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

Yeah, I think n/a OTM. It certainly wasn't as funny as the last couple of episodes, but there was a nice emotional pay-off.

This series is not doing it for me at all. I dunno, maybe I'm over it.

― Autumn Almanac, Friday, November 11, 2011 11:19 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

I'm with you, something's missing this year.

― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 18 November 2011 17:27 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This week's was better but, yeah, the secret sauce is missing. It was a good episode with good gags, but the pace is slower? Not as sharp? Can't quite put my finger on it.

i think the shoe has crossed my cutesy threshold. i'm starting to get scrubs vibes, maybe idk.

^^^

say it ain't so :(

sadface

i'm cool with it.

I want red carpet insoles

Lovin Ben's Letters to Cleo tshirt.

I just came here to post that!

pretty great ep - good callback to ben's inexplicable preference of calzones over pizza, and loved the slow uncomfortable attempt to get lesley on the stage at the ice rink with the music stopping and starting

Yeah, I lost my shit every single time the song started over during the scene. Also, I used to own that exact same Letters to Cleo shirt.

we kept singing "GET ON YOUR FEET!" at each other at random intervals after that

lo-cal calzone zone

Ben's movie was also amazing

"requiem for a tuesday"

lo-cal calzone zone

The best was the little "wait for it" pause he did before the last word.

Loved the moment they get to the stage & Leslie is flailing around on her stomach trying to stand

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxqa9xlxB41qfo1o9o5_250.gif

was watching this at the gym and i had to restrain from laughing uncontrollably at the slow walk to the stage. it started when they reached the end of the red carpet.

ron! how am i supposed to get onto that tiny stage??

(or whatever the actual lines are...leslie's indignation at each stage of the walk was hilarious)

And even though you saw the failed dunk coming from a mile away, its execution was still perfect.

the one thing that seemed false about this episode is that none of the things that went wrong were actually Ann's fault, so I don't really see why it all boiled down to her being a terrible campaign manager (unless the unspoken thing is that she didn't ask questions Ben would have, like "Ron, do you have a license to drive the truck?"; the ice rink thing would have been unrecoverable for anyone afaict)

the guy who played pistol pete used to be on one life to live!

depressed ben = scruffy tshirt ben = super hot!

yeah totally

true story: i had a calzone on sunday and made a stupid "lo-cal calzone" joke to my wife, so if you're wondering what asshole ben is a parody of, it's me

hahahahaha

Ben's depressed hair = oh hai

sadly, I can also relate to depressed ben

I thought the ice rink scene was brilliant & hilarious. it was the music coming in at random intervals pushed it from ridiculous to sublime.

Claymaysh

For some reason I loved sad Pistol Pete sitting in the living room talking about his Dad.

GET ON YOUR FEET

For some reason I loved sad Pistol Pete sitting in the living room talking about his Dad.

ok this made me lol

not the scene itself but the fact that you loved it

that's awesome

and i have a new appreciation for that scene. totally, right?

Martin, "Romantic Weekend."

oops, wrong thread.

depressed Ben reminded me of all the Jiri Trnka puppet films I was watching a month ago

requiem for a tuesday is a highpoint for this show imo

STAND! In the place where you were...

how it ends just as claymation adam scott lifts his foot is priceless.

paul rudd!

"I don' know why it's called a campaign, because so far it's been a campleasure!"

pretty lol

paul rudd was good, but andy is the only regular character still bringing the lols. that guy is amazing.

I love that they seemingly gave Pratt & Plaza free reign over their storyline this week. Shit was blinding.

the voiceover-off was lovely

and the internet delivers: Leslie Knope's list of issues as appears in her TV ad

More dog parks
Senior citizens rights
Safe streets
Safe sidewalks
Better schools
Lower taxes
Better parks
Better business climate
Better Better Business Bureau
Cleaner streets
Improve greenways
More snow plows
Protecting Pawneeans
Improving tourism
More trash cans
Energy-efficient street lights
Westside Detoxification and Revitalization Project
Repaving Grand Avenue
More teachers
Fewer libraries
Improve intergovernmental agency communication
Clean-up Barefoot Lake
Passing Pawnee Jobs Bill P-129.4
Playgrounds in every park
Playgrounds in every schoolyard
Playgrounds in every residential block
Clean energy
One police officer for every 5 citizens
One park ranger for every 10,000 raccoons
Resodding Hilltop Cemetery
Start talking to Cuba again
Emergency evacuation drills
Plow for Charity
Forming an Ad Hoc Sub-Committee Oversight Committee
Challenging the norm
Pawnee Corn Subsidies
Finally Passing PR-61, formally recognizing South Korea
Official peace treaty with the Wamapoke Tribe
Four-way stops at every intersection
Unionizing ice cream trucks
Get Europe out of debt
Free trade with Illinois
Enact RRP - Raccoon Relocation Project
Pawnee Community College tuition in exchange for 4 years of public service
Doubling Pawnee Hospital’s emergency room nurse staff
Legalize Korean
Lower the obesity level
Stop global terrorism
Re-open the toucan exhibit at Pawnee Zoo
Find Gabe the Toucan
More community gardens
Ordinance 11F: To Re-pave City Sidewalks
Budget reform
Updated Technologies for Local Schools
Better retirement benefits for city employees
Edward Phillips Senior Center Remodeling
Speed bumps in front of elementary schools
Unemployment benefits
Re-instating the Main St. Farmers Market
No turtles as pets
New uniforms for youth sports programs
Free public Wi-Fi
Updated childcare facilities
Shutting down the Child Left Behind program
Handicap parking placards for the obese
FREE PARKING EVERYWHERE
Cleaner drinking water
Regulate heights of trampolines
Memorial for those lost in the trampoline “incident”
Control the floods
Funding for public art commission
Fencing in correctional facilities
New police patrol cars
Funding overtime hours for police
Rebuilding the PTA
Prosecuting former PTA president Linda Trifle
Profitable government organizations
Shutting down underground shooting ranges
Making sure city contracts employ local workers
Providing more economic development grants and micro-loans to small businesses
Foster partnerships with sister cities
More buses to speed up morning commutes
More streets to accommodate additional buses
Require all city employees check and respond to email
Working sewers
More parades
Grants for scientists to discover new forms of energy
Leave a lasting impression on all visitors
Challenge the norm
Finish the statue of Burt Bacharach
No more conflict diamonds
Bulletproof glass everywhere
Free cookies at every street corner
One school for every student
Require flattering mirrors in public restrooms
Develop a municipal composting operation
Enforce existing speeding and noise ordinances
Upgrade existing parks
Create an anti-graffiti, youth outreach program
Free cake when it’s your birthday
Reevaluate NAFTA
Rickshaw Wednesdays
Making it illegal to refuse a hug
Make downtown more people-friendly
Sell candy in government buildings to pay down the debt
Get Pawnee a licensed pharmacy
Better screening processes at local adoption agencies
Finding homes for the adopted children of Day Labor Corp.
Prop 6A: To Recognize All Five Food Groups
Replacing all glass with plastic at Pawnee Psychiatric Clinic
Curfew for minors at The Pawnee Mall
Stop paying Sweetums the so-called “thank you for being here” tax
Mini-golf renovations
Subsidizing educational and eco-friendly businesses
Removing Zorp from all written laws
Reducing Federal Government Experiments in town to 10 per year
Ordinance 8R: A Goat Cannot Own/Inherit a Farm
Legalize clapping
New railway
Prop 14: Religion Is Not a Science
No longer recognizing the winner of the chili cook-off as a government position
Stricter testing at Pawnee Blood Bank
Boarding up unsanctioned “drop off” slot at Pawnee Blood Bank
Encouraging the FDA to re-analyze our farms
Funding for better and safer sewage treatment
Thicker cement for containment of old sewage treatment factory
Mandatory sexual harassment seminar for government employees
Starting a dialogue with the people who live in the trees
Pay off our debt to the Ringling Bros.
Prove that we can safely host a circus again
Ordinance 43K: Laws Cannot Be Secrets
Recall Food N’ Stuff branded hand sanitizer
Disseminate the fund for a Pawnee Military
Find the stolen cell phone tower
Reduce obesity by .01% (100 lbs per family)
Make the Pawnee Cemetery less flammable
Less nudity on public-access television
Capping the number of local public-access channels at 50
Eliminate permit application process for legal ownership of a calculator
Making Li’l Sebastian Day a legal holiday

"Finish the statue of Burt Bacharach" lol

almost every single one of those would make an excellent episode

esp Starting a dialogue with the people who live in the trees