three not very funny jokes...
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incredibly far-fetched even
Humor Can Be Dissected, as a Frog Can, But the Thing Dies in the Process
Frogs are already dead when you dissect them
to be fair, some jokes have already been done to death before people decide they are worth dissecting
Most people watch sitcoms while doing something else, hence why so many had/have laugh tracks. Videos like this highlight why shows like 30 Rock and Arrested Development were critical darlings: the writing was so incredibly good! Unfortunately, you have to pay attention to appreciate good writing.
I think such nuance deserves explaining for folks who miss the genius of it. I liked the video.
30 Rock had excellent writing, I need to go back and give it another watch
30 Rock is really excellent! OTOH I watched Community throughout and I’m still waiting for the good jokes.
I liked them both pretty well but their styles are different so I could see a good chunk of people being fans of one but not the other.
One of my favourite gags from Community. It follows a similarly layered structure to the Liz and Jenna at improv joke:
Britta (doing a voice): "Slow news day"
Jeff: "That's your Johnny Carson impression?"
Britta (confused): "Jon Stewart"
My remark was purposefully hyperbolic. I did have a laugh every few episodes, maybe around one per episode on average.
I don't get this joke though. Really just whoosh.
It's possible that Community is excessively geared towards USA audiences, and since I'm not from there I just missed pretty much every joke for not having the proper context!
The joke is that Britta didn't realize that Jon Stewart's Carson impression is an impression, which fits with her character of being a bit of a poser who doesn't understand how the world works.
Anyway yeah a lot of the jokes lean on Dan Harmon's deep pop culture references, many of which are based on North American media.