Community (2009– )

A smarmy lawyer, whose education is deemed void by the bar, is forced to attend a local community college with an extremely eclectic staff and student body.

Creator:

Dan Harmon

Stars:

Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Joel McHale	...	Jeff Winger (84 episodes, 2009-2013)
Gillian Jacobs	...	Britta Perry (84 episodes, 2009-2013)
Danny Pudi	...	Abed Nadir (84 episodes, 2009-2013)
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	Shirley Bennett (84 episodes, 2009-2013)
Alison Brie	...	Annie Edison (84 episodes, 2009-2013)
Donald Glover	...	Troy Barnes (84 episodes, 2009-2013)
Chevy Chase	...	Pierce Hawthorne (84 episodes, 2009-2013)
Ken Jeong	...	Señor Chang (83 episodes, 2009-2013)
Jim Rash	...	Dean Pelton (70 episodes, 2009-2013)
Richard Erdman	...	Leonard (40 episodes, 2009-2013)

Storyline

A lawyer is scuppered when it is discovered that he has falsely claimed to have a bachelor's degree. He is suspended and enrolls himself into Community college. He forms a study group so that he can get closer to an attractive student. The study group includes a millionaire, a former drug addict, a former quarter-back, a single mother, and a film student.

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Plot Keywords:

study group | college | lawyer | community college | christian stereotype | 

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Taglines:

Mastering the B.S. degree at community college.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

NBC [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Balfékek

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Krasnoff Foster Productions, Harmonius Claptrap, Russo Brothers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dan Harmon modeled the characters of Jeff Winger and Britta Perry after himself and an ex-girlfriend, respectively.

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Goofs

Jeff is said to be attending Greendale for four years in order to attain his Bachelor's Degree. While the majority of Community Colleges only offer 2 year AA degrees, currently 17 states (including Colorado) allow Community Colleges to offer 4 year Bachelor's Degrees.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Annie Edison: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.198 (2011)

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Soundtracks

"At Least It was Here"
(Community Main Title)
performed by The 88
written by Keith Slettedahl, Adam Merrin, Todd O'Keefe, Anthony Zimmitti

User Reviews

A brilliant surreal comedy.

As a European, I am not really a big fan of typical US comedy. Yeah I can laugh at some scenes of friends, Seinfeld or any other main network sitcom, but they never make want to rewind and watch a joke/situation again.

I only had that with some moments of Scrubs and well.... Community!

First of all thank god for the absence of the laugh tape. I hate that old figment of the 60's etc. If something is funny, it's funny. Not because other people are laughing on tape.

Community has this really quirky well thought sense of humor where every aspect is really worked out. Offcourse there is some typecasting going on like the oh-no-you-didn't African-American woman but Yvette someway makes that type more than a type.

I could give a review of every cast member but all I have to say is: the ones casted as a typical egocentric bastard, pretty girl or anything else are bringing more than just that.

I have to say that Danny Pudi, Chevy Chase and Donald Glover are the absolute funniest written and played characters/types on this show but I have to say: none of the cast hasn't NOT entertained me.

The type of humor really reminds me of scrubs and British humor with more interest to the unexpected. than to the typical expected. Not "just random" humor, but just something else then the thing you've would expect.

Please do not cancel this show soon. It is one of the shows I really look forward to each week.