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

"Bird is the Word" was the worst example of Family Guy stretching one joke too far iirc.

Last night we found a P&R episode we hadn't watched! The S2 one where Leslie takes a load of Ron's predecessors out for a picnic and photo. I always love it when Leslie gets angry and stands up for herself (surely there's more than a bit of Poehler in those moments).

no wonder us twee corny indie fuXors love this show so much ...

Willa Paskin classified the show as a “comedy of niceness.”

ha yes absolutely. In fact I thought they'd even make a decision to write Gerry into the group but the final episode pretty much destroyed that.

The 'twee' accusation is otm (not so much this writer's moan that it's no longer political enough) but I reckon this is the sort of show that would either shrug off such epithets or wear them as a badge of honour. One of the best things about P&R is its confidence about what it is.

sorry to talk about Family Guy again, but this is probably the best "stretched-out joke" they've done:

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

Yeah that was pretty good. On the whole it's fun in FG but I'm REALLY glad P&R doesn't do that.

this sentence makes me want to stab the author in the face repeatedly:

"Parks and Rec" presents a provincial utopia of philosoraptor-kings in which there are never competing legitimate interests, never hard choices, and never any need to engage in political maneuvering.

I had to quit following Barthel on tumblr because he habitually sucks the fun out of EVERYTHING.

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i dislike that article a. because it's not really accurate and b. "philosoraptor-kings" UGH UGH UGH DIE

think ppl need to stop using the phrase manic pixie dream girl

Intellectualising the political strength of this show is a dick move imo.

It would be like claiming 30 Rock doesn't accurately reflect the trial and tribulations of showrunning a US sketch comedy.

It really is.

ugh yeah it's that whole dancing to architecture thing.

there was some bullshit article on salon.com last year about how P&R was a brilliant depiction of small town american life. Bros be over-thinking shit.

funny people doing & saying funny shit. the end.

I can't tell what streched out family guy joke was posted (because I'm on my phone) but there was a great one recently. Peter introduced the clip as "the gayest music video ever" and then Mick Jagger and David Bowie performed 'Dancing in the Streets'

the entire damn video!!

Did they really play the entire video? Because I knew Family Guy was lazy, but that's a new low.

Yeah they did. I'm a defender of latter-day Family Guy but that was definitely a low-point.

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You're ruining the elongated off-topic jokeyness

Or are you?

"philosoraptor-kings" might be the tweest turn of phrase I have ever heard

'tweest'?

'tweeest'? 'twee-est'?

most twee

thankig u spirea x

(^second most twee)

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okay that is fantastic

wait are there new eps?

Nah, just pulling things off of tumblr.

oh LOL

http://dogsthatlookliketomhaverford.tumblr.com/

When is Nick Offerman going to do WTF?

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Really surprised i couldnt find a good enough match pic of April's glare.

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Dana Gould cameo in last P&R episode = A++++

YES! coffee pot smashing was great

Ron Swanson gifs, you never get old!

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Beautiful

imo there should be a new thread when the next season starts in the fall -- this thread is pretty long already and i would like to someday forget i ever read the phrase "Everything's coming up Amy" on a daily basis for over 2 years

re: "Everything's coming up Amy"

Back when the show was first being promoted, Amy Poehler was EVERYWHERE. All the late night shows, all the daytime shows, on commercials every 10 minutes, hosting SNL and so on and so forth. It seemed warranted then.

Now, she's only partly the show's focus instead of its center.

yeah i'm pretty sure you've explained that before, after i've complained about it before. i'm just saying it's still incredibly awful, regardless of the reasoning.

incredibly awful? really

I don't think I've ever missed a show like I'm missing parks & rec atm

eh it's more a credibly awful title than incredibly awful.

An incredibly awful title would have been BANANGTANG GOOGAMONG xoiipuatwpiouyhw 425798