Community - Dan Harmon Rules Out Possible Finales

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Cast member Alison Brie (Annie Edison) talks about the evolving relationship between Annie and Britta (played by Gillian Jacobs). Series creator/executive producer Dan Harmon gets flak for his spoilers about the finales of "Newhart" and "Quantum Leap."
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[@christophercolumbus6474]

It’s funny how Dan was like “I hope it doesn’t end in ah snow globe” when in the last scene of Community there’s a family playing a game called “Community” and the dad implies that Community was a just in a snow globe the whole time only to find out that they’re part of the show and that they’re not even real...outstanding!

[@Shamilasitha]

Just watched the finale. Yeah!!!

[@RealCoolGuy]

Both the reference in the finale and his comment here are references to the '80s TV program St. Elsewhere where the series finale revealed that the entire show had taken place in a snow globe imagined by an autistic child. It was considered both brilliant and frustrating at the time and nowadays the program is mostly forgotten save the snow globe ending.

[@ba2tripleO]

The Krampus movie also ends in a snow globe 😅

[@Washburn4o]

I love how the cheers dropped an octave lower when Alison mentioned the GQ photo-shoot.

[@brendangraham6552]

There's sitting cross-legged, and then there's Gillian Jacobs sitting cross-legged.

[@joedee9811]

Brendan Graham she britta'd it!

[@kmewborn360]

lool i noticed her legs were as far east and west as you can humanly cross legs 😂

[@Simon-A.-Tan]

That kinda indicates an incredibly closed personality.

[@Joneedance]

@@Simon-A.-Tan or that she's wearing a skirt on a stage.

[@fightclub6291]

I'd imagine it's cold in there? But yeah she's probably the least comfortable body language-wise except maybe Dan Harmon?

[@TeeJaySmall]

Man this cast has such amazing chemistry, I love it so much

[@tmosh55]

Jeff is also possibly sane because he filled it out randomly.

[@JimmySteller]

He IS sane. Harmon wrote it into the first season. Jeff asks Abed why they're the only sane members of the group and Abed doesn't deny it.

[@bencapka6421]

Violet Fields Jeff filled it out randomly so we don’t actually know if he is insane

[@MrLCGO]

@@bencapka6421 He is both same and insane until he takes the test and answers it honestly... Schrodinger's Jeff

[@katiestevenson7742]

@@bencapka6421 I believe Abed could of pretended to be a character when he asked his, more fun that way. So they all actually insane. Jeff filled his out randomly but if Annie, Britta and Shirley are insane then no way is Jeff not. And Pierce been always insane.

[@7th808s]

I know this is from 7 years ago, but I understood that in that episode they re-entered their answers and I assumed that Jeff would answer honestly this time around. There's no way he is sane since he's clearly a narcissist. That episode is a bit strange overall to me, since if they mean by "insane" dangerous and potentially murderous, then I could get why it's not Abed, but it should also be not Troy, since his character is just supposed to be dumb. And if with "insane" they mean having some sort of personality disorder, then it's just a bit unreasonable not to include Abed, since he's clearly on the autism spectrum. I think that you could say that what was communicated to us at the end of that episode is that Abed is the only one who has a healthy lifestance. And I think that is rather because than despite him being selfish (even though we also see in future episodes how he can take that too far). All the other characters let what others think of them get to their heads (narcissist, overachiever, popular guy, Machiavellian (concealed with Christianity), spoiled rich "kid" who always feels left out, wannabe activist/woke).

[@TGymer]

Glad that Jim Rash has his head on straight. I too strip down every time i am angered. It helps when the person im angry at can see how red my body is getting with fury

[@JimmySteller]

All the jokes at Gillian and Britta's expenses feels a bit sadder after that zoom Q&A when Gillian just casually brought up her past experience with isolation and self-loathing. Even Yvette was alarmed enough to reach out to her twice during that chat after she said that.

[@mmyilmazyurt8666]

Gillian Jacobs is so elegant and goofy at the same time.

[@PppGameboy]

I love this group's riffing

[@alielmiedany3611]

Your profile pic is everything

[@sillyyyluvr]

greatest chemistry in a sitcom cast i've seen

[@gpoop23]

Meanwhile, Abed ended up finishing the series by canonically destroying all civilization with a meteor.

[@mrxmenguy]

+gpoop23 I wish they ended season 6 that way that would be so cool.

[@demmelons5324]

gpoop23 Darkest timeline canon ending.

[@geovannomozes7010]

I was crushing Alison Brie. Now, after watching a lot of Gillian Jacobs interview: Gillian Jacobs is too perfect

[@burtonl7239]

Gillian Jacobs should have been Harley Quinn.

[@nickv1212]

She's such a natural dork that her entire character changed. She could totally pull off Harley Quinn.

[@d_lightnin8108]

I can see that

[@TheMastermind729]

That’s literally just because she looks like Margot robbie

[@elektrasgf]

@@TheMastermind729 she doesn't even look like Margot Robbie, she's just blonde😭

[@mrballer101]

Gillian jacobs is beautiful and a scholar. Well played.

[@Alwaysbusking]

Jim Rash is a comedic genius

[@AStarInAndromeda]

Awww, poor Britta, everyone's so meannnn to her lol

[@fangofsilver5537]

Just found these clips. I miss Community so much! Where´s the movie Abed?;)

[@petalburgresident1541]

You're already in the movie

[@DieIndie]

Just a wry observation that Gillian Jacobs, who attended a rather prestigious institute of higher learning called Juilliard, draws on all her fancy learning to define what a verb is.

[@fightclub6291]

Incorrectly too....I'll pedantically point out. She defined an adverb.

[@myoldvan119]

it turns out 8 wasnt enough. LOL

[@MrLCGO]

Dan Harmon did spoiled GoT WTF?!!

[@happybirthday146]

:) Yyyyessss. So deeply in love with Dan Harmon and his exquisite mind. Have been for 14 years.

[@jacklongston8055]

Harmon is so quick and witty.

[@happybirthday146]

@@jacklongston8055 :) Totally.

[@williambyrne5513]

Ken Jeong is having the time of his life

[@jandcstopmotion7774]

At all the conventions he’s just laughing hysterically the whole time.

[@aboutkimmy]

As always

[@fightclub6291]

Ahhh the "Jimmy Fallon" act

[@dewskie]

These are so awesome! The cast and writers are hilarious together. I would love to be on the set when they're shooting.

[@itsGingerrr]

OMG! Dan Harmon totally foreshadowed the Finale of Season 6!!!!

[@PppGameboy]

How?

[@itsGingerrr]

I'm not gonna lie, I dont even remember typing that 😕

[@atrijitdas1704]

+Ppp Gameboy i think the person was talking about the Community Board game sequence.

[@TheWobblyjobbly]

totally ended in a snow globe

[@cemtastemir109]

@@itsGingerrr hey

[@Meg_Lovegood]

I just started watching quantum leap, thanks Dan

[@Sandman1138]

Wow,...that was a twist!? Never expected to hear the ending to Quantum Leap watching this video! Well,...strike thát from my DVD-wishlist! On topic: LOVE Community!!!

[@Ksu_]

love this group of ppl

[@MaggieOAT]

"Why do you have to be naked to leave?!" "...I don't know." I love these guys.

[@mariorossi4861]

Ken Jeong is the Asian Jimmy Fallon in real life: shows up and laughs at everything anyone's saying anytime

[@AmaraEmme]

But his laughs don’t sound fake

[@DakNJaxter]

Yeah. I kinda thought it was a throw back to the cookie crisp wizard episode where Jeff says, "sometimes I think you and I are the only sane ones here", to Abed.

[@Dakers11]

Without Dan Harmon's vision , the show is not renewed. The actors, while loved by the fans. Are instruments that play his music.

[@vietle1321]

Happy I just finished Quantum Leap a month ago before I got into Community.

[@JonGrandeMedia]

what if instead of the whole it's a dream or a tv show thing it goes back to abed on the very first day of school again and the show was all him playing things out in his head and since it's already been determined that he can tell the future in some sort of way it all plays out the way we watched it so it's not as much of a cop out

[@puellamagica3359]

whoa. that actually makes sense in a crazy kind of way

[@FatManRedemption]

Because the "it was all inside of the mind of an autistic child" ending has already been done in a show I never saw called St. Elsewhere. Far be it from Dan Harmon to pass up an homage, but I don't think he'd ideally want to end the whole series that way. (Also, I just finished watching the video and it turns out Dan made an allusion to the St. Elsewhere ending in this video, saying he was glad it didn't end that way)

[@jan050375]

+GrandeSizeIt the "it all happend in someones mind" ending is mindblowing the first time you see it and you are still a kid, but in reality its just a lame, cheap gimmick. it can make whole shows and movies pointless.

[@valeria-iu5mj]

Okay. I admit to watch ever community cast Interview looking for the moment when Danny Pudi shows up. He's a adorable person.

[@Uglyknees]

Gillian is the most beautiful woman in the world. The end.

[@dixiecronin7791]

"You always have to take your clothes off, guys!" LOL

[@mepowell46]

6 SEASONS AND A MOVIE!!!

[@itsaLia]

I love Gillian!

[@cynthiarios271]

six seasons and a movie

[@MaggieOAT]

Hmm... "You should wear more sweaters". This reminds me of the first episode of the fourth season when Abed has the different fantasies, and then tells Annie she should study forensics.

[@MONTYSK8WELLY]

dont end this show !!!

[@smileygirl123ish]

Danny and Ken are like the real-life troybed

[@IJVin]

"Why did he have to be naked to leave?"

[@rehanimus]

I feel like Gillian Jacobs isn't comfortable in her own skin...

[@MisterMoccasin]

If I was making one of the best written shows on TV, I'd want to spoil everything!

[@usernothere900]

Community Easter Eggs and Details: kzbin.info/aero/PLfBt5gG2lF1GuW2bx5Tz08U9ZxKBA5IXo

[@belpop]

You Britta'd it!!

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

"After several weeks of negotiations, Community producer Sony Pictures TV just confirmed that there are deals in place for series creator/former showrunner Dan Harmon and former co-exec producer Chris McKenna to returning as executive producers for Season 5."

[@RealCoolGuy]

I had no idea that's how Quantum Leap ended... mind blown

[@BensCoffeeRants]

Seems like the actor who plays the "Dean" is playing himself :D

[@Wemdiculous]

Spoilers, unity made community.

[@metsjets333]

Sam wasn't dead in 'Quantum Leap'

[@Maccanarchy]

Yeah it would, many people spend ages in university/college because of failing class it would be easy to write in that they failed or didn't make the required credits to graduate on time.

[@SoDrigh]

Hmmm...I was thinking. If I my legs were alternating left to right allowing me to navigate around my surroundings (let's pretend you are a child first learning this), would this not be described as walking from a person who knows the verb? So technically the world walk is not the action itself, but the description of that action; it facilitates the description.

[@DieIndie]

2:09 - Juilliard graduate, this one.

[@st_ro_ll]

'WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE NAKED TO LEAVE WHYYY?!?!' cracked me up so much XD

[@Marky11694]

What's Sad is That ending with Abed walking off a Soundstage would have been Brilliant

[@mynameiskendo358]

Hahahaha Dan Harmon giving everything away! xD

[@kotkaconforza]

Did Jim Rash bring his Oscar to the panel? :D

[@CarrotFlowers421]

Why am I watching all these in 2017

[@Redstorm1554]

Because you want to stop crying but don't want to forget.

[@johnarbuckle2619]

2018

[@zRaRz]

2020 vision bitches

[@CarrotFlowers421]

zRaRz after the Netflix release, we're all back here again!

[@ubiquitouspanda4466]

@@CarrotFlowers421 that's how I got into it! It was so good!

[@withalittlehelpfrom3]

I’m from the future, and trust me: you don’t want to know how Game of Thrones ends. As in, don’t even listen when it DOES end!

[@ConnorDoubleYou]

2:10, actually an adverb describes an action. A verb is the action. She Britta'd it.

[@MrPanacea999]

Nope. This is nonsense. An adverb would be "You totally Britta'd that comment", with "totally" being the adverb and "Britta" the verb. She was right.

[@MrPanacea999]

verb vəːb/ Grammar noun noun: verb; plural noun: verbs 1. a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

[@kmewborn360]

now i gotta watch quantum leap lool

[@dannygrantham7783]

I’m a huge fan of Community how many episodes did u do?

[@GustavoEPerezRamirez]

Technically, the verb doesn't describe the actions. The verb *is* the action. An element that kinda describes the action would be the adverb. Sorry for being an smartass. Still, I love Gillian. She's just the best.

[@MaggieOAT]

Technically, doesn't every word describe something? Words are dead, they aren't the actual things. They are used to communicate the thing they express.

[@dougbecktroyd2692]

I can not see that with Jeffs character

[@BigMexico993]

When it turned out eight wasn't enough...

[@TrumbullComic]

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE NAKED TO LEAVE?!?

[@dannygrantham7783]

Second part is has Jeff got a love life?

[@lewis3853]

I LIKE TROY!! Come on Donald, join in on one of these🤦🏾‍♂️

[@4fret]

#3.5seasonsandaspecial

[@trevor8930]

sadly i can not say the same....

[@RealCoolGuy]

He just spoiled Quantam Leap for me... Is that really how it ended..?

[@Life-Row-Toll]

Not exactly.

[@lukeshdoesntknow]

Dan's coming back for season 5

[@Sundance619]

i laughed. sooooooo hard at this

[@username1928rwe]

Actually it was the persians but the show is still awsome!

[@wilsoncalhoun]

Apropos of nothing, I think St Elsewhere also had a pretty successful snow globe ending.

[@Matt-pc5cd]

Sam wasn't dead and god wasn't the one leaping him. Way off, Harmon.

[@Walupof]

Spoiler: I mean the ending basically snow-globed it, but with a board game, so Dan Harmon pretty much lied...

[@iAniAn2345]

bring the russo brothers back too

[@LilDP]

OMG THANKS FOR SPOILING QUANTUM LEAP!

[@Sabertooth1000000000]

as usual Jim Rash steals the show.

[@dougbecktroyd2692]

after fourth season it would not make snese for them to still be hear and with Chevy Chase Leaving sorry

[@jackcapn-sparrow2047]

#sixseasonsandamovie

[@ninkeyblader]

This should be titled, "Spoiler Alert"

[@Carlosbro42]

Jim Rash is a god

[@Freenure]

What?

[@TheCaptainJC]

Dan Harmon lied

[@davesoverthere]

He said no snow globes. He never said anything about no board games.

[@TaglessRussell]

You've missed the point.

[@arunsfreemusic]

lol kens such a goon

[@superwoman5060]

Why does he have to be naked??!??! lol

[@ihearcalling]

way to ruin quantum leap for me, Dan.

[@kmewborn360]

are we just gonna breeze past the fact that Donald Glover was NOT there!??!!?!? hes my tied for first fave cast member

[@damianespinosa6393]

kmewborn360 I love this show and cast but I have to admit I only gave it a chance cause I knew Donald Glover/Childish Gambino was there

[@RealCoolGuy]

@@damianespinosa6393 I started watching this after seeing a clip of Donald Glover and Chevy Chase (unfortunately the first two to go). I was a fan of Donald from his Derrick Comedy days. (Actually, before Mystery Team I always thought his name was Derrick)

[@nituldeshptha99]

Well I guess they ruined the Game of Thrones finale on their own lol

[@elyna]

Who cares?

[@muffinfighter3680]

Thank goodness, I hate it when shows "know" that theit world is fictional. It feels like their adventures weren't real and I wasted my time investing in this characters.

[@Malky24]

Ken Jeong's laugh is so fake.