S1.E17

Physical Education

Name: Physical Education
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2010-03-04
Duration: 21 min
Rating: 8.9
Cast: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi

Episode aired Mar 4, 2010
TV-PGTV-PG
21m

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Blake Clark and Joel McHale in Community (2009)

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Jeff refuses to participate in a pool class because the teacher forces him to play in gym shorts, and the study group discovers a white version of Abed at the college.Jeff refuses to participate in a pool class because the teacher forces him to play in gym shorts, and the study group discovers a white version of Abed at the college.Jeff refuses to participate in a pool class because the teacher forces him to play in gym shorts, and the study group discovers a white version of Abed at the college.

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Trivia
Britta's pronunciation of "bagel" is also how Dan Harmon pronounces it in real life.

Goofs
Troy referencing that Can't Buy Me Love is a remake of a movie made 16 years later is a joke about how TV shows and movies are remade for different markets based on race in the US. In the same way the joke about After School Specials and Fat Albert exists (they both started a month of each other in 1972).

Quotes
Abed Nadir: I understand, I need to change who I am to someone more likeable.
Shirley: No, no, sweetie, it's not about changing. It's about learning.
Abed Nadir: Learning to change?
Shirley: No, it's...
Pierce Hawthorne: Good grief, clear the chickens off the runway. I'll be the bad guy. Yes, Abed, you need to be someone else. Someone who eventually gets a girlfriend, because I can't think of anything more frightening than a half-Polish, half-Arab *virgin* in his thirties. One way or the other, that story ends with an explosion.

Connections
Referenced in Cougar Town: A Thing About You (2011)

Soundtracks
Werewolves of London
(uncredited)
Written by LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, and Warren Zevon
Performed by Warren Zevon

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10/10

This is where Community really kicks off

This is probably my absolute favourite Community episode of all, because this is where the madness really kicks off. Up until this point in the show it seems to just be another quirky sit-com, but the pool table scene at the end, followed by a string of hilarious and ridiculous episodes like Basic Pottery and Modern Warfare is where I fell in love with this show.

This isn't going to be a show about relationship building or character development. This isn't going to be a show that's going to follow any sort of coherent storyline. This is going to be crazy and ridiculous, and if you like this episode you will enjoy the entire series.

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