Most Community fans seemed pleased with the news that Michael K. Williams, the actor once known for portraying The Wire's resident street pirate Omar Little, would be joining the series as an ex-con biology professor. I'm guessing those same fans will be even more pleased at the latest bit of recurring guest casting: John Goodman.
Via Vulture, we learn of the portly, shouty actor's casting as the "distinguished, confident" administrator of Greendale Community College. Like Williams, the role will be a guest spot, but with multiple episode appearances. And while Big Lebowski references would seem to be a pretty easy target, given the show's predilection toward cinematic referencing, I'm betting they save it for the paintball episode, when someone on one of the teams inadvertently goes "over the line," forcing Administrator Goodman to pull a piece and enforce the rule of law. After all, this isn't Vietnam, dude. There are rules.
Goodman's casting, oddly enough, makes for the second former cast member of a David Simon TV series to join up with Community this week, as Goodman had previously starred on Simon's currently-running HBO series Treme. Clearly, all that's left is for Dan Harmon to complete the David Simon trifecta box and sign former Homicide: Life on the Street and current Law & Order: SVU actor Richard Belzer to do as he always does and just play John Munsch yet again. Perhaps he can, for inexplicable reasons, quit the hustle-and-bustle of New York rape policing to take a nice teaching job at Greendale, perhaps focusing on conspiracy theories and rape prevention. Belzer is practically a wholly owned property of NBC at this point, so it's not like it'd be a difficult transition.
Belzer would be great. Love that guy.
@Winston: He lost weight? I hope so for his benefit. How does weight loss affect his ability as an actor? This is pretty good news, I have enjoyed most of Community. I was concerned for Goodman, though, he was starting to look like he had his own gravitational pull he was getting so big.
As a bad idea John Munsch could be campus security, but I think it'd be awesome if he started teaching criminology.
This can only be good.
Can anyone really top Professor Professorson?
Goddamnit Community stop being so amazing.
Fuck!
@Pickle said:
Community, don't listen to this man. Continue being amazing.
@Brendan said:
No, because that will only make it more depressing when this show gets cancelled and ignored at the Emmy's again.
But with these two castings, Community has a good shot at becoming the best thing on television.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS!
@PieINyourFACE said:
"They peed on your fucking rug dude." XD
As we all know, fat comedians get their comedic power from their fat glands, much like Samson and his hair.
Man, that show got weird as fuck the few episodes before Christmas. Awesome news, I hope he'll be awesome on the show.
I'm still convinced he could voice Wrex perfectly.
@Pickle said:
It's my third favourite show on Netflix at the moment (Madmen and then Arrested Development) but since I've become aware of it I am definitely now following it on regular television. I don't know about any Emmy's, but it seems to have a good audience so hopefully it won't get cancelled any time soon.