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Argue: Sep 29, 2005; I represent the Philippines

thexerox123 posted:

Apparently it's not their first show... it seems they already produced a show called Burning Love, which got an Emmy nom last year (and which seems to have had pretty solid casts!). It looks like it aired on E! as well, though.

This show was made by Ken Marino and it was hilarious; the cast is the Rob Thomas/Children's Hospital clique.

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big mean giraffe: Dec 13, 2003; Eat Shit and Die; Lipstick Apathy

Argue posted:

This show was made by Ken Marino and it was hilarious; the cast is the Rob Thomas/Children's Hospital clique.

How many of his former The State costars are on it?

# ? Jul 1, 2014 03:08

Argue: Sep 29, 2005; I represent the Philippines

I don't know most of the people from The State but I count at least three; Michael Ian Black in particular is in every ep.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 03:13

CPFortest: Jun 2, 2009; Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

big mean giraffe posted:

How many of his former The State costars are on it?

Off the top of my head, Tom Lennon and Joe Lo Truglio are in it, but I think that's it.

Aside from Michael Ian Black, obviously

# ? Jul 1, 2014 03:27

tinstaach: Aug 3, 2010; MAGNetic AttITUDE

Do not sit on the fence about watching Burning Love. It's awesome.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 03:28

GrandpaPants: Feb 13, 2006; Free to roam the heavens in man's noble quest to investigate the weirdness of the universe!

PostNouveau posted:

Alright, well if Troy isn't coming back, then clearly the movie needs to be about the rescue of Levar Burton and his non-celebrity companion.

How can Levar Burton be lost at sea AND be the face of a ridiculously successful Reading Rainbow Kickstarter!? This doesn't make any goddamn sense.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 03:41

Argue: Sep 29, 2005; I represent the Philippines

The pirates loved Reading Rainbow and were all too eager to help when they heard his idea. This is also how Troy spent all of Pierce's money.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 03:44

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

Mr. Boogie posted:

Still holding out hope that Glover could return if only for the season finale. Have the penultimate episode end with him coming back from the trip, which would make sense given the timeline of the show, and then end the season with a kickass ending which finally knows that it's the ending, with some slight hint at a movie. After we came SO close to a completely unsatisfying ending, I'm gonna be so pissed if Season 6 leaves major stuff up in the air by the end, hoping to resolve it in the movie which might never happen.

All the community regulars get kidnapped, and Troy walks into Greendale, you only see his boots, then the camera pans up and he says "Hey, where is everybody?" to be continued. Next episode, Zordon restores Troy's green ranger powers.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:10

Majorian: Jul 1, 2009; Inverted Offensive Battle: Acupuncture Attacks Convert To 3D Penetration Tactics Taking Advantage of Deep Battle Opportunities

greatn posted:

All the community regulars get kidnapped, and Troy walks into Greendale, you only see his boots, then the camera pans up and he says "Hey, where is everybody?" to be continued. Next episode, Zordon restores Troy's green ranger powers.

Please tell me he doesn't have to play a gay flute to summon his Zord.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:22

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

Majorian posted:

Please tell me he doesn't have to play a gay flute to summon his Zord.

That's homophobic

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:26

Chwoka: Jan 27, 2008; I'm Abed, and I never watch TV.

greatn posted:

That's homophobic

That's racist

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:28

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Seems like yahoo has renewed Community for another season. Those poor actors. I was really hoping to see them in other things.

Also: Burning Love is hilarious, especially since every episode is like 10 minutes.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:34

SpiderHyphenMan: Apr 1, 2010; by Fluffdaddy

Majorian posted:

Please tell me he doesn't have to play a gay flute to summon his Zord.

It's a flute that's also a goddamn dagger what the hell isn't amazing about that?

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:41

Majorian: Jul 1, 2009; Inverted Offensive Battle: Acupuncture Attacks Convert To 3D Penetration Tactics Taking Advantage of Deep Battle Opportunities

greatn posted:

That's homophobic

Chwoka posted:

That's racist

That's flautist.

e: You're right, though, I wish I hadn't said it that way. Sorry, greatn.

Majorian fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Jul 1, 2014

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:41

Crindee: Nov 16, 2005; LOOK LIKE EMERIL

This is awesome news, and also yeah, everyone should watch Burning Love, especially anyone who watches/is forced to watch The Bachelor(ette). Huge cast of tons of funny people, like the aforementioned State alum, lots of people from Veronica Mars and Party Down, plus Kumail "Chris de Burgh" Nanjiani.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:41

tinstaach: Aug 3, 2010; MAGNetic AttITUDE

And that Ken Jeong guy, what's he from again?

fake e: yeah Party Down I know, gently caress you don't ruin my joke

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:43

Majorian: Jul 1, 2009; Inverted Offensive Battle: Acupuncture Attacks Convert To 3D Penetration Tactics Taking Advantage of Deep Battle Opportunities

Crindee posted:

plus Kumail "Chris de Burgh" Nanjiani.

What I would give to hear him sing all of "The Lady in Red."

(that was my cousin's first dance at his wedding. It is a terrible song)

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:44

Spacebump: Dec 24, 2003; Dallas Mavericks: Generations

greatn posted:

All the community regulars get kidnapped, and Troy walks into Greendale, you only see his boots, then the camera pans up and he says "Hey, where is everybody?" to be continued. Next episode, Zordon restores Troy's green ranger powers.

That would be a great season finale if they knew a movie was happening. The Dean would be Zordon.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 04:58

pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

tinstaach posted:

And that Ken Jeong guy, what's he from again?

fake e: yeah Party Down I know, gently caress you don't ruin my joke

UNC Chapel Hill med school.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 05:00

Punch Card: Sep 13, 2005; by Ralp

pentyne posted:

UNC Chapel Hill med school.

But sadly Duke for his undergrad, which means he has hosed up college basketball allegiances.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 05:24

El Tortuga: Apr 27, 2007; �Terrible es el Guerrero de Tortuga!

rapeface posted:

Seems like yahoo has renewed Community for another season. Those poor actors. I was really hoping to see them in other things.

Hey dude, we're past that now. We're all being happy.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 05:31

Stairmaster: Jun 8, 2012

tinstaach posted:

And that Ken Jeong guy, what's he from again?

That one episode of the shield.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 06:06

Pigbog: Apr 28, 2005; Unless that is Spider-man if Spider-man were a backyard wrestler or Kurt Cobain, your costume looks shitty.

Majorian posted:

What I would give to hear him sing all of "The Lady in Red."

(that was my cousin's first dance at his wedding. It is a terrible song)

The first song at their wedding was a song about infidelity?

# ? Jul 1, 2014 06:19

SixFigureSandwich: Oct 30, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Well, that's great news to start the day with!

# ? Jul 1, 2014 06:50

Chand0X: Sep 15, 2003

More about the deal....from Sony.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/community-revival-sony-exec-talks-715907

quote:

How did this deal come together?
The easiest way to say it is we never give up. We try so hard and have a pretty decent record now of saving and/or rescuing some of our favorite shows, whether it's Damages or Unforgettable. Certainly, Community is right in there in a passion project and it's got a storied past. Dan Harmon was gone; we invited Dan back; Dan came back; [NBC Entertainment chairman] Bob [Greenblatt] picking up the show every year � it was a weird pickup we had last year, where he was sort of apologizing to himself and to the audience for picking it up again [laughs] and was bowing under social pressure to do so. When the news came down that we weren't going to be back on NBC for another year, it wasn't surprising news but it was disappointing for sure. Usually at other studios, that means the end of the road. Once the network says, "We've spoken," unless you're Sony and you just think that's an initial reaction, everywhere else it's sort of final. We had a series of conversations with NBC and finally Bob, as nicely as he could, said, "Stop f�ing calling me about Community!" [Laughs.] We pushed that one too much and we started to reach out to some of our other partners and networks. I saw it speculated in the press that there was decent interest from Hulu. That was true. We had a pretty advanced conversation. They have been an amazing partner; the show has done great things for them and their support has been beyond appreciated. It made sense that between Hulu and Comedy Central � who both currently carry the show � that maybe that was going to be our savior. We were in pretty advanced conversations with Hulu and we had made a half-dozen or so phone calls to other places. Then out of the blue � and this never happens � I got the best phone call in the world from Yahoo selling us on why Yahoo would be great destination [for Community]. To be honest, we were so far down the path with Hulu that, hopefully not arrogant but [we were], maybe a little bit dismissive of their overture, which made them that much more committed to explaining to us and to Joel McHale and Dan Harmon why this was going to be a cornerstone of the new Yahoo that they're about to unveil to the world. They really want to be close to their users and viewers and wanted it to be a safe destination for creators. It was an excellent and articulate speech.

What are the prospects for Community beyond season six? Is this a final season? Could it hit seven seasons?
I don't know, let's see how our movie does! Isn't that our plan? There's no way we're not making the movie now! I think once we make the movie, let's look up and decide how much more Community the world wants. We promised six seasons and a movie, how much more do you want?! [Laughs.] � I'd be lying if I told you that we have not had some very early and preliminary conversations that are very exciting about what a potential movie could be and who might direct it. It's early but it's completely in our thought process.

How does the per-episode budget for Yahoo compare with NBC?
We will not cut any money from what we were doing on the broadcast version of the show. No low-cost digital whatever; Yahoo was spectacular with that and told us how much they stand for quality. You haven't seen a whole slew of announcements out of them but when they make announcements, they want them to be loud and to stand for something. They really were beyond supportive with understanding the production demands of a sixth-year show. They are fully supporting it in their deal and beyond; it's pretty historic.

El Murguista posted:

So is the world still destroyed or are we switching timelines or what?

I'm guessing we get a joke about the asteroid JUST missing Earth.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 07:37

Majorian: Jul 1, 2009; Inverted Offensive Battle: Acupuncture Attacks Convert To 3D Penetration Tactics Taking Advantage of Deep Battle Opportunities

Pigbog posted:

The first song at their wedding was a song about infidelity?

Oh you're making GBS threads me. I had no idea that's what it was about, but that's priceless.

rapeface posted:

Seems like yahoo has renewed Community for another season. Those poor actors. I was really hoping to see them in other things.

Some TV actors can manage being on multiple shows at once. :ssh:

BreakAtmo posted:

I'm guessing we get a joke about the asteroid JUST missing Earth.

Mega-Dean will destroy it.

Majorian fucked around with this message at 08:16 on Jul 1, 2014

# ? Jul 1, 2014 08:14

Zedd: Jul 6, 2009; I mean, who would have noticed another madman around here?

Well this renewal was some news I never expected at this stage. :stare:

# ? Jul 1, 2014 08:31

Vegetable: Oct 22, 2010

I am fully in love with the trend of technology firms reinventing themselves by pouring money into TV shows.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 09:53

Lycus: Aug 5, 2008; Half the posters in this forum have been made up. This website is a goddamn ghost town.

Occupation should make a Toxx that he'll watch LMS for ten seasons if Glover comes back, and then Glover will come back.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 10:16

redstormpopcorn: Jun 10, 2007; Aurora Master

Meteor destroyed by City College's mecha-spider, crisis averted.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 11:23

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

Majorian posted:

That's flautist.

e: You're right, though, I wish I hadn't said it that way. Sorry, greatn.

I was just doing the bit from S1, but fell asleep before I could reply "That's Black"

# ? Jul 1, 2014 11:30

Beeez: May 28, 2012

So are the people convinced the actors hate this show the ones who hate the show themselves now, or..?

# ? Jul 1, 2014 13:51

Emerson Cod: Apr 14, 2004; by Pragmatica

It's pretty amazing how much the entertainment landscape has changed. 10 years ago this kind of renewal would be absolutely unheard of. I can't tell if Community is changing the game or if they just happen to be in the right place at the right time, but I hope that this trend continues.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 15:10

Meatwave: Feb 21, 2014; Truest Detective - Work Crew Division.

Chand0X posted:

More about the deal....from Sony.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/community-revival-sony-exec-talks-715907

More at the link above.

drat, they get the same budget? That's unexpected. Good job, Yahoo.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 15:18

VagueRant: May 24, 2012

I honestly don't know what to make of the news. I'm glad the show is going to get another chance at an ending, but man it really dropped in quality halfway through last season. Sucks that Donald Glover ain't coming back, I know that much.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 15:20

Mister Fister: May 17, 2008; D&D: HASBARA SQUAD
KILL-GORE

I love the smell of dead Palestinians in the morning.
You know, one time we had Gaza bombed for 26 days
(and counting!)

Chand0X posted:

More about the deal....from Sony.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/community-revival-sony-exec-talks-715907

More at the link above.

I'm surprised Netflix didn't push for it.

# ? Jul 1, 2014 15:38

Vegetable: Oct 22, 2010

I wonder what deal Yahoo cut that made them drop advanced talks with Hulu.

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thexerox123: Aug 17, 2007

Vegetable posted:

I wonder what deal Yahoo cut that made them drop advanced talks with Hulu.

I think at this point, execs who are demonstrably fighting for the show and in favour of giving them full creative control must be a big selling point for both Harmon and Sony.

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