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

Party Down was 2 seasons, 20 episodes total, and every one of them is essential viewing if you love laughing.

Netflix has every Party Down ep available on instant view or on DVD. I watched them all in about a week. They're incredible.

Ron Swanson has a tattoo????

iirc from the Party Down thread Netflix took it off instant view as soon as Starz cancelled the show

they're all available now

sometimes i think my girl watches this show 60% for rob lowe/adam scott

― max, Friday, January 28, 2011 12:27 PM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i have to say i am sort of in love with adam scott

I hate him. His head looks like an upside down triangle.

>:(

i mean, that's true, his head looks like an upside down triangle, it's a nice shape!

is a triangle with one angle pointing downwards truly upside down? is there a correct way for a triangle to be oriented? /deepthoughts

"leslie monster"

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ePwDySjVdyo/TUOWTWLyYqI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/2BWg6xGnBcQ/adamscott-triangle.jpg

That's a right side up triangle imo.

he's kinda anime.

oh but meanwhile couldn't stop watching Party Down tonight. much laughter. They had me by "MORE POOL FOR ME, FUCKOS!" in the first episode. so funny.

thanks for bringing it up on here!

I'm still struck by what a brilliant premise for a show Party Down had. Changing the setting for each episode wasn't a convenience, it was a necessity. Only good things can come from that kind of foresight (except getting canceled, maybe).

i do love watching parties. on t.v. or in movies. i always thought there should be a 24 hour party channel for shut-ins. all kinds of parties. even large holiday gatherings for people to watch when they don't have the mental strength to face their own families. i know i'd watch it.

Good idea!

Thanks!

i've been chizzed, this show is like some kind of ultra-wack combo of the office and arrested development

are u watching the first season? or the most recent stuff

I have never related with Ron Swanson more than when he was talking about how he best likes his friends that tell him nothing about their emotions or relations. And his best friend, and how lovely it is that they still don't talk today. That's just like me!!!

i watched s3 e01

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You had me at "Meat Tornado".

YES

ron & andy made me lol

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfpur9xOKU1qcv6uto1_400.gif

Run by some SUPERFAN, but there's some good stuff to be found: http://fuckyeahparksandrec.tumblr.com/

http://images.wikia.com/parksandrecreation/images/7/7a/Duke_Silver.jpg

If I wanted to bring a large number of deviled eggs, but I didn't want to share them with anyone else, could you guarantee fridge space?

Nick Offerman was on Conan last night and it was totally delightful. He's not that far removed from his character, though he may have been playing it up.

^^ this was awesome, especially his explanation of Ron's hairstyle: he passes a comb through it once and thinks, "That is sufficient."

Seeing him without the mustache was pretty trippy, tho.

It just now occurred to me that there's no Paul Schneider anymore.

lol I hadn't thought about it, and I knew he was leaving, but damn...he isn't missed AT ALL.

It's fun to think about what happens to characters who just drop out of a show and are never mentioned again - like that girl who was in the first season of West Wing and suddenly disappeared in the interim. For some reason these are always grisly possibilities for me.

a) Maybe he committed suicide.
b) Maybe he was killed and eaten.
c) Maybe he was paralyzed by a madman and left fully conscious on a post in the middle of a field while dressed as a human scarecrow - like something out of EC Comics, maybe?

I dunno.

Well, they did give him an outro story (I can't remember the details, but I think he took a job in the private sector in a different town).

Completely forgot about that.

it was kind of cute how they rationalized it by saying the guy his character was loosely based on did the same thing IRL, like yeah whatever makes it easier

He's such a good actor; the character was just totally superfluous.

for a sec i thought y'all were talking about offerman/ron and i was like noooooo

No way, if Ron left the show it would be all over.

indeed. he's a great character.

i had to google to figure out who you were talking about! he WAS a pointless character!

I'm glad he's moved on, I always thought he was pretty creepy.

rob lowe is gonna hurt himself saying 'literally'

Adam Scott/Paul Schneider are basically the same character type.

not really, scott's got a pretty funny back story and stuff. schneider was too much of a straight man. also plaaaaaza

i had to google to figure out who you were talking about! he WAS a pointless character!

― الله basedأكبر (forksclovetofu), Friday, February 4, 2011 5:23 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

I kind of liked the idea of them taking it to another level and just actively trying to make him the most pointless and dry recurring character possible.

Yeah - now that I think about it, every character trait they tried to ascribe to him fell off him like water off a duck. He never really registered at all, beyond the occasional catalyst for Amy's character to find herself in wacky/embarrassing antics.

The problem was that he was the token "normal guy", and normal just doesn't work on this show (even the more straight-on characters, like Rashida & Adam Scott are slightly off-center from time to time).

well I think part of it too is that the characters on the show aren't that ridiculous. Jerry for example is very normal, which is why it's so funny that they treat him like a leper.

so a straight man in comparison to those characters just seems useless.

Will Forte killed me in this episode!