The “Rodney Dangerfields of Higher Education” get Chevy Chase Instead

Here’s how NBC introduces its fall television pilot, Community, starring Chevy Chase, about life at a community college:

“It’s been said that community college is a ‘halfway school’ for losers, a self esteem workshop for newly divorced housewives, and a place where old people go to keep their minds active as they circle the drain of eternity. Well, at Greendale Community College…that’s all true.”

And, here’s a link to a trailer (warning: television commercial inserted):

All in all, not bad stuff. On an ordinary sitcom grading scale (where Seinfeld and The Beverly Hillbillies are “A” material), this would probably garner a “B.” But, heck this is community college and the TV sitcom competition is amazingly weak these days. So we’ll use a grading curve, hand them an A+, and let them waive the final.