Community: Complisult + Explanabrag

Complisult - Mix between a compliment and an insult

Explanabrag - Sneaking in a brag about yourself while explaining something to someone

Donald Glover Is Childish Gambino

Donald Glover, who puts in fantastic performances every week on the NBC comedy Community (check out this week's episode, where his character Troy is put into a catatonic state when he encounters his hero LeVar Burton - "You can't disappoint a picture!") has a rap persona as Childish Gambino.

IAMDONALD

In his EP I Am Just A Rapper, Childish Gambino raps over songs from Sleigh Bells, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Yeasayer, and Neon Indian. This is pretty awesomely nerdy hip hop.

Community Claymation Christmas Special

Community, which airs on Thursdays at 8pm on NBC, is starting to edge out 30 Rock as the best comedy currently on television.  The show gets insane and wacky a lot, and in a lot of ways it's like a live-action cartoon.

Well in this Thursday night's episode (December 9), the show will actually become a cartoon, doing a Christmas special in the classic claymation style.  Check out the preview clip above.

NBC Comedies Premiere Tonight

The NBC Thursday 'Must See TV' (remember that?) comedy lineup premieres tonight at 8pm.  A straight block of comedies that I'll actually watch is a rarity.  For example, ABC is doing a comedy block on Wednesdays including the excellent Modern Family...but I don't watch anything else they play that night (The Middle is okay).  CBS does a block of comedies on Monday including How I Met Your Mother, which I really like, but everything else they play that night is fucking terrible!  You get the idea.

Here's the breakdown of NBC Thursdays:

30 Rock - I believe this show replaced Arrested Development for super smart fast paced humor, loaded with references and blink-and-you-might-miss-it jokes.  It's primarily about NBC exec Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) and SNL-type-sketch-comedy show head writer Liz Lemon (Tina Fey).  One of the best shows currently on TV.

Community - This new show about a hotshot lawyer forced to go back to school at a community college got really good over its first season.  The paintball episode was genius.  Definitely excited for its second season.

The Office - This show has kinda been on too long and is past its prime.  Early on in the show it was all like "ooh, Jim likes Pam" and stuff, and now they're married and have a kid.  BUT the show might get a shot in the arm from the fact that Steve Carell, who plays blundering boss Michael Scott, will be leaving after this season.

Parks and Recreation - Will NOT be premiering tonight.  This excellent show about a parks & recreation government office, done in The Office style, has been 'benched' until the midseason.  Really a fucking shame, because this show has gotten really good, and its replacement looks fucking terrible.

Outsourced - Comedy about an American who gets transplanted to an Indian call center.  Early word is that the show is super racist and just all around awful.  Seriously, you put Parks & Rec on hold for THIS?  You suck, NBC.