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Key Takeaways

Parks and Recreation uses humor to highlight the quirks of local government and community life.
Character-driven comedy is central, with each character bringing distinct, memorable traits.
Political satire is woven into the storyline, parodying international diplomacy and local politics.
The show balances absurdity with relatable workplace and social dynamics.
Memorable quotes and scenarios contribute to the show's lasting cultural impact.

What the video covers

The video showcases iconic and funny dialogues from Parks and Recreation characters like Donna, Craig, Leslie, and others.
Scenes include office banter, park management debates, and absurd political scenarios involving fictional countries.
Highlights include discussions about grass types, eccentric artistic pursuits, and a mock international conflict.
The video features a city council candidate debate with humorous and unconventional candidates.
Lifestyle guru Annabelle Porter makes an appearance discussing trends and local art.
The transcript captures the show's signature blend of workplace comedy and social satire.
Characters display exaggerated personalities and quirky humor throughout various settings.
The video includes moments of camaraderie, conflict, and political parody.
It reflects the show's unique style of mixing mundane local government with absurd situations.
Overall, the video is a nostalgic and entertaining tribute to memorable Parks and Recreation scenes.

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Who are the main characters featured in this Parks and Recreation video?

The video features several main characters including Donna, Craig, Leslie Knope, and other Pawnee locals, showcasing their humorous interactions and distinct personalities.

What type of humor is predominant in this video?

The humor is a mix of workplace comedy, character-driven jokes, and political satire, often highlighting absurd situations in local government and community life.

Does the video include any political or social commentary?

Yes, the video parodies international diplomacy and local politics through exaggerated scenarios such as a mock Security Council meeting and city council debates.

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Speaker A

Hi, I'm Donna.

Speaker A

Oh, that is the perfect name for you. I love it. Never change it.

Speaker A

Wasn't going to. You're Craig, right?

Speaker A

Yes, but I hate that name. So boring. Sounds like someone's cousin, Craig.

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Craig. I wanted to be a Spanish man named Terrance, but that didn't happen.

Speaker A

Okay.

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So, here's my list of duties. I'm basically the office manager. How about you?

Speaker A

Oh, I did everything. Everything. I carried the Eagles thing department on my shoulders for years, and I loved every second of it. You don't even know.

Speaker A

I guess we can make a switch to Bermuda grass. It's only 80 cents more per square foot.

Speaker A

What? Give me. Give me. Give me.

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You want me to put Bermuda grass in a continental climate that's a six on the Beaufort scale in a park with zero drainage? I want Kentucky bluegrass. I want a 10% discount, and I want you to

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apologize to my best friend, Donna. Yeah, hi. Is there, and I'm just guessing here, some kind of medication that you maybe need a lot of and have taken none of or maybe too much of today?

Speaker A

Oh, I have. I have a medical condition, all right? It's called caring too much.

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And it's incurable. Also, I have eczema. Donna, this is crazy. Tyfoon is an artist, and the human head is his canvas. Just listen. You're going to cut the man's hair. You're going to charge him $8. It'll take you 4 minutes.

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So, just shut up and make the man look like this.

Speaker A

Fine. So, Tyfoon, what do you like to do for fun?

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I'm writing an electronic opera about Brittany Murphy, and I do the chandelier design for my friend's drag puppet show.

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No further questions. All I really want to do is dance. Except lately, all the good warehouse raves are filled with Euro trash.

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Euro trash. I like that. It is indeed a garbage continent.

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Yes. Oh my God, I had the worst time in Berlin last May. Everyone was on their stupid bikes. I was like, "Ew." [laughter] Please talk more about how you hate

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Europe and bicycles. What we need to focus on is how to destroy Peru, specifically one person who lives there.

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Madam Ambassador, are you changing the scenario? We didn't prepare for this. Global politics can change, and scenarios can arise, and suddenly you're just like, "Wait, I thought this one thing, but look over there, that's a different thing, and it's changing

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everything." And I'm like, "What?" Hold up. Who has tanks for me? I- I'm sorry, but we're going to keep trying to solve the food crisis.

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Food, schmood. This is war. God, it's time for you to nut up, Switzerland.

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Well, well, well, look who is brave enough to show his face in Europe.

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Say the word, Leslie. I'll sick my army of lions on them.

Speaker A

Okay, look, I think, um, things are starting to get a little out of control here.

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I agree. You betrayed me, and you went behind my back, and now you need to pay.

Speaker A

I need to- I need to pay? Do I stutter?

Speaker A

Oh, okay, fair enough. Oh, you know what? You might want to borrow this.

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Ew, no one wants your dirty underwear, pal.

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It's not dirty underwear, it's a white flag, and you may as well start waving it right now, Leslie.

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Is your decapitated head on a stick in front of your weeping mother. Good lord.

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We've been making great strides with genetically modified crops, and would gladly pledge to continue the growth of- Excuse me, Madam Ambassador. Excuse me.

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I'm not finished.

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Oh, really? Then why do I have the microphone?

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I move that the Security Council formally condemn Denmark, and stop them from making any more unwarranted acts of aggression.

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As long as you quit derailing the conference. People are dying of hunger in Africa.

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Oh, cry me a river.

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All in favor of the resolution.

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What? Oh, that's interesting. The resolution passes with flying colors. Denmark is formally condemned. Bam.

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That's no problemo, Peru, because Denmark no longer recognizes the authority of this international gang of thugs. And history will be unkind to those who stand opposed to justice.

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Together, we stand, and I ask all of you, who is ready to join the coalition of the willing?

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The moon shall join your coalition.

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Yeah, we got the freaking moon. What are you going to do without tides, Peru?

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I don't know, Leslie. I'd rather be back at the office.

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I know this is painful for you, Jerry, but you have to be strong.

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You guys ready?

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Oh, boy, yeah.

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Okay, we're ready. I'm going to show you guys all the problems we've been facing. I'm going to show you that we've been doing everything we can.

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I'm looking forward to working together, Carl. And after that, I'm going to show you this log I found.

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It's got like 50 worms on it. I call it worm log.

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Yeah, I've always been a bit of an outdoorsman. Uh, when I was a kid, my parents used to make me hang out in the backyard a lot and just run around till

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I got tired. But if there's any criminals out there watching, I never get tired.

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And ladies, too. This thing is a mess. We used to have three carts, actually.

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The first one got pushed into the creek by some kids. The second one, raccoons got onto. There was urine everywhere.

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And the third one was recently stolen. What's this one? This is the second one, the raccoon pissed one.

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All right, Sue. We're going to just head out.

Speaker A

Uh, no. You know what? I think we got too much weight.

Speaker A

Oh. That's Tom, probably. Are you serious? Tom, can you get off, please? Just run alongside the cart, okay?

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Okay, here we go. Whoa. So, let me tell you a little bit about the park. Uh, up here on the left is, uh, one of our most beautiful grass fields.

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Uh, it's primarily grass. We're going to make a hard left here. Stick with us, Tom.

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Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the event we are doing tonight, which is a city council candidate debate that we're going to start now. I'm Burt Hapley.

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And I am legendary newswoman Joan Callamazoo, newly single. It's time for opening statements.

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I am Pastor Trim. Many of you know me as the man who sells you your guns at the Gun-Believable Gun Emporium.

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Whoa. I want to tell you about my idea for assault rifle vending machines. You might be thinking, "What does an adult film star know about politics?" Well, I produced and starred in over 400 adult films this year alone.

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Whoa. Thank you. And just like Leslie, I know what it's like to be the only woman in a room full of men.

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Now, Keith, under sex, you wrote "Yes. Ha ha ha ha ha ha." Well played.

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Thank you. Uh, but all jokes aside, I'm a boy. Keith, I had this job for 4 years, and I can tell you you get out of it what you put into it.

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What are you hoping to get out of it? In like a month or so.

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What? Oh, what? What am I hoping to get out of this job? Yeah. Yeah, like 1 month of money would be just right.

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Let me give you a situation. You're hosting a town hall meeting for local businesses.

Speaker A

Uh, that's so much stuff. [laughter] You just kept on going. That was like one thing, and I didn't even get to the situation yet.

Speaker A

Oh. All right. Well, thanks, guys. Think we've all seen enough. Still not totally sure what I'm applying for, but if you ask me, I think it went pretty well.

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I can honestly say today's guest is the only person in this town who's a bigger deal than I am.

Speaker A

Please welcome lifestyle guru Annabelle Porter.

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Hello. Hello. It's me. I'm here.

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Yes, you are.

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Hi. Just say as a journalist, I feel like we're best friends. [laughter] Tell the audience about yourself.

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Well, I'm just a simple former phone book model who found her calling. You know, I'm not perfect. The average woman worries about what she looks like in a bathing suit. So does my nanny. So I get it.

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Annabelle, what trends are, pardon the pun, but trending?

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First of all, Mozambique cashmere is the new cast iron stove.

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Of course. I have found some amazing new conflict-free paella recipes, and luckily, my favorite fishmonger now makes house calls.

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Thank God. But, my fave new item is a deliciously bold chair by local artist Ron Swanson.

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Ron Swanson is here. He will be joining us after the break, so stick around.

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Did that woman call my chair delicious?

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Oh my goodness, we are back with America's greatest leader, [laughter] Annabelle Porter, and her new favorite

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Just please try to look human, all right, and not so evil. Everybody looking here. One, two, three. Thank you so much for the wonderful memories.

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Everybody take their stuff and go. oh. Can we do one funny face one? Support for Pawnee Community Radio comes from the Wendell G. and Muriel [music] Fethryte Corbman Foundation and Sweetums Cares, a non-profit group that puts umbrella hats on homeless people when it

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rains. Welcome to thoughts for your thoughts. I'm Derry Merbles, filling in for David Parker, who took off for eight months to study the migration patterns of our nation's squirrels. We have not seen him since. My guest today is author Leslie

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Nope. The book, Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America. I wrote a book. The first historical guide to Pawnee. I wrote it as a reference for myself, but then my campaign advisor said we should make it a big wide release. So, we had

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people contribute, we added pictures, and we removed a lot of my poems and emotional ramblings and pictures of unicorns, and here it is.

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Leslie, could one say that a book is nothing more than a painting of words, which are the notes on the tapestry of the greatest film ever sculpted?

Speaker A

One could say that. But, should one? Join us next week when David Bianculli will be filling in for Richard Jefferson, who will be filling in for me. Leslie, would you like to take us out?

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Okay. Please enjoy a song from the lesbian Afro-Norwegian funk duo, Nefertiti's Fjord. Oh wow.

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They are terrible. Oh, yes, they're they're quite awful, but they are lesbians, SO WHAT ARE YOU, SOME KIND OF WHY DON'T YOU HAVE HAND DRYERS IN THE PARK BATHROOMS? THEY'RE SO MUCH MORE SANITARY THAN PAPER TOWELS. ANYONE knows that.

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My dog went to one of your parks and ate another dog's feces, and I'm going to sue you for that.

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HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT? [screaming] IT'S NOT MATCHING YOU'RE HOLDING COFFEE.

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THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. Where are the armed men who come in and take the protesters away? Where are they? This kind of behavior is never tolerated in Berakwa.

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You shout like that, they they put you in jail. Right away. No trial, no no nothing. Journalists, we have a special jail for journalists.

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You're stealing, right to jail. You're playing music too loud, right to jail, right away. You're driving too fast, jail. Slow, jail. You're charging too high prices for sweaters, glasses, you right to jail. You undercook fish, believe it or not, jail.

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You overcook chicken, also jail. Undercook, overcook. You make an appointment with the dentist and you don't show up, believe it or not, jail, right away. We have the best patients in the world because of jail.

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I am Bobby Newport. My dad is friends with John Cougar Mellencamp. That's pretty cool.

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What is this guy running for? President of being on every channel all the time?

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Reminder, Leslie, we have less than an hour to get the ad to the station.

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And you're beautiful and you're organized. So, in order not to bias anyone, these are the two ads that Ben and I made. I'm just going to pick one randomly and we'll play that one first. Oh, yay, the awesome one.

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Hi, I'm Leslie Knope. I'm pro-parks, pro-public safety, and I'm pro-clean water. [music] I'm also pro-environmental regulation, and I'm very, very pro-local propositions [music] 45, 86, and 102F. But most of all, I'm pro-Pawnee.

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Here are some other things that I'm pro. As you can see, I'm in favor of a lot of things, like hot dogs. Right, Charlie?

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I'm Leslie Knope, and I approve this message. [applause] Yes, I love it. Fantastic. Hey, man, you want to go for a jog? Just sort of kick out the cobwebs, get some endorphins going?

Speaker A

Uh, no, thanks, Chris. Kind of tearing this claymation video a new one right now.

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You know, Ben, I really think you need to take a step back here. I think getting some perspective would be good.

Speaker A

What are you talking about? I've known you a long time, and right now, you need help.

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With my claymash? With your life. You are wildly, insanely depressed. Depressed? I'm the furthest thing from depressed. I mean, look at what I've accomplished. Do you see him?

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Do you think a depressed person could make this? No. I'm sorry, but the Ben Wyatt that I know, I just don't think he'd be happy sitting here faffing around.

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I'm not faffing around. I've sunk myself into my hobbies. Here. I'll show you my claymation project.

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Okay, now I've been working pretty hard on this and I think it's really good. So, just hang on your hat, okay?

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Okay. Here it goes. [sighs] Oh, how great. Did you pause it? No, I Hang on.

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[music] Oh my god. That's the whole thing. That's 3 weeks of work. You're going to be okay.

Speaker A

No, no, no, no, I'm not. You see, in my head, I thought that was really, really cool.

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In fact, I I I emailed Leslie 2 days ago and I compared it to Avatar, Chris. And how can it not be longer?

Speaker A

Time to crack this market open, notch-yo! Chard bodies, get a chard on. Let's get ME CHARDED IN HERE!

Speaker A

WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON? OH, YEAH. That's the new chard stand. I suppose that's one way to sell vegetables.

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WE GOT SWISS CHARD, WE GOT WHITE CHARD, WE GOT CHARD POPPERS, AND FOR ALL YOU freaking vegans out there, WE GOT CHARD SHOTS. YEAH!

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MMM, chard is so bitter. Ben, do something. What do you want me to do?

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Well, you're the city manager, kick them out. They're violating every single one of the farmers market's rules of conduct.

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By rules of conduct, do you mean that wooden sign you made that says, "Peas be kind to others"?

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Yes, and in case of fire, romaine calm, [music] and you won't believe how nice all of our vendors are.

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I don't like vegetables, but I'm very good at vegetable puns. Okay, I admit this is a little iffy, but iffy?

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I can't do anything till I check the rules for city vendors. Cabbage. Come and get it.

Speaker A

Connie, no. Put those away. Okay, Tom, there's your mark. You'll enter from the front. Ted, are we rolling?

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I think so. I don't really know. Just please be careful with my store. Okay. Quiet on the set. Action.

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Hello. Would you like to see some rings, Asian Havafer? Why are you doing an accent?

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I came up with a backstory for my character. She's married to a French billionaire, and she has a twin sister, identical, and they keep Leslie, you have one line.

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Well, I'm committed to the role. Hello. Would you like to see some gorgeous jewelry?

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[music] We have the most rare diamonds in the world. I'll take that one. The most expensive one.

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Not so fast, Havafraud. Ah, zut alors! Get 'em, boys! Freeze! Stunt double. Action. NO, MY PUPPETS!

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NO, MY PUPPETS! RUN! RUN! RUN, MY PUPPETS! RACK FOCUS. PAN LEFT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF that means.

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Just get get the right. Go under THE NO, MY PUPPETS! OH, THAT'S IT. OH, YOU WANT the big dog. Is that what you want? You want THE BIG DOG?

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UH UH OH, LUCY, YOUR MISSION, should you choose to accept it, is to marry me.

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And cut. Oh my gosh, Tom, that was amazing. No, it wasn't. You just destroyed my case.

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Hey, it's the movie business, Ted. You knew the risks. Okay, everybody in the van. We're headed to the next location.

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[music] Tom? I couldn't afford enough premium carpet to get us to the stage. I mean, it was a short walk, but it was pretty luxurious, right?

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Okay. Everybody smile away. Smile away. [music] I'm leaning on my arm, Andy. YES. BABE, I HAVE I'M HOLDING THE DOG. HE IS PEEING. He's now peeing. And I'm putting him down.

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No, no, RONNIE ONLY HAS THREE LEGS. RONNIE HEY. He's scared. Ronnie. Ronnie. There's no stairs. How do I get to the stage?

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Hulk. [music] Hey. No. My name is Burt Tyrannosaurus Macklin. I don't know what the problem is, sergeant. Just drain the ocean.

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WOW. [cheering] ANDY, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE PAWNEE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'd like to present you with this genuine Pawnee police badge. It's ensconced forever in the shadow box we made earlier.

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that? No. Son, we spent four days making that. This means so so much to me.

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I'm a cop. I should get some handcuffs, too. Give me your cuffs, Randy. it's an honorary title only.

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Stand down, sir. Randy, now that you're an official police officer He's not. I want to make it clear he's not.

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you should be able to solve the case of the missing guitar. So, grab your clue and head on over to Professor Smartbrain.

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Professor Smartbrain. This piece of fabric was found at [music] the scene. Look at it under your telescope.

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Hmm. It looks like there are some tiny initials. J.C.? President Jimmy Carter stole my guitar?

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But why? I don't think it's Jimmy Carter, [music] buddy. THE CHAMP IS HERE! [cheering] ALL RIGHT, KIDS. IS EVERYBODY HAVING A GREAT TIME?

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[screaming] I KNOW I AM! JOHN CENA IN THE HOUSE! JOHN CENA, YOU'RE MY HERO.

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WAIT, you're Andy? I'm Andy. From the information I got, I just assumed you'd be like 10 years old.

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Thank you. That's Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you so much, man, for bringing martial arts and music to all the children Wait, wait, wait. What are you doing, man?

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Got you. Got me what? What? my cuffs. Wait, what the hell is this? John Cena, you're a great inspiration, a true hero, and this is the greatest moment of my life. But, you're going down.

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Going down? What are you doing? Woah! You stole Johnny Karate's guitar. steal his guitar, man. I'm just doing this as a favor.

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You're going in the dunk tank, bud. I don't want to go in the dunk tank. IS ANYBODY IN CHARGE? UH, LITTLE HELP?

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MHM.

Topics:Parks and RecreationDonna MeagleLeslie KnopeCraigpolitical satirecomedylocal governmentoffice humorcity council debatelifestyle guru

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