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Dino Stamatopoulos, who plays Star-Burns, is actually a consulting producer and writer on Community, and he requested that his character meet his maker so he could focus on his main job. It's hard ...
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Season One
“ Hey Winger, check out Annie. Someone just went to the top of my to-do list! ” –Star-Burns, "Romantic Expressionism". School year synopsis 2009 - 2010 semester "Spanish 101": Star-Burns DJ's at Annie and Shirley's protest rally. "Social Psychology": Star-Burns is seen in Spanish 101 class during Chang's harangue about teacher evaluations. "Advanced Criminal Law": Star-Burns is seen in Spanish 101 class when Troy messes with Abed. "Introduction to Statistics": Star-Burns regrets trading his recreational drugs for Pierce's strictly medicinal ones at the Halloween party. "Environmental Science": In the cafeteria, Star-Burns criticizes the Dean's announcement of changing the school's name to Envirodale for green week. "Investigative Journalism": Star-Burns is seen in the end tag acting as the judge for those that want to enter the cool study group. "Romantic Expressionism": Star-Burns calls Jeff a "douche bag" and when he observes Annie with Vaughn tells Jeff that Annie has gone to the top of his "to do" list. "Communication Studies": Star-Burns is seen in Spanish 101 class when Troy and Pierce send Valentines gifts to themselves and when Chang receives the fake letter from Princeton. "Basic Genealogy": Star-Burns' son visits him on campus for Greendale's "Family Day" event. "Beginner Pottery": Star-Burns takes a boating class with Pierce, Shirley, Britta and Troy. "The Science of Illusion": Star-Burns calls Pierce "Cookie Crisp" when seeing him in wizard's robes in the cafeteria. "Contemporary American Poultry": Star-Burns is fired from his Chicken Fingers frying gig in the cafeteria thanks to the study group. "Modern Warfare": In the Paintball Assassin game, Star-Burns is teamed with Pierce. Pierce betrays and shoots him so that he can be teamed with the Study Group. "Pascal's Triangle Revisited": Star-Burns helps Jeff choose between Slater and Britta by exclaiming "Bring Conan back!".
Season Two
“ Geez...why don't you guys just get a r-r-o-R-R-G-H-H-H!!! ” –Star-Burns to Annie and Rich, "Epidemiology". School year synopsis 2010 - 2011 semester "Anthropology 101": Star-Burns angers the Anthropology professor June Bauer and pays dearly for it. "Accounting for Lawyers": Along with Garrett, Leonard and other students, Star-Burns is a member of the "Poppy Longstockings" dance team. "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples": Star-Burns is part of Abed's production team filming his movie "Abed". "Epidemiology": Star-Burns is dressed as a pirate for Halloween and is infected by Pierce with a mysterious contagion. "Aerodynamics of Gender": Star-Burns is part of Troy and Abed in the Morning! holding a turtle. "Early 21st Century Romanticism": Star-Burns shaves his sideburns into "Heart-Burns" and goes to a party at Jeff's apartment. "Intro to Political Science": Star-Burns is a candidate for Student Body president but withdraws his candidacy as he fears that it may cast a negative light on his career as a drug dealer. "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts": Star-Burns is in Anthropology 101 class when Shirley has her baby. "A Fistful of Paintballs": Star-Burns works as an employee of "Fort Hawthorne", a safe zone away from the paintball game. "For A Few Paintballs More": Star-Burns joins Troy's squad of Paintball commandos who are setting a trap for their City College enemies inside the Library.
Season Three
“ Kiss me! I'll explain later! ” –Star-Burns to Quendra, "Basic Lupine Urology". School year synopsis 2011 - 2012 semester "Biology 101": Star-Burns gets kicked out of Professor Marshall Kane's Biology class. "Regional Holiday Music": Star-Burns appears in the End Tag as a Christmas tree ornament chanting "My name is Alex" to the "Carol of the Bells". "Digital Exploration of Interior Design": Star-Burns is seen as part of Abed's Pillowtown in the confrontation in Group Study Room F with Troy's Blanketsburg. Star-Burns throws the pillow that collapses part of the blanket fort and starts the war. "Pillows and Blankets": Star-Burns is part of Abed's Pillowtown. "Basic Lupine Urology": Star-Burns becomes the prime suspect in an investigation into the death of the study group's yam. It's later revealed that he died in a car accident. "Course Listing Unavailable": The study group incites a riot during a wake held in honor of Star-Burns. "Introduction to Finality": Star-Burns is shown to be alive and well, having faked his death. He is now wearing an obvious wig which barely covers his trademark sideburns.
Star-Burns appears to have a strained relationship with the study group. He and Jeff Winger in particular appear to have some kind of rivalry, both describing the other as a "douchebag", likely due to his ogling of Annie Edison. In Anthropology class, Star-Burns reminisces about the time in which the study group went on a rafting trip, and how nice it was to have a class not about them. The study group ousts him from his job as a chicken fry-cook during "Contemporary American Poultry." In spite of all this, he and Pierce appear to be friends, trading drugs in "Intro to Statistics" and teaming up together during "Modern Warfare".
Ben Chang loves to mock him, drawing constant attention to the time it must take him to carve stars into his sideburns. After Chang becomes a student, an unspecified incident causes him to owe Chang a small frozen pizza.
•His age is somewhat vague:
•In Season Two, Abed and Troy presented his age on his information card as 46 years old (born in 1965), a supporter of legalization, of Cambodian ethnicity and with the DJ nickname, Sparkles ("Intro to Political Science").
•When he faked his death in Season Three however, Abed made him a memorial video that stated he was born in 1972, making him 41-40 years old, instead of 46 ("Course Listing Unavailable").
•In Season Six, Star-Burns himself says he is 50, which falls in line with Troy and Abed's information card about him from Season Two and contradicts the memorial video from Season Three ("Modern Espionage").
•He is prone to stealing backpacks that are left unguarded ("Basic Lupine Urology").
•He is an avid user of pills and marijuana.
"Intro to Political Science"
“I actually withdraw my candidacy. I fear a political career will shine a negative light on my drug dealing. Thank you.”— Star-Burns
Stamatopoulos was a writer, consulting writer, producer and actor on the 2009 NBC sitcom Community. He wrote two animated episodes for the series, "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" (2010) and "G.I. Jeff" (2014). He played the recurring role of Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne, a character whose nickname derived from his large star-shaped sideburns.
Hey Dino, I'm a huge fan of yours and your work on Community! So happy you're returning for the 5th season. Could Star-Burns--I mean Alex--bring back the "cool study group," with JB, and Owen Wilson, and the cute Asian girl. Let's get a JLA v. Legion of Doom thing going on between the study groups!
- And a movie" One of the running jokes on Community was that "six seasons and a movie" was the ideal scenario for any TV show. That ended up becoming the program's mantra, repeated by fans and cast members as the show clung to life each year.
- Chevy Chase's racism. Chevy Chase made several racist remarks on the set of Community. In one well-publicized incident, the comedian loudly expressed his displeasure about the jokes that were written for Pierce.
- The Troy/Abed "bromance" was unplanned. Troy and Abed are the scene-stealers of Community. Played by Donald Glover and Danny Pudi, the best friends are frequently shown mutually obsessing over pop culture and engaging in various other sorts of hijinks, including hosting their own fake "morning show."
- The move to Yahoo cost $42 million. After five seasons, NBC pulled the plug on Community. It simply wasn't generating the kind of ratings the network desired.
GoodAaron. • 12 yr. ago. Dino Stamatopoulos (the actor who plays Starburns and writer for "Community") has already gone on record that the reason Starburns died was because Dino asked them to kill the character off so that he could focus on his duties as a writer for the show. 35. mrpeabody208.
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