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StoryStreet 26:41, 5 months late but I just watched this episode and I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right. However, you’re video helped me put it into perspective. I feel I need to rewatch it again
The belief Christmas was moved from spring to winter solstice is a wide believed myth there is no evidence this happened its just been repeated over and over. It could be true but there is no evidence. Irrelevant but Just saying. If there is evidence show me if you want who cares.
@@cougarkids4978 ok so in season 6 there was a joke a ship (Troy's ship) was captured by pirates. What if that was Pierce's plan all along. In order to get on an island he was banned on he staged a fake pirate attack and now the media buzz because Lavar Burton is captured distracted the island government and now Pierce sneaks on the island. Pierce ELABORATELY faked his death just like in the darkest timeline to teach the group a lesson a lesson he forgot. Pierce's reason for getting on the island to find a long lost love. Whuch was the reason he went to Greendale in the first place but he forgot somewhere through he met her there or something. Anyway Shirley who spun off season six and her partner in solving crime are somehow on the case if the kidnapped Burton. After it turns out it was a fake ruse. Anyway Shirley figures out what was going on meets up with troy and Lavar. And now Pierce is on trial for piracy(Pirate) then a trial of some kind ensues. But for plot reasons the trial happens at Greendale community college. Reason the government wants nothing to do with Pierce and he ysed Greendale supplies for the fake pirate take over of Troy and Lavar and some people who work at Greendale were hired to pirate the ship that took over Troy's. So now Jeff is the Lawer and the Community crew return and the trial and it ends pierce's lover comes back Troy has purpose So does Shirley and she is back with Andra and Britta is something And Annie and Jeff? Dan will think of there endings. And all the Greendale characters are there Dean Magnitude fat neil and the rest. And abed films the trial.
I think Dan Harmon said in an interview that Pierce stuck with Abed till the end because this is also his first Christmas without his mother since she died earlier in the season
One of my favourite moments in this Christmas special is towards the end when they’re sneaking the Christmas tree out of the cafeteria in the background. You see Shirley grabbing the menorah from the designated holiday zone for Annie!! It’s such a subtle moment but you can see how she’s changed from last year’s Christmas episode!!! Especially considering the episode where Abed is Jesus takes place earlier in the second season as well. We love character growth!!!!!!! ❤️
I rewatched the all of the Christmas episodes this year over the holiday peruod and noticed that too! Such a nice touch which does a lot for Shirley's character development
@@franciscogaskin5138 I'd hate to be That Person but the quote you're referring to is actually from season 1! I believe it's towards the end of the season, it's the episode where all the high school kids taunt Jeff and Britta by calling them "schmidtties" (or however you spell it).
She's right, but then uses it to fuel her own ideas which normally become worse extremes of the original problem. She thinks that pointing out the flaws of everything makes her a better person, but as we see in the show, it just makes everyone consider her to be shallow and self-righteous, which isn't always untrue.
Before I was diagnosed on the spectrum, there was a christmas where my mom was just too busy to do any of our usual rituals and. I absolutely broke down. I was angry and confused and felt empty that our traditions that we always kept up even after our family fell apart were just...a part of the past now. I didn’t realize why it was hitting me so hard, just that I felt like the world was falling apart, had no meaning anymore. I feel for abed so strongly in this episode. The collapse of rituals and traditions can be world shattering for autistics to cope with.
When my girlfriend and I first started watching Community around 2014 we were dumbfounded by one thing, the fact that it wasn't as huge as the Office or something. Thought it was unfortunately doomed to be maybe the most underappreciated show ever. Thank god for youtubers. Lol
Also for someone with Aspergers patterns are vital, they tend to feel overwhelmed and frustrated when dealing with new and unfamiliar situations, that’s why for Abed is specially difficult to understand that his mother is not coming this year... so heartbreaking
A couple episodes before this one, the one in which Abed diagnoses everyone as a bitch, Abed mentions the premise of this episode. Under "Memos" on his Bitch-Reader, among a whole host of Easter Eggs, it says "Confirm mom for Christmas".
I would honestly take an analysis of every episode of Community. (Except maybe that gas leak year) You continue to not only grasp the concepts that I love about this show but go a step further and really get down to how each character drives this great story forward. You do a great job of taking Dan Harmon's formula for writing and break it down to how it makes the whole story have meaning and a purpose. Keep up the great work. I cannot wait to see more!
Something important Dan Harmon said on the DVD commentary for this episode is that we celebrate christmas because we like each other. Or something like that. It always stuck with me
I laughed, I cried, I became stop-motion animated. Merry Uncontrollable Christmas to the now 4k(ish) strong StoryStreet "Community" ... 6 million subs and a movie!!!
Ouch, that Britta talk was spot on. I've been feeling shit this Christmas because I just feel like there's too much going on that I can't help with. I want to help friends but don't know how, and I lack the self-confidence to know what to really do about just about anything in my life. And then you started describing Britta and it hit home real hard. Love community, love this ep, love this vid essay. :3
I just watched the episode the for the first time. I started off being distracted by the new medium, but by the end of the episode I was in tears. I wasn’t expecting to be stabbed in the heart with such an important message. After watching it immediately had to search for a video about it because I knew I couldn’t be the only one to think that this is episode is one of the most beautiful works of art to be put on television. This video made me cry more than the episode itself. It’s amazing. You expertly broke down this genius episode with an even more genius analysis. You should be very very proud of this video
Community really pisses me off because it does a perfect balance between funny and serious, as you mentioned in the earlier video. I get so jealous of how they manage to come up with these unique ideas or reconstruct already existing clichés and turn them into something new. It's one of those "I wish I could do something like that" scenarios.
okay that bit at the end where you started talking about Christmas being depressing I started crying at what you were saying, and then the group’s voices started fading in and I realised that you had managed to perfectly illustrate Abed’s perspective, and THAT made me cry even more. I don’t even remember my childhood christmases! How...
I like how even though it’s a Christmas episode it still has the same weight as a normal episode and is given meaning and is called back to later on in the series rather than most Christmas episodes
Man you made me relize why this is the first Christmas that doesn't feel like Christmas the patterns are gone, I really hated this year and all it makes me wanna do get high or wish things were how they used to be I really needed this realty check man and how I can make it better, also really fuckin good analysis on community dude I love that show
holy crap man this made me cry and I'm watching this in MAY I especially love your exploration of Britta as a character in the video. Her character went through a lot of changes throughout the seasons but you're spot on when you said her main core is dealing with low self-esteem, which leads her into projecting her worth in relation to others Subscribed!
I know the purpose of that episode, it's beautiful and it makes me cry every time I watch it. But it's December 9th, she could go and be with Abed, bring the baby, so Abed could meet his sibling and be back at home by December 24th. Just because you are an adult you don't stop being someone's child. Because you have a new family you don't stop being someone's parents.
@@miawylie3360 Well if you have a newborn baby, a new husband who probably has a really hectic schedule too, sometimes you can't just take up and leave. It's fucking nightmare organizing a family holiday that doesn't cost a lot of money and take fuck ton of preparation. What I don't understand is why she implied they'll never see each other during Christmas times, like I'd understand she couldn't make it work this year but why she automatically assumes it's never possible...? That's why I always assumed that she moved to Poland or somewhere really far away, that's the reason she can't hang out with abed anymore. Because what kind of mother just abandones their child if she's just few states away? I'd really like some backstory there. Did the show ever say WHERE Abed's mom went?
The letter also implies that Abed didn’t know she had remarried and/or had another kid. That’s a huge thing and not telling him about it makes her look really bad. I know that Abed’s psyche is unpredictable, but surely he could handle that change as long as it didn’t mean she was choosing someone else over him
Abed did imply in the first season with the movie he made that he felt like his mom struggled with raising him and left because of him, having her then break the tradition adds even more insult to injury. I wonder if she chose not to go because she struggles so much with him.
When you're making a nearly 30 minute video on it, you really begin to notice how much love and detail went into every shot. One of my favorites is in the scene right after "designated holiday zones" where you can see someone comforting the person celebrating Hannakuh behind Abed. It's such a small, insignificant detail, but they still thought to put it in there even though it probably added even more work for the animators.
I like how Chang was spying on them as a snowman in the background when Abed made them into characters also the ending to see them all together makes me sad idk why
@@emmanueldeita5362 the way the study group shut him up shows how apathetic people really are. I envy Abed, he gets so much love he is literally perfect. And people say Superman is n't relatable because hes perfect
this video hit me so damn hard. i was going to have my first divided christmas this year. my ma recently divorced and i was going to have two separate christmases. seeing the man that took her from me at lunch, and the man that abused my family apart for dinner. that being too much bullshit for me to deal with- i flew overseas to be with my best friend instead. the parallels between my and abed's escapism were shocking. unfortunately I've been deeply homesick and depressed so i've struggled to enjoy my time here. I have a couple months to get my ass in gear though, plenty of time to appreciate a man i'd call more of a brother than a friend and properly experience being overseas on my own for the first time. never thought a video analysing a community episode would make me so introspective, i really appreciate the work and effort you put into your projects. happy new year, keep it real
You are an amazing creator. Never give up, never let go. I wish I had the ability to comprehend my thoughts as beautifully as you do. I noticed that you haven't uploaded something in a while. And this video didn't perform the way it should've. I know RUclips can be hard. But keep making more content. You'll make it big one day. And even if you don't, just remember that you just made one fan in me more than ten thousand miles away in a small country in Bangladesh. You talked about my favorite show of all time. You felt this show in a way that I know that I did as well. Thank you for that. Thank you for your effort. You are streets ahead.
First off, this is incredibly kind and wonderful to hear, particularly in this stressful time. So thank you for that. And secondly, more content is on its way! School unfortunately got in the way over the last few months, but I am currently editing a video that should actually be out within the next couple of weeks. And I'm certainly not stopping there. There's a big project coming up for the next few months so look forward to that. Thank you for watching!
This episode is the only thing that I make sure to watch for Christmas. Every year. And the speech they give at the end about the meaning of Christmas makes me cry every time.
Nicely done. This episode is my favorite Christmas special too, because of its ability to be sincere, odd and funny, as no other Christmas special has ever had. But that sort of explains why Community is my favorite comedy of all time too.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 I agree he was right in wanting Abed to talk about his feelings, but Duncan was just trying to get a paper published for notoriety. Annie and Troy were helping Abed get to the same place but in his own way. They did what they had to do imo.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 As a Psychology Professor, its actually a requirement to publish, or be part of, scientific research from time to time, in order to receive Tenure (aka Professor For Life). And it's a very prestigious thing to have your name on a published paper. He sees Abed's "condition" (seeing the world in claymation) as an exciting new thing to research and publish, and it could mean fame and fortune for Duncan if he does.
@@duchesnejennifer so then why is he not justified in doing research on Abed. And why is the study group so apathetic and ignorant towards Duncan's struggle and his meaning of Christmas? As someone who felt they wasted some Christmas's, I understood Duncan.
I think part of the reason Danny Pudi was able to give such a good performance (at least in this episode he's great the whole show and that's just cuz he's a great actor) is because in this context his childhood was similar to Abed's. He is also half Polish and I think said in an interview that his dad wasn't around.
Now I understand why I feel sad watching it. I don't celebrate Christmas, and I didn't come from a place that put such a big deal on it. But then I always feel weirdly sad watching this episode. Now I somewhat understand that it's the time of the year that feels magical because every kid is longing for it because there's a sense of comfort in Christmas. A sense of familiarity. Thanks for putting my sadness into words, my guy.
Heck, I'll fight you if you say you'll NOT make another Community video essay. I'll watch any and all you make and put out. Thanks for this, it's a really nice watch for my Christmas morning.
I know this is an Abed episode but, man, you nailed on your description of Britta. She is such and underrated character. Sometimes I think the show treats her so poorly.
This is great work. Insightful, heartfelt, and moving - much like the episode itself. I only realized the true magical genius of this episode when I re-watched it today, after seeing your analysis. Video essays like this (and having 9 years of life experiences since I first saw the episode) make it easier to appreciate a beautifully told story full of meaning, like this gem of an episode.
Watched this after Christmas and really wish I didn't because I'm in more of a Christmas spirit now then I did all of the lead up to it. Now i'm crying because of it and also the video
a detail i really enjoy about this episode is how big abed's eyes are compared to everyone else, in this world he still has wide eyed wonder while everyone else is there for group therapy.
Man, I never comment on RUclips but holy shit you deserve more credit for this video. Hits home in so many ways, great analysis, keep at it. Amazing content.
"If we're going to fight my Mom's picking me up at 5 and my stepdad has my phone so if we're going to fight I'm going to need ample time to let my Mom know to wait" classic
I’ve made it a yearly tradition to come back and rewatch this video as the Christmas season is winding up. I sob everytime I watch it. It’s therapeutic. And it helps me get into the right headspace for the coming season
You made me tear up with this. Just loved it. You got a new fan. And Community was, is and will always be the best and the most beautiful and well written TV show for me.
Bro, you making me fight back tears at work with this one. I'm just listening to it (like a podcast) with the video minimized opening it up on occasion but it seems pretty clear to me that you you went through something similar and the holidays often serve as a sorrowful reminder. Wish you the best mate and hope you find (have found) a new meaning to Christmas.
You'll never get that feeling back but you can give it to someone else if you find some way to spend your Christmas with kids. My little sister is 12 and even though there's no santa anymore, she still wakes everyone up at 7am on Christmas morning pumping us full of coffee so we can watch her unwrap her gifts :')
the emotion behind you voice in this video is blowing my mind especially towards the end, it really immerses the listener without even having to see a face behind the voice
Some great stuff! I always get weird looks when I say that this is my favorite episode of the entire show, but your video sums up my thoughts quite perfectly. You really need to do a video on G. I. Jeff as it touches on a quite similar topic.
I know my comment is years late but I just wanted to say that this is one of the best video essays I've even seen. I've never cried or felt as happy as I did for a video essay. This is amazing, you are amazing. Keep doing the amazing work.
I'm going through Community for the 7th time now, but this time I'm only allowed one episode per day. Tomorrow is Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas, so finding this video couldn't be better timed.
This video was amazing!! I think you should do more deep dive character analyses on these characters. I feel like the show did so much to flesh them out throughout its run and theres a lot to breakdown with each one
I also believe this episode has done a lot for me retaining my Christmas spirit. The meaning of Christmas is the idea that Christmas has meaning has somehow held a dear spot in my heart all these years since I watched it. And I am a Christmas maniac lol, I love the season so much
My mother’s birthday is on Christmas so this episode was especially painful and the way you spoke about it at 22:28 made me think the worst that one day she’s gonna be gone and every Christmas I’ll have to put on a happy face for my kids so they can live they’re life oblivious to the fact im hurting... now this isn’t your fault that I feel this way i just wanted you to know your video touched me...
This episode means so much to me 2 years ago our usual Christmas tradition of going to Texas every year stopped abruptly and I was really sad but my big brother showed this to me on Christmas Eve I didn’t even know what community was now we watch it every year and I love community
That episode broke my heart when I first saw it, and this video was very meaningful. We do put too much emotion into Christmas. I was such a happy kid, I couldn't go to sleep on Dec 24th until I was about 14.... My parents told me that if I went to sleep, it would make the night go by faster, and I miss that idea so much
This is beautiful. Thank you for making this. You perfectly encapsulated why I love this episode so much and why Community is such a special show, and somehow made me appreciate it more. Keep doing what you're doing :)
What's really incredible about this video is how you in your own way go against the video essay cliches and almost have your own mini arc. That last 4 minutes really got me man Good on you
I'm glad i watched it the whole way through, personally once my grandmother died and our cousins stopped hosting dinners with us the traditions and patterns fell through, and it stopped being about having fun and enjoying the spirit of christmas and more about just getting through it all so i could sit down in my room and play videogames alone. At 22 years old my family still tries it's best to hold onto a few patterns, but it's not the same and for me atleast i havent found meaning in it again, and i still end up alone in my room. Well done essay i cant wait to see what else you've got
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StoryStreet 26:41, 5 months late but I just watched this episode and I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right. However, you’re video helped me put it into perspective. I feel I need to rewatch it again
Can you pitch a community movie
The belief Christmas was moved from spring to winter solstice is a wide believed myth there is no evidence this happened its just been repeated over and over. It could be true but there is no evidence. Irrelevant but Just saying. If there is evidence show me if you want who cares.
@@cougarkids4978 ok so in season 6 there was a joke a ship (Troy's ship) was captured by pirates. What if that was Pierce's plan all along. In order to get on an island he was banned on he staged a fake pirate attack and now the media buzz because Lavar Burton is captured distracted the island government and now Pierce sneaks on the island. Pierce ELABORATELY faked his death just like in the darkest timeline to teach the group a lesson a lesson he forgot. Pierce's reason for getting on the island to find a long lost love. Whuch was the reason he went to Greendale in the first place but he forgot somewhere through he met her there or something. Anyway Shirley who spun off season six and her partner in solving crime are somehow on the case if the kidnapped Burton. After it turns out it was a fake ruse. Anyway Shirley figures out what was going on meets up with troy and Lavar. And now Pierce is on trial for piracy(Pirate) then a trial of some kind ensues. But for plot reasons the trial happens at Greendale community college. Reason the government wants nothing to do with Pierce and he ysed Greendale supplies for the fake pirate take over of Troy and Lavar and some people who work at Greendale were hired to pirate the ship that took over Troy's. So now Jeff is the Lawer and the Community crew return and the trial and it ends pierce's lover comes back Troy has purpose So does Shirley and she is back with Andra and Britta is something And Annie and Jeff? Dan will think of there endings. And all the Greendale characters are there Dean Magnitude fat neil and the rest. And abed films the trial.
I think Dan Harmon said in an interview that Pierce stuck with Abed till the end because this is also his first Christmas without his mother since she died earlier in the season
IvyTruong I felt so bad for Duncan.
I hate Pierce but damn this made me emo
One of my favourite moments in this Christmas special is towards the end when they’re sneaking the Christmas tree out of the cafeteria in the background. You see Shirley grabbing the menorah from the designated holiday zone for Annie!! It’s such a subtle moment but you can see how she’s changed from last year’s Christmas episode!!! Especially considering the episode where Abed is Jesus takes place earlier in the second season as well. We love character growth!!!!!!! ❤️
I rewatched the all of the Christmas episodes this year over the holiday peruod and noticed that too! Such a nice touch which does a lot for Shirley's character development
But then they ruined that in season 3 when Shirley invited Annie to a pool party that was actually a baptism so she could “sneak her into heaven”
@@franciscogaskin5138 I'd hate to be That Person but the quote you're referring to is actually from season 1! I believe it's towards the end of the season, it's the episode where all the high school kids taunt Jeff and Britta by calling them "schmidtties" (or however you spell it).
You perhaps know the song that plays during that scene?
Victoria MK I felt so bad for Duncan.
You need to make more Community analysis, there are not enough of them on RUclips
Agreed! also im here for the christmas cookies..
agreed
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agreed!
not to be redundant but agreed, ive been waiting for these for a while
9:29 the snowman is Chang spying the group session.
Edit: It also appears in 19:22 and 19:49
Whoa I never noticed that (19:22), that’s great detail and props to you for spotting it.
Well spotted! I think I've seen the episode about 10-15 times and never noticed. Well played.
I always start crying when Britta sheds that tear, she got so much shit for being a Debbie downer but usually she was right at the end of the day
Рута Асадаускайте I felt so bad for Duncan.
I love Britta
She's right, but then uses it to fuel her own ideas which normally become worse extremes of the original problem.
She thinks that pointing out the flaws of everything makes her a better person, but as we see in the show, it just makes everyone consider her to be shallow and self-righteous, which isn't always untrue.
@@Ynehrs her friends are just too inmature to care about politics the way she does. She's not insentitive, they're idiots.
@@ornellapietroboni4259 you a simp
Before I was diagnosed on the spectrum, there was a christmas where my mom was just too busy to do any of our usual rituals and. I absolutely broke down. I was angry and confused and felt empty that our traditions that we always kept up even after our family fell apart were just...a part of the past now. I didn’t realize why it was hitting me so hard, just that I felt like the world was falling apart, had no meaning anymore.
I feel for abed so strongly in this episode. The collapse of rituals and traditions can be world shattering for autistics to cope with.
Wouldn't be mad about it if you made another 30min community video a few months from now. Merry Christmas mate! Love from Australia.
danny may I felt so bad for Duncan.
When my girlfriend and I first started watching Community around 2014 we were dumbfounded by one thing, the fact that it wasn't as huge as the Office or something. Thought it was unfortunately doomed to be maybe the most underappreciated show ever. Thank god for youtubers. Lol
I think it has gotten as popular as 30 rock, P&R, Office, e.t.c. in the last year
Also for someone with Aspergers patterns are vital, they tend to feel overwhelmed and frustrated when dealing with new and unfamiliar situations, that’s why for Abed is specially difficult to understand that his mother is not coming this year... so heartbreaking
This was such a great episode. This episode deserves WAY more recognition along with the show.
Cybotico I felt so bad for Duncan.
A couple episodes before this one, the one in which Abed diagnoses everyone as a bitch, Abed mentions the premise of this episode. Under "Memos" on his Bitch-Reader, among a whole host of Easter Eggs, it says "Confirm mom for Christmas".
good find. i just realized that as i went straight here after watching these episodes straight. dammit Community! why must you be so good!
I would honestly take an analysis of every episode of Community. (Except maybe that gas leak year) You continue to not only grasp the concepts that I love about this show but go a step further and really get down to how each character drives this great story forward. You do a great job of taking Dan Harmon's formula for writing and break it down to how it makes the whole story have meaning and a purpose. Keep up the great work. I cannot wait to see more!
Neeva I felt so bad for Duncan.
I take these words as my own!!!
This channel has awesome takes on an awesome show that has not a great number of YT content
Pls do more!!
I think you're being a bit harsh on season 4. It's really good if you view it as a standalone show rather than seeing it as community.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 WE GET IT!!
Jake Harris you really don’t
Something important Dan Harmon said on the DVD commentary for this episode is that we celebrate christmas because we like each other. Or something like that. It always stuck with me
I laughed, I cried, I became stop-motion animated. Merry Uncontrollable Christmas to the now 4k(ish) strong StoryStreet "Community" ... 6 million subs and a movie!!!
"I became stop-motion animated"
Hate when that happens
Ouch, that Britta talk was spot on. I've been feeling shit this Christmas because I just feel like there's too much going on that I can't help with. I want to help friends but don't know how, and I lack the self-confidence to know what to really do about just about anything in my life. And then you started describing Britta and it hit home real hard.
Love community, love this ep, love this vid essay. :3
This is longer than the episode itself
I just watched the episode the for the first time. I started off being distracted by the new medium, but by the end of the episode I was in tears. I wasn’t expecting to be stabbed in the heart with such an important message. After watching it immediately had to search for a video about it because I knew I couldn’t be the only one to think that this is episode is one of the most beautiful works of art to be put on television. This video made me cry more than the episode itself. It’s amazing. You expertly broke down this genius episode with an even more genius analysis. You should be very very proud of this video
Justin Schutz I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right.
Same, searching for someone to cry with lol..
@@MariThomas01 you can cry with Duncan
Community really pisses me off because it does a perfect balance between funny and serious, as you mentioned in the earlier video. I get so jealous of how they manage to come up with these unique ideas or reconstruct already existing clichés and turn them into something new. It's one of those "I wish I could do something like that" scenarios.
Link I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right.
YES-- balance is exactly right. Few shows are able to emulate both tones evenly and fluidly, truly unique.
okay that bit at the end where you started talking about Christmas being depressing I started crying at what you were saying, and then the group’s voices started fading in and I realised that you had managed to perfectly illustrate Abed’s perspective, and THAT made me cry even more. I don’t even remember my childhood christmases! How...
You could have a whole channel dedicated to community break-downs like this and we’d watch every video
The emotion you put into your tone in this analysis was beautiful. Thank you.
No, thank you.
Thank you for deconstructing the Britta narrative; tears me up every time.
I like how even though it’s a Christmas episode it still has the same weight as a normal episode and is given meaning and is called back to later on in the series rather than most Christmas episodes
Man you made me relize why this is the first Christmas that doesn't feel like Christmas the patterns are gone, I really hated this year and all it makes me wanna do get high or wish things were how they used to be I really needed this realty check man and how I can make it better, also really fuckin good analysis on community dude I love that show
Christian Ingersoll I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 Yes, but making someone catatonic is a shitty thing to do.
holy crap man this made me cry and I'm watching this in MAY
I especially love your exploration of Britta as a character in the video. Her character went through a lot of changes throughout the seasons but you're spot on when you said her main core is dealing with low self-esteem, which leads her into projecting her worth in relation to others
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CravingColors I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right.
I know the purpose of that episode, it's beautiful and it makes me cry every time I watch it. But it's December 9th, she could go and be with Abed, bring the baby, so Abed could meet his sibling and be back at home by December 24th. Just because you are an adult you don't stop being someone's child. Because you have a new family you don't stop being someone's parents.
That's the point, that's what makes it so heartbreaking. She could have chose both her children, but she only chose one.
@@miawylie3360 Well if you have a newborn baby, a new husband who probably has a really hectic schedule too, sometimes you can't just take up and leave. It's fucking nightmare organizing a family holiday that doesn't cost a lot of money and take fuck ton of preparation.
What I don't understand is why she implied they'll never see each other during Christmas times, like I'd understand she couldn't make it work this year but why she automatically assumes it's never possible...? That's why I always assumed that she moved to Poland or somewhere really far away, that's the reason she can't hang out with abed anymore.
Because what kind of mother just abandones their child if she's just few states away? I'd really like some backstory there. Did the show ever say WHERE Abed's mom went?
The letter also implies that Abed didn’t know she had remarried and/or had another kid. That’s a huge thing and not telling him about it makes her look really bad. I know that Abed’s psyche is unpredictable, but surely he could handle that change as long as it didn’t mean she was choosing someone else over him
Abed did imply in the first season with the movie he made that he felt like his mom struggled with raising him and left because of him, having her then break the tradition adds even more insult to injury. I wonder if she chose not to go because she struggles so much with him.
Please keep the Community video essays coming. The world needs these. History needs these.
honestly this video made me cry two times, once out of sadness and again out of pure happiness
I never really stopped to appreciate the quality of the animation in this episode compared to a lot of other stop motion. Great video!
When you're making a nearly 30 minute video on it, you really begin to notice how much love and detail went into every shot. One of my favorites is in the scene right after "designated holiday zones" where you can see someone comforting the person celebrating Hannakuh behind Abed. It's such a small, insignificant detail, but they still thought to put it in there even though it probably added even more work for the animators.
I like how Chang was spying on them as a snowman in the background when Abed made them into characters also the ending to see them all together makes me sad idk why
Emmanuel De Ita I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right.
Not gonna lie I felt for Duncan When he broke down after abed pretty much did reverse psychology on him
@@emmanueldeita5362 the way the study group shut him up shows how apathetic people really are. I envy Abed, he gets so much love he is literally perfect. And people say Superman is n't relatable because hes perfect
@@emmanueldeita5362 For the Community movie, he shouldve gotten revenge and tormented the study group
this video hit me so damn hard. i was going to have my first divided christmas this year. my ma recently divorced and i was going to have two separate christmases. seeing the man that took her from me at lunch, and the man that abused my family apart for dinner. that being too much bullshit for me to deal with- i flew overseas to be with my best friend instead.
the parallels between my and abed's escapism were shocking.
unfortunately I've been deeply homesick and depressed so i've struggled to enjoy my time here. I have a couple months to get my ass in gear though, plenty of time to appreciate a man i'd call more of a brother than a friend and properly experience being overseas on my own for the first time.
never thought a video analysing a community episode would make me so introspective, i really appreciate the work and effort you put into your projects. happy new year, keep it real
You are an amazing creator. Never give up, never let go. I wish I had the ability to comprehend my thoughts as beautifully as you do.
I noticed that you haven't uploaded something in a while. And this video didn't perform the way it should've. I know RUclips can be hard. But keep making more content. You'll make it big one day. And even if you don't, just remember that you just made one fan in me more than ten thousand miles away in a small country in Bangladesh.
You talked about my favorite show of all time. You felt this show in a way that I know that I did as well. Thank you for that. Thank you for your effort. You are streets ahead.
First off, this is incredibly kind and wonderful to hear, particularly in this stressful time. So thank you for that.
And secondly, more content is on its way! School unfortunately got in the way over the last few months, but I am currently editing a video that should actually be out within the next couple of weeks. And I'm certainly not stopping there. There's a big project coming up for the next few months so look forward to that.
Thank you for watching!
Oh christmas troy
Oh christmas troy
Thy candles shine so brightly
i’ve rewatched this episode 3 times in the past week now and i’m so happy someone else feels as strongly about it as i do
you bastard!
I'm a huge community fan and this "analisys" just made me cry....Love the video!
I feel like someone named "cheesy warrior" calling me a bastard is a personal peak for me.
Thanks for watching the video!
StoryStreet is it normal not understanding the themes in the episode first time around? Feel the need to watch it again.
This episode is the only thing that I make sure to watch for Christmas. Every year.
And the speech they give at the end about the meaning of Christmas makes me cry every time.
Nicely done. This episode is my favorite Christmas special too, because of its ability to be sincere, odd and funny, as no other Christmas special has ever had. But that sort of explains why Community is my favorite comedy of all time too.
duchesnejennifer I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 I agree he was right in wanting Abed to talk about his feelings, but Duncan was just trying to get a paper published for notoriety. Annie and Troy were helping Abed get to the same place but in his own way. They did what they had to do imo.
@@duchesnejennifer why did Duncan want a paper published?
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 As a Psychology Professor, its actually a requirement to publish, or be part of, scientific research from time to time, in order to receive Tenure (aka Professor For Life). And it's a very prestigious thing to have your name on a published paper. He sees Abed's "condition" (seeing the world in claymation) as an exciting new thing to research and publish, and it could mean fame and fortune for Duncan if he does.
@@duchesnejennifer so then why is he not justified in doing research on Abed. And why is the study group so apathetic and ignorant towards Duncan's struggle and his meaning of Christmas? As someone who felt they wasted some Christmas's, I understood Duncan.
Community is just the best
i love how the analysis is longer than the episode itself 😂 but ya community is the greatest
In my opinion this is the best episode of community! Its one of my go to's when I'm having a bad day. Thank you for the amazing analysis!
Its pretty cool how Pierce was the only one left out of the group to finish the journey with Abed
First a video essay on community, now a video on my favourite episode. Keep it up!
This one is streets ahead!
I think part of the reason Danny Pudi was able to give such a good performance (at least in this episode he's great the whole show and that's just cuz he's a great actor) is because in this context his childhood was similar to Abed's. He is also half Polish and I think said in an interview that his dad wasn't around.
I might of been crying a bit at the end
Kate Reid I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right.
Now I understand why I feel sad watching it. I don't celebrate Christmas, and I didn't come from a place that put such a big deal on it. But then I always feel weirdly sad watching this episode. Now I somewhat understand that it's the time of the year that feels magical because every kid is longing for it because there's a sense of comfort in Christmas. A sense of familiarity. Thanks for putting my sadness into words, my guy.
Heck, I'll fight you if you say you'll NOT make another Community video essay. I'll watch any and all you make and put out. Thanks for this, it's a really nice watch for my Christmas morning.
I know this is an Abed episode but, man, you nailed on your description of Britta. She is such and underrated character. Sometimes I think the show treats her so poorly.
One of my favorite yet saddest moments from the show is when abed was screaming because the clock was being fixed and Annie and Troy comfort him
Boom Nation I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right.
this episode hit harder than anything, I just wanted to be by abed's side and just hug him ugh I'm getting emotional now
Guess who's got a new Christmas tradition
This is great work. Insightful, heartfelt, and moving - much like the episode itself.
I only realized the true magical genius of this episode when I re-watched it today, after seeing your analysis. Video essays like this (and having 9 years of life experiences since I first saw the episode) make it easier to appreciate a beautifully told story full of meaning, like this gem of an episode.
Daz I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right.
I'll say a single thing, I really, really like this more subjective essay, good job
I miss community :-(
Watched this after Christmas and really wish I didn't because I'm in more of a Christmas spirit now then I did all of the lead up to it. Now i'm crying because of it and also the video
a detail i really enjoy about this episode is how big abed's eyes are compared to everyone else, in this world he still has wide eyed wonder while everyone else is there for group therapy.
Man, I never comment on RUclips but holy shit you deserve more credit for this video. Hits home in so many ways, great analysis, keep at it. Amazing content.
"Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas, or Christmas Spirit for Existentialists!" Loved this. I cried. And it's not even Christmas time anymore!
PinkGrapefruit22 I felt so bad for Duncan. I hated how the group treated him because he was right.
"If we're going to fight my Mom's picking me up at 5 and my stepdad has my phone so if we're going to fight I'm going to need ample time to let my Mom know to wait"
classic
I love it how this video is longer then the actual episode
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this is such a good video, honestly wish i'd made it myself because somehow you've put everything i love about this episode into words.
the way he said "that's not f*cking fair" at 22:30 broke my heart because he's so right.
I’ve made it a yearly tradition to come back and rewatch this video as the Christmas season is winding up. I sob everytime I watch it. It’s therapeutic. And it helps me get into the right headspace for the coming season
3:03 it just now occurred to me that we and abed are the only people seeing him in claymation. He is singing and jumping on cars in real life.
This episode is really heartbreaking, but in the end it heartwarming.
You made me tear up with this. Just loved it. You got a new fan. And Community was, is and will always be the best and the most beautiful and well written TV show for me.
i love that this analysis is longer than the episode
Me and my dad every night watch Community together and literally JUST watched this Christmas episode
Bro, you making me fight back tears at work with this one. I'm just listening to it (like a podcast) with the video minimized opening it up on occasion but it seems pretty clear to me that you you went through something similar and the holidays often serve as a sorrowful reminder. Wish you the best mate and hope you find (have found) a new meaning to Christmas.
I really needed this. Thanks.
Damn! *Slow clap* you nailed it man! It was so good! Thank you, I needed this.
Happy Holidays!
You'll never get that feeling back but you can give it to someone else if you find some way to spend your Christmas with kids. My little sister is 12 and even though there's no santa anymore, she still wakes everyone up at 7am on Christmas morning pumping us full of coffee so we can watch her unwrap her gifts :')
the emotion behind you voice in this video is blowing my mind especially towards the end, it really immerses the listener without even having to see a face behind the voice
3 years from you posting this, im finding this for the first time !! happy holidays, thank you for this video and your other community ones :’)
I am in tears. This analysis was so moving, and it hit me in places I didn’t know needed hit. This essay is, in your own words, “beautiful”. Thank you
I always love at the very end when the watch Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and you can see all of them in the reflection.
You made me cry, dude. Good video.
I’m crying so much right now.
Some great stuff! I always get weird looks when I say that this is my favorite episode of the entire show, but your video sums up my thoughts quite perfectly. You really need to do a video on G. I. Jeff as it touches on a quite similar topic.
I know my comment is years late but I just wanted to say that this is one of the best video essays I've even seen. I've never cried or felt as happy as I did for a video essay. This is amazing, you are amazing. Keep doing the amazing work.
6:51 omgggg i had been laughing so much, I never realized his fall was so funny
I'm going through Community for the 7th time now, but this time I'm only allowed one episode per day. Tomorrow is Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas, so finding this video couldn't be better timed.
Thar end monolog is amazing, both very emotional and it was neat how you tied all this "hints" you left in your commentery in one great monolog
I don't celebrate Christmas, and as a 15 year old Jewish kid I never have. And yet, I cried 7 separate times watching this video.
Thank you
This video was amazing!! I think you should do more deep dive character analyses on these characters. I feel like the show did so much to flesh them out throughout its run and theres a lot to breakdown with each one
I also believe this episode has done a lot for me retaining my Christmas spirit. The meaning of Christmas is the idea that Christmas has meaning has somehow held a dear spot in my heart all these years since I watched it. And I am a Christmas maniac lol, I love the season so much
My mother’s birthday is on Christmas so this episode was especially painful and the way you spoke about it at 22:28 made me think the worst that one day she’s gonna be gone and every Christmas I’ll have to put on a happy face for my kids so they can live they’re life oblivious to the fact im hurting... now this isn’t your fault that I feel this way i just wanted you to know your video touched me...
This episode means so much to me 2 years ago our usual Christmas tradition of going to Texas every year stopped abruptly and I was really sad but my big brother showed this to me on Christmas Eve I didn’t even know what community was now we watch it every year and I love community
Im so glad that someone made an analysis video for this amazing episode. It has the perfect happy/sad feel into it.
Well you got me literally crying harder than I have in years, so thanks for that.
That episode broke my heart when I first saw it, and this video was very meaningful. We do put too much emotion into Christmas. I was such a happy kid, I couldn't go to sleep on Dec 24th until I was about 14.... My parents told me that if I went to sleep, it would make the night go by faster, and I miss that idea so much
This is beautiful. Thank you for making this. You perfectly encapsulated why I love this episode so much and why Community is such a special show, and somehow made me appreciate it more. Keep doing what you're doing :)
What's really incredible about this video is how you in your own way go against the video essay cliches and almost have your own mini arc. That last 4 minutes really got me man
Good on you
Why. Am. I. Crying? Not “OMG dying” I mean really crying.
I'm glad i watched it the whole way through, personally once my grandmother died and our cousins stopped hosting dinners with us the traditions and patterns fell through, and it stopped being about having fun and enjoying the spirit of christmas and more about just getting through it all so i could sit down in my room and play videogames alone. At 22 years old my family still tries it's best to hold onto a few patterns, but it's not the same and for me atleast i havent found meaning in it again, and i still end up alone in my room. Well done essay i cant wait to see what else you've got
b-bro, that voice over?????????? stop breaking my heart omg
I love that Danny Phantom’s Christmas Special was acknowledged in this ❤️
heartwarming, it's all i can say about how it feels to see this video, thank you so much for your work