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    Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
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    Image of Bentpost Bentpost
    04/11/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Anyone remember 'Suddenly Susan'?
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    Image of HwoodHills HwoodHills
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    I also thought it was dangerously close in everything to the office. But what Chris Reese posted above is true. The detail they showed about public meetings being filled with lunatics who just want to speak was spot-on perfect. Spend ANY night at your local City Council meeting and you'll see it's true.


    I can't quite understand why they decided to post what is essentially the same exact show (literally) in between two episodes of the original. Is NBC sure that viewers are THAT easy? Why not put it elsewhere on the schedule? (Yeah, yeah, yeah...I know...That's NBC's "Comedy Block.")


    Hopefully it develops further. Pohler is good. And it's only the pilot.

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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Not memorable AT ALL. Amy Poehler is great, but I'd rather see her on the big screen. Not in one of those awful SNL send off movies, but in something original that's all her. I think she's wasting her time with this little quirky show. We already know she's great. She just needs to shed NBC for the star-stifling bowl of used-to-be interesting Cous Cous it is, and go for it. And take Kristin Wiig with her, by God. She's not like Jaime Pressly who is fantastic on that Earl show I don't watch, but when I do, I'm crackin up. That, I will say, was a pleasant surprise. Poehler is just doing what we expect her to do.


    Rashida, on the other hand, needs some cultivating. She could use a rom-commie show of her own to really shine. I was not impressed with her in I Love You, Man (Jaime Pressly actually stole many a scene from our girl Jones). She's still too raw, needs more time in the Ronco meat machine.

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    Image of HandsomeBwonderful HandsomeBwonderful
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Terrible by every possible metric. Copying the formula of a proven ratings loser. Way to be Ben Silverman! Tic. Toc.
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    Image of Accidental Billionaire Accidental Billionaire
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Amy Poehler pretends to have breast and constantly flaunts sex in an idealized image of self. It's about all making Amy a prostitute in your fantasy, the funny is just a ruse.


    Don't fall for this bitches tricks. She's deceptive.

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    04/10/09

    @Widget Economist: Pretending to have breast is the new black.


    Who let this comment through?!

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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    So, why would a nowhere town in Indiana have such a nice City Hall? Most city halls in places like that are flat, unremarkable buildings.
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    Image of joejustice joejustice
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    I loved the Indiana palms tress at City Hall.


    Amy is a great actress but the Office-like approach was a mood killer.

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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    04/10/09

    @joejustice: That's funny - I didn't spot them. It's like the gorgeous California sunshine in Scranton on the Office.
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    Image of redletter redletter
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Of Mothra, Rodan, and Godzilla, who was the most beloved by the people?
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    Image of Tardy Tardy
    04/10/09

    @redletter: Gamera.
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    04/11/09

    @Tardy: Whoa, I just had a flashback to my favorite Mystery Science Theater episode ever.
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    Image of quatrevingtquatre quatrevingtquatre
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    How could you forget about Kevin Malone?! Anyways, I thought the show was unfortunate and it felt way longer than 22 minutes because it wasn't even remotely funny. Luckily, it was sandwiched between two awesome Office episodes (EGG IN MICHAEL'S CROCS!!) and a stellar 30 Rock that featured a Steve Jobs spoof.
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    04/10/09

    @thatonegirlsays: Wait, there were TWO episodes of the Office last night? Noooo! I've learned not to watch until 9, to avoid Earl and Kath and Kim.
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    Image of quatrevingtquatre quatrevingtquatre
    04/10/09

    @VoxPopuli:
    Yeah there was an episode of The Office before P&R and then one after. SPLENDID.
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    04/10/09

    @thatonegirlsays: OK, I just watched it on hulu. I feel better now.
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    Image of DaeSu DaeSu
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    I beg to differ on your assessment of Indiana as "boring." Any state that can produce James Dean, David Letterman, Steve McQueen, and Michael Jackson is anything but.
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    04/10/09

    @DaeSu: Also Carole Lombard, Halston, Bill Blass and Axl Rose. I've always marveled at how many people from Indiana became exceptionally stylish icons.


    Alas, they all did leave.

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    Image of kjack kjack
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    You forgot about Kevin! He be fat.
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    Image of Mary Mouse Mary Mouse
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    I didn't see Parks & Recreation, but I did laugh fairly hard at the "Country Roads" scene in The Office. I just need SOMETHING in my life to continue to be as enjoyable as it was two years ago, you know? Please, Office, you're all I've got.
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    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    I giggled more than once. I think the show needs to hit its stride, but it definitely has potential. I DO think it needs to be consciously less like the office and more like...I don't know, something else?
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    Image of Dave J. Dave J.
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    Props for the Loudon Wainwright appearance, though.
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    Image of D2theMatthews D2theMatthews
    04/10/09

    @Dave J.: I've got a few things I'd like to say about Laura Linney.
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    04/10/09

    @Dave J.: That was the funniest scene. Have you ever been to a small town city council meeting where someone wasn't accused of being a freemason? I sure haven't.
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    04/10/09

    @Cecil's Wielder: That line oughta get them a second season.


    Just needed to add, I wonder where Rachel Dratch is these days? I miss her.

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    Image of Dr. Spaceman, Esq. Dr. Spaceman, Esq.
    04/10/09

    In reply to Five Ways Parks & Recreation Is Different from The Office
    I love the "I hate the government, I want to privatize the parks" head of the the parks department.
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    Image of HwoodHills HwoodHills
    04/10/09

    @Dr. Spaceman, Esq.:


    Nick Offerman. He's great. He was good on "American Auto-Body" too.

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