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Parks and Recreation – “Harvest Festival”
“Harvest Festival” March 17th, 2011 Parks and Recreation is like Li’l Sebastian. For those who don’t know better, it’s just another Office-like NBC comedy, just as Li’l Sebastian appears to be just a pony. For those of us who have … Continue reading
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Parks and Recreation – “Indianapolis”
“Indianapolis” February 24th, 2011 Of the first six episodes initially sent to critics, “Indianapolis” is the most subtle. It’s a straightforward pairs of comic setpieces: a dinner party and a night out at the Snake Hole have the characters moving … Continue reading
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Parks and Recreation – “Media Blitz”
“Media Blitz” February 17th, 2011 When he first arrived, Adam Scott appeared to have been hired to play the new straight man. Ben Wyatt seemed a replacement for Mark Brendanowitz, someone who could react to the madness around him. Just … Continue reading
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Parks and Recreation – “Ron & Tammy: Part Two”
“Ron & Tammy: Part Two” February 10th, 2011 The most basic approach to a sequel is to make everything bigger: by taking everything one step further, you therefore make everything one step better. However, I don’t know if this principle … Continue reading
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Parks and Recreation – “Flu Season”
“Flu Season” January 27th, 2011 “That was Leslie Knope.” I don’t want to suck the fun out of what was the most particularly hysterical episode of those I’ve seen from Parks and Recreation’s third season, but there is a structural … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Parks and Recreation – “Go Big or Go Home”
“Go Big or Go Home” January 20th, 2011 “We’re back.” According to Leslie Knope, the job of the Parks department of Pawnee is to “make this town fun for the people who live here.” Of course, considering that the Pawnee … Continue reading
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Season (Series?) Finale: Party Down – “Constance Carmell Wedding”
“Constance Carmell Wedding” June 25th, 2010 In some ways, there could never be a perfect finale for Starz’ Party Down. The show is about people confronting the fact that they might be living their finale, that working for a catering … Continue reading
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Handicapping the 2010 Emmys: Comedy Acting
Handicapping the 2010 Emmys: Comedy Acting June 2nd, 2010 In comedy this year, a lot depends on what shows make it big: we know that Glee and Modern Family are going to make a statement (as noted in my piece … Continue reading
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Party Down – “Steve Guttenberg’s Birthday”
“Steve Guttenberg’s Birthday” May 21st, 2010 I told myself I was going to be content with just a Twitter conversation about this week’s superlative episode of Party Down featuring Steve Guttenberg as himself, but then I actually started to have … Continue reading
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