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idk if this is a community encyclopedia question or not, but I'm going to ask anyway just incase you know
do you know why netflix cut down the pilot episode so much??
(going through OLD asks part 2)
(idk if you're even active on here anymore but oh well)
I just wrote a long post about this
:)
heyyyy question for the encyclopedia
so i just finished watching community straight through for the first time, and since the brainrot is strong (and i miss seeing troy) i decided to. go back to the start. and start rewatching. which i almost never do tbh but anyways.
are there two versions of the pilot?? because what i watched last night was mostly what i remembered but there were four or five moments that i was like, "wait a second. what?? where did that come from??" and my brother watched community when it was on netflix but i only caught on after it had been taken off netflix, so i've been pirating it, and then halfway through s5 the website i WAS using stopped working so i switched, so i've seen the pilot twice now on two different websites.
the specific moments that were unfamiliar were:
a moment in the cafeteria after jeff invites britta to study with him for the first time, where a lunch lady tells him he needs to pay for his tacos
two or three lines when jeff and duncan meet on the track field, regarding the runners' ages. jeff points out how old one of them is but then "oh he's really trucking along."
troy's first lines, something like "oh, you're the tutor? i need my hw done thanks" (which side note then it's troy at the end who's like, "wdym ur just gonna fail?? studying's not THAT hard, cmon, come study with us :D" and that's fun to me)
and then troy and jeff have a conversation on the steps at the end re: troy's letterman jacket. jeff says smth like, "you take it off to please them, you wear it to piss them off, either way you're doing it for them," which i thought was cool but also i swear i don't remember that
anyways can you help me out?? is there something weird about the pilot? or is it just a case of me not remembering what i watched? thank you!!!!
(also, i see in a lot of ur posts when you respond with a long essay-like answer you apologize but i would actually love a long answer if you've got it in you lol, don't apologize for it!!!!)
(going through OLD asks part 1)
(idk if you're even active on here anymore but oh well)
so! this is a pretty simple answer so it probably won't take a whole essay this time (especially since you saved me the trouble of listing most of the differences; there are also a few added lines just throughout different conversations). you're completely correct, there are two versions of the pilot. all of the interactions you listed above are NOT in the version on Netflix (you are not crazy trust).
it's relatively common for TV shows to have syndicated cuts of certain episodes in order to fit into network time slots. the longer version is the one that was originally broadcast in 2009 (I'm like 95% sure). they cut it down by a couple of minutes to fit into the standard 30-minute timeslot (plus ads, so the actual syndicated episode is about 21 minutes I believe) for future reruns of the episode. (the other episodes are also about this long; it's pretty common for pilots to be a couple minutes longer than subsequent episodes). For Some Reason, even though Netflix is obviously a streaming service and should not concern themselves with network time constraints, they chose the syndicated cut over the original.
because I waited so long to answer this, it's now sort of obsolete, as Community is no longer on Netflix. Hulu and Peacock are both streaming the original, longer version, from what I remember.
fun fact: the pilot is not the only episode that has two versions, although this next one is not a syndication issue. 1x04 social psychology differs between the original broadcasted version (which is the same version that is streaming on Peacock and Hulu) and the actual physical DVD. they have different cold opens as well as a few other tweaks, especially in the parts Duncan is in. not sure why they did that. if you watch the cold open streaming, you can see scribbled Hangul on the chalk board behind Chang, which is actually the focus of the DVD cold open. if I had to guess, I'd say they recorded both versions and just later decided to include the second one as sort of bonus material for fans. (they must have also liked the DVD version better, since they fully replaced it instead of having it in the bonus features? it's also actually shorter than the streamed version. whatever. does anyone happen to know if they extended some other parts of the episode to make up for the lost time? I haven't noticed anything).
I wrote an essay when I said I wouldn't. as always to anyone PLEASE feel free to add on if I missed anything. thanks y’all it's good to be back I hold this show so close to my heart
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Jeff Winger from Community has NPD!
requested by: me!
jeff and shirley are one of the best duos in community i wish we got more scenes with them
thought: britta and annie playing minecraft and annie makes the house pink and collects flowers for britta
thought: abed and troy as cats but they’re just constantly snuggling and kissing each other and purring. owners get absolutely zero attention.
Wow two updates in one I sure am treating you today
Chapter 18 of The Least You Can Do
Chapter 2 of Pink Elephant
Rereading these two chapters one after the other gave me whiplash man. They’re polar opposites in terms of vibe lmao
