‘Community’ Table Read Teaser Brings The Study Group Back Together For Some Laughs
Next week will start with a bang as theCommunitytable read reunion for charityis taking place on Monday,May 18. The cast of the NBC comedy series, which became a Yahoo original for the sixth season andmaybe has a future as a feature film, is getting back together to help supportWorld Central Kitchen and Frontline Foodsin their efforts to help people struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. In case you needed any convincing to tune in, here’s aCommunitytable read teaser that’ll do the trick.
Community Table Read Teaser
Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Dani Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong,andJim Rashare back together for a table read of the fifth season’s fourth episode, “Cooperative Polygraphy.” While the table read only gives us a taste of one of the lines from the episode, it does show a lot of laughing from the cast, so clearly it’s going to be a good time.
Considering the lack of Chevy Chase, presumably because of his clashing with series creator and executive producerDan Harmonthroughout the time they had to work together, and the limitations due to remotely recording, this is the best episode to do. We find the study group gathering after Chase’s character Pierce’s funeral for a reading of the will by his estate executor, a role played by Walton Goggins on the series that will be played byThe MandalorianstarPedro Pascalduring the table read. It involves a lot of interrogation and arguing, which is easy to replicate in a Zoom call.
Also joining in for at least part of theCommunitytable read will beKeith Slettedahl, the frontman of the band The 88, who is responsible for the show’s theme song and can be spotted in the lower left hand corner of the top image. Will we get to hear the full rendition of the song, or just what was used for the opening credits? We’re not sure, but there will be a Q&A after the episode is finished, so that’s cool.
Considering all the hype that’s been surrounding this table read event, I wouldn’t be surprised if it concludes with an announcement that Netflix is going to let Dan Harmon finally make theCommunitymovie that fans have wanted for years. You’ll have to tune in to theCommunity YouTube channelstarting on Monday,May 18at 5:00 P.M. ET to find out for yourself.
