Chevy Chase as Dungeon Master?
NBC’s Community is planning an upcoming episode centered around the cast playing the role-playing classic Dungeons & Dragons.
Unlike last year’s fan-favorite paintball episode, though, the D&D episode won’t go full tilt and have the cast, like, running around the forest with swords or anything, creator Dan Harmon said.
“They’re just sitting at a table playing,” he told critics at TCA press tour. “But it’s stylized to make it interesting and people are going to like it a lot.”
Another Very Special Episode coming up is set entirely around Chase’s character Pierce Hawthorne being in the hospital.
“I consider it special any time the episode doesn’t take place [on campus],” Harmon said. “Pierce is in the hospital the entire episode, it’s shot in a completely different way and is a completely different experience from the normal show.”
Excitingly vague!
Can’t wait community special episodes are great
In that case, can we get some “very special” recaps please???!!!!
I agree. Community deserves recaps!!
I agree! Last night they played a rerun of the Halloween episode and it was brilliant.
I know nothing about Dungeons and Dragons, but I’m in! Hopefully Señor Chang will be around more too. I miss El Tigre!
Of course he’ll be around. He cannot be killed.
He just hasn’t been around much. It seems like they’re not sure what to do with him now that he isn’t a teacher. I miss his “true-o, false-o, none of the above” tests.
I have a theory that Chang has been sparse mainly due to Ken Jeong filming “The Hangover 2″
omg! I’m so excited! like Jesse Spano excited!
Somewhere Abed is cheering for you!
I think Abed is going to be the Dungeon Master. I love these bottle episodes Community does. Also cannot wait to she the shenanigans the group gets into at a hospital. Would love to see one of them pretending to be a doctor (it would be extra hilarious if it was Chang). Also I wonder how great the chances of Rich being on the hospital episode…since he is a doctor after all.
I can’t wait for this. I hope it’s as good as the Freaks and Geeks episode where the played D&D. I can’t wait to see how excited Troy and Abed will be while playing.
Sweet. Always excited to see Community take on a new subject, whether it be zombies, wargames, space or chicken finger mafias. I never get tired of this show!
Can’t wait!
Didnt the IT crowd just do this in Series 4. Rip Off…
Because doing an episode centered around a game released in the ’70s is blazingly original to begin with. I’m sure that whatever Community does, it will be hilarious in its own way.
Right because the IT crowd invented people playing a game. Besides that the IT Crowd is a British sitcom. Seeing as I had to look it up, I’m going to guess it’s not as popular as you imagine.
Speaking of the IT Crowd, has anyone ever seen the pilot for the US version that starred Joel Mchale?
Sarah Silverman Program did it before IT crowd, and I certainly wouldn’t consider IT’s version a rip off. It’s a reference to something that has existed for years. Speaking of IT crowd though, Richard Ayoyade, who plays Moss, is directing an upcoming Community episode.
Betcha that the Pierce-in-hospital episode turns into a Cuckoo’s Nest homage.
I’ve really come to love this show so much. Last year, it wasn’t quite must see for me. But now, I think it’s become more consistently hilarious. NBC just played the zombie Halloween episode and the episode with Troy’s 21st birthday. Both awesome episodes.
hmmm I actually thought last season was better. But regardless, very funny stuff.
Did anyone notice that “Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design” was the episode scheduled to air at 8 p.m. EST but the Halloween episode was shown instead. I didn’t see an official announcement anywhere but my guess was that “Theories” was pulled because of **spoiler alert ** the fake but realistic-looking multiple shootings in the episode’s last act ** that could upset viewers in light of the Arizona shootings last weekend. Just wondering if the show was yanked by NBC or the show’s producers? Even though it’s a comedy — a very good one — I think the episode swap was the right thing to do.
Dan Harmon (the creator) mentioned the switch on twitter earlier today. I don’t think it was his idea, but I get why it was done.
Please, please, please recap this show!!!
That’s going to be a great episode! I can hardly wait til the cheating at the dice begins. I’d love to sit in on that game…
YAY!
Genius. Can’t wait for both. Got two friends hooked on this show over Christmas.