# Parks & Rec 1/19 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131 "2012-01-20T14:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/1 "2012-01-20T14:30:05Z")
Yay Paul Rudd! I thought this was an excellent episode - a lot better than last week. Highlights for me: – The campaign ads from both sides. I actually paused my DVR to read all the issues Leslie supports. – The litany of Andy’s medical ailments. “…and sometimes? I get hungry.” “Okay, some of those are symptoms, and some of them are just part of being human.” – Ron cancelling the dam project. 😃 Also, Paul Rudd begging Leslie to drop out of the race! “Do you think that little girl would do an ad for me?” “That was ME as a 10-year old!” “:eek: How did you do that?” ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/2 "2012-01-20T15:46:07Z")
Loved Andy’s ailments. Loved the campaign ads. Swanson and Rudd were too one-dimensional. Although, I did love the remote control door closer that’s just a bit too slow. I love how maligned Jerry is. Poor Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/3 "2012-01-20T15:55:14Z")
My favorite part was when Andy was in the doctor and he nonchalantly said “Oh yeah, and I think I broke my thumb coming in here.” I did like those ads as well. I also liked that in the end, things really looked in Leslie’s favor. It may have been a little too mean to have Paul Rudd just steamroll over her in the campaign, but now she can totally get him with her encyclopedic knowledge of Pawnee’s issues. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/4 "2012-01-20T16:24:09Z")
Andy is the funniest part of the show. Three times we had to rewind to play back part of his scenes. The broken thumb thing was hilarious. ---
**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 20, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/5 "2012-01-20T16:37:29Z")
Andy’s list of ailments was good and I liked Jerry, Ben and Tom practicing their menacing political ad voices. The subplot with Ron and Chris was lame. ---
**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 20, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/6 "2012-01-20T17:51:23Z")
Another weak show, again making the campaign the core of the plot. They’ve got to make the campaign more of a backdrop and center on compelling farcical situations. Andy and April are gems. I smell a lame spin-off in those characters. I’m surprised by the number of people who dislike April/Aubrey. I love the petulant brat character, and I wish the writers would give her more to do. ---
**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 20, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/7 "2012-01-20T17:52:16Z")
I bust out laughing when Andy hit the ambulance while fleeing the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/8 "2012-01-20T17:57:59Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Another weak show, again making the campaign the core of the plot. They’ve got to make the campaign more of a backdrop and center on compelling farcical situations. You seem to be in the minority. I don’t care if the focus is on the campaign or some other event as long as it’s funny. Last episode wasn’t so much; this one was. And hopefully we get more of Paul Rudd’s spoiled but incredibly stupid character. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/9 "2012-01-20T18:24:22Z")
My favorite of Paul Rudd’s lines: “I’m here with my Persian greyhound Raclette, who was given to me by my friend, the pretender to the throne of Alsace-Lorraine”. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/10 "2012-01-20T19:17:44Z")
What h.sapiens said. Overall a very weak episode. More Ron, doing Ron things, less do-goodery campaigning. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/11 "2012-01-20T21:07:40Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > – The campaign ads from both sides. I actually paused my DVR to read all the issues Leslie supports. So did I! Among them, “Legalize Korean”, and “Require all city employees check and respond to email”. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/12 "2012-01-20T21:36:22Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > So did I! Among them, “Legalize Korean”, and “Require all city employees check and respond to email”. The whole list is at, where else, [Redirecting...](http://knope2012.com/issues/). Reducing Federal Government Experiments in town to 10 per year No longer recognizing the winner of the chili cook-off as a government position Ordinance 8R: A Goat Cannot Own/Inherit a Farm Pay off our debt to the Ringling Bros. Prove that we can safely host a circus again Edit: You can also get your Knope '12 buttons and t-shirts there. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/13 "2012-01-21T02:07:05Z")
Andy would make a better, more qualified city “councilor” than that guy, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/14 "2012-01-21T03:38:14Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Andy would make a better, more qualified city “councilor” than that guy, lol. Although I like the idea of a clueless spoiled man-child running for office against Leslie, Andy’s character already owns the “borderline retarded” spot on the show - adding another one in that category feels a bit redundant. And Paul Rudd’s got nothin’ on Chris Pratt, acting chops-wise. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/15 "2012-01-21T03:54:48Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > My favorite of Paul Rudd’s lines: “I’m here with my Persian greyhound Raclette, who was given to me by my friend, the pretender to the throne of Alsace-Lorraine”. I really liked the way he kept screwing up Leslie’s name and seemed oblivious to the fact the she was running against her even after she told him a bunch of times. [“Do you want me to sign that to Ms Lope or just Nesnie?”](http://www.hulu.com/watch/321182/parks-and-recreation-meet-bobby-newport) ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/16 "2012-01-21T18:48:48Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Although I like the idea of a clueless spoiled man-child running for office against Leslie, Andy’s character already owns the “borderline retarded” spot on the show - adding another one in that category feels a bit redundant. And Paul Rudd’s got nothin’ on Chris Pratt, acting chops-wise. I think Rudd’s supposed to be playing more “oblivious entitled” than “man-child.” I admit it’s a fine distinction, but Parks is a show about comically-overstated characters. Nuance isn’t _really_ in the cards. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/17 "2012-01-21T19:25:27Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > “Require all city employees check and respond to email”. Of everything on the list, I think this is the one thing that might cause Ron to actively side against Leslie. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/18 "2012-01-22T02:12:14Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Of everything on the list, I think this is the one thing that might cause Ron to actively side against Leslie. Hell, it was probably directed at him. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parks-rec-1-19/610131/19 "2012-01-24T23:39:01Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > My favorite of Paul Rudd’s lines: “I’m here with my Persian greyhound Raclette, who was given to me by my friend, the pretender to the throne of Alsace-Lorraine”. That was my favorite line too.