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

That's cool, definitely wouldn't want him to leave as he's one of my favorite characters.

kinda feel like Tom/Jean-Ralphio are gradually tipping toward Entourage levels of "wait am i watching a knowing satire of douchebags or am i just watching douchebags?"

my sister feels that way about tom but i just love aziz ansari's big round face and shoutiness to really find him douchey.

i also wish andy was my friend and like him more than some of my irl friends

ha j-r is like literally this show's funniest character </in character post>

jean ralphio is a great character. better than tom but i wouldnt want him as a regular. andy is my absolute fave "leslie i searched your synonyms on the computer. looks like you have... internet connectivity problems"

i mean symptoms

Pretty sure Ben Schwartz is attached to that upcoming Sarah Michelle Gellar show on CW or another picked up pilot for the fall, so he probably won't be in every episode

he was the best thing on the terrible undercovers show too, besides the hot girl

aaagh seriously i wanted to scratch my eyes out whenever he came on screen on Undercovers

he's awesome on P&R though

omg there's a new sarah michelle gellar show

oh wait, he's actually on House of Lies on Showtime. bodes well for P&R, since that's probably a shorter cable season.

you could've just said "omg smg" (xpost)

its on the cw and in it she takes over the identity of her rich dead twin sister while on the run from the mob

haha i almost did

xp

This show didn't really grab me in s1. When did it get so much better?? I've watched about 7 eps from this season and they've been great. "Fancy Party" was fantastic. Haven't seen the most recent though.

season 2 of p & r is really good imo

This show didn't really grab me in s1. When did it get so much better??

Pretty much the moment they stopped writing Leslie Knope as Michael Scott II and/or dropped The Pit as a major plot point. Sooo...an episode or two into Season 2.

I think I realized part of the reason I like this show so much is that it reminds me of the Simpsons.

Mainly because of all the hilarious secondary characters, Perd, the guy from Sewage, the douche, Detlef Schrempf. They all fit in nicely into the wacky town.

And of course john ralphio.

Yeah, Pawnee = Springfield is an idea I can get behind.

kinda feel like Tom/Jean-Ralphio are gradually tipping toward Entourage levels of "wait am i watching a knowing satire of douchebags or am i just watching douchebags?"

This is crazy! Writers of Entourage are in love with their douchebag characters. Parks + Rec writers clearly think Jean Ralphio is a fool (as expressed through always correct Ron Swanson's lips).

Other major improvements: splitting up Ann and Andy (implausible couple) and dropping Mark (boring character) from the cast.

The Pit was great if only for the sight gag of Andy emerging from it while chewing on a carrot.

I don't find Ann and Andy completely implausible, but I am glad the show split them up (because April and Andy is WAY more lolsy and Ann...well, Ann is funny in some situations).

Still not sure that Leslie and Ben actually needs to be at thing this show does, though they've done it in such a way that it doesn't seem forced. Applauding them for that, I guess. I AM looking forward to what happens should Leslie begin campaigning for something and what that spells for Ben.

Andy and Ann make a lot more sense when you read their character history; they started dating in college and she grew up while he... didn't

Love that it was Ron who had to endure the Thatcher-Reagan role playing butt-call.

Also, that he kept listening longer than they expected he would have.

They all fit in nicely into the wacky town.

Pawnee's growing so much and getting so complex that they could (and) should publish a spin-off encyclopaedia. They're clearly having loads of fun revealing (i.e. inventing) new rooms and characters in city hall, regional events, hero horses, adjacent towns &c.

Most shows are well into their groove by the end of s3 but it feels like Parks & Rec could go another 2-3 years before it hits its peak. If they know what they're doing and the keep the balance intact it could go for 10 years and not get stale. If this post makes no sense it's because I just woke up.

ah fuck.

Entertainment 720 is going to be a big arc early next season, according to Michael Schur.

Yay!

Am I crazy? I just watched this twice and didn't see any Ron swivel chair bit. Was that from the episode prior???

yep

Oops, never mind.

Due to a variety of things I JUST now got around to watching the last two episodes. I love this show soooo much. My favorite part, beyond the Ron swivel chair, was Haverford's laugh and reaction to the "CUBE BUTT" thing.

The swivel killed. Should've gone on longer.

Doing a rewatch of s2 and the lady jogging around Ron (I still get giggles thinking of that visual, and her making sun tea out of sprinkler water) was the same lady in "Sweetums" who's eaten muffins and lasagna every day. I love that lady.

bad paraphrase alert but "you put up a sign that said 'don't drink this water' so I made some tea with it and got really sick" lolz forever

i love this show so much

The swivel killed. Should've gone on longer.

Nah, this show knows when to stop.

Oh, totally. I think it was great as it is, but I'm a sucker for bits that go on too long; they start funny, become tedious, and then somehow become hilarious (cf. Steve Martin making coffee in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid).

Family Guy likes that trick.

Yeah, but they can never pull it off. Oh, Conway Twitty for three minutes? Fuck you, write some shit.

Totally, but they have pulled it off in better days. The peter falling and holding his leg "ffffffffffffff AAAHHHH" bit was hugely popular.

True, that was a good one. And I always liked Stewie's "You mean that book you're writing?" run.

Please stop talking about Family Guy in a P&R thread

Say, this reminds me of the time Ron Swanson met Perry King and Gerald McRaney at the Mustache Convention.

Please stop talking about Family Guy in a P&R thread

Truth. It's tainting the thread. TAINT.