Whether or not Ron can sing and perform in any way, besides as Duke Silver on the saxophone, remains to be seen. There’s probably a way that we could cleverly weave it into the reality of our show, and I think that would be a lot of fun. Tom will end up saving the day because he has an iPod Nano with a compass.Ĭould we see a musical episode in the future, beyond the tease from last season in which Ron had a stint as a sax performer named Duke Silver?Įverybody on the show would love to indulge in that. But I know that’s not what the writers will do they never go for the obvious story. He’ll have to chop down a tree to get over a ravine, or somebody will get hurt and Ron will have just the right splint or tourniquet knowledge, or he’ll make a sled out of two limbs and drag Tom to safety. It would be nice to have a couple of damsels in distress - meaning Tom and April - and see who ends up saving the day. One of my pet episodes right now is that Ron and Andy get lost in the wilderness, maybe with or without Tom Haverford and April Ludgate. What other ideas do you have for future episodes? The plan is for me to direct one this year, then I’ll wait until we see how that goes, and if it goes well, then I will ask Mike if in the following season I can write one and direct it. When I would get insecure while writing, I would think, “Well, at the end of the process, this is going to be an episode of Parks and Recreation, and I’ve never seen one of those that wasn’t at least really good if not great.” So I’m sure that these guys will protect me. But, knowing how collaborative our show is, I wasn’t worried because I knew that even if I turned in a complete turd, everybody would put their heads together and fix it. It’s one of the many times in our history he’s caused me to burst into tears. How much pressure did you feel to deliver one of the season’s big episodes?įirst, it was such a privilege to be asked to do that by Mike Schur. You wrote an episode, “Lucky,” in which Leslie Knope’s campaign is put in jeopardy after she makes a drunken appearance on TV. PHOTOS: Amy Poehler, Rob Lowe and Adam Scott on the Set of ‘Parks and Recreation’ When I see Amy gearing up for one of those, I’m terrified, but I can’t wait for the delicious meal I’m about to be served. It’s like having an uncle who tickles you he sends you into absolute hysteria and discomfort, but you don’t want him to stop. You see in her eyes that she’s saying, “Oh really, you’re not going to laugh at me?!” Then she ramps it up, gets up in my face, I vomit laughter, and we have to stop the whole scene because the makeup crew has to wipe the tears off my face. She gets up in his face, and the fire that I see lit in Amy’s eyes is truly terrifying - because never more than those moments does she remind me of Sally from The Peanuts cartoons. Say it.” And of course, the more Leslie tries to get him to say that, the more stone-faced and stoic he becomes. There’s a scene where Leslie is marching around saying that her club is better: “Say it, Ron. Nick Offerman: One was “Pawnee Rangers,” the camping episode. The Hollywood Reporter: Was there a scene this season that you couldn’t get through without laughing? As Pawnee’s mustachioed, malaise-laced city worker Ron Swanson, Parks and Recreation‘s Nick Offerman has redrawn the archetype of “funny office worker.” Here, the Illinois native, 41, reveals how he’s rendered powerless in a scene with co-star Amy Poehler, why he wasn’t overly stressed about writing a big episode for Parks and Rec showrunner Mike Schur and what it’s really like to act like a sex maniac on screen with his wife, Megan Mullally, whom he calls “one of my comedy heroes.”
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