Community - Lego
arkmaii1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2013–2022
comedy · general · evergreen · 2013–2022 on HN
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.
HN commenters link it as the origin of a LEGO quote and as a delightful monologue about how the toy has changed.
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3 comments from Hacker News
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
"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
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