Several familiar faces will be dropping by Community whenever the long-benched comedy makes a blessed return to the NBC schedule.

First up, TVLine has learned exclusively that veteran actor Michael Ironside (Smallville, ER, Total Recall) has landed a guest spot in Community‘s upcoming homage to Law & Order.

As we first reported, the Greendale gang will pay tribute to NBC’s late, long-running drama when they stage their own crime scene-turned-court room scenario, with Ironside playing a gruff Army General in the trial’s opposing counsel.

Also set to appear in a future episode is Travis Schuldt, aka Elliot’s former fiancé Keith Dudemeister on Scrubs. We can’t reveal much about Schuldt’s hilarious role, other than he’s very mysterious and will be romantically involved with Britta.

Lastly, recurring Parks and Recreation player Kirk Fox (Pawnee’s “Sewage Joe”) will bring some (more) weirdness to Greendale as the full-fledged Carnie that Britta falls for when the carnival comes to town. (As Gillian Jacobs told us with a laugh on set last week, “Britta’s really slutting it up.”)

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