Community, the tv show

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."

good episodes this week but i'll go ahead and be the optimist about s4, Aliens In America was a good show. and in 5 months when you guys are putting every joke in the new episodes under the microscope, I will remind you that the Harmon regime was capable of shit as hacky as 'axel f on the keytar.'

yeah maybe these guys will Chang your mind by ensuring that Chang is no longer the most irritating character on television at the moment

if that is possible, of course

- Leonard lives with Sexy Dreadlock Guy

they all look alike to you

some britisher thinks chang is the most irritating character on tv when the same timeslot has howard's mother on big bang theory. ilx.

Pato is a cape-wearing Australian and as such you have hurt him in his heart. Which is likely the point, so carry on.

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

Would suspect Ludwig's not on contract. Ganz sayz:

No new information re: my job next season, but thanks for the support. I have high hopes they'll give me a free Season 3 DVD!

some britisher thinks chang is the most irritating character on tv when the same timeslot has howard's mother on big bang theory. ilx.

Thanks for the insight, "balls". Unfortunately, I consider that to be "hoarse screaming voice as unsuccessful comedic device" rather than any type of characterisation.

Or, as they say in Britain, up yer plums with a brass pole.

i totally expect the guy who watches 100 shows a year will tell us if s4 still makes the top 50.

the finale got the lowest ratings of the season, that's burn-off for you

i don't think sepinwall watches nearly that many shows and he liked aliens in america iirc though he already wrote his 'uh oh' column.

s3 was def sloppy, and I got more out of 3 shows on ABC this year (plus 30 Rock) than I did community, but has there ever been a case of a show creator getting fired three seasons in where the show actually improved?

3 shows on abc! dude i like revenge also but let's not get carried away here

ha! suburgatory, happy endings and apartment 23 (the last admittedly only a few episodes in). I loved the pilot of revenge but for some reason 5 minutes into the 2nd episode the Dawson's Creek-ness of the poor family running the restaurant made me bail.

some shows have definitely thrived w/o their creators, but "fired three seasons in" is a prohibitively specific criteria so no, probably not

xpost

"fired three seasons in" is a prohibitively specific criteria

broaden it in to "where the creator was fired after a critically hailed run"

wait so you bailed before they revealed emily thorne's sensei?

possibly, though i reserve the right to catch up

Aw, really, croup? You loved s2 as much as I did but preferred Suburgatory and Apartment 23 to s3? I think we actually agreed on where the show was dropping off this season but I still thought there were enough great episodes.

there were great episodes but I think those shows have been way more consistent and surprising. Admittedly they're in season 1 and not following my favorite season of TV experienced in real-time since the simpsons.

revenge is basically lost minus the scifi w/ the narration from desperate housewives but it's still fun, the only network drama i watch. so apt 23 was funny?

Suburgatory is great, but it might be funnier if you actually live in Chatswin.

apt 23 is like a more surreal, frothy Girls with James Van Der Beek jokes, basically.

My buddy Mo on Harmon is/can be a big dick, but how it's the job of NBC to deal with dicks to get good shows:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maureen-ryan/dan-harmon-fired-community_b_1529588.html

Take away:

Look, creative types can be a real pain in the ass. There aren't a ton of showrunners who make the trains run on time, make something approaching art and are also nice to everyone (there are a few, and they are worth their weight in gold). But that's the business "creative" executives are in. It's messy, it's not easy, but if TV executives wanted to go into something more predictable and less stressful, why not try accounting?

i think the s3 peaks (which admittedly i might be talking about 3 or 4 episodes here) hold their own w/ anything from s2 and the valleys might average better than the valleys from s1. parks dipped some this year also i thought (though i'm not one of those who had problems w/ the election plotline, if anything the opposite) but unlike last year where picking a winner between parks and community was more making a choice about what you think a sitcom should/could be than just judging who had the better year here it's pretty clear parks had the better year.

i think you get away with being a crazy showrunner only if your show's a hit. Unless these corporate monoliths decide to speak up for themselves, I just have to assume Sony wants to squeeze out a few more syndication dollars before NBC finally pulls the plug.

were there really valleys in S1? The quality grew gradually, but I can't think of anything as annoying as Detective Chang in s1

valley = not peak episode. i doubt there's five episodes of this show total i haven't liked at least as much as yr average ep of suburgatory. the only episode i can think of i remember out and out disliking was the season 2 abed as jesus one.

Detective Chang was amazing, could have taken another couple of eps with his disconnected internal noirration

valley = not peak episode. i doubt there's five episodes of this show total i haven't liked at least as much as yr average ep of suburgatory. the only episode i can think of i remember out and out disliking was the season 2 abed as jesus one.

― balls, Sunday, May 20, 2012 9:51 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah same here, and i am one of Suburgatory's bigger fans here. Apt 23 is aight but i'm not sure its best ep is as good as Community's worst.

Abed as Jesus is one of my faves!

My favorite article on this so far:

Auditionmoviesite.com

Comedy veterans David Guarascio and Moses Port have became a member of cult comedy series Community as executive producers-showrunners. Creator-executive producer Serta Harmon, that has run the underrated single-camera NBC series because of its first three seasons, is a talking to producer. Community, a decently-ranked series having a large online following and rabid group of followers, arrived a 13-episode renewal for pick up if this will relocate from Thursday to Friday. Requested the 2009 week whether Harmon will return as showrunner pick up, NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt stated, “I expect his voice to participate it.” Greenblatt ignored the concept the discussion about Harmon possibly walking lower from day-to-day oversight from the show comes from his ongoing feud with co-star Chevrolet Chase, stating that you will find bigger factors beyond that. “Dan’s the creator from the show, to lose his voice could be pretty crazy,” Community star Joel McHale told TVLine on Monday. “I pray it calculates well"

I pray it calculates well

CHEVROLET CHASE

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