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Community (season 3)
The third season of the television comedy series ''Community'' premiered on September 22, 2011 and concluded on May 17, 2012 on NBC. The season consists of 22 episodes and aired on Thursdays at 8:00 pm ET as part of the network's "Comedy Night Done Right" programming block. Cast 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 Glover as Troy Barnes *Jim Rash as Dean Craig Pelton *Ken Jeong as Sgt. Ben Chang *Chevy Chase as Pierce Hawthorne Recurring *Richard Erdman as Leonard Briggs *Erik Charles Nielsen as Garrett Lambert *Dino Stamatopoulos as Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne *John Goodman as Vice Dean Robert Laybourne *Danielle Kaplowitz as Vicki Jenkins *Luke Youngblood as Magnitude *Dan Bakkedahl as Murray the AC Repairman * Charley Koontz as Neil *J. P. Manoux as Faux-by/Dopple-deaner *Mel Rodriguez as Sgt. Nunez *Michael K. Williams ...
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Joel McHale
Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is best known for hosting ''The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015). He has performed in the films ''Spider-Man 2'' (2004), '' Spy Kids: All the Time in the World'' (2011), ''Ted'' (2012) and ''The Happytime Murders'' (2018). He also starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom '' The Great Indoors'' (2016–2017), hosted a reboot of ''Card Sharks'' (2019–2021), and portrayed the superhero Sylvester Pemberton / Starman on the show '' Stargirl'' (2020–2022). In 2020, he hosted a special aftershow interviewing key subjects from the Netflix documentary series ''Tiger King'' and voiced Johnny Cage in the direct-to-video martial arts film '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge'' (2020), a role he reprised in the sequel '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms'' (2021). He also voices X-PO in '' Lego Dimensions'' (2015– ...
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Dan Bakkedahl
Dan Bakkedahl (born November 18, 1969) is an American actor and improvisational comedian. He is best known for starring as Tim Hughes on the CBS sitcom ''Life in Pieces'', as Congressman Roger Furlong on the HBO series ''Veep'', and as Steve Nugent in the FX comedy series ''Legit''. From 2005 to 2007, he was a correspondent for three seasons on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He additionally has recurring roles on the ABC sitcom '' The Goldbergs'', the HBO Max comedy series '' Made for Love'', and the Netflix comedy ''Space Force''. Early life and education Bakkedahl was born in Rochester, Minnesota, and was raised in Stuart, Florida. He is a 1988 graduate of Martin County High School. He is of part Norwegian descent. Bakkedahl attended St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, before completing his studies at Florida State University, where he was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity. Career After college, Bakkedahl toured for a year with the Repertory Theater of America ...
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Kirk Fox
Kirk Fox (born August 26, 1969) is an American actor, screenwriter, and stand-up comedian. Career Television Fox played Sewage Joe on ''Parks and Recreation'' and was a regular on Nickelodeon's ''How to Rock'' as Mr. March. Other credits include ''Community'' on NBC, '' Who Gets the Last Laugh?'' on TBS, ''Reservation Dogs'' on FX/Hulu, and ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' on Fox. From 2013 to May 2014, Fox hosted CBS TV Distribution's syndicated daytime talk show '' The Test''. Web series In 2009, Fox and Owen Benjamin starred in '' Heckle U''. In 2012 and 2013, Fox starred as Melinda Hill's suitor in the first and ninth episodes of ''Romantic Encounters''. Stand-up comedy In 2005, Fox co-wrote and co-starred in the comedy ''Tennis Anyone?'' with Donal Logue. On August 11, 2006, he made his television standup debut on Comedy Central's ''Live at Gotham'' and in 2007 received the Jury Prize for best standup at the '' HBO Comedy Festival'' in Aspen, Colorado. In March 2008 he was fe ...
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Digital Estate Planning
"Digital Estate Planning" is the twentieth episode of the third season of the U.S. television series ''Community''. It originally aired on May 17, 2012, on NBC. The episode featured retro video game–styled graphics and a synthesizer-driven soundtrack reminiscent of 8-bit consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System and Master System, with references to multiple classic games on those and later consoles. The episode was written by Matt Warburton and directed by Adam Davidson. Plot Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase) invites the study group, as well as LeVar Burton, who does not show up, to a warehouse. Upon arrival, the study group is greeted by Gilbert Lawson (Giancarlo Esposito), Pierce's deceased father Cornelius Hawthorne's (voiced by Larry Cedar) assistant of thirty years and estate executor. He informs them of Cornelius's last will and testament, whose dying wish was for Pierce and seven friends to play a video game that was developed over the course of thirty yea ...
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Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (; born April 26, 1958) is an American actor and director. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'', from 2009 to 2011, and in its prequel series ''Better Call Saul'', from 2017 to 2022. For this role, he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Esposito's other television roles include Federal Agent Mike Giardello in the NBC police drama series '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC supernatural drama series ''Once Upon a Time'' (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC science-fiction series ''Revolution'' (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Dear White People'' (2017–2021), Stan Edgar in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series '' The Boys'' (2019–pre ...
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Pillows And Blankets
"Pillows and Blankets" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the American television series ''Community''. It originally aired on April 5, 2012, on NBC. Plot The episode, framed as a documentary in the style of Ken Burns' '' The Civil War'' and narrated by Keith David, details a disagreement about a blanket fort blossoming into an all-out pillow fight on the Greendale campus. Continuing the plot of the previous episode, Abed's (Danny Pudi) pillow-fort faction (Pillowtown) and Troy's ( Donald Glover) blanket-fort faction (Blanketsburg) confront each other in the study hall. A pillow fight breaks out when a pillow carelessly thrown by Star-Burns (Dino Stamatopoulos) collapses part of the Blanketsburg fort. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) convinces Jeff ( Joel McHale) to organize a meeting to reconcile Troy and Abed in order to build a joint blanket-pillow fort worthy of a Guinness world record, but Jeff's dismissive attempt to reconcile the rivals with imaginary "friend hats" f ...
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Keith David
Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his signature deep voice and commanding screen presence in over 300 roles across film, stage, television, and interactive media. He has starred in such films as '' The Thing'' (1982), ''Platoon'' (1986), ''They Live'' (1988), ''Dead Presidents'' (1995), ''Armageddon'' (1998), ''There's Something About Mary'' (1998), ''Requiem for a Dream'' (2000), '' Pitch Black'' (2000), '' Barbershop'' (2002), ''Crash'' (2004), ''The Chronicles of Riddick'' (2004), ''Cloud Atlas'' (2012), ''The Nice Guys'' (2016), and '' Nope'' (2022). He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series ''Community'' (2015) and starred as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama '' Greenleaf'' (2016–2020). His Emmy-winning voice-over career includes work as the narrator of Ken Burns films such as '' The War'' (2007) and '' Muhammad Ali'' (2021). In film, characters that he has voiced include Dr ...
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Introduction To Finality
"Introduction to Finality" is the twenty-second and final episode of the third season of the American television series ''Community'' and the third season finale. It originally aired on May 17, 2012 on NBC. This was the last episode to air with series creator Dan Harmon as showrunner before he was fired, though Harmon would later return as showrunner for the fifth season. Plot Continuing from the previous episode, Troy is enrolled at the Air Conditioning Repair Annex, where Vice Dean Laybourne has declared him "The Truest Repairman," though Troy laments that he is no longer with his friends. After Laybourne accidentally dies from Freon inhalation while repairing an air conditioner, Troy becomes suspicious. The new Vice Dean Murray's (Dan Bakkedahl) willingness to let him return to Greendale only adds to his suspicion. Troy realizes that Murray sabotaged and killed Laybourne, and challenges him to do battle in the 'Sun Chamber,' a duel to fix an air conditioner in an enclosed chambe ...
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Rob Corddry
Robert William Corddry (born February 4, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a correspondent on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' (2002–2006) and for his starring role in the film ''Hot Tub Time Machine''. He is the creator and star of Adult Swim's ''Childrens Hospital'' and has been awarded four Primetime Emmy Awards. He previously starred in the HBO series ''Ballers'' and the CBS comedy '' The Unicorn''. Early life and education Corddry was born and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He is the son of Robin (née Sullivan) and Steven Corddry, who was a Massachusetts Port Authority official. He is the older brother of actor Nate Corddry. Corddry and his brother are both Eagle Scouts from Troop 19, located in Weymouth. After graduating from Weymouth North High School (1989), Corddry went to the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1989–93). According to an interview in the UMass Amherst alumni magazine, Corddry initially planned to major in ...
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Larry Cedar
Larry Frank Cedar (born March 6, 1955) is an American voice, film and television actor, best known as one of the players of the Children's Television Workshop mathematics show ''Square One TV'' on PBS from 1987 to 1994. He played Max, Alex the Butcher's assistant, in a series of commercials for Kroger in 1989. He is also known for playing Leon, the opium-addicted thief and faro dealer, in the internationally acclaimed HBO series '' Deadwood''. Life and career Cedar's professional acting career did not begin until shortly after his admission to Hastings Law School when, on an impulse, he decided to audition for, and was accepted into the MFA Theater program at UCLA, from which he graduated in 1978. While there, he won the Hugh O'Brian Acting Competition award for Best Actor, resulting in a one-year artist development contract with Universal Studios. He went on to star in various television films, and numerous episodics and feature films, including a starring role opposite Rebecc ...
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Eddie Pepitone
Edward David Pepitone (born November 5, 1958) is an American character actor and stand-up comedian. Early life Pepitone was born to a Sicilian father and a Jewish mother in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, and was raised from the age of nine on Staten Island. Career Described as a "cult favorite", Pepitone is a staple in the Los Angeles comedy scene. He is known for his regular appearances in the early days of the ''WTF with Marc Maron'' podcast and his sketch appearances on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' and '' Conan'', often playing his recurring role as the "New York City Heckler" in the audience. He has also had recurring roles on television programs such as ''The Life & Times of Tim'', ''The Sarah Silverman Program'' and ''Nick Swardson's Pretend Time''. His short mockumentary film ''Runyon: Just Above Sunset'', co-written by Karen Simmons and directed by Troy Conrad, won Best in Show (as well as Best Actor in a Mockumentary) at the L.A. Mockfest as well as Best Com ...
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Jerry Minor
Jerome Charles Minor Jr. (born October 4, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television programs such as ''Mr. Show'', ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Trigger Happy TV'', ''Delocated'', ''Brickleberry'', ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Crossballs'', ''The Hotwives of Orlando'', ''Carpoolers'', ''Community'', ''Lucky Louie'', and ''Dr. Ken''. Life and career Minor was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Flint, Michigan. Minor was raised as a Jehovah's Witness during most of his youth. Later in life, after rejecting his Jehovah's Witness upbringing, Minor was shunned by some members of his family. He began doing stand-up comedy and writing/performing with sketch comedy groups in Detroit before eventually joining the Second City Detroit's mainstage improv troupe. After writing and performing in three revues, he joined the Second City Chicago for two shows and then one revue at the Second City Toronto. At the time he was the only ...
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