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

Schneider's character was so redundant that even he looked confused about why he was there.

Sometimes they'd even have the action go past his office just so he could turn to camera and indicate a response, like they felt sorry for him and thought he should be involved somehow.

That was always hilarious. Like in the PIGGYBACK BAM! episode.

glad adam scott quit party down to do jokes about how fbook status updates are kinda banal

Yes, because the new series of Party Down is going so well!

yeah yeah i know

still, i felt bad for him delivering it

yeah that was terrible

I think as mentioned above, that maybe that was intentionally bad.

yeha i posted the link to his workshop above.

NONONONONONONONO

http://splitsider.com/2011/03/aw-come-on-rob-lowe-may-leave-parks-and-rec-for-two-and-a-half-men/

I like him on P&R but I don't really think losing him would be the end of the world.

Yeah, he's not vital, but I really appreciate him being around. Plus, Two and a Half Men is the ENEMY.

Two And A Half Men is a way better show than P&R but i can't see Lowe fitting into the former as well as he has on the latter

Two And A Half Men is a way better show than P&R

Did you shit your brain into the toilet this morning?

okay waht

xp: lol

yeah are you crazy dude.

some dude is high on tiger blood.

and vatican assassins.

Would rather dump Adam Scott.

Both are bad ideas.

^ agreed. why dont they cancel two and a half men outright.

if rob lowe does go to 2+1/2men they should just have him totally take over the charlie sheen role and not even acknowledge that there's a different character playing him

Two And A Half Men is a way better show than P&R

I've read a lot of wtf opinions on ilx over the years, but this is just o_O

yeah who would have guessed that a show that has 10 million more viewers than parks and rec might have some fans.

i always wondered who these fans were. (the only two i know are middle-aged chinese semi-retirees)

Yes, because popularity always equates to quality. I know people watch 2 1/2 Men, but even the people that watch it on a regular basis seem to admit they aren't quite sure why and that it really isn't that good.

winning

fwiw i think P&R is just kind of cutesy and intermittently funny and mainly watch it because it's on between other shows i like more. Two And A Half Men isn't amazing or anything but it at least makes me laugh and not just nod and go 'oh that was kind of clever'

yeah who would have guessed that a show that has 10 million more viewers than parks and rec might have some fans.

― mizzell, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:52 (5 minutes ago)

ilxor isn't the real world

I don't know, the flu epidemic episode probably gave me more full-on belly laughs than anything else I've seen this year.

i missed the first 5 minutes of that one and i think i was too distracted trying to figure out why every other character was in a hospital bed

Yes, because popularity always equates to quality.

that's not what i said, popularity = people like it. despite the fact that some people you know watch it without liking it, i'm gonna guess that a show who has attracted 15 million viewers for nearly a decade has some fans

Really I was surpirsed that it was some dude saying that.

jesus christ

^^ could be a hilarious addition to either show

jesus christ and a half men

while it's kind of trollish (and obnoxious) of some dude to say it's a "better" show, I can understand someone preferring the traditional zing-style sitcom jokes on Two & a Half to P&R's more character-driven humor. I have many friends who find P&R boring as shit, and there's really nothing I can do to convince anybody otherwise.

Rob Lowe leaving P&R is a good thing. I wouldn't mind if Adam Scott left, either. Get some new blood in there!

Bring back Mark Brendanawicz'

Bring back the pit (more entertaining than Mark Brendanawicz).

actually wouldn't mind if they dumped Rashida Jones, but I guess someone has be the unfunny straight-man/woman, and Leslie needs a friend.

Apparently Rob Lowe is locked into a long-term contract with NBC fwiw

Ann is often hilarious, though (see the most recent episode)

The great thing about this show is that almost everyone has the chance to be the straight man/woman at some point (except maybe Tom).

Tom has had plenty of straight moments.

some dude outed as two middle-aged chinese semi-retirees, film at eleven

holy shit I leave this thread alone for an hour and it turns into crazytown usa.

I sat through 1 episode of 2 And a Half Men (100% bc of Jon Cryer nostalgia and nothing more) and wanted to shoot myself in the face. I even considered giving it another shot bc of Chuck Lorre being the Big Bang Theory dude also, and every time the thought crossed my mind I remembered the sadness and abstained.

and who the hell suggested Adam Scott should go? >:(

i do think they're not giving him enough to do yet, but i have faith. also i love him. (adam scott, i mean)

besides, every time he looks into the camera he's looking right at meeeeee

who in their right mind would give that up? :D

I want Adam Scott to be hilarious on this show, but he's just not. More the writers struggling with what to do with him than anything else, but it is disappointing.

I thought he was pretty hilarious in the episode where he was getting steamrollered by local media re: his teenage mayorship