Community is an American sitcom created by Dan Harmon. It ran on NBC from September 17, 2009 to April 17, 2014, then on Yahoo! Screen from March 17, 2015 to June 2, 2015. It had six seasons.
Series Summary[]
The series follows a group of students at a community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado. The series heavily uses meta-humor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television clichés and tropes.
When his law firm discovers Jeff Winger lied about having a bachelor's degree, he's suspended and has no choice but to enroll at Greendale Community College to get one. Jeff quickly becomes attracted to Britta, a former political activist from his Spanish class, and pretends he runs a study group in order to spend time with her. But his plans go awry when Britta invites five other classmates along: Abed, Annie, Shirley, Pierce, and Troy.
Despite being seven very different people, the group quickly become close friends. They're often roped into helping the flamboyant Dean Pelton in his schemes to make the school seem more reputable, as well as having to deal with the antics of their unhinged teacher/classmate Ben Chang.
The show even makes an homage to Tommy Westphall during the end of the final episode when the father playing the board game suggests the entire show happened inside of a snow globe.
Brand connections to Community[]
- Several characters, including Leonard and Dean Pelton, are seen with bags of Let's Potato Chips, a brand that appears in numerous television productions.
- The Wilde Oil company from Running Wilde appeared in "The Psychology of Letting Go".
- Glencallan scotch whisky appears in "Cooperative Polygraphy", "G.I. Jeff", and "Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing".
- Penzburg beer appears in "Ladders".
Westphall connections to Community[]
- In the episode of The Order "The Commons, Part 1" an award is seen inscribed with Greendale Community College, the setting of the series.
Westphall disconnection with Community[]
- Abed makes a cameo appearance on Cougar Town "Something Good Coming, Part 1", and Laurie and Travis from that show appeared in "For a Few Paintballs More". Both appearances were not in-universe as Abed explicitly referred to his appearancee on Cougar Town as an acting gig.