October 14, 2011 03:51 PM PDT

Community Exclusive: Saturday Night Live Star Brings Christmas Cheer to Greendale

by Megan Masters

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Community will be getting into the Christmas spirit with a little help from a Saturday Night Live star.

TVLine has learned exclusively that SNL standout Taran Killam — who recently wowed the crowd opposite Melissa McCarthy in that epic Hidden Valley Ranch sketch — will guest star on the NBC sitcom’s Yuletide installment as Greendale’s bound-to-be kooky choir director. His episode is slated to air in December.

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Fun fact: Killam’s Community gig sets the stage for a reunion with executive producer Neil Goldman, who cast the actor some seven seasons ago on Nobody’s Watching, his WB pilot-turned-web sensation with Cougar Town boss Bill Lawrence. (Take a peek at the proof here.)

Killam’s other TV credits include Scrubs (where he also worked with Goldman), How I Met Your Mother, The Amanda Show and MADtv.

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Tags: Community, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Taran Killam

Comments (13)

All right, Blauman!
Comment by Josh – October 14, 2011 04:16 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Wow! This is going to be brilliant; two of my favorite shows colliding. Taran is hilarious, he’ll fit in perfectly.
Comment by Ivy – October 14, 2011 04:23 PM PDT Reply To This Post
AWESOME!!!! Jimmy The Overly Touchy Orderly!!

Taran is amazing. My favorite snl cast member. And Nobody’s Watching was very good. it’s a shame WB turned it down.
Comment by João Amaral – October 14, 2011 04:30 PM PDT Reply To This Post
SNL and standout don’t really seem like they go together. Is he really funny or just the only edible apple in the bunch?
Comment by ultimate troll – October 14, 2011 06:54 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- He is in no way a stand out. SNL may be past it’s glory days, but there are a handful of current cast members who are heaps funnier than the seldom funny, Killam.
  Comment by tripoli – October 15, 2011 06:13 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I wanted Victoria Jackson. Pierce, Chang and Dean Pelton are great, don’t get me wrong, but they’re amateurs compared to the insanity victoria could bring.
Comment by Reg – October 14, 2011 07:23 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- That’s not very nice. Just because her voice happens to have caused seizures and brain damage to a VERY small percentage of people doesn’t mean it’s her fault. How would you like it if people made fun of something you couldn’t control?
  Comment by Fancy – October 14, 2011 10:01 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Do a search and replace. “Saturday Night Live Star” should be replaced with “Unknown Saturday Night Live castmember”.
Comment by Matt – October 14, 2011 09:22 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- …Or his biggest credit, “Cobie Smulders’ baby daddy”.
  Comment by Lev – October 15, 2011 05:17 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I watched him on Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘N’ Out first (as well as the aforementioned shows) think he’s been an enjoyable SNL cast member. I’m excited he’ll be on my 2nd favorite tv comedy!
Comment by Winnie – October 15, 2011 04:38 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Wow! This is going to be awesome! Although…Community is almost always awesome.
Comment by Raksha – October 16, 2011 03:30 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Taran Killam is an able comedian, and he does the “slightly unbalanced” thing really well. I think he’ll be great on Community!
Comment by Ace – October 16, 2011 03:48 PM PDT Reply To This Post
is he gonna be a love interest for Britta? just curious about that picture
Comment by amy – October 17, 2011 11:27 AM PDT Reply To This Post