# Even if Community survives, Chevy may not. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654 "2012-04-03T01:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/1 "2012-04-03T01:58:33Z")
[Interesting article](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/community-chevy-chase_n_1393823.html) Here’s an interview with him. I figured after burning his bridges in the past he’d have learned by now. Oh well. > [@](#): > > **Would you hang out with Pierce?** > No. No! [Laughs.] Why would I? Part of the challenge of being in this is to not be anything like myself. No … I’m funny. Pierce isn’t funny. Uh oh. Nothing like himself? Self delusion or dementia is setting in. > [@](#): > > **But you know guys like Pierce, don’t you?** > No, I don’t. Not that still have their teeth. No. I don’t know guys like anybody in this sitcom, frankly. > … > There are narcissistic elements to Joel [McHale]'s character, which come easily to him. [Laughs.] Coming from a man known for his humility, right? He does make some good points though. > [@](#): > > You might have a guy in his 60s and kids in their 20s – that’s the fact, and what can you do with them? There are many times when this doesn’t seem like a community college at all. Particularly this year … I think we’ve gone way south. And way north. It doesn’t even appear to have anything to do with college. It’s got its own secrets that reside in the creator of the show [Dan Harmon]. What does it mean, really? I think you could just as well take these people and put them in a bar every week, and have nothing to do with academics or anything else, and we’d still have the same basic interactions. The community college thing sort of went down the drain this year. At least he’s aware of his situation. > [@](#): > > I probably won’t be around that much longer, frankly. Not that he minds, seeing as how he doesn’t like sitcoms anyway. > [@](#): > > If what you do in life is perform to open up eyes and minds, to make people laugh, then it better damn well be new! It shouldn’t be just a repetitious ‘Hey, I’m still here!’ For what purpose? In your case, it thought it was to remind people, “Hey, I’m still here!” Oh wait, you don’t like doing that. So then why did you join the show in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/2 "2012-04-03T02:02:11Z")
Good, he’s the least funny part of the show anyway. I never saw SNL, I never saw those movies everyone was talking about in the bumped Chevy Chase thread. I have no conception of him except that he’s got a big ego and he’s not funny on Community. ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/3 "2012-04-03T04:03:07Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I have no conception of him except that he’s got a big ego and he’s not funny on Community. Oh, I thought he’s okay on the show. He’s the straight man. It’s the others who are supposed to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/4 "2012-04-03T04:04:16Z")
All I know is when he comes on, I feel like the Dean. “Oh, Pierce is in this?” _leaves to get coffee_ ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/5 "2012-04-03T04:40:12Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Good, he’s the least funny part of the show anyway. That’s simply untrue. The guy who says “pop pop” is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/6 "2012-04-03T04:47:43Z")
Although she talked very nice about him, I recently heard Gillian Jacobs mention that Joel likes to torture Chevy by leaving copies of “Karate Dog” around the set. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/7 "2012-04-03T05:10:24Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Although she talked very nice about him, I recently heard Gillian Jacobs mention that Joel likes to torture Chevy by leaving copies of “Karate Dog” around the set. Joel McHale interview – MUST WATCH https://www.youtube.com/embed/UBCZlC3KBAI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/8 "2012-04-03T05:24:29Z")
McHale’s character is every bit as obnoxious as Chase is reputed to be. He gets away with it because he is youthful. Winger is a despicable narcissist. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/9 "2012-04-03T06:24:04Z")
If they can’t come up with anything for him to do, they need not keep him around. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/10 "2012-04-03T07:35:11Z")
> [@DataZak](#): > > Oh, I thought he’s okay on the show. He’s the straight man. It’s the others who are supposed to be funny. No, the kind of comedy Pierce provides are non sequiters, silly gadgets, and comments that reveal that his mind is slipping, “I keep forgetting it’s the 90’s.” Edit: To be honest, I think the writers could do a better job with him. His character isn’t that great, but then he’s just working with what he’s given. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/11 "2012-04-03T08:29:13Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Good, he’s the least funny part of the show anyway. I never saw SNL, I never saw those movies everyone was talking about in the bumped Chevy Chase thread. I have no conception of him except that he’s got a big ego and he’s not funny on Community. I envy you. He even sucked on SNL 35 years ago. I’ve never seen the current show referred to in the OP, so I can’t give any opinion about it. But it sounds like they created a character for all to hate and despise, so Chevy was perfectly cast. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/12 "2012-04-03T08:45:32Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > McHale’s character is every bit as obnoxious as Chase is reputed to be. He gets away with it because he is youthful. Winger is a despicable narcissist. He’s also a fictional character. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/13 "2012-04-03T08:45:35Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > But it sounds like they created a character for all to hate and despise, so Chevy was perfectly cast. You may be right. > [@](#): > > **Do you have more fun playing Pierce the asshole or Pierce the bumbling old guy?** > I’ve never really come to grips with it … I don’t think that anybody has. [Laughs.] Viewers, the writers, me. I think, just by being older, I’m supposed to be more of a curmudgeon. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/14 "2012-04-03T13:01:57Z")
He has a reputation going all the way back to his SNL days for being a prima donna. So no surprise here. But he has had some pretty good moments on the show, especially the Dungeons and Dragons episode from last year, where he was wicked hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/15 "2012-04-03T13:03:13Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Joel McHale interview – MUST WATCH > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player\_embedded&v=UBCZlC3KBAI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UBCZlC3KBAI) That was great, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/16 "2012-04-03T13:17:40Z")
For those old enough to remember: [QUOTE=Chevy Chase] I’m Chevy Chase…and you’re not. [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/17 "2012-04-03T18:45:15Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > He’s also a fictional character. Yes. I’m presuming that McHale is not that way when out of character. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/18 "2012-04-03T20:07:31Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > That’s simply untrue. The guy who says “pop pop” is still alive. You leave Magnitude out of this! ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/19 "2012-04-03T20:43:16Z")
Well, there is hope. In this last episode he had non “pop pop” lines. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654/20 "2012-04-03T20:55:03Z")
I think when Abed told him to take down the pillow fort he responded, “Pop pop captain.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-community-survives-chevy-may-not/617654.md?page=2)