Third in our interviews from the set of Community is Ken Jeong. With Season 5’s debut coming January 2nd, the busy comedic-actor spoke about Community not following the path of other shows, John Oliver coming back as Professor Duncan this year and Ben Chang’s evolving role in the series.

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It's amazing. I'm sure everyone's telling you right now, it's such a great reset of the show. I think that's kind of been the operative word for the season premiere, just kind of resetting the Community/Dan Harmon universe. My favorite part is just reading the scripts. Everyone will tell you, he's genius and a visionary, and I'm saying exactly the same thing. In fact, he's one of the smartest people I've ever met just in life -- and I was a doctor. [Laughs] He really is, he really is. Needless to say, everyone's just so happy he's back.That's a great point. We're definitely anything but complacent. I think it's the complete opposite. For Season 5, where typically a show would be complacent, we couldn't be more motivated. I never thought about it that way, but yeah. Because usually, you're right, this is the time when people just kind of, typically on other shows, they could understandably get complacent and get used to their rhythms. But that is a wonderful thing about our show; I don't think our show has ever followed any tradition or trajectory of other typical show lives, especially a show life in its fifth year.

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Ken Jeong as Ben Chang in Community: Season 5.

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I can't reveal much, but the way Dan has handled certain elements of the show has been just so perfect. When it comes to Chang, again, I personally don't want to reveal much, even to my friends, I don't want to say too much, but there's been some moments for Chang that have been possibly my favorite of the entire series and, personally, for me as an actor. In terms of the whole show, everyone's happy. Actually, in terms of Chang, I'm more than happy. I'm just so grateful. Words can't express how absolutely thrilled I am this season. It's been amazing.In a word, yes. And they did it in such a way that I never could have thought of or anybody else in the world could have thought of. But Dan, as always, just finds a way.It's just like a family reunion, man. Fits like a glove. Having John back, on and off camera, he's such a wonderful presence, as is everybody else in the cast. It is great. Some of my favorite moments have been from the first season where me, John Oliver and Jim Rash were at the pool with Britta, and the introduction of Leonard. The three of us just reminisced about that. It was really cool, just me, John and Jim one day hanging out, talking together. I dunno, having John back just reminds me of the old days. He fits in perfectly on and off camera. Also, I'm so happy for him and his trajectory on The Daily Show, among other things that he's producing and doing. It's just great to reconnect with an old friend. It's been that kind of vibe. He's just a wonderful human being, just another brilliant, funny man that I've been so fortunate enough to have met through this show. I feel like I've just met the funniest of funny on this show. I've been able to rub elbows with the best.

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He brings a gravitas that's just so... I was watching a scene that he and Joel were doing yesterday, and just the nuances and the tiny moments of pure acting chops synthesized with the comedy of Community... He's been able to synthesize the two elements and make it his own and fuse it into something that no one else could do. Dan's absolutely right, I mean, Jonathan is owning so much scenery right now. It's been great. I share a trailer with him, and just to share a trailer and hang out with him has been, again man, it's been among the coolest things ever. It's been a wonderful, wonderful season, dude. Every day, reading the scripts, coming into work, we are all just going in with smiles on our faces.

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