At the sit-down, Plaza made Schur ' really uncomfortable for like an hour,' and he decided to employ her. APRIL LUDGATE WAS WRITTEN JUST FOR AUBREY PLAZA.Ĭasting director Allison Jones informed Schur, who became Parks’ showrunner, that she had just met “the weirdest girl,' and that a meeting between Plaza and Schur had to happen. Silverman said the title was changed because the network and/or the show’s producers didn’t want to “make fun of public service.” 3. A little over two months before its series premiere, NBC announced in a Super Bowl commercial that they went with the title Parks and Recreation. Public Service was seriously considered as the name of the show, which got its start as The Untitled Amy Poehler Sitcom. THE SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY TITLED PUBLIC SERVICE. Despite the originality of that idea, Daniels and Schur decided to create a show of their own, while using The Office’s mockumentary format and one of the show’s actors, Rashida Jones. Along with Office writer Michael Schur, the two considered some concepts, including one where a broken copy machine from Scranton would break down in an episode of The Office and then end up in Pawnee, making the office equipment the spun-off character. NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman asked Greg Daniels, the man in charge of the American version of The Office, for a spin-off of the popular comedy. THE SHOW WAS INITIALLY CONCEIVED AS A SPIN-OFF OF THE OFFICE. Read on to find out more about the show set in a town whose residents still use AltaVista. Although if we were ranking by best one-liners, 'treat yourself' would have to be on there.Since 2009, Parks and Recreation has taught us that there are many different first names you can call a very clumsy co-worker, even more ways to tell your best friend she is beautiful, and that sometimes you should take a day off and treat yourself. But a ranked list is a ranked list and this time they didn't quite make the cut. They deserve better, as they are amazing too. There are three Tammys and only one made the list but all three are amazing.īy far the hardest to leave off are the other two full time employees of the Pawnee Parks Department, Donna, played by Retta and Jerry/Garry/Larry/Terry played by Jim O’Heir. Of course, there are characters and actors we’ve left off that hurt a lot to leave off, like both Saperstein siblings, Jean-Ralphio and Mona-Lisa, or their father Dr. It’s hard to image how funny life must be at home for two people like Offerman and his wife Megan Mullally. In the years since Parks & Rec he has starred in stand-up specials, movies and TV shows like The Lego Movie, The Founder, Fargo and most recently in Amazon Prime’s Good Omens.

Nick Offerman’s performance as Ron Swanson puts him in the upper echelon of all-time great sitcom characters, up there with George Costanza, Michael Scott, Liz Lemon, Norm Peterson, and any other great you can think of. He balances his lack of hard work on the job with a slew of “manly” hobbies, like fishing, hunting, woodworking, lounge singing, meat eating, and ex-wives named Tammy. As the ornery “man’s man” who heads the department with an attitude that since government is inherently bad, the best way to do a government job is to barely do anything at all, Ron Swanson is great at doing very little at work. Ron Swanson is the undisputed king of Parks And Recreation. He also hasn't doesn't take himself too seriously, popping up in cameos all over the place, or starring in movies like Sex Tape, having been one of the original celebrities to deal with the release of one way back in the late '80s. While Rob Lowe has also played serious, dramatic roles, most notably as Sam Seaborn on The West Wing, his charm and humor have always shined through, no matter the role.

Elmo’s Fire, and About Last Night, not to mention his hilarious roles in Tommy Boy and Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery.

Chris Traeger is literally one of the funniest characters Rob Lowe has ever played.īy the time he joined Parks & Rec, Rob Lowe was obviously already a huge star, going back to his “Brat Pack” days in the '80s when he starred in movies like St. When Rob Lowe joined the cast in Season 2, it was only supposed to be for a quick run as a guest star, but the character was so popular and Lowe liked it so much, he soon joined the cast full time as State Auditor and uncompromising health enthusiast Chris Traeger.

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