Mike Schur Returns to Tackle the Culture Wars

The Last Laugh

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

After creating ‘Parks and Recreation,’ ‘Brooklyn 99’ and ‘The Good Place,’ Mike Schur has decided to dive head first into the culture wars with his ‘Rutherford Falls.’ The new show, now streaming on Peacock, stars ‘The Office’s’ Ed Helms as a well-intentioned but problematic descendant of colonizers who finds himself in a battle over historical statues and everything they represent with the nearby Native American tribe. Schur returns to the podcast this week to get into all of the controversial issues raised in his new series, explain why Native American representation was so important on-screen and off and share some hilarious stories from his early days writing for SNL and ‘The Office.’

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0:00.0	This week, we welcome back to the show, the creator of Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and The Good Place.
0:08.7	His latest show is called Rutherford Falls.
0:12.2	400 years ago, my patriarchal ancestor, Lawrence Rutherford, founded our town.
0:19.2	Anyone see the resemblance?
0:20.4	I definitely see it. It's in the jaw.
0:22.9	Shoulders through the chest and probably some other places. Okay. Thank you.
0:32.5	This is the last laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and that was Ed Helms in
0:39.5	Rutherford Falls, the latest comedy series from my guest today, Mike Scher. I last interviewed
0:46.8	Mike for this podcast in person at his Universal Studios office what feels like a million years ago.
0:54.2	It was actually just over one year ago when The Good Place was about to air its series finale.
1:00.0	Since a lot has changed in all of our lives since then,
1:04.6	I thought it would be fun to have him on again to talk about his newest show,
1:08.7	now streaming on Peacock,
1:10.5	along with some really great stories
1:12.1	from his years on Saturday Night Live, The Office, and Parks and Rec.
1:17.4	Mike is just such a funny and thoughtful guy who really is responsible for some of the best
1:22.5	comedy of the past two decades, so it is always a delight to spend some time with him. And I hope you enjoy this
1:29.5	as well. Here's me with Mike Scher. Well, good to see you. I, you know, I was looking back at the
1:36.0	last time you were on this podcast. I was, you know, it was in person. I was at your office on the
1:41.1	lot. It was like very, you know, I was out in the world. It was, I think it was
1:45.2	just a couple months before the everything hit the fan. So, so it's kind of bizarre to think that
1:51.0	we were like, you know, in an enclosed space together, you know, just over a year ago.
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