Photoshopped by GOD HIMSELF. [citation needed] (via)

Matt has given me the enormous power and responsibility to handle Corgi Friday this week.  This great power has immediately corrupted me (suck it, Uncle Ben).  So here are several pictures and video from my villain’s lair to yours, with no particular overriding theme beyond, “Corgis are awesome. Let’s look at them.”

We’ve got a mixed bag of stumpy cuteness and some Uproxx-exclusive captioned stuff in the gallery, starting with a video found while searching YouTube for recently uploaded Corgi videos. (IMPORTANT JOB DUTIES.)  This Welsh Corgi valiantly protects his water dish from the hose.  It starts out slow, but then it gets awesome for about a minute before abruptly ending in a disappointed whimper.  So kind of like my sex life then.

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The new season of Community starts production this week, and the cast and crew have been keeping the details pretty well under wraps.  So far we only know that Michael K. Williams and John Goodman will be guest stars at some point, and Gillian Jacobs has said there will be “a big reveal” for Britta this season, prompting us to stare at this .gif for two hours while hoping for a very special episode about bisexuality. (Emmy material?  Absolutely.)

CinemaBlend spoke to Donald Glover and Gillian Jacobs recently about storylines they’d like to cover on the show.  Glover mentioned the Back to the Future parody he’s been pitching to the writers for awhile, but also explained why it’ll probably never happen:

Glover: It’s really hard to do. Time travel is already hard.
Jacobs: We can’t actually break the laws of physics.
Glover: We’ve never had actual magic on the show. Time travel is tricky. It would have to be some sort of, like, mistake. But a mistake big enough that it can sustain a whole episode, but also small enough that it doesn’t f-ck up the rest of the world. So it’s hard. I had an idea, but it’s not well-formed.

It’s true that they’ve never broken the laws of physics on the show, unless you count the gravity-defying feats of Alison Brie running.  When the writers wanted to do a zombie episode, they had a tainted meat product cause an outbreak, and, when they wanted to do an episode in space, they kept it based squarely in reality by having the cast happen upon a “Kentucky Fried Chicken space simulator” (which needs to be installed in every KFC immediately).  If they can find a way to work a Back to the Future premise into the show, we’re just hoping Abed (Danny Pudi) is seen in the background of several scenes silently arguing with Thomas F. Wilson until finally laying him out with one punch.  The rest of the episode should just be Alison Brie running.

Anthony DeVito is probably accustomed to casting notices for roles based on Italian stereotypes, but this one was so bad he couldn’t let it slide.  He posted a screencap of it on his Facebook with the caption, “This is real. I give the f-ck up.”   The casting notice was seeking white men aged 20 to 40 in New Jersey, New York, and Puerto Rico for a reality series called Ghostfellas.

Seeking real life tough guys, preferably Italian, but open to other types, who believe in ghosts, are fearless, and want to take on the most toughest/violent ghosts in the tri-state area for a new reality show.

We can see it now.  Fresh off a victorious ghost hunt in a Brooklyn pizzeria, their loyalty will be put to the test when they’re confronted with a situation which forces them to choose between ghost-hating or mob-respecting when they find what they believe might be the ghost of Lucky Luciano.  It’s their “most toughest” ghost yet in a pulse-pounding, canoli-stuffing season finale of Ghostfellas.

Also, this:

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V (ABC) — Pilot episode (you can watch the first eight minutes here). Huge spaceships hover over Earth’s major cities, and the alien leader delivers a message of peace.  I liked it better when the aliens delivered a message of “die” and then Will Smith punched them in the face and gave them a cold.  Welcome ta Earf.

Sons of Anarchy (FX) — I have nothing to say about this show that Matt hasn’t said already.  Just letting you know it’s on.

NCIS (CBS) — Two murdered marines are found on Mark Harmon’s boat.   Based on a true story (Mark Harmon is hardcore).

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) — A marine falls to his death at a party, and the investigation reveals his double life.  Ooo, I hope his double life was as an actor on a show I’d watch.

So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) — You know who thinks he can dance?  The guy in the video below.

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Discovery has ordered eight episodes of Airplane Repo, from Craig Piligian (exec. producer of Dirty Jobs).  The show follows Nick Popovich as he repossesses jets and helicopters from people behind on their payments.

Each episode shows the team planning the best approach for snatching a plane, then follows the group as they attempt the high-risk acquisition.
“There’s a lot of action, it has an element of danger and a lot of suspense, and there’s always a ticking clock,” Piligian said. “The show goes all over the world — Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Finland — anywhere there’s a plane, whether for an airline that goes bankrupt or some rich guy who hasn’t made his payments.” [The Live Feed]

Danger, suspense, and ticking clocks.  The life of a repo man is always intense.  I dig that.  Hey Popovich, let’s go do some crimes.  Yeah.  Let’s go get sushi and not pay.