PARKS and RECREATION aka "Everything's coming up Amy"

was mildly interested in this until hearing her on terri gross and remembering that everyone on SNL is kinda dumb and annoying

Everyone? nah.

For some reason I find Chris Pratt acting like douche hilarious, so his guest star status makes me sad. Maybe they could trade him for that sulky intern chick?

― the devil's runes (reddening), Monday, May 4, 2009 3:06 PM

i've watched 2 or 3 eps of season 1 and the funniest part was probably him saying his band is called "just the tip"

I've been watching this and finding it mildly amusing. Tom is definitely my favorite character. Boyfriend with broken legs is also pretty funny.

this show would be a lot better if they remembered that michael scott wasn't the office's sympathetic lead and that there's already a show called the office that's been using the mockumentary stare-at-the-camera shtick for a bunch of years so wtf find a new shtick.

Either give Poehler's character half a brain and use her repub boss as the michael scott or make the show about more about rashida jones. and shoot whoever at nbc is tell them they have to be more "broad"

is telling them

loved how much Knope's "male"over looked like her Hillary impersonation, and the adjacent scene of her talking about becoming first female mayor, etc, but they also had a first female president gag in one of the first episodes so they better stop with that one for a while. Rashida Jones as Amy's trophy wife was pretty funny, also that guy who kept talking about how brave she is/it's OK to fight etc etc. Loved last week's bit with the guy cleaning the house and saying "someone's going to get gently laid tonight" and her "hey!" in the background too.

really hope they didn't hire that guy from All The Real Girls just have to him colin-firth around saving her ass, bridget jones style.

oh, and the speech Knope's boss gave: "You are a woman. You have won this award." etc.

Yeah, Leslie's immediate supervisor guy is a silent comedy force. I remember him from American Body Shop, but that show was terrible.

really, if they'd just make more amy poehler than "michael scott + ally mcbeal" the show might come together. there are so many great supporting actors on this.

more of amy

loved how much Knope's "male"over looked like her Hillary impersonation
all i could think of was the time on antm when they made some model pose as trump and melania.

LOL yes I remember that! Very similar, actually.

really hope they didn't hire that guy from All The Real Girls just have to him colin-firth around saving her ass, bridget jones style.

I kind of get the feeling that that is what they are having him do, though. I only watched five minutes of this last night though so I don't know if it was much better/different from last week.

This show is getting better. This and the Boys' Club episode were both pretty decent. I laughed hardest at the neighbors waving while throwing their trash into the pit.

It's already been renewed for a second season, but I think the current season ends next week (making it only 6 eps...kind of like how The Office began). Here's hoping Parks and Recreation's second season is anywhere as close to the same quality.

just listened to that fresh air interview this morning. poehler's kinda tedious. i liked the palin rap best.

kind of puttering out for me now.

Finale was quite funny, I thought. The band was truly wretched in the best way.

I need to see the whole thing. I only caught the last 15 mins on Thursday night.

I tried REALLY HARD to like this.

The final three eps were LIGHT YEARS better than the first three.

thought the last ep was really good.

lol'd pretty hard @ the student intern - oh he's not my boyfriend, he's the gayest dude i know i just make out with him sometimes when im drunk

I tried REALLY HARD to like this.

― dice in my pockets (csa), Saturday, May 16, 2009 7:40 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ditto

for me, poehler's not doing what she's good at. like to me she's awesome when she's all bratty and sassy smart girl, like when she did the news...or doing like that "whut whut" shit like in baby mama or blades of glory....

i just think she seems to sharp to buy her as this faux naif female michael scott character....

I think for her to work well in episodic tv, though, her character needs a pretty flat baseline. Her bratty/sassy persona would grate pretty quickly if put out there every week. But this way, she has plenty of room to throw stuff around and see what sticks.

Still optimistic for a good second season.

This last ep definitely gave me more optimism for the show than the previous ones I'd seen (I skipped the last couple of weeks). I'll probably be back for next season.

Go watch "The Banquet" on hulu. I think it was the funniest of the six.

given how long it took the office to reach its peak im willing to give this show a certain amnt of leeway

s2 begins tonight!!

I honestly read that as "sb begins tonight". I have not suggest banned it yet, but I usually forget to watch it and end up doing something else.

LOL @ the cold open.

Love the intern's "complicated" relationship!

"She's Leslie Knope and she wants to recruit you!"

I started singing PJDU at the same time she did, which I found both hilarious & upsetting.

I can't tell if the writing got better over the summer or if I'm just more familiar with the characters now. Some of both, probably.

Both of their phone numbers!

It's still a bit too much The Office w/ Amy Poehler for me.

I think a bit of both - definitely feels like the show is much more at ease with itself.

OMG living in the pit!!

Flipper & Eve, not Flipper & Steve graffiti FTW

the "boom boom" in the club scene was amazing

^YES

Third Paragraph

Really?

is it really that surprising?

I hope the show sticks around, it's pretty funny.

I'm seeing a nightmare scenario w/P&R getting replaced by "SNL Thursdays" once 30 Rock comes back.

The first two weeks of the season, P&R has been my favorite out of NBC's Thu night run. Makes sense it's on the block I guess... shit I think is funny usually gets canceled. What else would they put in its place, though? Another crapfest like Kath & Kim?

Jay Leno wanking for a half hour.

Sorry, I just grossed myself out so I probably made others slightly ill there as well.

what if nick offerman shows up as his devs character instead of ron swanson, tho

This will probably be bad, and I'll probably watch it

agreed

ah, it was adorable enough. could've done without the singalong but the rest was great. Loved seeing the unexpected Pawnee guesters like Joan Calamezzo. i really miss this show.
Leslie's all-encompassing love for Ann and calling her a "desert fox" put me in stitches

It was fun enough, loved the on the verge of another breakdown Ben with a claymation Cones of Dunshire script.

oh yeah and ofc the whole purpose of this thing
https://www.feedingamerica.org/parksandrec/

amazed that it took someone this long to make this joke

an image could not have aged worse pic.twitter.com/ZAfxkcNhGs

— Maddie Wiener (@maddietwiener) September 8, 2020

it coulda been you, simon!

Not the kind of Police Beating you'd expect.

I’m having an entire breakdown rn pic.twitter.com/UzYzMfKInG

— out of context parks and rec (@nocontextpawnee) February 27, 2023

lol Aubrey