Community, the tv show

Coverage from the event: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/comic-con-a-community-love-fest?m=j

and John Oliver is coming back: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/community-john-oliver-gets-a-promotion?m=c

http://www.avclub.com/articles/comiccon-day-3-for-the-love-of-community,43448/
(written by the guy who hosted the panel)

A little off topic, but here is what it looked like when Joel McHale was the lead in the US version of The IT Crowd:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7XN6Q_qyLo

O_o

It is so so wrong. And I say that as a fan of both Joel and the IT Crowd.

It is exactly the same script and seemingly a very similar set and yet it doesn't work at all.

so weird

ugh so wrong. joel is not right as roy and the woman playing jen seems terrible. and why is moss still moss? weird. IT Crowd wouldn't work in the U.S. without script changes anyways, it's too goofy and not edgy enough, it would get canceled after like three episodes.

It got canceled after one episode as far as I can tell.

i don't think they showed it at all, did they

also basically the whole reason i read cookdandbombd is to see what uk comedians they hate beyond reason and richard ayoade is the most mystifying member of their legion of doom. his voice is funny and he's cuet, i can't imagine where his WHAT A CUNT status comes from and i almost like it better leaving the mystery

not even that noel fielding kind of "cute" where finding him attractive is carried on the same gene that leads people to seek out libertines fan fiction, dude is non-threateningly dreamy

Actually, I find him kind of annoying, too. It’s the whole Julie Walters “every character must have a funny voice” style of comic acting.

Actually, I find him kind of annoying, too

I only know him from Boosh and odds snippets of IT crowd, and yeah it's absolutely the 'voice' that annoys for each character.

i can't imagine where his WHAT A CUNT status comes from

he is successful, cookdandbombd populated by losers

that's true. but he is a rubbish, one-note performer.

I think he is a funny one-note performer.

kind of lol'd at concept of a show that 'isn't edgy enough' for american tv, but i guess it's actually true of 'the it crowd'.

I dunno, I think IT Crowd and Big Bang Theory are similar in terms of edginess.

Pretty much.

I didn't mean "edgy" like "innovative." By "not edgy enough," I mean that so much of the humor in U.S. sitcoms is based on sarcasm and verbal irony with undertones of nastiness (basically everyone is dicks to everyone because it's hilarious!) and, with the exception of some of roy's lines, that isn't really evident in the IT Crowd, where most of the characters are basically guileless. This ties in to my old thread about the death of the sight gag - U.S. sitcoms are almost entirely based on verbal humor, you could just listen to the audio and get 95% of the jokes, but IT Crowd actually has a lot of visual humor.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/03/entertainment/la-et-jump-the-shark-20100903

Fortunately, my career didn't jump the shark after "jump the shark." When "Happy Days" ended, I went directly to the ABC Paramount hit show "Webster" and, after that, wrote and produced, among others, "It's Your Move," "He's the Mayor, "The New Leave It to Beaver" and "Family Matters." In 1987, Brian Levant and I created the action comedy "My Secret Identity," which won an International Emmy.

um...

MONEY TALKS, MEMES WALK

In 1987, Jon Hein and his roommates at the University of Michigan

Y'know what? I think I actually met this guy. He was a much earlier alum of the same campus sketch/improv troupe that I tried for write for and eventually took over as producer. I met him at a group reunion something like 10+ years ago.

I remember It's Your Move being pretty awesome!

As far as Jason Bateman sitcoms go, it is a very close second to Arrested Development. Or at least that was my memory of it -- I don't think it has ever even been released on dvd.

you can torrent it.

I want to be friends with everyone involved with this show.

I'd settle for Alison Brie & Joel McHale.

I'll settle for Gillian Jacobs

So the Season 1 DVD set is out today, and they've released a soundtrack for the show (!!) on iTunes. Attempting to take on Glee in their stronghold is pretty bold.

Also <3 Donald Glover like everyone else (his physical comedy is kind of brute force/not very finessed, which I dig, cf. the jump onto the lab table in the mouse episode), though some of his tics are clearly cut from the Tracy Morgan mold.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/community-premiere-to-be-preceded-by-twitterbased,45463/

with relevant links

or, just, well, here ya go:

http://twitter.com/annieedisonGCC
http://twitter.com/jeffwingeratlaw
http://twitter.com/abedstweets
http://twitter.com/troytbone09
http://twitter.com/brittafeed
http://twitter.com/shirley_GCC
http://twitter.com/hawthornewipes
http://twitter.com/alexosbourneGCC
http://twitter.com/greendaledean
http://twitter.com/senorchang_gcc
http://twitter.com/oldwhitemansays
http://twitter.com/anniesB00Bs

Back tonight !

he said, fully erect.

I really hope Big Bang Theory doesn't kill this show.

Harmon on multi-camera v. single-camera stuff in that AV club interview is really insightful and cool

this one: http://www.avclub.com/articles/community-creator-dan-harmon,45508/

this "twittersode" thing appears to be happening

http://twitter.com/nbccommunity/characters

http://www.impawards.com/1993/posters/were_back_a_dinosaurs_story_ver1.jpg

http://www.impawards.com/1993/posters/were_back_a_dinosaurs_story_ver1.jpg

Immediate Spider-Man ref from Donald Glover. LOVE IT

already lol'ing

looking forward to the gif of that kiss

I'm Old White Man Says??? No wonder he says everything I'm thinking!

Alison Brie makes the best crying faces.

lol @ the burn on Shit My Dad Says.

Also, saboteur Chang will be fun.

good stuff - probably one of the best Britta performances yet

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

Great episode