"Community" | The Christmas Episode

 

My husband and I have been watching "Community" since its premier earlier this year.  Though it hit a couple of rocky notes for me midway through the first half of the season, overall we both have come to love it + look forward to tuning in every week.  Needless to say, I was super excited to get an advance copy of this week's episode to review!

I grew up on stop animation, clay-mation movies during the holidays...watching Rudolph as a family remains one of my most treasured holiday memories growing up.  And despite my reluctance, I totally loved "Community"'s take on the concept.



The episode centers around Abed's obsession with finding the meaning of Christmas and his journey becomes something of concern to the entire group.  The resulting journey is filled with notes of humor, wit and even some tenderness.  They managed to convey the nostalgia of the medium, while also retaining the sarcastic humor that defines the series.  And as an added bonus?  They also managed to share the spirit of the holiday season without being too...well...cheesy

Tune in tonight at 8/7 Central to watch!

Some notes from One2One about the series...NBC's "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  At the center of the group is Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, "The Soup"), a fast-talking lawyer whose degree has been revoked. With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group that eventually learns 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 20-something dropout 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 Señor Chang.

I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by One2One Network on behalf of Community.  They sent me an advance copy of this week's Christmas episode to facilitate this review.