Community

[Jeff]

Dan Harmon on what's in store for next season.

[domino harvey]

Jim Rash is a full time cast member and is in the opening credits now! YESSSSS

[knives]

That's better than yes (but just you wait and it turns into overexposure).

[swo17]

More questions should start out with "Last question, from Sizzlemuffin:"

[domino harvey]

Omar from the Wire is the new professor at Greendale

[swo17]

I guess he wasn't kidding around.

I’ve been studying The Wire over this break and observing the art of the opposite of modularity, which is serialization. That’s not to say that season three of Community will be season four of The Wire, but it is to say that beyond Modern Family and beyond Parks And Rec, the ingredient that will keep Community alive to season four exists somewhere in The Wire.

[Jeff]

And John Goodman is the new Vice Dean of Air Conditioning Repair.

[domino harvey]

And now Martin Starr of Party Down and Freaks and Geeks fame will guest star as well

[domino harvey]

I only just realized that the Jim Rash who co-wrote Alexander Payne's upcoming the Descendants is the same Jim Rash as the Dean. So now this cast is going to have an Oscar nominee in play!

[swo17]

I was going to say what about John Goodman but apparently the closest he's come is winning a worthless Emmy.

[knives]

Him not getting nominated for Barton Fink is just criminal.

[domino harvey]

I just started my first commentary from the season two set and Donald Glover and Gillian Jacobs have already inserted the word "cunt" into their names and went off on a tangent about blowjobs-- all within the first minute. Impressive!

[domino harvey]

Who knew Scrubs was still on the air

[mfunk9786]

Shocked to hear you say that. The dean stuff alone was hilarious!

[domino harvey]

The Dean was easily the best thing here

[mfunk9786]

Agree to disagree. As comedy season premieres go, this was about as solid as it gets. Most shows sadly need to sacrifice jokes for plot updates, etc etc. This is just pure wacky amazing

[Cold Bishop]

Who knew Scrubs was still on the air

This has been my biggest fear since being introduced to the series. I approach the premiere with caution.

[mfunk9786]

Disclaimer: I like Scrubs a lot in a comfort-food-y way. Sort of like I like Kraft macaroni and cheese.

[knives]

Ditto. New episode tonight? What time?

[domino harvey]

8 Eastern, so whatever that is for you guys. Stick around for Parks, too, because it was hilarious. Even the Office had a killer cold open featuring my favorite sport

[knives]

featuring my favorite sport

Snark?

[knives]

Hate to agree with Dom, but Doctor Who aside only the Dean stuff cracked a smile.

[swo17]

Apparently the ratings sucked last night, with only about 4 million viewers (down 23% from last season's premiere). Parks and Recreation had about as many viewers. Almost 70% more people watched Whitney. ](*,)

The premiere felt a little off to me but I thought it still had a number of belly laughs. The P&R premiere went down nice and smooth though.

Did anyone else sense that John Goodman was channeling Rip Torn?

[mfunk9786]

Whitney will fall hard. The pilot was awful and series premieres always get high numbers.

[knives]

I believe he was suppose to be channeling Ned Beatty.