Community - The Cast Does a Table Read

The cast reads an episode from Season 3.
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[@AubreySciFi]

RIP Leonard (Richard Erdman), 1925-2019. One of the best supporting characters on "Community". :( Thanks for the laughs.

[@АбдаллахМуслим]

how dare they have insulted his character... his generation made USA win the Second World War and be the greatest country in the world... the whole USA TV has been used to showing no respect to old people

[@mrcloopthethird618]

@@АбдаллахМуслим oh shut up you moron

[@DoctorNibiruAcademy]

@@АбдаллахМуслим it is called acting

[@RectumPunch]

@@АбдаллахМуслим that's an actual Russian made account trying to make liberals angry. I'm stunned and aroused.

[@FOLMAN97]

@@АбдаллахМуслим I felt like he is included on their community like they dont act diference cuz his age.

[@kirillp9030]

Jim Rash is such a natural, I question sometimes whether or not he just acts like the Dean 24/7 in his normal life.

[@DylanRayGMT]

Kirill Podzorov I saw him do improv 6 months ago at The Groundlings in LA. He's really talented and really funny.

[@TomSmith-jp1es]

I know I'm late but you should check out The Writers' Room to see how he really is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Writers%27_Room

[@marfaxa]

I know him and he does.- bob nastonovich

[@jasonarons8637]

He's so good in The Way Way Back

[@foot942]

He's always dean doing that

[@VM13TV]

Abed doing the special handshake alone broke my heart.

[@tofualvin]

10:29

[@galiciaart]

Dude :'(

[@CarrotFlowers421]

Thanks for noting the timestamp so I can avoid 😢

[@simonandersson5332]

"As you know, our student records are stored in a Microsoft Paint file.." Cracked me up

[@kierwest]

+Simon Andersson I need to find a clip of that scene

[@BenniArt]

+Kier West It should be season 4 episode 1, I think :)

[@DWDelcourt]

It's actually season 4 episode 1.

[@beuxjmusic]

"... which I was ASSURED would be future-proof!" That's my favourite part of it xD

[@mondler107]

I geeked😂😂😂

[@dkleener]

Love how Yvette comes out carrying Shirley's trademark handbag.

[@gidonzd]

Apparently it's her real handbag and she holds it close to her because it always had her personal belongings in it.

[@TheSantaCruzJokerShow]

@@gidonzd I mean the character is pretty much her with a few tweaks. And yes every handbag you see her using actually has her stuff in it if it is not actually her real life handbag, sometimes they have a prop

[@csurname]

Fred Willard really nails the Pierce voice.

[@mriduldixit8793]

Colin Surname All old people sound the same.

[@stebopign]

he was harmon's first choice.

[@DetectiveGesicht]

RIP, Fred... (September 18, 1939-May 15, 2020)

[@TheGlideIsHere]

How the hell are these adorable people even funnier *without* the editing?

[@kylemagaro6979]

The actor who plays Leonard is so great.

[@bink6778]

Kyle Magaro just wanted to let you know that you have 69 likes

[@langdonalger9219]

NotgreatBOB! Not anymore

[@rubendzw7495]

he died, its so sad

[@mrbejam]

@@rubendzw7495 it’s sad he won’t be in the movie. But at 90+ it was kinda expected.

[@arthursdl]

That was just SO better than the actual episode.

[@najtrows]

Arthur Souza de Lima well.. most things are better than the actual episodes of season 4 :P

[@tootybooddy8184]

Jim Rash / Dean Pelton is easily the most talentedand most entertaining. I love all of them and they are all great actors but Jim is just perfection.

[@GriimX]

Jim Rash seems like an amazing actor. At the very least, he plays the Dean perfectly.

[@ItsDodoski]

He's really good on Mike Tyson Mysteries as well.

[@jlee1522]

I wish I could watch them do this for every episode. Alison nailed the stapler/dean line. Love.

[@sssophie9292]

30:13 "the fountain works" 😂😂👌😊 I love Danny's reactions and laughs to everyone else 💜

[@ilchsm6330]

Whoever caught danny's script... I'LL DO ANYTHING.

[@parkouristlife4296]

Guys, this made me cry. I am leaving my childhood behind in some ways and thinking about the Greendale 7 splitting up and hearing Abed's Jeff speech made me emotional

[@syra1541]

how is life?

[@ECastrilR]

I love how Gillian Britta'd playing Neil at 11:14 hahahahaha

[@reginaldfairfield]

Yvette Nicole Brown is sooo gorgeous! & Jim Rash is EVERYDEAN!!!

[@kuchkaa]

It's not from season 3, this table read is first episode of season 4.

[@content6032]

thank you I was wondering why I couldnt find the episode

[@liamevans9815]

Tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo THE HUNGER DEANS!

[@jmab721]

Alison Brie is always the first one to laugh at Joel's jokes everytime XD love them

[@nowneothanielverse]

Under the right circumstances, I can bawl myself out from the thought of Shirley, Troy and Pierce not being on the last seasons.

[@MissValentina125]

This was hilarious! You can really see they liked working with each other!

[@tomyodaidouji]

I've watched this more than the actual episode!

[@MylordkronosRBLX]

RIP Fred Willard. Such a great actor and an even better Pierce stand-in.

[@awoken2562]

when they said fred willard I knew which episode they were doing

[@spacepenguins8939]

What no Donald It really isn't the same without him

[@salsaucy2547]

Donald just has way more going on than any of these actors unfortunately. It's hard for him to make time I could only assume

[@stebopign]

this table read was a hell of a lot funnier than the actual episode.

[@bhavanmattu3197]

is not the same without troy

[@reverzive4166]

"Don't you guys feel weird about doing this without... Magnitude?"

[@youngkashthieves3343]

15:33 those simultaneous page turns are so satisfying

[@xomegaxz5799]

2019 here, where's my goddamn movie. #andamovie

[@dalemediagroup7203]

2020 here, still waiting for the movie

[@dmrc43]

random white guy and abed in the mourning...for real troy.

[@TheAmityElf]

You were singing mourning with a "u"?... Oh no!

[@dmrc43]

+AmityRavenclawElf yes i was sad as troy didn't come back.

[@TheAmityElf]

I was joking; it was a line from "Cooperative Polygraphy", after they sing "Troy and Abed are in mourning!"

[@dmrc43]

oh yeah, totally missed that reference, have to rewatch this amazing show//

[@joe.falchetto]

I watched Community now for the first time because it's on Netflix, and I loved it so much I started rewatching it right away!! #sixseasonsandamovie

[@tamsmindpalace]

Watching this while I wait for the virtual Zoom Community table read tomorrow!

[@woahtrisha8889]

// Not sure if Danny was going in for a high-five when he entered the room xD //

[@Life-Row-Toll]

One of the best comedy shows ever

[@SodaPop2323]

RIP Fred willard, he was a great Pierce Hawthorne

[@pa.o]

This show was genius! I was obsessed 😂 Too bad they didn’t make more seasons:( says a lot about what this country sees as humor 😒

[@svenwouters9547]

Probably for the better you shouldn't drag a show out for too long, I am still waiting for that movie tho.

[@bink6778]

I’m glad they ended it at season 6, half of the core cast was gone and it just wasn’t the same. I wish the original cast would have stayed all six seasons and gas leak year didn’t happen. Seasons 4 and 6 weren’t really Community.

[@mimimi9169]

Shirley never forgets her purse

[@jmab721]

The whole thing Joel McHale & Jim Rash did was one of the funniest things ever XD

[@TallicaMan1986]

abed is so adorable.

[@rosewearsraybans]

I love Jim Rash!

[@callumpullen9378]

I love your icon.

[@pianoface]

That tango was the best!!! I'm crying laughing 😂😂😂

[@iexistm878]

it took me awhile to figure this out so for whoever's curious the description is wrong this is actually season 4 episode 1 (not written by Dan Harmon), not season 3 as the description says 👍

[@stijnhelmer9328]

RIP to Richard Erdman & Fred Willard

[@jpetersgoyanks]

They love Leonard so much that they brought him here for 3 lines… all of which received applause.

[@CosmicFist78]

mchale is the god of entrances

[@LordLuckyproductions]

Fred Willard is a comedy legend

[@gastonitalita5581]

I really like Danny in this hoodie I just really really like it

[@Warvvolf]

4:55. That's when the episode begins.

[@samanthayork3125]

why did they all love it when allison brie says "whatevs, we'll take it next semez"? some sort of inside joke?

[@samanthayork3125]

14:53

[@samanthayork3125]

i watched the original and now I realize, it's cause she doesn't add the uptight "...ter. semes-ter."

[@XFanmarX]

34:40 The buttcrack inside-joke strikes again! :DD

[@lilydownes4114]

Is it bad that I knew every word of this episode 😅

[@bella-jt9cb]

Absolutely not

[@aninhaem88]

Gosh, that’s good writing.

[@DGice2]

Wait a second is this season 4? It's funny how obvious it is. They did a lot of things really well but it's clear how pivotal Dan Harmon is to maintaining the familiarity of his own projects.

[@purilaw.]

so the scene where Jeff took off his glasses and gave it to Neil and a few shots laters it revealed that Neil wore the glasses was not on the script? 🤣

[@ComaAlpha]

I think that might have been better than watching the actual episode.

[@weaselbomber]

The fountain works 😲

[@EdmundKempersDartboard]

Fred willard briefly appears in the show and gets a bigger ovation than chevy would have. 😏

[@raychhbaby1]

I just came from watching This episode on my laptop onto KZbin on my phone and this was in my recommended??? How????? Does????? It????? Know?????

[@JessAMP]

RIP Fred Willard 🧡

[@lumberyard]

This is actually the Season 4 intro episode, not Season 3

[@wirium]

Richard Erdman

[@rodrigo007]

A way better pierce than the original

[@chelsea6671]

i really liked this episode. Its not season 2 or 3 quality, but not bad. The Abed " sitcom in his head" thing was fine the first couple of times but got stale after a while. The episodes after this were pretty bad though. Im only halfway through the season at the moment.

[@sssophie9292]

I've just started season 5, and clinging on a bit. (I started season 1 just 2 weeks ago, but am feeling sad I'm almost done with it, and that it's not really the same anymore. )

[@chelsea6671]

I was the same way. I rushed through the first five seasons but then really took my time with the final one. It took me three weeks from when i originally started season six to finish up the last three episodes. The Finale is really great and touching.

[@sssophie9292]

Oh goody, at least there's that to look forward. I'm still really enjoying bits and pieces but it definitely feels like it's shifting atm. I'm going to have to find a new show in a couple weeks though 😛

[@chelsea6671]

how far into season 5 are you right now?

[@blueflamedabi2403]

isnt this read from season 4 not season 3?

[@aett]

It absolutely is.

[@blueflamedabi2403]

aett yeah thought so.

[@Bbbuttersknife]

This is season 5. With the hunger games theme.

[@kaykay6691]

no thats from season 4 )

[@Bbbuttersknife]

Kay kay season 4 did not have such extravagant episodes

[@keel1701]

Oh wow, I caught so many more jokes watching this than the real episode

[@mariovalle198]

Such a missed oportunity to not make the entire episode multi-cam with laugh track and corny jokes. Lean into the fans fears intentionally and win them over with a clever twist.

[@mcecilialeao]

Britta FTW!!!

[@flippeditude1170]

Highlights: Leonard. Britta (Gillian Jacobs) voicing various absent characters like Annie Kim, etc. (don't worry, she's bad at it). Annie (Alison Brie) being Alison Brie - straight crushing it in all scenarios. Leonard. NOT 'Troy' (JK, valiant effort from anyone trying to match Donald Glover at anything). 'Pierce' being way better than usual 😅 Dani, Winger, Yvette and the Dean - special stuff.

[@Booyaka9000]

Fuckin' Dave Franco... 😭😭😭

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

The description is wrong. This isn't Season 3. It's Season 4, Episode 1.

[@waheednaddafi1528]

where can I checkout this episode's script?

[@Life-Row-Toll]

Google "internet script data base ". Not sure this script will be there, but it's a good start. Best of luck.

[@lukelane_]

That was nice.

[@Marky11694]

Interestingly the Caption is wrong this is the first episode of Season 4

[@brianthomas3451]

Gillian looking hot

[@hgfuhgvg]

Isn't this from Season 4? The description says Season 3

[@dylanowen471]

Why would they do an episode of season 4? Why not something like remedial chaos theory?

[@hadesmusic1175]

Gillian's body is insane

[@mgdomville2250]

The episode's from Season 4, not 3.

[@ronuy4206]

RIP Fred Willard aka Frank Dunphy, Phil's dad

[@DaFckedUpKid]

The Dean is my favourite character

[@bink6778]

I don’t understand why Danny Pudi hasn’t gotten like a million roles after Community, he’s so freaking talented.

[@THEEArmoredSaint]

Mythic Quest

[@YourMajesty143]

He's typecast as "weird", there's not many roles for that who are non-white characters, which is the other issue, Danny is an Asian (specifically Indian) minority which greatly reduced his opportunity for roles. Asians are the least hired group in hollywood.

[@Pedro-ho2xj]

@@YourMajesty143 that's honestly sad :/

[@bielsabas4407]

reaally hoping he gets more roles now that more people know about community. he's so great

[@aertnadle2466]

He's on Ducktales now.

[@ninarmn644]

“This is just like our normal table read. Chevy Chase is not here.” Burrrn. Bye.

[@nadya2877]

when!

[@ninarmn644]

nadz 31 4:48

[@nadya2877]

@@ninarmn644 thank you 💜💜

[@Aperiianuam]

Danny Pudi is so talented, why does he not get more work like everyone else in the cast??

[@oof-rr5nf]

Makes me angry too. I wish I saw him around more.

[@phoenix-nc9vn]

Aperiianuam just when he was on another show it got cancelled

[@monolithicshore]

Ikr. I also don't understand.

[@funkymonday1820]

Marketability is what it boils down to the highlight/mainstream work.

[@ldnboynakwi3425]

Brown people don’t get roles

[@maykh7227]

i love danny pudi so much

[@bob-tan5705]

May Kh Danny pudi could kick me in the shin and I would thank him

[@pamiimiap1130]

who doesn't

[@bielsabas4407]

same

[@omarkayal5336]

"The other actor who played Pierce can't make it..." ouf Chevy Chase has attained Voldemort status with the cast

[@Ducklover269]

Omar Kayal came to the comments just to see if I were the only ind who thought this!

[@smarkslowplay3512]

This was around the time Chevy had a big fallout saying the n-word in a rage (wasn't happy how Pierce was written, wondering if he'll say that word any minute now) around Yvette and Donald and the rest of the cast

[@JCStudiosx]

RIP Richard Erdman - Leonard RIP Fred Willard - Pierce

[@moviegal6000]

Every time Jim Rash opens his mouth I just think "My god this man has an Oscar FOR SCREENWRITING! What can't he do!?!!" God I love him.

[@emmakwright]

The tango was about 100x better than the one during the actual episode. And that scene during the actual episode is one of my favorite scenes from the entire show's history. I'm obsessed with this

[@michaelross9546]

They should've ACTUALLY replaced Chevy Chase as Pierce with THIS guy and have Abed reference it in one of his classic meta moments.

[@ComaAlpha]

I think the fact that Chevy is an out of date prick that doesn't understand Dan's humor and the jokes of the show makes him SO MUCH BETTER of a fit than Fred Willard. You can tell even before he was on Roseanne that Willard was a comedian and comedic actor looking for rhythmic timing of joke telling kinda like Rodney Dangerfield. Chevy on the or hand made it seem believable and I think that's because it was honestly sincere. Chevy may be a huge dick, but I think he was the perfect choice for Pierce Hawthorne.

[@ComaAlpha]

Willard is way too likeable to be Pierce.

[@ChristianNelsonn]

Fun fact; Fred Willard was actually one of the original actors Dan Harmon wanted for the role of Pierce.

[@boppob1343]

@@ComaAlpha I agree Chevy Chase is perfect and had fantastic performances, but Fred Willard's approach was fucking hilarious and different yes, but still hilarious. He was easily my favorite moment of Season 4.

[@bencaspar]

@monokhem You are both wrong, neither of you are stating facts. Now that's a fact!

[@humanexperiment5644]

Does Joel just play himself as Jeff....

[@TheWatcher328]

Love the synchronized page turn at 15:33

[@shixcape7501]

still waiting for that movie 😢

[@ComaAlpha]

Shi Xcape Troy and Abed in a moooooovie.

[@peterdonovan8710]

same

[@asbestos-freecomedy]

Siiiiiighhh

[@galiciaart]

Hi, i come from the future (2020) and we're still waiting

[@MiniSage]

Still waiting

[@LaszloPanaflex]

Really envying the studio audience, because they don't have to endure the director always having the wrong camera on the wrong person(s). Sheesh.

[@slugworth3111]

Username checks out.

[@sooof1839]

kinda weird how abed is kinda hot when he isnt in character

[@Leo_ness]

but more so when he is

[@galiciaart]

He's always hot

[@googleacount3611]

-Annie

[@fridaalexander8009]

It's ok to admit that you're attracted to Abed.

[@googleacount3611]

arent we all?

[@EllieC130]

I swear this show has some of the most adorable female cast members ever XD

[@EllieC130]

Marco Nah Jim Rash is adorable in his own right :)

[@galiciaart]

Allison Brie is an angel

[@bink6778]

I’d say they have the most adorable cast, male and female. Well, except Chevy.

[@syra1541]

​@@bink6778 exactlyyyy they're all very lovable, except for he who shall not be named

[@jan050375]

the guy who acted as pierce sounded just like him

[@Yakita60]

I've never seen this show before. This sold me.

[@janet444]

Yakita60 If you can, start with Season 1 or at least Season 2. The first two seasons were the best. The third season was the next best. It hasn't been the same ever since. It's good, but not as good imho.

[@janetbeatrice9505]

Robo9400 Yeah, I guess I shouldn't post my personal opinion as fact. ;-) I can't agree with 1 being so far down the list, but I can agree with 4 being

[@user-ng5ns8cc7c]

EJSGGSIAGSUDGYDIKSUSU WHAT?!?!?!?

[@Effigyy]

+Robo9400 I think it has to do with how young the show still was in the first. You sort of grow into it as you feel the show grow along.

[@Effigyy]

Yeah I have noticed a similar phenomenon. It's understandable. Perhaps they were trying to find their way a bit at the start.

[@shelly123mm]

this was so awesome, laughed from beginning to end! too bad Donald wasn't there

[@romxxii]

Description is wrong. The episode is from Season 4.

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

the WORST season.

[@shaggyrogers9502]

@@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond the worst season is easily season 6.

[@Crippywipple]

Shaggy Rogers nah, season 4 didnt have Dan Harmon

[@shaggyrogers9502]

@@CrippywippleSeason 4 is and always will be better than 6 purely because of the original cast. Dan Harmon being a part of it bares no weight for me.

[@shaggyrogers9502]

@Temporal Distortion you shouldn't even be a fan of this show... you sicken me.