Introduction to Teaching 

Jeff blows off his new teaching job at Greendale until Annie signs up for his class and forces him to teach, and Abed loses his religion when he takes a course about whether Nicolas Cage is good or bad.

Director:

Jay Chandrasekhar

Writers:

Dan Harmon (created by), Andy Bobrow

Stars:

Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Joel McHale	...	Jeff Winger
Gillian Jacobs	...	Britta Perry
Danny Pudi	...	Abed Nadir
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	Shirley Bennett
Alison Brie	...	Annie Edison
Donald Glover	...	Troy Barnes
Jim Rash	...	Dean Pelton
Ken Jeong	...	Ben Chang
Jonathan Banks	...	Professor Buzz Hickey
Kevin Corrigan	...	Professor Sean Garrity
Richard Erdman	...	Leonard
Charley Koontz	...	Neil
Erik Charles Nielsen	...	Garrett Lambert
Luke Youngblood	...	Magnitude
Tom DeTrinis	...	Red Hair

Storyline

After the Dean Pelton offers Jeff a job as a law teacher, Jeff tries to learn the ropes of being a teacher from fellow professor Buzz Hickey and Abed takes on the daunting task of answering the question "Is Nicholas Cage good or bad?"

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Plot Keywords:

male with earring | reference to nicolas cage | spreadsheet | cafeteria | megaphone | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 January 2014 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment, Harmonius Claptrap, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

21 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Jeff declares a lunch break at the end, everyone except Troy brings out food. Meanwhile, Jeff's meal is represented by salt and pepper shakers and an egg.

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Goofs

Britta makes a comment at the end stating that there were no Asian Americans represented in the group. Abed is Indian, which is in Asia, making him an Asian American student.

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Quotes

Dean Pelton: I know it's unrealistic to think that we can eliminate riots completely, but I have been crunching the numbers and I believe we can reduce them by 40%.
Jeff Winger: Let's hope The Man doesn't target you for dreaming this big.

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Connections

References Face/Off (1997)

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Soundtracks

Greendale is Where I Belong
Performed by Ludwig Göransson

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