Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Parks and Recap

In honor of NBC's Parks and Recreation mini-marathon, here are my top five moments from the four episodes that aired last night:

5. Leslie Knope (as portrayed by Amy Poehler) kicks off Season Two by performing an a cappella version of the DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince classic, "Parents Just Don't Understand:"



4. Leslie inadvertently performs a gay penguin marriage (no, that's not a typo) in a misguided attempt to promote the Pawnee Zoo, igniting a city-wide controversy:



3. While cultivating a community garden, "master horticulturist" Tom Haverford (played by perennial scene-stealer Aziz Ansari), facetiously tells Leslie that he knows every plant's Latin name. Only, he substitutes the vegetables' monikers with those of various rappers, resulting in such comic gems as "Souljaboy-tellums," "Diddies" and "Bone, Thugz and Harmonium." Watch the full-episode below:



2. While serving as a judge in Pawnee's annual beauty pageant, Haverford accurately guesses the bra size of each contestant, leading him to pose the question, "32A, how'd you get in here?"



1. During an office-wide contest to see who can dig up the most dirt on their co-workers, Haverford discovers that his boss, the manly, straight-laced Ron Swanson, moonlights as the sax player in a smooth-jazz trio that performs monthly to an audience of middle-aged women at a club called Cozy's in nearby Eagleton. Check out Duke's website below, his albums are definitely worth a look:



http://www.dukesilver.com

If you're not watching this show, do yourself a favor and tune-in Thursday nights @ 8:30, right before The Office. It's the best network comedy I've seen in years. New episodes return January 14, 2010.

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