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A famous and determined fan campaign demanded “six seasons and a movie” – so there’s just the movie still to go.
Despite these highs and lows – or maybe because of them – Community earned a cult following. All of that added to the joy of being able to enjoy the time we had with each other.”Ĭommunity did, in fact, end briefly, before the now-defunct Yahoo! Screen rescued it for a sixth season. “There were many, many moments when we didn’t know if it would be cancelled or picked up. “The show was a passion project in many ways, but it was also unpredictable,” Pudi says. Despite earning four Emmys nominations, the show was on the brink of cancellation for its entire run. But it was Community that propelled him to fame – though not exactly overnight. His first screen credits came in the mid-2000s, with guest appearances on shows such as ER and Gilmore Girls, where he had a small role as a staffer working with Rory and Paris – poor guy – on the Yale Daily News. “It feels good that the show still feels alive to so many people.” He’s done a lot since Community ended – from DuckTales to the Emmy-nominated Mythic Quest and now Bobby Wonder, a new podcast for children – but fans will probably always associate him with Abed. “I see people coming up to me all the time asking me when the next season of Community is coming out, because they’re discovering it for the first time,” says the 42-year-old, on the phone from Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife Bridget Showalter and their twin children. Even a single word – “cool” – became comedy gold when Pudi gave it the Abed treatment, turning “cool, cool, cool” into a bona fide catchphrase. He might have seemed socially clueless, but his bluntness was a vehicle for truths that would otherwise have gone unspoken. As played by Danny Pudi, Abed was the secret weapon of the quirky sitcom Community, stealing the show with his offbeat delivery and encyclopedic pop culture knowledge. Just as brilliant – though he doesn’t always get the same recognition – is Abed Nadir.