Favorite Roles of the Community Actors (with Matt Pritchett)

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[00:00:55] It's so funny how, with all the stuff we're talking about tonight, no one's wrong, if you really think about it long and hard. It's just... Yeah. Yeah, how much trivia do you want? Because I have way too much. And I know way too much. It should be sufficient. That won't overwhelm too many people, I think. Okay. I'm going to make a mark on the table if I go.

[00:01:21] But we have Matt Pritchett from Communies on Twitter. Community fan page. Lo and behold, we decided, hey, we've got to talk about your show. We've been meaning to do another episode on it, but how would it be on the cast members themselves? Oh, they're great. I think they're great. But I get to talk to them on occasion, on very small occasions. Absolutely. A few of them, not all of them.

[00:01:50] Well, they just seem like legit great people. And it just blows your mind even more. Like, just seeing them in interviews, they're okay. They like each other. Yeah, they love each other, but like... They really do. Not Chevy. They really like each other. Well, yeah, not Chevy, but... With the caveat. But the main... The people who we didn't know or we semi-knew, but now we absolutely know. Now that the show has happened.

[00:02:20] Yeah, they all are really... You know, yeah, they got a group chat they're a part of. Most of them have made Marvel appearances. I loved how, especially Shirley Chang and Aubin. Oh, yeah. And the Dean's got a reoccurring one now because he's the Dean at MIT now. That's an upgrade of a role.

[00:02:43] That's true. And it was so funny how Joel McHale, he joked on Conan, and it's like, and I chose the DC family. I'm on Stargirl. Suck it. But that was mainly because, yeah, the Russos wrote for this and Arrested Development, so they brought along anyone they had worked with onto those Marvel projects. But, I mean, I think they just kept showing how vulnerable they were.

[00:03:07] Like, I had to even convince my co-host, John, he's like, you know, oh, I hate the Hangover movies. I can't stand, you know, Kim Jong and those. I'm like, trust me, he's really great on community. And at least you understand why he's inept, you know? Like, it's not like Hangover where they encouraged him to be over the top, you know, and it either gets on your nerves or it makes you laugh. And, I mean, I think that's just it. Like, when Dr. Ken came out, I'm like, oh, my God, he was a doctor before he was an actor?

[00:03:37] And now he's putting that to you? He's adapting his, you know, life? Yeah, his wife's still a doctor. I mean, he's... I think so, yeah. He's just ridiculous. Oh, no, no, she is. Her last name is Ho. That's why he does that joke all the time. It's really good. They just stopped what they were doing and started crying laughing. He goes, that's her name.

[00:04:06] That's her name. Yeah, I bet. I mean... God, it was funny. And he's the kind of guy, like, I think because he just showed so much of what he was capable, I just... I was carefree. I'm like, you can do whatever at this point, dude. You know, like, he had a brief role in Pain and Gain. He was a doctor once again and knocked up. He was an employment guy in Step Brothers. But so he was on the role for old train for a while. Yeah, and he was on the... Yeah, with the...

[00:04:36] Oh, gosh. Why am I forgetting the director's name that did all that stuff? He did love for Crying Out Loud, too. Why am I just blanking on him? Oh, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah. I really like his wife. I can't remember his name. Judd Apatow. Judd Apatow. Yeah, he's in a bunch of Judd Apatow. Yeah. Yes, he's in a bunch of Judd Apatow movies. He's... Did Penguin and Madagascar. He did the second season of... What was it? The After Party, which I thought he did. Really Goodian, playing a character named Fing. Oh, that's right. I still gotta watch that.

[00:05:06] He was just an accused doing a completely not funny role. As a kind of accused of killing his wife. Hmm. It was Jamie Chung. So, yeah. Ken's actually one of the nicest people on the planet from my few exchanges with him. Hey, he's been in the My Spy films. He was hilarious in Killing Hasselhoff. Which was just a wild mockumentary.

[00:05:33] He's making fun of revenge movies, but just loves playing themselves. Ken is... Ken's not the workaholic Joel is, but he's really close. But they just really enjoy... Both of them just really enjoy what they're doing. Absolutely. And I think Ken's trying to get better as an actor. He's continually working on it. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's always gonna be a struggle when you've been... When you jump out of a truck naked in a movie. How do you get better than that?

[00:06:02] Getting un-pigeon-holed is gonna be pretty impressive. I mean, it came a long way. Because he played various guys on Mad TV that I saw him do mild guest spots, but in straight-faced roles on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Boston Legal, and The Shield. And they were absolutely not funny roles, even though some of them were comedic. Yeah. And so I think, yeah, I think he showed he was fearless.

[00:06:26] And then after doing bit parts, sometimes with the office guys, and even in serious stuff like Crazy Rich Asians... I mean, when I saw the trailer for Ride Along 2, I was like, oh, it's gonna be bad. But I'm sure him and Olivia Munn are gonna be the best parts. And sure enough, I see it. I'm like, oh, colossal waste of time. But those guys were really awesome. I really like Ken. Yeah. No, it's... He's really consistent. That's my favorite part, is he's really consistent. You're gonna get his best version of whatever he's doing.

[00:06:56] But he did the My Spy, the two episodes, the two movies. Yeah, he did so much. He's the fourth build after, you know, Christian Schaal, The Kid, and Batista. And I'm like, yeah, but I believe that he's part of the team because he's very unpredictable. Yeah, his name's up there. I mean, he's on community starting with the second episode, but he's technically there at the very beginning of the show. But he's on after the pilot. So he's... I mean, they want him there.

[00:07:23] And that was part of the problem they get into in season four and five. So what do you do with a character where we basically had him become a warlord in a community college? And, you know, how do you bring him back? And Ken, you know, Ken ate that pine cone sandwich and made it work. And then they found a way to do it. And then in season six, he's filling in the role that Donald Glover had, which is to say the weird thing that's funny. So he's just saying weird stuff all the way through season six. You're like the first guy I've seen talk about that.

[00:07:53] Everyone likes to talk about I fall off at this point or that point. It's like, but no one looks at what role does everybody do throughout the show? Yeah, how do they evolve? Yeah, well, you can't replace Donald Glover. Donald Glover was amazing at everything he does. I've never seen Donald Glover throwing a C-level effort. Personally, I never felt like they were trying to. They were just like, someone's got to go there.

[00:08:17] Like when Paget Brewster came in as Frankie, I'm like, okay, but she's not replacing Chevy or anybody else. No, and she's not replacing Yvette. She's not replacing any of these people. She's not replacing Shirley, Keith David, Stanghill. And they're not bringing in a child. Normally, you bring in somebody really young. She's not a really young actress. She's a really good actress. She's really funny. Mostly known for, you know, Prentice on Criminal Minds for crying out loud. Oh, that's what was so cool for me. It was like, okay, so you came from all these other awesome sitcoms.

[00:08:46] You did Andy Richter. You did, you know, all these voiceovers like, you know, Harvey Birdman. Got your own spinoff for Christ's sake. And then, yeah, these two shows back to back, I'm like, oh my God, she is diverse. She can do anything. She's really, she's really good. She was on Drunk History, I think it was one of my favorite episodes where she's just ripped and trying to tell a story. I mean, but she's, she's a lot of fun. She's human. Yeah. One of the, what's the Harmontown?

[00:09:16] She's on Harmontown right after season six. That's true. Who says, you know, what podcast. Yeah. Yeah. And, and they's like, what was it like? And he was like, it's, it's, and she basically called it Stockholm syndrome, but it's, but you make a really good TV show. That's what I'm, if you love that, you'll love. She's still very close with Andy Richter and she appeared on his free questions podcast.

[00:09:39] And she gave the most real answer on like the whole auditioning process and how no one knows if anything will go beyond the pilot stage, no matter how long you've been working. And that was like the most real and funniest way of putting it out there. She's a, I think she's a treasure. She's, she's a great addition to season six. I'm glad she was there. Absolutely. And I mean, she's been in all kinds of stuff.

[00:10:01] And like, she, I mean, the fact that she got experience doing talk show hosting and other stuff, I think just much like co-star Aisha Tyler, she just had that kind of knack for adapt to anything and the reward will come your way. And be again, like all these other people be fearless. It's not like they had to do.

[00:10:21] I think it helped that a lot of the gags were all just unusual pranks as opposed to who will hook up with who and who's going to, you know, streak for the school is like we're on network TV, but we're going to be an unusual kind of edgy. I mean, I light up whenever I see Lauren Stemmel, who played Professor Slater. Yes, she's always good. She's good in everything she does. And I brought up her name one time to my host, John. He's like, that's the CIA gal trying to bring the main guy in on burn notice.

[00:10:50] And I'm like, yeah, she was on that one. She was the one campaign gal in that one season of Chicago Fire. But like, whenever I see her, I'm like, I don't know your morality. Like, I don't know where you stand. You're you're you got the mystery face. You got the poker face in it. I think it worked for the comedy because you didn't know if she and Jeff were going to hook up. It's kind of a shame they didn't. They kind of just went on. Yeah, they're there for the season one.

[00:11:18] And when they're choosing season one, they have to mess up that relationship. So he can so he can have that moment at the genealogy thing with Pierce's stepdaughter or ex-stepdaughter. And because because of the show, Smash was about to come on and they were cross promoting by having her on there. I cannot remember her name. She's a very pretty woman who can sing very well. She's a very good actress. I cannot remember who she is. I think I know.

[00:11:46] And yes, for those who don't know. Yeah, we're talking about everybody for the most part. Yeah, that's that's also a person who's really good. Like we did with the psych episode. We were just like, let's mention most everybody. Is it Megan Hilty? I think no. I'm going to think of her name like in a day. It's just going to drop. Oh, no. Do you know her surname? No. What? Catherine McPhee. Is it? There you go. McPhee. Okay. Because that's the only one I'm seeing.

[00:12:15] And that was literally out of the lineup. But I mean, speaking of psych, I loved how they brought Anthony Michael Hall in there briefly. That was amusing. Eric Christian. Yeah, they bring him back. They only bring him back for the second paintball episode. We'll talk about that before. I mean, it's. There's only one rule, Fat Neal. It's just. Yeah. He is just going bonkers. I think. Say what you want about him on SNL. I think. As he's come through. On all these NBC Universal shows.

[00:12:45] I think he has just been letting loose. And he loves doing comedy because he's basically been going to do the stuff he wasn't able to. You know, even in his. Oh, yeah. I mean. Well, he got. He got pigeonholed into dramatic roles and being a heavy. Yes. And so he gets an opportunity to be comedic. I mean. But he's. I understand he's very driven in his craft. So, yeah. He apparently. You'll love this. He and Robert Downey Jr. Always been best buds. They recently formed a production company, I think, with Robert's wife. Oh, wow. Okay.

[00:13:16] So if you see. I wouldn't be surprised if in the future we see their names attached to some development deal or some other show. And we're like, oh, what do they have to do with that? Yeah. Like Justin Lin and the Russo brothers have a production company together. Right. It would have. You would have guessed. Oh, my God. Yeah. That sounds great. Do whatever you do. Be. You know. They don't. Oddly, they don't do a lot yet. But I mean, it's really wild. Think. Oh, these. Justin Lin. All these Fast and Furious movies. And Modern Warfare. I have priorities. Modern Warfare.

[00:13:45] And Fast and Furious movies. And when the Russo brothers are the biggest movies in the world. Huh? He worked on Call of Duty? No, no, no. Modern Warfare. Modern Warfare. The episode. The paintball episode. Oh, okay. Justin Lin directed Modern Warfare. Okay. Sorry. Sorry, guys. I'm sorry. I don't always remember the episodes. Okay. Yeah. No. No. I know the episodes. Community has really. Yeah. Community has really hard episodes to remember the names of sometimes. They will be two sentences sometimes. I'm like, how did they even title that in syndication?

[00:14:15] Well, they had stuff like there's a romantic episode. There's a reference to a romantic episode. It's not the Valentine's Day episode. But it's. So they do that a couple of times. Oh, dude. You want to talk. Oh, man. All the holiday episodes stood out in their own right. Because you not only didn't have to. Much like Psych. I'm going to go back to that. Because it's so funny. Psych's a great show. Oh, it's a wonderful show. But like, it's so funny how the.

[00:14:42] Jay from Super Troopers, you know, got into directing a bunch of sitcoms. And he held a bunch of episodes of both these shows. And he joked on the psychologists are in podcasts. He's like, wow. Why are there free psych movies in the community movie? Hasn't come out yet. But it's just. What the fuck, guys? Yeah. Jay. Jay said. Jay said he would. He would volunteer to. That's. That's a trooper. See what I do. Yeah. I'm good. His first episode. His first episode he did was Mixology Certification.

[00:15:11] We talked to him like a year ago. He loves the dating and awkward moments. Yeah. But he does it. Never in the way you would expect someone who's known for frat boy kind of stuff to even do it. Yes. You're expecting the goofiest thing. And Mixology is the most grounded episode of the entire show. All six seasons. He loves the quiet moments of people just like flipping out like mentally. And you're like, oh, yeah, that'd be nice. What? Just. It's just like that.

[00:15:42] Jay's really. Jay's been really kind with his time. So, yeah, absolutely. I would love to see him directed. I know he'd knock it out of the park. Absolutely. And the fact that every guest star. I think definitely one of the first ones I saw all the way through was the Jack Black one. Yeah. Investigative journalism. There you go. See? And I mean, and the fact that just so many of the other ones, you know, you had Theo from Cosby show, you know, Malcolm V. Moe Warner on there. Walton Goggins stole his whole episodes.

[00:16:10] The unusual, you know, Mr. Stone guy and Martin Mull, Luke Perry, French Stewart. Martin Mull is the one who said. And he just recently passed. Martin Mull. Yes. Best in peace. He was the one who said, you know, I haven't worked with the. I cannot remember. Why can't I remember people's names? Hey, I haven't worked with her since Clue, which was a lie. I remember he. Oh, yeah. Leslie Ann Warren. Yeah. Yeah. Leslie Ann Warren. He says, oh, I haven't worked with her since Clue.

[00:16:39] And so they hired her to be the mom, too. That was not true. They've worked like five times in the 90s. Right. But it didn't matter. It was a great story. I thought the joke was that that was the only thing everyone remembered them working on or something. I don't know. But I mean, Natasha Leggero, Taron Killam, Adam DeVene. Taron Killam lobbied to be on the show, was begging to be on the show. He was saying he was saying to the show, please find me a spot. And they're like, we had this crazy. And he's like, I'll do it. And that was it.

[00:17:08] He was all in. I mean, even. Yeah, I got to talk to him like two years ago. Oh, yeah. Good Lord. I've talked to Joel multiple times. Chris McKenna, one of the major writers of the show, the Spider-Man movies. I've talked to Charlie Toons, obviously. I've talked to the writer of Fistful of Paintballs. I've talked to him, Andrew Guess. He's also writing the movie. Yeah, Taron I talked to about the Christmas episode like two years ago for its 10th anniversary.

[00:17:39] Yeah, the people that were on the show, they had to work really strange jobs or really long hours. But everybody that's been on the show, I don't know anybody that left other than Chevy. It was unhappy with the experience. Yeah. Everybody else seemed happy. He was getting up there. And I think that's just it. Like when people sign on, they need to say, and by the way, you'll accept these hours. And it's like, or we'll work it out. We're going to have days called Friday.

[00:18:05] We're going to be filming Saturday mornings and also Saturday night. They did that a lot. It happened to the fact that they wanted to keep changing it out. Like when Jim Rash wrote that wonderful comedic movie, I was just floored. I'm like, this dude. Are you talking about the one he won the Oscar for or The Way Way Back? Yes, The Way Way Back. I was just like. The Way Way Back is gorgeous. I love that movie. It was such a heartwarming movie.

[00:18:32] I'm like, see, this movie gets me because this is not how many people can we gross out and everything. It's like, this is people getting annoyed by all their bizarre people who are in their lives and having to find a mental escape. It's like, see, that was cool because anyone else would have had a midlife crisis. It's a really sweet movie. Yeah. Two years before, you're a co-writer on The Descendants. You win an Oscar. And two years later, you make The Way Way Back.

[00:19:01] And The Way Way Back, I enjoy it better more than The Descendants. So, yeah. That's a good point, too. I mean, The Descendants was kind of more a lot of cooks in the kitchen. But that one was like his authentic voice. I'm like, this is the dude who had bit parts and, you know, I saw him get started in shows like Friends and bit parts and minority report as one of the techs. And who would he didn't know where he would joke in interviews? I didn't know I'd end up where I am now. You can't. You don't know. No, no.

[00:19:28] Him and his writing partner, Nat Faxon, they directed an episode of The Community, too. They this was their big favorite baby they made. And so, I mean, it's a lot of fun. And we had somebody that used to live where they shot this thing that we talked to. Oh, wow. You know, when you've done like a… Green Hill College. I do recommend that if you ever get a chance to interact with a large fan base or at least the fan base is currently on Netflix.

[00:19:58] Not on Netflix now, but when it was in 2020. You end up getting to talk to a lot of people who are participating in the show or were there where things were filmed or, you know, just had interactions with cast and crew. Even people who were like one episode. And just enjoyed it. Like I forgot the… I didn't like him. I didn't say, yeah, it was a spinoff. But Eric Christian Olsen is the one guy flirting with Annie. And he's often singing shirtless. He had done a lot of comedy. He's with prosthetic tiny nipples.

[00:20:28] Yes, Vaughn. Yeah. Vaughn, yeah. That was a funny… Hey, hi. How are you? Yeah. He's not an idiot, but he's just desperate. And so he's letting it hang. Yeah, his band, Some Worries. Yeah. After No Worries No Longer Works. Oh, that's it. It felt like a good experimentation. Yeah. No, they have a lot of ridiculously talented people in the first season that they have for multiple episodes. Yes. Like Gelson. So, yeah.

[00:20:59] Who did we skip on? We talked to… I don't want to talk about everybody. There was Natasha Leggero. There was… Yep, season four. Tim and Eric, believe it or not, made an appearance in there. And I guffod when I saw Lisa Rinna. I'm like, of course she's playing Mark's mom. Yes. In one of the more controversial episodes of season one. But yes. Yes. Sorry, there had to be a soccer mom. But Busy Phillips, I thought was cool. But yeah. Yeah.

[00:21:28] No, they're doing the crossover from Cougar Town. That the… Oh. I mean, that's all it was. Her and the other guys show up from Cougar Town. It's a nice little touch. Because Danny had just did a… That season showed up in Cougar Town in the background. Yeah. Wild. Yes. Just the… The show is just… Particularly season two. It's just one… Jim Kirkman's another one. Wild, wild thing. Kirkman? Yeah. Drag Queen, Shangela.

[00:21:58] Nick Kroll was another one being a douche. Randall Park, French Stewart. Matt Lucas, British Comedian. But like… What… Tricia Helfer, you know, number six from Battlestar was on there twice. You know, one time playing herself. And then… But I loved it when she was actually in the other season… Later season, she's playing Vince Gilligan's, like, dream wife or whatever. After credits. Oh, that's… That's Gina Gershon. Oh, that's right. Speaking of having a… Having a… Out of nowhere… Oh, my God.

[00:22:28] It's Gina Gershon. Yeah. She's there. The 90s are back. With Vince Gilligan and playing his wife. And like, yeah, I know how they convince Vince to do this. Since he never is in front of a screen anymore. All right. We're going to have you play a cowboy on a VHS tape. And the… The prize for this is we're going to have Gina Gershon play your wife. And then the I'm in. It worked for him before. I mean, like, that's how he did the… Homicide crossover of X-Files.

[00:22:58] Where he's like, how about we just have Detective Munch investigate Agent Moulter. It'll never happen. And it happened. Because he has. And it happens. And they're like, sure, we love the show. Sure. Let's make it happen. So I think this is it. When people like you and you just are sincere in your ask, you can make it happen. I mean, I don't think Magnitude, pop, pop, you know, expected to go from Harry Potter to this. No. No. And then Sing on Galavant for two seasons. No, I didn't. You never saw that coming.

[00:23:27] Luke Youngblood. Yep. Who's never any… You never see him until he pops up and he's everywhere for like two years. But he's great. This dude, where has he been all my life? Oh, he's been everywhere. Oh, man. Yeah. You see a picture on Instagram and he's in Thailand for like a year and a half. I'm like, not doing anything. Just hanging out. So he seems to be happy. I hope, man. I would hate for someone to have done all this effort and be like… Don't be hanging out there. I hate people. Yeah.

[00:23:56] And especially in Thailand. Please don't. I better not hear anything bad. This is where you want to be. So did you know that Britta actress Jillian Jacobs was very… I'm sure you know, but I did not know until like a few years ago that she apparently had done a podcast with Upright Citizens Brigade comedian Diana Rezonover. Rezonover.

[00:24:30] Rezonover. They just talked to them. But yeah, it was a science podcast they did for a while. I didn't produce… It was good. Jillian didn't study that? I thought she studied like something like… She's a… No, she went to Juilliard. They didn't teach you math or science at Juilliard. They just teach you how to be an actress. This is how to be an actress. She really hated it, by the way. If you find any interview, her talking about her time in Juilliard, it's almost exclusively hated it. Almost got kicked out. Hated it.

[00:24:59] I think that's why she related to Britta. But she's got lots of good friends from there. Absolutely. But like, I do recall her just being kind of like, just very picky about certain stuff. But that's just it. I didn't like college either. But I think that's why she did so well in the roles. She's playing someone who doesn't want to be here yet. Doesn't want to be in college yet. No, she does a lot of 99% Invisible. I think she's done like four episodes for them where she does various… And there's some science associated with most of the ones she does for them.

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[00:26:49] Her longtime boyfriend, or I guess that sounds stupid after like a decade, her partner is the guy that created the show The Bear. So the reason you keep seeing community people there is because he was there in season three. He was hanging around season three. That's cool. So he knows all of them. So the reason you see Joel, the reason there's a picture of Danny in season one on the wall somewhere. The reason you, your reason Gillian is on there is that's, that's, that's her guy. Oh, that, that's cool.

[00:27:19] But, uh, I think this is it. Like she's done some fun crossovers with the other guys. Like, uh, you know, Rick and Morty was created by Dan Harmon. So she did a voice. She's been on Rick and Morty. I don't remember if she's done Crappopolis yet, which is another Dan Harmon show. I don't think so, but a lot of their writers are there. The old community writers are working there now, but I know it's natural. Allison has. Yeah. I know Allison has done voices for Rick and Morty and Crappopolis.

[00:27:48] I know Joel has. She's like Mecca Kitty in the Lego movie and you're like, I know that voice. Where do I know that voice from? She did a, she did a, a Walgreens commercial, like during the pandemic. And I know her voice. It's, it's. Oh yeah. She did the Macy's. She did the Macy's. And I am justifying. Cause it was even more funny. Cause I was with some of my filmmaker buddies and we were writing. He's like, I feel like I should know her. I'm like, Oh, you know her. You know her.

[00:28:18] You know her. She's roots from glow. If you don't know her from community. She's really good on glow. She was good on glow. Comedy bang, bang, but like, well, actually no, I don't think she was on that, but like when I. Gillian's on bang, bang. Gillian's yes. And, but like Brie, when like she, she and Britta have, Gillian have kind of both become kind of scream queens. Yeah. Yeah. They just. Yeah. Her and her husband made a couple of horror movies and. She was going to this. Aubrey Plaza and her husband. He just passed away.

[00:28:49] Oh, they had like a troop that Allison, you know, she wrote horse girl with him. Yes. There was that. Yeah. There's. They have this. She was part of this really small, like eight people. They just kept making movies. Absolutely. When I saw her in come play, which is basically if another poltergeist. Yes. Horror movie. Yeah. Gillian. Gillian's horror movie. Yeah. And then just some other dramas.

[00:29:15] I was like, I remember even looking back on her credits and like, I've seen more than I even realized. I didn't realize that was her in gardens of the night, which was a tragic, you know. Yeah. Ensemble. She, she plays drug addicts, hookers a lot before community. All of her roles are some variation of drug addict hooker. Or, I guess, because it wasn't overly sexual for the most part. It was just someone in a bad place. Like when I saw her in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and Burt Wonderstone, I'm like, oh, okay.

[00:29:44] So there's life outside of community. I think that's it. They were so busy. They didn't get comfortable. They stayed creative. They stayed busy. But yeah, same thing. Same thing with Allison. Yeah. Gillian did. I'm trying to think. She did love right after community that loves the Judd Apatow. Yes. Series. She did love. She was in, yeah. Transatlantic was a Netflix series, a miniseries about real events of World War II. I wanted to see that. It's good.

[00:30:14] It just, it came and went. I was like, oh, that's right. It's a miniseries. And I got it. Yeah, it's not very long. But there's a, there's a bunch of, there's a bunch of good actors in it. She plays Mary Jane. Her name is Mary Jane Gold. Yeah. She gets to wear period piece clothing. It's just, just some of the stuff just wild looking. It wasn't wild. I think you would like her appearance on the new Twilight Zone as well as Angie Trebek. Yes, that was really good. Yeah. But I, and I, I wasn't crazy about Star Trek Glover decks. I know that's controversial.

[00:30:43] I had fun with that first and then it kind of lost me. But her episode, I'm like, they. Yes. She looked. No, she was really good. Because you couldn't figure out why she actually liked Boomer. Yeah, it was perfect. And it was violent. So it was, it's like, okay, so this is Britta in Star Trek. Okay, perfect. Yeah, there's Britta in Star Trek. It worked really well. She's been on Winning Time. And. I liked that series until the last season that kind of rushed it. But yes, I really. I didn't see it. I'll take your word for it. I'm not. It was, it was, it was smart about it until the last season.

[00:31:12] The last season was like, we're going to do like 10 years and five episodes. Boom. And that was it. Oh, why? Oh, man. Yeah. She's done some Wondery podcasts and everything. And I'm so, I'm just like. These people are very diverse. They, they're, they're not about just letting time fly. And they're also not about just the awards. They all work so much. And I mean, same, same thing.

[00:31:42] That's the thing. Like the only guy I knew prior to this was like, oh yeah. The guy from the suit, you know, it was like, I know Joe. I forgot that he was in other movies like Spider-Man too, as the banker guy. But I'm just like, yeah. Like when he was in this, like. He's in the informant for crying out loud. I mean, he's in a ton of great. Yeah. I loved how he was on Michael Rosenbaum's podcast. And he's like, I loved you in. It's the one movie.

[00:32:10] It's, it's a really deliverance from evil. He's like, it was such a fun, you know, supernatural horror movie fantasy film. You're in. And he's like, yeah, it was a lot of fun. I love, I heard him on a Mortal Kombat podcast. Cause he got to voice. He does one of the voices. He was Johnny, Johnny freaking cage in those animated movies. And I, he, the, just knowing about him made me love him even more. Just cause he, I think again,

[00:32:38] even like on Rosenbaum's podcast, he talked about how he realized. He didn't know until he was a dad that he was dyslexic. Like he just never put it together. I'm like, you know, who else would just refuse to come to terms with that? Typical celeb would probably be like, Oh, I can't let the world know about that. You know, it's like, there's no shame. It's all good. You know, he, he talks about his hair. Uh, extended plugs that he's done.

[00:33:05] He's the only person I know that has ever talked about that. Who's an actor. He's regularly, you know, if somebody asked him about it, it's like, and he's set it straight up in interviews. He's like, Oh yeah. He goes, it's the best. I forgot how much money he spent, but it was, I've never bought a car for that amount. I can tell you that amount. But I remember saying a number for it and I'm, because it's the best. Let me say just $30,000 is a starting number. He's the best $30,000 ever spent. And he's, and of course he's had it done multiple times. He said, yeah, if you go look, if you look at him from Spider-Man two,

[00:33:35] which you mentioned his hair is thinner in the front. And now it's very specifically grown. And that's, that's, yeah, that's, but like he learned from his kids. He's like, this didn't just happen. This genetics, it's me. I just didn't realize it. I just somehow read stuff and it makes sense, but I said it enough times. It made sense. And it looked easy. I was having fun doing it. And so he evolved in reverse chronicle chronological order, but I think he's just gotten way deeper as a community.

[00:34:05] Like, I think he's gotten better because, well, he has to, he has to pay more attention to it, to make it work. And I think once he learned that that was a problem for him, he got better at reading the material. Yeah. He's, he's gotten better as, he's gotten better as a comic. He's gotten better as an actor. and when he gets to do more consistent stuff, I think he, I think he does really good work. bingo. I, it's lots of times where he has nothing to do. His, his favorite role that he's done post community is played Chevy chase in the

[00:34:34] feudal and stupid gesture movie on Netflix. That's, that's, that's my favorite role because he's playing Chevy the whole time. And all I could think is that's Joel just really heading playing Chevy. Oh, that's amazing. But it's really, it's, it's a good little movie, but he's, he's, he's doing physical bits. He's knocking stuff over and, and, and being obnoxious. I'm like, well, you'd know him. That's great. I need to, I need to, I do recommend it. It's, it's ridiculous.

[00:35:02] Just staring at him playing Chevy chase is just, it's just bonkers. And he just makes it look being all dressed up in a suit and then having those geeky sneakers. I don't know why that just, that just like acknowledges his inner geek is like, he had the role before he actually had it. And I mean, the likable snark, I call it, you know, but yeah, yeah, I don't want to even call him a star. He's so likable. And I mean, he, he said in an interview how,

[00:35:33] you know, he's got a wonderful marriage and everything, but like his, he drives his wife crazy. Cause he likes to, you know, in between caring for the kids, rewatch all the diehards, Jason Vorns. And then they asked him, it was like, what's your favorite show? And this is the funniest one that just crushed me. It was so funny. He's like, Oh, the X-Files. And it's not cause I was on that one season as the, you know, reality show host. I trust me. I always loved that. I just happened to be on it later on. It came back. Oh,

[00:36:04] with, with Jillian, I, you know, and again, you know, before I was religiously, I was just like casually watching community. Like my sister got into it. And then me and my mother slowly got into it. It was like, that's fun. That's cool. But then when doing a full rewatch and watching it, I was like, it was blam, you know, like no amount of DVRing and watching it every week could have prepped me for how good a show it was in retrospect. But like, uh, I think she, she, she, uh, doesn't get enough, uh, praise for, uh,

[00:36:34] that one college friends uniting movie. Um, she did a cool drama with Kevin Hart called let go, but then she did another one. she did my life. He's talking about life of the party. She's in life. The party to some Melissa. I can't remember her last name either. Uh, the McCarthy, but she was good in that again, playing a straight, she's my favorite part in that one. Um, politely. Oh, I used to go here. I used to go here.

[00:37:04] Probably. Really? Hot tub time. She's a hot tub time machine too. With Chevy. She's one of the few people's work with Chevy. Yeah. And. that was the same kind of movie where I'm like, Hey, it's not a strong movie, but it's very campy and they're all very good in it. Um, uh, but yeah, I would see her in other just like serious stuff, like the lookalike and, uh, but bad Milo, which was a wacky horror comedy, but that is the, that's one of the hardest movies I've ever watched.

[00:37:33] But I watched for Gillian. I watched it simply. Gillian went on Conan and she's, she's like, well, why didn't you do this movie? And she's like, it's a movie about a butt monster. I'm 100% going to be in that movie. And I thought that was just so, you know, earnest about what the reason she was in it. I love this idea. She doesn't, she doesn't give a safe answer in any interview I've seen her in, but yeah, I don't think twice. You want to talk college? I loved it how it was all college pals. And I mean, and that's just it.

[00:38:02] I only casually knew her. I'm like, Oh yeah. Okay. Yeah. Oh, the community got like, I was like, Oh, okay. Michael key, you know, Kate McCoushey. And then all these other people who, you know, if you look them up, they've done just sitcom. And she's not, and she's not somebody who does that style of comedy. She does not do off the cuff. She does not do improv. And so it was for her. I mean, this is one thing I really like about her. A lot of the work she's taken on since community has been stuff. She's uncomfortable with. Yes. So she's trying new stuff where, you know, where she can.

[00:38:32] So I, I, that's one. I just think she's brave. I, she was not in, she was not good at. She's also part of the DC universe. Yes. And then just this appearance playing Harley. She's got Harley Quinn for crying out loud. Yeah, no, she's, she, she was not, she really did no comedy prior to community. And so she had to learn to be funny on the show and they just leaned in her natural skills. And she's great. I think that's just it.

[00:38:58] Like people find something that's still outside their safe zone while still being engaging. And I mean, I didn't realize there was a night at the museum for animated movie, but yeah, she was in that. But like, uh, if you ever see the contractor with Chris Pine, I mean, there she is playing, you know, an army. She's the wife. Why? Unfortunately, he's not in, he's not home enough. It's since she's the wife. He's not home enough. She had a lot of just drama on her face. I'm like, see,

[00:39:26] anyone else would have overacted that or short, just been short on selling it. And she's like, and she, I mean, even before the darkest timeline episodes, I just couldn't believe she did so much dying of your hair is like, no wonder I don't recognize you have the time. So she's played the Hollywood game. She hasn't waited, relied on just one look, you know? No, no. And she's so many people do and they get burnt out. And it's like, well, don't, don't, you can't, I really liked that about her.

[00:39:57] You just cannot pigeonhole her. you know, Donald Donald's the most enigmatic of them all, but she's definitely in that same category of somebody. You can't say this is all she is. That's never, that never. She did a funny visa ad. Or it was some ad. She did a Coke ad. That's what it was. Yeah. She's like, you know, do it. It's so funny. Me and my mother in unison were like, Hey, community go. Oh no. I, my, my, my spouse ever saw when I'll say something, she's like,

[00:40:27] how does this relate to community? Cause it's the only reason you're telling me this. I'm like, okay, yes, that's true. And then I'll get it out of the way. We'll get over about our day. She's very tolerant of me. I I'm very happy. You're like, come on, man. You married a geek. Uh, what, what did you think of, uh, Oh, the one comedic heist movie she did. Heist movie. There's like a trio of gals and they're like robbing. Well, why am I blanking out? It's like, they were, I,

[00:40:56] I know it's, uh, I mean, she's in a fear street. That was really good. Abisa. That's the one. Abisa. Oh yeah. Yeah. No, it was a good, it's on Netflix. It's a Netflix movie. And I forgot she was in widows, but again, brief part, but I think this is it. Like she is dangerous in a good way. Like she's awesome. She's, she's, she's capable of so much and she swings forward and she does odd projects. And you know, if you're, she doesn't want to be predictable. No, she's, she's not, she's, she hasn't been. So I really,

[00:41:26] I've just really enjoyed her work. Uh, I'm, I'm with it, man. I, I, I got nothing to bash any of these people on. I could not do their thing. I don't think they're poorly used for the most part. Um, uh, but, um, you know, Keith David, I was a guest star on Munson's at the movies and they're all big, huge gargoyles fans. And that when talking about his section on community, they were like, you can tell when they wrote for him, they,

[00:41:55] they wanted him to say it in his typical voiceover role. Yes. There's a, there's a, there's a scene in the, the, the, the dog getting a degree episode. There's a scene there where, uh, they had a line for him. And every time he said the line, it didn't work. It was like, it was like, it didn't work. And he said, okay, just leave the camera on his face and let him raise an eyebrow. And that's all they do. And they were like, this response. Leroy once is it. Yeah. yeah. Uh, he's,

[00:42:24] he was great as the, he doesn't have a real name in the movie, the nice guys, but he's the older guy who fights with, uh, fights the gladiator. He's in anything. Yeah. He's no, he's great in everything he's done. He had a, that long running series where he was playing a priest. For God's sake. No, just, just let him speak. He's the president on Rick and Morty for crying out loud. And it's perfect. Taking out the trash. This is funny. God, he's, he's, he's really good at everything that he does. Uh,

[00:42:52] when he did the voiceover for the pillows and blankets episode, Dan didn't think he liked it. Dan was, Dan's like, I was listening to him recording goes, he never laughed. He never did anything. Cause he's a pro. He's just doing his job. He's not here to dig around. Unlike other people who are like, okay, you can do that. But it might not work. They gave him a change late. And he, and he made his phonetic notes on it. Cause that's how he says everything. So crisp and clearly he's got, he makes little handwritten phonetic notes. He did it. And he, and after serving goes,

[00:43:22] Hey man, that's funny. He's like, he taught and Dan's like, Oh, it was the best feeling ever. He's like, he goes, I just think the world of it. He's like, Hey, this is funny. Cause I thought he hated it. It was like, it just a weight lifting off my shoulders. Waiting to have done. Oh yeah. Made use of an hour instead of just, you know, I can't tell if he's doing a good job or not, or getting too comfy. Is he like what he's doing? I mean, it's, you know, it is he's, but he's just a consummate professional. So that's,

[00:43:51] he just did his job. And then afterward he told him what he thought of it and he liked it. So that's, that's part of what brought him back. Oh, I totally spaced. Uh, Jacobs was in this other movie. I think I saw part of a while back. It was an LGBTQ comedy, uh, life partners. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Played with the pal. Why can't I remember the lead? Leiden Meister was her gay pal. And yeah, it was just like a heartwarming movie. And just like, see who could have even promoted that movie.

[00:44:20] It was just like, no, it was just in a bunch of movies that 90 minutes to come basically. And yeah, I was okay with that. Cause it was just like the characters were interesting enough and they brought it to life. And it was like, that's, that's how you do a comedy instead of trying to see if it can or can't work. It's like, well, you don't know until you read it out loud. So for Donald Glover is earn your favorite thing he's done in Atlanta. Uh, you know, uh,

[00:44:48] I think I really have just done Doug, his, uh, uh, music art act, Childish Gambino. I've just, yeah, his music is just, I like it better when he sings. I've just, and I have hearing loss. I still need to see swarm. I still warm. Yeah. And I, and the Mr. and Mrs. Smith show, which I hear is actually pretty solid. Uh, but I told you, I did watch that one. It's, they,

[00:45:15] they basically take the part of the premise of the movie that they don't do, uh, instead say, okay, but they, now they both know and let's start. And they basically, it's the old complaint we have about a lot of TV shows. Like they take the old premise, the old movie, and they make a entire season of the first 15 minutes of whatever the movie was. And to some degree, Mr. And Mrs. Smith does that, but they're also doing something different the whole time. So they're never not knowing what relationship they're in.

[00:45:44] They know they're in a business relationship. Instead of getting to, instead of pretending they don't know and doing that joke, they do, they're actually having a conversation about marriage. And it's a, most of the jokes are about the, the, just the, the awkwardness of being in a relationship with somebody you actually don't know. That's a good point. And so that's, it's, and it was really well done. It's actually getting psychological instead of, it's, it's, it's a good actors running in slow motion with silence pistols. I know they have, there's,

[00:46:13] there's explosions and they're completely freaked out by them. They're fights and they're exhausted by them. And then, right. I just mean there's another component instead of just good actors against, you know, a close stage getting in shape, you know, it was like, it's actually, yeah. It was, it was really good. I do recommend that one. It's a good one. And I totally forgot. He started, you know, writing for 30 rock and what have you, but people forget. They got him, they got him for free at 30 rock. Yeah. He really did. Cause that was when he was getting, but like,

[00:46:42] I saw part of his standup and it was, it was a hoot. What's it? Weirdo. Is it weirdos? The name of it? Yeah. I think so. Yes. Yes. Yes. It's very funny. All of it's very funny. If you haven't seen mystery team, which is a totally improvised comedy with some other, you know, UCB guys, the Derek comedy. Cause everybody's name started with a D. So they just call it Derek. Cause that was a Derek name. That was a D name. They did not have the group. I, I even forgot he was in robot chickens. Third star Wars special.

[00:47:12] Oh my God. Yeah, he did. He did. He was in a forgettable comedy with Steve Carell, but like, he's in adventure time for crying out loud. He's not freaking adventure time. I still need to see swarm. And I didn't like the Disney Muppets, but he was good in it. Um, and you, if you haven't seen the to-do list, which with your girl, Aubrey Plaza, he was really good there, but like, I totally forgot he was in the other ensemble, you know, genre movies, Lazarus effect and, uh, the Martian,

[00:47:42] the Martian. Yeah. He's, he's really fun in the Martian. Uh, when he falls, that was an actual mistake. He just kept moving. I just couldn't get into Atlanta, but I'm glad I was just like, Atlanta's Atlanta gets weird. The last two seasons, they do some really odd stuff. Like it was kind of, kind of like every other live action movie. I was feeling like was trying to outdo family guy. This was kind of reverse. I'm like they, everything that we're making fun of or satirizing. I'm like, they did this on the boondocks. They did this and even boys in the hood.

[00:48:12] And I just, I just couldn't stick with it. I didn't, I just didn't like any of the writing, but a lot of people loved it. So the people have spoken and I was just cool with the fact that, Hey, he's staying relevant. He's doing his own thing. He's working on all these production deals. He had a bunch of people talking about it. He was really good. He's, he's in Spider-Man, these animated movies for God's sake. So, I mean, he is, he's in one of the magic mics, you know, he's in the second magic mic. He's in the, he's in the cross the spider verse as himself,

[00:48:42] or not himself. He's as a, as a real person instead of an animated character. Oh man. Of course he's in the other Spider-Man movie. It's a, you know, I got a nephew who's around here. He's in the first Spider-Man movie with Tom Holland. And he's in a ton of stuff. Sweet. Yeah. I think Yvette's the only one we haven't talked about. I, it's the only one. I was blown away by her in interviews. Like when she was like having to care, like she's in a, she's a single mom. She was having to do the odd couple.

[00:49:11] I think. She's not a single mom. She's not a mother. She's, she was taking care of her dad. Her dad has dementia. Yes. Still has, and still has dementia. And she just got married first time. At the age of 53. Wait, but also doing all kinds of different kinds of comedy and. She's worked with Pixar, Disney, everyone in the anime studios. She's done. She's worked for them. Yes. All the Sony stuff. She,

[00:49:41] she's other than Donald. She's the only one who's got an Emmy nomination since the show's been over. Oh, sweet. Yes. She was for, she was a judge Harper on the black ladies get show. So she got years back. Yes. I think I saw part of that, but like, I, I saw her hosting a sci-fi channel show. That was like about costumes doing costumes and they didn't properly promote it, but she was awesome. Like, they never promoted that show. And it was really interesting. Cause it was,

[00:50:08] it was basically cosplayers competing against each other. It was great. Now I heard good stuff about big shot. That was pretty good. which I enjoyed big shot. Yeah. But it was, it was kind of cookie cutter in the story structure, but they, they actually did stick the heart part. I thought they did a really good job. And of course you had a bunch of teenage, you have a bunch of teenage women as the, as see, you expect a certain time of emotional stuff that they talk about, but they actually did a really good job with it. I, I thought. That's why I like David Kelly. It weren't.

[00:50:39] It gets me in the feels. Like he'll get to you in a way where you're like, this should be soapy, but now this is very twisted. And bringing up unusual morals that I never thought of even questioning. And Shirley and Annie, you know, again, both free and route. I think their characters were probably the best advertised. Anytime I saw a community promo, you know, those, you know, next week on NBC, like they stood out the most, like they always had the best bits. And I think it was just so funny. Like I,

[00:51:08] so after seeing a few episodes of community, I knew what she looked like, but then it was just so funny. Like I kind of like Octavia Spencer, I would see her in a role, like something before she was famous, like Boston legal or the office. And I'm like, Oh wow. Oh, I would have never known. And then, but I think the first thing I ever saw her post community was an episode of Chuck, which was kind of, it was all the same network, but it was an absolute kind of,

[00:51:38] it was a crossover. It was Danny put his in the same episode with her. That's right. Right before. Yeah. It's not, they're not playing their characters, but it's kind of a fun wink acknowledgement of other comedic forces. And they were playing the equivalent of their characters. It was just kind of a fun way. It was like, come on over, just be funny. And I totally forgot that she was in other, all kinds of stuff, everything from traffic thunder to repo men. And I was just like, man, but I think I liked how,

[00:52:08] they evolved the Shirley character, you know, it's like, okay, she's not, she's done being a Karen now. Now she's in tropic thunder for crying out loud. Yeah. When you're in tropic thunder, you can, you've been everywhere. 500 days of summer, but yeah, I, I, I love it. She's been on a ton of stuff. She's, she's constant. She wrote a movie for crying out loud. She wrote a movie. Okay. Yeah. She had a movie come out. I won't say about three years ago. She wrote it when she was not, Oh my God. She's in dream roles as the secretary. Okay. Um, yeah. Right.

[00:52:36] She wrote always a bridesmaid came out in 2019. What the hell? On Netflix. She wrote it when she was a secretary. That was before. I think that was, she wrote it after she had, cause she had a recording contract at one point. How that's awesome. Oh yeah. She's, she is, she is so talented. It's ridiculous. That's awesome. Wow. So yeah. Always a bridesmaid. Okay.

[00:53:06] I can't wait. I will, I'll be there opening day. Um, cause again, like that's, I think that's the thing. Like, uh, I mean, this is actually the best intersection. That's kind of how I was with Danny Pudi is like, as. I'm like, and it's so funny out of all the actors, I call him by his name. The most. I'm like, Oh, he's, he's, it's Abed. And yeah, he may be Brad in mythic quest.

[00:53:33] He's Abed at nearly every other moment in my life when I'm talking about him. And let, and much like a Julian, like he is really, really bright in real life. And so he's done all these observations, everything. And so when you see him at all these movie premieres and all these other talks, those, you're like, I, I could let you talk all day. Like, yeah, he's, I actually, I've actually talked to him. I did a, when the six seasons and a podcast did an interview with him. I thought I got to be on there with Danny. That was a thing. Yes. And Danny was,

[00:54:01] Danny was just as nice in that, you know, the parts we didn't record. He was just as nice. And that is his and every other thing. Every time you see Danny Pudi, you think, Oh, that guy seems like really nice. He really is really nice. That was hosted by Joel and Ken, I think. Right. Joel and Ken had the darkest timeline. That's what I'm thinking. Okay. So this was another community. Yes. Yes. Alex, Alex is a guy who's, who, who asked, uh, Andrew guest to do an interview once. And Andrew said, yes.

[00:54:30] And Andrew started connecting with people. So he's talked to everybody, but Gillian and Alison and of course, Chevy. Uh, but I think he's talked to everybody else. Uh, the main cast. Yeah. I was in star was taken off and doing stuff. So, uh, uh, but yeah, I went, when, when, when I went over to, yeah, mythic quest, I was like, this makes sense. Cause now he's playing, he was playing the, he's playing Jeff. He absolutely is. He's playing the Jeff.

[00:54:59] He's playing a horrible human being. He's played Jeff. Uh, right. Uh, although I don't think Jeff would cross most of these lines that he's got. It's, it's the things that version of Jeff. Yes. And absolutely. He doesn't have the goatee, but his hair is definitely kept in a different way. He's deciding to bully. Sorry. If you haven't seen the tiger hunter, it's a semi. The character named Sammy Malick. Uh, but it's a very sweet movie. It's like, Oh, this is exactly what, uh,

[00:55:29] I bet would make of the movie. This is exactly what it would do. I think that's why I really, it's a very enjoyable movie. It looked like a total, just heritage embracing movie. I was like, yes, it's definitely, it's definitely in the seventies. It's 1000. Every lapel you see is too broad. It's the, there's too much paisley. There's too much plaid. There's way too much bell bottom. It is very much in the seventies. Someone had to do it. Yeah. Yeah. But it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a uplifting story.

[00:55:59] Ultimately. I actually, but yeah, it was kind of like in and out and then gone before I could see it. Oh yeah. Yeah. No, where do I find it? You have to find it wherever it's streaming and it'll be there for a couple of months and that's it. And then it's, it's just bouncing around, but it's actually a, it's a, it's, it's actually a good, enjoyable, sweet movie. I like it a lot. That's lovely. Uh, and I think this is it. I was just like, you want, because we love them so much on the show, we wanted to see them do their,

[00:56:29] carry their own show or own movie. And it just, it's like, yeah, you're, you're just very easy to like. If that makes sense. Like you guys are just, I shut up and take my money. Yeah. Yeah. After they did the table read back in 2020, there's the darkest, they did the darkest timeline where they, where they continue to talk to each other afterwards. And that is, it's just a reminder how much they like each other. And they just basically hung out till everybody had to leave.

[00:56:58] And that's how they treated. They just hung out till everybody had to leave. That's. Oh, and that's it. I knew the. It was just so sweet. I just, I just loved it. It was, it was wonderful to see. And I. No, no, you don't get. I think it, I think it helped that. I mean, I know Ken and Jeff's one podcast kind of got delayed by COVID, but yeah, the other ones. Yeah. I, I, I did recall kind of just vaguely saying just like they were sharing trivia, you know, I mean, now it's second nature. Everyone's doing it.

[00:57:28] Oh yeah. Everybody's doing the thing that they were, they were doing it four years earlier. Absolutely. The friends guys before they were doing a documentary. I mean, there was a scrubs recap podcast. Now there's a, he was just on the scrub ones with the, with Falzon. And I can't remember the guy from scrubs. Why am I not? Like, why am I blanked on? Yeah. Joel was, Joel was just on there with them talking about the community. What kind of comedy? That's awesome. Oh yeah. They shared executive producers.

[00:57:58] I know the closest I can think is, I mean, every other recap out now is often for a dramatic show. Like there's a prison break one now that's really entertaining, but there there's one for suits. It's because Dealey Hills over there, you know, he does have a bit of a psych crossover and most of the time they're not. The new girl cast is doing one now for their show. Oh, sweet. Yeah. I saw that. I don't know, a month or so ago. I'm glad they're making this be kind of part of the biz instead of podcast. What the hell is a podcast? You know?

[00:58:28] And well, I personally wish the actors would stop doing it. I, well, I think there's plenty of bad ones that I tuned out of because I was sure the long story short, there were some that were very entertaining because they actually had engaging trivia. And like the suits one, I like because it's, you don't have to watch the episode to understand what they're talking about. And most of the time they're talking with just filmmakers who have many awesome stories to talk about. I'm like, okay,

[00:58:58] so that's cool. You know, good. But the, like, for instance, there were plenty of other celebrities. Like, I stopped listening to the office deep dive one after a while because he kept repeating himself and he wasn't good at promoting the ads. Same thing with Maria Minotas. I love her as a person. But after a while, I'm like, I'm going to do a quarter of this episode and then I'm going to go on to the next thing because it's just too much for, to ask for one. They, they don't know the show as well as the fans do. Or they over advertise. Because they filmed 10 different, well, they filmed 10 different versions of that scene.

[00:59:26] And they may remember the one that didn't air. I agree. So they don't remember, unless they've recently watched it, they can't tell you stuff. The writers are actually better at, you know, telling you about how things happen. But the cast, horrible at it. They, they don't remember. They have 10 versions of that thing. Or they just need to clean up half of the dead space. It's kind of like a commentary track on a Blu-ray or DVD. What do I hate? 20 minutes going by without you guys saying a single word. Yeah.

[00:59:56] The commentaries for community, except for season four, in season six, are all cast members talking about the thing in front of them. And then they watch it and talk about it. And it's, and they're, some of them are clearly drunk and it's a lot of fun. That's gotta be funny. The first three seasons are totally worth it. Season six is just Dan. Cause he's the only one left at that time. Um, but in season five has the cast back. But season four, it's sometimes a cast, sometimes crew. Uh, but seasons one through three, uh,

[01:00:24] Donald Glover's being Donald Glover on like three or four episodes. And it's just, he's just hilarious. He's cracking everybody up. You're missing half the episode. Cause some random comment that he said. Oh, that's awesome. So, yeah, I mean, I've seen part of the side part, uh, commentary. So I'll have to do those. Um, there was a great show. Well, I wouldn't call it great, but it was entertaining while it lasted. There was this show called powerless that. Yeah. One season. Yeah. It was one season.

[01:00:54] It had, uh, Vanessa Hudgens. It had, um, Alan Tudyk. And, uh, Oh, what's his name? Oh, I know you're talking about. He's very funny. Yes. He, he was great. I didn't see all of it, but I was like, yeah, this is fun. But unfortunately they killed it too soon, but now he's on this one, you know, with Dennis Lurie Cole. It's a military family comedy. I'm like, I haven't seen a single work moment of this,

[01:01:23] but it just sounds. He has going Dutch. Uh, yeah. The pilots with Dennis Lurie. There's been one episode aired. I've seen that one. That's all I've seen. I think. Yeah. Catherine Tate's on it. And I'm just like, it sounds ambitious. I just don't think Fox is going to give it a chance. Like, like animal control is doing what it does. I mean, they brought that up. Like they, they have a formula for what they're doing and they're doing it each season. Well,

[01:01:51] they're doing kind of what they did with like whiskey Cavalier. Like it's a fun, just people going on a random adventure and you look at all the writing staff and they've done everything from spin city to office to Drew Carey show. So it was like, okay, so they're not imitating anybody. They're letting, they're, they've found their own identity and they're just waiting for you to discover them. People were going to watch it. And as much as those who already liked Joel's brand of comedy,

[01:02:20] there were many who were also going to watch it just because of the outrageous poster. You're like, and the name animal control. What the hell can that be about? And there's, and then they have random wild animals on there. Joel would let him put a tarantula in his face or a giant snake. And he's, and he's dropping community references into the show. He's regularly doing that. Ken showed up in an episode playing. And he's going to come back. Apparently. I've, I've heard that. And I season three dropped, but like I,

[01:02:50] and again, Jay directed some episodes. So it had that kind of unusual just feel to it. I'm like, okay, it's more than just animal catastrophes is like, this is just a weird show instead of just one where you're like, this is going to end my skin. They're intentionally weird. They intentionally do stuff. And then not in the way that you would even think weird. Like it is not in that, like it opens up and it doesn't know what genre it is. It's like, it's, it's nutty.

[01:03:21] No pun. It is. I mean, there's a scroll on the poster. Yeah. Yeah. But I'm glad you brought up, I think quest. Cause like, I, I am really surprised that one took off. Like, cause even though there's a lot of crossover with all these other shows we talked about and always sunny, you know, it's like, it's hard to replicate comedy. Not everybody gives everything a chance. And much like Ted Lasso, you know, I, I was there when it was already like two years into its thing. So I was able to breeze through a lot of that. And I was like, wow. Okay.

[01:03:50] So how I working, you know, hooking an audience now with maybe eight to 12 episodes is really hard. And it's produced by Ubisoft, but get this catch 22. They're making fun of the toxic video game industry. Yeah. And they're, how do you do that? And you're only 12 episodes. So you don't have time to explore every character or build them up or explain them or tell. And they're still doing one-off episodes that are just fabulous and bizarre. Oh, they're making fun of everything.

[01:04:20] It's a lot of fun. HR development. Yes. Morons taking credit for someone else's idea. You're like every, every one of us has encountered a moron like that at our job. Oh yeah. No, no, there it's, it's a great little myth. The quest is a great little show. And the, the one of the show's creators is Megan Gans who wrote like a 10 episodes of community. Oh, eight episodes. Yeah. Yeah. No, she's, she's great. Apparently used to edit for the onion and the last man.

[01:04:49] There's even a, she even did a picture of a woman sitting in a bar and drinking. So you can find an old picture of her from the show. But yeah, she's did the onion and she worked on something else and she worked on modern family. And what was Brooklyn nine, nine. I think she worked there one season. I know Andy Bobrell worked a dozen episodes of community. He also worked on, he's also now there. Yeah. They're all people. You don't know their names, but you go to their IMDb and they got like five mega credits. You're like,

[01:05:18] even if it was the worst episode, you did your job. You did your job. And you did. And, and, and a bunch of them are actually talkative and we'll talk about the show and our time on the show. They will be dead shooting at a homeless man. You know, they are not awful people, you know, and you see, that's the other thing too. We've had to open our minds up. And I think that's why the Chevy chase chat was just funny. He's like, we're having to remind people just because you like them on screen. Doesn't mean they're possible to work with, you know, and he was really good in flinch. Oh,

[01:05:47] I'll give you one better. Caddyshack. Caddyshack. I would love them in Caddyshack. And it's all improvised. And so I think it was so funny when I see all these Angie Trebekah kind of shows that are kind of making fun of like, as well as a homage to stuff like naked gun and police academy. And I think community was interesting because no one knew if they were going to recreate the whole, like, you know, a typical frat boy college. What, what do you do? It's a community college,

[01:06:17] you know, and you've got true carry being Jeff's old mentor, old boss. I'm like, that was just an attorney with a hole in his hand. Yeah. So wasn't he a former work acquaintance or something? Drew carry, Drew carry plays his old plays, uh, Jeff. I remember that, but I remember he plays, he, yeah, true carry play. He is in one episode and he plays his old boss. Who is a head of a law firm.

[01:06:45] And he's got a hole in the middle of his right hand. You can drop an olive through. It was such a wild moment that he did. Well, go, go, go back and listen to it. Just, you know, close your eyes. When he shakes hands with Jeff, you hear a sound. And then Joel's face, you know, looks awkward. Cause he just shook hands with the guy with a hole in the middle of his hand. And it just like make it, it made it look like it felt funny. And then he had that pop sound. And it's like, Oh,

[01:07:13] this is such a funny, weird joke out of nowhere. Right. And see, again, other people, even though there was like some sexual tension, they, they didn't lean into that. Like other shows where it was like, now we just became the willy or won't they show. It was like, no, fuck that. And Dan didn't want to do. they won't they. Yeah. When they first asked him to do the movie, he's like, I don't want this to be the billionth, you know, Star Trek union.

[01:07:41] I want this to be an actual funny standalone movie. He, he, he quote, he says that, uh, he said that the movie is going to be more like the big chill than, than any of it. Cause if you, if you think of the show as being a variant, a crazy variant of the breakfast club, then the movie is going to be more like the big chill. So there's going to be a reason for all of them to be together for a very short period of time for a couple of days. And then that's the basis of the movie. Oh, that's awesome. So yeah,

[01:08:10] then it doesn't matter if they've gotten, you know, a decade older. Uh, so it's still, it'll still work. He believes. And I, I expect it will. That's awesome. I can't wait. Me too. We're going to, we're going to do communic on with it. We're going to have the communic on. We're going to, we're going to do the fan, the fourth, uh, not to be confused with the guest league. We're going to do the fourth communic on when the movie comes out. So, I, I, I hope to meet you at one of these crazy, uh, expos one of these days.

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