This may be the best comedy on TV. Its either this or FX's The League, but The League has a much narrower audience. Tie goes to the crowd pleaser. The story revolves around a smooth-talking lawyer who is exposed as a cheat by a fraudulent college degree. To reclaim his career he must earn a legitimate degree. Cautious not to overexert himself, our star, Jeff Winger, enrolls in a barely functional, chronically looney community college. Hence the name. Struggling to adjust to his new glamorless lifestyle, Jeff briefly cons and ultimately befriends a group of zany misfits. I'll spare the elaborate details, you still have wikipedia for that, but it suffices to say that the show is funny.
A sort of post- cliché brand of humor, Community is rife with spoofs, parodies, and oodles of brilliantly cheesy references. This week's episode is revealed by the characters themselves as a "bottleneck episode". After a while, I begin to wonder whether the show wont run out of genres to play with, but every week I am surprised with the new and always fun shtick they manage to exploit. Aside from keeping things fresh, which this show does remarkably well, it seems like a genuinely fun experience for the actors to be a part of. Perhaps that's me projecting a little, but I can't imagine them not having a blast. This show simply exudes Americana, and I for one love me some America (A-mur-ka). Bottleneck well done.
Episode Rating:
7 (Lower end quality TV)
Episode's Best Line:
"...And before you can say 1984, the thought police are forcey worcing you to bend and spread" - Britta (Upon being pressured to cede to a search of her property)
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