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Community :: Introduction to Film (01x03)

Episode Information

Title:

Introduction to Film

Episode #:

01x03

Original Airdate:

Thursday October 01st, 2009

Special Airtime:

09:30 pm

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Episode Crew
Director:	Anthony Russo
Writer:	Tim Hobert Jon Pollack

Episode Summary

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Jeff signs up for a class thinking it will be an easy A. However, Jeff soon discovers that he will need to do a lot more work than expected to pass. Meanwhile, Britta helps Abed with his dream to study film.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•John Michael Higgins (1)	played	Professor Whitman	Recurring (first appearance)
•Iqbal Theba	played	Abed's Dad

Main Cast

•Joel McHale	played	Jeff Winger
•Donald Glover	played	Troy Barnes
•Alison Brie	played	Annie Edison
•Yvette Nicole Brown	played	Shirley Bennett
•Gillian Jacobs	played	Britta Perry
•Danny Pudi	played	Abed Nadir
•Chevy Chase	played	Pierce Hawthorne

Episode Notes

Ken Jeong (Señor Chang) does not appear in this episode.

Episode Quotes

Abed: I have to make some adjustments to my film. Jeff, I think you should play the role of my father.
Jeff: I don't want to be your father.
Abed: Perfect. You already know your lines.

Abed: I'm interested in making movies, but my dad says all media is Western propaganda that negatively stereotypes Arabs.
Troy: You should see Aladdin. Jafar was a badass!

Professor Whitman: Only when we stop stopping our lives can we begin to start starting them.

Professor Whitman: Death, so cold, is a thing that makes man weep. And yet, a third of life is spent in sleep.

Britta: Raising him means letting him follow his dreams.
Abed's Dad: Dreams are for sleeping.
Britta: You don't know that!
Abed's Dad: It's clinically-proven!
Britta: So is polio!
Abed's Dad: You lost me!

Jeff: Hey, Troy sneezes like a girl!
Troy: And how about I pound you like a boy? Oh, that didn't come out right.

Cultural References

Jeff: Goooood morning, Professor Whitman!

Jeff is referencing the catchphrase "Gooooood morning, Vietnam!" from the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam.

Jeff: Shazbot!

"Shazbot" was the curse word used by Mork, an alien from the Planet Ork, in Mork & Mindy.

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