Parks and Recreation is the kind of show that makes you want to cry and be a better person all at the same time, so the cast reunion is bringing up all the emotions.
Let’s get started, shall we? #ParksAndRec #PaleyFest pic.twitter.com/buy7mOnDCV
— Parks and Recreation (@parksandrecnbc) March 22, 2019
The production would often have “fun runs,” where they would do a take of a given scene where all bets were off. The cast could do whatever they wanted, say whatever they wanted, and run around and just have fun. So to see that some of the fun runs made the cut for the episode is incredible!
Remember Chris Traeger saying, “Stop. Pooping”? That’s a fun run!
.@roblowe says “Stop! Pooping!” Was a fun run. @parksandrecnbc #PaleyFest pic.twitter.com/sgiBl9Orsg
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) March 22, 2019
One of my favorite stories from Parks and Recreation is that Chris Pratt improvised one of the greatest lines from the show, and from last night, it’s clear that Mike Schur is still mad about it. (He has stated in multiple interviews that this kind of improvised line is infuriating because, as a writer, he watched Pratt come up with an amazing joke in two seconds.)
Mike Schur recalls Chris Pratt making a joke when Leslie has the flu and Pratt improvised “hey Leslie, I typed your symptoms into the computer and you might have a network connectivity problem” @parksandrecnbc #PaleyFest pic.twitter.com/S3MXqe21FX
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) March 22, 2019
As someone who is very much a Leslie Knope, there is one character I’ve loved most of all ever since he ended up on the show. I’ll give you one guess who he is … (He’s also Leslie Knope’s favorite person next to Ann Perkins.) Yup, Ben Wyatt is one of those characters that is just filled with goodness and loves everything in his life and can’t stop being infatuated with Leslie.
Ben’s other infatuation, though? His nerdy interests. He loves things like Star Trek, Star Wars, and most importantly, Game of Thrones. When Ben got into Game of Thrones, so did Adam Scott.
Adam Scott says he got very into #GOT after Ben did. Nick Offerman says he cleaned up his diet and “gave in to the power of Tammy 2” (Nick’s real life wife Megan Mullally!) #PaleyFest #parksandrec
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) March 22, 2019
We all know Chris Pratt’s name now, but before he was Peter Quill or Owen Grady, he was Andy Dwyer, the lovable goof who loved April Ludgate so much.
Chris Pratt recalls five years before he got “Jurassic World” and he did a bit as Andy where his cell went off and he joked “It’s Steven Spielberg. I’ll have to get back to him about Jurassic Park 4 — and 5 years later…” #PaleyFest pic.twitter.com/Wadd29Wzl4
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) March 22, 2019
.@evilhag Aubrey Plaza says she carries the dark arts with her and April’s philosophy that nothing matters an we’re all gonna die so who cares? #PaleyFest #parksandrec
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) March 22, 2019
So … how does this all make fans of the show feel? Pretty much like we want it back in our lives more now than ever before.
Amy Poehler: the show started post-Obama in a very hopeful time. It would be interesting to start it now. #parksandrec #paleyfest pic.twitter.com/fRZChxDsTF
— Paley Center (@paleycenter) March 22, 2019
If you’re like me, you love Parks and Recreation more than anything else in this world, and seeing the cast together again, ready to talk about this series and their love for it, reminds you that Pawnee is always there for us.
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