0.07: Parks and Recreation (with Rob Lowe, Adam Scott and Michael Schur)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 104 minutes

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We literally cannot wait for you to hear how much The West Wing influenced Parks and Recreation. We spoke to the co-creator of the show, Michael Schur, and two of the stars, Rob Lowe and Adam Scott, to learn about the parallels between the Bartlet White House and the Pawnee Parks Department. Stop pooping! Just listen.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a special episode of The West Wing Weekly.
0:03.6	Today, we're talking about all the ways in which The West Wing helped influence another
0:07.2	show about idealistic people in government, Parks and Rec.
0:10.4	Parks and Rec aired on NBC from 2009 to 2015.
0:14.3	It was nominated for loads of Emmys and a couple of golden globes, including a win for
0:18.3	its star Amy Poler in the role of Leslie Noep, who frankly would have done very well in
0:22.9	the Bartlett administration.
0:24.6	If you haven't seen Parks and Rec, one, get on it because you're missing out.
0:29.0	Two, if you want a quick crash course before you keep listening to this episode, press
0:33.3	pause here and then we recommend you watch at a bare minimum.
0:37.0	The last two episodes of season two, plus the live ammo episode, which is season four
0:42.5	episode 19.
0:43.9	This is an amazing show and if you can't be bothered to watch all of it, well, God
0:47.8	Jed, I don't even want to know you.
0:50.5	There are two parts to our conversation today.
0:52.4	We spoke with the co-creator of the show, Michael Schur, who's also responsible for creating
0:56.6	or co-creating a bunch of great TV shows.
0:59.0	The American version of the office and then Parks and Rec followed by Brooklyn 9.9 and
1:02.9	then most recently the good place, some of the best TV around.
1:05.8	We also have the charming and dashing Mr. Adam Scott, who played Ben Wyatt in the show and
1:10.8	also was a West Wing super fan.
1:13.0	Separately, Rishi spoke to Rob Lowe, Dreamy, about joining the cast and playing the iconic
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