Community - Lego

Community - Lego on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2013–2022.

arkmaii

comedy · evergreen

A short clip from the NBC sitcom Community in which a character delivers a monologue about how LEGO changed over the years. It is the source of a widely quoted passage about the toy.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters link it as the origin of a LEGO quote and as a delightful monologue about how the toy has changed.

people recommended it: 1
separate months: 1
strong recommendations: 0
discussed on HN: 2013–2022

“there is this really great monologue on LEGO from Community, delivered by Michael K. Williams that is delightful”
— sircastor, Dec 2022, in “Why Hot Wheels are one of the most inflation-proof toys in American history”

What HN commenters said

3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

sircastorDec 2022Recommends

This ad was the subject of a debate a few years back about what's happened to LEGO in general - it's large scale shift to licensed properties, and specifically the introduction of specific girl-targeted LEGO sets. This seems like the best article I could find on it: [link] Also, there is this really great monologue on LEGO from Community, delivered by Michael K. Williams that is delightful: ▶ this video

in “Why Hot Wheels are one of the most inflation-proof toys in American history” · View on HN

mrspeakerFeb 2013Cites it

Wow - a lot or work went into that article. Very impressive! On a vaguely related note, here's the video that the quote at the top is taken from: ▶ this video

in “What happened with LEGO” · View on HN

shalmaneseFeb 2015Joke

"What happened with Legos, they used to be simple. Oh come on, I know you know what I'm talking about, Legos were simple. Something happened out here while I was inside. Harry Potter Legos, Star Wars Legos, complicated kits, tiny little blocks. I mean I'm not saying its bad I just wanna know what happened." ▶ this video

in “Lego’s 1981 Ad Campaign” · View on HN

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Film & TV clips Stand-up & sketch comedycommunitytv cliplegonbcmonologue