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The actor has once again taken aim at his former NBC sitcom: "I didn't want to be with those people."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chevy-chase-slams-community-1235600779/

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[-] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago

Wow, I had no idea he was such a dick. Guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

Also, I couldn’t care less about Chevy Chase’s opinions. Community was genuinely hilarious.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah I agree. And I know this is considered a hot take nowadays, but Chevy Chase was great in it. I'm not saying he didn't deserve to get booted off the show, but the show definitely suffered when he left.

[-] KickAssDuke@lemm.ee 28 points 11 months ago

That beast of a comment by Donald Glover. He is perceptive and also very nice. Love him

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[-] Gogogadget@artemis.camp 22 points 11 months ago

Sorry to link to reddit, but the hobby drama about this man is wild. I'd call him a bitter old man if he wasn't already this much of an asshole in the 70s.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/xk73sy/comedy_how_to_piss_off_everyone_youve_ever_met_so/

[-] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 4 points 11 months ago

I had no idea that American Dad episode was a parody of a real roast. That makes it even better lol.

[-] Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago

Its not really what he was saying, but he could have had a point. The shows writers really did kind of have it out for him (with good reason as stated everywhere else), and as a result they didn't give him very much to work with. Even his use of the N word was directed at the writers, saying something like "pretty soon they'll just have me call Donald N----r". Its really a vicious cycle, because it's hard to write good jokes for a person you dislike as much as the writers did chevy. And then Chevy gets even shittier to you because you constantly give him the worst lines.

[-] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 10 points 11 months ago

They did seem to kind of lose focus on Pierce as time went time on. In the beginning he was a rich out of touch guy, but would give good advice every now and then still or a word of wisdom from his age. But then, the same thing happened to Britta, who got dumber as the show went on, and Chang, who got crazier as the show went on. It might just be a result of the same Flanderization.

[-] ventusvir@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

He's always been a bastard towards his cast mates. There was a roast of his where everyone railed on him for being such a pain in the ass to work with and it was absolutely getting to him. He deserves all the roasting he got because he has never shown a scrap of remorse.

[-] Anorack@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

That opinion doesn't seem to be streets ahead!

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

I always thought that was something made up for the show...

Then a couple months ago Biden said it and for a split second I thought he was making a Community joke. But he's just so old he unironically talks like Pierce sometimes.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

More like streets behind.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Chevy will die not understanding that being a shithead is why this all happened to him.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've seen quotes from damn near everyone else on Community that has said Chevy is a bastard to work with. If this is his attitude about the show, I can see why they would say that.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Oh, not just Community! He's been a huge prick his entire career.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 11 months ago

Ugh. I can't imagine what his Family Vacations must have been like.

[-] TomMasz@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

He's managed to burn every bridge and alienate anyone who might have defended him. He took his success on SNL and trampled it in the dust.

[-] clover@slrpnk.net 10 points 11 months ago

But he's can't escape it. He's still being Pierce...

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Chevy not being in the movie is a damn shame. I always envisioned the story being Troy sailing to find hidden treasure but it turning out to be Pierce after having faked his death.

[-] Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 7 points 11 months ago

As a fan of both Chevy and the show this just seems unnecessary and sad. Obviously I disagree with him, the show was very funny and awesome.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago
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[-] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

It would have been funnier without him.

[-] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 9 points 11 months ago

No, I think that his ignorance and hateable nature made the show funnier

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