Maybe the Mariners should stop playing baseball and just make commercials.

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Wedge is looking big.

by afh4 on Mar 17, 2011 8:22 PM EDT reply actions

I had the same thought.

Very funny clip, though.

by Toxicadam on Mar 17, 2011 10:15 PM EDT reply actions

Best part is the introductory “Let’s get after it.”

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Mar 17, 2011 10:28 PM EDT reply actions

Just like the day he was fired, Wedge shows 10 times more personality here than he did in seven years with the Indians.

He could be Ron Swanson’s brother.

by Jay on Mar 17, 2011 11:24 PM EDT reply actions

If Ron Swanson was funny

by Turkmenbashi on Mar 18, 2011 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions

What the? Ron Swanson is easily the funniest fictional man on either side of the Wabash River!

by PBH on Mar 18, 2011 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions

OH COME ON

by Jay on Mar 18, 2011 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions

If ~~Ron Swanson~~ Parks & Recreation was funny

Fixed!

by emd2k3 on Mar 18, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions

OH COME ON

by FredOx on Mar 18, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions

I see trouble brewing on the horizon.

"Spring Training wins are good for the soul."

by USSChoo on Mar 18, 2011 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Evidently some folks have not checked in with this show since the first season. I was advised recently to give it another shot, and the show is quite hilarious now.

by Jay on Mar 18, 2011 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I have been advised the same, and have not taken such advice.

"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady

by westbrook on Mar 18, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

You should, my situation is about the same as Jay’s and it is now in our weekly schedule, along with The Office, Always Sunny reruns and Big Bang Theory.

"Spring Training wins are good for the soul."

by USSChoo on Mar 18, 2011 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Parks & Rec is the best thing on NBC by far. It shocks me that anyone could not like this show. Then again 37% of American didn’t even bother to vote in the 2008 presidential election and the turnout for yearly local elections is much, much poorer. It’s a sad thing that a well written show with a great ensemble cast convincingly portraying the people who work in small-town government gets no love. Oh well.

by PBH on Mar 18, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I enjoy the Community heavily. I will DVR Parks & Rec for a second look.

by emd2k3 on Mar 18, 2011 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Community is a perfect example of an ensemble cast that grows on you. I hated that show for the first several episodes. Ken Jeong has hijacked the show—which isn’t a bad thing.

by PBH on Mar 18, 2011 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions

The Community paintball episode was brilliant.

by DixonCayne on Mar 19, 2011 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

My theory on the office is that Pam should have given birth to a shark for the rest of the cast to jump over.

Although it is still somewhat funny.

by emd2k3 on Mar 18, 2011 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions

P&R certainly has surpassed The Office and, in my view, Community as well. Rob Lowe is great, and they don’t even really need him.

by Jay on Mar 19, 2011 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions

There is sand in the microchip.

"Spring Training wins are good for the soul."

by USSChoo on Mar 19, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I love both shows, but they are so different that I have trouble comparing them, actually. P&R has been amazing this year and just reached a completely new level.

by Fundamentals on Mar 21, 2011 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Just watched the earliest one available on freeHulu. There were a couple things I laughed at, but if the next one isn’t better, I’m not going to watch a third.

"I want to be playing at the end of October or the end of September -- not just at the beginning of April." —Grady

by westbrook on Mar 18, 2011 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Same

by Turkmenbashi on Mar 20, 2011 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions

With you on this. The first season was meh, but the second and third have gotten progressively better. The Anthropologie reference last week slayed me.

by Gradyforpresident on Mar 19, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Last week had a really good quote about not getting in the way of people’s desire to better themselves and leaving that to daytime television.

by PBH on Mar 19, 2011 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions

If the first season stunk – which it did – why would you even bother to tune it in the following year?

Our best players wear suits.

by mauichuck on Mar 19, 2011 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions

No reason at all, and I didn’t. That’s why I had to be told a year later to give it another chance. Evidently the writers found their groove in season two, and some smart recasting has made season three a real gem.

Check out the show’s page on Metacritic. Near the top, right under the show title, you can toggle among the three seasons. The critical consensus and the viewer reaction have both shot up.

Incidentally, The Office was not very fun to watch in its short first season, either, and it’s going to go down as one of the best loved 25-odd shows of all time.

by Jay on Mar 19, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

http://www.metacritic.com/tv/parks-and-recreation/

by Jay on Mar 19, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

My DVR just recorded every episode of Community and Parks & Rec. And I watched every episode, although I’d usually let them collect dust first. I just don’t like deleting things. And they both started slow, but I knew a lot of really talented people were involved in these shows and they kept showing glimpses of very funny writing/excellent casting. I’m thrilled that I stuck with them. They’re fantastic.

And Ron Swanson is brilliant. You’d like him, Chuck.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Mar 20, 2011 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions