Thank You Dan Harmon!

As the title says,big thanks for making a show that instantly puts a smile on my face,a show that will hold up for years to come,a show that i will revisit every year.

One of the best comedy TV shows of all time. Thank you for your hard work and dedication on this masterpiece, Dan! sixseasonsandamovie!

Caring about my hero Dan Harmon can be scary. Caring about the 160 people who’ve posted their amazing Thank You’s here can be a horrifying, embarrassing nightmare, at least for me. But if I can’t say it today, when can I say it? I love you guys.

I was born in the early nineties and without US television, so I admit that some jokes of the show escape me. Yet I love Community deeply. I’ll say that for now, it is my favorite TV series of all time.

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So first of all, somehow you made it all the way to SOUTH KOREA. Yeah.

Thank you for Britta Perry. I love her for so many reasons, but the biggest one is her insecurity. I thought she was going to be a boring, perfecto girl when the show started, but then she cracked open like a candy shell and revealed all these bruises and scars she had. And the best part about Britta is that she just keeps chugging on in any situation. She taught me that it’s okay to be weak and vulnerable and care about things and do silly pizza dances and ENJOY LIFE, because that’s the way it should be lived.

I don’t think any TV show has ever made me as happy as your show has in the past three years, Dan, and more than that it offered me real wisdom because it came from the heart of somebody who, as it turns out, worries about many of the same things that I do. And judging by how many notes this thing has, a lot of other people do as well. I’ve always enjoyed TV, but it’s never spoken to me. Your show did. And that’s what matters the most to me.

As Britta Perry would say, “DAN HARMON FOR THE WIN.”

Moses - Seoul, South Korea

Hey there. I’ve started watching Community one week ago and I am completely addicted! 

It’s incredible awesome, completely adorable and fucking lovely! I fell for all the people that made this show one of the best I’ve ever watched and I’ve already watched Friends, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Seinfeld and Two And a Half Man. Christmas and Halloweens specials, The Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne (!!!), Abed.

Paintball, Troy and Abed in the Morning (-nights), forts, blakets and pillows, love, friendship and awesomeness. You made them unique.

So here’s a thanks from Brazil. Brazilians Human Beings love your show (: 

Amanda Leite - Sao Paulo, Brazil

I watch TV. I watch a lot of TV. I’m obviously no Abed, but still. And while there’s been many great comedies, Community just tops all of them. There isn’t a single comedy out there whose first episode has ever made me just want to rip my shirt off and scream “GO GREENDALE; GO COMMUNITY!”, but yours did the trick. Obviously this would be of no help since nobody in Germany even knows this show, but thoughts matter. Right?

So what I’m basically trying to say is… you rock, sir. Very much so. 

I have never been a person to follow a show or even watch tv really, but Community is seriously the best thing ever. I remember the first episode I saw was the Halloween episode from the second season. Instantly I fell in love with the show. Then I just kept watching more episodes and getting excited for new ones every week. Once again Thank You for creating one of the best things that has ever happened to me.

Love,

Jeremy Coleman from Belleville, IL

For a show that makes me feel, that makes me care about characters. That can be funny and light without being superficial. That is real, that lets us think, and is still a comedy. Thank you for this beautiful, wonderful series. For Jeff and Britta and Annie and Abed and Troy and Shirley and Pierce. For Chang and the Dean. For Greendale. For doing the unexpected, for not letting the fact it was a ‘sitcom’ limit you. Thank you for all the laughter and joy. 

It breaks my heart that it’s coming to an end, I keep hoping it’s all a big mistake. But I am ridiculously glad I got to experience the first three seasons, and I cannot thank you enough for creating them. 

Emily, Melbourne, Australia. 

I know you likely will never read this thank you, but I just thought I should get my feelings and eternal gratitude out there! I can’t possibly describe in words how much your creative genius to Community meant to me, but here it goes!

Like many people, I stumbled across the hidden masterpiece that is Community by accident. My friend told me about it and we watched it in his dorm for hours before I realized I was hooked! I had never truly loved any TV show before I watched your show, but Community changed everything for me. As embarrassing as it was, I actually considered The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men as my two favourite sitcoms before I realized what true comedy was meant to be. Again, Dan, your show really did change my love of sitcoms and comedy in general. No longer did I enjoy watching the same storylines play out in a familiar fashion each episode. I now loved Community because of its ability to consistently be funny, assume I am not stupid by instructing me when to laugh, and most importantly, its ambitiousness. I can’t think of any other show I have ever seen that was as creative yet comedically brilliant in every aspect. The way you grew the characters throughout the three seasons, the way you always made me laugh and smile at the subtleties at the heart of the show, and the way you made the ridiculous seem possible on a weekly basis gave me hope that quality television can survive in our current television industry filled with crap like Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Dance Moms that apparently people actually find enjoyable. But your show was the first piece to ever give me hope in this pitiful abyss of garbage we call our nightly television routines. In fact, it seemed most outstanding to me in its essence of being so unique, so innovative, and so truly unlike anything else on television that it must survive for the sake of its undeniable, remarkable greatness. However, I was mistaken that incredible TV shows can survive when I found out Community was struggling to attract viewers and was on the verge of being cancelled. It was even more amazing when my friend told me it had been since 2009 before I discovered its greatness! I spent two consecutive 12-hour days catching up on the 2 and a half seasons that I missed, and I do not regret it at all. Those 24 hours were some of the most magical, emotional, and hilarious times of my life, and I thank you, your amazing crew, and the tremendous cast for making that happen. But I watched the show religiously for the past few months and, again, you continued to blow my mind every week. As a devout member of the Community cult, I cannot express my gratitude for what you have done for me and so many other people out there in defending fantastic comedy. I was so enamoured by the show that I had a LeVar Burton-esque shock at the thought of not having a fourth season, but when it was announced my darkest timeline fears were abolished. But those tears of joy of the fourth season pickup and incredible final set of episodes turned into real tears when the seemingly impossible news of your firing broke. As with the entire Community fanbase, I was distraught for several days at the prospect of the man who created not just my favourite show, but arguably the best comedy of all-time somehow being fired from their own show! I initially refused to watch the new season and start a Community boycott to protest your firing. However, then I realized that my efforts would amount to nothing, because the folks at Sony and NBC clearly wanted you gone as showrunner. But you were more than just the creator and leader, Dan, you were the heart of Community, and nothing anyone can say or do should change that. Since my downright refusal to soak in the painful reality of a Harmon-less Community, I have since passed through to the acceptance stage. Why should I punish myself any longer by not even giving the new show a chance by avoiding it like a Larry the Cable Guy stand-up show? After all, even if the new show lacks your genius writing, I owe it to your brainchild, myself, and you to see the show to its very end. Ignoring something will not change what happened, but the least we can face the news and move on. That is what life is ultimately about- accepting to changes and adapting to them. Will the new version of Community be equal to your show? Likely not, but I should not stop watching it altogether. I will still devoutly support the show until the big wigs decide enough is enough and cancel the show. It is very depressing that a show of this comedic genius and creativity will not last much longer, while the other TV “comedies” will live on in the post-Community era. It is really sad that executives do not value the show as much as it deserves and are likely to remove its heart and soul for one more season just to get more profits. But I accept that the unfortunate lack of understanding what is truly comedy gold is something that many people, especially those making the decisions, do not have, and innovative sitcoms like Community will suffer to survive. In a perfect world, Community would have six seasons and a movie, but I accept that the world does not fully appreciate your gift to the world and that all good things unfortunately have to come to an end. Just know that your overwhelmingly supportive fanbase and I will always cherish your TV show that is so beyond good that I am running out of synonyms to express its brilliance! We should be grateful for you making our Thursday nights special for three years, and be thrilled that it miraculously survived for three seasons and we have a, albeit likely toned-down, final season to conclude the epic journey you created and sustained for all the world to enjoy. I will never forget about Jeff Winger, Annie Edison, Britta Perry, Troy Barnes, Shirley Bennett, Pierce Hawthorne, Abed Nadir, Ben Chang, Dean Pelton, and the rest of the crew both on and off the screen captured my heart. If you, Dan, are somehow reading this thank you filled with tears of both joy and heartbreak, just remember how much your fans love you, your writing genius, and your masterpiece of Community. I’m sorry for getting emotional. Words cannot describe how thankful your fans are for continually giving us more laughs and ups-and-downs than a secret trampoline of peace. No matter what people said or did in making your show a cult favourite without selling out for mass appeal, please know that the diehard fans, whom you so vehemently protected and adored by sticking to your vision for three outstanding seasons unlikely to be replicated, will always respect your passion and love what you created for us. Please know that we can all hopefully strive for your level of innovation and passion both in our comedy and in our lives in general so we can protect your brilliance in every aspect of life like how you protected us from the dark abyss of the sitcom world, and quality can not only survive, but thrive. Anyone who criticizes Community is the opposite of Batman. They are the incomprehensible appeal of Glee. They are the acting diversity of Nicolas Cage. They’re Jim Belushi. You, Dan Harmon, are the centre slice of a square cheese pizza. You are the light in a tunnel of faint hope in the fight for genuinely quality television shows. You are the man who changed my life along with millions of other people. You’re not the worst, you’re the best. And don’t you ever let anyone tell you otherwise. I can genuinely say that no TV show has come remotely close to achieving my levels of respect, passion, and love than your wonderful brainchild of Community. So thank you, Dan Harmon, for everything you did for me, and know that you forever touched countless lives for 30 special minutes each Thursday night on your successful quest for making arguably the best sitcom ever!

Sincerely, and thanks once more!

Jon Willemsen- Ottawa, ON, Canada

Thanks you, you are an amazing Human Being, a true innovator, and in my eyes, the best thing that has happened to television in a long time. Take care, it’s a scary, Chang filled world out there.

Isabella Spence, London UK.

Thank you Dan Harmon for the funniest, best-written, and most enjoyable show on television. You did such a good job creating and developing characters that while complex, were ultimately relatable and realistic. The storytelling on Community is done so beautifully and I truly have never seen any show like it. This show is simply in a league of its own. Thank you so much for 3 fantastic seasons sir. Your show has made my life better. You are the opposite of the opposite of Batman. 

Kiara Boston, MA