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Destiny-land
It's..... The happiest blog on earth |
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JEFF WINGER: We're gonna fly to school each morning.
We're gonna smile the entire time.
BRITTA: We're gonna be more happy.
We're gonna finally be fine.
ABED: We're gonna get more calm and normal.
TROY: We're gonna fix our state of mind.
ANNIE: We're gonna be less crazy.
We're gonna finally be fine.
SHIRLEY: We're gonna stand, holding hands, in a brand new land,
far away from the borderline.
DEAN PELTON: We're gonna seem like a mainstream dream
SENOR CHANG: and be appealing to all mankind.
ALL: We're gonna have more fun and be less weird
than the first two years combined.
We're gonna live forever.
JEFF AND ANNIE: And we're gonna sleep together.
ALL: We're gonna finally
be sunny and shiny.
We're gonna finally be fine!
I didn't know Community came from the co-creator of that legendary never-picked-up pilot, "Heat Vision and Jack." That helps explain why Community had so many built-in parodies of other shows. (I want to believe the "flying Jeff" in this number was a nod to the Bugaloos.) But there's a poignant story about where he got the idea for the show. He'd attended Glendale Community College -- not Greendale Community College -- to spend time with his girlfriend. And yes, he took a Spanish class -- and, joined a study group. "I was in this group with these knuckleheads and I started really liking them," he told one interviewer, "even though they had nothing to do with the film industry and I had nothing to gain from them and nothing to offer them." Years later, the third season of his TV show would launch with a spectacular/cheesy all-cast musical number.... |