People

People are part of the graph because they create plausible routes by which material travels. Personnel overlap is displayed as network evidence whose significance depends on the rest of the packet. A shared employer alone does not prove a callback.

• Dan Harmon

  creator, writerCommunity

  Created Community. Describes the pairing matrix as a conscious goal from the first episode forward.

• Paul Simms

  creator, writerNewsRadio

  Created NewsRadio. The ensemble rule the 2010 interviewer puts to Harmon is attributed to him.

• Megan Ganz

  writerCommunity

  Described the room as collective enough that viewers could not pull scripts apart by individual writer.

• Patrick Warburton

  performerNewsRadioSeinfeld

  Johnny Johnson in the season-five takeover arc; widely recognised as David Puddy by 1998.

• David Cross

  performerNewsRadioMr. Show with Bob and DavidArrested DevelopmentCommunity

  Theo in “Houses of the Holy,” later Tobias Fünke and Hank Hickey. A concrete performer corridor.

• Bob Odenkirk

  performer, writerNewsRadioMr. Show with Bob and David

  Part of the “Chock” Mr. Show cluster. A conspicuous missing node in Community season five.

• Brian Posehn

  performerNewsRadioMr. Show with Bob and DavidCommunity

  Part of the “Chock” cluster, later partially reassembled in Community season five.

• Jon Stewart

  performerNewsRadioThe Daily Show

  Andrew in “Twins,” 1997.

• Wallace Langham

  performerNewsRadio

  Appeared in the pilot as Jeff Adams, then again as Stewart without explanation.

• Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

  performerNewsRadioSaved by the Bell

  Lisa's assistant in “Assistant.” Carries the Kelly Kapowski association.

• James Caan

  performerNewsRadio

  Appeared as himself in “Movie Star.”

• Chuck D

  performer, musicianNewsRadio

  Appeared as himself in “Rap.”

• Bob Costas

  performer, broadcasterNewsRadio

  Appeared as himself in “Awards Show.”

• Adam West

  performerNewsRadio

  Appeared as himself in “Clash of the Titans.”

• Quinn Friedman

  performerCommunity

  Officer Warburton in “Basic Email Security.”

• Dino Stamatopoulos

  writer, producer, performerCommunity

  Deeply embedded in Community as writer, producer and Star-Burns.

• Taylor Swift

  songwriter, performerevermoreMidnightsLover

  Has described Easter eggs, long-range clue planning and cross-media clues on the record.

• Dick Leitsch

  journalist, activistThe Hairpin Drop Heard Around the World

  Wrote the July 1969 Mattachine Society account of Stonewall.