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- 30 Rock: Dear Tina Fey, I was wrong: you used Ryan Lochte and his damp towel personality perfectly (was he in on the joke?). I'm sorry I ever doubted you. Never again. Thanks for the Ken Tremendous reference, too. That induced a minor squeal from this Fire Joe Morgan fan. Two more things: monkeys in hats are ALWAYS amusing, and you handled the "women aren't funny" non-argument perfectly. The people who say that are so f*cking stupid that they're not even worth trying to convince to the contrary; they probably also enjoy Kevin James movies where he's sick of having sex with his hot wife, played by Julie Bowen. In closing: the Sex and the City bit was great, more Sleater-Kinney please, and Tina, I love you. xoxo -Josh.
- Up All Night: Over it. #bringbackcommunity
- The Office: Having an end date has rejuvenated The Office, not to the point of where it was in seasons 2-5 (the Andy and Nellie stuff is FAIL FAIL FAIL), but at least to a level of quality where you don't feel like you're watching out of some weird sense of obligation. "Work Bus" was maybe my favorite episode of the season yet, with strong contributions from Creed, Kevin, Darryl, Erin, and even Dwight. His trouser hives may be devoid of honey, but there are still some decent plots to be mined from him yet.
- Parks and Recreation: Here's something that separates Parks from basically every other show on TV, in a good way: there's no threat of Ben and April hooking up. They're spending all their time together this season and are beginning to enjoy each other's company (see: the tag), yet there's no hint that either one of them would cheat on their partner. The writers know to not force such cold, calculated drama, and it wouldn't feel honest to the feel-good environment Parks has built. It'd be like if Marge cheated on Homer with Lenny. Only a Perd-vert, er, pervert would wish April and Ben do the dirty, like so many senior citizens.
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The Ken Tremendous reference was weird. I caught it, and I want to believe it was intentional, but I couldn’t piece together any sort of context outside of NBC comedy mastermind. Was there some old inside joke about his hair that I’m missing?
Ken Tremedous is Michael Schur, co-creator/showrunner of Parks&Rec. aka Mose Shrute.
I still wear my Fremulon Insurance t-shirt to Nats games. If anyone were to catch the reference at a game, I’d buy them a beer.
I obviously know that (see: “NBC comedy mastermind”), yet it wasn’t your usual 30 Rock reference. There was zero tie-in/point of reference. 30 Rock is supposed to be smarter than that.
I get what you’re saying meow.
Ken Tremendous is okay, but I wish he had written more about my favorite sport, superbikes, instead of baseball
@ Crazy Ira and the Douche Mike Seate, is that you?
NBC comedies need more food metaphors to catch up to the other networks.
I have now pretty much spent the whole day reading FJM’s archives. I just felt like everyone should know that.
I couldn’t believe how great Ryan Lochte was.
Right? It was actually kind of endearing.
“Focus, Ryan Lochte!”
I thought of Burnsy while watching this. Glad to see all this worry was for nothing!
Ryan Lochte is *my* sex idiot.
Did anyone else think that Creed getting on the bus was going to be a Bryan Cranston cameo?
perd hapley is becoming my favorite part of parks and recreation
I would watch April Blart: Mall Cop, and the sequel, April Blart: Zookeeper like a billion times.
What about April Blart: Mixed Martial Farts?
Are you trying to steal ALL my money? Because absolutely. Especially if the love interest remains as Selma Hayek.
“If you heard my sex stories YOU WOULD LOSE YOUR MIND!”
In my mind, the Ken Tremendous reference was less a shout out to a fellow Thursday night comrade and more an acknowledgment from Tina Fey that she hates David Eckstein and a reminder that Darin Erstad was a football player, too.
Still my favorite article of all-time: [deadspin.com]
I keep waiting for NBC to wise up and split Parks&Rec into two crossover shows. The cast is phenomenal and it’d be neat to feature Leslie Knowpe the politician, her relationship with Ben and the two working together. It’d be a cool experiment and with this cast I don’t see why they wouldn’t. I don’t see it diluting the show and/or over exposing weak supporting cast, because the entire cast is interesting and entertaining. We could always have more Ron Swanson. Donna has more to offer than one or two lines an epi and everyone else is quite solid. Am I alone in seeing this and believing it could work?
Maybe.. but they might run into the same problems the Office did. Everyone in The Office cast was awesome in the early seasons, when they’d only get a couple lines an ep. But towards the end of Carell’s tenure, they began to lean on that supporting cast more and more. Giving them more lines and more interaction… and the show suffered for it. The Office thrived when those characters were one-liners in any given episode. I do think the P&R cast is stronger overall, but I’m not sure it’d be able to handle that. I’d definitely be more than willing to give it a shot, were it on the table, though.
I agree 100% about the Office forcing supporting characters. I just don’t see it with Parks&Rec cast where too much of a good thing is a bad thing. The episodes are great but then you realize you hardly saw/heard from certain characters. I’ve never thought, I could use more of any Office supporting character aside from Kevin and new Dwight. I believe Jerry is the only small doses character on P&R. More Perd would be fantastic, what can I say I’m a perdvert.
All I know is I would totally be down for a Tom/Ron Swanson spinoff.
Or really an anyone/Ron Swanson spinoff.
The thing about this comment, is that I am writing it, right now.
“My Name is Kevin, that’s my name, people call me Kevin, because that’s my name”
I thought that was one of the worst episodes of the Office I’ve ever seen.
I just want a pedvert badge please.
I watched Up All Night for the first time yesterday and I don’t know why it exists. It’s not as blatantly terrible as stuff like Two and a Half Men or Guys With Kids, but it also seems utterly bland. Where were the jokes? Was I supposed to laugh at the part where they get kicked out of the Silversun Pickups concert for… I actually don’t get why that happened now that I think of it. Funnily enough I think this show would benefit from a laugh track. It seems like that kind of show.
Parks was funnier than it has been in two seasons. That could just be me, but none of it felt forced like it has felt recently. Example: recent Ron bits have screamed LOOK AT HOW MUCH HE HATES GOVERNMENT, like when he had to organize that barbecue. Any bit where I’m thinking “Man up, Swanson” means the episode is in dire straits.
I disagree with you about the April/Ben thing, but it’s going to be done better than any show on tv has ever done it.
Did I miss the day they taught why affairs are funny/entertaining? The Office beat this into submission, Every Office character has cheated, been the cheater and/or taken part in an affair. I don’t get it. I like April/Ben are bonding and appreciating each others company and I hope that’s all it is. Let’s not forget, Ben was/is roommates with April and her husband Andy.
The worst part about The Office becoming a swingers party was dealing with my girlfriend, whom has never worked in an office, and assumed that’s how my office was, too.
Jack Donaghy getting soup and complaining about Chubby Checkers ruining dancing while wearing a smoking jacket killed it.
I loved Ben acting like a robot at the end of the Parks episode, the small pause he made before saying “Let’s go” got a good laugh out of me.
for a second I thought he had stopped because he was seeing someone that had found them out (the Governor? perhaps), but then it clicked and I laaaaaaughed
Found this on the interwebs, better late than never.
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CHALUPA BATMAN!
Did anyone else notice who favorited all of Tom’s tweets during the cold open?
/perd-vert
I didn’t. I’m assuming Perd?
Yeah, they all had 0 retweets and 1 favorite (from Jean-Ralphio). That was a great touch.
Proud Perd-vert.
I have no problem shamelessly posting simply to get the perdvert badge.
Also, P&R is by far my most reliable source of laughs each week
Did anyone notice Andy’s subtle banana claw? The shrimp claw is evolving.
I don’t know why, but Jerry using the internet tickled me. And the Ken Tremendous reference made my night.
I like how formal and polite he is with the search engines
Bringing back the joke that everyone in Pawnee uses Altavista was nothing short of divine.
That one killed me. You have no idea how many times I’ve seen people google gmail, or search yahoo for google.com
Perd saying he was no longer allowed in Pier 1 was just delightful. And Tom’s hashtags. And Jerry using Altavista. Pretty solid Peez&Rex.
Jerry using Altavista is a solid call back to Ben saying “why does everyone use Altavista in this town,” during Media Blitz.
Tom hashtagging everything was great.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who recognized (and freaked out over) the three seconds of Sleater-Kinney they snuck into 30 Rock.
I clicked on this link convinced I’d see a gif of Andy’s epic reaction to his realization that old people were having sex. I rewound that at least 7 times last night.
I hated Parks & Rec last night. First of all, what the hell happened to Amy Poehler. She’s gotten so old. And when did Rob Lowe dye his hair blonde and turn into a dumbass.And an entire hour centered around a debate, that’s just unwatchable…
Oh, that’s right, I live in Missouri. Claire McCaskill and Todd Akin need to both STFU.
Was I the only one expecting Jack & Jenna to have sex in his office?
God I need help. Look what years of watching subpar CBS ‘comedies’ has done to me. Right away my mind goes to the easy gag.
that perd-vert badge is amazing.