I have to admit I am a sucker for stop animation (I own a decent supply of Aardman Animations flicks) so I was excited when I was offered the opportunity to view the highly advertised Christmas episode of "Community."
If you have never heard of it, Community is a comedy on NBC on Thursday nights. It is brought to us by the Russo brothers (best know for "Arrested Development") and Dan Harmon ("The Sarah Silverman Program") in association with Sony Pictures. The cast includes the likes of Chevy Chase, Joel McHale("The Soup"), Yvette Nicole Brown ("Rules of Engagement"), Alison Brie ("Mad Men"), Donald Glover ("30 Rock") and Ken Jeong ("The Hangover"). If you have never seen it, you will definitely want to set your DVR tomorrow night for NBC at 7 pm CST.
I was given the opportunity to watch the Christmas episode, done completely in stop animation, and I found it extremely witty and entertaining. The animation was wonderfully done and you could tell the writers had a bit of fun writing for a cartoon as opposed to a normal live action show.
The premise is Abed finds himself lost as to the meaning of Christmas and seeks to find the answer. His gang of friends travel through a hypnotic trip into Abed's Winter Wonderland of the mind to help rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There is humor, there is singing, and there is a terradactyl! What is NOT to love?
I hate spoilers so I hesitant to tell you more, but I have to say, you will find great humor in the trek they take to the North Pole. Even if you are not a current viewer of "Community" you will want to add this episode to your viewing schedule tomorrow. Who doesn't like shows about Christmas and in cartoon form (*cough Rudolph *cough). You will certainly get your dose of comedy for the night.
Want a sneak peek? Here you go.
Disclosure: One2One Network offered a free early viewing of the episode of "Community" in exchange for an honest review and an entry into a drawing for prizes. All opinions as always are my own.
For those that love to see the behind the see stuff (like me) here is another sneak peek of Joel McHale talking about the making of the episode.
2 comments:
I love Community! So this episode looks unique and awesome, like so many of their episodes are. I can't wait!
FYI: Jeff Winger is the character, Joel McHale is the actor. ;)
Crystal, thanks I fixed that (can you tell I was tired when posting, I am really bad with names too)
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