Alison talks to MTV News at Sundance about Community and seeing herself return on Mad Men.

Greendale Community College’s doors might be closed at the moment, but that doesn’t mean class isn’t quietly in session inside.

Late last year, NBC pulled the critically acclaimed but criminally under-watched “Community” from its schedule, with a return date yet to be announced. Some fans were so outraged by the network’s decision that they staged a flash mob outside of NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Center headquarters earlier this month, but to no avail — the show remains on the sidelines to this date.

Still, progress is being made on the “Community” set itself, at least. Actress Alison Brie, who stars in the series as the beautiful but quirky Annie Edison, told MTV News that work on the NBC comedy is ongoing despite the show’s disappearance from the network’s schedule.

“We’re still wrapping up ‘Community,’ our third season,” Brie told us at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where she was appearing in support of her new film “Save the Date.”

Asked about when the show might return, she claimed: “I don’t know! It’s in the air! It’s America’s biggest cliffhanger! I don’t know what’s going to happen, but we’re still shooting the third season, so hopefully it’s going to air in March or April.”

Meanwhile, if “Community” fans are looking for more Brie in their lives, they don’t need to tune into NBC. Chances are high that the actress will reprise her role as Pete Campbell’s wife, Trudy, on the upcoming season of AMC’s “Mad Men,” returning to airwaves for the first time in over a year on March 25.

“You may [see me in more 'Mad Men'],” Brie assured us about her probable return to the Emmy-winning drama, now entering its fifth season. “You should definitely tune into ‘Mad Men’ this season, because I hear it’s going to be very good.”

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Check out Crave Online`s interview with Alison at Sundance where she talks about Save The Date, Community, Mad Men and The Five-Year Engagement. She mentions she is in this season of Mad Men. Hopefully, we find out which episodes she will be appearing it when the new season premieres in March.

CraveOnline: What can a guy who just can’t get excited about gift bags do to show his fiancé love during wedding planning?

Alison Brie: Well, I was going to make a joke. The dirty joke that crossed my mind is inappropriate.

Say the joke. We’re CraveOnline, we can run it.

You know…

You were going to joke about sacks?

Yeah, it was going to be about sex.

No, specifically a man’s sack.

Oh, sack. I thought you said sex. Oh boy.

So after all that, make the joke.

No, no, the joke has come and gone. Pun intended.

Okay, so now the serious answer.

The serious answer, well, I just think it’s difficult. I am not married but I’ve been the maid of honor. I was in two weddings last year and it was interesting for me to see that disconnect. I think it’s natural that it ends up happening. I mean, it’s not natural I guess but it’s interesting. A wedding, people decide to get married, it comes out of such love for one another and then women can turn into these other people. They’re planning something that’s the biggest event they’ll ever plan in their lives and it turns them into this other person, so it’s not totally the guy’s fault that he’s feeling disconnected from this person. I just think there is a way for guys to at least pretend like they care about the decision making process instead of totally checking out.

But not to fake interest, there must be a way to be genuinely excited and cooperate even if gift bags or other minutiae just aren’t your thing.

Yeah, I think on the other side of that, I think women are really good at pretending they like sports.

You aren’t into sports?

Hey, I can get into sports. I can get into it and actually enjoy it if the person I love enjoys it. Then I’m like, “All right, I’m on board, let’s do it.” So I think that it’s just about if a couple is connected and their communication lines are good, then that sort of thing shouldn’t be such a disconnect I guess.

Another interesting aspect of this is what if you want someone you love to feel something that just isn’t in their wheelhouse?

That’s a tough one because I think that you can’t really control anyone other than yourself, so you’re setting yourself up for disappointment when you’re trying to just always get something from someone that they’re not willing or capable of giving.
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