So for most of my life, I've had two favorite TV shows: Friends and Seinfeld. And for a while, it was just me jumping back and forth between Central Perk and Monk's Coffee Shop.
Then a new contender entered the ring. Parks & Recreation. It's only in it's fourth season, but it's the greatest thing I've ever seen. There isn't a weak link in this cast. The writing is brilliant and I laugh out loud at every episode without fail.
So here are my top ten moments. I dare you not to fall in love. 1)
Leslie Knope, head of the Parks & Rec department. Lovably neurotic.
2)
The entire department goes on a camping trip & ends up at a sketchy colonial inn called "The Quiet Corn".
3)
Jean Ralphio. Has no idea what a tool he is. Here he is trying to rap but can't quite get 'em to end right.
4)
The whole department decides to kick back at the sketchy Snakehole Lounge and all end up drunk in their own special ways.
5)
April & Andy are the best couple ever. April - deadpan, sarcastic and dry. Andy - lovable, well-intentioned, slow.
6)
Ann is one of the only rational employees in the P&R Dept. She can tell a bad snack when she sees one. Leslie Knope, not so much.
7)
Tom & Jean Ralphio invested their entire life savings in a business called Entertainment 720. After having no business plan or product and going bankrupt in a matter of weeks, they throw one final party with whatever money they have left. This is their legacy.
8)
Leslie's various accents. They come out every now and then, regardless of whether she's been drinking.
9)
To win Ron back from the clutches of his crazy ex-wife & mother, Leslie agrees to take shots of the Swanson family blend of grain alcohol. This is the messy drunken result.
10)
The infamous Tom Haverford face. Used to share barely-suppressed glee with the viewers.
Then once, Leslie tries to take a crack at it:
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