When I saw Richard Ayoade's name in the director credit, I watched keenly for any sign of his directing style....which apparently I can't recognise, because I came up empty, but I WILL say Jeff had some great reaction shots cut into Abed's extremely extended monologue. It's harder to do good work when you don't have any lines, but I really liked what both men were doing in that scene.
Now, if it were TARANTINO, he would have found a way to do it without cuts so we all knew it was just a single long take, but we have no way of knowing here....unless somebody fesses up. (Awaits someone else's research in a reply)
(Community 2x19 "Critical Film Studies")