Entertainment Value Through Access
Amanda and I have been enjoying the first season of the sitcom “Community”. We love it’s witty writing, character development, and obscure pop-culture references. After the first few episodes of the show, and while The Office was in a writing slump, I formally disavowed the Michael Scott Variety (half) Hour for the funny new kid on the block.
One thing that has added immensely to my enjoyment of the show has been following most (come on Chevy Chase!) of the main actors of the show on Twitter. Twitter may be a PR rep’s nightmare, but it’s a fan’s best friend. Magazine articles, entertainment news pieces – these are all filtered through the perspective of the medium’s gatekeepers. Tweets, as far as I can tell, are the actor’s own words. Proof of this claim would be some NSFW posts by Mr. Donald Glover and semi-private tidbits added by all. Although the personalities of the actor’s characters are left on-screen, their humor and joyful banter carries over into their real-life interactions.
Here are some sample tweets along with the accounts of the Community cast:
This level of access has only been available since the advent of the blog, but Twitter definitely took it to another level. I wonder what it would have been like watching Seinfeld and being able to follow Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer’s Twitter stream?
Best. Post. EVER!!!! I heart my Greendale 10. (That’s the gang plus El Tigre, the dean, and a shared spot for Starburns/Leonard.)
Amanda’s & my friend Erica preordered season one for me as a bday gift! I only have to wait five more months to get it… Meanwhile we have just about every ep saved in our TiVo.
Did Amanda tell you that Danny Pudi sent me a DM in response to a shout out I gave him on Twitta? It made me giddy. He’s so nice. Now if only @joelmchale would throw me a bone, I’d be the happiest of happies.
Ps You know that Alison Brie (Annie) plays Pete’s wife Trudy on Mad Men, right? That’s what her charleston reference is to… Love her!
Thanks Dawn
Amanda did tell me about the DM – that’s awesome!
I did know about Alison’s role on MM – while I was writing this I wondered if the MM cast shared the affection for Twitter that the Community cast does.
Speaking of MM, we may need to re-visit the prior seasons in prep to the upcoming one.
I absolutely love that show! And last night’s episode was the BEST ever! I’ll have to start following those guys on Twitter.
I’ve been on a Mad Men marathon! Season one is a beaut! (I started watching w/ season 2 a couple of summers ago). I should finish in plenty of time for s4. Oh! And the cast commentaries are great!
Oh Dawn you’re gonna love season three. Two was a bit of a chore with scattered points of light. I need to look into the cast commentaries
Yeah, I’ve seen all of it except for season one. Up until now, that is.
I’ve been out of the blogosphere and I forgot how much I enjoy you guys’ site! Now I’m back, and I love keeping up with you guys. Well done.
And I haven’t caught on to Community yet, but I did see the paintball episode.
Oh… and you’re an influencer… I added swagbucks, and I’m back at realityunwound.com with a less political and more real life bend.
Thanks Jason! Yeah, we’ve been trying to blog more often. And your site is still in my reader.