This became shockingly apparent in the episode "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking," where just the thought of meeting his father made him panic. Jeff would get a chance for some closure in the Thanksgiving episode, "Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations," when he finally got to confront his father, but it simply yet cathartically ended with a thorough breakdown of how losing his father ruined his life.
While the absence of Jeff's father has clearly left a negative impact on his life, the presence of his mother didn't do him that many more favors. Jeff's mom, for the most part, is left a mystery for the entire series, but the series at least gives small snippets of her involvement every now and then.
She's the one who helped foster his ego by constantly showering with arbitrary praise in his childhood. It was later revealed in the series' parody of My Dinner With Andre that his mom dressed him up as Pocahontas for one Halloween and made him trick r' treat regardless of his protests. Jeff's most glowing achievement to date has been the fact that he used to work for a big law firm and was considered good even among the den of sharks. However, his career as a lawyer wasn't as bright as he may even see now.
The career robbed him of his morals and surrounded him by people that couldn't care less about him, with his supposed best friend at the time being the same person who infamously sold him out. When he finally graduated from Greendale and dedicated himself to becoming a "good guy" lawyer, he didn't find much work and ended up running a failing business.
Jeff was far from being the best critic of Greendale Community College. Having always believed that he was better than a school he only enrolled in to get an easy degree, Jeff has always been quick to criticize Greendale's staff, low standards, and rundown facilities. As much hate as he may have given the establishment, he always praised the school as a transformative place that accepted broken people. Powered by CITE. Know another quote from Community? Don't let people miss on a great quote from the "Community" movie - add it here!
Add a Quote. Our favorite collection of Famous Movies ». Forrest Gump. Robert Zemeckis - David Fincher - Fight Club. Pulp Fiction. Quentin Tarantino - Gus Van Sant - Rowdy Herrington - But in its Yahoo run, Community has quietly embraced the fact that its running times can now push toward the minute mark, if not past it.
The episodes don't feel dramatically different than they used to at 21 minutes and change, but they do have more room to breathe. The stories are given more time to set up, and ridiculous gags like the Dean's mistaken texts are given their full glory.
It all allows Community to feel as if it's stretching its wings, just a little bit. Comedy requires great characters and great jokes. It requires solid stories to keep those jokes moving along.
But it also needs time. By moving to Yahoo, Community may have shown just how much better things can be when sitcoms get room to breathe. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower through understanding. Financial contributions from our readers are a critical part of supporting our resource-intensive work and help us keep our journalism free for all.
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The show's longer running times at Yahoo are helping it considerably. Yahoo Screen "Basic Crisis Room Decorum," the latest episode of Community , features a hilarious gag that doesn't really have much reason to be in the episode. The problems with the traditional model For the better part of four months, I've been working on a piece about the state of the TV sitcom, specifically traditional sitcoms filmed before a live studio audience. That's not enough time to tell a full story, much less two or three of them Here's the thing — most network TV shows feature two or three stories per episode usually called the A-story, then the B-story and C-story , and most network comedies are forced to cram all of that into an episode that typically runs a bit over 21 minutes and sometimes as little as 19 minutes.
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