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Parks and Recollection

Jerry's Painting (S3E11)

Parks and Recollection

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Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Comedy

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

You never know when inspiration will strike while visiting Pawnee—and today Rob Lowe and Alan Yang are inspired by S3E11 of Parks and Recreation! In "Jerry's Painting" Chris deals with community uproar over Jerry's new painting, and Ben tries to help teach Andy and April responsibility after he moves in with them. On today's episode you'll hear why Ben couldn't just live alone, how it was important for Chris to deliver non-jokes in a humorous way, and how a misbehaving Leslie strengthened the character. All of this and a grammar lesson from Mario! Got a question for the Pawnee Town Hall? Send us an email: [email protected] Or leave a 30-Second voicemail at: (310) 893-6992 Leslie Knope feels powerless at work because a policy set by Chris Traeger, which forbids workplace romances, is preventing her from dating Ben Wyatt. Meanwhile, now that he is staying in Pawnee permanently, Ben decides to move out of the motel where he has been living. Andy Dwyer and April Ludgate offer him a spare room in their house, since their previous roommate moved out and left the house to them. Although the two have been living by themselves for only a week, the house is a complete mess with no everyday items like plates or utensils available. Ben decides to teach a reluctant Andy and April how to properly live like adults. Meanwhile, the parks employees attend an art show exhibiting paintings that will later be hung in government buildings. Jerry displays his painting of the fictional topless centaur Greek goddess Diaphena, which looks exactly like Leslie. Jerry explains he subconsciously painted Leslie while thinking about powerful women. Instead of being embarrassed, Leslie feels empowered by the painting. Tom, however, is humiliated because a pot-bellied cherub in the painting shares his likeness. The next day, local conservative activist Marcia Langman (Darlene Hunt) compares the painting to bestiality, deems it unsuitable for a government setting and demands it be destroyed. Leslie goes on the news program Ya Heard? With Perd! to rouse public support for the painting by portraying it as a depiction of a powerful woman. However, she is undermined when reporter Perd Hapley also has on adult film actress Brandi Maxxxx, who defends the painting by comparing it to pornography. Chris convenes a meeting of the Pawnee Public Arts Commission to rule on whether the painting is acceptable. Despite Leslie's eloquent defense, the commission fears the nudity is offensive and decides to destroy it instead of risking public backlash. Leslie retaliates by stealing the painting. After cleaning up around the house, Ben gives Andy and April money to buy common household items. Although they almost waste their money on frivolous items, Andy insists they need to take Ben's advice. April admits she is afraid of growing up because she does not want them to lose their unique personalities, but Andy assures her they will not change. Chris angrily demands Leslie bring the painting to city hall the next day to be destroyed. When Leslie reluctantly agrees to do so, Jerry expresses disappointment that she would give up so easily. Feeling empowered again, Leslie asks Jerry to quickly paint another, similar painting, only this time with Tom as the centaur. Leslie tells Marcia the new painting is the original one but painted over. With no more nudity in the painting, a frustrated Marcia gives up her quest to have the painting destroyed. Ben later confides to Andy he likes Leslie but is unable to ask her out because of Chris, but Andy tells him if they truly care about each other, then it will eventually happen.

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0:00.0

We're getting together to talk about all the things we used to do

0:10.0

The laughs, the passions, the lifts, the passions, the pets we fell into

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And we're putting it on in a podcast, then we'll send it up into the sky

0:24.0

For calling it parks in recollection Come on, let a podcast spread your wings and fly

0:35.0

Welcome everybody to Parks and Recco election as usual. It is it is I as my is I

0:42.0

That's what my mom the English teacher would want. It is I Rob Lowe, not it is me. It is I. I'm going with that

0:49.0

It is I Rob Lowe, otherwise known as Rollo and the great Alan Yang is with me as usual. What's up Rollo? By the way, isn't it it is me? I don't know. I'm not a great I'm not a good

1:00.0

You're married, but I think it is it is me anyway. It's in the predicate of the sentence. I don't know. I really don't know. I can tell you one thing. You went to Harvard. I didn't. I'm going with you. I'm changing. I'm

1:10.0

I'm reading it is me. It is me. It's me. Well, I mean who who's better at grammar than Mario? He says it's me Mario. So that's that's really who we should be

1:22.0

Listening to so I will go Mario here. Yeah, right for sure. We got a good one today. Another one very comedy forward. By the way, I was halfway through this

1:33.0

There's still more twist. There's a lot of twists in this one. They're like just keeps developing in a story that keeps developing if I were

1:40.0

Part happily and a story that won't stop developing. Yeah, very busy, busy episode in the middle of season three. So we'll get to the details. Let's go.

1:48.0

All right, episode title Jerry's painting written by the legendary Norm Hiscock. We got to talk Norm said we got to get him on the

1:56.0

He just he Canadian dude chill dude there since season one co-creative kids in the hall with those guys has just been doing it forever. He does that show space for

2:07.0

So Greg Daniels now anyway love norm directed by Dean Holland. Of course we love Dean's been on the show before original air day April 28th, 2011. The

2:16.0

Summer of the episode Chris deals with community uproar over Jerry's new painting which features a nude Leslie and then tries to help teach Andy and April

2:26.0

Responsibility after he moves in with no notes. The original broadcast ran 10 minutes longer than usual because it followed an extended

2:33.0

Episode of the office which featured the last appearance by leave actor Steve Carell. Rumor has it this office episode of

2:39.0

Hurt Park's ratings more than they helped. So I don't know I don't know if that's true or not we have to go back and dive through the numbers. Other

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Nobs Notes first appearance of Mara Morini as Brandy Max the porn parody version of Leslie actor Biff Yeager plays electrician George Williams. Biff

2:55.0

Also portrayed Lieutenant Commander R. Gyle on Star Trek the next generation and his trading card has a price bubble that mysteriously keeps growing bigger and bigger.

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And that's our deep cut noob's notes that I love that who's into the can I ask who's into the Star Trek next generation price price card prices.

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