Kip Hackman December 14, 2014 Share December 14, 2014 Oh, show. Please end well. They've nailed every "faux finale" they've done. I'm not worried. 4 Link to comment
VCRTracking December 17, 2014 Share December 17, 2014 (edited) New trailer for the final season at EW.com:http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/16/parks-and-recreation-final-season-trailer-2017/ Edited December 17, 2014 by VCRTracking Link to comment
King of Birds December 29, 2014 Share December 29, 2014 Another EW link- this go 'round is the cast explaining the entire series in 30 seconds. Link to comment
BoogieBurns December 30, 2014 Share December 30, 2014 Retta looks amazing in that video. She posts about workouts on instagram all the time, I'm sure she is happy to see such great results. Link to comment
peeayebee December 31, 2014 Share December 31, 2014 I love the new EW cover. Oh Jerry (or whatever your name is now). 5 Link to comment
Inquisitionist December 31, 2014 Share December 31, 2014 Oh Jerry (or whatever your name is now). LOL! That is perfect! 2 Link to comment
scrambled eggs January 1, 2015 Share January 1, 2015 Got the new EW in the mail today. Lots of interesting tidbits--I don't know how they're going to fit all the plots and guest stars in 13 episodes! 1 Link to comment
Kip Hackman January 2, 2015 Share January 2, 2015 Got the new EW in the mail today. Lots of interesting tidbits--I don't know how they're going to fit all the plots and guest stars in 13 episodes! I read it yesterday. Great article. Link to comment
peeayebee January 3, 2015 Share January 3, 2015 Kwazy Cupcakes game on iTunes and Google Play for free on Jan 3! WOOO-HOOOO! Link to comment
Kip Hackman January 3, 2015 Share January 3, 2015 Kwazy Cupcakes game on iTunes and Google Play for free on Jan 3! WOOO-HOOOO! Did you mean to post this in the B99 forum? Link to comment
peeayebee January 3, 2015 Share January 3, 2015 DOH! (I think it's an understandable mistake.) Link to comment
Brandi Maxxxx January 4, 2015 Share January 4, 2015 It's now my headcanon that Gryzzl owns Kwazy Cupcakes. 3 Link to comment
biakbiak January 6, 2015 Share January 6, 2015 They will be doing a behind the scenes web show on NBC.com. Video contains minor guest star and location spoilers but nothing that hasn't been reported. Link to comment
Kip Hackman January 13, 2015 Share January 13, 2015 18 Things You May Not Know About Parks & Recreation http://mentalfloss.com/article/61045/18-things-you-may-not-know-about-parks-and-recreation The Hootie & The Blowfish thing kinda threw me. Because yeah, Mouse Rat sounds a lot like Hootie & The Blowfish. Which had never occurred to me before. 1 Link to comment
ElectricBoogaloo January 17, 2015 Share January 17, 2015 Some compilation videos that NBC put together: Link to comment
Mockingbird January 17, 2015 Share January 17, 2015 (edited) Chris Pratt would never leave Parks and Recreation: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/chris-pratt-on-parks-and-recreation-i-would-never-leave-this-show-1201407644/ “I’ve been doing this business for 15 years. I realize the things that really matter … are the relationships you have while you’re doing them. I could hope that I could have the good fortune of finding another group of people like this, but I don’t expect I ever will,” he said. Edited January 17, 2015 by Mockingbird 3 Link to comment
arc January 19, 2015 Share January 19, 2015 Alan Sepinwall blogged the same TCA event, with a few more details than what Variety had: http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/parks-and-and-recreation-cast-says-goodbye-press-tour-live-blog Link to comment
amensisterfriend January 19, 2015 Share January 19, 2015 Didn't some brilliant poster here once compare Parks & Rec to The Simpsons in its ability to create such a rich backdrop with so many vivid minor characters and the sense that Pawnee is a vibrant community exiting outside of just whatever our major characters need it to be?! In any case, this article from 2014 kind of speaks to that, so I'm posting it here in case some of us missed it: http://dylanbconnell.com/2014/01/02/how-the-simpsons-taught-parks-and-recreation-to-create-rich-memorable-characters/ Link to comment
BoogieBurns January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 Didn't some brilliant poster here once compare Parks & Rec to The Simpsons in its ability to create such a rich backdrop with so many vivid minor characters Not sure who posted it here, but Mike Schur does talk about Pawnee being like Springfield during a DVD commentary. Link to comment
peeayebee January 26, 2015 Share January 26, 2015 I just read a tweet from Michael Schur where he says that they created character bios on IMDB for the Lerpiss family. Here. Link to comment
amensisterfriend January 28, 2015 Share January 28, 2015 Oh my god! Just when I thought my crush on Chris Pratt couldn't be any bigger :) I loved everything about that. And, lord help me, I'm so in for that jokingly tossed out spinoff idea---not the dark one on cable, but the one that's a mixture of Andy and April solving murder mysteries while balancing a dozen or so kids. That would be at the top of my DVR priority list. 1 Link to comment
biakbiak January 29, 2015 Share January 29, 2015 (edited) When he reaches out and puts his arm around her when she starts getting teary, I got choked up. Edited January 31, 2015 by biakbiak 1 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver January 31, 2015 Share January 31, 2015 FYI: Ron Swanson was the answer to a $1000 clue on Jeopardy tonight, in a category about Gino's East pizza place in Chicago, about something Nick Offerman said about one of their stuffed sausage pizza slices. Link to comment
Kip Hackman February 6, 2015 Share February 6, 2015 After you say goodbye to Pawnee on Feb. 24, you can watch a reunion of the Parks and Recreation cast later in the evening on Late Night with Seth Meyers. All eight cast members—Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Jim O’Heir, and Retta—and co-creator Michael Schur will spend the full hour with Meyers (Poehler’s former “Weekend Update” co-host), reliving seven seasons of memories and discusssing the series finale, which airs on NBC at 10 p.m. that night.This Parks-centric installment of Late Night, which can be seen at 12:35 a.m., also serves as Meyers’ one-year anniversary show. 8 Link to comment
King of Birds February 12, 2015 Share February 12, 2015 Dammit. So many shows I just want them to "just get it over with." Not this one. 1 Link to comment
wingster55 February 12, 2015 Author Share February 12, 2015 I kinda hope Rashida and Rob show up on Meyers. Link to comment
peeayebee February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 Here's Part 1 of a terrific Q&A Sepinwall did with Schur. Link to comment
CodeNameDuchess February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 "Harris Wittels, known for exec producing “Parks Recreation” and for his work on other comedies, has died of a possible drug overdose, sources confirmed. He was 30." He was one of the animal control guys. :( Very sad news. http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/parks-and-recreation-producer-dead-harris-wittels-1201437460/ Link to comment
BoogieBurns February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 I just heard the news too. I'm shocked and I'm sobbing. He was so funny and I followed a lot of his career outside of Parks. This is so sad. Link to comment
biakbiak February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 Oh FUCK NO! He has struggled for awhile with his addiction and talked how supportive Mik Schur was of his recovery and always knew he would have a job when he got out of rehab (he went twice in the past few years). Link to comment
scrambled eggs February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 Such horrible news. I had no idea he was only 30 years old. And we just saw him on the show last week. I can't imagine how devastated everyone on the show is. Link to comment
King of Birds February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 I think he was the "Are you down to Clown?" guy. I shall remember Harris forever for such hilarity. RIP. Link to comment
Michele February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 I'm actually crying over Harris, I really enjoyed his stuff out of P&R (the Phish podcast, mostly) and I am just so sad about this. Link to comment
biakbiak February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 Amy was being honored tonight she didn't give her planned speech, instead referencing (without name) Harris. Link to comment
ElectricBoogaloo February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 (edited) Behind the scenes tour with Jim O'Heir Part 1 - a little too much of the "treating Jim like Garry" gag for my taste, but a good tour of the set Part 2 - I would like to believe that all of the writers were horrified that the chyron read "writer's room" Filming on the road (Aziz & Chris in Chicago, Amy & Aubrey in DC): Mouse Rat documentary: From page to screen (behind the scenes): Edited February 20, 2015 by ElectricBoogaloo Link to comment
tominboston February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 Sadly, P&R writer and Pawnee animal control officer Harris Wittels has died. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/arts/television/harris-wittels-television-comedy-writer-is-dead-at-30.html Link to comment
Vikitty February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 It's been mentioned upthread already. Such a tragic loss and he'd always been candid about his struggles. If you haven't listened to the Farts and Procreation specials of Comedy Bang Bang, do it. There are three or four episodes now but the original is still the one that brings me to tears. Ft Chelsea Peretti, Scot Aukerman, Harris Wittels, and Adam Scott. This is the scene that makes me sob with laughter to this day. 5 Link to comment
BeatLA24 February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 It's been mentioned upthread already. Such a tragic loss and he'd always been candid about his struggles. If you haven't listened to the Farts and Procreation specials of Comedy Bang Bang, do it. There are three or four episodes now but the original is still the one that brings me to tears. Ft Chelsea Peretti, Scot Aukerman, Harris Wittels, and Adam Scott. This is the scene that makes me sob with laughter to this day. That might be my favorite episode. Carl Sjunior's lumber yard with Patrices Pieces had my sides hurting with laughter. I also loved when he would come on with Harris' Foam Corner. Just those throwaway bad jokes, and everybody's reaction to them, were always a highlight. Link to comment
Vikitty February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 His giggle at around the 12 minute mark brings me so much joy. I haven't read his book yet but it's on my Kindle so I should really get to reading that. Link to comment
opus February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 (edited) Sadly, P&R writer and Pawnee animal control officer Harris Wittels has died. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/arts/television/harris-wittels-television-comedy-writer-is-dead-at-30.html These are the P&R episodes imdb credits him with writing: Parks and Recreation (TV Series) (written by - 12 episodes) - Ron & Jammy (2015) - Prom (2014) - Filibuster (2013) - Women in Garbage (2013) - Leslie vs. April (2012) - Dave Returns (2012) - The Treaty (2011) - Road Trip (2011) - Media Blitz (2011) - 94 Meetings (2010) - Tom's Divorce (2009) - Practice Date (2009) Edited February 20, 2015 by GaryE Link to comment
BoogieBurns February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 If anyone wants to Harris' own thoughts on his addiction, he went into detail in this podcast that aired in November. The last 20 minutes or so are painful to hear. He was trying hard not to let this kill him. Link to comment
Hyacinth B February 21, 2015 Share February 21, 2015 For those of you who get Esquire in your cable package, they're running an all-P&R marathon (except for a few hours of ads during the graveyard shift) this weekend, through Monday night. Season One started about 2 hours ago. 1 Link to comment
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