Parks & Recreation- Sweetums (2/4/10) HULU Link
Parks & Recreation is a total knock off of The Office. From breaking the third plane, to the characters functioning much more like caricatures, to a mundane office setting in a vaguely American town.......and I don't care. Damn is it good.
Laughs were everywhere last night in each and every scene. The introductory scene with Aziz Ansari (Tom) was a terrific leaping off point for the episode. Ansari is rapidly become one of the better characters on NBC's Thursday night two hour block of solid comedies. Here's hoping he continues to have more of the focus put on him, especially as he enters a single lifestyle mostly likely chockfull of comedy.
Leslie's encountering her nemesis at the library was also entertaining, as were the brief pieces with Mark Brendanawicz's truck (I'm a pushover for 'bleeps' on network shows) and April Ludgate (played by April Ludgate). Like Tom (Ansari), I really hope she is seen more and more often- for those looking for more of her, she can found on funnyordie.com in several sketches. She has the understated funniness about her that is thankfully becoming more and more in vogue.
There's very little wasted segments on Parks & Rec.- the hilarious characters get the most out of their split screen time. I certainly hope this episode is a sign of things to come- it certainly didn't center exclusively around Leslie (Amy Poehler) with other characters functioning only as satellites as it has to large extent in the past. The shows creators and writers may have realized the actors they have sprinkled throughout the show are individually and collectively brilliant and are doing the best to share the wealth. Let's hope this trend continues.
I totally agree. Parks & Rec is like The Office when The Office was good. I take Parks and Rec over The Office any day of the week. And may I recommend, very highly, Aziz Ansari's standup special, "Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening" Incredible.
ReplyDeletei do want to see his special, but haven't gotten around to seeing it, but it looks hilarious. i follow him on twitter and he's great. i've been a little down on the last two episodes of the office, but i'm still hanging in there. do you think the office has jumped the shark already?
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