It's a shame that in season 4 they kicked Dan Harmon, and yeah, he cameback and did everything that he could to save the show, but after Donald Glover left, community didn't feel the same
@@Aon_Duine true, I actually commend Harmon for being able to keep it pretty entertaining despite 50% of the original cast leaving, usually when that happens the show falls apart but I think he did pretty well with what he had. I want my movie!
"Even the classes don't make sense". My favourite episode is the night school episode. Class 101, Introduction to Intermediate, History of Something, ECHETERA...
I absolutely love everything in this video except for one part. I think you’re right about Jeff holding the group back to a certain degree, but not for the reasons mentioned. I think what it shows is that the group forces Jeff to be compassionate, considerate of others, and grow as a person. Rather than showing that the group is at its best without him, it shows that the group is at its best when he is being selfless and being called on his bs by the group. Jeff laughs and accepts being called out, rather than attempting to lie and weasel his way out of it like the first episode/season. Still loved the video and you’re definitely on point about everything else, just a thought I had. Hope you make more videos in the future!
On top of that, it is not necessarily the "brightest timeline". It's the only timeline where none of them confront their problems and just pretend to be happy as they dance but other timelines show tons of latent problems within the group that are actually resolved while Jeff is there. Jeff is shown to progress the group foward, as the timeline without him is the only one where the character relations don't advance.
You hit the nail on the head here, especially stating the fact that it shows the group is at its best when he is selfless and called out on his bs. Nice!
Dan Harmon talked about that scene in a panel and had an interesting message about leadership. As Jeff is the de facto leader of the group, he is essential. We need leaders, but often those leaders are very much holding us back from doing what we want to. The group laughs when he hits his head on the fan. Leaders sometimes need to be there to take the blame and have us joke about them. But even when we are laughing at our leaders' stupidity, the world would be a really screwed up place without someone doing this often thankless job.
I just watched the commentary track for that episode like 2 days ago! Dan Harmon said that Jeff isn’t per say holding the group back or at least not in a purposely hurtful way, but instead is taking charge in a situation where it’s not really needed. He’s the leader of the group and he takes advantage of that, but when he gets called out/receives his karma and gets the pizza graciously, it shows that the group still has power over him and the push him to be a better person. The group being able to sing a dance around when Jeff is gone shows him that he doesn’t always have to be the leader in every situation and he can just let his friends be crazy and themselves. He doesn’t have to put on the red light/be cool all the time.
Just to clarify, the song at the end of the video is called Daybreak, by Michael Haggins (often referenced on Community). The music used throughout the video is Greendale Is Where I Belong by Ludwig Görransson, part of the original score from Community.
Personally don't think Jeff gets enough credit for what he does for the group, nor for the friendships he forges. Think about how easily he is disposed of by the group, yet how hard he finds them to let go. I spent much of the series feeling deep pity for Jeff and missing out on enjoyment in my first watch due to seeing the hurt in the character, his being neglected first by his father then by the group, etc. Jeff represents our own fears and is essentially the classic straight man with enough charm to get the selfish ends that all subliminally desire. Perhaps he is arrogant, confident, though far from secure - think back to the call girl story about him being over 400lb and reflect on how tragic that really is.
Just remembered one of the few times he expressed emotional pain to the group and how quickly they moved on to the others' trivial ones. The man was in therapy but no one seemed to care - but he burdened no one with it. Unsung hero, carrier of his own cross that of multiple others too - all it got him was alone, loveless and in the job he viewed as the most tragic. What does it matter anyway - I don't believe he was more complete when he had leather chairs and fine watches at the law firm than battered sofas and broken clocks at community college. What's it all for anyway? Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere. We're all going to die. Come watch TV - Abed was into something.
I'm not sure if I'd agree that he's the 'classic strait man', he's definitely the closest thing the show has to one but he's still nowhere near normal and goes along with/causes a lot of the craziest stuff which happens in the show - the paintball episodes are a perfect example of this - however, I definitely agree with you on the rest of it
@@pioneer_1148 agreed. I think early on Jeff is well summarised with his claim to Annie along the lines of "you're just as selfish as I am. You're just not as good at it yet". Think about the timelines episode. Everyone shotguns not to go get the pizza, Jeff devises a plan to ensure he doesn't. When Abed exposes him, he is treated as selfish and uncaring, when really he is just better at it than the others. He has a strange obligation thrust on him by the group to sacrifice his interests for everyone else's, which is not mirrored. He was prepared to sacrifice his career for Shirley etc. I still feel terrible for Jeff every time I think about community - the reasons he should stay, one by one, they all just fade away. He lets his guard down to these people, then lets them go. He's left with Britta, Frankie whom he barely knows, a pervert Dean and the psychotic Chang. Poor guy.
@@commentconnoisseur1001 but because he's actually a great guy, he's content with it. He loves these misfits and weirdoes. He's had great moments in his time at greendale, and while they may not go on forever like he'd like, he still had them. It's a gift. A bittersweet gift, because the people leave, but a gift he has to accept. Love Jeff as a character, he loves his community even though not many people notice it.
I feel bad for Jeff he kind of sacrificed everything for his friends just for them to leave and he didn’t even get the girl he truly loved it’s kind of sad
Jeff is like the main character who accidentally becomes the viewer of the movie instead. he becomes so invested with the story, he doesn't want the characters to leave him behind.
Jeff’s entire character is built around his fear of being left behind, of not being wanted, that’s what causes him to adopt the “cool man” persona, and to not show vulnerability to others as well as use them as pawns, deep down he thinks that he will isn’t worth love and that anyone he lets into his life will eventually leave and just hurt him more.
I think it's important for Jeff's character to distinguish between "joining the study group to sleep with Britta" and "starting the study group to sleep with Britta". He didn't walk in and ask to join a study group, he CREATED a "fake" study group to try to get with Britta, and it blows up in his face when she invites the other 5.
He is the main character. The show is about his relation to the group and his character developes the most by far and the show is cenetered around his growth
I noticed the same thing. It's a flawed, almost disturbing lack of understanding of the character. Right from episode 1 we're shown that Jeff is a good person when it comes down to the wire, he's just stuck in the habit of using people because it has always worked for him.
@@arthursleite No one should be watching a video analyzing any aspect of a show expecting to avoid spoilers. The analysis suffers from holding back so much information. You can't prove your point if you don't address specific events and character changes. It makes the whole thing half-finished at best. Though I doubt that's what he's doing. I genuinely think he doesn't understand the character.
@@arthursleite anyone that complains about spoilers for shows that are finished and no longer airing can suck it the fuck up and stop being whingy entitled asshats
So, I just stumbled upon this video doing a search on how Dan Harmon creates his characters. I intended to simply check the quality of the vid (considering the number of views) and if it was good, I'd come back later to watch it-- but I ended up watching the whole thing then and there. I thought it was really done well. Quality stuff, man! I noticed you haven't posted in 4 months now. I hope you come back and make more! :)
5:30 I don't know if I agree with this. At the start of season 1 that's the case yes, but I think that around the second half of the 1st season already he does connect with them more. He still manipulates them and has a weird amount of power over them, but he does see them as friends, even Chang and the Dean
This isn’t really how Dan Harmon writes characters. It’s just saying what happens in a few episodes and what the characters motivations were. Like, characters having some heartfelt moments isn’t a truth exclusive to Dan Harmon characters. It’s in most everything. Nor are storylines that are absurd very exclusive. Loads of things do that. Not saying this is a bad video, just poorly titled. Maybe “how shows like community/ rick and morty balance surreal and real!” Would’ve been better. Don’t feel I learned anything new about how any of those characters were conceived.
He writes characters to be relatable in highly unrelatable situations. Basically he shows you what would happen if you or someone you knew where thrown into situations you never would have imagined happening unlike other shows that only show you what it would be like if these ppl u don't know, were in a situation u or someone you know may have been through. Yeah he doesn't give you the step by step process that he uses to create characters but he tells u what he has in mind when he's doing it
This video has a rather misleading title. It is a good analysis of what makes Community and Rick and Morty great, but it does not mention Dan Harmon’s writing style at all. There is a difference between breaking down an approach to something and just praising this approach. I would have loved to have actually learnt how to write characters.
I love Community 💓 I’m re-watching it now and I’m realizing again how creative and unique this show truly is. Loved the recent table read and the new podcast about the show.
One thing I like about his characters are how consistent they are. Most, if not all, sitcoms are willing to contradict a character just for a silly plotline for one episode.
You are a great narrator. Straight to the point no bells and whistles. Just brilliant insight filled with amazing perspective on how dan uses real emotion to create almost fantasy like storylines
Thank you for this video! Dan Harmon is one of my all time favorite writer but just by watching his works isn't enough to learn how he does it, but this was very informative and I definitely learned a lot.
Just finished my first watch and my rewatch, cause I wanted to catch everything and make sure I got the show, of community and it was fantastic. I’m still waiting for an analysis video on how community does romance better than any show I’ve watched. It was such a breath of fresh air
Brilliant, I am researching Dan Harmon's story circle for my job as a digital experience designer where my users must navigate the unfamiliar and uncaring car industry to get some kind of small and meaningful 'win' when exchanging their vehicle for a new one. This video has some great quotes and insights that I'll use on my slides. Thanks.
Hey man ,first coming to ur channel and i really loved the video ,is easy to see u put a lot of feeling in this ,also i really like to see community been praised as it should ,keep up the good work
Dammit. It's not like I've never cried at Community before. I adore it, it's one of my favorite shows ever. And yet I always thought "Remedial Chaos Theory" was a *tad* overrated. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE it, I just never loved it AS MUCH as everyone else, it often making people's #1 on top favorite lists, whereas it probably wouldn't make my top 10. Yet this video, and your analysis of the ending, of the group's dynamic being actually better without Jeff, and the implications of what that really means, how we can relate to our own insecurities of not being important to our friends or family, you made me tear up. I really love Jeff, okay? Favorite character, so that unpleasant truth nugget cut me real deep.
i knew there were a lot of BG gags but i completely missed the family one with abed. i did notice him looking past shirly and thought it meant something though
Dan Harmon said in a talk with the community cast : "i'm not a joke writer, the "joke" are funny because you know the character behind thé Line" (Bit of paraphrase)
"But the characters he's placing in those situations are always real!" *Panicking because you're about to reveal the fake dean!* *Relieved when you cut away in time*
What's REALLY notable about Rick's attempted suicide before he passes out and the machine expends its last shot harmlessly, is that that machine doesn't just kill something. It kills every version of that thing throughout the multiverse. Rick's pain was so horrible that he wanted to eradicate himself from all realities, but his pain also lead him to drink and pass out, meaning his human weakness is also kinda what saved him from his impossible superintelligence.
Interesting Video. Well done. - Side Note: Seinfeld never used laugh tracks. To the point where if a bit didn’t get a laugh they would often stop and rewrite it quickly and reshoot it until it worked.
I wish it didn’t take Netflix putting this show on the lineup to get people into it. All the actors and actresses are severely underrated too, besides Chevy Chase because he had a big spotlight in comedy for a long time.
its always made sense to me that these things can happen under deans rule, the dean is flamboyent so therefore the school is flamboyant, thats the way ive always seen it
I thought the Unity episode of Rick & Morty as a whole was supposed to be a metaphor for Harmon’s relationship with the show Community. Her name even being a nod to the show name.
The pillows and blanket war wasn't a month, it was a few days. Also, Jeff genuinely cares about the study group. That was made clear halfway through season 1 and reiterated for the rest of the show. He just still manipulates them in smaller ways so he doesn't have to do any work. That's why he did what he did with the dice roll.
This actually explains my problem with the newer R&M episodes: Rick lost his last bit of humanity. I feel like in the new episodes, he just wouldn't react to a city exploding, but in that earlier episode, _he did._ Rick went from Chaotic Neutral to Chaotic Evil. He used to have standards, but they've slipped.
Sir, well done. As of this message Community is on Netflix. Also, where did you get the sound byte of the saxaphone bit at the end? I have been trying to find it and have been unsuccessful. Thank you.
What? That's not the point of Jeff leaving and everyone enjoying themselves. It doesn't show that they are happier without Jeff. But that he keeps them grounded. Big difference. That's what makes the end of the show so important as everyone has evolved so much Jeff needs grounding
It's a beautiful insight, and beautiful narration. But I dont think Rick passes out at the end of the episode he just decided not to kill himself as painful as he felt.
This video came on from some sort of cue as I left youtube on autoplay.... I was going to change video after the last one but couldn't when this one started. Weird comment to say, but I mean it:I love you, man.... *dean voice from Redux* Community is the best series in the world.... Hope you have a great day. Peace
How he writes: intelligently, which is rare, since TV is dumbed down for the greater audience. Examples of intelligence: main protagonist is neither good guy, nor bad guy, he's an antihero, a bad guy trying to become a good guy. Already more complex than 90% of what's out there. Then on the first episode, he explains what the show is about: it's about a group of very different people becoming something more, a community. So that you, watcher, even if you don't have affinity to any of the characters, even if you're different, you're accepted. It feels like the show is a family of sorts. Then he uses abed to play with metalanguage, making fun of different styles of TV and movies, uses sci fi concepts, but he still manages to keep drama people engaged with their will they won't they relationship tropes (basically the stuff that abed doesn't like). Add to that the comedy that arises from very different people trying to get what they want, but getting in each other's ways and dealing with their flaws, trying to become better people.
He cut her of because Britta’s singing is horrible, and I mean horrible. Case in point, christmas episode where they became the glee club stand-ins again.
Whats your favorite sitcom?
Community
Community
Community
Rick and Morty
FX's Atlanta
Community is honestly one of the best written shows in terms of character development and dialogue I've ever watched.
Also, Scrubs
It's a shame that in season 4 they kicked Dan Harmon, and yeah, he cameback and did everything that he could to save the show, but after Donald Glover left, community didn't feel the same
@@Aon_Duine true, I actually commend Harmon for being able to keep it pretty entertaining despite 50% of the original cast leaving, usually when that happens the show falls apart but I think he did pretty well with what he had. I want my movie!
@@kursedmilk #sixseasonsandamovie !!!!!
@@Aon_Duine i think most of us felt this way
"Even the classes don't make sense".
My favourite episode is the night school episode. Class 101, Introduction to Intermediate, History of Something, ECHETERA...
Conspiracy Theory
Professor Professorson
idk colleges have some weird classes. mine has a decal all about drake
Learning!
I absolutely love everything in this video except for one part. I think you’re right about Jeff holding the group back to a certain degree, but not for the reasons mentioned. I think what it shows is that the group forces Jeff to be compassionate, considerate of others, and grow as a person. Rather than showing that the group is at its best without him, it shows that the group is at its best when he is being selfless and being called on his bs by the group. Jeff laughs and accepts being called out, rather than attempting to lie and weasel his way out of it like the first episode/season. Still loved the video and you’re definitely on point about everything else, just a thought I had. Hope you make more videos in the future!
On top of that, it is not necessarily the "brightest timeline". It's the only timeline where none of them confront their problems and just pretend to be happy as they dance but other timelines show tons of latent problems within the group that are actually resolved while Jeff is there. Jeff is shown to progress the group foward, as the timeline without him is the only one where the character relations don't advance.
You hit the nail on the head here, especially stating the fact that it shows the group is at its best when he is selfless and called out on his bs. Nice!
This comment paired with the video works really well. Great analysis
Dan Harmon talked about that scene in a panel and had an interesting message about leadership. As Jeff is the de facto leader of the group, he is essential. We need leaders, but often those leaders are very much holding us back from doing what we want to. The group laughs when he hits his head on the fan. Leaders sometimes need to be there to take the blame and have us joke about them. But even when we are laughing at our leaders' stupidity, the world would be a really screwed up place without someone doing this often thankless job.
I just watched the commentary track for that episode like 2 days ago! Dan Harmon said that Jeff isn’t per say holding the group back or at least not in a purposely hurtful way, but instead is taking charge in a situation where it’s not really needed. He’s the leader of the group and he takes advantage of that, but when he gets called out/receives his karma and gets the pizza graciously, it shows that the group still has power over him and the push him to be a better person. The group being able to sing a dance around when Jeff is gone shows him that he doesn’t always have to be the leader in every situation and he can just let his friends be crazy and themselves. He doesn’t have to put on the red light/be cool all the time.
I love the background music “Greendale is where I belong” it’s the best song ever
Buh da bah ba be ne be bah bah bah neh neh ne beh beh beh beh
Is that what it’s called? I love that.
@@chelsie2767 I believe the song is called Daybreak.
Just to clarify, the song at the end of the video is called Daybreak, by Michael Haggins (often referenced on Community). The music used throughout the video is Greendale Is Where I Belong by Ludwig Görransson, part of the original score from Community.
**glass shattering**
Personally don't think Jeff gets enough credit for what he does for the group, nor for the friendships he forges. Think about how easily he is disposed of by the group, yet how hard he finds them to let go. I spent much of the series feeling deep pity for Jeff and missing out on enjoyment in my first watch due to seeing the hurt in the character, his being neglected first by his father then by the group, etc. Jeff represents our own fears and is essentially the classic straight man with enough charm to get the selfish ends that all subliminally desire. Perhaps he is arrogant, confident, though far from secure - think back to the call girl story about him being over 400lb and reflect on how tragic that really is.
Just remembered one of the few times he expressed emotional pain to the group and how quickly they moved on to the others' trivial ones. The man was in therapy but no one seemed to care - but he burdened no one with it. Unsung hero, carrier of his own cross that of multiple others too - all it got him was alone, loveless and in the job he viewed as the most tragic. What does it matter anyway - I don't believe he was more complete when he had leather chairs and fine watches at the law firm than battered sofas and broken clocks at community college. What's it all for anyway? Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere. We're all going to die. Come watch TV - Abed was into something.
I'm not sure if I'd agree that he's the 'classic strait man', he's definitely the closest thing the show has to one but he's still nowhere near normal and goes along with/causes a lot of the craziest stuff which happens in the show - the paintball episodes are a perfect example of this - however, I definitely agree with you on the rest of it
@@pioneer_1148 agreed. I think early on Jeff is well summarised with his claim to Annie along the lines of "you're just as selfish as I am. You're just not as good at it yet". Think about the timelines episode. Everyone shotguns not to go get the pizza, Jeff devises a plan to ensure he doesn't. When Abed exposes him, he is treated as selfish and uncaring, when really he is just better at it than the others. He has a strange obligation thrust on him by the group to sacrifice his interests for everyone else's, which is not mirrored. He was prepared to sacrifice his career for Shirley etc. I still feel terrible for Jeff every time I think about community - the reasons he should stay, one by one, they all just fade away. He lets his guard down to these people, then lets them go. He's left with Britta, Frankie whom he barely knows, a pervert Dean and the psychotic Chang. Poor guy.
@@commentconnoisseur1001 but because he's actually a great guy, he's content with it. He loves these misfits and weirdoes. He's had great moments in his time at greendale, and while they may not go on forever like he'd like, he still had them. It's a gift. A bittersweet gift, because the people leave, but a gift he has to accept. Love Jeff as a character, he loves his community even though not many people notice it.
I feel bad for Jeff he kind of sacrificed everything for his friends just for them to leave and he didn’t even get the girl he truly loved it’s kind of sad
Doesn't Abed help that couple give birth to that kid over the course of a single episode? Not seasons.
yes, it took place in one episode
If you have to ask, you’re streets behind
It was one episode he was a background character that episode
@@13matjim which episode?
@@tamarpeer261 203
Anyone ever told you that you sound like Jason from The Good Place?
Holy crap you're so right
@@shangc2781 it's so similar it's eerie
Oh dip!
Dudeee i knew it sounded familiar
Yooo! I was asking myself who this guy sounds like annnnd there it is!!!
3:23 it was a 3 day civil war
Jeff is like the main character who accidentally becomes the viewer of the movie instead. he becomes so invested with the story, he doesn't want the characters to leave him behind.
Jeff’s entire character is built around his fear of being left behind, of not being wanted, that’s what causes him to adopt the “cool man” persona, and to not show vulnerability to others as well as use them as pawns, deep down he thinks that he will isn’t worth love and that anyone he lets into his life will eventually leave and just hurt him more.
5:59 "Everything that went wrong in the other timelines goes right in this one" presumably those pies still got burnt though
Shirley does have a baking problem
The difference is that in this timeline, she doesn’t care. She’s having fun with her friends instead of worrying about the pies
R.I.P to Shirley's pies
I loved that you had "Greendale is where I belong" playing the whole time, it always gives me a grandiose sense of calm and contentment
I think it's important for Jeff's character to distinguish between "joining the study group to sleep with Britta" and "starting the study group to sleep with Britta".
He didn't walk in and ask to join a study group, he CREATED a "fake" study group to try to get with Britta, and it blows up in his face when she invites the other 5.
She doesn't invite the other 5, just Abed. Abed invites the rest
@@tommyosborne5201 eh, same thing in my eyes.
@@majorphysics3669 not really just a small detail
I never once thought Community was about Jeff.
He is the main character. The show is about his relation to the group and his character developes the most by far and the show is cenetered around his growth
The whole thing was about him. Starts with him. Ends with him. He is the stand-in for the viewer.
theres always a straight man in a sitcom (usually the main character), jeff is the straight man so it is about jeff
You went way too hard on Jeff. The way you described it made it seem like he hates the study group, which he obviously doesn't.
I noticed the same thing. It's a flawed, almost disturbing lack of understanding of the character. Right from episode 1 we're shown that Jeff is a good person when it comes down to the wire, he's just stuck in the habit of using people because it has always worked for him.
I think he's trying not to spoil people about his character growth.
@@arthursleite No one should be watching a video analyzing any aspect of a show expecting to avoid spoilers. The analysis suffers from holding back so much information. You can't prove your point if you don't address specific events and character changes. It makes the whole thing half-finished at best.
Though I doubt that's what he's doing. I genuinely think he doesn't understand the character.
@@arthursleite anyone that complains about spoilers for shows that are finished and no longer airing can suck it the fuck up and stop being whingy entitled asshats
@@Lucifronz It's not a video about the show, it's about how Dan Harmon writes his characters.
Yeah, you might be right about the the last part.
This video is streets ahead.
So, I just stumbled upon this video doing a search on how Dan Harmon creates his characters. I intended to simply check the quality of the vid (considering the number of views) and if it was good, I'd come back later to watch it-- but I ended up watching the whole thing then and there. I thought it was really done well. Quality stuff, man! I noticed you haven't posted in 4 months now. I hope you come back and make more! :)
Dan Harmon's writing is one of a kind
can you tell me how dan harmon writes characters? the video didnt explain it to me
@@azurevelos7129 same
I can only hope to one day write characters half as good as Dan Harmon.
5:30 I don't know if I agree with this. At the start of season 1 that's the case yes, but I think that around the second half of the 1st season already he does connect with them more. He still manipulates them and has a weird amount of power over them, but he does see them as friends, even Chang and the Dean
I think darkest timeline is what Abed is afraid would happen if Troy were to leave for 5 minutes
This isn’t really how Dan Harmon writes characters. It’s just saying what happens in a few episodes and what the characters motivations were. Like, characters having some heartfelt moments isn’t a truth exclusive to Dan Harmon characters. It’s in most everything. Nor are storylines that are absurd very exclusive. Loads of things do that.
Not saying this is a bad video, just poorly titled. Maybe “how shows like community/ rick and morty balance surreal and real!” Would’ve been better. Don’t feel I learned anything new about how any of those characters were conceived.
John Close my thoughts exactly
agreed
You were looking for some sort of tutorial on how to write characters? lol
He writes characters to be relatable in highly unrelatable situations. Basically he shows you what would happen if you or someone you knew where thrown into situations you never would have imagined happening unlike other shows that only show you what it would be like if these ppl u don't know, were in a situation u or someone you know may have been through. Yeah he doesn't give you the step by step process that he uses to create characters but he tells u what he has in mind when he's doing it
Not as catchy but true
Super well written and captivating work. definitely the distinct writing makes it such a great watch in comparison to other video essays
???????????? what?????????? the video has almost nothing to do with the title. he just explains shit that happens in episodes lol
This video has a rather misleading title. It is a good analysis of what makes Community and Rick and Morty great, but it does not mention Dan Harmon’s writing style at all. There is a difference between breaking down an approach to something and just praising this approach. I would have loved to have actually learnt how to write characters.
I was looking for a new show to watch during quarantine. This video convinced me that the show I've been looking for is Community. Thanks
Let us know how u like it
@@yosh1562 I wasn't sure about it at first but it's definitely grown on me. I'm starting to really like it now
please watch it, it's amazing how amazing it is, speacilly the first 3 seasons
I love Community 💓 I’m re-watching it now and I’m realizing again how creative and unique this show truly is. Loved the recent table read and the new podcast about the show.
I really hope this isnt the last video you make, this is pure gold
I'd forgotten that Jeff was the reason the show started. By the end, it all melts together. Troy and Abed in the Mooorning!
The background music is making me cry because it was used in the last episode of community
One thing I like about his characters are how consistent they are. Most, if not all, sitcoms are willing to contradict a character just for a silly plotline for one episode.
You are a great narrator. Straight to the point no bells and whistles. Just brilliant insight filled with amazing perspective on how dan uses real emotion to create almost fantasy like storylines
Thank you for this video! Dan Harmon is one of my all time favorite writer but just by watching his works isn't enough to learn how he does it, but this was very informative and I definitely learned a lot.
I'm surprised this doesn't have a million views. just keep grinding bro you're gonna make it
I loved this video! Keep up the good work!
Thanks I appreciate the support.
That outro music has been stuck in my head, ever since I rewatched community.
The background music is indeed the best song/score in the series. Good find
I love Rick and Morty, and it has its own merits, but i can't feel the same magic that was in Community.
Just finished my first watch and my rewatch, cause I wanted to catch everything and make sure I got the show, of community and it was fantastic. I’m still waiting for an analysis video on how community does romance better than any show I’ve watched. It was such a breath of fresh air
I feel like that’s the reason Solar Opposites is not gonna do that well. Justin Rolland is awesome, but dan Harmon has de magic.
Brilliant, I am researching Dan Harmon's story circle for my job as a digital experience designer where my users must navigate the unfamiliar and uncaring car industry to get some kind of small and meaningful 'win' when exchanging their vehicle for a new one. This video has some great quotes and insights that I'll use on my slides. Thanks.
I’m probably rewatching it for the 5th time in a year and I’m only just getting the verbal jokes
Great video! I feel that I don't have enough people to talk about how community is the best sitcom. Thanks for this.
Thank you! This was really good! Love Community and Rick and Morty
hearing that soundtrack in the background already hits me in the feels
I love when the third time Beetlejuice is spoken someone dressed up as Beetlejuice appears in the background haha
Your videos are really well done, and the topics are interesting. You should keep making them!
The background music 😢
Annnnd this video just made me cry. Gonna reach out to my sister.
A month-long Pillow fight war? At the end of the episode, Pelton states that it only went on for two and a half days.
damn you! that theme from the end is stuck in my head for days! FOR DAYS SIR! XD
Hey man ,first coming to ur channel and i really loved the video ,is easy to see u put a lot of feeling in this ,also i really like to see community been praised as it should ,keep up the good work
When Abed rights mini-Indy before helping
Dammit. It's not like I've never cried at Community before. I adore it, it's one of my favorite shows ever. And yet I always thought "Remedial Chaos Theory" was a *tad* overrated. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE it, I just never loved it AS MUCH as everyone else, it often making people's #1 on top favorite lists, whereas it probably wouldn't make my top 10. Yet this video, and your analysis of the ending, of the group's dynamic being actually better without Jeff, and the implications of what that really means, how we can relate to our own insecurities of not being important to our friends or family, you made me tear up.
I really love Jeff, okay? Favorite character, so that unpleasant truth nugget cut me real deep.
you sound like jason from the good place
Great video man. Thanks for making and sharing it
i knew there were a lot of BG gags but i completely missed the family one with abed. i did notice him looking past shirly and thought it meant something though
I swear I’ve watched the entirety of Community at least 3 times and I NEVER caught on to that Abed subplot
You sound like the guy from the Good Place lol! I lovvvve Community, great show!
Great video. Rick is basically a super genius scientist Abed tbh
Holy shit! I totally missed the community reference on that Rick and Morty episode!
Dan Harmon said in a talk with the community cast : "i'm not a joke writer, the "joke" are funny because you know the character behind thé Line"
(Bit of paraphrase)
Why did I get instantly emotional hearing the community theme at the start 😭
"But the characters he's placing in those situations are always real!"
*Panicking because you're about to reveal the fake dean!*
*Relieved when you cut away in time*
What's REALLY notable about Rick's attempted suicide before he passes out and the machine expends its last shot harmlessly, is that that machine doesn't just kill something. It kills every version of that thing throughout the multiverse. Rick's pain was so horrible that he wanted to eradicate himself from all realities, but his pain also lead him to drink and pass out, meaning his human weakness is also kinda what saved him from his impossible superintelligence.
Community is just a gem of a show!
Was hoping to find something that was actually about how Dan Harmon approaches writing characters
This was really well presented. Keep it up!
Interesting Video. Well done. - Side Note: Seinfeld never used laugh tracks. To the point where if a bit didn’t get a laugh they would often stop and rewrite it quickly and reshoot it until it worked.
I wish it didn’t take Netflix putting this show on the lineup to get people into it. All the actors and actresses are severely underrated too, besides Chevy Chase because he had a big spotlight in comedy for a long time.
its always made sense to me that these things can happen under deans rule, the dean is flamboyent so therefore the school is flamboyant, thats the way ive always seen it
I thought the Unity episode of Rick & Morty as a whole was supposed to be a metaphor for Harmon’s relationship with the show Community. Her name even being a nod to the show name.
Russell David holy shit i never put that together
man youre so good. i have yet to watch community and here i am interested in looking to watching it.
You need to watch it one of the best comedies ever
it's On Netflix pls watch it
The pillows and blanket war wasn't a month, it was a few days. Also, Jeff genuinely cares about the study group. That was made clear halfway through season 1 and reiterated for the rest of the show. He just still manipulates them in smaller ways so he doesn't have to do any work. That's why he did what he did with the dice roll.
I can't choose which show I love more Community or Rick and Morty
Community, you will cry on every rewatch. That is the Winger guarantee
Perfect music choices 👌 including the ending
What if in the remedial chaos theory, what if they all get the pizza?
Subbed from this. Can't wait to see more of your stuff.
I hope this gets more views this year, such an underrated video.
Just a lore nitpick, the war between Blanketsburg and Pillowtown (formerly New Fluffyland) lasted for 2 and a half days, not a whole month
This actually explains my problem with the newer R&M episodes: Rick lost his last bit of humanity. I feel like in the new episodes, he just wouldn't react to a city exploding, but in that earlier episode, _he did._
Rick went from Chaotic Neutral to Chaotic Evil. He used to have standards, but they've slipped.
OK.. I cried in that Abed's Christmas episode
The dead said "What a waste of 2 and a half days" in the episode pillows and blankets. A month long is an exaggeration.
Sir, well done. As of this message Community is on Netflix. Also, where did you get the sound byte of the saxaphone bit at the end? I have been trying to find it and have been unsuccessful. Thank you.
Daybreak
cool vid dude, really nice analysis
What? That's not the point of Jeff leaving and everyone enjoying themselves. It doesn't show that they are happier without Jeff.
But that he keeps them grounded. Big difference. That's what makes the end of the show so important as everyone has evolved so much Jeff needs grounding
exactly
The group kept him grounded and in check, while his chaotic nature taught them to evolve and adapt to their own personal issues they had going on.
It's a beautiful insight, and beautiful narration. But I dont think Rick passes out at the end of the episode he just decided not to kill himself as painful as he felt.
TBH I don’t think it’s about Jeff being gone, I think it’s all about positive attitude as Jeff is the most pessimistic of the group.
This video came on from some sort of cue as I left youtube on autoplay.... I was going to change video after the last one but couldn't when this one started. Weird comment to say, but I mean it:I love you, man.... *dean voice from Redux* Community is the best series in the world.... Hope you have a great day. Peace
How he writes: intelligently, which is rare, since TV is dumbed down for the greater audience.
Examples of intelligence: main protagonist is neither good guy, nor bad guy, he's an antihero, a bad guy trying to become a good guy. Already more complex than 90% of what's out there. Then on the first episode, he explains what the show is about: it's about a group of very different people becoming something more, a community. So that you, watcher, even if you don't have affinity to any of the characters, even if you're different, you're accepted. It feels like the show is a family of sorts. Then he uses abed to play with metalanguage, making fun of different styles of TV and movies, uses sci fi concepts, but he still manages to keep drama people engaged with their will they won't they relationship tropes (basically the stuff that abed doesn't like). Add to that the comedy that arises from very different people trying to get what they want, but getting in each other's ways and dealing with their flaws, trying to become better people.
the background music tho
Now Community is on Netflix so maybe we can get the Movie finaly
Your last advice is gold
I honestly wish there were MORE shows by Dan Harmon.
Great Video!
I know,everybody knows,but community is really AMAZING!!!
i turned myself into a pickle, morty
He sounds like Jason from The Good Place
Agree👍 l also love scrubs even if it's not from the creator you're talking about.
Jeff didnt join a study group.... he created a study group to wooo Brita
This is so well done! Thanks Man! :)
I always assumed Jeff cut Britta off while singing because he didn’t like The Police...
of course it doesn't . he just don't like britta
He cut her of because Britta’s singing is horrible, and I mean horrible. Case in point, christmas episode where they became the glee club stand-ins again.