'Community' And The Art Of Confidence: An awesome story from NPR

Linda Holmes at NPR just wrote an amazing article on Community.  It explores some of the funniest moments of the first season and a wonderful explanation of “Streets ahead.”

From NPR:

Streets ahead. The first thing you need to know in order to appreciate all the levels at which this scene is firing is that show creator Dan Harmon had a run-in ("run-in" actually seems a little too hostile for what it was) with someone on Twitter who tossed out the insult, "Both Modern Family and Glee are streets ahead of your meta bull----." (Without the dashes.)

Harmon found the phrase "streets ahead," even (or maybe especially) in an insult directed at himself, absolutely hilarious, and he's been using it ever since. If you run a search on the phrase on this archive of his tweets, you will see just how much he loves it. And now, it made it into his show.

What's great about this particular inside joke is that even if you don't follow Harmon on Twitter and have no familiarity with this at all, it's still funny. But if you know that he's essentially teasing an obnoxious detractor, it's much funnier.

Check out the full article and some videos here:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/04/community_and_the_art_of_confi.html

Jason Reitman interviews Donald Glover: Life of the (Tea) Party

Director Jason Reitman interviews Donald Glover for deathandtaxesmagazine.com.  Here they discuss everything from Donald's budding music career to what he hope to be doing in ten years!

Here's a preview:

Jason Reitman: When I listen to your hip-hop, you talk about being unpopular in high school. But I know you and you’re really funny and charming and handsome. It’s hard for me to believe that the guy you’re describing in high school is actually you, because I was that guy in high school.

Donald Glover: Yeah, but people would say the exact same thing about you, right? I’m sure that everybody that went to your high school, they would not be like, “Reitman, yeah, he was the white Urkel.”

JR: Ha! When I tell people that I was that kid stuck in the video lab, they actually think it makes a lot of sense.

DG: But yeah, my unpopularity bit was totally genuine. I was nervous because I was around all these tough inner-city kids, so I was trying to make them laugh all the time and getting myself in detention.

JR: You were a smart-ass?

DG: I was. But I was also getting my ass kicked a little bit. Kids just were not having it.

JR: You’ve been in fights?

DG: It wasn’t like a punch-punch crazy thing. I just remember kids pummeling me. I came to school once with this new Nike hat I’d gotten from my dad and this one kid took it and filled it with dirt that a cat hat pissed in. Like something out of a movie! He’s like, “Wear the hat with sand in it, damn it!” [laughs]

JR: It’s amazing, right? I mean, you would never do that to an adult.

DG: You can’t do that to an adult! You can only get away with that when you’re a kid.

Check out the hilourous interview here: http://www.deathandtaxesmagazine.com/?p=12190

Funniest Chevy Lines S01e22

Well Pierce went a little over the line last night and delivered some of the season’s best lines. 

This time he nailed just about everyone in the group. 

Annie: You said I have a crafty Jew brain.

Pierce: Nobody knows how to take a compliment anymore! 

Britta: So what’s the context for constantly calling me as a lesbian?

Pierce: If the wallet chain fits… I’m just trying to help you find yourself. 

Abed: He still assumes I’m a terrorist.

Pierce: If you’re not, I’m sorry. If you are, I’m a hero. I’m willing to take that chance.

“I’m not wearing my contacts.” — Pierce, with his glasses on, after mistaking a black woman for Shirley

“Why are Jeff and Britta making fun of those handicapped kids?” — Pierce

 What’s your favorite?

TGIF! NBC actually adds some fun Community Games!

Thats right kids.  After tons of Community quiz games on NBC.com there are now two fun filled Community themed games to play with your friends!

If your like me you've been waiting for a Chevy Chase game since the late 70's... well here you go... okay its not exactly what you've been waiting for but now you to can shove as many chicken fingers onto Pierce's plate before the time runs out.

But wait, there's more!  We have Senor Chang's Loteria downloadable card game.  Yes you can download and print the game board and 36 playing cards that feature the cast of NBC's Community!

Everybody's working for the weekend so get you study group together and play.  Don't be a shmity!


Pierce's Chicken Fingers:
http://www.nbc.com/community/games/chicken-fingers/




Chang's Loteria:
http://www.nbc.com/community/exclusives/loteria/

Donald is headlining in New York for the first time ever! And we have exclusive discounts just for our readers!

Community’s Donald Glover Headlines Comix

From Derrick Comedy, “30 Rock,” and his own “Comedy Central Presents”

Friday-Saturday, May 21^st and 22^nd @ 8:00 and 10:30 PM

http://comixny.com/event.aspx?eid=737&sid=2649

******Exclusive! Greendale Community Readers Get a Five dollar discount! ****************

Just use the promo code “DGFAN1” over the phone or online when you purchase tickets!

****This is an exclusive discount for Greendale Community Readers! (What can I say we have connections!)

Normal Prices are as follows:

 General Admission: $20.00

VIP Dinner Package (Seating at 6:30PM): $73.00

http://comixny.com/event.aspx?eid=737&sid=2649

Poll results and a new poll posted!

Okay I have been getting a lot of questions about our Greendale Community Polls and the truth is I have just been lazy but I know they are popular so here ya go.  These are the results of the most recent Poll and it looks like you are getting what you wanted... "More of the Same!"

Check out the new poll to the left of the page and check back often for more... I promise!

IGN speaks to Alison Brie and Danny Pudi About the rest of the season and more!

Here IGN talks to Alison Brie and Danny Pudi about the rest of the season:

Brie: A lot of really great stuff. We've got a food fight coming up in Thursday night's episode. We've got a big action-movie episode. There's a prom in our finale. 

Pudi: The last four episodes are very full. 

Alison on being the "Babe of the day" recently.  Check it out here "Babe of the Day":

Brie: Oh, we loved that! I was very excited. I was honored. We did a lot of tweeting of it. Joel tweeted it. A lot of people were excited. You wouldn't believe, actually, how many genuine congratulatory tweets I received after that. Everyone was like, "Congrats! You deserve it!" I was, "Oh, whoa. Slow down you guys!" 

Check out the full interview here:
http://tv.ign.com/articles/108/1086619p1.html
An all new episode of Community airs tonight night, April 29th, at 8pm on NBC.

The musical stylings of Donald Glover

Check out Donald Glover's hip alter ego MC Childish Gambino and his music from his upcoming Album.


There's a ton of stuff here including pictures and music!


Check it out here: http://www.childishgambino.com/

Annie's Boobs!

10 reasons to watch 'Community'

www.examiner.com has a great article giving us 10 reasons to watch Community. As if we needed more.
Here's a few:

6) Great guest stars. 

Though the show's core cast is plenty funny, "Community" also boasts hilarious guest stars that complement the show's existing comedy geniuses. So far in the first season, there have been appearances by Jack Black, Eric Christian Olsen, Anthony Michael Hall, Katharine McPhee, and Tony Hale, among others.

10) Eye candy.

This cast is gorgeous! It's been established that Britta looks like Elisabeth Shue. Jeff certainly takes notice when Annie shakes down her hair. Shirley's sparkly eyes and big smile can light up anyone's day. Troy is a prom king, Abed's proved how suave he can be when acting like Don Draper, and Jeff's got that tousled hair thing down for sure. (And yes, people: Jeff has a tendency to disrobe!)

 
Check out the few article here:
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-18010-Portland-TV-Examiner~y2010m4d22-10-reasons-to-watch-Community?cid=publish_twitter:18010

Have lunch on Community!

See a special episode of Community at lunch tomorrow at participating restaurants! April 23rd!

Have lunch with Community on Friday, April 23rd!

indoorDIRECT and NBC have partnered to present a special episode of the hit comedy on Friday, April 23rd! The special lunchtime broadcast of COMMUNITY will air at 12 noon local time at all indoorDIRECT locations nationwide. Dining room customers can enjoy a quick bite to eat while taking a break to savor some hilarious NBC comedy. Come join us for the fun!

Go to http://www.indoordirect.com/community/ to find a restaurant near you!

Star-Burns the Movie Parts 1 and 2

Star-Burns rocks in this movie where he kicks Evil Leonard's Ass!





This time Chang joins Star-burns fight against evil and love.



It really makes you think about some powerful stuff.

Vacation and European Vacation Take a Trip to Blu-ray on August 10th

Well it's about time.  First we get news about Caddyshack comming to Blu-ray and now it looks like this will be the summer of Chevy with Vacation and European Vacation hitting blu-ray in August!

Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy!

No word on Speacal Features yet but odds are knowing Warner brothers nothing new.

Still... I just peed my pants a little!

Check out this for more: http://www.movieweb.com/news/NE9Bhcabcd4Cbe

Chevy Chase on 'The View': Wife Jayni calls him 'exhausting'

Chevy was busy today with appearances on "Martha Stewart" and "The View."

blog.zap2it.com writes:

Finally, he talked about how he lives in Los Angeles while he's shooting "Community" and his roommate is his 25-year-old daughter Caley, who wants to be an actress. "The View" ladies teased his wife Jayni about being glad he's in L.A. so much and she said, "He's exhausting. He just never stops with the joking and the funny."

Check out the full Story: http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/04/chevy-chase-on-the-view-wife-jayni-calls-him-exhausting.html

Joel and Jeong PSA? Declare War on Texting and driving.

I couldn't tell if this was real or just a joke but it seems do-gooders Joel and Ken are doing their part to bring attention to this very important cause which I didn't even know was a problem before watching.
Check out what is sure to become a classic Public service announcement:

The Spanish Video Assignment – Trailer

NBC is back with an all new episode of Community this week and AV club has put together an all new webisode premiering Thursday.  Check this preview!

Abed and Starburns Spanish Video Assignment, starring Danny Pudi and Ken Jeong debuts on NBC.com Thursday, April 22nd.

NBC star movie poster mixes!

After the success of the new Steve Carrell, Tina Fey film Date Night NYMAG.Com thought it would be fun to see what some other NBC star mixes would make good movies posters and many feature our very own Community cast.

Check them out here:

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/04/movie_posters.html#

Community the complete first season on DVD and Blu-ray!

Amazon.com has begun taking pre-orders for the complete first season on Community.  Order now and get quite an amazing discount price of $27.99!

There is no box available yet, instead the promo poster and no word of an official release date yet instead there is just the message:

“You may pre-order it now and we will deliver it to you when it arrives.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.”

Still a developing story but if we know Dan Harmon it should be packed with extras!

Check it out here and make your preorders now!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002N5N5LG?tag=tvshowsondvdcom&link_code=as3&creativeASIN=B002N5N5LG&creative=373489&camp=211189
Can’t wait!