Posts Tagged ‘Parks and Recreation’
There are so many things to love about Parks and Recreation - whip-smart writing, making mundane local politics hilarious, opening the second season with earnest (and super-square) heroine Leslie Knope giving a passionate rendition of the classic Fresh Prince song “Parents Just Don’t Understand” - but the crown jewels of the show are its each-one-more-hilarious-than-the-next cast of characters. I credit the writers and producers [...]
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Tags: Amy Poehler, Andy Dwyer, Aziz Ansari, Chris Pratt, Emmys, Leslie Knope, NBC, Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation, Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford
SCENE-SATIONAL All of these selected moments made a truly lasting impression on me this past year: a show-stopping dance number directed by a personal creative hero, a shocking action sequence that takes its time building the tension before exploding, and two wonderful character-revealing comedy sequences. The shows herein are amongst my favorite currently on air, representing an eclectic taste but akin in delivering top-notch entertainment, creating some of [...]
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Tags: Breaking Bad, Glee, Joss Whedon, Kevin McHale, Leslie Knope, Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, Ron Swanson
Repeat Doldrums, or How I Spent My Holiday Vacation Evaluating 2009 and Sizing Up 2010 – NBC
Hello again gentlereaders. No, I didn’t forget about you these past two months, please blame my absence on the most hectic (wonderful?) time of the year. Now that the holiday season has passed, including the glut of repeats that come with it, I am back and focused as ever to comment, critique and celebrate the [...]
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Tags: 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Amy Poehler, Community, Conan O'Brien, Jack Black, James Franco, NBC, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Will Arnett
Not that I’d go so far as to call its first season a total disappointment, NBC’s Parks and Recreation did come out of the gate rather weak earlier this year with only a pedigree of being led by the minds behind fellow Comedy Night Done Right hit The Office and lead Amy Poehler to keep me hopeful that the excellent creative potential [...]
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Tags: Amy Poehler, Megan Mullally, Michael Schur, NBC, Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Will & Grace
While tonight’s NBC comedy premieres don’t include crown jewel 30 Rock (that momentous day is October 15th), it does provide enough funny haha’s to cause a swell of joy with the return of The Office, a ho-hum “welcome back” to its spin-off Parks & Recreation and excited anticipation for newbie Community. That’s What She Said Consistently hitting the mark whether it’s with absurd, endearing or [...]
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Tags: 30 Rock, Bad Robot, Bones, CBS, Community, E!, Fox, Fringe, JJ Abrams, Joel McHale, NBC, Parks and Recreation, SNL: Weekend Update, Survivor, The Office, The Soup
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