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NBC plans to give its comedies an extra boost the week of December 28. Four episodes marathons (all starting at 8:00/7:00c) are set for “Community” (Monday, December 28), “Parks & Recreation” (Tuesday, December 29), “The Office” (Wednesday, December 30) and “30 Rock” (Thursday, December 31).

[Source: The Futon Critic]

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Here is your chance to hit the links with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray for a Caddyshack Golf Outing! Chevy & Bill will go on the block once again in support of GREEN Community Schools providing the chance for the lucky winning bidder and a guest to go golfing with these old friends and stars of the beloved Caddyshack film. Who knows what hijinks will ensue out on the links with these two?

Also up for grabs, a chance to join Howard Stern in the studio. The winner of this incredible experience will be able to sit in during a taping of the show and observe all the action. A meet and greet with the entire crew is included in this package. Once again, Chevy Chase will go on the Howard Stern show to talk about his latest acting projects including the acclaimed new NBC comedy, Community.

This year, Oprah Winfrey is also supporting Jayni and Chevy Chase’s Green School project with the lucky winning bidder receiving VIP tickets to a taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show including a chance to go backstage and meet the talk-show queen backstage! Dave Matthews Band is in support as well offering lucky fans the chance to meet them backstage after a concert of choice in Summer 2010. Robert Downey Jr has graciously offered a pair of tickets to the premiere of his upcoming film Due Date also starring Jamie Foxx & Michelle Monaghan, and Stephen Colbert and Regis Philbin are offering the chance to meet them backstage of The Colbert Report and LIVE! with Regis & Kelly respectively, and acclaimed actor Dustin Hoffman is offering the chance to join him on the set of an upcoming film. You can also spend a day on the set of Community with Chevy Chase; meet Joel McHale backstage on The Soup; Take a 10 Day expedition to The Galapagos aboard the National Geographic Endeavor; or catch Jimmy Buffett in concert, plus many more being added daily.

The auction is running live at www.charitybuzz.com through November 18, 2009 with new experiences being added each and every day as so many of Jayni and Chevy Chase’s friends are supporting their environmental initiatives.

The GREEN Community Schools mission is to create long-term holistic partnerships between the school, local community residents, stakeholders, available resources and families to ensure that the community is environmentally aware and able to successfully practice and promote sustainability in their lives, communities and globally. 

Jayni Chase has over 20 years of experience with Green education and environmental community action. She is tirelessly dedicated to providing underserved communities with the tools and resources necessary to create healthy learning environments and greener neighborhoods. The combined experience of Jayni Chase and the MGR Foundation has proven to be a powerful force for positive change.

You can access the auction here.

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Professor Whitman and Dean Pelton convince Jeff to join the debate team after Annie’s partner drops out right before the championship debate versus City College. Jeff naturally assumes he has the win in the bag but an obnoxious debater from the opposing team proves him wrong. Meanwhile, Shirley freaks out when Abed’s films seem to predict the future and Pierce uses hypnotherapy to help Britta give up smoking.

air date: Nov. 12th.

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“Community” and “Parks & Recreation” rose to their highest ratings in weeks on Thursday night. The NBC comedies were recently picked up for full seasons and showed spark on a night when most shows declined. While over on Fox, some viewers didn’t get the message that no Game 7 meant the return of “Fringe” — the series hit a dramatic series low.

NBC’s “Community” (5.6 million, 2.3) reached its best rating since moving to 8 p.m., while “Parks & Recreation” (4.9 million, 2.2) had its highest number since last April. Curiously, even though the earlier comedies rose, “Office” (7.9 million, 3.9) and “30 Rock” (5.9 million, 2.9) dropped about 6% each. “The Jay Leno Show” (4.7 million, 1.6) was up 7%. This is the second night this week Leno’s talk show has posted gains. Could “Leno Show” ratings finally be settling?

[source: thrfeed]

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We loved Community episode 8 with Abed and Jeff therapeutic session: Abed telling Jeff that television was a sort of father figure during his childhood, and Jeff agreeing: “TV is the best dad there is. TV never came home drunk. TV never forgot me at the zoo. TV never abused and insulted me, unless you count Cop Rock.”

We loved the Britta and Pierce songs.

But we agree with Alan, we prefer Abed/Troy endings to Pierce’s revenge raps.

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When you come after Pierce the battle is ON!

From Community Episode 8

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Part 1 – Get an inside look at the table read for the Halloween episode!

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The JS Online has an interview with “Community” creator Dan Harmon. Here is a part of the interview:

It was sex – or rather something other than sex – that made Dan Harmon want to go to community college.

A few years back, the creator of the new NBC comedy “Community” was trying to keep alive his relationship with his girlfriend. That in turn sent him off to Glendale Community College, where he ended up learning some lessons about life that he didn’t expect.

First things first, though. The relationship, you may have guessed, didn’t work out.

“As you can imagine, if you’re getting to the point to come up with ways to save your relationship, you’re never actually going to save it,” Harmon says. “That’s a symptom of a doomed relationship.”

The plan had been that the two of them would take a Spanish class together so they could “force each other to work on something that isn’t sex.” His girlfriend, though, was also taking a dance class, and finding himself with down time on his hands, Harmon signed up for psychology and biology classes.

Besides, although Los Angeles Community College would have been closer, he had looked through the catalog and liked what Glendale Community College had to offer.

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Preview of Vaughn’s latest campus hit about ‘Getting Rid of Britta.’ from Community

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Not directly connected to the show, but interesting news for the community colleges out there:

ACOMMUNITY COLLEGE is the setting for a sitcom on NBC, but the health and improvement of the nation’s community colleges is no joke.

In fact, if President Obama has his way, community colleges will be an engine of the economic recovery.

It looks as if millions of students already have the same idea: About 40 percent of 18-24 year olds – a record – are in college, says a new study by the Pew Research Center. Recent gains are attributed to a surge in enrollment at community colleges. (Community College of Philadelphia’s 36,000 students represents a 10.5 percent increase over last year.)

The White House says that, in the future, there will be twice as many jobs requiring an associate degree than those that require no college. Another study, by the Democratic Leadership Council, says that that jobs for people with associate degrees – in computers, health care and “green” jobs – will grow even faster than jobs for people with bachelor’s degrees.

So President Obama’s call for a $12 billion investment in community colleges, the American Graduation Initiative, is a critical component in bringing down spiking unemployment, and in developing jobs that will be relevant in the future.

Obama has set a goal of adding five million community-college graduates in the next 10 years, with the emphasis on graduation, not just enrollment. In general, community colleges have a much lower graduation rate than four-year colleges.

His plan includes $7 billion in competitive grants, which would be used to fund innovative programs to boost graduation rates, like partnerships with businesses, dual programs with high schools, even personalized help for students.

The plan also includes $2.5 billion in seed money to leverage $10 billion in funds to build new facilities, and it would provide federal help to increase the use of the Internet in education by developing an online skills laboratory.

A version of the initiative passed the U.S. House in September as part of an overhaul of government funding of education. But the House version provides only $10 billion of the $12 billion for which Obama has asked.

When the bill is introduced in the Senate, we urge senators Specter and Casey to fight for full funding. Improving community colleges is, you should pardon the expression, a “no-brainer.”

[source: philly.com]