Comments on: Gillian Jacob's nickname is 'Walking NPR'

Gillian Jacob's nickname is 'Walking NPR'

codacorolla — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:48:42 -0800

As fans of the television show Community wait through a Whitney induced hiatus of indeterminate length, they might be wondering what the cast and crew has been up to. At least one of those things was squaring off for a game of Trivial Pursuit hosted by Dan Harmon.

By: Mister Fabulous

Mister Fabulous — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:56:00 -0800

wait through a Whitney induced hiatus of indeterminate length AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!! IMMA STAB THE GUY WHO SAID "Let's turn the comic 'Cathy' into a TV show!" DAMN YOU!!!

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:57:11 -0800

ack!

By: Constant Reader

Constant Reader — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:59:40 -0800

They don't seem to like Chevy much...

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:48 -0800

Whitney-induced is my new go-to modifier for, well, anything bad.

By: 2bucksplus

2bucksplus — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:52 -0800

I though 30 Rock was "Cathy" the tv show. CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE ACK!

By: nushustu

nushustu — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:06:36 -0800

I noticed they're moving Whitney to a new night, so I guess maybe she's not the powerhouse that the execs thought it would be. I reminded of this David Cross rant.

By: codacorolla

codacorolla — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:06:53 -0800

They don't seem to like Chevy much... When I was researching the video, I saw that a recurring meme from the cast's twitter is #PierceOrChevy. Also, Jesse Camp wasn't pleased with Donald Glover's comment. Both links from the Reddit thread.

By: empath

empath — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:07:43 -0800

They don't seem to like Chevy much... He's got a reputation for being difficult to work with.

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:09:05 -0800

Is this something I'd have to have a game of Trivial Pursuit to understand?

By: found missing

found missing — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:09:28 -0800

By: tommasz

tommasz — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:10:20 -0800

Why I don't understand is how Two Broke Girls can be so much better than Whitney given they're both written by the same person. Not that Broke Girls is some masterpiece of television, mind you, but Whitney is just dreadful.

By: Edison Carter

Edison Carter — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:11:21 -0800

When I was researching the video, I saw that a recurring meme from the cast's twitter is #PierceOrChevy. I love @oldwhitemansays!

By: lumpenprole

lumpenprole — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:11:43 -0800

And, at least in the case of Joel McHale, stopping by wife's cheese shop while I was sitting 10 feet away reading, thus robbing me of the chance to fanboy all over him.

By: gaspode

gaspode — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:18:02 -0800

"gilliananderson" tag? Brain fart there, I think :) And I'm embarrassed for them that they didn't know Wyld Stallyns

By: itstheclamsname

itstheclamsname — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:20:09 -0800

Oddly, my favorite moment was when the closing music turned out to the same free track off Garageband that I've used in my own videos. I felt so professional to be sharing freeware instrumentals with Hollywood.

By: Capt. Renault

Capt. Renault — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:20:47 -0800

They seem like such a fun bunch. They deserve good things to happen to them.

By: dismas

dismas — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:24:16 -0800

I am pretty appalled they didn't know Wyld Stallyns was Bill and Ted's band. C'MON PEOPLE

By: namewithoutwords

namewithoutwords — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:41:56 -0800

2bucksplus: "I though 30 Rock was "Cathy" the tv show" and I thought was Caroline In The City.

By: eugenen

eugenen — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:45:17 -0800

For some reason, was inordinately tickled by Chevy Chase mumbling "Burlington" while the other team was trying to come up with the first two Real World locations.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:50:10 -0800

I'd rather see them play a little more paintball.

By: phearlez

phearlez — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:51:05 -0800

Why I don't understand is how Two Broke Girls can be so much better than Whitney given they're both written by the same person. Not that Broke Girls is some masterpiece of television, mind you, but Whitney is just dreadful. First of all, Kat Dennings. Second, my understanding is that sitcoms are typically written by teams of people and the names we see are just a surface-scratching. Perhaps a combination of not needing to stroke Whitney Cumming's ego directly and better staffers makes 2BG less atrocious?

By: Bovine Love

Bovine Love — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:55:03 -0800

So, wait, Donald Glover is Childish Gambino??? WTF?

By: codacorolla

codacorolla — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:09:36 -0800

So, wait, Donald Glover is Childish Gambino??? WTF? Yes. I would assume this is why Troy's character raps so often (once per season, right?)

By: Cool Papa Bell

Cool Papa Bell — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:10:18 -0800

Holy crap, I think Danny Pudi's portrayal of Abed is just one giant impression of Dan Harmon himself, who sounds just like Abed.

By: mcstayinskool

mcstayinskool — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:16:10 -0800

Donald Glover is Childish Gambino. Also, he wrote for 30 Rock for 3 years and has an Emmy from it. And like his character on Community, grew up Jehovah's Witness. This and more discussed on a very entertaining interview on WTF Podcast.

By: inthe80s

inthe80s — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:16:50 -0800

Also making the rounds lately in Community news is that Jim Rash aka Dean Pelton has been nominated by the Writers Guild of America for the screenplay "The Descendants". There's lots of talent on Community. Let's hope Whitney fails in it's new time slot in a spectacular fashion.

By: Bulgaroktonos

Bulgaroktonos — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:18:35 -0800

Yes. I would assume this is why Troy's character raps so often (once per season, right?) It's hard to be Jewish, it's hard to be Jewish, it's hard to be Jewish in Russia, yo. Dreidels.

By: modernnomad

modernnomad — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:44:15 -0800

Man, I would have answered precisely none of those correctly.

By: Lorin

Lorin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:56:46 -0800

Yes. I would assume this is why Troy's character raps so often (once per season, right?) Yeah, and a few brief snippets of Childish Gambino have played on various boomboxes in the Greendale universe. The rap about Senor Change comes to mind, and the look on Troy's face when Childish Gambino comes on at the end of Pierce's mom's death CD is priceless.

By: Lorin

Lorin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:57:08 -0800

_{ugh, Chang!}

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:57:53 -0800

Related.

By: Parasite Unseen

Parasite Unseen — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:02:21 -0800

Why I don't understand is how Two Broke Girls can be so much better than Whitney given they're both written by the same person. "The question, Constable Reggie, is not 'why I don't understand', but 'when I don't understand'."

By: el io

el io — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:52:09 -0800

Something else some of the cast of Community has been doing: cameos on Chuck.

By: gjc

gjc — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:35:16 -0800

Don't blame Whitney. Blame 30 Rock and whatever piece of crap they are putting in place of Whitney on Thursday nights.

By: jrossi4r

jrossi4r — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:03:57 -0800

I wish there really was a Fletch: The Videogame.

By: the_artificer

the_artificer — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:55:53 -0800

codacorolla: "Also, Jesse Camp wasn't pleased with Donald Glover's comment." The man has Twitter's "Verified Badge" photoshopped into his profile picture. That really is very sad.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:20:04 -0800

I prepaid my iTunes subscription to the season. This is not timely delivery of the purchased goods. I want a refund.

By: Roman Graves

Roman Graves — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:46:20 -0800

Holy crap, I think Danny Pudi's portrayal of Abed is just one giant impression of Dan Harmon himself, who sounds just like Abed. Harmon spoke to Wired about this, detailing how writing Abed led him to recognize his own aspergers and seek treatment. Also apparently he is constantly drinking on set and never drunk. Reading their tweets and watching all the silly shit they film on set, I think there's a lot of real life in their art.

By: Zozo

Zozo — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:02:19 -0800

If you're over thirteen, you know Whitney Cummings doesn't choose her time slot, and that we're no more entitled to it than any other show. If creatives were running things, we would try to create a situation in which everybody got to see everything they wanted to see. And that is the landscape that is emerging, and it's a less profitable one for the previous generation's conglomerates, and it is those companies that prefer you to think your selection of one show over defines you as a person and is a matter of life and death. The truth is, people that make you want to laugh are on your side, and people that want to make money off you laughing kind of aren't, but they own everything and they get us connected to you. — Dan Harmon

By: nushustu

nushustu — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:28:06 -0800

So they re-ran an episode of Community last night. Might I get my hopes up and expect it to return soon?

By: codacorolla

codacorolla — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:57:27 -0800

Community has not been cancelled. it will definitely be back this spring," Greenblatt stressed. He acknowledged that when the network's midseason schedule was released (which contained no mention of Community), "I failed to explicitly say it will be back. I want to dispel any notion that it's just quietly disappearing from the schedule." He added, "I know there are many fans of the show in this room and I want you to keep writing about it.

By: the man of twists and turns

the man of twists and turns — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:03:51 -0800

Megan Ganz, writer for Community does an AMA on reddit

By: codacorolla

codacorolla — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:07:27 -0800

From the AMA: Not as of yet. But don't worry... there is a battle on the horizon. One unlike any you've seen before., regarding a future paintball episode. I've been marathoning the show recently, and I noticed in the most recent Christmas episode that Troy and Abe have what appear to be laser tag guns laying around their apartment. I so, so hope that happens.