I have only recently discovered the wonder that is Community. It is now one of my all time favourite TV shows. Written by Dan Harmon it stars Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong and the legend that is Chevy Chase.
Community centers on Jeff Winger (Joel McHale), a suspended lawyer who attends Greendale Community College after it is discovered that he falsely claimed to have a bachelor’s degree. The series focuses on the experiences of Jeff and the study group he accidentally forms while pursuing Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs), a former anarchist trying to get her life back on track. The other members of Jeff’s study group include Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase), a millionaire on a late-in-life voyage of self-discovery; Annie Edison (Alison Brie), a young straight-laced student and former prescription drug addict; Troy Barnes (Donald Glover), a former high school star quarterback-turned-nerd; Shirley Bennett (Yvette Nicole Brown), a single mother and vocal Christian going to school to jumpstart her brownie business; and Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi), a pop-culture-obsessed film student with an evident developmental disorder. The group originally unites as a study group for the Spanish 101 class taught by egomaniacal teacher Ben “Señor” Chang (Ken Jeong), and quickly become friends. – Wikipedia
Each episode is like a mini-movie full of great acting, surreal events and laugh out loud moments. Paint ball wars, Goodfellas spoofs, a monkey called Annie’s Boobs, Dalmation fetishes, naked pool, zombies, M.A.S.H., stop motion animation and Starburns are just a few of the things you can see.
It is currently undergoing an extended hiatus, but NBC have said it will be returning for a fourth series. Go and watch it where you can or buy it on DVD to just wallow in the wonderment of it all.
Below is a clip from the season 2 episode, Paradigms of Human Memory. This was a clip show. Now usually these are to save money and feature clips from previous episodes. What Community decided to do was to film all new clips in more and more outlandish sets none of which featured in any of the previous episodes.
Genius.
