Joel McHale is responding to recent comments made by his Community costar Chevy Chase about the show, which Chase left one year before it ended in 2014.
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Community, describing the show as “not funny enough” for him.In an interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast (September 25), the actor discussed his reasons for leaving the sitcom in 2012 after four seasons.“I honestly felt the show wasn’t funny enough for me, ultimately,” Chase said. “I felt a little bit constrained.
Everybody had their bits, and I thought they were all good. It just wasn’t hard-hitting enough for me.”When asked about his character Pierce Hawthorne specifically, he replied: “I didn’t mind the character.
I just felt that it was… I felt happier being alone. I just didn’t want to be surrounded by that table, every day, with those people.
Joel McHale is responding to recent comments made by his Community costar Chevy Chase about the show, which Chase left one year before it ended in 2014.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Joel McHale was asked by People magazine to weigh in on Chevy Chase‘s recent diss of “Community,” the NBC sitcom they starred on together as series regulars for four seasons (McHale continued with the show for two additional seasons), to which McHale said: “He stopped hurting my feelings in 2009.” Speaking on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast, Chase said “Community” wasn’t “funny enough for me, ultimately,” adding: “I felt a little bit constrained. Everybody had their bits, and I thought they were all good. It just wasn’t hard-hitting enough for me.” Asked about his character, millionaire Pierce Hawthorne, Chase added, “I didn’t mind the character.
Community co-star Chevy Chase’s criticism of the sitcom after he said it “wasn’t funny enough”.Chase, who left the series in 2012 after four seasons, explained the reasons behind his departure on a recent episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast.“I honestly felt the show wasn’t funny enough for me, ultimately,” Chase said. “I felt a little bit constrained.
Chevy Chase‘s recent comments about their comedy “Community.”The 80-year-old “Saturday Night Live” alum made headlines last month on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast where he said the show “wasn’t funny enough.”McHale, 51, told People recently that Chase “stopped hurting my feelings in 2009.”“I was like, ‘Hey, no one was keeping you there,'” he continued. “I mean, we weren’t sentenced to that show.” “It was like, ‘All right, you could have left if you really wanted that.’ But yeah, you know Chevy.
Joel McHale is reacting to comments former co-star Chevy Chase made about their show Community.
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chase, this actor is not always about keeping it politically correctChevy Chase cemented himself as a pioneer of the TV comedy world — starring in programs like “Saturday Night Live,” “Community” and the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” film series.However, the 79-year-old comedian has made a reputation for himself for being quite difficult in Hollywood — with several controversies and feuds erupting throughout his career.Chase made headlines when he fought with fellow “SNL” member Bill Murray while filming an episode in 1978 and the two came to blows in costar John Belushi’s dressing room.The issue occurred when the “Lost in Translation” star, 73, reportedly made a rude comment about Chase’s tumultuous marriage to Jacqueline Carlin.The “Caddyshack” actor then bashed Murray’s physical appearance and the duo got into a brawl.“Billy Murray and I came to fisticuffs, but we never really ended up hitting each other,” Chase said when asked about Murray in a 2010 interview with Esquire. “We tried, but Belushi got in the middle and we both ended up hitting John.
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WTF” podcast recently and revealed “Community” wasn’t “funny enough” for him.When Maron, 59, mentioned the 2009 series, Chase replied: “Oh. I kinda forgot about that.”“They wanted me. So I said, ‘OK,’ ” Chase said about the show’s bigwigs.“I felt the show wasn’t funny enough for me, ultimately,” the comedian went on.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Chevy Chase appeared on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast (via Rolling Stone) and claimed that “Community,” the NBC sitcom he starred on for 83 episodes, was “not funny enough for me.” Chase played millionaire Pierce Hawthorne on “Community” for four seasons. His co-stars on the Dan Harmon-created comedy included Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover and Ken Jeong. “I honestly felt the show wasn’t funny enough for me, ultimately.
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