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

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

that list is for the ages

poll thred

YES

I am pro a pro-poll

bobby newport vs robert california

Memorial for those lost in the trampoline “incident”

Ordinance 8R: A Goat Cannot Own/Inherit a Farm

I like that both "challenge the norm" and "challenging the norm" are on there.

No longer recognizing the winner of the chili cook-off as a government position

i love this because i could see it happening irl, like they started doing it in the 1910s and never stopped

NO-STRIKE BOWLER STRUCK BY KNOPE'S STRIKING BEAU

goddamn i love this show

good eppy

Ron Swanson "I was never here you never saw me"

"When I eat the food is scared of me."

^ that was my favorite line in this ep

Tom's bowling had me in hysterics, as did the post-credits tag

Tom was on fire, his little birdy whining was fantastic.

I loved that Tom had the scorpion jacket from Drive, it is so him.

when he got up to bowl I seriously lost my shit

GIRL

People can SEE you

I thought Ron was going to punch him.

Jerry giving his SSN to someone he was calling for donations was kinda lol. Donna lining up phone sex was even better.

omg Donna's reaction to Jerry saying his daughter was going to breakup with Rob lowe was LOL

Her eyes were all O_O

NO-STRIKE BOWLER STRUCK BY KNOPE'S STRIKING BEAU

would love a video compilation of Knope's headline suggestions

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyguzjaVlK1qaam42o1_400.gif

YES!!!

I <3 you Johnny Fever

was the GIRL a cutback to when Ron kept intentionally not call Ann by her name?

Martin Starr holding a snow globe upside down and saying "it seems to be working now"

I can't say how casual viewers might feel, but for anyone familiar with these characters, I don't know how this show could be anything but a joy week-to-week.

killer ep

omg ron was a+

also party down reunion!

it seems like ppl in the industry REALLY liked Party Down; I am now seeing folks from it all over the place

was there anyone from party down besides roman + adam scott? i did see lizzy caplan on new girl this week

Megan Mullaly appears to be attempting to guest star on every sitcom on television atm, plus there's Jane Lynch in Glee and Ken Marino showed up on Whitney (I've also noticed Children's Hospital ppl starting to pop up in movies, as an aside). Also, Ryan Hansen was in some random mid-season replacement show on NBC.

he was also in happy endings the other week

Ken Marino deserves better than Whitney. Otoh, who doesn't deserve better than Whitney (other than Whitney herself & her schlubby boyfriend on the show)?

This show is firing all on cylinders this season, its really amazing how it has all pulled together.

I don't think I've ever seen Ron delighted before

also Little Sebastian continues to bring it from the beyond