Michelle Obama to Appear on ‘Parks and Recreation’
Following doing a sketch on The Tonight Show called “Ew!”, The First Lady of the United States’ next scripted appearance will be on Parks and Recreation.
Of course, we’ll be looking fowards to .gif made of Leslie Knope’s reactions to meeting Michelle Obama.
Rob Huebel to Play ‘super terrible dude’ on Parks and Recreation
Rob Huebel is set to guest star on Parks and Recreation this season, playing an aforementioned ‘super terrible dude’, which we’re sure will be great.
We can only hope that Paul Scheer who has also guest starred on the show, would somehow be on the same episode for a semi-Human Giant crossover.
Parks and Recreation To Have Seventh Season
Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, has just announced this at the TCAs, so that should make your Sunday.
John Hodgman and Dan Castellaneta To Play Rival Public Radio Hosts on Parks & Recreation
If you thought Parks and Recreation had pulled out all the stops, then you obviously did not see this coming. John Hodgman and Dan Castellaneta will appear as two public rival radio hosts, which could be a show on its own, but we get to see it on Parks and Recreation this season.
After what we’re sure you think is a really long break, both Parks and Recreation and Eagleheart are back on the air tonight as well as the premiere of TBS’ Ground Floor which features the hysterical Rory Scovel (just watch his amazing interview with Pete Holmes that we posted below).
Basically, it’s a great night of TV that should go like this:
Parks and Recreation on NBC 8PM
Ground Floor on TBS 10PM
Eagleheart on Adult Swim 12AM
New Episodes of Parks and Recreation Bumped to Mid November
The Voice and a SNL holiday special are putting Parks and Recreation on the backburner while in the middle of its latest season for the next month at NBC, so take up that hobby you saw on Pinterest that you’ve always wanted to take up.
Ed Helms Producing NBC Comedy with Parks and Recreation Writer Aisha Muharr
NBC is doing good to stay with the folks that have kept their comedies critically acclaimed over the last several years.
Ed Helms not to mention a Parks and Recreation writer in Aisha Muharrar have NBC latest project on their development slate and we can’t wait to see what comes of all of this.
FXx Has Officially Launched/Airing “Parks and Recreation Marathon”
The day has come where the comedy at FX has now spun off into a sister channel in FXx. Most of the series will premiere their new season on Wed. Sept. 4th, but, for now, you can enjoy an entire Parks and Recreation marathon on (check GetFXX.com to see what channel # it is).
Billy Eichner Joining Sam Elliott as Eagleton Doppelganger in Parks and Recreation
The cast of doppelgangers for upcoming episodes of Parks and Recreation is shaping up quite nicely as Sam Elliott, and now Billy Eichner from Billy on the Street, will play Eagleton, rival town to Pawnee, equivalents of the original cast.
We wonder if they’ll get Randy from Funny People to play opposite Tom.
Parks and Recreation and Louie Win at TCA Awards
It’s not surprising that Parks and Recreation and Louis CK’s Louie received another award to add to their collection from the Television Critics’ Association.
Just so we are clear, being not surprising, in this case, is a good thing.
While Sam Elliot Will Be Guest Starring, Rashida Jones and Rob Lowe Are Leaving Parks and Recreation
It is great news that Ron Swanson’s/Nick Offerman’s doppelgänger will be played by Sam Elliott, but a potential facial hair stare down doesn’t quite balance out yesterday’s announcement of Parks and Recreation cast members Rashida Jones and Rob Lowe leaving the show.
With that being said, we’re excited to see what Rashida comes up with in her big TV deal with Warner Bros. TV that she got a few months ago.
Jim Rash Delving Into the Writing Process in “The Writers’ Room”
Having won an Oscar for co-writing The Descendants, Jim Rash who you hopefully know from Community on NBC is bringing the TV writing process to the forefront on a new Sundance Channel show, The Writers’ Room, talking to writers of television most critically acclaimed and successful shows.
This season they’ll be talking to writing staffs of both Parks and Recreation and New Girl, so you might want to tune in on Mondays at 10PM.
Comedy Winners for Critics’ Choice Television Awards
Not to be confused with the Television Critics’ Association Awards, The Critics’ Choice Television Awards were just presented and gave honors to some of our favorite shows.
Louis CK won Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Louie, Julia Louis-Dreyfus won Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Veep, The Daily Show won Best Talk Show, Archer won Best Animated Show, and, possibly the least surprising, Patton Oswalt won Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series for his wonderful role on Parks and Recreation.
Check the full list of winners at the link.
TCA Awards Nominees Are What You’d Expect
Louie, Girls, Veep, and Parks and Recreation all garner nominations for the upcoming Television Critics Association Awards as well semi-family animated program Adventure Time.
Only surprise is that all Program of the Year nominees are dramas.
Last month, a video of Patton Oswalt completely improvising a filibuster on what the Star Wars sequel should be during shooting of an episode of Parks and Recreation was posted on YouTube. As Oswalt has admitted himself that “this was bound to happen”, an animated version of his amazing filibuster/pitch is now online with animation by Isaac Moores.
It’s pretty amazing and you should watch it now.
@Nick_Offerman “…Parks and Recreation has been picked up for Season 6”
Nick Offerman just tweeted about the renewal and proper canoe nomenclature.
Congratulations to Parks and Recreation!
1) Aubrey Plaza is “one of the most fascinating people” that Conan’s talked to into awhile.
2) Don Rickles on Jimmy Kimmel Live (including Parts 1 & 2).
3) Over the last few months, there has been a lot of talk about the consequences of talking about sexual assault and rape on stage and being aware of the sensitivity of audience members. Today, Barbara Holm gives an interesting flip on the debate in regards to hecklers sexually harassing comedians at Laughspin.
4) A guy sells punny-one liners in a park. There was a guy in Venice who just used to take donations and would make a living performing his act on the street. Is America prime for “street comedy”?
5) Laughter Against the Machine, a comedy tour bringing laughs to political hot spots around the U.S., is only a few days away from needing to meet their donation goal. If that wasn’t enough, hear what Marc Maron had to say about it.
7) ON THE HORIZON
Good Evening America: The Art of Playing Chloe Sevigny @ Casita del Campo Fri. Sept. 23rd 9PM $15
8) COMEDY CRAWL
The Matt Goldich Twitter Show @MattGoldich 4PM
The Moth: Struggles @ Zanzibar 7:30PM $8 (doors are at 6:45PM, it’s highly recommended to get there an hour before)
Comedy Congress @ Crawford Family Forum 7:30PM
You’ve Seen These Guys @ Brea Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Fancy Schmancy @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
A Kiss From Daddy/The Birthday Boys @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
The End Show @ The Last Bookstore 8PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM $8
Tartar Control @ Doll Hut 9PM $5
Frolic! @ Far Bar 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Beer in the Shower @ Dreams Bar & Cafe 9:30PM FREE
9) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
THE SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7PM
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst, West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$3 cover/10 min. guarantee
THE MOTH @ ZANZIBAR 1301 5th St., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 7:30PM/Sign-up is lottery/have to tell 5 min. story on theme of “struggles”/10 spots only available/$8 cover/Doors at 6:45PM/recommended to show up an hour before
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
DANGERFIELD’S II 2860 Glenview Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts after booked show around 10PM
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available
10) Why the fuck did I buy all these business cards if I was going to be in comedy? Damn it.
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