Fun Facts from the interview with Actor/Writer Jordan Black – Dean Spreck

• Jordan wanted to become an actor from his love of The Fonz on Happy Days
• Jordan and Community writer Andy Bobrow both started at the improv troupe Groundlings
• Both also started writing for the sketch comedy show Hype on the WB
• Together they had written a sketch called Kid Rook, about a “badboy” of chess
• Jordan himself is actually in the Pistol Patty costume for the entirety of A Fistful of Paintballs
• At the time of this recording, Jordan had still not watched all of Community, a fact that was embarrassing at a convention
• Jordan (and thus Dean Spreck) was supposed to be in season 6, however scheduling conflicts did not allow this to happen
• Jordan would be very excited to be in a future Community movie. His dream plot involves Greendale and City College merging, with Dean Spreck in charge, and Dean Pelton under him. The conflict would be free-ing Greendale from the Evil Dean and restoring Pelton.
• Jordan knew Jim Rash before Community from Groundlings
• Jordan had also worked with Joel McHale and Danny Pudi previously on a TV pilot called “Giants of Radio” that was never picked up
• Jordan is currently working on the Punky Brewster reboot for the Peacock streaming service

Research Thanks To: MinotaurMan