Streets Behind: A Community Fanpod
by Sandi Caldrone
Want to hear two midwestern academics dissect the TV show Community in the least academic way we know how? Well then, hang on to your butts! We're two friends who met on campus, but couldn't hang out during the pandemic. So, we started this podcast to stay connected, and we realized that there's so much more to this show when we watch it together. Join us as we take a deep dive into each hilarious episode of our beloved sitcom Community. We laugh, we cry, and against all odds, we grow as people, but we'll never be ready to graduate from Greendale. Our wonderful theme music is "Happy Dance" by Cedric Galke x Fachhochschule Dortmund and is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License. See <a style='color:grey;' ta
Episodes
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The Paintball Method of Interior Design
It's spring fling time at Greendale, so that probably means a dance and a fair, right? Maybe at a normal school, but at Greendale spring is the time for unhinged paint-based warfare! This episode has it all: alliances, betrayals, regrettable hookups, Die Hard references, rollerskating disco...
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World War Schmitty
We went into this episode thinking that there wasn't a lot to like about it, but we actually found ourselves cracking up talking about it. So, come along with us as we mine some comedic gems out of the Schmitty episode where high school kids come to Greendale and wreak havoc. While Jeff and…
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The Chicken Economy
You know what this one is. It's the chicken fingers episode, the Goodfellas episode, the one where the study group runs a cafeteria cartel. But did you know it's also the episode that gave us "streets ahead"? We didn't! We so did not remember that, and we have a whole podcast named after it. This...
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Advanced Shenanigan Studies
In this episode, the group grapples with how they perceive each other and themselves. Pierce has reached a pivotal moment with his Laser Lotus cult, and Jeff does not waste any time messing with him. In an attempt to prove she does in fact have a sense of humor, Britta orchestrates the weakest...
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Two TV Recommendations for Community Fans
Sandi recommends two other sitcoms that have a lot in common with Community.
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Pottery for Sailors
Yes, that's right, the pottery episode and the sailing episode are the same episode! So, buckle up, my precious blueberries, this is going to be a weird one. Shirley captains a parking lot sailing crew on the S.S. Nose Candy. Pierce fake drowns in a parking lot...twice. Jeff makes a bad pot…
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Weaponized Family Trees
In honor of Family Day at Greendale, your intrepid podcast hosts get together in person to record this one, and it's a doozy! In this episode, the chosen family of the study group brings their actual relatives to Greendale, and things go about as well as you'd expect. Like many actual families,...
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Extra Credit - Coach Bogner's Office
In this mini episode we take a deep dive into the billiards poster in Coach Bogner's office as well as some of the other amazing stuff hiding in the background of Season 1 Episode 17 - Physical Education.
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Zevon's Lycanthropy
Matthew and Sandi had different initial reactions to this one. Matthew thought it was pretty meh but Sandi goes outside of her slang comfort zone to call this one an absolute banger. Who was right? Who was wrong? Tune in to find out and to hear all about Jeff's epic billiards battle, Abed's quest...
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Extra Credit - Midwestern Political Science
In this bonus episode your co-hosts try an experiment - is it possible to talk about politics without getting political? Do we cover every issue? Heck no, but we chat about how it feels to have a midwestern teacher on the national political stage and why we'd like to see more of a Community…
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Cooperative Dunk Drialing
It's Valentine's Week at Greendale, and you know what that means - it's a dance episode, people! The theme is ostensibly romance, but really this episode is all about friendship. While the Cupid Being wanders around campus delivering valentines (oh, now it has arrows, that's safe), the study…
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Geology, Haberdashery, and the Animal Kingdom
This episode gets super college-y. Shirley joins Troy and Abed to make fun of their favorite bad movie, Kick Puncher. Pierce crashes their party, and crashes into a giant bowl of popcorn. Meanwhile, Annie starts hanging out with Britta's ex-boyfriend Vaughn, which throws Britta and Jeff into a...
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How to Hide Your Leotard
This week we have one of the most memorable scenes in the entire series - Britta and Troy's teapot dance for the ages! Up until this point, Britta and Troy have been doing an excellent job of hiding the fact that they were both taking dance classes all semester because it comes out of nowhere in...
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Journalism for Bong Ripping Good Time Charlies
Would you believe this is the Jack Black episode, and the MASH episode, and the school newspaper episode? No? We didn't either, but it is. It's the first day of spring semester at Greendale, and a new, chill Jeff is cracking wise in the school newspaper office/distillery while Annie hunts down a...
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Nondenominational Street Fighting
It's December 10th - the time of year we come together with those we love to fight the school bully out by the bike rack, but not the bike rack by the parking lot. Merry Happy, everyone!
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Season 1 Thanksgiving Special
Folks, we've got ourselves a holiday episode! We recorded this one over Thanksgiving 2021 and spent two years carefully editing - kidding! Life intervened, and it took us a while to get this episode up, but trust us, it's worth it. We have a great time delving into Thanksgiving traditions, family...
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Turtlenecks for Thumbs
In today's episode of our beloved sitcom Community, Greendale catches knowledge at the STD awareness fair organized by our very own Annie Edison. Eager to prove herself, Annie goes all out to impress Dean Pelton, only to be rewarded with the harrowing task of conducting the condom demonstration…
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Troy, Abed, and the Rat
This episode starts with the Dean declaring Green Week at Envirodale, and then goes fully off the rails from there. Chang goes even further off the deep end than usual when his wife leaves him. Jeff uses friendship for evil to manipulate Chang into changing their homework assignments. Shirley is…
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Basic Hypnosis: The Hawthorne Method
In this episode, Britta gets angry and articulate while trying to quit smoking. She's so desperate that she'll try anything, even getting hypnotized by Pierce. Shirley discovers that Abed's films about the study group predict, or maybe even write, the future. Jeff and Annie team up to save the...
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Contemporary Vehicular Residency
Jeff is living out of his car, Pierce is commissioning diss tracks, Troy is picnicking under the stars, Annie is faking appendicitis, and Britta is begging your unbelievable pardon. This episode covers more character development than we can keep track of, but we give it the old Greendale try...
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Season 1 Midterm Break
At this very important milestone (the end of disc 1 of the Community DVD box set), we take a step back and reflect on the show as a whole so far. Join us for the easiest pop quiz ever about how we feel about the show, the characters, and the production up to this point.
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Seasonal Episode Dynamics
It's Dia de los Muertos at Greendale and the gang is trying on all sorts of costumes. Annie tries being assertive when she tells Jeff he can't skip her extra-credit Halloween party. Jeff tries being honest for once in his pursuit of Professor Slater, his statistics teacher. Shirley tries…
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The Zen of Troy
Community gets cringey in this one when Pierce helps the Dean design a post-racial mascot, but we love that this isn't a "very special" episode that addresses race once and the shelves it for the rest of the series. Somehow, Pierce and Dean Pelton agree on their horrifying design choices, but…
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Fundamentals of World Building
The main focus of this episode is about Britta cheating in Senor Chang's Spanish class, but meanwhile in the background, the writers are doing some major world building. So many of the show's future developments have their roots in this episode. We see an almost familial relationship developing...
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Stoner Forest Management
As Vaughn would say, this episode of Community is tight, but us? Not so much. We're all over the map in this one talking about the Duncan Principle, Jeff and Shirley's growing friendship, our own college friends who couldn't keep their shirts on, Annie's budding sexuality, Pierce's…
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Crumping for Beginners
Sandi and Matt begin to start starting seizing the day with Professor Whitman's ultimate blow-off class, which Jeff could totally pass if only he'd stop trying so hard at the wrong things, like crumping. We follow Abed into some surprisingly deep emotional waters, and we delight in Britta's...
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Remedial Sitcom
Matt and Sandi decide that in episode 2 Community has already tested out of Remedial Sitcom and proven itself as an Advanced Placement Comedy. We stop laughing at Shirley and Annie's hilariously misguided rally just long enough to break down Pierce and Jeff's horrendous take on what should have...
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Freshman Orientation
Sandi and Matthew dive into the Community pilot where we meet the study group and get our first look at the Greendale campus with Jeff, Britta, Troy, Abed, Shirley, Annie and Pierce. So join us! You're already accepted.
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Streets Behind Introduction
Attention Greendale students - get a preview of what Streets Behind is like as your hosts Sandi and Matthew introduce ourselves and chat about how rewatching the TV show Community kept us laughing and connected throughout the pandemic.
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Streets Behind Trailer
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About this show
Want to hear two midwestern academics dissect the TV show Community in the least academic way we know how? Well then, hang on to your butts! We're two friends who met on campus, but couldn't hang out during the pandemic. So, we started this podcast to stay connected, and we realized that there's so much more to this show when we watch it together. Join us as we take a deep dive into each hilarious episode of our beloved sitcom Community. We laugh, we cry, and against all odds, we grow as people, but we'll never be ready to graduate from Greendale.
Our wonderful theme music is "Happy Dance" by Cedric Galke x Fachhochschule Dortmund and is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
See <a style='color:grey;' ta
Hosted by
Sandi Caldrone