Community, the tv show

Opening episode of season an homage to The Chevy Chase Show.

Without Harmon, Chase is more likely to get his way. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that won't be a good thing.

We may actually get to see a 13-episode homage to The Chevy Chase Show, if we're lucky!

I'm really interested in people's contracts at this point, both wrt the writers and the cast. I mean, I'd imagine most people will stay put if they have nowhere else to go for the moment, but if, say, Donald Glover gets a sweet offer and his contract doesn't inextricably bind him to the show, I wouldn't be surprised if he split.

I'd be quite surprised if they agreed a fourth season without signing up the main actors (possible exception = Ken Jeong).

Most of the cast, except possibly Yvette and maybe Gillian Jacobs, could easily break out and do their own thing these days. Willing to bet on Danny Pudi appearing in whatever Harmon decides to do next as well.

Other things I liked from the last couple of episodes:

- Abed as plumber was awesome
- "JEFFREY!... oh, hey Britta"
- RAVING DEAN
- Leonard lives with Sexy Dreadlock Guy

Also I love how there's apparently only one policeman in the Greendale area and that guy rules. Shame we didn't get any Garrett or Magnitude in the finale though.

Yeah, I'm sure a lot of the actors are just glad they'll be working another year, but for anyone with a future outside of the show they might not want to be involved with a season that will likely be mercilessly picked apart by critics and fans.

Or, y'know, it might be good? As was mentioned upthread, the Community universe is pretty well-defined by this point, although I think we're unlikely to get anything totally batshit like the chaos theory episode or the Dean doing Apocalypse Now.

Things like Leonard's YouTube clips and the constant references to his rich non-campus life are one of the brilliant things I'm going to miss. There's no way in hell any more trad-oriented-staff is going to have those included with the same deft touch.

I've seen Happy Endings, so I have my doubts. xp

These new scab show runners won't be in any position to fight the network on anything

This will be Sony's vision of what Community could have been like without all that weird stuff

I'm not writing the next season off altogether. I still love the cast and the writers. However, the more diminished the old-school team becomes, the more strikes it has against its potential success.

Not to mention that whoever's left is likely to feel somewhat demoralized by the bowdlerizing of the show.

as upsetting as it is to hear that a shitty person got fired for being bad at their job lol @ thinking that what dan harmon brought to the show was 'funny jokes' or, yknow, remotely irreplaceable

i don't think you have to think highly of dan harmon to realize that tv shows are like ecosystems that can be easily unbalanced, esp by seismic shifts in staffing, writers, etc. if you liked the show until now, dan had at least something to do with that (either as a writer himself, as an editor, as a manager, whatever myriad tasks he was responsible for).

So how was Harmon bad at his job?

I mean Bob Oedenkirk could be kind of a dick but I'm glad he wasn't fired from Mr. Show and replaced with like Drew Carey.

he couldnt deliver a show his bosses were satisfied with?

like idk i had this whole sarcastic thing about how rare it is in hollywood to find a verbally abusive writer with a drinking problem and an inflated sense of their own importance or w/e but harmon fought publicly with the shows biggest star and 'privately' with other writers/producers delivered shows late had problems managing budget/time seemed to actively delight in not compromising w/the studio blah blah blah

the dude calls his blog dan harmon poops... what a visionary

Yeah but your blog is called Lampfelches

i also have a drinking problem and have watched other tv shows before, maybe i can run community

not to mention all those abusive voicemails chevy chase has left for me

Satisfying the stupidest people in the world is a job I hope we all fail at

Maybe Harmon can get the Black Sabbath drummer gig.

P. sure getting rid of Harmon is just one facet of an intricately-plotted latticework of decisions that will rocket NBC back to the top of the heap. Or, more likely, this was a decision not unlike the one to burn off and quickly get rid of Bent and Best Friends Forever (i.e. "I'm the new guy so fuck the old guy's stuff why because of my big swinging ego.").

Although, yeah, I'm sure there's some historical precedent a la Letterman and Norm MacDonald and Al Franken. NBC execs don't cotton to guff.

Most executives don't, though, to be fair to NBC (even though they're soulless cretins).

https://mobile.twitter.com/cpmckenna/status/203696977794449408

Nov. '09 I joined my favorite show on TV and today leave my favorite anything ever. Thanks Community, fans, and @danharmon. E Pluribus Anus.

9:01pm - 18 May 12

You know, I was going to talk about how much I enjoyed the last few episodes but instead I am just going to back away from this thread

like mordy, i am bummed about this but will watch season 4 regardless

Harmon was horrible at his job and only wanted to get fired and anyone who thinks otherwise is obviously a fan of Community.

lol

I can't count the reasons I should stay
One by one, they all just fade away.

props to Lamp's A+ trolling up there

I will say, I think these last three seasons have had a great arc of Troy growing up. From ditching his letter jacket to what he learns on his 21st birthday to his self-sacrifice/saving of Dan Bakkedahl/ removing the Dreamatorium and getting his own bedroom.

And finally picking a career direction to head in.

it's not like it's that hard to have a public fight with chevy chase, he prob gets in fights with his mailman

I've seen Happy Endings, so I have my doubts. xp
--Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole)

https://twitter.com/#!/joelmchale/status/203943488084119552

I've seen Happy Endings, so I have my doubts. xp
--Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole)

― rayuela, Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:27 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

weird, i didn't post this intentionally. random button pressing on the iphone? i love happy endings

I've seen Happy Endings, so I have my doubts. xp
--Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole)

― rayuela, Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:27 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

weird, i didn't post this intentionally. random button pressing on the iphone? i love happy endings

― rayuela, Saturday, May 19, 2012 5:56 PM (4 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wait, what? I agree, actually. With your second, corrective post.

http://twitter.com/#!/charley_koontz/status/203985628680040448

finally watched the last three. First two were alright but the last one was the best since timelines if not S2. Really bittersweet way to go out.

x-post Charley Koontz was also on Awake (show we were discussing upthread)

Jim Rash ‏@RashisTVUgly

I owe the last 3 amazing years 2 Dan Harmon's brain. Bless ur dementedly awesome brain, @danharmon. U r #Community.

Alison Brie ‏@alisonbrie

I'm in creative debt to @danharmon who let us ride the coattails of his integrity, pushing boundaries & making f'ing awesome tv. Thanks Dan.

all these mentions are just kinda making me more bummed about it, but it's still sweet

Dino Stamatopoulos ‏@DinosThirdTwitt

Starburns wasn't officially dead until now. That'll get 'em. #danharmon

Dino Stamatopoulos ‏@DinosThirdTwitt

Fuck Sony. I know that they don't care about me, and I don't love acting, but I'd have done the part again ONLY if my friend wanted me to.

Dino Stamatopoulos ‏@DinosThirdTwitt

I used to get Sony VHS tapes and they always sucked. Switched to FUGI. Way better. No crinkling, better SLP playing. #FUCKSONY

haha Dino is perfect

So Megan hasn't announced shit yet, right? What about Ludvig? Who's left of the creative staff?

btw let me sum this all up:

"Shut up Sony/NBC, I know about your crooked wang."
"No such thing as bad press."