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The Cast of "Community" Graces the Cover of TV Guide with Fake Smiles, Barely Disguised Disdain for Readership

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (23)

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The cast of “Community,” in their continuing efforts to save the show from its mid-season interruptus, deigned to pose for the cover of TV Guide this week, even though the TV Guide viewership is the very audience that has consistently ignored the show. It’s kind of like Rick Perry showing up to a PETA event wearing the bloody carcass of a Grizzy Bear and shilling for votes despite mutual and aggressive animosity. So, Joel McHale, et. al, plaster on their fake smiles for the supermarket-stand crowd, which reads TV Guide from their padded toilet seats surrounded by hand-knit toilet-paper doilies before they plunk down on their waterbeds and settle in for an evening of “Wheel of Fortune” and “Blue Bloods” because that Tom Selleck still has it. Rowr.

Wait. I’m describing my Mee Maw, the only person I know who reads TV Guide. So, good luck, “Community” winning her over: I can’t wait to hear her bird parrot lines from the show, “*croak* Alcohol makes people sad. It’s the Lifetime movie of beverages. *croak*”

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Those are called Irony Smiles, folks.









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Dear Pajiba: You should be collecting royalties for all the DVDs and iTunes shows I find myself forced to acquire because of you. I strongly sense that Community is next. Damn you, Pajiba. Damn you.

Posted by: Neon at November 28, 2011 11:26 AM

Interestingly, the title of this article could also describe my reaction to this website's Community fans, but with more eye-rolling and umbrage at yet another potential posting about Allison Brie's secondary sex characteristics.

Oh, and I HATE 30 Rock.

Ben and Leslie have no chemistry, but do make an adequate mother/son pairing.

And Easy A SUCKED!

I do like Almost Famous.

I'd disparage Dr. Who, but I'm not that brave, so I'll just passive-aggressively annoy its most orthographically-fixated fans.

I may yet read that Winter Thrones Arriving book you're always talking about.

I'm sorry, what was that?

About 4 hours? Why do you ask?

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at November 28, 2011 11:29 AM

surrounded by hand-knit toilet-paper doilies

Lemme fix that for you:

surrounded by CROCHETED toilet-paper doilies

Knitters are too good for that shit.

"I'm aware of the desperate rivalry between the knitters and the crocheters. A It's an age-old war. Like the werewolves and the vampires. I think Underworld was actually originally about crocheters and knitters but they thought it would be too controversial so they changed it to vampires and werewolves." ~ Joss Whedon

Posted by: Sbrown at November 28, 2011 11:39 AM

'Those are called Irony Smiles, folks.'

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In the case of McHale, it's more of a Suprise-Date-Rape-From-Behind-A-Dumpster smile.

Posted by: zeke the pig at November 28, 2011 11:40 AM

it's kind of strange to me to think of joel mchale as the star of the show anymore, but i suppose he was on a sexy man list recently, so i guess i should't be all that surprised. it does surprise me that they included chevy chase -- not because i disagree, i just figured they're dicks so they wouldn't. this whole thing is weird.

Posted by: beet salad at November 28, 2011 11:41 AM

I'm so desperate to have 'Community' stay on the air, I'll take TV Guide covers ["COLLECT ALL THREE"] if that helps.

Posted by: OldSchool60 at November 28, 2011 11:52 AM

Y'know I hear that a lot about Ben and Leslie, , but just for reference: Amy Poehler is 40 and Adam Scott is 38. That's not quite a May-December romance.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at November 28, 2011 11:58 AM

Fucking padded toilet seats, how do they work?!

Posted by: Jast at November 28, 2011 12:02 PM

I wasn't calling her old, I was questioning their vibe. He makes her look mumsy somehow and that ain't right. I loved her with Louis CK. They made sense. She needs less spindly HILF (hi figgy!), more manly grown up.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at November 28, 2011 12:20 PM

Posted by: Sbrown at November 28, 2011 11:39 AM

THERE IS NOTHING INHERENTLY TRASHY ABOUT CROCHET.

*ahem*

Posted by: Anna von Beav at November 28, 2011 12:22 PM

Why do they hate Chevy Chase? Why?

Posted by: TheOtherGreg at November 28, 2011 12:35 PM

@Mrs. Julien: I've wondered whether I'm the only one. I find Community & 30 Rock irritating, can't get stoked about another Lord Farl, High Lave of the Faddyrmark-type property, & got through about 15 minutes of Easy A. People tell me to watch Doctor Who but those people also like Battlestar Galactica, so IDK.

Posted by: the new transported man at November 28, 2011 12:41 PM

I'm blind now from all the Photoshopping on those covers.


Posted by: mswas at November 28, 2011 12:46 PM

I think I'm going to name my next cat Lord Farl, High Lave of the Faddyrmark.

Posted by: Three-nineteen at November 28, 2011 1:57 PM

Sbrown, your comment made me smile. Not an Irony Smile either, a real smile.

Posted by: MM at November 28, 2011 2:17 PM

@Mrs. Julien

Yeah that's kind of what I assumed. I posted their ages anyway just to show that they're not far off. I like their vibe, and it's not like Ben needs someone to take care of him. (Unlike another male on that show *cough*Andy*cough*) More often than not she's the one that comes off as childish.

Oh yeah and Community! Anything that gets the show some extra publicity is fine by me.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at November 28, 2011 2:20 PM

I find it hilarious that Jim Rash is smaller than Ken Jeong.

Posted by: Jordan at November 28, 2011 7:11 PM

Mrs Julien, even though you said some things that pulled my gut out and twisted it a million times, I feel the need to tell you I totally agree about Louis C.K. They were such an adorable, awkward couple.

SO YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS: Louis C.K. to return to Parks and Rec!!!

Posted by: Marcela at November 28, 2011 8:45 PM

I'm not even gonna bother, because you're obviously all wrong.

Beslie FOREVAH.

Also, I really hate those covers. If I saw them and didn't already know Community is annoying, I'd think it was annoying and I'd never want to watch it.

Posted by: figgy at November 28, 2011 10:52 PM

even though the TV Guide viewership is the very audience that has consistently ignored the show.
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There are 300 million TV Guide viewers?

Posted by: , at November 29, 2011 12:00 AM

Not to be that guy (The fact-checker one), but I'm pretty sure the cast of Community is on the cover of TV guide because the readers of TV guide voted Community as their favorite show.

Community won the "annual fan favorite poll" and beat:
Dexter
Game of Thrones
The Walking Dead
The Vampire Diaries
Chuck

And I don't remember who else based on Viewer votes. That means based on the votes of TV guide readers.

The cast isn't shilling. Granny just has the hots for Troy. And for The Dean's surprisingly ripped torso.

Posted by: kat at November 29, 2011 3:37 AM

Thanks for pointing that out, kat. I guess the the big "Fan Favorites - You chose our cover!" declaration on, you know, the covers, wasn't hint enough for some folks. There's some cynical motherfuckers in this place.

Posted by: Uriah Creep at November 29, 2011 6:08 AM

To be fair, that's a very limited and (except for Game of Thrones) a kind of shitty list of shows that I don't think have huge audiences anyway. Out of those...well, let's pick the one where I know someone.

Yes, I am a cynic. But people just don't watch Community.

Posted by: figgy at November 29, 2011 10:10 AM