(I never thought they’d top the paintball episode (“Modern Warfare.”) This one came awfully goddamn close.)
“I’m saying I remind girls less of taking their little brothers to Comic Con.”
“I don’t need to know which dracula I am to be a dracula. Nerd.”
“Oh cool, a dark basement. I was just thinking we should do this in a dark basement.”
“What is up with that CAT?” “Is someone throwing it?”
“Just been proven racist by the racist prover.”
“Troy, make me proud. Be the first black man to make it to the end.”
The Office (Rating: 8.2)
(An episode that was not only better than last week’s episode, but the best of the season, so far. Is “The Office” finding its legs again?)
(Erin, after bobbing for apples for an uncomfortably long period of time): “I got two! I ate two whole apples!”
(Dwight, on Pam’s Olive Oyl Costume): “Very funny. It looks like someone decided to dress up as old Dwight Schrute’s mom. You’re only one third as beautiful and about half her height. She was one of the last real giants.”
Outsourced (Rating: 6.9)
(I feel almost guilty about this, but “Outsourced” grew on me last night. That was a pretty decent episode.)
(After learning that Todd kissed a girl, and got to first base) “What do you think second base is?” … “Getting married.” … “Then what’s third base and home?” … “I dunno. Cricket only has two bases.”
I’m giving the 10th slot to the amazing, fantastic Hall & Oates cover music from last night’s episode; if someone could tell me who performed that music, I’d reward you with my undying gratitude.
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But the funniest lines were at the end of Modern Family, their end titles where the whole family is making fun of sofia vergara's accent, then her reaction. I startled the cat with the laugh.
Posted by: Jackseppelin at October 29, 2010 11:07 AM
The cat scene in Community had me rolling. Especially after the last toss, they just kept going for it. It was fantastic.
And I love when they throw in some weirdness from Erin. It's probably attributed to her home schooling with her foster brother, but it's just so much fun to see her just kind of miss normal social interactions.
Posted by: Kayanne at October 29, 2010 11:11 AM
Agree about Community being awesome, disagree about the Office. This episode was okay -- last week's was vintage great.
Oh and my only problem with The Office this week was that they've already done that Stanley joke, but with Creed. In the episode where they were making bets on how well they know the office, they bet that Creed was so oblivious, he wouldn't notice an apple being replaced by a potato. Obviously, the Stanley joke was a little more drawn out, but I was like, "HEY! I've seen this before."
Posted by: Kayanne at October 29, 2010 11:17 AM
I haven't watched these eps yet (reading Replay), but that Dwight quote has me rolling. Fucking hilarious.
Every time I read this column I think "That's what's considered a GOOD Office episode these days?!"
Posted by: Todd at October 29, 2010 11:36 AM
I think my big take away from The Office last night is that Jim and Pam have become sort of insufferable. I mean, seriously? Who acts like that? It was annoying. The rest of the episode was pretty freakin great though.
Posted by: JenVegas at October 29, 2010 11:39 AM
Agreed. Community came damn close to topping the paint ball episode. Instant classic.
The Office IS finding its legs again. This season has been better than anything post Jim & Pam's Wedding from last season. I like that the writers don't make a big deal about Olyphant being there. He's just one of the guys now. One thing I really like about the Office, and I think is pretty unique in TV, is letting the show evolve and not forcing it back to "the way things were". Ever since Darryl was promoted I keep thinking they will find some way to get him back to the warehouse but they've left it alone. The situations may get outlandish, but at least they don't constantly push the reset button on the show.
I didn't watch much of Outsourced, but the pre-credit sequence where the Indian boss attacks the robot spider was pretty damn funny. So, is the show actually getting better?
It's the Olyphant. Olyphant makes everything he's in at least 36% better.
Posted by: sarahk at October 29, 2010 11:43 AM
I think you're selling Olyphant a bit short, sarahk.
Posted by: Mac at October 29, 2010 11:45 AM
"Short" and "Olyphant" should not appear in the same. Sentence.
Posted by: superasente at October 29, 2010 11:53 AM
...wait, fuck...
Posted by: superasente at October 29, 2010 11:53 AM
It seems like they could be setting up Darryl as the new manager once Steve Carrell leaves the show. And Jim and Pam are really grating now. I have to agree with JenVegas up there.
How come no one mentioned that the Dean of Green Dale had a memo to add the movie whose title should not be uttered to his netflix?
Posted by: blacksred at October 29, 2010 12:18 PM
How come no one mentioned that the Dean of Green Dale had a memo to add the movie whose title should not be uttered to his netflix?
YES! I delight knowing that the dean will be watching "something called Human Centipede." I laughed harder at that than anything I've seen on TV in a long time.
Posted by: superasente at October 29, 2010 12:23 PM
The Hall & Oates cover was by The Bird and the Bee. They did a whole Hall & Oates tribute CD, which I knew before but actually listened for the song in the "Outsourced" episode just to be sure.
Posted by: Caitlin at October 29, 2010 12:27 PM
I don't like Halloween all that much but I really enjoyed this week's Community episode. I just fucking love Troy. Everything his says is hilarious and Donald Glover is really selling it. Britta could get expelled and I wouldn't care--she's a total waste of character.
Jeff, after being on hold with 911... "Flava Flav was right!"
Britta: "I wonder who's holding.... the key to your riddle..?"
Posted by: ceejeemcbeegee at October 29, 2010 12:33 PM
ABBA needs to be on every Zombie movie soundtrack.
Posted by: pastor of muppets at October 29, 2010 12:48 PM
What, nobody mentioned the Human Centipede joke in Community?
Posted by: True_Blue at October 29, 2010 12:50 PM
Or is it Zombies need to be in everything ABBA related.
Posted by: pastor of muppets at October 29, 2010 12:51 PM
Aw comeon, how about: "Abed"
"Yeah"
"I love you"
"I know"
Posted by: meh at October 29, 2010 1:04 PM
There were a lot of funny bits in Community last night, but overall I thought it was kind of dark. Like, the sum of the funny parts added up to something a little disturbing.
You should start reserving an article for just Raising Hope quotes because almost every line in that show is effing hilarious.
Posted by: Poptart at October 29, 2010 1:44 PM
I can't remember the exact quote, but the absolute winner was Troy going back in to get the thermostat:
"You're about to be attacked, by my IMAGINATION! Oh my God!! Why did I think this was a good idea!"
Classic! I think Meh hit the number 2 moment too.
Posted by: Chip at October 29, 2010 1:58 PM
Wow,
I thought Community was truly awful last night. I thought it was way too over the top and the whole Zombie premise was both obvious and worn out. Or at least if there had been even just a bit of originality in it, it wouldn't have felt so worn out.
To compare it to Modern Warfare is a travesty. I was so disappointed with it, and with the excepton of the jumping cat and the Human Centipede reference, I couldn't stand it. Shirley sleeping with Chang? Seriously? Are they really running out of ideas that badly?
Anyways, that's just my opinion. Maybe I'm jaded now because of the overall crappiness of the season.
Posted by: citizen_cris at October 29, 2010 2:06 PM
Loved the part when Pierce was first getting sick, and Annie said "He's acting like the impressions we do of him behind his back," and they all proceeded to do the impressions.
The cat gag was brilliant. I love when Donald Glover plays frightened and confused.
Donald Glover is one to watch. I imagine he, McHale, and Brie will all have big careers after Community, which was hilarious last night. The cat gag was ridiculously awesome.
Gabe was rocking the Lady Gaga outfit, he looked fantastic. His character is growing on me. How you could forget Creed's hilarious rational for voting for Oscar is beyond me. "He had the best Edward James Almos costume I've ever seen. I got chills." Bwhaha!
Posted by: Mebe at October 29, 2010 3:53 PM
I loooved The Office last night, specially the costumes. And the ending with Jim and the baby? I think I went "AAAAAAWWWWWWW!" so loud and sharp that I broke a window.
But have to agree with someone up there: Modern Family was outrageously funny. Everything about it was just perfect, and I'll definitely be watching it again. Sofia Vergara's character getting the idioms wrong? I do that ALL THE TIME. And Cam with the head crying about his shame? And the gargol? Freaking priceless.
Outsourced was pretty funny, too. That show just WORKS right when they focus on the Indians instead of the Americans. It was damn funny in spots.
"I was there in the corner, dressed as a lampshade."
Hell, I just love Halloween episodes in general. It's hard to do them wrong.
The sound of Outsourced's opening theme sounds like TV's turning off across the nation to me.
Posted by: Will at October 29, 2010 6:09 PM
Outsourced is kinda growing on me, too. I'm glad they've made Asha his love interest and not the Australian, which seemed to be where they were going, initially. I think the writers are really doing a much better job than they were at the start.
Posted by: Ana at October 29, 2010 6:53 PM
*Troy struggling to the thermostat when he sees Zombie Jeff sort of texting on his phone and leaning against a wall*
"Jeff...still cool as a zombie."
"MWAH!!"
That was my favourite part of the episode, nay, the whole season.
Posted by: Ellie at October 29, 2010 9:51 PM
At the huma centipede bit on Community I howled. My husband was all "Human Centi..." what. I didn't realize that he had no idea what the Human Centipede was. I promptly sent him to Pajiba to search Human Centipede.
Community was so greeeeeeeeeat :) I just fell from the sofa when Jeff screamed: "You're stretching it, you're stretching it!!!"
Posted by: Drazen at October 30, 2010 5:43 AM
I came to celebrate Community's hilarity, I leave screaming "cricket doesn't have ANY bases, you dumb fucking cunts!"
How hard is it to be stupid and racist?!
Posted by: Steve at October 30, 2010 6:24 AM
I really like outsourced and I think The Office is great this year too. Go Nard Dog.
Posted by: john at October 30, 2010 9:18 AM
"Zombie Annie! My what big fists you have....IN YO FACE!!"
Community. Fa ever.
Posted by: Creative Obsessive at October 30, 2010 1:55 PM
I agree. Outsourced is definitely growing on me. When they stay away from the obvious and stupid jokes, I think its a solid show and I'm finding myself wanting to learn more and more about the characters.
Anyone else notice when Andy was talking to Darryl about writing for the newspaper at Cornell, Darryl asks "as a freshman?" because of how implausible it sounded? Then Andy mentions about hearing the acapella group in "something" BERNARD Hall. Is the story arc going to be that Andy's a legacy and only got into Cornell because of his family contributions to the university or whatnot?
And I also agree this might the second best Community episode to Modern Warfare. So many great things crammed into a tight 30 minutes.
Posted by: JapJay at October 30, 2010 3:57 PM
Don't even start me on that cat. The best thing about it was that it was completely extraneous and never explained.
Posted by: Jo `Mama' Besser at October 30, 2010 6:08 PM
Olyphant's a bloody bum
Posted by: Pork Bowl at October 31, 2010 12:05 AM
Stop fucking watching Outsourced! You're part of the problem!
But the funniest lines were at the end of Modern Family, their end titles where the whole family is making fun of sofia vergara's accent, then her reaction. I startled the cat with the laugh.