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why you rack. Coming

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in, Parks and Recollection.

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Come on, little podcast,

1:31

spread your wings and

1:34

fly. Hello,

1:38

everybody, welcome back to another great

1:40

episode of Parks and Recollection. Who's

1:43

this voice? Why isn't it Jim's voice in

1:45

the beginning? I don't know why myself. That

1:47

is Jim's voice. I asked to

1:49

go first. Here's why I asked to go first. It's

1:51

Greg. We have a special guest today. We have a

1:53

guest today who has such

1:56

a great relationship with my co-host, Jim

1:58

O'Hara, that I feel like And

4:00

we have Jim to play Jerry, and we have Donna here

4:02

to play my Reddit. What was

4:04

that, what those early days like for

4:07

you? I auditioned that day, I believe

4:09

Octavia Spencer, and I think Yvette was

4:11

there that day. We were always at

4:13

the same auditions for so many things

4:15

that we can't remember exactly that day.

4:17

But I do remember walking back to

4:19

our cars, certainly talking to Octavia. She

4:22

was just getting ready to like start the movie

4:24

thing. And she was

4:27

like, I don't know about that. And I was like, I had a good time.

4:30

I was like, because I remember I

4:32

had a new watch, and

4:34

it was very sparkly. And

4:37

I remember Mike Shore saying,

4:39

hey, cool watch. And I just went

4:41

on this rant about, I

4:44

had joined the guilt group and you have to be invited.

4:46

And I can, if you give me an email, I can

4:48

invite you to become a member. And then you can get,

4:51

I know people say, this crazy bitch, maybe she

4:53

should be on the show. Mike

4:56

likes crazy. He does like crazy. I

4:59

think so. I definitely, cause I feel like, Greg

5:02

kind of doesn't react too much. He just

5:04

looks. So I kind of was like, this

5:07

guy's not into me, but this guy is interested

5:09

in the guilt group. He

5:13

wants to be a part of this team. Anyway, so

5:16

it was the kind of thing my manager was like, he's

5:18

like, it's, you know, it basically was

5:20

glorified background. I was like, I ain't doing

5:23

shit. I am not doing,

5:25

other than, cause it was also like, I think

5:27

the summer and I don't

5:29

work during the summer doing standup cause I

5:31

did colleges. So I was off. I was

5:34

like, I got time to kill folks. So

5:38

I got the job. I don't think

5:40

it was a scripted part yet. I

5:42

think they wrote the scene for the

5:44

audition. That's right. Do you remember how many

5:46

times you had to go in or was it one and done? Oh,

5:49

damn. Well, you know, I was kind of one,

5:51

well, no, cause I went in for Ron Swanson for a

5:53

second. So I really, but then when I went in for

5:55

Jerry, then it was one and done. Yeah. Yeah. That's right.

5:57

Yeah. So you two are the

5:59

same. That's not weird. That's not weird. And

6:04

then early days I was really nervous.

6:06

I was a big fan of Paul

6:08

Schneider and a big fan of SNL.

6:11

I shouldn't say a big fan. I was fascinated

6:14

by SNL because I was very

6:17

scared of sketch, like

6:19

a sketch show like that, you know, live.

6:22

So I was fascinated with Amy, you

6:24

know, and people who did improv. And

6:26

then like I said, I was a

6:29

big fan of Paul Schneider. And so

6:31

I was just really nervous. I

6:33

don't know if you could see it in the

6:35

pilot, but you know, the one scene where Amy

6:38

came out and was talking to us, you talk

6:40

about it in your book. Welcome

6:43

to Pawnee, stories of Friendship

6:46

Waffles and Parks and Recreation.

6:48

We've got November 19th, HarperCollins,

6:50

William Morrow. Thanks,

6:53

Retta. You're welcome. Here's the

6:55

20. I remember, I just remember being

6:57

like nauseous, like please God, please God,

6:59

please God, don't embarrass yourself. And the

7:01

question that she asked me, there was

7:03

a leaf on the

7:05

pin board behind me. And

7:08

she goes, where's

7:10

this from? I

7:12

go outside. Oh yeah. I

7:15

remember that. I remember us watching

7:18

that in the writers room and being like,

7:20

oh my God, that's hysterical. But I really

7:22

was like, I didn't know what to say.

7:24

I was like outside. Like the, and then

7:27

afterwards when they yelled cut, Amy was like,

7:29

oh my God, outside. That's fucking clear. Cause

7:31

one, I barely remembered the name of

7:33

the town. I

7:35

didn't remember it was called Pawnee. I

7:38

damn sure wasn't gonna come up with a

7:40

name of a town or a park. The

7:43

premise was Greg wanted to get Amy

7:45

familiar, I think. So he just had

7:47

us do this improv just

7:49

for Amy to talk to each character. So we didn't

7:51

know what the hell was going on. It wasn't a

7:53

scripted scene. It was not scripted. She came up to

7:55

me and she said, oh, what's the jar for? I

7:58

had a jar and I said, oh, I

18:00

had a job, at least for the rest

18:02

of that season. Yeah. So

18:04

that wasn't my fear. I wasn't

18:07

afraid of losing

18:09

the job. I was afraid of

18:12

the show not going. No.

18:14

Yeah. We do have an amazing

18:17

episode. Yeah, I don't. But before we do, I

18:19

do have two questions for you. One

18:22

that I think especially a lot of fans are going to

18:24

want to hear from you, which is if you have a

18:26

favorite episode in your time.

18:28

It doesn't have to be a favorite Donna episode

18:30

specifically, but for you, Reda, a favorite, if it's

18:33

a set piece to shoot or a moment or

18:35

whatever, I'm curious. And I think we're all curious

18:37

what that would be. My

18:39

favorite episode now, I can't remember

18:41

what it's called. It's when Ben

18:44

proposes to Leslie because she was

18:46

buying the house. Yes. I

18:48

remember I loved. It's Halloween surprise.

18:50

Halloween surprise. That's it. Yeah.

18:53

Two of my two of my favorite scenes

18:56

are well, there's three. There

18:59

was you in the hospital. And

19:02

remember Aziz was like, oh, then

19:04

the doctor. He just wants to

19:06

say it was a fart attack.

19:08

Yeah. Yeah. I

19:12

just got lightheaded laughing at that. I

19:16

loved when Anne and Leslie are

19:18

in the house looking at it

19:21

with the real estate agent and she decides

19:23

she'll take it. And when

19:25

she says it, there's like no excitement.

19:28

They're expecting she's like, oh, I was kind of expecting

19:30

more from the real estate agent who was like, okay,

19:32

great. And then Anne says, say

19:35

it again, I'll take it. And then Anne plays the music. Oh,

19:37

yeah. I love the dance.

19:39

And then I love the surprise. That's

19:41

a special. Yeah. That's

19:44

a great one. Yeah. It's

19:46

a great episode. It's a special. And the

19:48

two of them together. their actors.

19:50

Right. And they're so real in

19:53

this moment. They just believe it. And they, you know,

19:55

they stayed away from each other that day until that

19:57

scene. Oh, really? Yeah. Which I love.

42:00

myself a little. That's right. Because I

42:02

was so excited that there was going

42:04

to be a little Sebastian. Oh, no,

42:06

there was a little Sebastian impersonator. Yes.

42:08

And so excited that you, Jerry,

42:12

you nasty. Oh God, that's so

42:14

funny. We cracked up. Let's

42:16

push on with our synopsis, my friends.

42:19

The Founders Week celebration is underway and

42:21

this year's parade has an unexpected surprise

42:23

for Leslie. Meanwhile, Tom is convinced Mona

42:25

Lisa is the one who is pregnant.

42:28

Okay. So, yes. Well,

42:30

you want to talk about that part? No, it's terrifying

42:33

that women should not produce children. We don't

42:35

want her to be a mom here. We

42:37

are rooting in

42:40

favor of Tom not being a

42:42

dad to the child of

42:44

Mona Lisa. And the

42:46

way Jenny will later play it

42:48

is so funny, right? When

42:50

she fakes it out and she says, it's

42:52

me. I love that. I love that. And

42:54

it's played so really, and you can see

42:56

the way Jenny did it too. Jenny Slight

42:58

did it where she stops being the crazy

43:00

Mona Lisa for a second. Right? She's like,

43:02

no, yes, no, that's me. And she lets

43:04

it sit for a second. And you see

43:06

the way it's easily. We're going to get

43:09

to it. My God. Okay. But

43:11

Anne and Andy confronting

43:13

Tom about it

43:15

is such a great scene. There's

43:17

a line that Jim and I were talking about before

43:19

we started recording today that we both

43:21

of us cracked up. When

43:24

Andy says, my assistant has something she'd like

43:26

to show you. And

43:28

Anne says, partner. Oh,

43:30

my assistant has something she'd like to show you

43:33

partner. He's

43:36

so stupid.

43:38

It's so

43:40

funny. God.

43:43

But that's why you love Andy

43:46

and Bert Macklin. And

43:48

Johnny Karate. Okay. Let's talk

43:50

about this epic parade and the part

43:52

that Chris played in it. Chris has

43:55

been voted in as nipple

43:57

King, the Currston. Ron

52:01

is totally that but here's what throws me

52:04

when she enters the look on her face

52:06

is like She just found

52:08

out and I'm like that thing was at

52:10

the cabin how many days ago? Mmm, so

52:12

I was like, you know, she was like,

52:14

yeah Like or maybe

52:16

she went to the doctor to get

52:19

the the confirmation confirmation Yeah, and she's

52:21

just coming back going dude I

52:24

think it's that and I also think it's that thing where

52:27

there's a difference between knowing it and Having

52:29

to say it to the other person right? There's a

52:32

gulf between I found out I'm pregnant But I need

52:34

to tell the the my partner that

52:36

you're gonna be a father And so

52:38

that reality is there and she's nervous and but

52:40

I think it's that Yeah,

52:45

and it's a great moment when just cut

52:48

to Andy I

52:51

didn't remember what that gift was from. Oh, yeah.

52:53

Yeah. Yeah. I see it all the time Yeah,

52:58

and I watching the episode I was

53:00

like, oh that's the episode that I

53:02

throw. Yeah Final thoughts on this

53:04

episode. Let's set the stage I think the

53:06

episode did a great job of looking back all the places

53:08

we've been this season in that very satisfying clip package She

53:10

kind of way while also doing the

53:12

good work of setting up Not

53:15

just Leslie's arc for her job

53:17

next season But this these great

53:19

character arcs for April and for

53:21

oh my god and for Ron

53:23

especially a new color Really

53:26

coming on And

53:28

and Tom Thompson for a challenge next season.

53:31

We're setting up a big competitor to him.

53:33

Right? How'd you guys feel? First

53:35

of all three different storylines. I think they all

53:37

hit and whenever there's town halls That

53:39

makes me happy because there's so much

53:41

craziness that goes on you give me

53:44

Bert Macklin. You make me happy So

53:47

I thought there was just great moments for everybody

53:49

in this episode You know, there wasn't

53:52

a whole lot of Jerry going on but is

53:54

I miss you guys rang true Cuz

53:56

you know people are always like oh, they're so mean to him blah blah blah.

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