Bonus Episode: A Parks and Recreation Special Roundtable

The Good Place: The Podcast

NBC Entertainment Podcast Network

Michael Schur, Tv Production, Behind The Scenes, Philosophy, Parks And Rec, Tv & Film, Nbc, Comedy Writing, Entertainment Comedy, Kristen Bell, Tv, Manny Jacinto, Brooklyn Nine-nine, Mike Schur, William Jackson Harper, The Good Place, Marc Evan Jackson, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil, Good Place, D'arcy Carden, Writing, Good Place Podcast, Acting, Stories, Entertainment, After Shows, Comedy, Tv Writing

4.9 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

The Good Place: The Podcast’s host Marc Evan Jackson sits down with Parks and Recreation co-creator Mike Schur, Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson) and writer Aisha Muharrar to shoot the shirt about making NBC’s Parks and Recreation reunion special benefiting Feeding America. They talk about why now is a good time for a Parks and Recreation special, how they overcame logistical hazards, getting the large ensemble cast (like, literally everyone) back together and more. Be sure to subscribe for more behind-the-scenes stories, performance notes and a shirt-ton more! Donate to Feeding America here: http://feedingamerica.org/ParksandRec

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0:00.0	Welcome to a special Parks and Recreation edition of The Good Place The Podcast.
0:25.4	I'm Mark Evan Jackson.
0:26.8	I'm
0:27.4	Danny Trenner Nelson from the law firm Fouardip's Winchers Grit, Bappa Picoto,
0:31.3	Vorpanextine.
0:32.3	If you have yet to see the Parks and Recreation special, please stop what you're doing and
0:35.8	stream it immediately on the NBC app.
0:38.4	The special was written by Mike Shore, Megan Amrame, Dave King, Joe Mandy, Aisha Mohar,
0:43.8	Matt Murray and Jen Statsky, directed by Morgan Saket, including guest cast Paul Rud,
0:49.4	Jay Jackson, Ben Schwartz, Mo Collins, Jason Menzoukas, John Glazer, and Megan Malalley.
0:56.1	My guest today, our writer of the special Mike Shore, writer of the special Aisha Mohar,
1:00.7	and Nick Offerman, who plays Ron Swanson, Nick Aisha and Mike.
1:05.1	Welcome.
1:06.1	Thank you.
1:07.1	Yay.
1:08.1	Thank you for having us, Mark Evan Jackson.
1:12.9	Mike Shore, where did this come from?
1:15.6	Whose idea was this and how did this come to be?
1:21.8	So a couple of weeks after we all were confined to our houses, Perlena Abokway, who runs Universal
1:28.2	Television, called me on the phone, and basically said that she was in charge of a studio that
1:34.7	wasn't making any television anymore and wondered on behalf of NBC whether she couldn't
1:40.0	figure out some creative ways to find some programming, and she suggested to me or asked
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