ReflexImprov

ReflexImprov t1_j6c1yut wrote

Everything I've read, the cast got along really well behind the scenes, including Donald. Chevy obviously got harder to work with as the show progressed, but everyone else was (and still is) pretty tight knit with each other. They are actors, so yes, there is ego involved, but seemed to be a true ensemble and not any competition.

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ReflexImprov t1_j6c1d4b wrote

I don't know that they actually interacted all that much or clashed that often. From everything I've read, even though he was the boss, Dan usually kept to the writers room and let the Russos and directors run the set.

The clash was mostly over Dan being late with script pages and Chevy randomly going home early - and being an ass to everyone.

The big clash that the press writes about was when Chevy went home early and it was the last day of a shoot for the season, with sets scheduled to be struck later that day, so they couldn't pick an important shot up again like they usually did when Chevy pulled this crap.

The scene would have been a tag at the end of the video game episode with Abed rewriting the game so Pierce's father told him he was proud of him everytime he threw a pixel baseball at his floating head then cutting to irl Pierce giving Abed a hug.

Dan was pissed that the scene was lost and led a chant of "Fuck you Chevy" at the season wrap party with the cast and crew (which reportedly many joined in with - Chevy clearly wasn't beloved on that set).

Chevy then left an angry voicemail about how he embarrassed him in front of his family which Dan played the following week for the crowd at his Harmontown show (not sure if it was a podcast yet at this point) and someone recorded that and leaked it to the press.

Both were on much friendlier terms with each other not long after. The whole incident isn't as dramatic, or as long-lasting as the press makes it out to be.

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ReflexImprov t1_itnygqa wrote

I've had Apple Music for years and bundle TV+ with it, so it's not too painful. The thing that really sets Apple TV+ apart is, with the exception of a few classic movies and shows, it's pretty much all exclusive content to them. They don't have as much as other services, but what they have is high quality - doesn't feel like the bargain-bin offerings that Amazon and Netflix mostly have now.

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