This Is Awesome.
10.11.10
In last week’s episode of “Community,” Abed (Danny Pudi) was conspicuously absent throughout the episode, to the point that Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) looks to him at the end of the episode and says, “I barely saw you this week, Abed. What have you been up to?” For the casual viewer like me, this seemed like an odd non sequitur.
However, as I’m coming to learn, there are no odd non sequiturs in “Community.” More observant (or less drunk) viewers noticed that Abed subtly appeared in the background of several scenes throughout the episode, each time interacting with a pregnant girl before ultimately delivering a baby in the back of a station wagon (watch the collected scenes in the video below). It’s yet another example of how the show rewards people who pay careful attention — which may help explain why millions more people watch “The Big Bang Theory.” I mean, “Community” doesn’t even have a laugh track! How are people supposed to know what’s funny?
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Nice, Tredlow
I noticed the first and last scenes, but I have no idea why I didn’t assume they had been doing it all throughout the episode.
I totally missed that myself on the first watching. However, that is pretty funny shit.
If you didn’t catch this while watching the episode the first time, you’re streets behind.
Great show
@Steve: Way to completely miss the point.
Hey, everyone! Steve likes the Big Bang Theory!!!
Lousy lag in posting, now I look (more) like a jackass.
@shortz: That is another problem with the episode. That scene was criminally short. I can only hope the Season 2 DVD has an extended cut!
@shortz: That was another complaint…that scene was criminally short. I can only hope there is an extended cut on the DVD.
Big Bang Theory does not have a laugh track. It is filmed in front of a live studio audience like in the good old days.
You would think a tv blog would know that.
I was just happy I noticed it. Hey! Did anybody else notice Brita and Annie Oil wrestling? That was Egggggcelllent!
Yeah, I guess I am not the only one who was kind of “meh” on the episode. One of the things Community does so well is has the characters actually grow and change based on their experiences. I thought that both Jeff and Britta were right back to their early first season incarnations. Still my favorite show on TV.
It’s a funny easter egg if you missed it during the show and got to go back and “discover” it, but if you noticed it during the show, only to have it not pay off at all… it kind of sucked. And I say that as a huge fan of Community.
It’s a really nice subplot too, that while people are fighting and being jerks and showing the bad sides of themselves Abed is just in the background silently doing something really good for someone.
I caught the scene’s behind McHale’s head in the study room, the running away, and the birthing.
Also it’s obvious that it’s the same Series 60 Toyota Land Cruiser station wagon Clark Griswold drove in the original Vacation lol that’s awesome!
Hahahahaha you dumb bastard. It’s not a schooner it’s a sailboat.
Also, Annie.
Actually, one of the commenters here mentioned it on Friday, so I went back and watched the episode again, just looking for Abed. So thanks to the comments here on WG I was aware
And by station wagon you mean Series 60 Toyota Land Cruiser…right?
Nope, I meant station wagon, because I don’t give a fuck about cars.
But one show’s about really smart people and one show’s about Community College. Go figure.
Also, the oil canister used by Annie and Britta has the Wilde Oil logo from Running Wilde
And by station wagon you mean Series 60 Toyota Land Cruiser…right?
fuck cbs… and nbc… and abc… and fox… and pbs
To be fair, it’s not easy to focus on the background when Alison Brie is on screen. I noticed the giving birth scene above but missed the rest and then, having read the AV Club’s review, I rewatched the episode just for the Abed scenes.
Grammar fail: “makes.” *goes away*
I was drunk and also missed it. A sober friend pointed it out to me the next day.
People watch ‘The Big Bang Theory’ because laughter from bodiless people make them feel like part of the group. “Ha-ha! That Sheldon, so awkward is he . . . as is the phrasing of this sentence, but whatever.”