If you’re one of the many TV viewers right now being disappointed, you’re not alone. Most of the returning shows are horrible this year, and FOX Television has been pulled from Cablevision subscribers thus most of the television now is a drab affair. Every year Halloween comes down on our doors, and every year many shows are up to the task to create something inventive. Sometimes they ignore it altogether (Shame on you “The Big Bang Theory”) and sometimes they’re up for some fun.
This year two shows really amped it up with bonafide laughs and hysterics. One was “Modern Family” which was an all out classic episode involving miscommunication ending in a spider-man costume, and a haunted house attraction that went horribly wrong after family bickering. The highlight was Sara Hyland’s variety of skimpy costumes.
But as much as we love “Modern Family,” we thought we’d spotlight “Community,” a show that is a hit with fans but is on the bubble. Which is a shame considering this year they brought their A Game. This year instead of a goofy episode they staged their very own self contained Zombie movie. A twenty minute show on NBC staged a better zombie movie than most indie filmmakers out there.
“Community” starts out as a fun time in the college with hijinks involving costume confusion, Troy and Abed being nerds, and suddenly takes a turn for the worst when the dean buys food from the army that is actually top secret chemicals turning everyone in to flesh eating zombies. Filled with raucous laughs and a brilliant script, as usual the crew behind “Community” went against the crowd and created a special episode worthy of being its own movie.
From riffing on the stupid cat cliches, to the black dude making it to the end of the movie, and a running gag involving ABBA, this episode was outright brilliant and had us choking with laughter. Here are some pics and quotation marks from this episode in case you missed it:
FAVORITE QUOTATION MARKS:
“That jacket is worth more than the island you were grown on, Chiquita MD.”
“Guess who I am.”
“She is not, I repeat, she is not Miss Piggy. You’re on your own!”
“Why six hours? Are they hosting the Oscars?”
“Do something? For the Zombies?”
“No one is special!”
“Oh cool. A Dark basement. I was just thinking we should do this in a dark basement.”
“Shh! Nerds! Did you hear that?’
“What is up with that cat?!”
“Is someone throwing it?!”
“It’s quarter past let’s get the hell out of this building… time!”
“Troy make me proud. Be the first black man to make it to the end.”
“How are you going to survive those zombies?!”
“I’m going to be a nerd.”
“Alright, cool it. I’ve been bit, I know what zombies do!”
“Jeff? Still cool as a zombie!”