JEFF WINGER: We're gonna fly to school each morning. We're gonna smile the entire time. BRITTA: We're gonna be more happy. We're gonna finally be fine. ABED: We're gonna get more calm and normal. TROY: We're gonna fix our state of mind. ANNIE: We're gonna be less crazy. We're gonna finally be fine. SHIRLEY: We're gonna stand, holding hands, in a brand new land, far away from the borderline. DEAN PELTON: We're gonna seem like a mainstream dream SENOR CHANG: and be appealing to all mankind. ALL: We're gonna have more fun and be less weird than the first two years combined. We're gonna live forever. JEFF AND ANNIE: And we're gonna sleep together. ALL: We're gonna finally be sunny and shiny. We're gonna finally be fine!

I didn't know Community came from the co-creator of that legendary never-picked-up pilot, "Heat Vision and Jack." That helps explain why Community had so many built-in parodies of other shows. (I want to believe the "flying Jeff" in this number was a nod to the Bugaloos .)

But there's a poignant story about where he got the idea for the show. He'd attended Glendale Community College -- not Greendale Community College -- to spend time with his girlfriend. And yes, he took a Spanish class -- and, joined a study group. "I was in this group with these knuckleheads and I started really liking them," he told one interviewer, "even though they had nothing to do with the film industry and I had nothing to gain from them and nothing to offer them."

Years later, the third season of his TV show would launch with a spectacular/cheesy all-cast musical number....