There were lots of great laffs and memorable moments last night, not to mention plenty of casual jokes about the environment because in order to save something you must tease it (Hobbes*), but the one thing that people were talking... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on November 20, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Al Gore | Community | Fool's Gold | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The League | The Office
I really can't deal with the Rashida Jones aspect of Parks and Recreation. Don't get me wrong, Rashida Jones is very good at having a really pretty face, and I don't mind that she is on TV, or even... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on November 13, 2009 in ,
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Tags: 30 Rock | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The League | The Office
Last night's Park and Recreation really took it to the next level. Between last night's episode and Duke Silver, they have clearly been sitting on a powder keg with Nick Offerman, but instead of gunpowder, it's powdered gold. And... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD, SPONSORED BY DICK TOWEL»
Posted on November 6, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The League | The Office
Who is in charge of the math over in the TV Scheduling Department? Because this is getting ridiculous. Why is most of the week an empty wasteland with almost no laffs at all, and then Thursday night it's a... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on October 30, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The League | The Office
Last night was a classic textbook case of the Thursday Night Difficulty. That is to say, I got home late and knew that I would only have time to watch one show. But which show to watch? There are... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on October 23, 2009 in
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Tags: 30 Rock | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The Office
30 Rock is back! What a great show. I enjoy watching it with my eyes! Last night's episode was...very good. Plenty of strong laffs. "Have you ever noticed how people in St. Bart's eat their lobster like this?" Although... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on October 16, 2009 in ,
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Tags: 30 Rock | Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The Office
In the spirit of Dave Letterman fucking all those people, it is time for some honesty. I cannot always watch all of the great Thursday night television that is on these days. There is simply too much of it!... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on October 2, 2009 in
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Tags: Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | Saturday Night Live | The Office
You know, I can sill remember those first tentative steps after double-hip surgery, just after my 48th birthday. You spend years thinking that this is just the way the the world needs to be: all pain, all suffering, all the... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV IS STILL BACK!»
Posted on September 25, 2009 in
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Tags: Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | Radiohead | Saturday Night Live | The Office
It's been a long summer (no it hasn't, come back, summer!). NYC Prep was great and everything (NYC Prep was the worst show ever), but it's just nice to have our old pals back. "Have our old pals back"? That... CONTINUE READING OH MAN, THURSDAY NIGHT TV IS BACK!»
Posted on September 18, 2009 in
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Tags: Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | The Office
I think it might finally happen, you guys. Everything is turning up Louis C.K.! Yesterday, of course, was the news that he has been cast for a multiple-episode story arc on Parks and Recreation, which yes, is an imperfect show,... CONTINUE READING 2010: THE YEAR OF LOUIS C.K.»
Posted on August 7, 2009 in
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Tags: Louie | Louis C.K. | Parks And Recreation
Great Louis news, you guys. Louis C.K. will have a story arc in season two of Parks and Recreation, playing a police officer and a potential love interest for Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler). High five.... Parks And Recreation'">CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM "LOUIS C.K. PROMISE": PARKS AND RECREATION»
Posted on August 6, 2009 in
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Tags: Louis C.K. | Parks And Recreation
The Hollywood Reporter has some interesting roundtable discussions with the Emmy-nominated showrunners Matthew Weiner (Mad Men), Shonda Rimes (Grey's Anatomy), Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks And Recreation), Alan Ball (True Blood) and Katie Jacobs (House, M.D.), and Jenji Kohan (Weeds)... CONTINUE READING MAD MEN CREATOR: "DEATH TO ALL SPOILERS"»
Posted on June 10, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Alan Ball | Greg Daniels | Grey's Anatomy | House | Jenji Kohan | Katie Jacobs | Mad Men | Parks And Recreation | Shonda Rhimes | The Office | The Sopranos | True Blood | Weeds
Comedian Aziz Ansari of Parks And Recreation, Observe And Report, Funny People, His Blog, his Twitter, his stand-up comedy, and being friends with Kanye West had a refreshing interview on Jimmy Kimmel Friday night in which he laid out the... CONTINUE READING AZIZ ANSARI TALKS ABOUT HIS FRIEND KANYE ON JIMMY KIMMEL»
Posted on May 11, 2009 in , ,
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Tags: Aziz Ansari | Funny People | Jimmy Kimmel | Kanye West | Observe And Report | Parks And Recreation | Slumdog Millionaire
A (presumably) Mac-snob blogger actually called the Indiana Parks And Rec people to confirm that they're way not cool enough to use Mac computers the way the actors do on the show. (Also: most nurses are probably not as hot... CONTINUE READING PARKS AND RECREATION'S PUZZLING MAC PRODUCT PLACEMENT»
Posted on April 28, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Apple | Aziz Ansari | Girl Talk | Lemonade | Parks And Recreation | Rashida Jones
The new promos running for Thursday's NBC lineup contains an odd moment in its 30 Rock tease: "Tina gets played...": While this could have been a boneheaded decision by NBC executives ("Call her "Tina"! Tina has more name recognition!") it's... CONTINUE READING EVEN NBC GETS TINA FEY AND LIZ LEMON MIXED UP»
Posted on April 27, 2009 in ,
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Tags: 30 Rock | Liz Lemon | Parks And Recreation | The Office | Tina Fey
We now have two episodes (of a six-episode first season) of Parks And Recreation on which to judge it. This week we met Leslie's mother, learned the extent of Leslie's plan to be the first female President, and, disappointingly, saw... CONTINUE READING SO, IS PARKS AND RECREATION GETTING BETTER?»
Posted on April 17, 2009 in
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Aubrey Plaza | Aziz Ansari | Chris Pratt | Parks And Recreation | Paul Schneider | Rashida Jones
gabe: did you like parks and recreation? gabe: be honest gabe: do not do that thing you do gabe: where you pretend to like something you don't like gabe: out of some kind of moral obligation lindsay: well, I was... CONTINUE READING FRIDAY FIGHT: PARKS AND RECREATION»
Posted on April 10, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Aziz Ansari | Parks And Recreation | Rashida Jones
Parks And Recreation, the show about you already know everything it's about starring you already know who it stars, premiered last night. (If you missed it, the full episode is on Hulu.) It seems like the general consensus is "This... CONTINUE READING SO WHAT DID WE THINK OF PARKS AND RECREATION?»
Posted on April 10, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Aubrey Plaza | Aziz Ansari | Parks And Recreation | Rashida Jones | The Office
And it's called "Knope Knows." We all hope the show will be great, it's just funny that someone has poured time and energy into a fan site for something they have yet to see.... CONTINUE READING THERE IS ALREADY A NON-OFFICIAL FAN SITE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION»
Posted on April 3, 2009 in
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Aziz Ansari | Parks And Recreation | Rashida Jones
Amy Poehler, who we haven't seen in way too long, went on Jay Leno last night to promote Parks And Recreation, and talked about her stunt double on that show: "I want to do an action film where my stunt... CONTINUE READING AMY POEHLER DOESN'T DO HER OWN STUNTS»
Posted on April 1, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Animal Collective | Jay Leno | Parks And Recreation | Yo La Tengo
Well played, Mr. Ansari. It's actually weird that more fames don't do this. Did Aziz just crack the code? Every morning Americans line up at five in the morning to stand behind Matt Lauer holding pink signs covered in... CONTINUE READING AZIZ ANSARI USES PAPARAZZI FOOTAGE OF KANYE TO PROMOTE PARKS AND RECREATION»
Posted on March 12, 2009 in
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Aziz Ansari | Kanye West | Parks And Recreation | TMZ
