Physical Education (Community)
| "Physical Education" | |
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| Community episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Anthony Russo |
| Written by | Jessie Miller |
| Production code | 118 |
| Original air date | March 4, 2010 |
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"Physical Education" is the 17th episode of the first season of the American comedy television series Community. It aired in the United States on NBC on March 4, 2010.
Jeff (Joel McHale) enters the study room, wearing a leather jacket in an attempt to look cool for his first day of billiards class. While the group spends some time mocking Britta's pronunciation of the word 'bagel', Troy (Donald Glover) soon finds a romantically-styled portrait drawn into his used Spanish book which closely resembles Abed (Danny Pudi). The group concludes that the previous owner of the book must be a girl who has a crush on Abed. The group goes to Señor Chang (Ken Jeong) with the book, who reveals that the previous owner's name is Jenny Adams (Carrie Wiita), which was written on the front of the book. However Abed doesn't seem excited to meet her, and though Jeff encourages them to leave Abed be, the rest of the group encourages him to go talk to her.
Inside the College Gym, Jeff is playing pool in his leather jacket, impressing his fellow students and the pool teacher Coach Bogner (Blake Clark) with his technique. However, Bogner tells the class that they must wear gym shorts because pool is seen as a phys ed class, frustrating Jeff. Meanwhile, the rest of the group are in the cafeteria, where Annie (Alison Brie) points out Jenny Adams. They tell Abed to go over to her, but he refuses, saying it's not something that he would do. Annie asks whether a different version of himself might go over and engage with her, and Abed in response creates a version of himself which resembles a hissing vampire. The rest of the group conclude that Abed can't be himself in front of her.
Jeff enters the gym wearing tiny gym shorts and his leather jacket, looking visibly uncomfortable. After a moment of trying to look cool in the required gym shorts, he changes his clothes and confronts Coach Bogner. Bogner accuses Jeff of being a 'hipster' because he cares more about what he looks like than the game. Jeff challenges him to a game of pool, but Bogner tells him he will only play Jeff in shorts; Jeff refuses and leaves the class.
The rest of the group are trying to get Abed to be a different person for Jenny. Troy suggests he try a practice run on Annie and seduces her with his impersonation of Mad Men's Don Draper (Which Alison Brie also acts in). The group suggests Abed impersonate different characters from various TV shows, when Jeff enters and vents his frustration that they're trying to make Abed someone else. Abed then starts impersonating Jeff, which really impresses the group who tell him that he should act like that when he approaches Jenny. Abed goes up to Jenny and begins seducing her, which she appears to enjoy, until suddenly her boyfriend (also played by Pudi, but with extensive makeup) appears, who looks exactly like Abed except for his white skin and brown hair.
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