Saturday Show Recommendation!

I've decided that for the time being, I will recommend a show every Saturday that I think more people should watch. I think there are a lot of great shows out there that don't really get the press they should, and especially some of great sitcoms that are not 30 Rock or The Office.

So, we begin today:

If there is one show that you don't watch that you absolutely should...it is Community. Unless you don't like to laugh. In which case you should get yourself checked out...because there's probably something wrong with you. For real.

Community is a veritable smorgasbord of humor. Starting with the very well proven talents of: Chevy Chase (insert every funny movie from the 70s/80s), Ken Jeong (The Hangover, Role Models, Knocked up...), John McHale (The Soup) and John Oliver (The Daily Show) the show also brings some great young talents to the screen: Danny Pudi, Donald Glover and Alison Brie (Who you may also know from Mad Men). The jokes and extended metaphors are more-or-less non-stop and the backhanded stabs at current events keeps the show fresh every week.

The show centers around a study group at a Glendale Community College. The members come from different races, genders, age groups and every possible joke and awkward situation that arises from this is exploited. Perhaps my favorite thing about the show is that I think the funniest moments do not come from the proven comedians listed above, but from the newcomers. Donald Glover (Troy) and Danny Pudi (Abed) seem to me to be young unknown comic geniuses. They play a pair of unlikely best friends who seem to almost live in each other's brains. Every scene with them on the screen becomes instantly better and they are the primary reason for watching the show. That and Ken Jeong's absolute insanity as the Spanish (yes Spanish) Teacher "Senor Chang."

This will almost certainly become a cult tv show regardless of how well it does for NBC (it's currently in the 3rd season). Time for you all to get in on this show, and in fact, time to go back to the beginning of the series and take a trip through Glendale with the Spanish 101 studygroup.



Until the next episode...
Chris