My favourite thing about the Community pilot: These two lines, from the beginning of the episode and the end. "I see your value now." "That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me." Jeff and Abed, Abed and Jeff. From a bald statement of opportunism and a missed meaning, to a bold declaration of truth and a realized one.

It always saddens me when people say the pilot is one of the least interesting episodes. The greatest thing about Community isn't the high concept stuff, season 4 is a testament to that. It's the sharp dialog, the witty jokes, the writing is so clever that even bottle episodes and clip shows are still incredibly entertaining. The pilot has all the things that makes Community great without the high concept stories and meta humor.

@granttar1981

Жыл бұрын

I love the non high stakes or high energy episodes but pilots are just always awkward and feel like the first day where everyone is just introducing themselves.

@MattAndImprov

Жыл бұрын

100% agree Postmodernism isn't the point of the show. It's the unavoidable lens of the show.

@EditUnivers75

Жыл бұрын

@@granttar1981 But are pilots ALWAYS awkward? If you were to jump in at a random point in any show, the confusion would be tenfold. Sure, part of it is the writers figuring stuff out. But part of it is also the viewers needing to take time to understand these characters and this world. I mean, how many pilots hold up after rewatches? More often than not, having seen the rest of the show will give you appreciation for the pilot.

@AugustRx

Жыл бұрын

​@@EditUnivers75no

@EditUnivers75

Жыл бұрын

@@AugustRx whatever you say, apparently it’s a cosmic rule that the introduction to a serialized piece of fiction has to be terrible, and no pilot has ever been well written or understood it’s own characters. For fucks sake

I'm so glad you're doing this. Six premieres and an essay?

@Retro_Red

Жыл бұрын

Community playlist? Community playlist? Community playlist?

I felt bad for Brita. She got the Homer treatment.

@stellviahohenheim

Жыл бұрын

Dan Harmon really hates these white activist types huh

@zooparty1257

Жыл бұрын

funny that, this trope is called flanderization. Which is named after Ned Flanders, Homers neighbour-ino

@user-us5lw7mt2v

Жыл бұрын

In my cannon head, she changed because she opens to the group and the use of drugs.

@daediaz186

Жыл бұрын

Most characters got that treatment, except for Jeff and Annie.

@Jo96chaos

Жыл бұрын

​@@daediaz186annie is pretty flanderized in season 4...

I remember that I was already hooked from the 1st episode… and I don’t know how often I rewatched the episode with the chicken wing mafia. Years later when I watched the first episode of Rick and Morty I wondered if the producers made anything else before the show… and it made total sense that Dan Harmon also created community. The absurdity of Rick and Morty reminded me a lot of Community.

@fireflow726

Жыл бұрын

Qq

I am literally the absolute perfect person to watch this video because the pilot of Community is the one and only epsiode of the show I've seen so far just 2 weeks ago.

The Community pilot was love at first sight, both with the show and its characters. This rarely happens for me. (One other example being Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.)

Name Idea: Pillars of Community. Simple and to the point.

Ok HOW are you doing this? First an Archer video IMMEDIATELY after I finished catching up on the latest season! Now a Community video as soon as I start the show?!

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

I live in your walls

@LikeTheNumeral

Жыл бұрын

@@PillarofGarbage I want a KZread video essayist living in my walls

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

@@LikeTheNumeral your walls are my summer house

I have always said this, community has the best pilot out of any show I have watched

@Meg_intheclouds

Жыл бұрын

See I would agree but omg the Brooklyn 99 pilot just takes it for me- although the community pilot I would say is one I have watched a lot and is one of my favourite episodes in the entire show (with Remedial chaos theory and conspiracy 101 being the other 2)

This show reminds me so much how how much more I would enjoy it if I had seen most 80s movies

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

yes 😎

@EditUnivers75

Жыл бұрын

Therin lies the problem with reference humor.

The Pilot of Community was from what i recall when I viewed it at the time, a solid though modest presentation. What I think worked about Commmunity in terms of its Pilot was it took a gimmick plot point character motivation ( Jeff going to Community College to try to get a degree because he faked having a law degree as a lawyer) and just using it a minor trampoline to propel the character and the rest of the story forward.

I actually saw Community as influenced by My Dinner With Andre ( which is featured in a memorable episode of the show) though I agree with you on The Breakfast Club serving as a model for the show primarily the structure of the characters within a study group in a library.

"Pillar of Garbage's Full-Abed Unnecessarily-Meta Community Retrospective Part 1: Kick-Puncher's Revenge"

I almost mistook this for the experience of drinking a lemon Shandy in July upon my initial viewing on account of both of them being brilliant in their fundamental concept, were expertly realised by a skilled crafter, and whose crisp contents left me feeling thoroughly refreshed. Streets ahead, indeed, Ser. World premiere. 10 out of 10. Needless to say, subbed.

just discovered your channel by searching for the song, didn't expect to find such carefully constructed deep-dives into this show and others (additionally to the few social commentaries you made) guess I'm gonna be excited for the rest of the video series before the movie arrives

i love the community videos. such a good and interesting show with so much to see and pick up on. i’d love to see one on remedial chaos theory, as it’s my personal favorite and such and interesting one

Please keep these coming! Absolutely loved the first two videos you've done on S1 and S2 of Community!

I would love to see this video series. Some of your best videos are about community, and i would love this

Look, it's not the wittiest title, but the first thing that sprang to mind for a name for the series of retrospectives was "Community 101" since it gives an introduction to each season. I can't say what it was like to watch the pilot because the first episode I saw was the original paintball episode, and I was immediately hooked. There's also a special place in my heart for Abed/troy's secret Christmas song and the entirety of Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas, my absolute favorite episode of the series

All 6 Dances!!! (Series title suggestions). Great video. Love this show!!!!

I knew I knew the phrase Pilar of Garbage! Natalie is Freezing 🥶

The way everyone was so aware of pop culture made me think. This took place in California till Jeff said he had never left Colorado. In like season 5

I found it amusing how they turned a relatively straightforward premise about a lawyer into a surrealist masterpiece over the course of about a season.

Great video humanbeing ❤

man you're good at making videos!

underrated channel this content is gorgeous

I’m assuming you’re going to make a video on the movie once it comes out, so why not call this series “Six Pilots and a Movie”

Pillar AND midnight? Now that a collab that would blow my mind

I remember seeing a few clips of the show, but I never really knew what it was about. I didn't even know Jeff was the "main" friend until I saw the pilot. I remember thinking he was just an older member of the group, and that it was more of an ensemble. So I was a little surprised to learn what the actual plot was at long last, when I first took the plunge. No regrets.

Can't wait for the next community video.... But I will

I really enjoyed watching this in High School

Marked out for “this is the first in a series” 🎉🎉

Yeah I gotta say after hearing a lot of commentary I was surprised how good the first episode was last time I re-watched.

Great video, little correction: It was a biology-class where Harmon had the Community-inspiring experience.

i already love this series

Great video as usual! I think the series should be called repilot, just like the first episode of season 5.

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

Solid suggestion, but that may get confusing when we reach season 5!

@Hillelfraenkel

Жыл бұрын

@@PillarofGarbage true… so maybe “I now pronounce you a community”? Or is that too long

I still think about the pencil/empathy bit.

please more!!!!!!

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

More coming soon!

good video

I would call the series: Introduction to Community Or something that mimics the style of the episode names

ok title pitch "I'm on your Six" as a reference to the end stinger from S2 Ep4 and that Community had 6 Seasons

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

Solid suggestion, much appreciated! I think I’ll select the best 4 or 5 then poll them on my channel community tab ahead of the next episode

You’re a fan of the same things that I am. Love from India!

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Love from England!

Great prospective 😊❤

I think that, in addition to the first episode of Community being a pilot, the first episode of Community is also "doing a pilot."

@EditUnivers75

Жыл бұрын

Eh, I see what you mean. But also, that's just what every pilot has to do. Whether they were "self aware" about it or not, every pilot "does a pilot."

Obviously I'm a bit late to this, but why not call it "Six Premieres And A Review-vie" ?

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, “Streets Ahead’ has been locked in for a while now!

communidean: Dean dives ??? I think it's a pretty good name

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

Think it’s between this and Streets Ahead atm

@letsgetbeans5076

Жыл бұрын

my suggestion is streets behind streets ahead for sure

It should be a class or course name. Like 'how to start a series' or 'episode 1 101'. But better than those.

Ware is your video on Young justice season 4?

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

coming in a few weeks :)

"Six premiers and a movie"? How about that name?

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

Solid suggestion, I’ll add it to the contenders - thank you!

Was Streets Ahead meant to be the playlist/series subtitle? (Captain Midnight is just a product of intellectualism put through the mechanisms of consumerism: Luke. Warm. Takes.)

Must this blessing shield you from the wrath of the Holy Ones & Zeros.

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

I never fully understand your comments but I always look forward to them

I'm such a sucker I see a deep dive video about the Community pilot and I watch it every damn time

i saw what you did with the title

Jeff is Rick and Abed is Morty.

@AugustRx

Жыл бұрын

Huh?

Just call the series Streets Ahead.

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

that’s given me an idea

its very clear why u dont know why breakfast club hits home with a huge generation of people in america, because that kind of thing actually happened. your school system must have handled things much differently in middle and highschool levels. we had friday night school, and saturday morning detention. and it was a group of kids very similar.

Community is just brilliant.

In the context of the group being breakfast club, wouldn't Jeff also be John or whatever his name is for pushing the dynamic, being the asshole and messing with everyone while appealing to their deeper persons?

How can you defend this episode when Jeff wears *those* trousers...

Six Seasons and Their Review

if you don't know your streets behind

What the fuck is wrong with the algorhythm of YT. I have watched Community like 3 times and googled the wiki for fuck's sake. And this wasn't suggested to me up to now?

@PillarofGarbage

Жыл бұрын

It's weird. The algorithm straight up didn't promote this video for months, and now I've had a different Community video do well, it's decided to start suggesting it to people finally lol

@lorenzomeulli750

Жыл бұрын

@@PillarofGarbage My normal brain tells me that these Community related videos aren't really pushed because they are relatively short compared to the average video essay these days. My sneaky evil brain watch your numbers and isn't satisfied with such a simple idea. With the random treatment Community received over a blackface joke, I wouldn't put it past YT to have some kind of system in place to control how much certain IPs get pushed lol

I'm having trouble introducing the show to people because they seem to be turned off from the first episode. I'm not sure if it's the underdeveloped characters, the focus on Jeff, or the more laid-back humor that it has compared to the rest of the show. It just seems to be a hard sell for some reason with the people I know.

Honestly the first, say, ten, fifteen minutes put me off, because I thought the show would be one of those where the lead was a terrible person and you were supposed to laugh at the consequences of their arrogance.

Everyone is lacking eyebrows

Good old times when John Oliver was still funny.

The movie will never live up to the original series

Jeff is a great character... before you realize it's just Dan Harmon's false and egotistical self-image. Yeah, sure, you're good looking and a natural leader and charismatic and capable of sweet talking anyone or anything. Zero self-reflection on himself and his prejudices that can be confirmed at the later sexual harrassment allegation or the writing in season 2 and beyond.