Turns out Chevy Chase doesn’t look back on his “Community” days fondly.
The “Saturday Night Live” star, 79, who played Greendale Community College student Pierce Hawthorne on the 2009-2015 TV series, said Monday: “WTF with Marc Maron” episode that he was not a fan of the comedy in the show.
“I honestly felt like the show wasn’t funny enough for me, in the end,” he told Maron. “I felt a little restricted. Everyone had their own parts and things, and I thought they were all good. But it just wasn’t strong enough for me.”
“I didn’t mind the character,” he said of the role of Pierce, the oldest member of the study group that the show focuses on. “I felt happier when I was alone, in a way. I didn’t want to be surrounded by this table, every day, with these people. It was just too much.”
The “National Lampoon’s Vacation” star parted ways with the show in 2012, and Pierce died in season five. Chase had a troubled history with the show and clashed with show creator Dan Harmon, who subsequently left the day-to-day supervision of the show. third season.
“I haven’t seen (Dan) since. I have no idea if we’re okay,” Chase told Maron. “He was kind of pissed off. He was angry.”
Chevy Chase did not sign on to the movie “Community.”
The comedian has not participated in “Society” since his passing.
He did not join previous cast members at a 2020 charity table read for the Season 5 episode “Cooperative Polygraphy” nor was he announced as part of the cast of the upcoming “Community” film, which Peacock greenlit last year.
Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong, Danny Pudi and Jim Rash have signed on to reprise their roles.
“Community,” which ran from 2009 to 2015, was never a ratings giant but gained a passionate following based on its deft use of meta-humor and the charisma of the members of the study group, a diverse group of characters who came together to make for an engaging comedy act.
Several years ago, Chase also criticized SNL, from which he emerged as a popular comedian in the 1970s, for having the “worst ‘humor’ in the world.”
“I have to say that, after the first two years, things went downhill,” he said. Washington Post in 2018. “Why would I say that? Because I was in it? I guess… I didn’t see the same fun thing happen to actors the following year.”
! Six seasons and a movie“Community” fans will finally get a movie thanks to Peacock
Contributing: Bill Keaveney, USA TODAY
. “Professional creator. Lifelong thinker. Reader. Beer buff. Troublemaker. Evil problem solver.”