening for a 4th time. I kinda wish the first seasons were longer, it'd help adjust to all the new characters being added but it's a comedy I guess. Cant expect more plot there. I did like the point system being rendered useless tho, i guess i like watching characters get frustrated and finding out that there's more to the plot/world than the characters are aware of

[@dwililith]

Community was Streets Ahead

[@IndyMuttProductions]

😭

[@theshanaman7805]

It’s kinda sad that arrested development is so influential but got cancelled

[@selmersbus]

And if you don't get it you're streets behind

[@timhardawayjr.3532]

“Streets ahead” is actually a good saying

[@FOBSESSED1000]

PLS LMAOO one of my absolute favorite pierce bits

[@nategwright]

Remedial Chaos Theory is best enjoyed when you already know these characters and their dynamics with each other. I wouldn’t start with it. If you aren’t planning to binge watch the entire series, I’d recommend starting with something like Contemporary American Poultry. It’s the first full dive into genre homage for an entire episode and it’s not quite as insane as Remedial Chaos Theory. It’ll give you a better feel for what to expect from the series as a whole.

[@lucasklein6805]

Yah I don’t think the first episode is a great intro to the show, it literally has a different really generic theme song than the rest of the show and other than Jeff and Britta, the characters are kind of ignored and not realized yet.

[@Chibi_Rikka]

Ironically, that actually was the first episode of the show I ever saw, before I even knew what it was. I was immediately pulled in by the multiple timelines thing in what seemed like another generic sitcom at first. I didn't end up watching the full show for a few years, but that one always stuck with me and made me feel it was something worth watching, which it was.

[@favoritemustard3542]

@@Chibi_Rikka are you talking about Chaos or Poultry?

[@Chibi_Rikka]

@@favoritemustard3542 Oh, I guess I didn't clarify but I meant Remedial Chaos Theory.

[@favoritemustard3542]

tyvm@@Chibi_Rikka

[@kooliokylio3250]

Note: The person who made Arrested Development actually appeared in Community as Coogler the guy from that season 6 paintball episode

[@benjibruhye]

wasnt coogler also in the meow meow beanz episode

[@syzygyinsyzygy]

THE COOGLER IS HIM??

[@kooliokylio3250]

@@benjibruhye Yup!

[@jaxonking7275]

Also, Dan Harmon appeared in Arrested Development as the border control guy

[@andrewzoich]

Tony Hale and David Cross each have cameos in Community as well

[@mathewbecker8422]

Update: Community is now on Netflix. I’m binge watching. And it’s great but... what ever happened to legos? You know what I’m talking about legos are simple. Harry Potter Legos, Star Wars Legos. Complicated kits, tiny little blocks. I’m not saying it’s bad but what happened?

[@a8727]

I am señor chang! And I'm so ill! This is a warning I cant be killed!

[@aaryankaul6483]

“How’s it Deaning?” “Can’t comChang”

[@tailee2046]

@@a8727 All in your cabeza Without a chasa Not another teacher with this much flava CHANG

[@Tomkatos]

I know right! The legos today are so forced that they won't even let a blade of grass grow through them.

[@tehreeem]

Seems like the darkest timeline

[@waaaah1405]

as much as i wouldve loved these shows during their respective runs, i literally cannot imagine watching these shows on serialized network television. they are absolute gold in a streamable format. these shows are so ahead of their time it’s scary.

[@annaswenson7420]

You could say they were....streets ahead

[@aryana2665]

Anna Swenson stop trying to coin “streets ahead”

[@annaswenson7420]

@@aryana2665 Trying? Coined and minted. Been there, coined that.

[@toad7395]

Streets Ahead?

[@deepdirt]

@@toad7395 if you have to ask, you’re streets behind.

[@RobertJRoman]

The problem with Arrested Development in it's original run was that a show like it had a hard time picking up new viewers mid-season. Jokes that were hilarious as callbacks fell flat (or even seemed offputting) for newcomers. The show works best in the streaming era, where you can watch it as a complete work.

[@eskeladder7751]

Community getting dealt the extremely shit hand feels just like exactly what would happen in a community episode

[@greentaigo2552]

To anyone watching this. Do NOT watch Remedial Chaos Theory as the first episode, just watch some mid tier episodes first. Community's comedy is heavily based on the characters in the show, and watching an episode without understanding the characters and their dynamic simply just makes it far less enjoyable. Speaking from experience as someone who did watch it first, then watched other episodes and then watched it again to enjoy it much more, but be slightly disappointed I didn't watch it for the first time

[@frosty_teacup]

Only psychopaths don't watch the show in order

[@greentaigo2552]

@@frosty_teacup yeah the best thing is to just watch it in order

[@Koteal]

Agreed. Also originally did that. Disliked the show! Recently started the show from the beginning... and loving it!!!

[@kevinw712]

@@greentaigo2552 Especially considering how part of the brilliance and originality of Community is that they almost practically have a serialized basic cable hour long genre-level of mythology... that's put into a half hour network comedy. which reminds me, I genuinely know a certain few people in my life that follow and adore Community and The Big Bang Theory the exact same amount. like, I never even know where to begin in just trying to unpack that notion.

[@chuckn4851]

Odd that you say that, since I accidentally, randomly watched Remedial Chaos Theory when replayed on tv years ago - that was what spurred me on to watch the whole series

[@annahuston4048]

The Dean from Community is exactly the type of character that I would typically hate and get annoyed of very quickly (not exactly part of the "main crew" but still gets a lot of screen time) but honestly he's such a well-written character that I can't help but love him with my whole heart lol

[@aluminium9678]

right?!

[@lukehurley3721]

I know, he’s literally my top favorite characters. Aside from Chang and Troy. They could all be number 1.

[@hansibansi322]

And Tobias on the other hand I hated from the beginning

[@botanicus2921]

One of many Community characters to show up in the MCU in basically the same form (he plays an administrator at a college in Civil War)

[@ninjabunny101]

jim rash is so fucking good in Community

[@notthat8163]

As a television student, I have watched Remedial Chaos Theory as lessons for how to write an interwoven narrative. That being said the best episode of community is the one where Chang investigates the matchbook company

[@cleo5090]

YESSSSSS! especially the part when he looks in the mirror and says "why does this guy keep staring at me?"

[@ashonline77]

Man you just mentioning it made me laugh out loud. That episode was hilarious. Along with Peanut dean rap are some of the most hilarious moments from the show.

[@salem-01]

God I loved that so much. “Legs that went all the way to the bottom of her torso,” what a line. Chang was such an excellent character. My favourite episode, personally, would have to be a tie between the one where Abed and Troy build a pillow/blanket fort and then start a war or the one where they make a commercial for greendale. Pillows and blankets is not the funniest or the cleverest but I love Troy and Abeds friendship so much and the documentary format is great, and I don’t think documentary filmmaking: redux needs much of an explanation

[@bayofempty]

oooohhh shit documentary filmmaking: redux is maybe my favorite episode of the whole show. the dean is a hilarious character. i also love intermediate documentary filmmaking, with pierce's beaqueathals @@salem-01

[@LeakyLaura]

Something I love about Community that AD doesn’t have is the fact that while Jeff serves as someone for the audience to relate to as he reacts to the group’s craziness, he himself is just as crazy and flawed. Not only does this make him a far from interesting character than Micheal Bluth, it also drives the plot in so many episodes. The group’s equal flaws and quirks is what holds them together

[@salem-01]

It really helps develop the feeling of “oh so EVERYBODY here is a weirdo” once you finally realise that Jeff is just as insane as any of the others

[@painteater]

Idk we eventually find out micheal is stupid, selfish or ridiculous in his own ways

[@asimody250]

"Virgin nerd guy say smart thing" and "two hot girl do dumb job" * _hilarity ensues_ * Probably exactly how these shows were presented to their respective networks.

[@alexkeeran4654]

benghazi!

[@requiem4391]

There’s two big reasons I like Two Broke Girls.

[@davidlucas8487]

Kryptic Mortal 1. Kat. 2. Dennings. She's SO funny, but yeah. Damn.

[@andrewconner2019]

Zimbabwe!!

[@ary3397]

@@alexkeeran4654 * hilarity ensues *

[@bartsimpsonskrub5514]

The community pulled the biggest UNO reverse and is now popular on Netflix.

[@hangtimechills3461]

I know! I just looked at Netflix the other day and it was on the list of popular shows at the moment.

[@avarms257]

Part of me still hopes they get that movie because it has definitely had a comeback

[@christie6515]

@@avarms257 omg yes

[@SirGuidemere91]

@@avarms257 they owe us a movie. Lol

[@avarms257]

@@SirGuidemere91 yeah they do

[@alopezj15]

Another similarity between the shows is that they both had a 3 season run of excellence before things fell apart

[@katla_phc]

That's actually more common than you think because a lot of shows have their core talent and creative team on three season contracts.

[@ashablue78]

@@katla_phc interesting. Never thought about that

[@Hannah-pr7gq]

Community s5 and 6 was actually really good

[@troillandford7679]

@@katla_phc walking dead

[@salem-01]

@@Hannah-pr7gqwhile not on the same level as the previous ones I did like season 5, but mostly 6, quite a lot. They did well after losing so many from their cast, and I think the new additions were great.

[@matthewhoppe5951]

If only they swapped...If Community got the Netflix gig, I think we'd still have Community today...at least the movie would have happened. The product of Arrested Development would have fit on Yahoo. I personally really like the final season of Community. Even though we were missing some MAJOR characters, somehow the new characters manage to bring the show back to life. Too bad

[@nobody_lemon8235]

You do know the movie is happening though right? It was confirmed a few months ago.

[@harnessmadeofhopes]

Don’t diss Arrested Development like that, nuh uh. One of the cleverest, most funny shows in its heyday. I’ll admit 4 and 5 were absolutely degrading as a huge fan, but the first three seasons were so absolutely hilarious and witty.

[@Rawyr]

the last season is amazing and some of the best, the only thing that holds it down is the lack of those missing characters and the overall aura of sadness knowing they are gone and that it's almost over.

[@jeanee1228]

I've always lowkey resented Netflix for not picking Community up bc I agree. If they had, we'd likely would've gotten like...9 seasons and a movie. I love both of these shows a great deal and glad AD got a second life on Netflix. I just wish Community would've gotten the same.

[@analcommando1124]

The 4 most important characters in Community remained. Fact is after the 4th season the character of Troy Barnes had little point. Troy was just Abed's sidekick by season 5. Troy had no reason to be back at Greendale after graduating. Thats why him leaving made so much sense and his last episode was so good. Now, losing the comedic talents of Donald Glover was a big blow.

[@kiva_J_T]

Your speech patterns and general voice reminds me a lot of Drew Gooden when he explains something.

[@freshpotatoes4779]

juan torres that’s danny gonzalez, what the hell are you talking about?

[@silverfox389]

@@freshpotatoes4779 no this is Drew Gooden

[@juliogarcia654]

Is this an r/woosh?

[@BlackSlimShady]

@@silverfox389 no, thats greg

[@jerryfresh2252]

@@BlackSlimShady who the hell is greg

[@prestongarvey8090]

I think you meant to say “Communi-dean.”

[@aq-hf2se]

Preston? Where are those settlements?

[@isoldeschultz125]

He got changnesia so he couldnt remember the name of the show :( #arealdisease

[@Faithtasticness]

I think you meant to say CHANGmuniDEAN

[@coltonbates629]

No. I don't think he meant that.

[@javidhussainzade4481]

He’s a bad dean, okay?!?!??

[@WhiteCheddar.]

I liked the new cast in community. Frankie quickly became one of my favorite characters. The I'm in charge bc hierarchy and I say so line is one try to use often.

[@herohalv4543]

"why would ***ANYONE*** hire someone so ***POMPOUS***"

[@sarahcrown2001]

I personally couldn’t stand her. The part where she kept being told by other characters that she was like some of their friends was true. She was a weird melting pot of Abed, Annie, and occasional pieces of Jeff too. She wasn’t unique enough and it annoyed me to no end

[@gracefoster7587]

@@herohalv4543I didn’t really like Frankie until hearing the hiring manager say that

[@heatherhillman7280]

LOVED Arrested Development. I was bummed it was cancelled. Honestly, they waited too long and the ensemble cast couldn't be properly reassembled. RIP Jessica Walters.

[@copywrite9396]

Let’s be honest, before it was on Netflix, most people found out about Community from the “Hah, Gayyyyyyyyyyy” meme

[@mrcritical6751]

I found out about it from Watchmojo, it being mentioned in the top 10 TV shows that need to become movies, Star Wars parody episodes, Christmas episodes and out of genre episodes made me curious enough to check it out when I first got Netflix in 2015

[@okfatima]

i found out about it from the gif of everything on fire

[@Ethan-en2ij]

No, I have watched Parks and Rec and The Good Place, I saw some videos on YT about a Community and it was too funny. So I looked for where I could watch it. I got Hulu and watched the whole thing in like 3 weeks. I took my time with my first watch.

[@miera1029]

Nobody actually saw it on tv? That's how I know it.

[@ives6622]

I found it out on watchmojo top 10 bromances and Troy and Abed was 2nd

[@JKruger37]

This video is aging poorly now that Community is on Netflix and kicking ass. A movie seems likely if they can get everyone together.

[@cl1cka]

Chang and Jeff have a podcast called "The Darkest Timeline" and there was an episode in the last few days. Everyone from the cast was on it (Annie, Shirley, Chang, Jeff, Abed, Troy), INCLUDING Dan Harmon. Of course without Chevy, cause no one likes Chevy - he is an asshole. They all seem to be friends and keep in touch, so a movie or a season is not out of the question i think :)

[@throwaway9720]

omg you guys I can't believe we may really get six seasons and a movie );

[@Ishu707]

Aren’t you adorable Annie

[@augustuswohlschlegel6241]

So we’d be getting six seasons.....and....a movie?

[@Death-gj2dn]

i don't think it's aging poorly, it seems like Drew really likes this show so he's probably happy about this. idk that's just not something i would call "aging poorly"

[@luiginastro8831]

We are getting a Community movie. SIX. SEASONS. AND. A. MOVIE.

[@littleguy8714]

Do u still believe this?

[@garyangel3885]

Dude arrested development is heads above almost everything around at the same time. Just a shame it didn't get the popularity it deserved. Should get a movie after that ending too!

[@lilydean6250]

also in season 4 they turned abed into a sort of emotionless robot when they previously established that he has a lot of emotions and her just expresses them much differently. he went from this sweet, analytical and self-aware character to just an asshole

[@Maksie0]

I didn't like how they made him go full on nonverbal over a TV show cancellation. Both because it's kind of degrading to see as an autistic person and because it led to one of my least favorite parts of the show, Inspector Spacetime.

[@cameron9385]

@@MissedBandwagon that and the season 5 finale were really well done from Harmon. I think it could be argued that Abed was used as somewhat of a crutch in season 4 to deliver pop culture references in an almost robotic way instead of weaving it into visuals or likewise, and these episodes did well at addressing Abed's tendencies (as did lots of S6!)

[@hangtimechills3461]

They really turned him into a Sheldon type character which gets annoying and boring fast.

[@livinlikelarry2862]

i mean that was the gas leak year

[@emmagallagher9938]

i think it's probably because abed is definitely aspergers coded and dan harmon himself has aspergers, so when he was fired, and the new writers were hired, they weren't able to write him properly and he came across super flat

[@bastimonte]

This guy’s conclusion is just a jeff speech.

[@bubblegumbitch2191]

This comment is streets ahead

[@MacARonnie]

Leonard likes this post

[@tpwkcallie]

@@MacARonnie shut up leonard!

[@nmy_watson]

@Dana25 I heard about your prescription socks

[@Caleb-jq5mj]

Classic Winger

[@melissaash9696]

community is the best shit i have ever seen. to this day, i have tried to find something that comes close, but i just can’t, i would literally give anything to watch it for the first time again ugh😟😜

[@litttlepigboy]

literally i've seen it 4-5 times now and catching easter eggs i've missed is always so entertaining

[@Goomyx1492]

I don't think Community failed in any sense of the word. Despite always being on the chopping block, despite losing cast members, despite losing the creator for a season, despite having to go to the most worthless streaming service ever for its final season - despite all those things, I'd say every season of Community is good. While they could never replace lost cast members, the new cast were their own, had great material and had great performances. And despite the Yahoo streaming service being terrible, it was still a fairly strong season - better than season 4 at least.

[@Reanimga]

And there's a movie currently in development for it

[@justonerandomguy6580]

Community is one of those shows that I thought was gonna be cheesy as hell but is now one of my favorite shows ever

[@meatballsub7536]

You can tell arrested development is still under rated from the 80% community fans in this comment section

[@mourningdove5591]

it's a shame, 1-3 were really good

[@lenahaziq7387]

@@mourningdove5591 5 was good too. 4 not so much.

[@mourningdove5591]

@@lenahaziq7387 it's the other way around for me, s4 was still making me laugh at least

[@meatballsub7536]

season 1-3 were my second favored seasons of television (behind the golden age of the Simpsons). but I felt like season 4 was way too long and to much stuff was happening and all the characters were different in a bad way (Michael). Those problems were better in season 5 but the season was less funny than season 4.

[@sanairashid6842]

RIGHT LMAO

[@BookshelfQBattler]

Unfortunately, a show about college only has a 4 year shelf life. S5 and 6 were funny, but it was hard not to feel sad for the characters that after 4 years in college they still weren’t out living their dreams, they still had to go back and go to more college. In Community’s defense, they leaned into making fun of that situation hard and it felt relevant as the 2010s were a time when students were graduating only their degrees were useless in finding jobs.

[@arielevans9291]

Arrested development is literally one of my favorite shows of all time. I CRY laughing every character is AMAZING I’m not a nerd but I have a “there’s always money in the banana stand” shirt it’s one of my most prized possessions

[@limdoo6473]

Jeff seems like a straight man at first but over time you’ll see that he’s a very well thought out character with deep flaws in insecurities which he hides with sarcasm and humour

[@cdbsk76]

similar to Michael Bluth

[@Frayste]

very similar

[@leonrussell9607]

Peirce was right that Jeff isn't a straight man

[@cilantrolime]

He's also usually part of the antics, rather than looking in from the outside. That's part of why Community is so uniquely chaotic-- it *has* no "straight man"

[@hysteria1113]

No one was buying him as a straight man.

[@abexzile]

the original 3 seasons of arrested development are pure fucking gold

[@baltabravo2167]

That is just one of the many common things these series similarities

[@StormyMainShorts]

its one of the funniest shows ever made

[@BigManZ69]

Fr it’s the best show ever

[@itr8247]

I loved season 1 and 2 but felt season 3 dragged on a bit.

[@zinnia1333]

Yeah minus the part where they can’t resist saying the word retarded at least once an episode for like half of it

[@angelinebena9675]

The later seasons of community are so underrated!! They are amazing despite losing some key characters

[@dillonglaab6066]

Chang in season 6 is a masterpiece, it's truly one of my favorite seasons

[@Shaksvshsvsjabav]

@@dillonglaab6066Chang is always a masterpiece

[@totally100darthvader7]

I don’t think arrested development season 4 was bad, but it just couldn’t live up to the original. I’m watching season 5 right now and I just feel like what’s really making it feel different is that there just aren’t as many different interweaving ongoing jokes. It still has clever connections between things that are happening, it’s just not the same.

[@dtpugliese318]

I remember loving season 4 and feeling season 5 was okay, but the ending of season 5 was really weird. The whole anustart, cinco de cuatro and fake block storyline were hilarious. I am more forgiving than most though.

[@incharak1927]

So true season 4 & 5 aren't that bad but it just had less jokes coz there's less interactions between the primary characters

[@MichaelTurner856]

THANK YOU! Everyone acts like Season 4 is some horrendous monstrosity but I really loved it. It had such a great build up and I thought the end was halarious! Season 5 wasn't as good in the way other one's were in terms of a wacky build up but I thought it was a good ending. All in all it's now one of my favorite shows of all time.

[@naivenitara]

The amount of intelligent hidden gems sewn into the fabric of Arrested Development is enviable and delicious.

[@sourdough6653]

Like all of the yearbook quotes, I just stopped and read them and they were all like hobbies: fish

[@fart63]

Enviable?

[@irfanraza-lz3ye]

That sentence was oddly satisfying...

[@development_arrested]

I think the downfall of arrested development is that it didnt have broad appeal in the first few seasons, and honestly if you had binged the whole 4th season(before the re-edit) like one really long episode it was great. The payoff of the first tobias episode made the first lindsay episode hilarious in retrospect.

[@pluflop]

@@development_arrested I agree I do not like the edit of season 4 into neat little episodes. I watched it when it first came out and really liked the whole each character gets an episode

[@futurehofer1564]

All 6 seasons of Community were amazing, all while trying to make it to regionals

[@avarms257]

God I hope we make it to regionals

[@BigDaddy-fe6yv]

@@avarms257 WHAT THE HELL ARE REGIONALS?

[@avarms257]

@@BigDaddy-fe6yv just because I’m confused doesn’t undermine their importance

[@jahankakkar]

@@joshdarcy746 Dude that is a reference from that episode

[@kevinflanagan2543]

@@BigDaddy-fe6yv They're this close!

[@cne7162]

my math teacher absolutely loved community and made references of it in class and me being so cultured understood a lot of them. i’m gonna miss him

[@haruruben]

That’s what happened to me on the first run of Attested Development, not just too many jokes too fast but too many plot points too fast and I’d get lost really easily if I messed an episode or even just got distracted. This is a show designed for streaming before streaming was a thing

[@gabrielpasquino4270]

"his love interest and mother... two different characters I should say" no, no I think Lucille Bluth counts as both

[@sourdough6653]

I think they both count as both lol

[@TheFatmanjelly]

"mother makes me wait out on the balcony until zip up, but at bath time anything goes"

[@ananya_maz]

Though two of these shows were already used in a video. I would kind of like to see how Drew breaks down: 1. The Office vs. Parks and Rec 2. Seinfeld vs. Friends

[@alnotbiggaytho7124]

Haha not even close, Seinfeld wipes the floor with friends

[@Ethan-en2ij]

Parks and Rec & Seinfeld. Parks and Rec was just better IMO, if you like The Office, you do you. But Seinfeld is better than FRIENDS all the way and no one can change my mind

[@marcospaulreal5922]

​@Ethan you're kidding yourself if you really believe parks & rec is better than the office. That, or you watched p&r first and have a bias toward it. Parks and recreation's humor is so much more explicit in its delivery, like a watered down brooklyn 9-9 (which actually makes it better than b99). The office does everything p&r tries to replicate so much better without being too over-the-top with it.

[@SlaterRecordsTV]

Seinfeld vs Always Sunny would make WAY more sense..

[@alnotbiggaytho7124]

@@SlaterRecordsTV true, Seinfeld would win tho

[@formerfilmstudent8349]

Community is simply the best sitcom ever made. The fact that s4 despite losing Dan Harmon is still hilarious and filled with great moments. Even after losing 3 main cast members still managing to be funny and creative even if they don’t hit the highs of s1-3

[@lesbianactivity]

i miss this genre of drew videos. im glad he made them so i can rewatch them

[@andykrauser8004]

Season 3 of Community is a goddamn masterpiece.

[@childishcappuccino1899]

Andy Krauser facts yo

[@jandcstopmotion7774]

Season 2 is also a masterpiece

[@andykrauser8004]

@@jandcstopmotion7774 agreed

[@brendanwheat9993]

The third season of every show is always the best. One other example is The office

[@brendanwheat9993]

@@jandcstopmotion7774 the whole show is a masterpiece

[@lachy4565]

I wish we were in the alternate reality where dan Harmon was never fired and community got a movie

[@Not_So_Slim_Shady]

It actually looks like Netflix might be planning on doing that.

[@DHynes5]

You never know. Joel McHale stated that the show's growing popularity on Netflix could possibly lead to a movie :) I just hope they get Donald Glover back in any shape or form. I want Troy and Abed back!!

[@hyde1893]

Darragh Hynes if troy and abed don't reunite, the movie isn't worth it

[@ST-tf4sq]

i wish this was true :( altho Dan would be great, what killed me was troy leaving :( and chevy... blah, he was funny but annoyed me a lot, but troy and abed were for me holding the show as high as it was, best storieslines, just doesnt feel the same without them

[@forthefrogs]

Dan Harmon was fired for sexual assault so I'd rather take a slightly less well written show than people on set being uncomfortable with their assaulter around

[@1chillychang]

I tried watching community once before and couldn't get past four episodes. I watched this video and gave it another chance and dear god am I glad I did. It's such a fun unique show with something new every episode, sometimes even switching mediums. The first several episodes don't really portray that right away so I'm so glad I gave it another chance. It's brilliant

[@tylerhofer2760]

Community is my favorite show of all time, they always tried something new and for me it worked almost every time.

[@24FramesOfNick]

24 Frames Of Drew Gooden

[@AfroZombieNinja]

Every Frames a Gooden

[@eiad1251]

Both drew and danny damn nick

[@frogwhisperer420]

Your Gooden Sucks

[@minute3959]

24 Frames Of Nick I checked twice if I was watching one of your videos or if was youtube was glitching jsjsj

[@kate9987]

Now You See Gooden

[@_ikako_]

I heard some relatives call The Big Bang theory the "greatest thing ever" and "incredibly funny" and then I see my mum looking at minion memes. I genuinely have no hope.

[@ariansmovies]

Forine The stupid shows that caters to The Dumb which is the overwhelmingly the majority, will always win out. :(

[@flowerfairies4685]

praying 4 ya mate

[@asimody250]

Aaand this is why I don't know a single person outside of my immediate family who has heard of community.

[@atheris1641]

Wtf I feel like I’ve seen this comment before Damn deja vu

[@noahreisner5199]

Good thing they will be dead soon.

[@MrAlanlaing]

The worst seasons of Arrested Development and Community are still funnier than all of Friends IMHO

[@RVforestgreen]

It’s true 😂

[@Keiette]

I love both community and friends 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@nietzschesncream8833]

I’m currently on my fourth consecutive rewatch of the original arrested development, and I am still catching jokes, references and foreshadowing that I previously missed. The first three seasons are brilliant.

[@gabriellaberman]

It’s unbelievable how clever the writing was in the first three seasons. I feel like it only gets better with every rewatch.

[@emmabales3468]

I feel like Community also lost a lot of its charm by losing 3 key members of the study group. Pierce wasn't a huge loss, but losing Troy and Shirley made the show feel a bit hollow.

[@marcocostantinj3605]

Emma Bales Pierce in the first three seasons was an amazing character and possibly the funniest one

[@csarheras5587]

Pierce was the best...I only watched it for him...Also chevy is a comedy legend...

[@joshdunham7167]

As two people have already mentioned, cheavy was the background guy who had a really big role, show felt so empty without him, Shirley didn't contribute much but troy was the end.

[@danielj.nickolas17]

I don’t know what these other replies are about. Pierce’s sympathetic moments never outweighed the fact that his jokes and story arcs were consistently one-note and annoying; and Chevy Chase rarely seemed like he even wanted to be on the show. But yes, season six felt off with so much of the original cast gone, and Pierce’s replacement from season five not coming back for season six didn’t help that “off” feeling. It was nice that Shirley made small appearances in the season six premier and finale.

[@ironiefan1567]

I think Pierce was a really important character whereas i was pretty happy when shirley left because she really annoyed me from the start

[@anomapingire4445]

Arrested Development was ahead of its time, Community was sublimely creative. Arrested Development is like a classic concept album, which one has to listen all the way to the finish, full of nuances, hidden symbolism, easter eggs, and brilliant writing. Community is like a feel-good greatest hits pop album, full of standalone hit singles and multiple genres you can enjoy.

[@Helga-fe5xl]

Yessssa

[@mars.x]

Perfectly said!

[@vedantshah9480]

I think both descriptions apply to both shows

[@spacecashier3915]

That is genuinely the best way to put it

[@1sTEfFaniE1]

To me community is like a stoners fever dream.

[@nicd8218]

The talk about the foresight of the loose seal joke, there's also the bit where buster finds his hand chair at Lupe's house and says "I never thought I'd miss a hand this much"

[@abbyiscoool]

My biggest flex is I was feral for community when it was coming out when I was in high school. I was on the forums checking to see if it’d get renewed. Pretty sure NBC did like a vote or something one year to see what show would get renewed and I made all my friends vote even though they had no idea what it was. Forever and always favorite show

[@Gen-he4fh]

community is literally the best show i’ve ever watched. it’s my number one favorite tied with bojack horseman. community ended just when it should’ve.

[@Jamie28999]

I take it you're a big Alison brie fan then haha

[@orvilfuentes5444]

@@Jamie28999 who isn’t lol

[@debatingdiva5237]

Ahhh love for Danny Donald and Alison>

[@spinxo80]

Bojack horseman sucks

[@comradejosephstalinoftheus8698]

I agree so much, the only reason that Remedial Chaos Theory isn't my favorite tv show episode ever is because the View from Halfway Down. I recommend Good Place to you if you love Bojack and Community.

[@katiemooree]

I love Community so much and it just always felt under-appreciated to me

[@comicalcosmonaut959]

Katie Moore i regret not watching until a year ago 😢

[@tresfordays9644]

I often wish I could forget everything about Community, so I could experience watching it for the first time all over again

[@vvvsss796]

@@tresfordays9644 so true

[@Trophonix]

how did a sitcom make me love the characters so much

[@ValerianGaudeau]

I had never heard about it before this video

[@chanithpeiris]

It’s nice to see that community is finally getting thier movie

[@1cepool]

As an intense fan in both shows having an intense special interest in Arrested Development and I think you explained the issues extremely well. I first watched all of Community first then started into Arrested Development. I had low hopes for Arrested Development as I committed my love to Community, but even just after the first episode I fell in love with it. I know every joke and everything with Arrested Development. Season 4 and 5 were definitely painful to see. Besides the Gob and Tony Wonder gag I felt like it was a hollow shell of the masterpiece it was before. I sometimes pretend the last 2 episodes didn't even happen besides the Gob theme. It got confusing, boring, and honestly just a hard thing to watch. I rewatch the first 3 seasons constantly appreciating it so much. Community has a special place in my heart, it being my first watch and it having a more serious approach when you would expect the opposite, a struggling family falling due to criminal activity vs. a study group but both do it so well. Community went about showing their characters in a loveable way, we come to love almost character (besides Pierce) while Arrested Development went about making you hate every character but in a loving way. I love every season of Community besides the "gas leak" season. Both are amazing in their own way even when they are formatically pretty similar.

[@nickdabott4715]

Arrested Development is one of the greatest shows on Netflix and Community is one of the greatest shows on Hulu

[@albertolarios5240]

nick da bott Community is also on Amazon Prime

[@DakaONER94]

Community used to be on netflix and it’s definitely one of my most viewed shows’ on the platform

[@mikevandemark1993]

Arrested Development is one of my favorite sitcoms of all time but I wish Netflix never picked it up 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mikevandemark1993]

Hi Me Yeah I wasn’t really feeling that honestly

[@shanejett3550]

Community is on Stan in Australia.

[@ThjyuGaming]

S1-3 the best S4 Gas Leak Year S5 Really good comeback S6 Sadder and slowish but ultimately a good wrap-up to the show that solidified it in my top 5 favorite shows ever

[@aaronkeane4914]

Genji I never even heard of it 2 weeks ago and now it’s one of my favourite shows ever

[@Melanie-jy2nw]

Aaron Keane same. I’m literally binging it and I don’t want it to ever end

[@MrDamsky100]

Watching it again recently I can't believe just how good the last half of season 6 is. There's some legit classic episodes there. Plus it helps that the finale is kinda flawless

[@iap7597]

S6 is so fucking good, especially the last few episodes.

[@-mae-5524]

I felt slightly disappointed with season 6, I think it's because there were less different episodes, or if there were different genres editing did not show it.

[@themysteriousonec2306]

“Or two bananas” THERE’S ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BANANA STAND

[@theblindcinephile]

The fact that Community is ACTUALLY getting a movie on Peacock after so many years is amazing

[@jaredjjacobs]

The season six finale of Community was really sweet to me. I didn't expect it to have such a somber nice ending.

[@larry_wilde]

i love it when the characters imagining their versions of seventh season. yeah, it's sad to see Jeff left by his study group.

[@Supaawesomeification]

I cried like a little baby. I can’t say it was a good cry because I was genuinely depressed by it but it was... cathartic and final. It made sense and felt real. But it also felt like real friends were going their own ways in life like when I graduated my community college and transferred

[@maahierabrahams4493]

The family at the very end playing the board game then realizing they weren't real -- sums up the best of Community for me.

[@corbinellens3890]

@@maahierabrahams4493 I get it, but I hated that bit with every fiber of my being when I saw it for the first time. It really felt out of place for me.

[@DatBoi-in2xs]

the finale broke my heart and makes me cry every time (jeff choking out abed is the most raw emotional scene ive seen him in)

[@justTheDoctor]

Community is streets ahead #6seasonsandamovie

[@brambleleaves47]

If you don't agree your streets behind

[@begonekneecaps1072]

@@brambleleaves47 "You're streets behind" or "Your streets are behind"?

[@brambleleaves47]

@@begonekneecaps1072 yes it should be the other you're but also who cares.

[@ezekielsomma5933]

@@begonekneecaps1072 I you have to ask then you're streets behind.

[@massbassin4554]

Caitlyn Morgenstern Stop trying time coin that.

[@four_twenty-seven]

community is my favorite show i've ever watched. the meta humor, the flawed likable characters, the wacky concepts (especially in s3), everything just gels together in a super witty and awesome underrated sitcom.

[@legendarycheekymonkey]

After watching both shows repeatedly for years, I find it hard to find other shows that match comedic and writing quality. Arrested Development was definitely ahead of it's time and so many people missed out first time round. I remember feeling special when I discovered it and I just watched it out of curiosity but quickly became obsessed with it.

[@burntnikesock212]

*How Not to Revive a Show* : Drew Gooden vs. Danny Gonzalez

[@imapersonright]

Burnt Nike Sock hmmm

[@evanmccormick1351]

Ooof

[@wonderlust1308]

I actually gasped lol

[@frogwhisperer420]

Spoiler: Cody Ko wins

[@IFYOUCOULDFLY]

Original Lele Pons commentary content 101

[@spencerkindra8822]

"I've made a huge tiny mistake."- Fox's CEO when he realized how popular Arrested Development was.

[@Nicklovesmw2]

Spencer Kindra nope he didn't say that you fucking liar, stupid fib telling lying piece of shit. I hate you and your family for lying to my children, they believed he said that and they were traumatized. How DARE you, did you not think of the children?!

[@jessieconaway4981]

Chad you good bro?

[@leann4265]

Chad see a therapist

[@gonkdroid5272]

Erica Raths no, I think Chad is right...

[@Renderduck]

@@Nicklovesmw2 Bruh

[@jonepartridge]

at this point I can’t even watch videos about community without switching to just watching community instead of the video. It’s literally my favorite show of all time and that’ll probably never change.

[@andymasters3133]

Arrested Development is amazing and was allowed to keep this recurring joke format you spent so much time talking about. The entire 3rd season is even better after a rewatch.

[@XboxOnPodcast]

Also worth a mention, Community lost a lot of its stellar cast which really messed with the chemistry. The replacement cast was actually quite good, surprisingly, but it never really felt the same in seasons 5 and 6.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

True. Even though I liked the replacement cast they can't compare to the original cast from the 4 seasons.

[@sanityisrelative]

I really really liked Frankie. I'm sad we didn't get to see more of her. And Keith David is always great (even if I keep thinking about Gargoyles every time I hear him speak).

[@lasagna312]

I loved Paget Brewster (also love her in criminal minds!), but yeah. Troy was always my favorite character. I don't think they should even bother doing a movie if they can't get Donald Glover for it.

[@WiGgYof09]

Season 5 and 6 were far superior to season 4 though. Troy was great, but they gave him a great send off before his character got stale.

[@Umwhatever]

i loved the replacement cast, but it wasnt the same without troy, shirley & pierce

[@natalielol1139]

parks and rec vs brooklyn nine nine (mike schur edition)

[@crestflames492]

the apotheosis is upon us or Brooklyn nine nine versus the good place

[@hatwallet]

parks and rec wins hands down. (change my mind)

[@janeh4525]

​@@hatwallet I'd say we shouldn't even compare them! Instead of "parks and rec *versus* b99", how about "parks and rec *and* b99"? Both are amazing in their own times. I think you'd get a better analysis of each show if they were looked at together after establishing that both are excellent comedies, rather than one being better than the other. (This shouldn't include b99 season 6 haha, it does a disservice to the writing of past seasons)

[@hatwallet]

Jane H Perhaps I was thinking a little too much about Season 6 of B-99, which was lacklustre and subpar (compared to the previous seasons). I might have been a bit harsh because of that. However, I still think that Parks and Rec is a better show - this is not a comparison of comedy (I think they are both excellent comedies, as you said). I maintain that P&R has much more than comedy to offer. Whilst B-99 certainly does have heartwarming characters and relationships, I find that P&R has managed to characterise and show development and growth better. Whilst I like the characters of B-99, I like them for not much more than their ‘quirks’ and occasionally minority struggles.

[@hatwallet]

Jane H I appreciate your enthusiasm and amity, though.

[@retropyro]

The legacy of Community is still strong. Many didn't get to watch season 6 when it first aired, but when they finally got to watch it, it was a winner. AD on Netflix was just pure garbage.

[@joitaylor3765]

Revisiting this video after the four years it was posted has me thinking about how the first time I watched Drew’s commentary I was obsessed with arrested development. Easily my favorite show, the first two seasons I have watched at least 10 times. A year or so later I started community (which I initially didn’t like because the characters seemed clunky) but after another shot at watching it I am absolutely in love with community. They not only gave a solid 5 seasons that were pretty dang good, season four really isn’t unwatchable. I think the actors were tight knit enough to know their characters and although the ship had no captain for that season, the crew still knew how to keep it afloat. Looking back although arrested development is still beloved in my eyes, I hold community in a far greater standard due to more seasons and arguably way more adversity. Arrested development really tipped off the edge for me in season three, the main plot was weird and the subplots couldn’t pull together enough to push me into a fourth season. I love both of these shows but community was able to accomplish more with far lesser resources than arrested development

[@carolineisntsweet]

Troy and Abed and Drew Gooooooooden

[@hopelessly.lavenderly]

the crossover we need but don't deserve

[@jessiesajoke]

Oh my God Caroline I found you

[@carolineisntsweet]

@@jessiesajoke WAIT

[@cilantrolime]

@@jessiesajoke I feel like I've witnessed something here xD

[@kristopher4130]

LMFAOAO

[@Metal-Spark]

Community's messy and unceremonious end is actually echoed in the narrative of the show and the problems that the characters are faced with. It's sad that such a gem of a show fizzled out the way it did, but the writers, showrunner and cast turned it into poetry. Even as they were limping towards their end, community delivered a poignant finale that resonated with how I felt, watching one of my favourite shows come to an unjust end.

[@83livingthere]

Someone tell Drew Six seasons and a movie is coming true

[@ocek2744]

I really don't understand why people insist on doing *nothing* but shit on season 4; it had plenty of good episodes. Season 4 may be considered the worst from Community but even the worst season of Community is better than the best seasons of other comparable shows.

[@mateszucs8975]

I didn't initially know what happened to Community after Season 3, but during my binge of the entire show in the past couple of weeks, I could instantly feel that something's off. It didn't feel like Community, it felt like people trying to mimic the show, and the characters really didn't feel like themselves, at least for me. There were some good ideas here and there but Community was great because it had good ideas and executed them well, while in Season 4 some of the ideas were dogshit to begin with, and also, sometimes it wasn't well executed in my opinion. It was a chore to get through for me, and I think the day Danny left in Season 5 the show started to lose everything that made it soo out of this world amazing to begin with. But that's just my opinion.

[@whodatninja439]

Drew Gooden doesn't even mention Happy Endings, which is a great show and is definitely the only reason the new showrunners were hired. Not some obscure TV show about an alien from long ago. Season 4 is not that bad.

[@RingoLoadagain]

@@mateszucs8975 Same here. I kept wondering what had happened and wondering if it would get good again (it did). It was only after doing a little research while watching season 5 that I had read what happened and realized how much of a mistake they had made.

[@bleepbloop101010101]

S4 was not as funny, but as someone who didn't like S3 I actually enjoyed it better. S4 focused more on the character dynamics which was sorely missing from late S2 and S3+ under Harmon. After S2 everyone became a one dimensional stereotype (even moreso than before) with no meaningful interpersonal nuances and there was a lack of emotional payoff which felt more like It's Always Sunny than Community. The magic of S1-2 was lost. S4 attempted to bring that aspect back, but the humour of the first seasons was sadly missing. The most obvious turning point in the show imo was when they cut the Shirley/Britta scene in the finale of S2 where they pass judgement on each others' lifestyles. When you cut a scene like that, the fact that they survive to the end and team up to save the day together (along with undercover Pierce) means nothing.

[@marshmallowPillows]

upon rewatch I skip my least favorite s4 eps (like the finale or the puppets ep) but there are tons of good ones. And Jim Rash (the Dean) wrote probably one of my fav Community episodes ever: Basic Human Anatomy.