Community, the tv show

Jim Rash is a groundlings/UCB-type; I believe he taught improv there, if my FB/LJ friends are anything to go from.

One day somebody will realize that Ken Jeong is best when doing straight deadpan. I still hold that the funniest he's ever been onscreen was Knocked Up.

Actually, I don't have a problem with them explicitly breaking down the show and how they wanted the characters to work. There's something in the construction & intelligence of the show that connects to me emotionally, even with it all exposed. It's like it operates on a level where the impact of the magic trick is only heightened by showing everyone how it's done. We all know we're watching this very meticulously assembled thing, and the intelligence involved with it and what it needs from the viewers only makes us like it more.

except that it DOESN'T really seem that meticulously assembled, really, and to me that's what all the backchannels etc. reveal. i mean for all the talk they do you'd think the show would be of a bit more formal interest in terms of balancing plotlines, etc. but it's really not that much more sophisticated than a lot of other shows, except in its humor--which is what gets talked about the least, it seems.

i think someone needs to go back to the dan harmon circles reeducation camp, where circles

One day somebody will realize that Ken Jeong is best when doing straight deadpan. I still hold that the funniest he's ever been onscreen was Knocked Up.

The deleted scene with him, Katherine Heigl, and Adam Scott is insanely hilarious. Scott loses it, and Heigl sounds like she's about to hyperventilate.

Pt. 14 on the paleyfest with the spoilers bit was hilarious.

a spoilery but awesome season 3 return trailer is up (video auto-plays, sorry about that).

i think they released an animated short today too, but i haven't watched it yet.

Holy balls! That's about a million times more amazing than I ever dreamed it might be.

People are now just busying themselves assembling their own mash-up trailers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgHFL3eW4nY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD8WOzRG8ik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTt4EYDjk6k

I kind of want to start a thread just to attract Whiney's attention to the existence of this:

http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/community-jedi.jpg

Holy balls! That's about a million times more amazing than I ever dreamed it might be.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, March 8, 2012 1:37 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Damn straight. I thought the season 3 trailer was special, but this...this is the John Coltrane of mid-season sitcom teaser trailers.

Also caught a few glimpses of what Harmon called "either the best or the worst thing in television history," just Annie and Abed in the Dreamatorium for the whole episode.

Surely Abed should be Luke and Jeff Han? Britta as Bib Fortuna and Shirley the Ewok are genius though.

Abed has already dressed up as Han on the show, though.

was the new one last nite?

IIRC he had to grab being Han before Jeff slouches into the role by default

xp It wasn't on last night; it starts up again this coming Wednesday.

thursday

Arg, right. I was thinking of Happy Endings.

Dean as Oola

http://instantmagnitude.com

Bill Carter piece in today's NYTimes.

I don't think every genre exercise the show does counts as "parody", which Carter wrote like 3x.

I do like that this quote made it in there:

Mr. Harmon appreciates the praise and said he had no quarrel with NBC’s executives, adding that they were supportive beyond the call of duty, “especially when they are under such pressure — they’re in a knife fight with Univision for ratings, for gosh sakes"

Britta as Jacko looks hilarious.

"we're in a ratings war, for pete's sake, we can't have 'community'!"

"...Jim Rash, who plays the bent Dean Pelton on the show. "

Um what

wkiw drunk Britta

I'm so mad I missed this, our NBC affiliate didn't air it in favor of overblown thunderstorm coverage.

"...Jim Rash, who plays the bent Dean Pelton on the show. "

Um what

― kinder, Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:48 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

um what um what

^^It's a secret plug for the forthcoming NBC Romantic Comedy series "Bent".

Man, some of the line-readings tonight were just killer.

I feel super vindicated by my very early pronouncements of Community's greatness itt. Y'all just let me know when you want me to predict the next sitcom phenomenon, y'hear?

Lemme guess: GCB

the Only Fools and Horses remake with John Leguizamo.

Unfortunately, ¡Rob! didn't get renewed for a second season. So much potential...lost.

haha

I suspect Apartment 23 could be good, but it could also be very very bad.

"Way to commit, Johnny Fever!"

I feel like Happy Endings is the new Show To Watch, but it's more low-key on a Friends tip and doesn't seem likely to crush it with brilliance like Community. You never know, though.

agree with you on happy endings, but i think it's rocketed up super fast. like it's not quite community and parks and rec level but it could get to that level someday... maybe closer to 30 rock with its hyper joke machine style, but with much less emotional character investment than any of these shows

aw man fuck troy's cockblocking. abed was getting down w/ that blonde

drunk britta is the best thing ever

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/03/15/britta_on_community_why_the_gillian_jacobs_character_is_confusing_the_show_s_writers.html

opinionz 4 U

Hey, welcome back the old "I find funny, attractive women confusing" argument.

When the main example for your thesis misses the blindingly obvious fact that the character in question was super super high, you may have written a Terri le article.

Grr terrible

i was wondering who this Terri Le person was

btw guys, the answer isn't happy endings, even tho that show is super fun. the best new sitcom is suburgatory.

ugh, no, that show is terrible

Also terrible: http://www.salon.com/2012/03/16/communitys_identity_crisis/

xp you're so wrong. funniest new show. i lol constantly

i really like Suburgatory but i don't feel like it's a constant lol kind of show