When it comes to comedy sitcoms on television, “Community” is one of the craziest and most clever shows on television! And once again, another fantastic DVD release with an abundant amount of special features which include audio commentary for every episode, outtakes, deleted scenes and more! If you love comedy, “Community – The Complete Third Season” is highly recommended!
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TITLE: Community – The Complete Third Season
YEAR OF TV SERIES: 2011-2012
DURATION: 22 Episodes (467 Minutes)
DVD INFORMATION: Widescreen (1:78:1), English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Subtitles: English, English SDH
RATED: NOT RATED
COMPANY: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Released Dated: August 14, 2012
Directed by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Tristram Shapeero, Hay Chandrasekhar
Written by Dan Harmon, Hilary Winston, Andrew Guest, Emily Cutler, Karey Dornetto, Chris McKenna, Andy Bobrow, Adam Countee, Megan Ganz
Produced by Jake Aust, Emily Cutler, Andy Bobrow
Co-Producer: Alex Cuthbertson, Matt Fusfeld
Executive Producer: Dan Harmon, Russ Krasnoff, Anthony Russo, Sean Veder, Garrett Donovan, Neil Goldman
Co-Executive Producer: Chris McKenna
Associate Producer: O’Shea Read
Supervising Producer: Hilary Winston
Consulting Producer: Dino Stamatopoulos
Music by Ludwig Goransson
Cinematography by Gary Hatfield
Edited by Steven Sprung, Peter B. Ellis, Ruthie Aslan, Christian Kinnard, Jeff Hall and Lisa Lassek
Casting by Juel Bestrop
Production Design by Derek R. Hill, Denise Pizzini
Set Decoration by Denise Pizzini, Dorit Hurst
Art Diretion by John B. Vertrees
Costume Design by Sabrina Rosen
Starring:
Joel McHale as Jeff Winger
Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry
Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir
Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley Bennett
Alison Brie as Annie Edison
Donald Glober as Troy Barnes
Chevy Chase as Pierce Hawthorne
Ken Jeong as Senor Chang
Jim Rash as Dean Pelton
Dino Stamatopoulos as Star-Burns
Erik Charles Nielsen as Garrett Lambert
John Oliver as Professor Ian Duncan
Danielle Kaplowitz as Vicki
Luke Youngblood as Magnitude
Craig Cackowski as Officer Cackowski
Charley Koontz as Fat Neil
John Goodman as Vice Dean Laybourne
Max Barakat as Ted
Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Andre Bennett
Jerry Minor as Jerry the Janitor
Dan Bakkedahl as Murray
Jordan Black as Dean Spreck
D.C. Pierson as Mark Millot
America’s most incorrigible study group of misfits returns for a hilariously ingenious new year at Greendale Community College. From homicidal Halloween pizza parties, holiday Glee Club smackdowns, foosball showdowns, epic pillow fight wars and an underage campus security force to a shocking remarriage, a riotous funeral service, submarine sandwich throwdowns, a new Vice Dean (Emmy® winner John Goodman) with a strange air-conditioning fixation and a crime show homage for the ages — the Third Season of television’s boldest, brashest comedy is the most brilliant yet. Get ready to cram it all in. Starring Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Jim Rash, with Ken Jeong and Emmy® winner Chevy Chase. INTERNATIONAL: Everyone’s favorite, most incorrigible study group of misfits returns for a hilariously ingenious new year at Greendale Community College. From homicidal Halloween pizza parties, holiday Glee Club smackdowns, foosball showdowns, epic pillow fight wars and an underage campus security force to a shocking remarriage, a riotous funeral service, submarine sandwich throwdowns, a new Vice Dean (Emmy® winner John Goodman) with a strange air-conditioning fixation and a crime show homage for the ages — the Third Season of television’s boldest, brashest comedy is the most brilliant yet. Get ready to cram it all in. Starring Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Jim Rash, with Ken Jeong and Emmy® winner Chevy Chase.
The third season of “Community” is here and the study group of Greendale Community College must experience multiple timelines, find out which person in the group may be a homicidal killer, enaging in a pillow fight, fill in for a Glee Club, hold a memorial for a dead classmate and more!
In 2009, writer and producer Dan Harmon (“The Sarah Silverman Program”, “Monster House”) and Rob Schrab (founder of the website/channel “101”) created a TV sitcom for NBC known as “Community”.
The series focuses on a troubled lawyer named Jeff Winger (played by Joel McHale) having to attend Greendale Community College after falsifying his law degree credentials. In order for him to not get disbarred, he must graduate from Greendale. So, he attends a study group which he forms with troublemaker student Britta Perry (played by Gillian Jacobs), an arrogant towlet millionaire and student Pierce Hawthorne (played by Chevy Chase), a straight-laced student named Annie Edison (played by Alison Brie), a former high school quarterback named Troy Barnes (played by Donald Glover), a single Christian mother named Shirley Bennett (played by Yvette Nicole Brown) and a film student named Abed Nadir (played by Danny Pudi).
In the first season of “Community”, the study group join together for Spanish 101 which is taught by their ego-maniacal teacher named Ben “Senor” Chang (as portrayed by Ken Jeong). The group become very good friends and hang out with each other.
In the second season of “Community”, the study group once again join together to study for an anthropology class taught by the weird June Bauer (as portrayed by Betty White). But this time around, what happens when Britta and Annie start to fall for Jeff, Shirley gives birth during anthropology class and Abed has developed an addiction to the sitcom series “Cougar Town”. From zombies to paint ball competitions, the second season of “Community” featured a lot of crazy college life and events that center around the study group at Greendale Community College!
And here we are with the third season, and more crazy college experiences continue at Greendale Community College!
How will life be between Troy and Abed when they become roommates, what will happen when Jeff and Annie grow even closer to each other or will Annie be able to be friends with Troy and Abed after she moves in with them? Meanwhile, Britta suspects one of the study group members as homicidal maniac, Shirley and Pierce want to form a business venture together. Meanwhile, Dean Pelton finds a new rival with Vice Dean Laybourne (as portrayed by John Goodman) and Senor Chang gets a job at the college as a security guard.
The main characters of “Community” are:
- Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World 4D”, “Spider-Man 2”, “The Soup”) – A lawyer who worked at the Colorado Bar Association but when it was revealed that he didn’t get his BA from Columbia University, he is offered to attend Greendale Community College as a deal with the firm, so he doesn’t get disbarred.
- Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs, “The Box”, “Gardens of the Night”) – The bad girl of the group and the least fun member of the group. She and Jeff tend to have one night stands with each other.
- Abed Nabir (Danny Pudi, “Road Trip: Beer Pong”, “Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil”) – Loves American pop culture and wants to become a filmmaker. He is taking film directing classes at Greendale Community College.
- Troy Barnes (Donald Glover, “The Daily Show”, “Mystery Team”) – A former high school football star who now attends Greendale Community College. He is best friend’s with Abed.
- Shirley Bennett (Yvette Nicole Brown, “(500) Days of Summer”, “Tropic Thunder”) – A divorced mother of three who attends Greendale Community College. She is very religious.
- Annie Edison (Alison Brie, “Mad Men”, “Scream 4”) – A straight-laced Jewish girl. She is the most serious and most studious of the study group but also had a prescription drug addiction.
- Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase, “Caddyshack”, “Vacation”) – The moist towelette tycoon attending Greendale Community College. He is trying to embrace today’s youth culture and is often offensive to everyone.
- Ben “Senor” Chang (Ken Jeong, “The Hangover”, “Knocked Up”, “Role Models”) – Once the group’s Spanish teacher and was found out to not have any teaching qualifications, so now he must attend Greendale Community College and get his degree.
- Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) – The Dean of Greendale Community College and strives to make Greendale Community College into a real university. He also tends to take part in dressing like a female pop culture icon.
Here is a spoilerless summary of each episode featured on “Community – The Complete Third Season” (a total of 22 episodes presented on three DVD’s):
DVD 1:
- EPISODE 50 – Biology 101 – The study group take a biology class together, meanwhile Dean Pelton meets his rival, Vice Dean Laybourne (as portrayed by John Goodman).
- EPISODE 51 – Geography of Global Conflict – Annie meets her rival… Asian Annie.
- EPISODE 52 – Remedial Chaos Theory – Troy and Abed throw a housewarming party and Abed discusses the various timelines that can play out.
- EPISODE 53 – Competitive Ecology – When the study group tries to bring in a new classmate, it becomes problematic to the group.
- EPISODE 54 – Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky – Is one of the group a psychopath?
- EPISODE 55 – Advanced Gay – Pierce supports a drag queen’s song for Hawthorne Wipes, but his homophobic father interferes.
- EPISODE 56 – Studies in Modern Movement – Annie starts to have second thoughts about moving in with Troy and Abed.
- EPISODE 57 – Documentary Filmmaking: Redux – Dean Pelton works on a commercial for Greendale.
DVD 2:
- EPISODE 58- Foosball and Nocturnal Vigalantism – Shirley coaches Jeff is foosball but he finds out that she bullied him when they were kids.
- EPISODE 59 – Regional Holiday Music – The study group wants to fill in for the Glee Club at Greendale’s Christmas pageant.
- EPISODE 60 – Contemporary Impressionists – The study group work as celebrity impersonators at a bar mitzvah to pay off Abed’s debt.
- EPISODE 61 – Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts – Shirley’s remarriage to Andre threatens her plans on starting a business with Pierce.
- EPISODE 62 – Digital Exploration of Interior Design – Britta falls for the human embodiment of the Subway sandwich chain.
- EPISODE 63 – Pillows and Blankets – The students of Greendale are drawn into a pillow fight and it tests Troy and Abed’s friendship.
- EPISODE 64 – Origins of Vampire Mythology – When a carnival comes to Greendale, Annie tries to make sure Britta doesn’t have any contact with her ex-boyfriend who works as a carnival worker.
- EPISODE 65 – Virtual Systems Analysis – Troy and Britta go out on a date and Annie affects Abed’s personality.
DVD 3:
- EPISODE 66 – Basic Lupine Urology– Someone has killed the study group’s yam.
- EPISODE 67 – Course Listing Unavailable – The study group holds a memorial for a classmate who has died.
- EPISODE 68 – Curriculum Unavailable – Aved is caught trespassing in Greendale and he and the group must visit a psychiatrist.
- EPISODE 69 – Digital Estate Planning – Pierce must play a video game to determine who will inherit his father’s fortune.
- EPISODE 70 – The First Chang Dynasty – The study group comes up with a plan to save and free Dean Pelton from Chang.
- EPISODE 71 – Introduction to Finality – Abed struggles to stay sane without Troy and Jeff represents Shirley in a case against Pierce to see who is the true owner of the new sandwich.
VIDEO:
“Community – The Complete Third Season” is presented in Anamorphic Widescreen (1:78:1) – Enhance for 16×9 Televisions. For a DVD series, picture quality is very good, well-lit and pretty much a vibrant series. I didn’t notice too many compression artifacts on DVD but for the most part, fans of the series should be happy with the overall picture quality on DVD!
AUDIO & SUBTITLES:
“Community – The Complete Third Season” is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1. The series is primarily dialogue driven with occasional music and is primarily front and center channel driven. I didn’t notice the surround channels being utilized all that much, but for the most part, dialogue (and music) are crystal clear and understandable.
Subtitles are presented in English SDH, French and Spanish.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Community – The Complete Third Season” comes with the following special features:
DISC 1:
- Commentaries – Featuring the following audio commentaries: “Biology 101” commentary with Gillian Jacobs and Yvette Brown; “Geography of Global Conflict” commentary with Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Martin Starr and Andy Bobrow; “Remedial Chaos Theory” commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown and Chris McKenna; “Competitive Ecology” commentary with Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown and Maggie Bandeur; “Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps” commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown and Jim Rash; “Advanced Gay” commentary with Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown and Matt Murray; “Studies in Modern Movement” commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie and Jim Rash; “Documentary Filmmaking: Redux” commentary with Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown and Jim Rash.
- Outtakes – (6:41) The first set of outtakes from “Community” Season Three.
- Deleted Scenes – (6:11) A total of six deleted scenes: “Biology 101”, “Geography of Global Conflict”, “Remedial Chaos Theory”, “Competitive Ecology”, “Advanced Gay” and “Documentary Filmmaking: Redux”.
DISC 2:
- Commentaries – “Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism” commentary with Joel McHAle, Yvette Nicole Brown and Chris Kula; “Regional Holiday Music Commentary” with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yevette Nicole Brown, Steve Basilone and Annie Mebane; “Contemporary Impressionists” commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alex Cooley and Kyle Newachek; “Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts” commentary with Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown and Malcolm-Jamal Warner; “Digital Exploraion of Interior Design” commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Yvette Nicole Brown, Dan Eckman and Chris McKenna, “Pillows and Blankets” commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown and Andy Bobrow, “Origins of Vampire Mythology” commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie and Jim Rash and “Virtual Systems Analysis” commentary with Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie and Matt Murray.
- A Glee-ful Community Christmas – (6:22) The cast talks about working on a musical episode.
- This is War: Pillows vs. Blankets – (13:26) A humorous documentary style featurette about the Civil War style episode, “Pillows and Blankets”.
- Outtakes – (7:13) The second set of outtakes from “Community” Season Three.
- Deleted Scenes – Featuring three deleted scenes for “Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts”, “Digital Exploration of Interior Design” and “Pillows and Blankets”.
DISC 3:
- Commentaries – “Basic Lupine Urology” commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Yvette Nicole Brown and Rob Schrab; “Course Listing Unavailable” commentary with Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Dino Stamatopoulos and Tim Saccardo, “Curriculum Unavailable” with Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Martin Starr, Andy Bobrow and Adam Countee, “Digital Estate Planning” commentary with Dan Harmon, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs and Yvette Nicole Brown, “The First Chang Dynasty” commentary with Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jay Chandrasekhar, Alex Cuthbertson and Matt Fusfeld, “Introduction to Finality” commentary with Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Steve Basilone and Annie Mebane.
- Outtakes – (5:33) The third set of outtakes from “Community” Season Three.
- Deleted Scenes – (3:50) Featuring three deleted scenes for “Basic Lupine Urology”, “Course Listing Unavailable”, “Introduction to Finality”.
EXTRAS:
“Community – The Complete Third Season” comes with a slip case.
I don’t watch too much television but it when it comes to crazy comedies, I love the farcical, deprecating humor of shows such as “Scrubs”, “Cougar Town” and “Community”.  Unfortunately, here we are in 2012 and the first two series are now off the air and fortunately, “Community” has been given a fourth season albeit 13-episodes.
Suffice to say that comedies on television have gotten a bit shaky to say the least. Even well-known dominant comedies have made people wonder if they will be coming back or not.
But as a “Community” fan, I can only hope that this season continues because there really is nothing like it on television. Crazy humor, creative storylines and just fun characters that I look forward to watching every week.
This past third season in my opinion was raising a notch of what can be accomplished by the writers of the series. From a musical to a “Groundhog Day” storyline and just constant ways to have fun and go crazy with the characters, I’m really enjoying “Community” right now!
So, there is so much to rave about of this series. I love the awkwardness and especially the character dynamics, you can tell the actors are comfortable with each other and it shows, especially in the outtakes.
In the third season, favorite episodes include “Geography of Global Conflict” in which Annie takes on an Asian Annie who is intelligent and an overachiever, but what is crazy is how their competition is affected by a malodorous flatulence. And proves the fact that fart jokes can still be funny.
Another fantastic episode is “Remedial Chaos Theory” in which Abed discusses alternate storylines regarding the characters. So, in a “Groundhog Day” style of storyline, we get to see similar sequences that end with a different result. Amazing episode and absolutely hilarious!
Possibly the funnest episode of the season is the musical episode “Regional Holiday Music” in which the Study Group must fill in for the Glee Club. Another hilarious episode is “Course Listing Unavailable” where the group must decide to host a memorial for the death of a student or even the crazy “Competitive Ecology” when the group discuss bringing in a new classmate into the group.
Needless to say, the third season of “Community” is fun, wild and fantastic and the writers continue to raise the bar of its all out weirdness and crazy storyline for each episode. And once again, like the previous DVD releases, this DVD release goes way beyond what most TV sitcoms on DVD have done. Not only does every episode have audio commentary, but there are many outtakes, deleted scenes and more! So, fans of the series are definitely getting their money’s worth with this latest release.
Overall, “Community – The Complete Third Season” and the previous box set releases are probably one of the best TV sitcom box sets that I have come across when it comes to content. Not many series includes commentary for each episode nor do they go so far into adding so many special features and outtakes. But the “Community” DVD box sets does just that.
If you love comedy, “Community” is a wonderful series and as always a fantastic DVD box set with an abundant amount of special features, “Community – The Complete Third Season” is highly recommended!
