Parks and Recreation

[TheBrew]

And canvassing sucks.

Canvassing is fun! It's phone-banking that sucks. Give me doors any day...



-nobody

I dunno, a slammed door hurts more than a slammed phone.

 

[Nobody]

I've always found people to be meaner on the phones than the doors. Doors don't give people the false sense of power through anonymity that phones do. I've had a few doors slammed in my face, but most of the interactions are congenial. Though, I'd rather have people slam the door in my face than answer the door naked. I really don't get that phenomenon at all.

I do wish they had thrown in a scene with the canvassers knocking on door after door with no answer. When Leslie remarked on how someone was home, I expected the person to walk away not answering the door (while non-discretely closing the blinds). That's real canvassing!


-nobody

 

[nevermore]

I do wish they had thrown in a scene with the canvassers knocking on door after door with no answer. When Leslie remarked on how someone was home, I expected the person to walk away not answering the door (while non-discretely closing the blinds). That's real canvassing!


-nobody

Indeed. That would have been a good one to add in, because there's nothing more demoralizing than finally getting someone home and having them blank you like that. Assholes.

And I hate canvassing, by the way. Phones, doors, doesn't matter, though there is a much higher direct personal insult quotient with Phone. Miserable goddamned thing to do either way.

 

[TheBrew]

I do wish they had thrown in a scene with the canvassers knocking on door after door with no answer. When Leslie remarked on how someone was home, I expected the person to walk away not answering the door (while non-discretely closing the blinds). That's real canvassing!


-nobody

Indeed. That would have been a good one to add in, because there's nothing more demoralizing than finally getting someone home and having them blank you like that. Assholes.

And I hate canvassing, by the way. Phones, doors, doesn't matter, though there is a much higher direct personal insult quotient with Phone. Miserable goddamned thing to do either way.

Agreed. Though when I phone banked for the No on Prop 8 Campaign, people were generally nice. The biggest problem was that I couldn't understand them half the time!

 

[chardman]

"Reno 911" does a much better job with the whole unscripted/improvised-from-an-outline mode of storytelling. P&R has potential, but I'm not sure it will ever realize that potential. The unscripted, documentary feel of "Reno 911" works because it plays on the popularity of "COPS", "World's Most Dangerous Chases" and other similar reality shows. To the best of my knowledge, their aren't any popular reality shows about low-level bureaucrats, so P&R doesn't really have an already popular reality show counterpart to play off of.

Parks & Rec isn't a reality show. It's a comedy in the same vain as shows like 30 Rock and The Office.

I never said it was a reality show. I said it's a parody of a reality show. Only what reality show are they parodying? Reno 911 is a parody of "Cops" and other law enforcement reality shows. What reality show is P&R riffing on?

While "Parks and Recreation" might be intended as a similar show to "The Office" or "30 Rock", it differs from those shows in one significant way: "The Office" and "30 Rock" are fully scripted, while P&R is not. Or so I've been told. Like Reno 911, I believe it's almost fully improvised from a fairly basic story outline, entirely on the fly.

 

[tomalak301]

I've not been told the show has not been fully scripted. Anyone else know about this?

 

[Praetor]

I hadn't heard of it being unscripted. Either way, it didn't do much for me.

 

[Vulture]

This is my favorite comedy.
Jean-Ralphio is a pimp.
Ron Swanson is my spirit animal.

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