[76] Jerry often demonstrates great artistic talent and is an excellent pianist and painter,[27][77] although his talents are usually overlooked, ignored or even mocked by his colleagues as though they were character faults. I'm a . [154][155] The parks and sewer departments have an ongoing rivalry and Joe regularly mocks them, much to the confusion of Leslie, who does not understand why he considers the sewer department better than parks and recreation. For such a small town, Pawnee had quite a bit when it came to entertainment and business. Billy Eichner who portrays Craig Middlebrooks, the "associate administrator" of the Pawnee parks department, recurred throughout the show's sixth season until he was promoted to the main cast in the fourth episode of the seventh season. Speaking with a slight Southern accent, Jessica is a superficial woman who cares deeply about her own physical appearance and tries hard to charm others around her. In her home, they do not eat meals. When she appears in Season 7 her father offers an embarrassed explanation for her insanity by telling Ben and April one word: "pills.". United States. Socially awkward, Dave always speaks in an extremely deadpan and technical tone of voice,[101][102] but has a sweet personality despite his serious and sometimes gruff exterior, with one Pawnee cop telling Leslie that Dave had been the crankiest member of the force until he met her. Marlene Griggs-Knope (Pamela Reed) is Leslie's mother and a major political figure in Pawnee's school system. In the season six finale, he shows up to the opening of Tom's Bistro (Tom is aghast to see him, but Mona-Lisa cluelessly followed up on Tom's request to bring in big names) and is happy when it appears the restaurant is going to flop. Typhoon is introduced in the fifth episode of Season 6 as Donna's hairdresser, and she later recommends him to Ron following the passing of his regular barber. [121] Tom, who strongly admired Justin's hipness and idolized him, became extremely disappointed by the break-up and reacted like a child whose parents are divorcing. [54][55] At the start of the show, April was dating her openly gay boyfriend, Derek, who was simultaneously dating his gay boyfriend, Ben. Ron immediately proposes, and she accepts under one condition: that the wedding be as plain as possible. Several guest stars have made appearances on the show, including Louis C.K., John Larroquette, Justin Theroux and Parker Posey. Ron Swanson: I'm sorry to hear that. Joe was arrogant and bragged to Leslie about his department's chances at success, and his department ultimately designed a good mural, but the contest ended without a winner. [101][109] That has changed during the recall campaign against Leslie in Season 6, as Dexhart has cheerfully joined Jamm in blocking any initiatives by her and making it clear they both hope she is booted from office. It just finished up an hour ago. He's not a team player. In a private conversation with Leslie, Diane admits that she feels more threatened by her than by Tammy II, as she feels Leslie knows Ron in a way she never can. In Season 7, Lucy contacts Tom after the success of his restaurant, and his feelings for her resurface. William (Johnny Sneed) and Elizabeth (Antonia Raftu) first approached Leslie in the third-season finale, Li'l Sebastian, about Leslie potentially running for city council. Jackson was originally expected to appear only in one Parks and Recreation episode, during which his character was seen only on a television screen. ", "Parks and Recreation Review: American, Buffets, Honor", "Parker Posey guests on "Parks and Rec" this week; go behind the scenes! --- Joan Callamezzo in "Parks and Recreation" (2009-2015)--- Sarah Rabinowitz / Sarah in "Fear the Walking Dead" (2018-2021) . He is very charming,[119] regularly travels around the world and has done many extravagant things, such as mountain climbing. He appears in three episodes across Seasons 46, during which Leslie secures his endorsement for City Council, Ann considers him as a sperm donor, and Pete refuses to endorse Sweetums' new sports drink. [94][95] In "Galentine's Day", Tom confesses his true feelings to Wendy, but she rejects him, prompting an angry Tom to sue her for alimony in the hope of blackmailing her into being with him; however, he soon recognizes how unreasonable this is, and apologizes to Wendy. Leslie convinced him not to do so at the last minute, and they instead angered Callamezzo by discussing the 2009 film Avatar and whether it lived up to its hype. Despite Andy's blatant desire to have children, April is hesitant to comply for some time, before finally warming to the idea after a conversation with Leslie. [30] Marlene has low expectations for her daughter's ability to succeed,[88] but is ultimately supportive of her, as indicated in "Canvassing" when Marlene attended Leslie's public forum in support of her despite privately predicting it would be a "train wreck". Free shipping for many products! Paul Schneider was a regular cast member during the first two seasons as city planner Mark Brendanawicz, but he departed at the end of season two. Dexhart refused to deny the allegations, and even went so far as to confirm them, because the fictional affair was less scandalous than his actual sexual discretions. She first appeared in the episode "Ron & Tammys". In the season seven episode "Pie-Mary", Brett and Harris are revealed to be secretly living in the basement of city hall. According to Aziz Ansari's character, Tom Haverford, "He's stuck it in some crazy chicks." In the season three finale, Li'l Sebastian dies, and everyone is devastated (except for Ben, who still doesn't understand). However, in "Ron & Tammy: Part Two", Ron and Wendy break up after she decides to return to Canada to take care of her ailing parents.[99][100]. Leslie then enlists Ron's eccentric mother (also coincidentally named Tammy) in a drinking contest to drive Tammy I away once and for all. She is put in charge as the deputy director of the animal control part of Parks and Recreation. He failed to turn Lot 48 into a new Paunch Burger restaurant when Leslie won over the city planning committee and got the Pawnee Commons park project approved, leading to him getting drunk and temporarily ruining Ben and Leslie's impromptu on-site wedding. Upon realizing Leslie has no mole, Joan called Dexhart's lies about Leslie "No mole-gate", named after the Watergate scandal. August Clementine joined the show after the Pawnee-Eagleton merger. Her wild driving leads to her arrest, and her charges are intensified by the discovery of Leslie in the trunk. [132][133] In "End of the World," Jean-Ralphio invites Lucy to his and Tom's "best party of all time", much to Tom's pleasure and Jean-Ralphio's disappointment, as he had planned to pursue Lucy himself. ), Wendy Haverford (Jama Williamson) starts the first season as the wife of Tom Haverford, although they are later revealed to have a green card marriage. When April asks why there are so many police outside city hall, the presumably stoned Harris and Brett quickly run off. Joan Callamezzo is a recurring character in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. Lucy accepts and moves back to Pawnee, but Tom is unwilling to make a move, as she is still with her boyfriend from Chicago. The job was subsequently offered to Lindsay and she accepted, which Leslie considered an act of betrayal. She never resorts to gotcha journalism. Franco's former co-star in 'Disaster Artist' doesn't agree with the allegations out there that are trying to cancel the actor. [85] She is a shrewd and cunning politician who is willing to resort to unethical tactics to get her way. She is a stereotypical vacuous, rich housewife. [83] Lindsay first appears in the episode "Eagleton", where she built a fence directly through a park Pawnee and Eagleton share to keep the Pawnee children out of her town. Dave Sanderson (Louis C.K.) Joe first appeared in "The Camel", when the various Pawnee departments competed to design a mural for city hall. She lives on the farm Ron grew up on, and has an entire room devoted to guns. Tom outwardly claims he is fine with it, but secretly wishes for the marriage to continue, as he has developed romantic feelings for Wendy. However, Raul explained a condition of the check was that Leslie must praise Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez and insult the United States,[224] revealing they are part of what is called the committee to Humiliate and Shame America. In Bus Tour, Joe later tried twice to hit Ben in the face with a pie in revenge, failing the first time (at one of Leslie Knope's campaign rallies, where he hit Jerry) before succeeding (at Bobby Newport's mansion) due to inept security from Andy's FBI agent alter-ego 'Burt Macklin' and then getting arrested. [134][222] Since he comes from a military state, The Venezuelan delegation is accustomed to being treated like royalty, so they were unimpressed with the conditions of Pawnee and its citizens. [117] This came at a time when Ann was regularly going on a string of dates with random, underachieving men, and the date with The Douche led to a major argument between Ann and Leslie because Ann was supposed to be preparing for a job interview Leslie had arranged for her. After recurring heavily during the show's sixth season, Eichner was promoted to a starring cast member in the seventh season, beginning with the fourth episode "Leslie and Ron". She was introduced in the third episode of Season 5, "How a Bill Becomes a Law". Ron Dunn (Sam Elliott) is the former director of Eagleton's parks department, the equivalent position of Ron Swanson's in Pawnee. When Leslie appears on Perd Hapley's show to reveal that Bobby Newport has been avoiding his hometown in favor of making out with a woman on a Majorca beach, Jennifer says that Bobby is in Europe to get business opportunities for Pawnee and the woman is an anti-landmine advocate. Jessica made major alterations to the historic mansion, and Leslie unsuccessfully tried to intervene to stop her.[54]. [76] In an episode of season 4 during Leslie's trial for the relationship she had with Ben, Jerry reveals his real first name, Garry, while under oath. . Leslie initially sees the relationship as an advantage, since Tammy would influence Jamm to vote against Ron; however, it becomes apparent that being with Tammy is detrimental to Jamm's physical and mental well-being. He appeared in "Kaboom", where Leslie accidentally injured Andy by arranging for a bulldozer to fill in a giant pit, unaware that Andy was inside it. [154][156] In "Telethon", Joe made a pass at April. Ann sets Chris and Leslie up on a blind date in "The Set Up", which goes extremely poorly. Leslie and Ben consider him to be rude, but they still drive to Buddy Wood's house to beg him for either a second chance for an interview or for him to erase the negative footage; Buddy then sourly reveals that he never aired the interview because his bag was lost in Pawnee, unaware that one of the airport workers, who liked Leslie and was angered by Buddy's rude attitude, took the interview tape and threw it into a dumpster. Oliver and Leslie Perkins-Traeger are Ann and Chris's children. Ron later assures her that while Leslie is a loyal friend and colleague, he could never have any romantic feelings towards her. After he fixes the pothole, Diane's daughters dress up Ron and Andy as princesses, and have a little girl's tea party with them, which Ron tolerates surprisingly well. In season six, his coworkers take to permanently calling him Larry instead of Jerry. This made him a favorite of Ron Swanson, who once quipped, "I like Tom. [27][157] Joe also appeared in "Soulmates", where he made a pass at Leslie, prompting her to wonder why only jerks have recently seemed to be attracted to her. Ultimately, when the citizens could not agree on anything, Leslie submitted a video tape of that very meeting, which she believed symbolizes the spirit and passion of Pawnee. Collins's best-known role after her departure from Mad TV was as morning talk show host Joan Callamezzo on the sitcom Parks and Recreation. Mo can be seen as "Sarah Rabinowitz" on "Fear the Walking Dead" seasons 4-7. The two of them bonded over their mutual love of the TV series Scandal. [216][218], Posey previously starred with Amy Poehler in the 2009 comedy film Spring Breakdown. ", Millicent "Millie" Gergich (Sarah Wright) is the beautiful eldest daughter of Gayle and Jerry. In the Season 6 episode "Doppelgangers", she was brought over during the Pawnee-Eagleton merger. In particular, in season 7 it is mentioned on several occasions that she is babysitting Leslie and Ben's triplets (who are also her grandchildren. [181][191] Perd interviewed Leslie and porn star Brandi Maxxxx in "Jerry's Painting" to discuss whether a painting featuring Leslie nude can be considered art. TV Shows. The season six episode "Galentine's Day" revealed that she had recently ended a relationship with a married man, and that she found out in college that her family was actually her father's secret second family. [172] Paul appeared in several other Parks and Recreation episodes, including "The Master Plan", where he announced the pending arrival of state auditors Ben Wyatt and Chris Traeger due to Pawnee's crippling budget problems. He's never one to go that extra mile. Trish Ianetta (April Marie Eden) is an attractive young woman who won the title Miss Pawnee in "Beauty Pageant". [145] Carl eventually discovered that Jerry was not mugged at all, but accidentally fell into a creek by himself. [7] Even before getting her part-time Pawnee job, Ann often spent time at city hall and helped the parks department on their endeavors due to her friendship with Leslie. In 1998 she moved to LA where she landed Mad TV ,giving birth to many unforgettable characters such as Lorraine, Stuarts Mother, Trina and many more. Their son Oliver is born during the events of "Galentine's Day" in Season 6. Leslie launched efforts to make the parks safer and had Carl take them on a tour of the area; he showed Leslie, Tom and Jerry around on a mobile cart that had been attacked and urinated upon by raccoons. And knows how to relate to her audience. [207] Marcia planned to publicly burn the painting,[37] but Leslie had it switched with a decoy painting and kept the original herself. [121][122] Justin and Ann never dated, but she seems to secretly harbor romantic feelings for him,[43][19] something that caused difficulties between Ann and Andy when they were dating. "[61] Shauna also appears in "Time Capsule", where she initially started writing a story about Leslie's plans for a Pawnee time capsule. Donna Meagle (Retta) is an employee for the parks and recreation department. Michael Schur said of the character, "She's just unlucky in love. Everything is fine. He then points out that if there was any blame, it was the citizens' fault. Since she is one of Pawnee's most successful celebrities, Joan soon turns into an eccentric woman, who even seems to have an alcohol problem. Carl Lorthner (Andy Samberg)[144] is a park ranger and the head of outdoor security for Pawnee. [210][211] In Season 4, he remained at Entertainment 720, and was hanging out with Roy Hibbert, who had the free time to work with them due to the NBA lockout; both men roundly mocked Tom and Jean-Ralphio's lack of business sense. Leslie and Ron are feuding over the Newport land rights at this time, and Jamm is the swing vote on the issue. [15][62] While Ben never previously established roots in a town due to the constant traveling from his job, Ben gradually came to develop a love of Pawnee, which coincided with his developing romantic interest in Leslie herself. She makes several more appearances in the seventh and final season, encouraging Ben to run for governor of Indiana. [105][106] Nervous about the upcoming first date, Leslie became drunk in "Practice Date" and visited Dave's house in the middle of the night, acting foolish until Dave brought her home. [145][146], George Williams (Biff Yeager) works in the Public Works Department, first seen in the season three episode Jerry's Painting, although he was referred to as "Lenny". [93] Dr. Harris tended to Andy again in "Freddy Spaghetti", after Andy was struck by a car while riding his motorcycle. Leslie angrily demanded that Dave set Tom free, and Dave immediately found Leslie attractive. [222][223] Leslie angrily ripped up the check and sent Raul and his delegation away. [31][34] Tom considers himself an extremely stylish dresser and smooth pickup artist,[35][36] and believes he carries himself in the style of rapper Jay-Z. He spends much of the campaign away from Pawnee, and gets involved in a sex scandal while vacationing in Majorca. Parks And Recreation: Joan Callamezzo. "[160][161] Ken's efforts proved successful, as the local media learned about the curse and reported on it so extensively that the festival was nearly ruined. [37][198] When Leslie quoted United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Potter Stewart's famous claim that he cannot define pornography but "I know it when I see it", Brandi was asked to define it and she replied, "For me, it's when the penis goes in. To prove his commitment to Diane, he shows her his double life as night club saxophonist Duke Silver (a part of his life Leslie doesn't know about), and plays her a song, naming her as his "duchess". [58][63] When he learns Leslie is running for office in the episode "I'm Leslie Knope", they break up for fear of jeopardizing Leslie's chance of winning the election in the event they could get caught and create a scandal. Dennis (Jason Mantzoukas) is one of Pawnee's wealthiest citizens, the arrogant and unpleasant owner of a successful perfume company. They are shown to be unruly and demanding as toddlers, but once they are older, even April is willing to admit how much she liked them. Parks and Recreation (TV Series 2009-2015) Mo Collins as Joan Callamezzo. [125] Leslie brings him back for the Harvest Festival in season three, although he was much older and had many ailments, including cataracts, diabetes, and arthritis. By Alex Passa. One of Marcia's odd personality quirks is that she seems completely unaware of the fact that her husband, Marshall (played by Todd Sherry), is possibly gay or bisexual, as he has a flamboyant personality and speaks with an effeminate voice. Diane Elizabeth Lewis (Lucy Lawless) is the girlfriend and eventual wife of Ron Swanson. [172] He first appeared in "Canvassing" at a forum Leslie held to raise support for her proposed park project. [135] Orin reappears at an art show at "Jerry's Painting", where he stands silently and motionlessly next to his exhibit: a completely blank canvas. Although Leslie has very different standards,[86] she nevertheless sees Marlene as a source of inspiration,[87] and is extremely eager to impress her mother. [39][101] His character was inspired by South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and his 2009 scandal, in which he admitted to a long-time extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman. Marcia Langman (Darlene Hunt) is a conservative activist with the Pawnee organization, the Society for Family Stability Foundation. He constantly talks extremely loudly, speaking at screaming levels even when asked to talk quietly,[74][75] and works as a ranger because he cannot hold down a job that involves working indoors due to his inability to control the volume of his voice. Dunn turned out to be a hippie with New Age ideals, and Swanson found him insufferable. They serve primarily as a parody of those types of radio shows, especially in a small-town market like Pawnee. Unfortunately for Kim, Leslie and Donna find proof that Kim has illegally hacked into Leslie's e-mails, when Leslie sends a bait message about "midichlorians" in the soil near the Pawnee Commons project. [nb 3] Joan refers to herself as a "legendary newswoman" and is more intimidating than other members of the Pawnee media, as Leslie declares that she "runs this town". Eventually she finds enjoyment in a job in Washington D.C. as a career placement counselor. This posthumous appearance by Bill Murray as Gunderson, is the only time he is seen on Parks and Recreation, although he had been mentioned in multiple episodes of the show. [131][133] Although sympathetic, Leslie cannot agree to Kelly's request or she would have to accept demands from all Pawnee residents. Appearing in "Time Capsule", Kelly is obsessed with Twilight and knows every detail about the books, the film series and Twilight author Stephenie Meyer. 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