Aerodynamics of Gender - S2-E7
Visible crew/equipment: When Pierce's drone is following Jeff and Troy, as the two go through the bushes, you can see the string the drone is attached to as it "hovers."
Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking - S2-E16
Visible crew/equipment: When Jeff runs to the car which his father drives and opens the door of the driver, you can see the camera in the side window of the car. You can see it's a set camera and not a 'handheld type', the one that Abed is using during this episode.
Answer: It was part of the plot that when the boiled yam was dropped it looked like it was stepped on (which it never was). So there was no way to tell the difference between the flesh being soft because it was boiled or because it was stepped on (in the show that is, I don't know if one could tell the difference in real life). Plus, the rest of the yam wasn't boiled, so there was no evidence the yam was sitting in boiling water.
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