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Community Twitterfest begins Sept. 23, details

By April MacIntyre Sep 23, 2010, 17:18 GMT

07/24/2010 - Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie and Donald Glover - San Diego Comic Con International 2010 - Entertainment Weekly and SyFy Party - Hotel Solamar - San Diego, CA, USA © Alan Hess / PR Photos

Everyone’s favorite Community characters wil be tweeting about Anthropology 101.

Leading into the season premiere of Community, NBC and Sony Pictures Television will debut a Community “Twittersode ”Thursday, September 23 at 4:00p.m./PT (7:00p.m./ET).

This event marks a first-of-its-kind digital marketing effort between NBC, Sony Pictures Television, and the characters of the hit comedy series.

Just prior to the East Coast premiere, an exclusive "Twittersode," comprised of 80 tweets, will unfold between everyone's favorite characters. The “Twittersode” will act as a prequel “scene” just prior to the premiere episode and will focus on events leading up to the start of the characters second year at Greendale Community College including, making arrangements for their first meet up of the year as well as preparations for their first class, Anthropology 101.

The entire “Twittersode” event will be presented at www.NBC.COM/CommunityTwittersode

You can also watch the “Twittersode” unfold by following the character handles at:

·         http://twitter.com/annieedisonGCC

·         http://twitter.com/jeffwingeratlaw

·         http://twitter.com/abedstweets

·         http://twitter.com/troytbone09

·         http://twitter.com/brittafeed

·         http://twitter.com/shirley_GCC

·         http://twitter.com/hawthornewipes

·         http://twitter.com/alexosbourneGCC

·         http://twitter.com/greendaledean

·         http://twitter.com/senorchang_gcc

·         http://twitter.com/oldwhitemansays

·         http://twitter.com/anniesB00Bs

If you’d like to tweet about COMMUNITY and our “Twittersode” please use the hash tag  #NBCCommunity

Season two will kick off with a guest appearance by Betty White.  The six-time Emmy-Award winner will play professor June Bauer, an esteemed, but slightly unhinged anthropology professor.  "Community" is described as a smart comedy series about a band of misfits who attend Greendale Community College.  At the center of the group is Jeff Winger (Joel McHale), a fast-talking lawyer whose degree has been revoked.  With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work.                                                   

Also among the series stars who comprise the group are comedy legend Chevy Chase as Pierce, a man whose life experience has brought him infinite wisdom; Gillian Jacobs as Britta, the 28-year old drop out with something to prove; Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley, a sassy middle-aged divorcée; Danny Pudi as Abed, a pop culture junkie; Alison Brie as Annie, a high-strung perfectionist; Donald Glover as Troy, a former high school football star trying to find his way and Ken Jeong ("The Hangover") as Señor Chang.

This season will also feature guest appearances by Drew Carey, as Jeff Winger’s former boss at the law firm, Rob Corddry, as Jeff’s former colleague, and “The Daily Show’s“ John Oliver, reprising his role as Professor Duncan. This year we will learn more about the characters’ lives – seeing them in their home environments from time to time, and in addition, the study group gains a new member as the former Spanish professor Señor Chang decides to enroll as a full time student so that he can join the group.