Here's hoping the show is actually good and keeps running so I won't have dedicated a thread to it for no reason.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
I like good TV shows, but an hour a night is about right for sofa taterin' and I've got that on Thursday already.
― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
u gonna hold that against parks & rec
― s1ocki, Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
Not if it's really good. Might drop The Office, though, if it doesn't pick back up.
― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
this is like sophie's choice
― s1ocki, Thursday, 9 April 2009 23:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
so far... waaaaay too similar in tone to The Office.
Shouldn't be too hard to fix, though.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 10 April 2009 00:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
this wasn't funny
― the rickey henderson of sbs (J0rdan S.), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:28 (4 years ago) Permalink
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
― the rickey henderson of sbs (J0rdan S.), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
Naw it was fine
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
aziz was funny actually
― the rickey henderson of sbs (J0rdan S.), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
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
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
Needs more Loudon Wainwright!
― lindseykai, Friday, 10 April 2009 01:50 (4 years ago) Permalink
i thought it was pretty funny and great
― Mr. Que, Friday, 10 April 2009 02:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
is rashida jones hot in it?
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 10 April 2009 02:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
pretty hot pretty great
― Mr. Que, Friday, 10 April 2009 02:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
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).
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 10 April 2009 02:47 (4 years ago) Permalink
― Mr. Que, Thursday, April 9, 2009 9:19 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark
ok that's a relief
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 10 April 2009 02:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
xpost: I'm really glad they shelved Michael's hair plugs.
― Imaginary Dead Baseball Players Live in My Cornfield (Pillbox), Friday, 10 April 2009 02:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
Couldn't get through this episode.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Friday, 10 April 2009 07:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
echo the 'it was okay' sentiments. laughed at the covering up of the violent parts of the mural.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Friday, 10 April 2009 12:26 (4 years ago) Permalink
I kinda liked the park dept manager who wanted to privatize the whole park dept. But overall, yeah, pretty thin gruel.
― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
They must've known he's the real gold, since they did his little thing over the end credits.
― Zero Transfats Waller (Oilyrags), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
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!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 10 April 2009 15:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
"This is where the rubber of government meets the road of actual human beings."
― Kerm, Friday, 10 April 2009 15:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
how is this show different from the office
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 16 April 2009 05:38 (4 years ago) Permalink
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?"
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
i give it six more weeks
― Duderonomy 1:69-420 (iiiijjjj), Friday, 17 April 2009 01:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
This needs to be completely retooled and fast.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:21 (4 years ago) Permalink
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.
― svend, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
wau
― starsky and what (J0rdan S.), Friday, 17 April 2009 01:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
yeah that was like
― Mr. Que, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
Maybe it was originally funnier?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:50 (4 years ago) Permalink
"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.:/
― svend, Friday, 17 April 2009 01:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
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.
― Super Cub, Friday, 17 April 2009 06:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
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
― baaderonixx, Friday, 17 April 2009 08:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
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
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 4 May 2009 18:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
That's the funniest five minutes of the whole series so far. You lucked out.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2009 18:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
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, 4 May 2009 19:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
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.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 May 2009 14:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
was mildly interested in this until hearing her on terri gross and remembering that everyone on SNL is kinda dumb and annoying
― gabbneb being gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 8 May 2009 14:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
Everyone? nah.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 May 2009 14:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
― 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"
― THE_REAL_PHIL (Dr. Phil), Friday, 8 May 2009 14:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
I've been watching this and finding it mildly amusing. Tom is definitely my favorite character. Boyfriend with broken legs is also pretty funny.
― Moodles, Friday, 8 May 2009 15:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
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.
― da croupier, Friday, 8 May 2009 15:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
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"
― da croupier, Friday, 8 May 2009 15:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
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.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 8 May 2009 15:26 (4 years ago) Permalink
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.
― da croupier, Friday, 8 May 2009 15:28 (4 years ago) Permalink
oh, and the speech Knope's boss gave: "You are a woman. You have won this award." etc.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 8 May 2009 15:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
― Sheela-Tubb-Mann, You Real Know-It-All (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 April 2013 19:14 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
critics have been saying it's almost certainly going to be renewed for another season, as it's the only nbc comedy doing consistently non-terrible numbers.
I was curious, so I looked at the average # of viewers for NBC sitcoms this season, and it shakes out like this:
1. Go On2. The Office3. The New Normal4. Guys with Kids5. Whitney6. 30 Rock7. Parks and Rec8. Up All Night9. Community10. 1600 Penn
That said, apart from the departing 30 Rock and The Office, all of the shows with larger audiences *on average* than Parks and Rec's have aired two to four episodes this season with fewer viewers than P&R's lowest-performing episode. Compared to the majority of NBC's comedy programming -- such as Go On, whose ratings have been on a steady decline ever since its big premiere -- P&R performs very consistently, even if it never reaches beyond about 4 million viewers per episode.
― jaymc, Friday, 26 April 2013 19:48 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
that ranking reflects total viewers and not the adult demo rating, right? if critics are to be believed, the demo is the more significant number (RIP Harry's Law, watched by millions, all of them olds).
― a sentimental knife (reddening), Friday, 26 April 2013 20:11 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Right.
― jaymc, Friday, 26 April 2013 20:12 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Oh -- P&R actually does *better* within the 18-49 demo. Only behind Go On and The Office. How about that.
Info from here, btw.
― jaymc, Friday, 26 April 2013 20:16 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
wow, look at those numbers for Go On! a 5.6 to a 1.0 all in a single season?? thursday really is a cursed night
― a sentimental knife (reddening), Friday, 26 April 2013 21:41 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
The Voice lead-in is all they have. It's why they'll only air Revolution after it. They're worried it'll go the way of The Event and every other crap hi-concept drama they've had.
― Gukbe, Friday, 26 April 2013 23:09 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
"hi-concept"
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Saturday, 27 April 2013 00:35 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
the birth control pills story ruled.
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Saturday, 27 April 2013 04:34 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
does anyone know which mini golf course they shot at? it didn't look like the one in sherman oaks, but that's the only one in the area I know of.
― wk, Saturday, 27 April 2013 04:52 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Don't know but I liked that they didn't even try hiding the palm trees.
― nickn, Saturday, 27 April 2013 07:23 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Pawnee Palms!
― Gukbe, Saturday, 27 April 2013 07:29 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Judging by how much they film in Burbank id guess they just used the golf course that's on Universal, or next to it; the Toluca Lake one.
Didn't see the episode so I'm not confident but that's where id guess.
― Cunga, Saturday, 27 April 2013 07:35 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
x-pHa! I didn't even notice (or remember, a day later) that that's the name of the place.
― nickn, Saturday, 27 April 2013 07:36 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
speaking of this show's locations, I love how they take that part of Burbank on Riverside Dr, by the Equestrian center, and double it for Indiana. The tall trees obscure that just beyond them is the Griffith Park mountain, and the Hollywood sign on the other side of it. They use Pasadena a lot, too.
Although a friend of mine who lives out in the sticks now, but used to live in LA, loathes the show's doubling and treatment of small town Middle-America, saying that it's all inaccurate and the epitome of what L.A. big city folk imagine it's like in cutesy fly-over parts. That it's condescending.
― Cunga, Saturday, 27 April 2013 07:53 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
And to that I say: of course it is, but did you expect, and would people want, Greg Daniels to have created a small-town America show that's HBO comedy depressing? This is for NBC, from the same people that made the Office.
― Cunga, Saturday, 27 April 2013 07:54 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
One of the many little things that make this show great is the ever increasing collection of random objects in Ron's office so I loved him refusing to give the gorilla back. How long has the tiny deer skeleton with the antlers been in there?
― Matt DC, Saturday, 27 April 2013 09:34 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i know its been said repeatedly but the relationship between ron and lesley is really great. i loved that little speech of hers (i have 6 points to make). really laughed at when she told ron she had only one word for him then goes on a rant with ron counting on his fingers how many words she's actually using.
― Jibe, Saturday, 27 April 2013 10:54 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
essays to be written about Jamm as Sen. Ben Nelson or the like
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Saturday, 27 April 2013 11:02 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
wait all small towns are not actually just like pawnee?
― inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Saturday, 27 April 2013 15:48 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Pawnee city hall is Pasadena's city hall building. And for those that watch Parenthood, the wedding reception (I think) in the courtyard with the big fountain in the season closer was the courtyard of the same building.
― nickn, Saturday, 27 April 2013 16:43 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I love P&R so much, it really brightens my week. Someone mentioned above how it has a Simpsons-like cast of characters, which is part of what makes it so good. Including Mona Lisa!
― kinder, Saturday, 27 April 2013 23:38 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I like P&R because it's genuinely funny and sweet without being cloying
― mackleless (latebloomer), Saturday, 27 April 2013 23:50 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I should have realized this but RentASwag is real (kind of): http://www.renttherunway.com/
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:45 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Jean-Ralphio and Mona Lisa duet was awesome.
― stephen taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Saturday, 4 May 2013 04:12 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
so glad that came back. "I'm flu-uuushed with caa-yeeash" still comes into my head at least twice a week.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 4 May 2013 04:13 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah, must have been a set. I guess they probably just dressed up a real golf course. it looked cool! a lot nicer than the ones in sherman oaks or ventura.
― wk, Saturday, 4 May 2013 04:25 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
"Womb there it is"
― Matt DC, Saturday, 4 May 2013 17:17 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Bjorn Lerpiss, of the Pawnee Lerpiss Family: "There was supposed to be a Paunch Burger, in this lot next to my house? And then you stripped my freedom by putting a park there? Now if want to start my day off with a Triple-Decker Pancake Breakfast Pizza, I gotta go to the one that's ten minutes away and that makes me twenty minutes late to work every day. I work at home."
Chris: "Have you ever considered not eating that for breakfast?"
Bjorn: "I'LL NEVER CONSIDER THAT"
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 4 May 2013 21:07 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
does pawnee's 196th anniversary parade mean they want to push this show out to nine seasons?
also thanks to 'er indoors for guessing the bombshell 90 seconds before it happened
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 5 May 2013 02:27 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
ron needs more to do so that will be fantastic. same with the 'recall knope' campaign, as obv leslie is better when she's the underdog against bad people. hopefully april goes to vet university and takes andy with her.
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 5 May 2013 02:29 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
spinoff?
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Sunday, 5 May 2013 02:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
that would do nicely
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 5 May 2013 02:54 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Torn between whether Tom's mystery business rival is Dennis Feinstein, Councilman Jamm or Jean-Ralphio. Jamm is probably the least funny scenario here.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 May 2013 12:02 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Tom doesn't have much to worry about if it's Jean-Ralphio
― far too much asshole flesh (DJP), Sunday, 5 May 2013 12:42 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Jerry would be interesting...
― the so-called socialista (dowd), Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:04 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i'd imagine it's either feinstein or some new character, could imagine that in addition to giving tom an antagonist and on-going storyline they conceived this plot as a way to write in more appearances from jason mantzoukas.
― balls, Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:11 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
it was cool to see Sparks Nevada as the lawyer
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:28 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
oh shit! i knew I recognized the voice :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:32 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
donna needs to be doing more
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:50 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I recognised Jackson from idk his photo on the Dead Authors Podcast or something and was trying to hear Sparks in his voice and failing
― charli.xlsx (sic), Monday, 6 May 2013 00:57 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I figured Tom's competitior might be Bobby Newport...?
― Drugs A. Money, Monday, 6 May 2013 01:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
my guess is they have no idea who it is yet, and they're waiting to see if the show gets picked up for certain. I don't mind them leaving it open-ended like this, kind of like what they did when Leslie started to run for town councilman. then again Entertainment 720 was kind of a dud storyline when they eventually picked it up
― Nhex, Monday, 6 May 2013 01:52 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
entertainment 720 felt to me like the show was trying to challenge itself by dropping a huge bomb at the end of one series and working out what to do with it later, but they then seemed to have freaked themselves out and backed away from it quick sticks.
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 6 May 2013 02:32 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
"sources close to the production" say it has been renewed for Season 6.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 9 May 2013 20:08 (1 week ago) Permalink
That was the finale?
― Evan, Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:06 (1 week ago) Permalink
Yup.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:08 (1 week ago) Permalink
Deffo renewed
― Gukbe, Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:08 (1 week ago) Permalink
https://twitter.com/Nick_Offerman/status/332590176763277312
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:11 (1 week ago) Permalink
nice
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Friday, 10 May 2013 00:58 (1 week ago) Permalink