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

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Here's hoping the show is actually good and keeps running so I won't have dedicated a thread to it for no reason.

I like good TV shows, but an hour a night is about right for sofa taterin' and I've got that on Thursday already.

u gonna hold that against parks & rec

Not if it's really good. Might drop The Office, though, if it doesn't pick back up.

this is like sophie's choice

so far... waaaaay too similar in tone to The Office.

Shouldn't be too hard to fix, though.

this wasn't funny

the office has enough characters to keep things fresh even tho all the jokes hit the same note, and this one has... 5 characters? obv more will be introduced but man that first ep was rough

Naw it was fine

aziz was funny actually

Parks & Recreation is the most talked about new comedy on television!

"It was fine!" - n/a
"this is ... choice!" - s1ocki
"It's really good!" - Oilyrags

Needs more Loudon Wainwright!

i thought it was pretty funny and great

is rashida jones hot in it?

pretty hot pretty great

The first episode of The Office was weaksauce too, mostly because it was a rehash of the UK version. Greg Daniels' jokes aren't funny on the surface. The funny comes when you know the characters (which we don't yet).

pretty hot pretty great

― Mr. Que, Thursday, April 9, 2009 9:19 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark

ok that's a relief

xpost: I'm really glad they shelved Michael's hair plugs.

Couldn't get through this episode.

echo the 'it was okay' sentiments. laughed at the covering up of the violent parts of the mural.

I kinda liked the park dept manager who wanted to privatize the whole park dept. But overall, yeah, pretty thin gruel.

They must've known he's the real gold, since they did his little thing over the end credits.

I liked it. I hope Amy can walk the Michael Scott of seasons 1-2 line of balancing cringe-induction and geniuine lulz. That might be the dorkiest thing I've ever said, in a long line of dorky sentences. Anyway. Pancakes!

"This is where the rubber of government meets the road of actual human beings."

how is this show different from the office

like i am watching the pilot and amy poehler is exactly like michael scott, what's the point

(a: rashida jones)

There were times this week I thought "okay, this is actually getting better and can be good" and then there were times I thought "Jesus, why am I watching this? What else is on?"

i give it six more weeks

This needs to be completely retooled and fast.

There was an article last week in Entertainment Weekly saying that the pilot had been rewritten and shot several times so it would be less like The Office. Can;t even imagine how that must have been.

wau

yeah that was like

Maybe it was originally funnier?

"According to an early test screening of the pilot — results of which leaked online last month — many viewers felt Parks was ''too close and similar to The Office.'' But the Parks department claims the data was based on an extremely early version of the pilot — one that bears little resemblance to what viewers will see on April 9. ''By the time we had even gotten the results of the testing back, we had done, like, five more edits of the pilot,'' says Schur. ''The only thing that matters at all is the final product, and it's going to be very, very different from the version that was thrown in front of a group of people.''

Glad they got that all fixed before the premiere, was hardly like the Office at all.:/

My wife walked into the room, watched the show for like 5 seconds, and asked me whether the Office had a bunch of new characters. She had no idea that an Office spin-off had been created, and Rashida Jones wasn't even in that scene.

The tone is very similar to the Office, but the writing and acting are noticeably inferior. It's not good.

yeah not impressed so far- I expected them to get more mileage from the dour small town bureaucracy vibe but so far this is just like Dunder Mifflin

I've only seen the first five minutes of the most recent episode (watching it during my smoke break on iPod) but I thought the poop-bag flinging (and Poehler enjoying it) was very funny, made me laugh right out loud

That's the funniest five minutes of the whole series so far. You lucked out.

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?

Last night's episode was definitely way better than any that came before it. I can't tell if it's actually getting funnier or if I'm just more familiar with the characters and their behavioral patterns now.

The less content about "The Pit," the better the show.

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.

I considered just starting a new thread but, well, y'know. Final season and all that. It's kind of a bummer.

(I'm secretly hoping for a spin-off that's just David wandering into the motel lobby and riffing with Stevie. I could watch those two for hours. Where the hell has Dan Levy been all my life?!)

Schitt's Creek improved a lot for me a few seasons in - could barely tolerate Roland in the first 2

I feel you on Roland but, otoh, it's kinda saying something when the weakest element of a show is Chris Elliott (who I generally love).

I generally hate Chris and this show is no exception! I also avoided it because of its name, but caught up about a month ago and it is truly divine. Completely in love with all characters (except Chris Elliot’s)

John Candy would have been great in his role. Imagine!

watched the first half-dozen shows or so; catherine o'hara is incredible, the others are fine, chris elliott sucks deeply

Keep going, it only gets better

One of the lower-key things that is cracking me up more the more I notice it is the weird gangly arm-swinging half-run thing Bob does every time he enters or leaves a scene.

yeah that Bob move is all time

Alexis’ chin raise/wiggle (& great name IMHO)

my hatred of (televisual) Canadiana does not permit me to watch this but I'm glad we finally made a TV show you people can enjoy

'finally', pssh. KITH might be my all-time fave, friend.

I've lived in canada 7 years and i think this is the first time americans have watched a canadian show that is currently being broadcast

TBF, I'm usually a minimum of seven years behind on most American shows.

Looking forward to Kim’s Convenience getting it’s due once the son achieves worldwide fame as whatever superhero he was cast as

Kim’s convenience is great too, but Schitt’s creek is just the best.

do americans watch trailer park boys? letterkenny?

I knew some Pittsburghers who were obsessed by trailer park boys, I could never get into it.

Yeah, I tried it and it was decidedly not my thing. I didn't try very hard, though, tbf.

The bar trivia company I work for is doing a nation-wide Letterkenny quiz event later this year, so I guess people watch it?

The Schitt's Creek thing where the members of the Rose family default to a repulsed 'ew' as a generalized exclamatory utterance is simply the best. I endeavor to employ it in my everyday life.

do americans watch trailer park boys? letterkenny?

― symsymsym, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 12:47 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

yes and yes

not really what’s being talked about but i certainly watched reboot at the same time as most canadians

And leave us not pretend that Degrassi isn't a phenom on both sides of the border.

degrassi’s more of a cultish thing here but i am in that cult

the cancon cult

Psst.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owdg_pZtIUM

loved Parks at the time but I have absolutely no urge to revisit or see a reunion tbh

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

The same friend who got me onto The Office got me onto this; just finished season 2. I wouldn't say I laugh a lot, but I do enjoy it and like all the characters. The S2 finale was actually kind of moving--Leslie's limitless dedication to what she does (and, key, Ron's recognition of that in the face of every one of his own beliefs) is something that has won me over in countless other movies and TV shows, and it comes through beautifully here.

The wife and I have been rewatching it with our 15 year old and I think we only have the very last episode to go.

It’s been fun! The first season wasn’t as bad as I remembered and the last season drags this time. I can’t imagine watching it a third time with our younger kid, whereas I am definitely down to watch the Good Place for the fourth time.

I tried to rewatch the Office and I couldn’t get through an episode. The good naturedness of P&R makes it work. I loved the office but for some reason I can’t do it anymore. Same with South Park, Rick & Morty. I know humans are shitty, I get it.

When the Parks gang is ruthless with Jerry it really lands because it is so out of character, it’s my favorite bit on the show.

The Office is definitely nastier--even the more genial American version--but I do laugh more often when I watch that. (A station here plays four episodes every night, so I'll stop here and there for a few minutes.) Parks and Recreation makes me smile, and that's fine, I like smiling.

(The episode where Jerry pretended to be mugged was good--and even that turned all the staff's jokes about him into a happy ending.)

Halfway through S3. Thought the camping episode was one of the worst, but then right after, one of the best: April and Andy's dinner party.

Music had been almost absent before that--music that counted, anyway; just club filler and Andy's own bad stuff--but then out of nowhere, "April, Come She Will." Brief but beautiful--not necessarily a Graduate reference, but you know the show's creators are cognizant of the connection. Also, Rob Lowe dancing to "Jump Around"; his one-joke character is starting to wear on me, but loved that. And more feel-good sweetness near the end with Leslie and Ben.

Ron: "So: were you asked to bring a cake or a vegetable loaf?"

Still enjoying everything, but first time I think I've laughed uncontrollably:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyc1aMtnHJo

(A big part of which was knowing, as soon as the woman approached, exactly what was going to happen.)

still my favorite joke from the show and apparently ad-libbed by this idiot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinpRhB4aWU

Just watched that episode last week--that was great too.

The "network connectivity problems" line was supposedly improvised by Pratt!

ChatGTP in human form

I'm also in S3, watching for the first time. Don't know if I enjoy the show quite enough to make it through 7 seasons, but it's pleasant and has its moments. I didn't think the nastiness of the Office is why I think it's much funnier, but... maybe it is