Interview: Joel McHale & Dan Harmon from Community
As far as clips from this particular show making it to The Soup, is that ruled out at all? Or do you have like no problem pulling a clip from this show if you want to kind of make fun of yourself a little bit?
Joel McHale: I'll definitely -- I've already showed a clip promoting it because I am a selfless promoter and I will always promote it. But you know on The Soup we never make fun of -- I mean I'll be happy to show anything but we -- the rule that I have had is that we never show comedy. Like we've never shown a late night show clip because those are funny for funny's sake.
And so if we're showing a clip from Community, unless, you know, I guess if Bret Michaels is a professor that would be one thing. But, you know, we never show comedy for comedy's sake because that was intentionally being funny and they're doing their job and then we're not doing our job because we point out things like, you know, I Love Toy Trains, or, you know, what happens...
Right. Dutch Oven.
Joel McHale: ...on The Bachelor. Yeah, Dutch Oven. Or last week on More to Love when the guy lured his - the girl he was trying to date to his room with cake and they were both obese. So, you know, unless something like that happens, then, you know, probably not.
What's it like working with comedy legend Chevy Chase.
Joel McHale: It's like working with Nolan Ryan. He's older than everybody, but when he throws the ball, he throws it harder than anyone and he can be -- you know, he's Chevy Chase. He can be incredibly funny. And...
Dan Harmon: But fortunately that's not actually a metaphor, Chevy just throws stuff on the set.
Joel McHale: Yeah, he shows up with actual baseballs, which is distracting and not part of the script. And, yeah, so it's so strange to be acting with a guy who I grew up with.
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