# Parks and Recreation - Jan. 12, 2012 - The Comeback Kid **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404 "2012-01-13T16:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/1 "2012-01-13T16:47:50Z")
This episode barely managed to hold my attention. I liked Tom’s red carpet shtik. And Andy did a fantastic slip-and-fall on the ice rink. Other than that … I’m bored of Leslie’s campaign for office. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/2 "2012-01-13T17:13:41Z")
Me too. Some good gags, but the thread that ties them together is weak. Leslie’s relationship with Ben intrudes into too many episodes also. But I think the campaign is the problem. This political campaigns is too normal to entertain. If I want to see that I can watch the news channels. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/3 "2012-01-13T17:19:29Z")
I agree the election storyline is tired. I did laugh when Andy cracked up at the basketball player getting injured. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/4 "2012-01-13T17:57:00Z")
I thought it was too cartoony, but I liked Ben’s unemployed side projects (claymation and calzones). ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/5 "2012-01-13T18:02:39Z")
The Low-Cal Calzone Zone! Ben’s claymation clip made me laugh harder than anything has in weeks. It was just so perfectly terrible and depressing in so many ways. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/6 "2012-01-13T19:18:02Z")
I think the whole scene at the ice rink was a little too Office-y for me. I was hoping that Leslie would pull it off at the end. I think the B Story with Ben and Chris was a lot better. It was good to see those too guys just be friends for once. It’s been said that they’ve been friends for a long time, but we never really got to see it before. Also, Ben’s love of calzones is one of my favorite recurring jokes outside of Arrested Development. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/7 "2012-01-13T20:09:59Z")
I can’t recall the prior references to calzones. Damn, I can’t remember the last time I had a calzone. 1993? It’s just not very often I’m eating a pizza and I wish it had been folded over and sealed and filled with even more cheese. Come to think of it, isn’t that basically what a Hot Pocket is? Somebody has already beaten Ben to the punch. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/8 "2012-01-13T20:28:47Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Come to think of it, isn’t that basically what a Hot Pocket is? Yeah, but bigger. It’s more of a hot _pouch_. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/9 "2012-01-13T20:41:00Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Yeah, but bigger. It’s more of a hot _pouch_. Also calzones taste good. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/10 "2012-01-13T22:03:43Z")
“I gotta ask, did it have four legs when you got it?” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/11 "2012-01-14T00:03:07Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I can’t recall the prior references to calzones. Ben wants to get calzones when they’re trying to woo the Pawnee cops into providing security for the Harvest Festival and everyone berates him for it. They’ve thrown in a few more times of him eating a calzone in other episodes. It’s like Jim and the ham and cheese sandwich on The Office. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDPEaJxoE9E&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDPEaJxoE9E&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/12 "2012-01-14T00:08:01Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Ben wants to get calzones when they’re trying to woo the Pawnee cops into providing security for the Harvest Festival and everyone berates him for it. They’ve thrown in a few more times of him eating a calzone in other episodes. It’s like Jim and the ham and cheese sandwich on The Office. > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDPEaJxoE9E&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDPEaJxoE9E&feature=related) “They’re like pizza, but harder to eat!” ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/13 "2012-01-14T01:05:32Z")
Boring episode except for the claymation video, which I laughed pretty hard at. Also, I hope April dies in the series finale. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/14 "2012-01-14T03:11:10Z")
I was a big fan , even Season 1 but this season is a little flat for me. Still crushing on Rashida Jones though. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/15 "2012-01-14T03:23:57Z")
The episode didn’t really move me, but hot damn, depressed Ben was hot. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/16 "2012-01-16T22:34:05Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Boring episode except for the claymation video, which I laughed pretty hard at. > > Also, I hope April dies in the series finale. Only if she comes back as a ghost and haunts the P&R offices. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/17 "2012-01-16T23:19:24Z")
I don’t mind this season at all. The campaign will be ongoing, and certain eps will be better than others, but the characters make the whole show great. **Behold!** [Requiem For a Tuesday!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LRQ4yYomwY) I couldn’t stop laughing when Ben was totally confused, kept replaying it for himself and Chris, as if there should’ve been more, REM’s song just ending like that 3 times is a row just had me rolling; compounded with Ben’s awareness of what he thought he had done (“It took me 3 weeks! I sent it to Leslie! I compared it to Avatar!”)… Gold. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/18 "2012-01-16T23:21:09Z")
Why was it necessary to take the dog to the podium, as opposed to just leaving him in the locker room? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/19 "2012-01-17T00:02:53Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Why was it necessary to take the dog to the podium, as opposed to just leaving him in the locker room? I betcya 10 clams they’re setting him up for a lovable Pawnee/Knope mascot. Something has to fill the dark, aching void of Lil’ Sebastian! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404/20 "2012-01-19T01:07:12Z")
This episode inspired me to have a calzone for dinner tonight, lol Wasn’t from the Low Cal Calzone Zone, though [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-and-recreation-jan-12-2012-the-comeback-kid/609404.md?page=2)