NBC's Community - A refreshingly unique and hilarious 22 minutes

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Community, which appears at 8:30pm on NBC as part of their Thursday night lineup is truly an original and interesting television show. For the past decade, most of the sitcoms that have survived are ones that are overly simplistic such as Two and a Half Men, Everybody Loves Raymond and The King of Queens. NBC has found a way to combat this trend with incredible shows such as 30 Rock and The Office, and have added to this list with Community. The cast is extremely diverse and consists of the lead handsome 30 something male (Joe McHale), an old fashioned and slightly racist 65 year old man (Chevy Chase), the blonde bombshell (Gillian Jacobs), the high school quarter back (Donald Glover), the divorcee (Yvette Nicole Brown), and the lovable neurotic try hard (Alison Brie). The variation and significant number of these lead characters keeps the show fresh by giving different sources of laughter and entertainment so the audience doesn't get bored. The premise of the show is set up in the first episode as Jeff Winger, a former lawyer (Joe McHale), is seen at his first week in Community College and it is explained that he is there because he was disbarred after his bachelor's degree was invalid because it was from Colombia, not Columbia. He then meets the beautiful Britta whom he attempts to woo by claiming he is a Spanish tutor. Unfortunately for Jeff, when he goes to meet Britta to "Study", he stumbles into a room filled with this varied group of individuals, and also finds out that Britta is completely uninterested in him. Now, it seems that if the general plot of every episode is set, as the charming and cocky lead male attempts to pursue the strong and independent woman, yet this is not the case at all. Each show has an incredibly unique premise to the episode before it, and even original to any other show on television. Ridiculous episodes range from paintball wars to zombie themed. Another very refreshing aspect of this show is that they don't run off of the typical sitcom format of straight characters and wacky characters playing off each other to create humour. This act tires very quickly and has been the premise of far too many movies and television shows. Instead every single character in this show is very weird and interesting in their own way. As the show progresses the audience can truly see how eccentric all of the characters actually are and it is very entertaining. Community is currently in it's second season and looks like it should be staying on the air for several more seasons. Good work Dan Harmon (creator)!