If you’ve been following NBC’s odd little sitcom Community, about a very strange study group at Greendale Community College, you already know the long-standing joke in the series about well-known (or at least well-recognized) Latino character actor Luis Guzmán. Luis, it seems, is the only famous graduate of this mythical school; they’re so proud of him they even put up a statue that’s appeared in half-a-dozen episodes over the last couple of seasons…but Guzman himself has never actually been on the show.
Until now.
This last week, the Powers That Be at Greendale were given a huge budget (two thousand dollars! CHECK it!) to create a new thirty-second TV commercial for Greendale, and much to everyone’s surprise, Guzmán himself got wind of it and offered to appear in the ad. Hilarity–of a decidedly bizarre variety–ensues.
You can watch the whole episode right here, on hulu.com or NBC.com. And if you liked it, you might drop NBC a note…since they’ve pulled Community from the post-Christmas schedule, with no word where and when it might reappear.
Save Community! Luis would want you to!
