On the chance of renewal:
The group seemed relatively confident in their chances of returning. Krasnoff, the veteran of the bunch, said NBC loves the show and put their renewal odds at 63 percent, and Harmon said the struggles of "30 Rock" in the same time slot cut them some slack. “It’s really, really nice to go back to time slot that now can be known as a hazardous environment,” he explained.
At the same time, Harmon noted there was every bit the possibility that they've been off the air so long that the ratings will be even lower when they return. And Goldman warned everyone that they still need the fans to spread the word and "be loud," and that as much as they all love Twitter, it often feels like preaching to the converted.
On the evolution of Britta:
Jacobs loves the evolution of Britta into the worst person in the world, and that one of their last episodes before the hiatus turned "Britta'ed" into a verb for screwing everything up, which gave her the opportunity to see people tweet that "NBC Britta'ed it" by putting the show on hiatus. Later, when an audience member asked her to recreate the "Me so hungy" dance from "Remedial Chaos Theory," she briefly got confused and tried doing a gag from an episode that hasn't aired yet. One of the actors (I think it was McHale) called out, "No, you just Britta'ed it!" and eventually she did the right one.
Another reason Danny Pudi is awesome:
The last question of the night came from a very nervous young woman in a Greendale hoodie who said that Abed was her favorite character ever and requested a hug, and without blinking, Pudi leaped off stage, sprinted to hug her (she practically collapsed, she was overwhelmed), then sprinted back to the stage and did a Shatner-esque dive roll back to his seat.
Goofing around on the set:
The cast in general loves to goof around with each other, which can disrupt filming at times. Ken Jeong in particular is notorious among his co-stars for what they call "Chang-tongue," where he stares at them when the camera's not on him with his tongue lazily dangling out of his mouth (Brie and several others imitated it on stage) to get them to break. It usually works. Harmon said there's a lot of wasted time, but also major bursts of productivity on the set — which he said tended to come when Chase was in his trailer. Here, by the way, is what Chang-tongue looks like, as interpreted by Alison Brie.
Humble Oscar winner Jim Rash:
The crowd and the cast gave new Oscar winner Jim rash a standing ovation when he came on stage. Later, when I asked him about that big night, a stage manager walked out with the actual Oscar, and Rash proudly displayed it on the table in front of him. Joel McHale quipped that Rash's contribution to the script was writing all of the dialogue for George Clooney's comatose wife, and Yvette Nicole Brown praised Rash for how genuinely modest he had been throughout the awards season. Rash picked up the Oscar, said, "Well, this kind of negates what you just said," and pretended to hide it behind the table before quickly nudging it forward so everyone could still see it. Here's Rash with his very special trophy (which is still not engraved).
On creating episodes in a vacuum of fan feedback:
Things got weird while they were making so many episodes in a vacuum. Harmon said they'd had two and a half years of a constant "feedback loop" from the fans that helped inform much of what they did, and then that vanished when NBC took them off the air. He said upcoming episodes weren't necessarily better, or worse, but "different." One episode in particular — revolving around Abed and Annie spending time in their apartment's "Dreamatorium" together — is still freaking everyone out. Alison Brie said she and Danny Pudi had no idea what the episode was about as they were making it, Donovan said they only figured out what the story was when they were editing the episode, and Harmon speculated that it will either be the greatest or worst thing in the history of television. (This is also what he was apparently saying in the lead-up to the "My Dinner with Andre" homage episode, but said the popularity of that episode among fans only makes him more anxious about this one.)
Another reason why the whole cast is awesome:
After, the cast and producers stayed for nearly a half hour signing posters and other memorabilia for fans who crowded the edge of the stage, with Brown and Pudi sharing the endurance title as the two who lasted the longest.
Yvette Nicole Brown is smiling for the cameras when...
... out of nowhere, Dan Harmon socks Yvette Nicole Brown in the face
Joel McHale wears big brown shoes
Alison Brie
Gillian Jacobs has a yellow purse
Danny Pudi is awesome
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The Community panel will available on Hulu arouand March 15th or shortly thereafter. You don't have to have a HuluPlus subscription to watch it. The other panels that will also be on Hulu are Once Upon a Time, New Girl, Parks and Recreation, Bones, Castle, Vampire Diaries, Revenge, and Modern