“In general, though, I do think it’s pretty dumb to try to put a cork in technology. When people figure out a way to steal your stuff that’s easier than buying it, it means you have to make it easier for them to buy it, you can’t make it impossible for them to steal, it’s wasted energy in my opinion but I’m not a CEO or a union leader or a politician, I’m just a fat guy that likes making stuff.”
Dan Harmon, when asked how he feels about people pirating Community
“Yes, I believe in my heart of hearts that, to quote Stuart Cornfeld, a producer working for Ben Stiller’s Red Hour, “talent will out.” Talent will out. If you should be doing what you are doing, either by grace of God or the industry’s greed, you are going to be discovered. The difficulty is that you can’t control when (That, by the way, is the unfair syndrome that results in, for instance, there not being enough black voices in television. Disenfranchised demographics statistically don’t have the outside support system to pursue a career as frivolous and unpredictable as writing so you have Harvard graduates giving jobs to Harvard graduates in precisely the vocations that require their sheltered point of view the least, which leads to bad TV which leads to disenfranchisement of unsheltered demographics but that’s an answer to a different question and now the Ketel One is doing the talking). But yes, short or tall, black or white, male or female, weird or handsome, if you are talented, your talent will out. It will rise to the top. And one of the least likable aspects of my personality, by all reports, is that I associate talent with “goodness.” So by my perverse definitions, yes, good writing and good people rise to the top and get to make a difference. It’s just very important that MORE OF US TRY. I’m looking at you, sixth grade black girl in a public school that likes to write but isn’t being told writing is an option by anyone. Maybe it’s not an option but if it’s your COMPULSION, I believe you owe it to your God, your government and yourself to indulge it come hell or high water.”
Dan Harmon
“That’s awesome. It feels dumb to say this because it’s so obvious, but good editors are fundamental to a show’s success. They have to be part engineer, part artist. They have to balance having creative opinions with fulfilling the “vision” of the asshole over their shoulder. A bad script and a bad performance can be spun into gold in the edit bay, whereas bad editing cannot be reversed, it is the final and most important place, it’s the sphincter through which our babies’ heads pass into the hands of the waiting audience, so the idea that Community inspires more people to take up editing is of huge satisfaction to guys like myself and Chris McKenna, who took the post production of his episodes very seriously. Shout outs to Peter Ellis, Ruthie Aslan, Jeff Hall, Christian Kinnard and all the editors that came and went for all three seasons. I miss you guys sorely. You did God’s work in those bays.”
Dan Harmon, in response to a fan that said that through Community they figured out that tv editing was their passion
DAN HARMON USED $300K OF HIS OWN MONEY ON SEASON 2!
HE DESERVES A ‘MOST DEVOTED AND PASSIONATE SHOWRUNNER’ AWARD.
- Person on Reddit: Who's the funniest cast member off-screen? I bet it's Leonard.
- Dan Harmon: they all have different senses of humor. I would never answer a question like this while I was over there but now that I'm gone I can probably just say DONALD WAS MY FAVORITE! DONALD WAS MY FAVORITE!!!
- Person on Reddit: Who would win in a fist fight between all the cast?
- Dan Harmon: I feel like Joel would come out swinging and start winning right away, but he'd tire himself out chasing Gillian and Donald around the ring. Once Joel got to his exhaustion point, things would get bloody and ugly for a while, with Danny doing a lot of horrible things that nobody knew he could do - I just have that sense that Danny would suddenly bust out a crazy eyeball eating maneuver he learned in some class - but in the end, Yvette would reveal that she had lined the whole room with explosives and she would emerge victorious. From the room. But Chevy would be behind the door with a bat and take her out. Then he'd collapse because that's a lot of bat swinging for a legend his age. So I guess Alison would win because nobody would have felt good about punching her.
- Person on Reddit: If you could write for any show currently on air (besides community) and have full control of the set and editing, which would it be?
- Dan Harmon: Walking Dead.
COMMUNITY FANS ARE THE BEST FANS EVER.
They make me cry. They are beautiful and smart and funny.
I can’t even imagine how the people who actually make the show feel. I would be drowning in feels over my own fan-base.
Knowing that there are people that make a show like this, and even more importantly, knowing that there are people that can love and understand a show like this so passionately, restores some of my faith in humanity.
- Person on Reddit: Why did we never get to see a Troy and Abed in the Morning web series?
- Dan Harmon: Because network TV doesn't know the internet exists yet.
Community fans: Need I remind you how happy the Greendale gang was last year when they won a bunch of Tubey Awards? Spread the word!
EVERYONE VOTE DAN HARMON FOR BEST SHOWRUNNER.
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