The only thing beyond the reach of my fists is humanity.
NBC’s decision this week to put Community “on hold” and keep Whitney tells me, collectively, we’re never going to accomplish anything. Curing cancer? Psh, Justin Bieber’s new Christmas album is coming out. We can’t afford to support both causes.
Ryan summed this up on well on Facebook:
i want to beat every american on the snout with a newspaper and make them watch Whitney in front of me. DID YOU DO THIS? DID YOU DO THIS? whitney is like watching a 24 minute version of the 30 second cut-aways in Family Guy where they make fun of sitcoms. whitney is a slow-motion car accident set against a laugh track, and what the f*** is with that laugh track? WHO LAUGHS LIKE THAT? and WHY DO WE NEED TO BE REMINDED TO LAUGH? shouldn’t that be a sign, THAT WE HAVE TO BE TOLD WHEN SOMETHING THEY CONSIDER FUNNY HAS BEEN SAID? i’ve seen a total of 4 minutes of that show and i felt like i was in a goddamn ZOLOFT COMMERCIAL. all i wanted to do was f***ing CRY AGAINST A RAINY WINDOW. i want to punch every last NBC executive in the mouth. DO YOU FEEL THAT? THAT’S WHAT WHITNEY FEELS LIKE. F***.
I don’t know a single person who likes Whitney. I have 350 friends (on Facebook). Ryan has another 350. Add in the staff of La Fonda, that girl grocery bagger at Lucky’s on Sloat, some guys from our flag football team, that girl I was talking to in the bar last night, and none of them like Whitney.
I’d love to know who these people are with the Nielsen boxes — that determine the ratings. I’d describe what I think they’re like, but I don’t know how to do that without being a racist. Community is right up there with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia as one of the best shows on TV. Ironically, they’re both routinely snubbed by the Emmys.
Look, I love Modern Family. Watch it every week. It’s smart writing, but Community is smarter. Perhaps ‘too smart’ for the Mormon high school dropouts in Utah with the Nielsen boxes.
If this is where this country is going — if Whitney is perceived as a better show than Community — let’s just end this. Because I cut the brakes! Wildcard, bitches! Yeeee-ha!
We submitted this picture to the We Love Community tumblr:
Yeah boi, boi. Yeah. It’s 2011. Save Community. Word.
