We’ve written before about the numerous links between Michael Schur’s current show, The Good Place, and his last one, Parks And Recreation—most notably, the theologically unsettling idea that endlessly cheerful bad ideas machine Jean-Ralphio Saperstein might exist in both universes. (Dude is going to LOVE The Bad…
This week’s question comes from commenter XIO666:
Jim O’Heir is most recognizable as parks department punching bag, and eventual mayor for the city of Pawnee, Garry “Jerry” Gergich on Parks And Recreation. Given that Gergich is a perennial screwup, we had O’Heir come up with five famous Jerrys or Garys that aren’t the absolute worst.
Speaking with Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet before Sunday’s Tony Awards, Tina Fey said there has been no progress on the 30 Rock revival that Jane Krakowski teased back in April, but she did pitch a pretty sweet consolation prize. After noting that Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman have indicated a few times…
This week’s question comes from our own editor, Sean O’ Neal, in honor of all the season (and series) finales we’ve sat through the last couple weeks:
Most of the Parks And Recreation cast has nothing but good things to say about their time on the NBC sitcom, which is probably why they all seem ready to head back to Indiana for some more good-natured adventures in local (and occasionally federal) government. Nick Offerman just said back in March that he’d “certainly…
Best known as Parks And Recreation’s perennial punching bag Garry/Jerry/Larry/Terry Gergich, Jim O’Heir is taking his talents to the web as host of a new singing competition series, Lullaby League. The series will pit a cappella groups against one other to see which one can most effectively sing a crying baby to…
Today, in “Maybe the weirdest thing we’ve ever had to watch for work” news: W Magazine recently recruited Parks And Recreation and Legion star Aubrey Plaza for its ongoing, aurally uncomfortable video series, “Celebrity ASMR,” which is exactly what it sounds like. But where folks like Jake Gyllenhaal, Margot Robbie,…
With each passing day, another classic sitcom is dusted off in preparation for a reboot or revival. Murphy Brown’s return to the small screen is already in the works, while the creators of The Office and Seinfeld are mulling over the prospect of writing storylines suitable for this post-Twitter world (here’s one from…
Last night, the NRA tweeted out a thank you to spokeswoman Dana Loesch for “being the voice of over 5 million #NRA members.” This was in response to a town hall on CNN on which Loesch got her ass handed to her by a whole cavalcade of Parkland shooting survivors. The NRA accompanied this thank you note with a GIF from …
Artists can’t always control who likes or enjoys their work. But that doesn’t mean they have to just sit back and let people who they politically abhor co-opt their beloved characters and universes willy-nilly, either, something Parks And Recreation and The Good Place creator Michael Schur made abundantly clear…
In 5 To Watch, five writers from The A.V. Club look at the latest streaming TV arrivals, each making the case for a favored episode. Alternately, they can offer up recommendations inspired by a theme. The reasons for their picks might differ, but they can all agree that each episode is a must-watch. In this…
Along with being an actor, comedian, and carpenter, Parks And Recreation alum Nick Offerman is also an occasional musician. At Sundance, we asked Nick Offerman to pick his five favorite records of all time, which include albums from Tom Waits, The Mills Brothers, and his wife Megan Mullally.
[This post contains some spoilers for the second-season finale of The Good Place.]
We’re still trying to wrap our heads around the far-reaching consequences—some weird, many worrying—of Disney’s decision to buy a big chunk of 21st Century Fox this week, bringing any number of beloved properties under its omnipresent umbrella. Still, even as worries about media monopolization gnaw at our hearts, it’s…
Ajit Pai, the current chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is a lot more than just a corporate stooge and detestable harbinger of internet deregulation. He’s also a big Parks And Recreation fan. He’s invoked the NBC sitcom in at least one official statement and even has a framed copy of Ron Swanson’s…
It’s December, so it’s time to dust off those Christmas movies, those Christmas movies that aren’t really Christmas movies, or whatever side of that wall you think Die Hard falls on. But what if you’re in a holiday mood but not up for the whole two-hour jaunt to Bedford Falls? Or want something classic and familiar,…
This week’s question comes in honor of Thanksgiving:
As the allegations of sexual misconduct against Louis CK finally made their way from “open secret” to just plain “open” today—courtesy of a new piece in the New York Times, which saw five women allege that the stand-up star masturbated in front of them or while talking to them on the phone—a number of people are being…
Note: This article discusses plot details from the first-season finale of The Good Place.
