Chevy Chase Says ‘Community’ “Wasn’t Funny Enough For Me” & He Didn’t Want To Be “Surrounded By…Those People”
deadline.comOn the most recent episode of Mark Maron’s WTF podcast, Chevy Chase again addressed his departure from Community and, more obliquely, his feud with show creator Dan Harmon. “I honestly felt the show wasn’t funny enough for me, ultimately.
I felt a little bit constrained,” he said. “Everybody had their bits, and I thought they were all good. It just wasn’t hard-hitting enough for me.” Asked specifically about his character, Pierce Hawthorne, Chase replied, “I didn’t mind the character.
I just felt that it was… I felt happier being alone. I just didn’t want to be surrounded by that table, every day, with those people.
It was too much.” In a 2022 interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Chase addressed the accusations he was a jerk while working on Saturday Night Live and Community for four seasons.
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