COMMUNITY: A Listen to “Regional Holiday Music”
Tuning in to NBC this Thursday for their comedy night was just the pick me up I needed this week. My days have been made rather grim lately by a brutal attack of food poisoning (thanks Taco Time), but nothing brings a smile to my face quite like Christmas specials, and Community kicked off the [...]
COMMUNITY: “Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism” Talk
“Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism” featured a rare pairing of Jeff and Shirley. It’s so rare in fact, I’m almost certain they haven’t shared a storyline since “Social Psychology” way back in Season 1, which happens to get a mention during the episode. It’s unfortunate as the two really do work well together. Jeff, with all [...]
COMMUNITY: “Documentary Filmmaking: Redux – RECAP
For the second time this year, Community has to live up to itself as it attempts a similar concept already explored in a previous episode. Last season, “Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking” explored the show as if a documentary crew were filming it, much the same way The Office and Modern Family are shot. It was a [...]
COMMUNITY: “Studies in Modern Movement” – RECAP
About halfway through watching Community’s “Studies in Modern Movement” I was beginning to see cracks forming in the foundation of the episode. With four storylines going on, instead of the usual two or three, Community was taking on a bit more than it could handle, weighing it down, and it showed. Last year, if you [...]
COMMUNITY: “Advanced Gay” – RECAP
True to Dan Harmon’s word prior to the start of Community’s current season, things haven’t been as epic, but they have certainly gotten weirder. And because this is Community, they find a way to make weirder work. I still hope they find an appropriate way to do another big genre episode, but I completely understand [...]
COMMUNITY “Horror Fiction” Touches on Familiar Ground
Right off the bat, “Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps” has two things working against it. While this was a very funny half-hour of Community, it lives in the shadow of the previous episode, “Remedial Chaos Theory”, and last year’s “Epidemology”. Both were better episodes, but for different reasons. “Epidemology” may go on to be [...]
THE COMMUNITY Season 5 ROCKS French
If you’ve ever seen 3rd Rock from the Sun then you should be familiar with the squinty-eyed features of French Stewart, who has landed a guests starring role on NBC’s Community. In typical Community style, Stewart doesn’t play a typical character. He’s playing himself… sort of.
Saturday Night Live’s Taran Killam is THE COMMUNITY Choir
Saturday Night Live’s Taran Killam is making his way toward the Community set for some quality time at Greendale Community College. Who do you think this funnyman will be: a student or a teacher? And what subject will he be taking/teaching that causes him to bump in to the study group? I have answers to [...]
COMMUNITY: Wait, There Are Other Timelines?
If you had any doubts at all that Community wouldn’t be doing as many weird concept episodes, I hope “Remedial Chaos Theory” gave you some hope. Out of every episode so far, from paintball to bottle episodes to zombies, this is hands down the most bizarre episode to date. It’s a simple enough idea: examining [...]
COMMUNITY Goes for Insanity and Realism at the Same Time
After last season of Community, I got very used to the big genre episodes, so much so that it became odd when there was a “normal” episode. These first three episodes of the season have been rather normal by Community standards, which really puts them at a disadvantage. Some groups of fans have come to [...]
COMMUNITY: Jeff and Annie Need to Hook Up Already
I’ve been looking forward to seeing Chang in his new job as campus security ever since last week, and overall I liked where Community went with the idea. Chang is a difficult character. He is easily the cartooniest person on the show, which makes his plotlines harder to get behind. While everyone gets their turn [...]
It’s Time to Return to Greendale COMMUNITY College!
First things first, how good does it feel to have Community back for a third season? It’s like a hole in my heart has been filled. Like the study group’s table, there’s something magical about this warped little comedy that could. What sets it apart is its seemingly endless ability to fill Greendale with the [...]
