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  • Episode aired Apr 26, 2012
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Danny Pudi and Donald Glover in Community (2009)
Community: Cold Open
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When the yam the study group was growing for biology class is killed, Troy and Abed are on the case.When the yam the study group was growing for biology class is killed, Troy and Abed are on the case.When the yam the study group was growing for biology class is killed, Troy and Abed are on the case.

  • Director
    • Rob Schrab
  • Writers
    • Dan Harmon
    • Megan Ganz
  • Stars
    • Joel McHale
    • Gillian Jacobs
    • Danny Pudi
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    • Director
      • Rob Schrab
    • Writers
      • Dan Harmon
      • Megan Ganz
    • Stars
      • Joel McHale
      • Gillian Jacobs
      • Danny Pudi
    • 12User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Joel McHale
    Joel McHale
    • Jeff Winger
    Gillian Jacobs
    Gillian Jacobs
    • Britta Perry
    Danny Pudi
    Danny Pudi
    • Abed Nadir
    Yvette Nicole Brown
    Yvette Nicole Brown
    • Shirley Bennett
    Alison Brie
    Alison Brie
    • Annie Edison
    Donald Glover
    Donald Glover
    • Troy Barnes
    Jim Rash
    Jim Rash
    • Dean Pelton
    Ken Jeong
    Ken Jeong
    • Ben Chang
    Chevy Chase
    Chevy Chase
    • Pierce Hawthorne
    Michael Ironside
    Michael Ironside
    • Colonel Archwood
    Michael Kenneth Williams
    Michael Kenneth Williams
    • Professor Marshall Kane
    Leslie Hendrix
    Leslie Hendrix
    • Botanist
    David Neher
    • Todd
    Richard Erdman
    Richard Erdman
    • Leonard
    Charley Koontz
    Charley Koontz
    • Neil
    Jerry Minor
    Jerry Minor
    • Jerry the Janitor
    Eddie Pepitone
    Eddie Pepitone
    • Crazy Schmidt
    Dino Stamatopoulos
    Dino Stamatopoulos
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      • Dan Harmon
      • Megan Ganz
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    9andrewhanes

    Law & Order (Comm unity)

    Immediately when I heard and saw the main title "Community" was stylized as a L&O and it just kept going. I even thought the dramatic parts (with the ending and one minor character) but it just kept going, and going...and going, until the end of the episode.

    Plus they give a credited thank you for Dick Wolf
    10wrenleung

    AMAZING Law & Order Parody

    Everything about this episode was spot on. As a big L&O fan, I was belly laughing from beginning to end. And I almost fell off my chair when Leslie Hendrix made her cameo as the botanist medical examiner. Also funny that Chang had no speaking part in this episode, but he's there lol
    10aaroncelestin

    Best Episode of a TV Comedy Ever

    This episode was easily the best I've ever seen. The pacing, the lines, the acting was all absolutely perfect.
    10khansaeed-21539

    I love episodes like this

    I hope they keep on making episodes like this, they probably did, im binge watching the show now
    10Skandalvik

    xD xD xD

    Funniest true-crime parody episode, I've ever seen! xD x) Loving it! ^^ <3

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    Will Ferrell in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
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    • Trivia
      Leslie Hendrix, who plays the botanist who examines the yam, also played ME Rogers in many episodes of Law & Order (1990). Sony didn't want to pay for Leslie's flight, but Dan Harmon wrote her a heartfelt letter, and she agreed to be in the episode.
    • Goofs
      When Todd shows Troy and Abed the photo on his camera, supposedly taken at 8:10 PM, the timestamp on the camera reads 11:18 PM instead.
    • Quotes

      Todd: What's this about?

      Abed Nadir: It's about the killing of our biology yam. Will you please come with us?

      Todd: But I'm in the middle of making a handle.

      Abed Nadir: He wants it the hard way. Tell him what Shirley said.

      Troy Barnes: Todd Jacobson, you have the right to do whatever you want. Nothing you say or do can be used against you by anyone, but we'd really like it if you came with us. Please and thank you.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits are in the style of "Law & Order" (1990-2010).
    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Episodes of Community (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Greendale is Where I Belong
      Performed by Ludwig Göransson

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    • Release date
      • April 26, 2012 (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Krasnoff Foster Productions
      • Harmonius Claptrap
      • AGBO
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      • 21m
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      • Stereo
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      • 16:9 HD

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