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Recaps

Parks and Rec Recap: "The Debate"

by | April 27th, 2012

As Parks and Recreation barrels towards the Election Day finish line of its fourth season, the show’s approaching a potential plot shift that would be the biggest change it has ever faced. Parks showrunner and co-creator Michael Schur told the press last month that they shot three different endings to cover all the possible outcomes for Leslie’s City Council bid, but an election win for Ms. Knope could see the show take a whole new direction as she leaves the titular Parks and Recreation Department behind in favor of climbing the bureaucratic ladder. In the ramp-up to the finale, the folks behind the show are pulling out all the stops [...]

Heroes

A Love Letter to Ron Swanson

by | April 3rd, 2012

"He wears slacks, not skinny jeans or even pants, and his sweaters are collared. He is comfortable with firearms. He can fix things that are broken and solve really tough riddles. He is quietly rude and quite often chivalrous. He plays the saxophone." — If you read just one ode to Ron Swanson today, make it this one by the LA Times' TV critic Mary McNamara. Every word of it is true.

manliness

Buy A Mustache Comb Carved At The Hands Of Ron Swanson

by | November 10th, 2011

Ron Swanson portrayer and general man of the mountain Nick Offerman has his own woodshop. And they made a limited run of mustache combs. Just a heads-up, there might be no more posts today because I need to go find some testosterone pills and grow a mustache as quickly as possible. Maybe this guy in that dark alley over there has something that will work. Let me go ask him. (If it doesn't work out, they also make what's either a coffin or a small coffin-shaped box in which you could store ashes. Send my loved ones this link.)

Swag

Tom Haverford's New Slippers Bode Well for Season Four of Parks and Rec

by | August 9th, 2011

Here's a nice photo that Aziz Ansari posted to his Tumblr earlier, showing his character Tom Haverford decked out in…something. I assume this outfit is something Tom is wearing due to his continued involvement in 720 Entertainment with Jean-Ralphio. So we've got that to look forward to when the show comes back next month. Also on tap: they're currently casting Ron Swanson's mother, who will be "a no-nonsense, patriotic, salt-of-the-earth farm woman; not easily impressed, and not a fan of big cities. She has an inner strength that commands respect." Hopefully also with a fierce lady pushbroom above her mouth. We'll see!

Wonderful Things

Every Ron Swanson Meat Quote, In Convenient Image Form

by | June 3rd, 2011

Ron Swanson is a true lover of meats on Parks and Recreation, with an insatiable appetite for any number of animal proteins. And now Alex Leo has conveniently paired screenshots of every instance of Swanson enjoying some meat on the show with quotes from said scenes. It's a simple thing, but I can pretty much guarantee that you will enjoy them, unless you're some sort of PETA-loving lefty wingnut.

Parks and Rec

Proof That Nick Offerman Isn't Even Acting a Little Bit When He Plays Ron Swanson

by | April 13th, 2012

Here's a video of Nick Offerman making a Ron Swanson bobblehead in his personal woodshop. Well, it's him making most of a bobblehead and then blowing some sawdust off a pre-made one, but let's not let that get in the way of the real goods of this video: that Nick Offerman is Ron Swanson. I wouldn't even be surprised if the writers at Parks and Rec have never given him a script and just gotten extraordinarily lucky when every time the cameras roll Nick just says the things they've written for Ron, because they are the most natural things for Nick/Ron to say.

Recaps

Parks and Rec Recap: "Sweet Sixteen"

by | February 24th, 2012

With news of Parks and Rec’s sabbatical this week, it seemed kind of eerie that the newest episode of the show would follow Ron forcing Leslie into a sabbatical of her own. The show will be taking five weeks off to make space for Community starting next month, but don’t fret: Parks and Rec doesn’t seem to be in any real danger of cancelation.

It’s a rare Jerry-centric episode this week on Parks and Recreation, with the most despised man in the office figuring into the plot in a larger way than usual. I’m beginning to wonder how much longer this running joke about Jerry being hated/unlucky can [...]

Books

Henry David Thoreau Gets Told In Ron Swanson's Nature Diary

by | September 30th, 2011

The Parks And Rec book Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America comes out next Tuesday, and in celebration of America's Paris, EW has posted Ron Swanson's Nature Diary for your perusal. Just how many deer and bottles of whiskey does Ron go through in a month? I think you know how many.

Awesome Things

The Trader Joe's in Centreville, VA Uses Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford to Sell Delicious Meats

by | July 19th, 2011

I posted a picture of a sign from a Trader Joe's featuring a drawing of Ron Swanson selling bacon to the Splitsider Tumblr earlier today (yes, we have a Tumblr, follow it why don't you)? And now the Artiste behind the sign, Elisa Ortiz, writes in with another Parks and Rec themed sign she made for the store: Tom Haverford selling chicken parm. Thanks, Elisa! If I lived closer to Centreville, VA I would definitely shop at your establishment based on these signs alone. Tom is above, and the aforementioned Ron is below. Awesome, awesome, awesome.

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Ron Swanson's Dangerous Claymore

by | May 19th, 2011

Here's Parks and Rec showrunner Michael Schur on an idea for an episode about Ron Swanson they've been kicking around for a while: "In Ron, I think my favorite one that we’ve never done, and who knows, we might someday, but I can still say it, is Ron has a, on his desk, has a Claymore landmine that is resting on a stand on his desk. And the front of it says point towards enemy and it’s pointed right towards his door. And we have always talked about — and Norm, a writer on the show, pitched one year that they come into the office in the morning and [...]

TV Duels

Who Would Win an American Gladiator Tournament, Ron Swanson or Dwight Schrute?

by | April 4th, 2012

Duels, or “classy show-downs” as they are often called by no one, have been solving hot debates for ages. They're useful for delivering crowds a champion, through often unpredictable means (just ask Alexander Hamilton). Television loves a surprise, so what better way to measure and battle elements of TV than with a duel? Here, we will battle two characters in an imaginary contest of wills. Sometimes a winner will be crowned because of pertinent facts, and sometimes in spite of them.

This week’s duel? Ron Swanson v. Dwight Schrute in an American Gladiator Tournament.

For those not familiar with it, American Gladiators, which ran on television from 1989-1996, was a reality TV [...]

Awesome Things

Ron Swanson Is Drunk Dancing and Wearing a Tiny Hat Always in Our Hearts

by | January 17th, 2012

If there were a trophy for "browser tab kept open longest," Infinite Drunk Ron Swanson would win it and then dance around drunkly with it.

Recaps

Parks and Rec Recap: "I'm Leslie Knope"

by | September 23rd, 2011

In last season’s finale, Parks and Rec left us hanging at the edge of three different cliffs, with Leslie deciding between her relationship with Ben and a City Council run, Tom leaving the Parks Department to start up an entertainment conglomerate with lunkhead crony Jean-Ralphio, and Ron Swanson’s unseen ex-wife Tammy #1 making a surprise visit. The new episode picked up right where we left off, still on the night of Li’l Sebastian’s memorial, with Leslie emerging from the discussion about her candidacy to find Ron Swanson fleeing to avoid Tammy #1, his eyebrows and trademark moustache freshly singed by a fireball. Ron tells Leslie he has 228 [...]

Parks and Rec

Ron Swanson's First Wife: Oprah?

by | June 7th, 2011

On Parks and Rec, we've met Tammy #2, Ron Swanson's second wife, a couple of times. Played memorably by Nick Offerman's actual wife, Megan Mullalley, she's an amazing character and it's always great to witness the whirlwind of destruction that she brings to Ron's life. But Ron's first wife, Tammy #1, is someone we've only heard whispers about. Apparently, she is so terrifying that even the ferocious Tammy #2 trembles at the sound of her name. And who could play such a character? Well, if Nick Offerman has his way, it'll be Oprah. Here's what he told The Huffington Post: We're going to find out who Ron's first [...]

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