Just days after it was announced the show was being renewed for another season by NBC, news broke late last night that Community creator/showrunner Dan Harmon was being replaced in that capacity, but that Harmon would maintain some sort of advisory role (“consulting producer”) on the show going forward.

But today, in a post to his Tumblr, Harmon called bullsh*t, saying that no one even bothered to tell him he was being dismissed and that he will have nothing to do with the show going forward — which is extremely distressing because, as was detailed in this Wired profile, the show was a direct reflection of his weird, manic mind. I just can’t see how anyone can replace Harmon without the show changing drastically.

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The three-part Community finale looms large this evening for a variety of reasons and I welcome it with both excitement and sadness. I’m guaranteed to be all my emotions during the Warming Glow live discussion tonight (STREETS AHEAD UPDATE: Now with Dean Pelton!) I apologize in advance for the violent mood swings. Good thing they don’t have us on web cam.

For now let’s concentrate on the excitement part and celebrate one of my many favorite aspects of life at Greendale: Classic “Wingers.” Community’s answer to Swansonisms are not only one of the show’s orthodox comedy staples but they’re also what make Jeff Winger Jeff Winger. And while they’ve been a bit fewer and further between this season as the show has explored different genres and themes, Season 3 Wingers have been just as classic.

Here are ten I especially loved and/or found a GIF for. Suggestions (i.e. pointing out my shortcomings) in the comments are always welcome. Above via.

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Is Chevy Chase a dick? Of course he is. Is he completely clueless about the brilliance happening around him every day on the set of Community? Most definitely. Do I wish I’d included a “notorious @sshole” caveat when I put together that Chevy Chase + Awesome People gallery? You betcha. With every day that passes do I associate this version of Chevy less and less with Irwin R. Fletcher? Without a doubt.

But here’s the thing: Pierce Hawthorne has been a serious comedy contributor to Community whether anyone wants to recognize it or not. And with Community’s three episode finale looming this Thursday night and Chevy’s future as part of the 13 episode (seriously, wtf?) Friday night (SERIOUSLY, WTF?) fourth season in question, let’s take a look back at how streets ahead Pierce Hawthorne has been at times over the years. He would have moved the show to Friday nights two seasons ago.

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A day after compiling the best Season 4 Swansonisms, the Parks finale gave us arguably the finest Swansonism of the season and I feel compelled to lead with it this morning. I was prepared to mourn our favorite Thursday night shows today but it looks like they’ll all be back in shortened form for one final season. So even though NBC appears dead set on being the CBS of network television instead the Apple of network television, let’s save the saccharine for when they’re actually gone and concentrate instead on mind-melding group psychiatric visits, wrap-up raps, and the future of the Pawnee Parks and Recreation department.

Thoughts on last night’s comedies in ten words or less…

• Community – Self aware clip show meets mental thriller parody? Only Community.
• 30 Rock – Crisspoints System FTMFW
• Office – Me seconds after deciding I’d watch.
• Parks & Rec – Now THAT’S how you deliver the obvious outcome. Dammit, Jerry.

On to the GIFs! Suggestions/critiques/predictions welcome in the comments. Above via Chet.

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Confession time. I watched zero Thursday night television last night. It’s like a shocker getting shocker’d, I know. But thanks to our good pal/GIF wizard Chet Manley’s must follow Tumblr — and a few other talented people on the web — I’ve managed to suck it up, spoil bomb myself, and put this together.

Thoughts on last night’s comedies that I haven’t seen in ten words or less…

• Community – I want to live inside the Starburns credits tribute.
• 30 Rock – Grizz + Game of Thrones = My day made.
• Office – I’m sure it didn’t feel stale and forced.
• Parks & Rec – Me looking at all these GIFs = Jerry above.

On to the GIFs! As always, suggestions/critiques/pics of your girlfriends welcome in the comments. Above via.

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With the Community-Law & Order episode happening last night there was pretty much zero chance this post wasn’t coming this morning. “Basic Lupine Urology” did not disappoint. Hell, it even exceeded my fanboy expectations. Simply tremendous from start to finish. My only gripe is I can’t find a really good Professor Kane/Micheal K. Williams “A man’s gotta have a code GIF.” I’ve made due though.

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Maybe you’ve heard of this Alison Brie person. She’s on Community (Law & Order episode tonight!) and is co-starring in The Five Year Engagement, and I’ve been told we’ve mentioned her around these parts one or twice before. I don’t really get the appeal, but the internet wants what the internet wants, so…

OK, busted. I was trying to play it all cool and nonchalant and hoping Ms. Brie herself would read this and wonder what’s so special about me that I’m not under her spell and then DM because I’m so intriguing and then I’d reluctantly agree to go on a gondola ride with her — but the charade is just too difficult to keep up for more than a single paragraph. I heart her just as hard as the rest of the flunkies around here do. I blame the internet.

She doesn’t use internet bait in the same promotional way Will Ferrell does though, and I doubt it is overly intentional on her part (Dan Harmon is another story). But it just seems to happen. Over and over again. Because it’s fate. Alison Brie and the internet were meant to be together.

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This feature has been on hiatus ever since the Archer finale. There simply hasn’t been enough material. And I’ve had some late Thursday nights running moonshine. But with Community and Parks and Recreation finally being reunited in a single Thursday night lineup we’re back with a magnum-sized edition, mostly thanks to Troy Barnes not getting Inception. Holy sh*t did that make my night.

My thoughts on last night’s comedies in ten words or less…

• Community – Already belongs in the pantheon of brilliantly ambitious episodes.
• 30 Rock – Never thought I’d enjoy a gay porno bit that much.
• Office – Almost included a GIF, but then I didn’t.
• Parks & Rec – “No I am sure. I am not interested in that.”

On to the GIFs! As always, suggestions/critiques/pics of your mom welcome in the comments. Above via.

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On Saturday, the Girls, made up of Cyrina Fiallo, Julianna Guill, and Community star/UPROXX fan favorite Alison Brie, made their New York singing debut at (Le) Poisson Rouge, opening for bluegrass dynamos Jones Street Station. To get an idea of what they sound like, imagine the three sirens from O Brother, Where Art Thou?, but instead of seducing John Turturro with traditional folk songs, they cracked jokes in-between surprisingly gorgeous, stripped down Bruce Springsteen covers (“I’m on Fire”) and all-out hootenannies to Alabama’s “Dixieland Delight.” Guill, who appeared on Community as a cheerleader in “A Fistful of Paintballs,” possessed the strongest voice of the three, while Fiallo (who was also on Community in “Early 21st Century Romanticism”) had the deepest and Brie the most playful and eye-winking.

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