Chevy Chase Slams ‘Community’ For ‘Not Being Funny Enough For Me’ And Says He Didn’t Want To Be ‘Surrounded By Those People’

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Chevy Chase isn’t flinching a smile while remembering his “Community” days. Stopping by Mark Maron’s “WTF” podcast in an episode released on Monday, the actor explained his less-than-thrilled attitude towards the Dan Harmon sitcom. “I honestly felt the show wasn’t funny enough for me, ultimately.

I felt a little bit constrained,” he remembered. “Everybody had their bits, and I thought they were all good. It just wasn’t hard-hitting enough for me.” READ MORE: ‘Zombie Town’ Trailer: The Undead Attack In New Horror-Comedy Starring Chevy Chase & Dan Aykroyd While on the topic of his character Pierce Hawthorne, Chevy said he didn’t mind the writing, but his problem was with the people. “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.” Chevy has a strained history with the series. In 2022, he addressed accusations that he was a “jerk” while working on the show’s four seasons while on “CBS Sunday Morning”. READ MORE: Chevy Chase And Beverly D’Angelo Reunite With Their ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ Griswold Family “I guess you’d have to ask them.