Community on NBC (US)

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Watching this week's episode just made me realize that there are probably a lot of SFX readers who would like this show.

What started as a fairly typical sitcom about a group of community college misfits has developed into it's own strange, surreal world full of self-referential jokes, silly slapstick and pop-culture reference overload with a couple of fresh new comedy actors (as Troy and Abed) who are destined for stardom.

Really there is nothing like Community on TV in the US right now.

Last week it was an entire episode homage to Goodfellas and this week it was a thirty minute parody of almost every classic action movie scene of the past thirty years.

I thought it would be hard to top The Dark Knight homage from last year's halloween episode (also featuring The Beastmaster) but they keep on doing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ez9xiDsSX4

From Dan Harmon ("The Sarah Silverman Program") and Emmy Award-winning directors Joe and Anthony Russo ("Arrested Development") comes "Community," a smart comedy series about a band of misfits who attend Greendale Community College. At the center of the group is Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, "The Soup"), a fast-talkin' lawyer whose degree has been revoked. With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work.

Also among the series stars who comprise the group are comedy legend Chevy Chase ("Chuck") as Pierce, a man whose life experience has brought him infinite wisdom; Gillian Jacobs ("The Book of Daniel") as Britta, the 28-year old drop out with something to prove; Yvette Nicole Brown ("Rules of Engagement") as Shirley, a sassy middle-aged divorcée; Danny Pudi ("Greek") as Abed, a pop culture junkie; Alison Brie ("Mad Men") as Annie, a high-strung perfectionist; Donald Glover ("30 Rock") as Troy, a former high school football star trying to find his way and Ken Jeong ("The Hangover") as Spanish professor, Señor Chang.

http://www.nbc.com/community/