Study Group

Kieron Gillen, Chrissy Williams, Ann Scantlebury, Tom Humberstone and Matthew Sheret pop some bubbly and bring our little Study Group to a close. See us out with this near-hour of chat, celebrating Greendale’s greatest victory. Thanks for listening! It’s been rambly, emotional, funny and illuminating. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

The Good, The Bad and The Dean face off in the halls of Greendale, and no-one is safe. Fast balls and faster quips pepper the screen and NO-ONE STAYS ON TOPIC. Ann Scantlebury, Chrissy Williams, Matthew Sheret, Tom Humberstone and Kieron Gillen wax lyrical and digress wildly as our podcast near its close. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Our little gang witness the miracle of human life this week, as Shirley’s pregnancy comes to an abrupt (and dramatic) finale. Tom Humberstone’s back! Joining Chrissy Williams, Kieron Gillen, Ann Scantlebury and Matthew Sheret to chew through 22 minutes of telly. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Of course we went meta with this one: it’s the clip show. The Community team hack the format to pieces in a superb twenty minutes, and we just hack up our episode. Chrissy Williams, Matt Sheret and Kieron chat for a while and misremember an awful lot of things. We’re professionals. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

There’s qite a lot going on in this one, but despite that the gang don’t really have many nice things to say about it. Matthew Sheret, Kieron Gillen and Chrissy Williams reflect on the sad truth of Sean Garrity’s words in this slightly tedious episode. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Metatext, restaurants and birthdays combine to produce a fabulous study of one man: Danny Pudi. He’s so damn good. Kieron Gilllen, Chrissy Williams and Matthew Sheret discuss Andre the Giant, the meaning of comedy, and Shirley’s awesome wardrobe. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

It’s a summer miracle: Shirley finally gets some screen time! Plus Britta ruins another friend for Troy and Abed while Chang is at his least together yet. Chrissy Williams, Kieron Gillen, Matthew Sheret and Ann Scantlebury chat race, motherhood and just how big Jeff’s face is on the DVD cases. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Joe Biden! Joe Biden is coming! Ohmygosh! Leslie Knope’s favourite politician is coming to Greendale. This is the very best day! Let’s ruin it all with an election. Matthew Sheret, Chrissy Williams, Kieron Gillen and Ann Scantlebury stand for truth, justice and old-timey lemonade in what might be our shortest episode yet. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Just when you think Pierce’s malevolence couldn’t get any worse IT GOES AND GETS MUCH MUCH WORSE. What a guy. Ann Scantlebury, Matthew Sheret and Chrissy Williams chat hand-held cameras and dud jokes, while Kieron Gillen quietly implies that nobody is as clever as he is. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

It’s Valentine’s Day in Greendale, and everyone’s flush with the joys of friendship. It’s so boring. Kieron Gillen, Chrissy Williams, Ann Scantlebury and Matthew Sheret chat friendship, rivalry, and who they’d choose out of Troy and Abed. It’s like Sophie’s Choice, but really not. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Sometimes, half an hour of telly can say more than a month of movies. This is one such time. It’s one of Community’s finest moments, and the podcast team celebrate with fizzy wine. Earnest Matthias, Lady Scantlebury of Otwellshire, Christina the Wise and Ke’eeer Ron roll dice, wax lyrical and laugh hard in a tale for the ages. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Cruelty! Discomfort! Disdain! Sneering! Druuuuuuugs! It’s really not a good episode, but can Chang redeem it? (Spoilers: he came so close). Kieron Gillen, Ann Scantlebury, Chrissy Williams and Matthew Sheret pick apart the episode and turn on Pierce, AS HE DESERVES. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Not one revelation, but two. After one of the funniest intros in Community history, the series turns to high drama. Can our merry band cope with such excitement? And have any of them ever actually seen a Cuban taxi driver? Ann Scantlebury, Matthew Sheret, Chrissy Williams and Kieron Gillen tackle sentimentality, emotions and enhanced stupidity as the series reaches the halfway point. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

It’s CHRIIIIIIISTMAAAAASS wait-- what? Abed goes through a tormented claymation Christmas, and it turns out not everyone in the podcast is okay with that. Chrissy Williams, Matthew Sheret, Ann Scantlebury and Kieron ‘wet blanket’ Gillen pick apart one of the season’s most divisive episodes. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Aw. It’s a bit of a love-in this week, with one of the group’s favourite episodes. Intimacy, revelations and growing up all within 23-minutes of network comedy. Matt Sheret, Chrissy Williams and Kieron Gillen get *really* into Mixology Certification, method-drinking their way through the episode to great effect. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Oh dear. Folks, this one gets grumpy. Conspiracies tangle and weave in a badly written episode about bad writing. Still, plenty of laughs to be had! Matt Sheret, Chrissy Williams and Kieron Gillen debate this almost entirely forgettable episode of telly and finally settle the question ‘Is the Dean evil?’. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Bottle episode! And the podcast crew aren’t even nearly clever enough to make this podcast a bottle episode of its own.   Instead, Matt Sheret, Chrissy Williams and Kieron Gillen break apart one of Community’s meta highlights, and ask ‘Does it have a heart?’ SPOILERS: Heck yes.   http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com   Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Low energy week. Sorry folks. Maybe it was the trampoline? Or the gardener? Or the weird Robocop lens filter? Who knows!   Matt Sheret, Chrissy Williams and Kieron Gillen get technical, philosophical and sweary with episode seven.   http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com   Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

It’s fright night on the Greendale campus, and the gang face off against supernatural horrors in a gung-ho halloween masterpiece.   Ann Scantlebury, Matt Sheret, Tom Humberstone, Chrissy Williams and Kieron Gillen eat one another brains… wait… pick one another’s brains to unpack the funniest conspiracy horror story ever written.   http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com   Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Abed and Shirley face off in the most important story of our time… well, of the second series of Community… so far… probably. Ann Scantlebury, Matt Sheret, Tom Humberstone, Chrissy Williams and Kieron Gillen talk religion, emotional payoffs and media literacy. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Oh! My! God! It’s all going off in Mission Control and *everybody* wants chicken. Product placement, high tension and so much parody. It’s a classic. Ann Scantlebury, Matt Sheret, Tom Humberstone, Chrissy Williams and Kieron Gillen get stuck into this bargain bucket of laffs. It’s way better than last week’s episode. Way, way better. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

This week in Greendale, everything gets a bit… awkward. It’s not Community’s finest half-hour. On the plus side, it makes for a short episode! Ann Scantlebury, Matt Sheret, Tom Humberstone and Kieron Gillen have a lukewarm reaction to episode three… bit of a downer all round actually. Still, next week’s gonna be great! http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: ‘Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

The Greendale classmates finally step off-campus, Annie chloroforms someone TWICE, and the second series swings into gear. Ann Scantlebury, Matt Sheret, Tom Humberstone and Kieron Gillen rattle through episode two and manage to enjoy it more than they expected to (except Tom, because he was stuck on the bus).  http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: 'Crazy Glue’ by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Smooching! Fanfiction! Toto's 'Africa'! It's the start of the second series of Community and the start of our little podcast to boot. Ann Scantlebury, Matt Sheret, Chrissy Williams and Kieron Gillen get straight into deconstructing one of their favourite shows. Supposition, in-jokes and vague critical insight over half an hour of chat. http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: 'Crazy Glue' by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)

Hullo! And welcome to Study Group, a podcast that looks at the second season of acclaimed comedy Community. Aren't we niche! A short one to kick things off, in which we explain what on earth is going on. Kieron Gillen, Matthew Sheret, Ann Scantlebury and Chrissy Williams assume their places on the sofa for this sprawling look at US humour through the bottom of a wine glass in South London. Trust us folks – it's all going to be okay! http://welcometostudygroup.tumblr.com Music: 'Crazy Glue' by Josh Woodward (www.joshwoodward.com)