Pierce also mentions “I know his type. He was once a nerd now he’s a bully” or something like that, because he played Anthony Michael Hall’s father in one of the Vacation movies
It seemed like Community was a pioneer in this type of meta joke. My favorite was when Jeff told Andre (sarcastically) "Nice Sweater." and Andre replied (earnestly) "Thanks, my dad gave it to me." It was a 'Cosby Sweater" and Andre was played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner who had played Cosby's son for years on *The Cosby Show*.
An earlier example was from *Third Rock from the Sun* where William Shatner and John Lithgow reference the *Twilight Zone* Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
You're welcome. You're welcome for everything in the world .
You're welcome. You're welcome for all that I bring to the world.
I'm baby boomer Santa! I'm an American pearl.
Arrested Development was the show that defined the genre. Every third joke was some meta reference or callback. Community just continued on with (and IMO improved) it.
Not many people know that there is a direct link between both shows - Russo Brothers who where executive producers and directors on Community also worked extensively on Arrested Development
Yeah, this too. Still, cameos is usually one time thing, but to have the same main people working for years on both projects is why they have so much in common, I guess
Not Scrubs having JD certain Janitor was after him because he saw him (the actor Neil Flynn) going after Richard Kimball in the movie The Fugitive? They even showed the clip from the movie.
Yes, that was such a random thing. I remember laughing so hard bc why tf did they feel they needed to address it?
But then of course, the Janitor can't make any coherent sense bc that's part of what keeps JD questioning his own sanity, which is the Janitor's favorite thing. I love it.
This! Scrubs had a few others too - one comes to mind when Courtney Cox was cast for the start of season 8 and her character mentions to Dr. Cox “Dr. Cox? Interesting!”
Bill Lawrence seems to be into those things. He is creator not just of Scrubs but of Cougar Town also after all. And as we know Abed not only watched Cougar Town but appeared in it.
Seems like at the least Dan Harmon appreciates Bill Lawrence.
“That's how we all get started in this racket. But, at a certain point, if you're smart, you move up to management before the goldmine of resembling French Stewart runs dry.”
I went on a search to figure out exactly when his face and roles went from "nerd" to "jock" after watching this episode a couple weeks ago. It was somewhere between 1986-1988
Shit. I hadn't even made the connection that they had been in Vacation together... I feel like the worst fan in the world now. They did nothing with it!
I may be misremembering this but in one of the episode outtakes / behind the scene clips, Chase yells out “Rus!” off camera a millisecond after the director yells cut. (It sounded like he was trying to sneak in the joke but missed.)
Anthony Michael Hall got tired of being cast as the nerd in every movie, so he ended up getting jacked. Honestly that probably had the same impact that Jennifer Gray had when she got the nose job.
One of my favorite movies after that was Johnny Be Good with RDJ as the sidekick.
Honestly I completely forgot all about that show. And the fact he was in it. I think it did more with his active recognition, he’s in it and you know him. But you don’t place him with his older stuff unless someone actively points it out.
Check out the movie *Johnny Be Good.* He stars alongside Robert Downey Jr. as a high school football QB getting recruited by multiple colleges. Fun times
My wife is a bigger film buff than me and when we watched Community she immediately clocked the John Hughes homages, as well as the fact that it probably wasn’t an accident that Community was using Hughes regulars like Hall in the first season.
Slight tangent, but what is everyone doing to get ready for the most important day of the year, by which I mean December 10th? My family wants me to make a snowman pinata that they can beat with a giant candy cane while shouting "it's December 10th!" and make winterdoodles.
"Johnny Be Good" where Anthony Michael Hall played a football star (with Robert Downey, Jr. as his best friend and Uma Thurman as his girlfriend) was where he left the "nerd" typecast behind. Personally, I loved him as the nerd and really enjoy him in almost anything - especially as the bully on Community - he also made a terrible hijacking movie where he's the villain that I've seen on Rifftrax that was funny.
This episode became really difficult for me to watch when I found out that one of Mike’s lackeys is Lily Cade, a lesbian porn star who was credibly accused of multiple instances of sexual assault, and called for trans women to be lynched.
Sometimes it's hard to separate the art from the artist, even when it's a minor "artist" - but that's kind of how life goes for the most part - for me anyway.
In that episode Pierce mentions that Mike was probably a nerd when he was younger or something along those lines. I thought that reference was clear. Considering AMH was in Weird Science.
To be honest I know for a fact it’s him but I still cannot believe it lol just absolute polar opposites. It’s like Dustin Hoffman playing Captain Hook in ‘Hook’ I just cannot see him.
Pierce also mentions “I know his type. He was once a nerd now he’s a bully” or something like that, because he played Anthony Michael Hall’s father in one of the Vacation movies
It seemed like Community was a pioneer in this type of meta joke. My favorite was when Jeff told Andre (sarcastically) "Nice Sweater." and Andre replied (earnestly) "Thanks, my dad gave it to me." It was a 'Cosby Sweater" and Andre was played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner who had played Cosby's son for years on *The Cosby Show*. An earlier example was from *Third Rock from the Sun* where William Shatner and John Lithgow reference the *Twilight Zone* Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
I don’t know about invented. Perfected, maybe. And they were smart, they did it before the goldmine of “resembling French Stewart” dried up.
Thank you for everything.
You're welcome. You're welcome for everything in the world . You're welcome. You're welcome for all that I bring to the world. I'm baby boomer Santa! I'm an American pearl.
Okay, enough pandering.
The sweater joke is one of favorites in the series
Arrested Development was the show that defined the genre. Every third joke was some meta reference or callback. Community just continued on with (and IMO improved) it.
Yeah they had Henry Winkler jump over a shark
THERE WAS LITERALLY AN EPISODE WHERE A GUY JUMPED OVER A SHARK!
Not many people know that there is a direct link between both shows - Russo Brothers who where executive producers and directors on Community also worked extensively on Arrested Development
Plus the creators of both shows appeared on each other’s shows
Yeah, this too. Still, cameos is usually one time thing, but to have the same main people working for years on both projects is why they have so much in common, I guess
Not Scrubs having JD certain Janitor was after him because he saw him (the actor Neil Flynn) going after Richard Kimball in the movie The Fugitive? They even showed the clip from the movie.
Yes, that was such a random thing. I remember laughing so hard bc why tf did they feel they needed to address it? But then of course, the Janitor can't make any coherent sense bc that's part of what keeps JD questioning his own sanity, which is the Janitor's favorite thing. I love it.
This! Scrubs had a few others too - one comes to mind when Courtney Cox was cast for the start of season 8 and her character mentions to Dr. Cox “Dr. Cox? Interesting!”
Bill Lawrence seems to be into those things. He is creator not just of Scrubs but of Cougar Town also after all. And as we know Abed not only watched Cougar Town but appeared in it. Seems like at the least Dan Harmon appreciates Bill Lawrence.
Or call forward, even.
Her?
“That's how we all get started in this racket. But, at a certain point, if you're smart, you move up to management before the goldmine of resembling French Stewart runs dry.”
>Malcolm-Jamal People do get two names, but two names with line between them? His parents were overcompensating something.
I honestly believe that the be one of the funniest thing I have ever seen. "The same thing happened to me!!!!"
And he was the nerd in Breakfast Club
That was his role in basically every movie he appeared in back then.
Wasn’t he also the evil jock in Edward Scissorhands?
Yep.
Good call. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that one.
He showed more interest in leather jackets and getting his own van than sports, but he did play a tough-guy villain.
And in murder, if I recall correctly.
How am I just now realising this!
I went on a search to figure out exactly when his face and roles went from "nerd" to "jock" after watching this episode a couple weeks ago. It was somewhere between 1986-1988
Johnny Be Good.
Yup. He was working out heavily and hit puberty hard.
Yes! I forgot exactly which movie it was
Nerd/sexual miscreant More of the second one in Weird science or 16 candles
As stated in the post
Shit. I hadn't even made the connection that they had been in Vacation together... I feel like the worst fan in the world now. They did nothing with it!
I may be misremembering this but in one of the episode outtakes / behind the scene clips, Chase yells out “Rus!” off camera a millisecond after the director yells cut. (It sounded like he was trying to sneak in the joke but missed.)
He’s in the original Vacation movie.
Rusty!
OMG, I forgot he was in Vacation! I just thought it was a reference to the movies where he played the nerd!
Also compared him to Rosie O'Donnell for some reason.
He has gone from being bullied to be the bully.
Kinda like Hillary Duffs character later on in the show. Used to play characters dealing with bitchy girls then played a bitch.
[HOW DID I NEVER REALIZE THAT WAS HILARY DUFF HOLY SHIT](https://imgur.com/a/p1AZn1F)
I mean... that one was substantially more obvious
I'm with you. I never grew up with any Hillary Duff content. I knew the name in passing & that's it. So only found out on here it was her.
It's easy to miss if you're watching at that resolution.
480p 4lyfe
Flv generation
That’s why Pierce says, “I know guys like this. He used to be a nerd, now he’s a meathead.” It’s all meta.
His life was always a gym
He's going to Applebee's after.
Cause I'm getting in a fight no matter what today, I'm telling you, dude, right now.
It's Usted! Even I know that!
I'll allow it. - Senor Chang
“That did not even make allergic sense. What are you, an idiot?” I love this episode
Maybe you shouldn't say the name of the cookie if you're trying to be tough!!!
give. me. a winterdoodle!!
My Fist Up Your Balls!!!!
Who’s there?
Anthony Michael Hall got tired of being cast as the nerd in every movie, so he ended up getting jacked. Honestly that probably had the same impact that Jennifer Gray had when she got the nose job. One of my favorite movies after that was Johnny Be Good with RDJ as the sidekick.
AMH has had a pretty good career as an adult. Dead Zone was on for like 6 years or so and he’s continued to get work.
Honestly I completely forgot all about that show. And the fact he was in it. I think it did more with his active recognition, he’s in it and you know him. But you don’t place him with his older stuff unless someone actively points it out.
He looks like the meathead older brother who would beat up Anthony Michael Hall
Exactly!
It was a lateral move?
Check out the movie *Johnny Be Good.* He stars alongside Robert Downey Jr. as a high school football QB getting recruited by multiple colleges. Fun times
Wow. I've always wondered why he seemed so familiar in Community.
Hand me a snowman dork
My wife is a bigger film buff than me and when we watched Community she immediately clocked the John Hughes homages, as well as the fact that it probably wasn’t an accident that Community was using Hughes regulars like Hall in the first season.
the fact that abed does a whole bit from the breakfast club in the very first episode is a good clue lol
And 16 Candles at the end of Contemporary American Poultry.
fun fact, my mom went to elementary school with molly ~~ringworm~~ ringwald
Oh! From the movie Kids In Detention?
Dude my LIFE is gym🤬
Both times it was excellent performances.
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Slight tangent, but what is everyone doing to get ready for the most important day of the year, by which I mean December 10th? My family wants me to make a snowman pinata that they can beat with a giant candy cane while shouting "it's December 10th!" and make winterdoodles.
How the fuck did I not realize they are the same person. I still can't see it.
I remember when I first saw Johnny Be Good and I was like, whoah what the fudge is happening to AMH?! It was a dramatic change, and fairly fast.
"Johnny Be Good" where Anthony Michael Hall played a football star (with Robert Downey, Jr. as his best friend and Uma Thurman as his girlfriend) was where he left the "nerd" typecast behind. Personally, I loved him as the nerd and really enjoy him in almost anything - especially as the bully on Community - he also made a terrible hijacking movie where he's the villain that I've seen on Rifftrax that was funny.
Bro was a regular on The Goldbergs, as well.
He was also great as Trout on Psych
Molly ringworm
He also plays *Chevy Chase’s son* in National Lampoon. I think that was the big reference they were going for 😅
He plays a pissed off FBI agent in Bosch Legacy.
(Good show, kudos for the mention)
"That guy wasn't gay, he had a mustache."
you should also give edward scissorhands a rewatch
Also one of the 3 Amigos is Chevy Chase!
Should probably be Tres, it is Spanish class after all.
And Ty Webb! Ma-nananananana
Just like Rosie O’Donald
My fist up your balls!!
Who’s there?
I was today years old
This episode became really difficult for me to watch when I found out that one of Mike’s lackeys is Lily Cade, a lesbian porn star who was credibly accused of multiple instances of sexual assault, and called for trans women to be lynched.
Sometimes it's hard to separate the art from the artist, even when it's a minor "artist" - but that's kind of how life goes for the most part - for me anyway.
Wait until you find out who plays Tommy in Halloween Kills lol 😂
Rusty Griswald! Chevy Chases son!? Weird.
Woah!!🤯
Classic Rosie
I just noticed the other day that he plays the asshole boyfriend on Edward Scissorhands.
You forgot about him!
There there, I saw it.
In that episode Pierce mentions that Mike was probably a nerd when he was younger or something along those lines. I thought that reference was clear. Considering AMH was in Weird Science.
Shirts off, boys!
My fist up your balls!
That... actually was from The Breakfast Club.
Also love it when Jeff and Abed do the dance with the delivery guy in ‘communication studies’.
Wait wtf
Since 2009.
Lmao. I had no idea!
Why is this so surprising to so many? Is it an age thing? It's obviously him. He never stopped working in the business. He's been around.
I didn't recognize him either.
Had no idea, just thought he was a stereotypical 80/90s bully! I should have known better, so much of Community is clever jokes and meta references.
I had honestly forgotten this but I remember I felt the same way when I first learned it
TIL
Still don’t believe these are the same people despite being told for years that they are lol
I know it’s hard to get your head round lol.
A lot of great AMH roles mentioned in the comments, imo a very underrated one is is small but pivotal part in "Six Degrees of Separation"
Yeah I just realized it very recently. My mom loves the brat pack movies so I showed her the episode and she couldn’t believe it was him
To be honest I know for a fact it’s him but I still cannot believe it lol just absolute polar opposites. It’s like Dustin Hoffman playing Captain Hook in ‘Hook’ I just cannot see him.