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"I Liked Horsebot 3000" and the Best Moments from Last's Night's "Community" and "Parks and Rec"

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under TV Reviews | Comments (20)

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Community (Grade: A-). Amazing episode, and amazing despite the fact that it didn’t really genre riff (except on fairy tales) or employ a gimmick, which is typically what “Community” does best. The episode would’ve been outstanding without it, but the karaoke montage sent it to “Community” manna.

  • “The Dream-a-torium is bigger than all of us.” — Troy

  • “I’m very concerned about this living situation. I’ve seen enough episodes of Friends to know that cohabitation leads to sex, drugs, and something Parade magazine called Schwimmer Fatigue.” — Shirley

  • “Come on Jeffrey! We’ve sung it a thousand times together in my mind.” — Dean Pelton

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    Parks and Recreation Grade: A-. Another fantastic episode, rife with great one-liners, the return of Tom Haverford to the P&R department, and the possible rekindling of Chris and Ann’s relationship. Oh, and Ben and Leslie are almost even cuter when they’re arguing.

  • “Just say the word leslie, and ill stick my army of lions on him…” — Andy

  • “We got the moon. What ya gonna do without tides, Peru?” — Leslie

  • “He takes really long sadness baths and makes me late for stuff.” — April

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    The Office Grade: C. The band subplot didn’t do much for me, and the “Is the temp hot?” subplot got plain f*cking creepy, riding off the rails around the time that Dwight kept stumbling in an effort to touch Jim’s penis.

  • “He’s probably a drug dealer. That’s the best way to land a hot girlfriend — get her hooked on blow.” — Gabe

  • “Does your husband ever have very soft erections, ‘cause if not, I just grabbed a very soft penis for nothing.”









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    Comments

    "Denmark is now formally condemned! BAM!"

    ^Line of the episode right there. Can I get a gif of him dropping the bitch and getting out of there, arms raised in victory?

    The escalating levels of nerddom between Ben and Leslie were making me all tingly. They're so perfect for each other it's making me crazy.

    "I want to roll up my sleeves make geopolitical problem solving my BITCH."

    "How you know about Camp David?"
    "How do YOU know about Camp David?"

    Full-out awesome episode. Every other scene was hilarious.

    Posted by: figgy at November 11, 2011 11:02 AM

    • I loved last night's episode of Community. Just thinking about Jeff and the dean singing "kiss from a rose" has had me cracking up all day.

    Posted by: Aparently at November 11, 2011 11:05 AM

    Community / Parks and Rec. Best double-header of comedy.
    Can someone just post a complete transcript of both and call it a day?

    Posted by: OldSchool60 at November 11, 2011 11:11 AM

    Honestly, I thought Community wasn't that great. I forgave it, because it was kind of plot-focused, but I didn't really laugh that much.

    I have definitely become a Britta fan. I almost hope Jeff ends up with Annie just because I don't want Britta to be sucked into his vortex of asshole selfishness. But then, I also don't want him to end up with Annie, because that relationship is just gross. It's a dilemma.

    Posted by: Todd at November 11, 2011 11:17 AM

    In the inevitable comparisions, I usually favor Community over Parks and Receation, though both are really great shows that I absolutely adore. Last night though? Community was good, but Parks and Rec absolutely killed last night. I kind of lost track of the B and C plots, but the UN plot provided so many great moments it has to be one of their best episodes ever.

    Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at November 11, 2011 11:33 AM

    Parks and Rec was solid, but for me Community was outstanding. I finished a few minutes ago and I'm still grinning. Classic!

    Posted by: Colin at November 11, 2011 11:42 AM

    I know it's picky, but is it too much for Ben to do a cameo every week in the Batman outfit? Batman at the UN would have made my night. And what's with the mock UN storylines this season? My school was too crappy and disinterested for a mock UN. We had a mock League of Nations, but it really wasn't the same.

    Posted by: Mrcreosote at November 11, 2011 11:46 AM

    Yeah Community was really sweet. Glad to see they showed an episode of why they all like hanging out together, as some of these episodes have just been them finding reasons for some of them not to be friends with the rest of them.

    Posted by: googergieger at November 11, 2011 12:03 PM

    Parks & Rec was awesome. The MUN story was flawless, the side story with Chris and Anne Perkins..not so much, Ron & Tom were great. If they add more April and Donna this series is a solid A..+!!

    Posted by: lauwer at November 11, 2011 12:16 PM

    Stop pushing me. Stop touching my penis. Don't be such a baby, Jim!

    Posted by: Mrs. Julien at November 11, 2011 12:23 PM

    Parks and Recreation was amazing. I've already watched it twice, essentially back-to-back, and wish for a "producers' cut." Leslie accidentally slapping Ben in the midst of their celebration (Has that been .gif-ed yet?) made me giggle more than it should have. Same goes for "Horsebot 3000" from Community.

    Posted by: kiyo-chan at November 11, 2011 12:58 PM

    I am usually more of a P & R fan than a Community fan (for me, Community is usually more clever than laugh out loud funny) but both shows had near perfect episodes last night. I had to watch that "Kiss From a Rose" montage several times b/c - what the fuck was all that?

    We've seen angry/slightly psycho Leslie before, but the addition of angry/slightly psycho Ben was amazing (nice that he picked up the drop the mike trick from Tom/Jean Ralphio). Leslie and Ben are just so damn cute together.

    Posted by: kimk at November 11, 2011 1:10 PM

    I definitely was expecting a mike-dropping gif up in here. Ben was the best part of Tommy's Place yesterday.

    But my absolute favorite scenes last night were the shadow-puppets. I was as charmed as Annie.

    Posted by: Three-nineteen at November 11, 2011 2:35 PM

    I agree with Mrs. Julien. The Office was almost pretty good. That's the Dwight we all know and love.

    Posted by: Richard III at November 11, 2011 4:13 PM

    RE Mrcreosote: "My school was too crappy and disinterested for a mock UN. We had a mock League of Nations, but it really wasn't the same."

    What? You mean kids didn't fight over the chance to be Hitler and then completely ignore the rest of you?

    Posted by: Slash at November 11, 2011 4:14 PM

    The guy who played Jesus had some of the best line deliveries of the night - "don't you do it!"

    Still laughing.

    Posted by: dsbs at November 11, 2011 4:21 PM

    Coincidentally, Comedy Centeal showed the Hook Hands episodes of 30 Rock from 7 to 8 and hence there was a complete evening of joy to be had up until Whitney.

    It's fun to watch these programs with someone who has no idea how good they are. The BF laughed really hard at Pierce with paint fume damage and the fifty lions, and especially at Leslie taking away the tides from Peru.

    Incidentally, during the 720 Entertainment End of the World party last week when Jean-Ralphio is on the pirate ship, my daughter toddled into the room and blurted, "I would KILL to go to that party."

    Posted by: Stacy D at November 11, 2011 5:09 PM

    Gah, are you telling me I missed the HAAAAMM episode? Boo!

    I forgot another great line from Tommy's Place:

    "Children are starving in Africa!"
    "Oh, CRY ME A RIVER."

    Posted by: figgy at November 12, 2011 11:13 AM

    "Don't joke, Britta....you aren't good at it."

    Posted by: holfax at November 13, 2011 8:03 PM

    Totally sick of Britta. Can't stand her. But the episode was awesome.

    I loved the End of the World ep of P&R so will definitely check out this one!

    Posted by: grace b at November 14, 2011 7:19 PM