Well Joel was saying that there's not a whole lot of romance
between the characters in the next bunch of episodes but are
we going to see I mean I feel like Annie kind of sees the world
that way no matter what so are we seeing- ? You mean romantically
that Annie sees the world. Yeah when was colored glasses a lot
of times so- ? She does. You know in the second half of the
season it is not so much romantic for Annie it is more friendship
based and I also think she kind of returns to her
initial values, her core values of school and her education and
that sort of thing, which is kind of a good thing think for Annie
to kind of reel it in not be such a slut all the time, no, but
she gets more kind of focused on school and
her friends, there is a great episode with Annie and Abed that
takes place entirely in the Dreamatorium and I think it is going
to be really awesome, but I am not sure, I have yet to see it.
It is so out there, but it might be my favorite episode of the season.
It was so fun to shoot with Danny, but
it is a great episode where you are looking at these two characters
kind of reevaluating why their friends and why they love each
other as friends and roommates and
that sort of thing and how they actually have a lot of similarities
and maybe that is why they butt head on certain issues and just
kind of gaining a deeper understanding of one another. So what
does it look like inside the Dreamatorium because on the return
episode we don't see it, we just see them come out? It is true.
Well haven't you caught glimpse of- Yes, but I mean- The Dreamatorium
with the kind of black walls and orange tape. It is not any different.
I mean there is not like extra pops in there these days?
Well the Dreamatorium can be whatever you want it to be. So that
is what I am now seeing, what is it for Annie? Well it takes
many different forms. I can't really say specifically.
Okay, I am picturing a giant Zac Efron like
your poster. For Annie just will never get real that Zac Efron
poster will she, Charlie St.Cloud
go to the grave with her.
Yeah, well that is a big twist. Actually Zac Efron came on the show.
We have him tied to a chair at the Dreamatorium. There you go.
That is what has been in there the whole time. That is the secret.
That is why guys looked so oh you haven't seen that episode yet,
never mind.
Do you have a favorite scene that you done and what if some was
in it and why is it your favorite? That whole episode, that
whole episode is my favorite, it was fun
to play with Danny and because we were in the Dreamatorium
we did get to sort of-
because the episode takes place in the Dreamatorium.
We do get to kind of
take on different roles. I guess you could say we are different
hats, just sort of almost like we are being different people
and so that one this one is probably my favorite. Also the
Law & Order episode is a really great one because Jeff and Annie
get to kind of team up and be lawyers together and
it was fun to play that drama on a set of community.
Can you talk about the transition from like I mean the height of
this happens or coming back but like so as I see in the past
2 months you have been like inundated with like the fan like
screams and hollering or whatever so it is like this is like
change your opinion of like the show in a way or like and how
does it feel this coming back at airing again? In terms of changing
my opinion of the show I mean we have always had such a great
love for the show and the show is our baby, it is everybody's
baby, but
seeing the fan reaction I guess and just
like outpour of love and support and like outrage that the show
wasn't going to be on the air. It made us feel I think like the
show was the most important thing that has ever been on television ever.
Like that is an amazing thing that happened with the hiatus
where you would expect for it to be a time where you feel really
down and question to show that you are doing like, "Oh God,"
instead it was totally the opposite like, "What we are doing
here is the most incredible thing ever. People love it."
You know it was so nice to have that support and really kept us going
and now that the show is coming back on the air we are all just
ecstatic and I think feel
I don't know, which is I mean it's just such a good feeling and
it is so nice
for the fans to feel like the fans are getting to have the show
back like because they are the ones that have been fighting for
it to come back and it kind of feels like, "Here, we have been
working on all this great episodes for you guys like it is so
nice to finally share it." I think that we have always had
a strong relationship with the fans through Twitter and stuff
like that and usually it is great because it is while the show
is airing so fans are seeing the episodes and we are getting
immediate feedback about how they are feeling about those episodes
and then we are working other stuff in that they say they want
to see and stuff like that and so we haven't had that interaction
and that has been a bit of a bummer, but it is also going to
be kind of great that we have so much now to show them, you know.
Is there anything- I mean I know you guys have the webisodes and- ?
Yes there is some animated webisodes. I think they are called
Abed's Key. Yeah, Abed's Key. I think Master Key. I kept forgetting
I was like Abed's Key something is missing. It sounds a little
lame. Well I am curious though are you guys going to do anything
specific on Twitter to make sure people watch it live because
I have put that at the end of every article I have written about Community.
Watch it live. Oh I mean you can only just say it so many times
so that is what we are just going to keep saying it, I think
and I don't know. I don't know what is going to happen with the show.
We are back on the air. They are definitely going to air these
last 12 episodes hopefully, hopefully no matter what so I mean
I hope people watch it live, but I don't know what there is to
do to- people just don't- it is not what used to be appointment
television doesn't really exists these days with you know with
DVR and stuff like that. I am a lot to watch- home at 8 to watch
that show so it is hard to get people to do it. Any chance of
like a live Tweeting? Yeah,
now that you say it. I might
have to live Tweet, yeah. But how will I know if the people I
am Tweeting with are actually watching the episode live?
Oh, ask some questions, quiz them, trivia. Online
Twitter, live Twitter quiz for the fans
facilitated by me. All that stuff Neil is doing. He is asking
trivia questions. He is. Oh never mind. He is not just giving
away free stuff. But he asking questions. Your favorite high
profile fan of the show who has like spoken out is because it
seems that like all this awesome people like you know give a shit?
Oh high profile, you mean like actual
high profile- I was like high profile fans Juju-Juliane or was
that Juju-Juliana. Yeah, yeah the artist. Yeah she is awesome
Yeah. You saw her at she gave us this great drawings that she
has done. They are awesome. My fans are so great. Gosh, I don't
know I mean trying to think
of some cool high profile fans. It seems like
I don't know. It just seems like people you need. It is always
cool to have that kind of
give and take of people. Like I don't know I am just, I am working
on a film with Anna Kendrick and I just met her and she was like,
"I am such a fun. I loved the show." And that is a cool thing
because I am such a fan of hers and she is obviously so great
at what she does so that is a person. I mean people like that
I guess. What are your favorite
TV shows
and why? I love Children's Hospital
because they are so irreverent and great and just funny. It is
so my type of humor. I laugh constantly when I watch that and
I just feel like there is such an air of like we don't give the
fuck we are just going to do a bunch weird funny stuff. I love
that show. 30 Rock is probably still one of my favorite shows
and similarly it just like joke after joke after joke, joke,
joke, joke, it is so funny and it is in so many ways, I feel
like you can draw some comparisons to Community and 30 Rock and
in some ways not in tons
of ways. What else? A third and final favorite show,
well golly, I would have said well it was Bored to Death but
oh-what you were going to say, you are leading me. Made Men. Oh
Mad Men. Yes. Well, I can't say shows that I am on why would
I go like Community,
Mad Men, DSFS, DSUV
are only show that I have worked on. Obviously not Mad Men is
an amazing show. Bored to Death because? I love Bored to Death
because of all the- I am so sad that it is gone. All those guys
are so charming, they are so charming. I just
was constantly charmed by the show and really two words Ted Danson.
Amazing, God he is incredible. I love that show so much. All
those boys are so great. Were you familiar with Dan Harmon's
work before you began like what he did with Channel 101 and everything
and did you know what you were getting into when you got on to
his show? No.
I was not familiar with the Channel 101
stuff and I didn't even- I didn't learn about it till probably
halfway through the first season and not coincidentally is when
things started to kind of get a little bit weirder on our show.
I feel like we got to the first 6 episodes been a pretty straightforward
show, although
that is not totally true. By our second episode I was like suddenly
Pocahontas like in a gag like you
know crying, you know with Jules butt
in my face. So
to answer your question,
no I learned about that later as we were shooting the show and
then I kind of went back and watched some of the videos and it
helped us to have a greater understanding of Dan and
everything that he was capable of. And
it seems like it is really important that you know, you guys
are friends and you have these really touching moments like when
you are watching that puppet I mean that is- it is adorable. Thank you.
I mean is that kind of a mood on set as well? Absolutely, I
think the heart has always been a big part of our show.
The characters connecting on that deeper level and it not just
being about joke, joke, joke and even though our writers are
incredible and the comedy is there. And on set it is the same,
we are so close, we are so close
and that is if the show worked to go away and not come back I
just think that, that is the greatest gift that I have done for
the show or some of the best friends of my life. And
aside from the fact that we have so much fun together on set
and are constantly joking and laughing and cracking each other up.
These people have grown to be a great support system for me ands
I hope that I do the same for them, but it is like. It is really
these people that you come in and you check in with everyday
and you tell every detail of your life to and
you are there weighing out some of the most important decisions
of your life with these people because you see them for so many
hours everyday. And yet we still want to spend time together
when we are not on set so
it is incredible. If the show was renewed for another season
what direction would you like? Oh gosh, I don't know. I like
to leave those decisions to Dan Harmon and our incredible writers
still pushing for underwater episodes. I don't know why they
haven't make them the consideration. I look really good in the
scuba suite so
I don't know. I think it would be great if the show got up for
the season just to kind of wrap things up even more and kind
of to cap off their collegiate experience at Greendale and I
don't know. I would like to see Annie continue living with Abed. Playing
with those boys. Not
in that way. So you mentioned a minute ago working with that
on the film and I just saw the trailer for 5 Year Engagement
so I am wondering why you feel it is important at this point
to jump back and forth between film and TV. Chevy Chase said
that he advised you to start doing film and
I am not assuming you took his advice and that is why you did
it, but I am curious from your standpoint? Well I have always
loved film and wanted to work in film and I- you know I just
love working and creating new characters and trying different
genres and trying different things so for me I just
love to work, and I love movies so I think that had always been
a goal of mine and Chevy's encouragement is definitely appreciated,
but certainly that was kind of properly part of the master plan
all along. Back
on Mad Men the new season? I will. Can you tease
anything? I cannot. The
two characters you play or so- I mean you probably told us a
million times but they are so different. My question is what
do you think is the best and worst thing that could happen to
Annie and the best and worst thing that could happen to Trudy? Oh,
oh my God well
I mean the worst thing that can happen to Annie would probably
be like failing out of school like that would be the worst thing
and the best thing would probably be
marrying Jeff Winger and
the worst thing that could happen to Trudy I mean would be
divorced I think because she takes such pride in her marriage
and everybody is thinking that their marriage is perfect that
the most devastating thing- Even if they didn't get divorced,
I think the most devastating thing would just be for someone
to see through the cracks into that
life and
gosh the best thing
I don't know, you know her materialism knows no bounds, I think
just keeping that life going probably having like you know a
few more kids and just prevent ruining that life will probably
the best thing. Yeah,
okay. I'm good. Thanks. Thank
you. A prop from the side of Community that you would want to
take with you and have to worry about anyone getting upset about
it? Oh a prop that I would take.
Gosh, you know
there is this really cool I don't know what episode it was from-
well look I have a weird relationship with the props on our show
because Danny and I always get in trouble for playing with them
and breaking them so I am
like, "No, I obviously wouldn't take any of the props, I don't
even touch them." They get scared, but my favorite one that we
stole and played with for a day and then got in trouble for playing
with was this like mechanical cat's paw that I think was made
from a real cat's
paw. And it is like- looks just like a cat's paw and arm and
then it has this weird cord and so you can like set it somewhere
and when you squeeze the end it goes like that and the little
wrist flicks. It is a little morbid, but
super fun to surprise people with..