Canvassing
- Episode aired Apr 16, 2009
- TV-PG
- 21m
Leslie gets a town hall meeting to discuss her park idea, but she finds out that public reception is less than receptive.Leslie gets a town hall meeting to discuss her park idea, but she finds out that public reception is less than receptive.Leslie gets a town hall meeting to discuss her park idea, but she finds out that public reception is less than receptive.
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- Little Girl
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- TriviaThe idea for this episode came from research into local municipal governments, when the writers found that residents who are supportive or neutral about projects do not bother to attend meetings, but the people who are against something always do.
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Morgan: Yeah, a park, huh? Sounds like a really good idea.
Mark Brendanawicz: Great. Would you be willing to come to a town meeting and show your support?
Morgan: Absolutely. Now, is this park gonna have a playground or you know, maybe a pool for the kids?
Mark Brendanawicz: Oh, uh, how old are your kids?
Morgan: No kids.
Tom Haverford: Uh-oh.
April Ludgate: I'm gonna put him down as a "yes."
Mark Brendanawicz: Don't do that.
- ConnectionsFeatures Rock Band 2 (2008)
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Performed by Chris Pratt
Written by Kevin Baldes, A. Jay Popoff, Jeremy Popoff, and Allen Schellenberger
It isn't necessarily a terrible episode or poorly written or anything. There are still some good laughs, but the show just doesn't feel like the show it will eventually turn in to in the next season. The show is created by Greg Daniels and Mike Schur (2 comedy legends as far as I'm concerned). Both of, at the time, had just come off of massive success writing for The Office (US). Now, despite similarities between both workplace comedies, Parks and Rec will eventually become its own unique and amazing series, separate from The Office. However, in episodes like this one, it feels too similar to its predecessor.
A perfect example of what I am talking about is the scene towards the end at the town hall meeting. Now, we will see many more town hall meetings to come in this show. They are some of my favorite scenes in the entire series, but the type of humor that is displayed in this particular meeting is very different than the later ones. This one feels more cringy and awkward, a little too much like The Office. Where the later ones are more satire-based and a little more goofy than these ones. The Pawnee citizens were just too harsh and cruel. Not that big of a deal, but just an example of why I believe the writers have not gotten the tone right just yet and episodes like this one are some of the weakest in the series.
- brenbella
- Jul 24, 2018
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