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Contemporary American Poultry

Season 1, Episode 21, Aired Apr 22, 2010

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There is a chicken finger shortage at Greendale Community College, which Jeff and Troy attempt to take on.

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Brian Norris

Travis
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James Earl

Bouncer
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Kelsey Gunn

Woman

Danny Pudi

Abed Nadir
Gillian Jacobs

Britta Perry
Alison Brie

Annie Edison
Chevy Chase

Pierce Hawthorne
Yvette Nicole Brown

Shirley Bennett
Donald Glover

Troy Barnes

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One of the greatest episodes of any TV show ever!

10

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By JamesButko, May 21, 2011

Community in the beginning was an okay show. Nothing special, just something I watched because it was on before Parks and Rec. But as the show went on the quality of it increased. And when this episode aired it became my favorite show of all time. Danny Pudi's performance is probably the best of the series. Abed is one of the funniest TV characters since Kramer. The rest of the cast is great too, Donald Glover from Derrick Comedy plays cocky Troy Barnes. Chevy Chase's comeback as the racist, yet somewhat love-able Pierce Hawthorne. With the whole crazy cast together it somehow works. I look forward to many seasons with this show!moreless
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Major mess up! You'll watch it again and again.

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By week15, Apr 22, 2011

Great episode. An exceptionally close look into the strange world of Abed's mind-- gangster style! When the fragile ego of Jeff meets the inexplicable managerial skills of a certain former Fillafal fry cook, the Community aficionado leaves satisfied (even if the cafeteria runs short of chicken fingers). But you have to question who is running quality control over at NBC.
About halfway through the episode, Jeff confronts the group about their sudden allegiance to Abed and his underground fried chicken franchise. As you watch the episode, look at the wall behind Jeff's left shoulder. An animal rights sign and a caution sign jump in and out of existence from moment to moment. It has a mesmerizing effect-- I don't even remember what the characters were talking about and I watched five times. And the enjoyment won't stop there. Watch the entire episode over and over again-- you'll see. The whole show gets sucked into an extra-dimensional scavenger hunt for other goofs. Was it a mess up? Was it a Peta or Animal Liberation Front political statement? We do learn the Britta is a vegetarian in this episode. Either way, my guess is that someone has lost their job over this one.moreless
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Fantastic episode, freakin' awesome.

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By frontman19, Apr 22, 2011

Community never fails to amaze me at how well it spoofs pop culture, this time, it's the mobster movie, everything was done brilliantly. The whole syndicate worked to perfection and Abed played the mob boss perfectly. Jeff got away with feeling jealous, because he turned out to be right when the group realized they were becoming power mad. Now the episode itself was simply funny because of the great pop culture references,that's really all it had, but since it was so perfectly spoofed it was acceptable. Now I just want to see where they go with the next episode, I'm definitely excited.moreless
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TRIVIA (1)
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- Britta is a vegetarian.
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QUOTES (7)
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- Troy: He released Annie's Boobs. Annie's Boobs could be anywhere. Shirley: We get it! You named your monkey Annie's Boobs.
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- Jeff: To victory, it feels unfamiliar but it tastes like chicken.
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- Dean: Do you know who might have stolen a box of hair nets from the kitchen? Abed: Someone with hair. Dean: I'm gonna write that down.
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- Abed: At that moment, we stopped being a family, and started being a family...in italics.
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- Troy: If God were edible, not that I'm Catholic, but if it was cool to eat God, he'd be a chicken finger.
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- Jeff: Why do you have a monkey? Troy: Uh it's an animal that looks like a dude. Why don't I have ten of them?
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- Troy: I think I'm failing psycho-pharmacology. Britta: Why are you taking that? Troy: I thought it was a class about crazy farm animals, okay?!
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- Original International Air Dates: Canada: April 22, 2010 on Citytv Latin America: June 24, 2010 on Sony Entertaiment Television (a.k.a. Canal Sony) Sweden: November 15, 2010 on TV6
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- Abed (voiceover): As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a Mafia movie.
  
  This line, complete with the voiceover, is a reference to the opening of the movie "Goodfellas".
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- Stargate When the paper shows Starburns chicken finger scandal, the Headline reads Star-Gate. Below that is the line "Headline in reference to Watergate, not the 1994 Sci-Fi"
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- The Godfather Troy slowly closing the door on Jeff with Italian music playing in the background is a reference to the ending of the 1972 movie The Godfather.
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- Jeff: (about Abed) He's gone from lovable Johnny Five to evil Hal. This line references robot characters from two movies; Johnny Five from Short Circuit and HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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- Abed: As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be in a mafia movie. This is the (slightly altered) opening line from the 1990 movie Goodfellas.
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