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Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of Good Hang.

We are continuing our clip package episodes, and this is the second of three,

so we will be back with new episodes and guests in just two weeks.

But this week, we are putting together an amazing episode of all of the people

from Parks and Recreation who have come into the studio and sat and talked to us.

And it is a great list.

It is Mike Sure, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Katherine Hahn, Paul Rudd, Arbri Plaza, Adam Scott,

and please know, there are more coming.

In fact, a little teaser, we do have Nick Offerman joining us in season two of this podcast.

If there are seasons and podcasts, we are insisting there are.

And so you're going to hear from all of these people today,

and the reason why we're doing these clips shows is because I am finishing up shooting a new show

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In the very, very beginning, the idea for the spin-off of the office,

or was it even an idea for spin-off was what?

Well, so Ben Silverman was running NBC and they asked Greg to do a spin-off.

And so Greg's response typically thoughtful and considered was,

I would love to do another show.

If the best idea that I have for a show is a spin-off, then I will do a spin-off.

If the best idea I have is something else, I'll do something else.

Greg is a real, one of the main things that he gave me in terms of how to do this job is

best idea wins.

Doesn't matter who it comes from, if it's staff writer or a 25-year veteran co-EP or a person

who works in costumes or whatever, best idea wins.

That's it.

And there is no corollary to that.

In every situation that you're in creatively, best idea wins.

And so that's what he said basically to Ben.

And he was like, it's very important to be that you understand that if the best idea I have

is not a spin-off of the office, then we're going to do something else.

And Ben was like, totally hear you, buddy.

And the next day in the variety, he was like, office spin-offs is coming,

then just totally ignored him and just announced an office spin-off.

Sure.

So Greg and I started meeting.

Greg asked me to do with him.

So we started meeting.

We would go to Norm's diner in the valley, like twice a week for breakfast.

And we would just think of ideas.

And we would talk about what intersted us and what was going on.

And we would inch down a little path and then hit a dead end and then an inch back.

And we would just met constantly over showing your work.

We met all the time forever.

And eventually came up with the idea of like, you know, and by the way, just to say it,

some of the ideas we talked about were office spin-offs.

They were like Craig Robinson and Rain Wilson and all these people on the show who could

clearly be in their own show.

So we talked about family shows with them or whatever.

Greg was, I think, wary of taking assets away from a show that was very successful.

In part, because of its large rich cast, we stumbled upon this idea of like, okay,

Dunder Mifflin on the office is a fake company and it's a way to satirize the private sector.

What if we create a whole fake town and satirize the public sector?

And as we're having that idea, the world economy goes cabloey.

And they're talking about like massive government bailouts.

And we start to realize it like the government, obviously federal, really,

but also state and local was like going to be very present in people's lives.

People were going to be like, looking to the government for help.

So we started getting excited about that.

I had this idea for an abandoned lot that would be turned into a park over the course of the

entire run of the show. Very wire-y idea was obsessed with the wire.

Yes.

As for you.

Yeah, we share that data.

And I thought like the way that the wire portrayed like calcified systems and how slow

gears grind and stuff was fascinated to me. And I thought it would be really funny.

We're in the pie if it if you did a show that ideally lasts for a long time.

And in the pilot, it's like, we're going to do this and then it literally doesn't get done

until the very end of like nine years later.

So that was the idea that I really like Greg then was like, what if it's not a lot?

What if there's like a giant hole in the ground? What if it's a pit?

And I was like, that's so much better.

And so that idea of all the 73 ideas we had started to like,

fizzy, fizzy up. And it obviously is not a spinoff of the office and

Greg Tudor's word was like, this is what we want to do.

At some point, we called you because we heard you were leaving.

And you were like, I'm theoretically interested in this. Let me know.

The show was given the guaranteed 13 episode order, which now is very commonplace at the time

was like, insane. And the office was going to be on after the Super Bowl that year.

And this show was going to launch after the office.

Then you called this back and said, actually, sorry, prego.

That's exactly what you said.

Yeah, you said prego. You said prego.

I sent you a telegraph.

It's a prego stop.

Show's off stop.

And it was like, well, you're going to give birth like the week we have to shoot this.

So no go.

And then like, I remember very clearly two weeks later, I went into Greg's office and I was like,

you know, there's no like we had we were working on the show at that point pretty

strenuously. And I was just like, I just don't think there's anyone but Polar who can do this.

And he was like, I had the same thought last night.

And very quickly, we made a phone call to NBC.

And so if we can get Amy for this, we will give up seven of the 13 guaranteed episodes

because we'd only be able to make six and give up the Super Bowl slot.

Well, you guys were and I'm so appreciative you did.

I mean, the thing was it was actually a very simple decision because we were like,

you know, getting Amy Polar on your show is a long term decision.

Like that's a decision you make for like this.

What you hope will be a very long chunk of time.

Like this Super Bowl slot is a short term decision.

It's like, yeah, you'll get this like frisson of energy, but like it doesn't last.

Like no one ever, like very rarely does that determine the fate of a TV show.

And so we then called you back and said, what if you could start shooting three months after

you give birth and then we made the show?

And it proved to be the most satisfying creative experience I've ever had.

And I like more than this podcast.

No, this is my number one number two.

Yeah, I mean, besides this.

Now one of the ways like very concrete ways that is I feel like an example of what I'm talking

about, which is like the joy in the details is the way you like to name characters.

Yeah.

And I think you gave me, I think you allowed me to use this in my book actually,

but you gave me like a list of possible names instead of Leslie.

I know the character I played on Pryxerite.

Like you gave me like a bunch of different alternative names.

But you also love to name characters left and right.

What is it?

What is fun about names for you and naming?

Okay, so it's two things.

The first is growing up first major comedic influence,

money Python, money Python experts at silly stupid names,

like hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of them.

You can go look them up in their sketches.

But the actual, the actual thing that's going on here is different.

So I would go to actors IMDB pages to see what they had been in when we were casting them

in the early days of the show.

And you would see like woman number two or like man and crowd or guy with sandwich.

And it really bummed me out.

That person like audition for this and book this gig and drove all the way across town

and like put on fake clothes and put on makeup and whatever

and had to stand in a certain place, follow a million instructions,

say a line or two and then they yelled cut and then that person drove all the way home

and they got paid like $600 for like a week's worth of work.

And they should be there should be something better than man number two or man and crowd.

And so I decided at that moment, this is early in season one, I think of Parks Rec

that every character who appeared on the show was going to have a first and last name.

So when you saw instead of if it says man and crowd, you're like, oh well,

that doesn't really count as an acting gig.

But if you see Marv Vavma, which is a name I gave a character once,

you're like, who the hell is Marv Vavma?

What was Marv Vavma up to?

So I and it has been that it started with that intention and has become one of the great,

truly one of the great joys of my life is to give every because here's the other thing.

Sorry, you can cut all this out.

But the other thing is if you name a character Jack Smith,

yeah, you can get away with it because there are 10 trillion Jack Smiths.

But if you name a character anything even mildly interesting like

Winona Cooper, there's going to be like four Winona Cooper's in the state that you're setting

the show in and then legal comes back and says you can't name a character that a lot of people

don't know that you have to get names cleared cleared and there have to be either none

or so many that not any one of them could be

could think that you're saying anything about them.

So I go for none.

None.

Yeah, I go for the weirdest names.

We had a character recently on the show on a man on the inside named

a Filio Pippa Peppy.

There's no a Filio Pippa Peppies anywhere in the continent of the United States.

So you get to use that name.

That has been my goal is to have none have have the Google search come up empty

ever with every name of every character.

Okay, with that in mind, will you please read some of these names that you have invented?

Yeah, like just a few here on the bottom of this page.

Okay.

Mona Lisa Saperstein.

Yes.

Jenny Slates character.

Yes.

Do you remember all these?

Yeah.

Amazing.

Trod Franken's type.

Okay, tell us about Trod.

So Trod Franken's type was a local reporter.

Or he had a like almost like a little show like this in Pony where he would interview

political people like Leslie.

No, a great way to come up with a name that doesn't exist is to take a normal name,

like Todd and then just stick another letter in there somewhere.

Trod and then Franken's type is just Frankenstein with the pithian.

Tyrion Fonzarelli.

Tyrion Fonzarelli.

Obviously a combination of two characters from TV history.

Tyrion Lannister and Arthur Fonzarelli.

This name goes to Matt Murray.

Matt Murray did this.

Uh, Panther.

Yeah, Panther.

Tyrion Fonzarelli was a guy in a jewelry store who was buying

an engagement ring for his to be betrothed when

Ann and Chris Trigger were shopping for rings.

Great.

Leslie Nope.

Yeah.

Gretzky Susan Pellegrino.

Okay.

This, so Gretzky Susan Pellegrino was like the fourth in a series of names that

that for some reason all involved the last name of the greatest hockey player

whoever lived Wayne Gretzky.

Yeah.

I don't offhand remember who Gretzky Susan Pellegrino is.

Also it should be noted hyphens.

Huge part of my naming process.

Yeah, I'm so excited.

It just another way to get another name in there.

Another name and also there's no way that someone's going to have this name.

No one's first name is Gretzky Susan.

Gretzky hyphens Susan.

Typhoon Montobon.

Oh, I love Typhoon.

Typhoon was was Don's hairdresser.

Yeah.

Typhoon also Matt Murray.

I believe named gave Typhoon the first name Typhoon.

We needed a last name.

Where do you have a last name?

Ricardo Montobon Typhoon Montobon.

Cessandra Cessasnorp.

Okay.

Cessandra Cessasnorp was I believe I could have this wrong.

It was just Sandra, it was like Sandra Snorp.

Okay.

And then legal was like doesn't, didn't clear.

We found a Sandra Snorp somewhere.

So guess what you do?

You add five more S's.

Now you're good.

So Sandra.

Cessandra Cessasnorp.

Summer, Oli, Kraken, Frog, Frog.

Okay.

This is a Monipython ripoff straight up.

Okay.

Olae OLE with an accent and

and I guess just that part.

In there's a there's a Monipython sketch

called I think election night special

where they're just going through election results

and local elections all over the country.

And there's a there's a silly party

and a sensible party.

So all the people in the sensible party

have names like John Smith and all the people

in the silly party have very crazy names.

And there's also a very silly party

and a slightly silly party.

If you want names, go watch that sketch.

It'll it'll it'll it'll say to you.

Summer, Olae Kraken, Frog, Frog.

That's a good one.

Frog, Frog is a great last name.

Great one.

Yeah.

Okay. So do you think some of your best acting

was in Parks and Rec when you had to pretend

that you didn't know who Jennie Wine was?

You know, it's it's still one of my biggest complaints.

I remember we did the table read for that.

And I was like, no, no, no one's going to buy it

because I don't buy it.

Okay.

Pick anybody else on this cast

to try to play that in an honest way.

It is so unfair that you're making me do this.

It really, yeah, it still hurts because how how how familiar

are you with Jennie Wine?

We were married.

I mean, you know, I live in 90s R&B.

That's where my heart is.

It's not here.

I mean, it is with you.

But and for the most point, it's part.

It's not present.

It's in 90s R&B.

He's a very important figure.

Yeah.

I feel like we have had some hard

ass laughs and I was trying to think the other day like

places that we've laughed, deep laughs.

And it really does add years to my life.

I know that.

And I wonder if you could tell the story

about when we were on parks.

And it was because we talk about it.

We've talked about it before.

When we were on parks and it was the first season,

it was the hunting episode.

And just to kind of set up,

we were shooting that whole week way far away

somewhere in California.

You know, I don't even remember where.

And we had to do a scene with Nick Offerman.

And that I think about it sometimes the way that laugh came.

It was like Giggle.

It was Giggle, a Giggle orgasm city.

But don't worry, we'll cut that.

But what do you remember about it?

Well, I remember we were, he maybe ate something weird

and we were trying to give him an Ipacaque.

It's so Nick Offerman playing Ron Swanson,

ate something.

Yeah, I don't remember actually what happened in the show.

I was like determined as a nurse.

I was like, you have to throw up.

You're like, you can't.

Right.

You're going to get sick and he's like, I'm fine.

Right.

And we were trying to get this like liquid in his mouth.

And you know, it's Hollywood.

So things that happen like on camera

don't actually happen in real life.

So it was written that we like hold him down

and he's resisting us and we give him this, this thing.

But like, you don't know, you don't know how small you are.

Because I think both of us like,

I'm always like, I'm like a tall person.

Right?

Like I asked people if I feel tall.

Yeah, and I'm not.

And I'm not.

And I'm and I'll tell you five, three and a half.

Yeah.

Yeah, five, two.

And and and Nick is solid.

Yeah.

He's a solid dude.

Yeah, he's like a Midwestern corn fed dude.

Dense and like, and muscular.

And he, we were trying to hold him down.

And he was whipping us around with such ease.

Like we couldn't, we actually, the both of us

could not hold him down.

And he was like literally, he'd just go,

beep, and we just fly off the bed in each direction.

We could not stop.

One of us, we each had one arm.

Yeah.

And he would, it felt like just the flick

of a wrist because he was flying across the room.

He was being gentle.

Yeah, he wasn't, he wasn't like,

he wasn't fighting for his life.

Yeah, no, no.

And we could not get him to stay down.

Could not, could not.

And I remember that feeling.

Also, I think there's something fun about wrestling.

Like there is so good.

It's so good.

And being thrown around is so fun.

Yes.

And he was throwing us around.

And I feel like I just, it give

I was to picture it in my mind.

You were just like, woo!

Like I could just see you going past me in your hair,

going, woo!

And then your legs going, woo!

And we hit me.

And I just remember like, we're seeing all, like,

I never see you flying by, which can't be true.

But I feel like we were tumbling all over the floor.

Like every time we got back on the bed,

we were like, and we were kind of like

in each, we were both trying to be like on top of him.

And then like just flipping over really quickly.

And I think see because Nick is such a lovely gentle guy

in general, we knew there was something about us

that knew we weren't going to get hurt.

It was safe, yeah.

But he was making like grunting garr sounds.

It was really, really, really.

It was really fun.

That was a really, I mean, I'm trying to think of like,

there were so many good crack up moments,

crack up moments, I'm 100 years old.

What a crack up.

But I'm just like, I was like,

that spot in Andy and April's house.

Remember where we could never get a scene done?

Just that one, that losing room.

There was a dead spot, yeah.

It was haunted.

And then I remember there was one time you were like,

Rashida, because I could not get through it.

But I really, it felt like haunted.

It did not feel like it was my fault.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

I said that there was a couple of times I would see

blueprints for the show and I'd be like,

Amy.

No, but those days were so long.

They were.

They were long.

And it was fun until it wasn't.

You're like, oh my god, it's Tempia.

We just want to go home.

I know.

And the, and there was a scene for people that care.

There was, there was a spot in that,

in that set where anyone who stood,

there couldn't get their lines.

And then, of course, it became self-fulfilling prophecy.

In many ways.

Yeah.

But there was just a lot of deep laughs.

And deep, and deep laughs off camera.

Like one of the things, one of the things I treasure,

and there's so many things I treasure

about my friendship with you, was that we would be talking

like this and maybe just talking and talking and just

talking about our day and talking about life.

And then they would just go action.

And then we would just talk like, just talking and,

and we'd do our scene and be like, we kind of,

I'll speak for myself, kind of knew it, kind of didn't.

And then they'd, then they'd cut, they'd work on it.

And we would just go back to talking.

Like it was like a dream job.

We filmed in between our conversations.

Yeah.

And also, I think I remember very clearly in the pilot

because we had already been friends for years

when we shot the pilot.

And they were doing one of those spy shots

and we were in your office and we were talking.

And it was like, you know, other people were like,

oh, this is great.

Like this is a thing that really works.

Their friendship.

We're really going to be able to sell it.

And we're like, duh.

Duh.

No kidding.

What do you mean?

I mean, they really did base the entire show

at the end of the day on the fact that Leslie and Ann

were, you know, each other's number one.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Not hard to do.

No.

And what, I mean, we've talked about this before,

but we, when we first started the show,

I think it was like, it was kind of like,

we were trying to figure out who was going to play what part

and who was going to come on board.

And kind of like, the beginnings of that show were,

I'll say a little clunky.

Crunchy.

Crunchy.

Crunchy.

In which can we talk about it?

Yeah, I would love to.

Oh my god.

Yeah, it was crunchy.

Because I don't think a lot of people know this

for the beginning.

I think we both were worried

that we had taken each other's part.

Like, yes.

So I had been on hold for this untitled thing

that was going to, that Greg and Mike were going to write.

Right.

And I had done it a year on the office.

And they let me go, which made sense.

It was, it made sense.

I was, you had such a tough job there.

Because yeah, everybody wanted Jim and Pam

and then guess who shows up a very likeable, cool,

and everyone was like, oh, no, wait.

That's nice, Karen.

It did not feel that way.

People did not like me.

Like, fans were not about it.

But they had to create tension

to make your ship to be earned later.

So I was the third point in the triangle as fine.

I like accepted.

But anyway, so Michael's like, we're working on this other show.

I'll put you on hold.

We don't know what it is yet.

Remember, people thought it was like a spinoff

of the office for a second.

But anyway, so they kept like kind of

decide like changing the care, the main characters

at the show when they pitch it to me.

The boss was a guy and they didn't know

if they were going to cast me or not.

But I remember you were extremely pregnant.

Yeah.

We had just gotten back from Italy.

You and I were in Italy.

Yeah, that's right.

You were in Italy.

And it was very hot.

That's right.

And a day later, you were like, let's go to lunch.

I just talked to you about something.

Do you remember where we went?

Pasties.

Yes.

I do.

You're a city.

I do.

Oh, God.

And I said, let's talk about something.

Yeah.

And you said, yeah.

No, no, no, no.

And I was like, I want you to raise this baby with me.

It's yours.

This baby is yours.

I know there's impossible to accept it.

But you know, I actually hold this this moment

as like a gold standard of friendship

and being able to take care of

your one self and the person that you love

at the same time.

I really do, Polos, because it was what you did

and how you did it was very hard

because you took me to lunch and said,

I'm so sorry, but they offered me the part.

Both of us thinking it was the same part

I was unhold for being created by a friend of ours.

And so I immediately started crying in pasties.

And you held my hand and you were so warm

and you were so, there was something about it

where you were like, I know, I'm sorry, buddy.

But you also, you didn't like do the thing

that I sometimes do, where I'm codependent,

where I'm like, I know, I suck.

I'm the worst person.

I don't even deserve it.

Like, whatever I would say to try to make

the other person feel better, which doesn't work,

you didn't do that.

You like held your space

and you also comforted me at the same time,

which was like a very beautiful thing.

I wonder what shares version of this is.

Let me tell you, because I left him a message almost immediately

because I'm not shy.

And I was like, oh, I'm such an idiot

for thinking I could even be on the show.

Like, anybody wants me on the show.

Of course, I didn't get this.

Like Amy is like a, you know,

oh my God, what a mean part of yourself to be.

Very mean, very mean.

That's a person we're trying to, to not invite

to the dinner party anymore.

But so I called him.

I was like, hey, would love to talk to you.

He was on a plane and he landed and he's like,

I was like, you want to, you want to tell me what's going on,

because it would have been really nice for you to tell me

and not Amy to tell me that I wasn't getting this job.

And he's like, no, no, no, back up.

We changed the boss.

It's all women and Amy is playing the boss.

And I was like, you, oh my God.

Like, we might be working together.

Yes.

It kind of went from, oh, no, to, oh my God,

we might be the two women on the show.

Yes, yes.

And I still wasn't cast,

because I still had to do a bunch of chemistry reads

after that, but, but that became, you know,

this huge possibility of like my life being the best

from the worst of the best.

God, I'm sweating even thinking about that.

I wasn't, they just hadn't decided things.

And they, and they were trying to build around you,

I think is what happened around that character.

So I think they had just done that.

And I think you wanted to tell me as soon as possible,

because we were so close, which was the right instinct.

And Mike decided to get on a plane,

which was his instinct.

And he just flew for hours.

He just went to different areas.

And he never got off the plane.

And that's what execs, dude.

That's what a powerful person does.

Is they get on a plane?

They just get on as many planes as possible.

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You're a little ZZ's all grown up.

I know.

My ZZ is just an old man now.

I know.

If you watch, whatever I see, old park stings,

I was like, I didn't know that me and Aubrey did a show

and we were little kids.

Like, it's really...

How old were you when you started on the show?

I was 13, excuse me, then.

And then when we finished, I just turned 18.

I got my driver's license like in the middle of the run.

A lot of people don't know the year.

18 when you were playing Tom Hammer for it on Parks and Rec.

Yeah.

It is true, though.

It is you that you look like a baby.

You were a baby.

I didn't know anything.

The first season, I didn't know how to act or anything.

I should not have been on television.

NBC should be like, we got to get,

is there any Indian guy that's done more acting?

A lot of people don't know.

You were the first person hired for parks.

Yeah, I met with them.

What was that meeting like?

Do you remember it?

Well, it was so mysterious what they were up to.

Yeah, I had a meeting with them and I told them,

I don't know what you're doing,

but whatever it is, that would be a dream job.

And it was like when the office was on

and Mike and Greg were both involved in that

and that was my favorite show like that on the air.

And so I told them, whatever you're up to,

let me know.

And then of course when it all came together with you

and Rashida and everything.

Well, I'm kind of learning.

I was talking to Plaza when Plaza was here.

She was talking about her meeting with them too.

And very famous stories.

Yeah, yeah.

I know it was kind of funny.

I kind of forgot the Avengers assemble feeling

of those guys going out and getting people and bringing them in

and talking about like,

we're going to do something very cool.

I mean, it didn't even feel like there was a ton of auditioning.

It was more just them picking people

that they thought was funny.

Not only funny, and I feel like all of us, whenever we see each other,

do interviews kind of say this kind of stuff at nauseam,

but it's so true.

But also just the best people I've ever met in my life.

Yeah.

Like really, I cannot believe it because we've all done other stuff.

And you know, not everybody's, you know,

look, we've all done other stuff.

I don't talk about everything the way I talk about parts.

You know, you do something.

Some people, it's just different energy.

Not necessarily me or bad,

but there's something like we all just clicked

and there was a vibe that worked with all of us.

And just to pay respect to you and Mike,

you know, when I did Master None with Alan,

and as I become a director,

I, you know, what I learned from you and Mike

in terms of how to lead.

I mean, I can't thank you enough.

It was the best role model I could have ever had.

Sees.

Let me see if you can guess how many times,

how many episodes of parks you did.

Do you, would you know what I guess?

I would say between seven and 13.

Yeah, 10.

10.

Okay.

I turned to seven and 13.

That was my, it's kind of right between.

That's what I need to say.

But it was such a huge impact on my life.

Like, it's still a thing I get most recognized for.

Really?

Yes.

And I just remember, well, first of all,

you were the most incredible number one on a call sheet

because you had dance parties at lunch every day.

And anybody that walked on that like set

just was filled with such confidence and such joy,

which is I had the greatest time on that show.

I have such.

I don't have the greatest memory.

That's where we kind of fell in love.

But that is really, that's really Catherine,

where we, I think, actually met.

My first kind of like real memory is in the trailer

of Parks and Rec.

And we used to, Catherine is talking about

dance parties.

And we used to do a thing where just like after lunch,

we would play three songs.

Best.

Great, Autumn Butler or makeup artist

had great taste in music.

And we would just kind of dance around for two or three songs.

Yeah.

The best.

I think for me, a way to honestly just keep my energy up.

But it became a way to meet people in the trailer.

And I remember two things I loved about you right away.

How much you love to laugh.

People that know you know that.

Thank you.

If someone's going to break.

The scene is this professional over here.

You know, I don't, do you think you break?

I have to be really serious in my mind.

Like if I have, because if it starts to happen, it is tears.

Yeah.

And Lucas.

But you, I have seen you in bloopers.

And you're hanging in.

Yeah, I do hang in.

You hang in.

I do.

Yeah.

You, in fact, go in harder.

I think when people are at that.

I have to.

I know it's a survival technique.

I just have to dig in a little bit.

I do. I go harder.

I feel like every time I've done a scene with you,

you are so good at improvising.

In fact, like a lot of your character on Parks and Rec.

Jen Barkley's moments were improvised.

Were they really?

Well, one of the favorites.

One of one of TikTok and memes and gifts and gifts.

Pasha.

His poncho.

Pasha was.

And so let's talk about what happens for people

that have never seen that.

What is it?

Tell us what that scene was.

Well, I went to Ben and Leslie's house.

I'm speaking as Jen Barkley.

My character.

I'm first person.

Well, for people that are watching,

she just transformed her eyes turned dark.

And she's a completely different person.

A lot more hairspray.

I went to their house.

They have children.

I am not into children at all.

I wore a plastic poncho.

So that I wouldn't get any sticky fingers or crap all over me.

And at some point, the kids rush by with paint.

Nail me with the paint.

And it's some take just to make you guys laugh.

I don't even have any idea what's going to be any.

I just swung my arms open.

I went, poncho, poncho.

And that really has to go.

And it has, it's like Batman's cape.

I mean, that was the best.

Like I just wanted to make you guys laugh.

And just having so the energy is so loose.

It's when you say they're improvising.

Again, I can do it if I know who I am.

And like the given circumstances and like that,

I feel like I feel really free in that department.

But just...

Well, you know how like we were unsaid a lot.

And I would watch you work.

And I would say the same thing about Adam.

And I wonder too if it's because of both of your training.

But I would watch the way you two worked.

And you would have a moment

where we would say really, really loose.

And but just right before the scene,

and I can think of a couple scenes with the great scene

where Jen Barkley is telling Leslie, no, basically,

you know, you have to start.

Oh.

You have to start thinking bigger,

which is a huge moment in the show.

I love the writing.

Oh my God, that's in.

Mike Sherr and the writers like,

I just love how they slowly took care of Leslie.

And they sent people in to give her these messages.

And Jen Barkley is just like, Gen X.

Yes.

Ball Buster.

Yes.

Who kind of sees something that Leslie doesn't.

Anyway, in that moment, when you're giving that speech,

I remember very clearly right before the scene.

You just took a moment.

And I think we joked about it later.

Because I was like, it was like watching...

It was watching a real actor.

Oh my God.

You were on Parks and Rec.

You only did five episodes, you know?

I know.

But you played a character that stood the test of time.

I mean, if only we had Bobby Newport,

just a guy who wants to be liked.

Yeah.

And who...

I know if only, right?

I mean, Bobby, at the time...

It means well, just doesn't quite grasp any of it.

He wants to go to the after party.

Bobby Newport,

play by you, was like the rich son of the

sweetums family, the family, the new ports that owned the big factory

in the fictional town of Pawnee.

That Parks and Rec took place.

And Bobby Newport ran against Leslie.

And it was like, what Bobby had that Leslie could never get was that

G was like, I can't believe I fell into this.

Like, I just want to have a good time, you guys.

Yeah, I think that's even a line that as how Bobby

feels about abortion.

Oh, yeah, right.

What did he say about abortion?

I guess my thoughts on a abortion are just like,

when everybody's have a good time.

Just want everybody to have a good time.

I mean, come on, guys.

What?

And Bobby kept getting flustered by Leslie wanting it,

because he wants it.

Like, there's a great scene where he's like,

can you just drop out of the race because I want it?

Yeah, yeah.

So I want it.

I want it.

Come on.

Please, you can do it.

Just do it.

Come on.

And people are like, I don't like love the guy.

He's great.

And he doesn't seem to want it.

Yeah, and he doesn't know anything.

But I neither do I.

That's, you know, you're Leslie.

No, it was capable and great for that job.

Bobby Newport is not.

No, and Bobby was, I think, was thinking like,

maybe I'll just get it.

And then Leslie, you can do it.

Yeah, how about that?

That's a good compromise.

What do you, what are your memories of doing that character

as such a funny character?

You were so great.

Thank you, Amy.

My memories of that were, I can't believe I get to work

with my favorite people in the world.

You and Adam and Catherine and Rashida and like,

it was like, this is the dream.

I mean, this is the, you know, I remember when you were talking

at Tina on the very first episode you did where you were saying,

you feel like the, how the great thing that can happen

if you were able to sustain enough of a career

that you can get to a point where you work with your friends

or you get to where the people you really like.

Because it's not work.

It's just, it's, it's just the best.

And I mean, it was such a fun character,

obviously, and the show is so great and you're so great in it.

It was, it was, it was just, it was a dream.

It was a dream and, you know, and I was, I loved it.

I loved every second of it.

I loved hanging out with all you guys.

It was so fun.

It was really fun.

It was, and it was, those scenes were so funny.

Like, he got, you got to do the stupidest, talk about fun,

stupid, the stupidest stuff.

Yeah, well, there's nothing,

there's nothing funnier to me than unearned confidence.

Yeah.

Like, just, just somebody feels like they, you know,

said, I've got it figured out.

And it's like, no, you don't.

Yeah.

But, but if it's, and if it's,

if it's like, nice unearned, like if it's fun,

it's really funny.

If it's not nice unearned confidence,

but that was the thing of like,

he had a lot of kind of unearned confidence,

but he had, he was just dumb.

Yeah, he wanted to have a good time.

But he said, he was sweet.

He was sweet.

And that, and that was, and that was a fun,

that was kind of, that's a fun thing to get to play.

It's a fun kind of character to get to play.

What do you, would we describe him as like,

guy-less?

Is that the word?

Yeah, I think that's a good way to do it.

Yeah, there's, yeah.

I know that word.

Yeah, that's a really good, by the way.

Of course you do.

Fucking great word.

Anyways, a fucking great word.

Fucking great word.

Goddamn.

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Toyota, let's go places.

We meet on the set of Parks and Rec.

And for people that don't know, like,

you had a crazy week when you got hired.

You got like three jobs that same week.

What happened that week you were hired on Parks?

So I basically, I was like trying to get a part in funny people.

The Judd Apital movie with Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler.

And I went through kind of this whole vetting process in New York.

And then enough where Alison Jones who cast that movie and Parks and Rec

was called me and was like, all right, like you made it to the chemistry read stage.

So we have to come out to LA and read with Seth and see if you get the part basically.

And so, but I didn't really have an agent or anything.

And I kind of had to like pay my way, you know, to go out there.

So it was like a little bit janky, but I got myself out there to do that.

And then while I was out in LA for that week to do the funny people thing,

Alison was like, how would I send you on some other things?

Like, how do you feel about that?

And so, yes.

So one of them was she wanted me to go meet Mike Sure and Greg Daniels,

who at the time were shooting on the office.

And they were shooting, they were on the set of the office.

So she sent me to the set of the office.

And I didn't even, I guess at that time, I didn't realize like,

I didn't think like, oh, I could these meetings will get me a job.

I mean, I think it's one of the things of being young.

That's kind of nice is you're not really aware what you're actually,

like what's at stake?

No, and that's definitely not that.

I mean, if it was an audition, obviously, I know like, all right,

I mean, get the part or not.

But like general meetings, I didn't really get the vibe of that.

How old were you then?

I was 24, 23, maybe.

Um, but so then I went to the set of the office and I was so star struck.

I see in my horse eye, BJ no fucking, and Mindy Kaling walked by and I was like,

oh my god, I was like, they're in the show or whatever.

And Mike Sure is like, hello.

And he's like at his desk like, and I'm like, what?

And then I just met him for like, he describes it.

He really embellishes this story.

I think he loves this story.

He loves it.

But he's like, and then I met the weirdest person.

I'm like, there's no bigger fan of Aubrey Plaza than Mike Sure.

She have right.

He loves it though.

Because I think like, I mean, it just speaks to honestly,

the fact that you've always been yourself, confidently yourself.

And you don't have a vibe of like, you know,

you were the opposite of a pick me as the kids would say.

Like, you do not have that vibe.

And that draws people in.

And I think he was like, who is this person?

Yeah.

Who seems mad at me?

Yeah.

Try to give her a job.

Yeah, literally.

And why are you wearing jeans shorts in a general meeting?

Like ripped jeans shorts?

And you're like, I didn't know what this was.

No.

And then I got a phone call.

And they were like, you're on a TV show.

I'm like, what?

No.

But then which one?

I know.

What you're like the office?

Yeah.

I literally probably said that I didn't know what was going on.

And then they were like, actually, you got the part.

But actually, you have to audition to play yourself.

You don't have to name names.

But I wonder who else was up to play you?

I don't think that anyone.

Oh, right.

I think they just made me do it like for the network or something.

I think I found out later.

I mean, maybe not.

I don't know.

It's probably like, you know, it was you, Sharon Stone and Gina Gerson.

Yeah.

So you get the part we're on the set.

And then like, I mean, we could do a whole, obviously,

we could do a whole episode about our experiences there.

And there are so like, I mean, I don't, the best thing about our relationship,

I feel like is, I don't like, like a lot of, I think,

long-lasting relationships is you don't always like remember how you met.

Like, I just remember like, just, I just have this vision of you being next to me

on the set of that show.

And me being like, welcome, like, you know,

Leslie was supposed to be like welcoming April.

And April was supposed to be like, what am I doing here?

And Amy was welcoming Aubrey.

Yeah.

And Aubrey was like, what am I doing here?

Truly, yeah.

I mean, I remember when we first met.

And it was, I think I told you this story.

It was the promos that we shot.

That's right.

And, which was weird, because we hadn't shot the show yet.

And the rest of the cast hadn't even been cast yet.

I think at that point, it was just like, Aziz, me, you,

maybe, Rashida, yeah, I don't think we had Nick yet or...

I don't think so.

But they had me, and I was there, like physically there.

So they shot this promo of us on a swing set.

And that's when I met you, like, officially for the first time.

And I think I was literally on a swing, like a child.

Like, and I was like, I was like, just don't make any sudden movements.

And I'm swinging.

Except swinging.

And then you, which is kind of good, because swinging

is really good, semantically.

Yeah, yes.

For me, like, I, like, but then, yeah, you came over

and we were both just swinging, like, little babies.

That's how we met on a swing.

We met on a playground, which is kind of nice.

Really nice.

And it feels like the show was that, like, it was,

it felt like a true, like, playground space.

It really was.

Like, we, I mean, I loved and loved working with you.

I love playing with you.

I love acting with you.

I love you as an actor.

I love you as a person.

I love your acting plasy.

You know, how good I think you are.

I love playing with you.

And I feel like our dynamic,

well, like, the arc of, of, in many ways, like,

April had the biggest growth in the show.

She goes from truly not wanting to be where she is

till, like, you know, ending the show,

like, with some kind of purpose and love in her life.

And, like, some, also, like, she kind of stands up

for what she doesn't want to do, which is a big part of your 20s.

Like, but when you started that character,

when you started her, did you have any idea

where you thought it would go?

Did you have any, you know, did you, did you see?

No, yeah.

No, I just, no.

I think I just, once I realized, like, oh,

what's so fun about this character is that, like,

it's a game of not showing anyone that I really care.

Yes.

And, like, once I've locked into that,

it was a real, like, it felt like there was no limit

to, like, the growth or, like, what could happen?

Because if you hint that there's something else going on,

it's like, you can kind of play with that

and also in different ways with every different character.

So I feel, like, maybe on an unconscious level,

but I felt like, oh, there's so much to play with,

even though it feels really subtle and simple.

Yeah, that was her secret as she cared,

but she pretended she didn't.

And so when it would pop out, it was so satisfying.

Yeah.

It was so funny and good.

And the ways in which she tried to keep those things hidden

were so funny.

Yeah.

And then I think just the Andy April thing

was such an organic, like, I had no idea

that was gonna become a thing until that one episode.

So let's talk about that.

So Andy played by Chris Pratt and you,

April and Andy had an episode where a bunch of us were off,

like doing the, like a harvest,

we're at the harvest festival.

We're at the festival.

Where are you guys?

We were doing something together.

Yeah.

Or you were like camping or something.

Oh, maybe.

Oh, yeah.

We were like cabins.

I don't know.

And so they put you guys in the office

and just said, like, let's see what happens

at these two characters when they hang out.

Yeah.

And basically the chemistry that those characters had

was the building block for why they eventually became

like the real romantic love story of the show

other than Leslie and Ann.

Yeah.

Cause Ann doesn't deserve.

Don't talk about him.

Sorry.

But what do you remember of that day?

I have a bit, well, Greg Daniels directed the episode,

which I will always remember because he was so delighted.

Like he had such a little kid energy.

And he was so, he just was like very willing to like,

let's just try things and we had a whole day

where we were just playing it.

It was like kind of like what you said, like the office,

like the bullroom or the bullpen.

Yeah, the bullpen, the bullpen, the bullroom.

The bullpen like became a playground.

And I just remember I have an image of like us

sitting under the table.

We were like under that main table for a while.

Like, I don't even know what we were doing down there.

But we were under there.

And I just remember.

I don't know.

Well, it was so fun.

It just felt like, I remember before then there was,

I think it was like the finale of the maybe the first season.

I don't remember what season, but there was a very subtle moment

where we're all in a group.

We're in a circle.

And Andy's like saying something about his band

or he's like something about like,

I think like this band name is cool or whatever.

And everyone else is like, no.

And April's, and I was just like, I like it.

And it was like an improvised thing.

But do you remember that where I remember being like,

and then I remember like knocking on Mike Scherz

like door and being like, listen.

I was like, April loves Andy.

And April thinks Andy's cool because he's so not cool

that he's cool.

Do you understand?

And Mike was like, get out of here.

And I was like, you bet I'd listen to me.

And then it was like, I'm yeah, it was more like,

just like little conversation.

It was like a layer to that character

because you become his advocate.

And that's the part of April that is another interesting layer

is like, again, she acts like nothing matters

and she's completely disaffected.

But she's actually very fiercely loyal

and like sticks up for people she believes in,

which I think is a character trait of you too, Paussie.

Like you're a very loyal friend.

You're a really, really protective friend.

And you really stick up for people who you love.

And that side of it was so great

because then we got to see her like manage him,

care about the band, see potential for him

that he didn't see in himself.

And he was just like, I can't believe how lucky I am.

And I remember when the writers had you guys get married,

we were all like, what?

Like, I know, that was insane.

That was, what do you remember of that day shooting it?

We, there was a lot of crying.

You cried.

I mean, I love her wedding.

You cried.

I remember you like cried in the kitchen

and then you were like crying like off camera

and I was like, stop.

I cried that much.

Yes, you did.

You like literally cried all day.

I was so weird.

I was so happy you were in love.

You were like crying all day.

There was like, I was like crying all day.

I was like, we're not even the camera.

I was like, we're in my trailer.

Like, why are you doing this?

And you were like, how do you feel?

I'm like, oh my god, no, I'm ordering a salad for lunch.

Like, this is my job.

I was crying because you were crying so hard

and I was worried that we weren't going to get the shot.

I was crying because I was sad

and how much you were crying, I don't think so.

I think that you thought it was real.

And yes, I assumed it was legally finding, yes.

But it was so good and the vows were so funny.

Yeah.

And the wedding was so stupid.

It was so stupid.

OK, I mean, I guess like, when do you want,

have you re-watched Parks and Wreck?

Nope.

What?

I'm finding this out.

OK.

I wouldn't even know how.

Shut up.

OK.

OK.

You asked me how?

You've never, the big giant screen

that you watch your movies on.

How does it work out blue, blue, blue?

These days, I wouldn't go to go to go to what?

Type in where the search how.

Someone tell me.

Peacock.

No.

Yes.

Yes.

Go there or go to iTunes.

I wish I knew how.

Just pick up your controller and just switch one.

Which one?

Wreck into it.

It'll come up.

OK.

It's probably not the right one.

Go to your DVDs.

You love your DVDs.

I had one right now.

But see, you've never re-watched it?

No.

I don't know what's wrong with you guys.

If it comes on in a hotel room, I literally throw something

out.

No.

Adam says.

I will literally break into pieces.

because watching the show makes him sad.

Nick has told me he's not rewatched it.

Lyer, he jerks off to it every night.

You know he sits there and like touches himself.

He's so right.

He's got it on right now.

He's making make sure Tammy's right.

He does watch it for Tammy's real life.

Megan Malalley.

They get off on that.

They watch it.

You're so right.

They watch it together and they just slap each other

in the face.

They're disgusting.

They're so disgusting.

I know you're listening.

You're not fooling anybody.

Two more things about parks.

What?

We had so many fun guest stars come in and like you connected with some of them in interesting

ways.

I don't know if you remember this, but do you remember when Chris Bosh was on the show,

the basketball player?

Chris Bosh.

He was a Miami he player.

Oh, yes.

And he was like, was he in like a...

Before we had like different beat basketball, like Roy.

Yeah, we had.

Roy.

Yes.

Yeah, Chris Bosh.

Chris Bosh.

He was with like Aziz and was he like...

John Ralph.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But like, I don't know if you know the story.

I was a very quick story, but it was so stupid, but I was a really big Chris Bosh fan.

So like, I was like, oh my god.

Like, I can't believe he's coming.

Like, this is insane.

I was like, I want to play a prank on him.

Do you know this?

No.

And so he had to go through hair and makeup.

You know, he...

I think they had very little hair and, you know, whatever.

Yeah.

Didn't need makeup because he's a guy or whatever.

But, you know, how they always put them through the works anyway.

Yeah.

So I was like, I'm going to pretend to be the hair stylist.

And I think it was a Terry maybe was in there and you know how she had those glasses

or whatever.

So I was like, Terry, give me your glasses.

Or I can't remember whatever.

And I'm thinking like, this is going to be hilarious because it's going to be me and

he'll be like, ha, ha, you.

So I like pretend to be Terry.

I'm like at her station.

And then he goes through like makeup first and they're like, you look good, you know,

a little powder and you're good.

And then he like went and he was like, yeah, yeah, thanks a lot.

And then he sat down in my chair and I was like, well, and I looked at him and I was

like, what are we going to do today?

And I was like doing like a dumb thing and he didn't make any eye contact with me.

He was just looking down.

And he was so sweet.

But he didn't make eye contact.

He was just like, yeah, whatever you think.

Oh, no.

And you were like, and I was like, well, I think that you're looking pretty good, sir.

And he'd be like, yeah, I'm so good.

All right.

And I'd be like, well, you're not that good.

And then it was like, I just got to going and someone videotape that it was so awkward.

Didn't recognize me at all.

Didn't know who I was.

Don't think he ever knew who I was.

I mean, not once.

Chris Bosch isn't going to be watching the show before he comes in.

He didn't know.

He's too busy.

I was.

He thought I was.

He thought you were a hair person.

And like, the pies are like, we really need a mom set.

I'm like, well, he's almost done in my department of hair.

And then basically it just died.

And he never, you never, nope.

Well, Chris is probably listening.

Never know.

Never know.

Never know.

Did you even work with him on set that day?

Never saw him again.

Literally never saw him again, ever in my life.

Every single day someone tells me parks, thought them through the pandemic.

And I heard you mention it on a previous episode, isn't that?

Every single day.

Yeah.

People say I watched it during COVID.

I watch it with my kid.

My kids going through a hard time.

I like to watch it at night because I get, I have a lot of anxiety like I cannot believe

the way that that show continues to be a medicine for people.

It's so nice.

It's nice.

I know.

I know.

I know.

You remember we were texting just a couple months ago and just kind of commented on how nice

they are.

They're so nice.

They're so much nicer than us.

So much nicer.

And they're so nice to each other.

I know.

And every, every woman deserves a band.

Every woman deserves a partner like Ben who roots for you and like looks at you and

it's just like, that's my gal.

Like everyone deserves that kind of relationship.

But also, Leslie from the word go loved Ben.

Oh, beyond.

Like, I, now looking back, it's like they were just in love with each other immediately.

And their arc was such so juicy.

And the writers, Mike and the writers, because they meet and they're just like, well,

what's your channel?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

It was like, and then, and then they like each other.

But then they can't.

They can't be together.

They can't be together.

I know.

Really?

I mean, they probably could have been together.

I know.

It didn't matter.

And then they had to break them.

And Mike was like, this is totally fake and whatever.

But we just need to have Rob care about YouTube being together.

And it worked.

And it was like made it even hotter.

Yeah.

And Ben was like, I want you, like Ben kept putting Leslie's, you know what it is.

They kept putting each other's needs over their own.

They cared about what the other one needed.

And they respected each other.

Yes.

Like they really liked what the other one did.

And it was the best thing about that relationship is how, you know, with the exception of Anne,

who is, of course, Leslie's number one.

Of course.

I've accepted that.

Yeah.

Is the way that they, they just rooted for each other.

Yes.

Well, I haven't seen a ton of, it makes me sad to watch the show because I miss it.

I heard you say that.

Yeah.

Why doesn't it make you sad?

Because I miss it.

I, like you were saying, like we really appreciated being there every day.

And it was so fun.

And also just sort of walking in that building and then suddenly you're there and the hallways

and the.

Yeah.

It was so fun.

And the people just loved everybody.

I think one of the things that was so fun about what we got to do is the camera helped

us, at least it helped me have my feelings about, you know, there, I tell people like,

of course, you, of course, we love Ben.

We got to, like Ben, we watch Ben watch Leslie and we love Leslie.

So like when people love Leslie, we love them.

And we got to watch Ben love her because the camera, like we got to do so much indirect

stuff.

Like we didn't have to face to face all the time.

We had feelings, our characters had feelings for each other because of the camera.

That's right.

Though even though, I mean, in such a beautiful genre, that mockumentary because it allows

you to just even create space and depth in the shot, people are just not in the same

room.

That's right.

And it would like, I remember we always used to say we loved it when there were spy shots

through like blinds because it made our acting better.

I do remember that.

Yes.

Do you also remember this thing we used to do where sometimes we would be doing a scene

and we'd be like, okay, I can't.

I'm not someone who can predict the future 100%, but I will say, it was like a couple

times a season.

I will say, I can say with 100% certainty that neither of us will ever win an award for

acting for this scene.

You would say it sometimes and it sometimes doesn't.

Let's just, I mean, and also on the other side, I would sometimes say, you know, I said this

on the podcast, like, I would say, like, Adam, you're acting is so good.

You'd be like, shut up.

We're in the middle of the scene like because it was like, oh my God.

I mean, but oh, yeah, I mean, that's what I love about working with you.

And I just feel like before we end, like I just want to feed our fans a little bit more,

which is what, what do you think was the most romantic scene between Ben and Leslie?

Oh, man.

It's so sweet.

I know, but what's the most romantic?

The most romantic, I think, I think, well, there are a couple of nominees, but I think,

I think maybe smallest park, because I, I just heard a little grown, I hope it's a good

grown.

Someone just being like, I love smallest, me too, Nicole Hall of Senator, Nicole Hall of

Senator, and Chelsea wrote them, Chelsea Peretti wrote that episode.

And I remember really, like, feeling connected, shooting that and just being like, this is

kind of feeling like how special it was making the show.

And that was, yeah, that was, but I don't know, what, what, what do you think?

Well, I have a lot.

I mean, I feel that that was such a big one.

I feel like some of the, I have such a affinity for the beginning, beginnings parts of

Ben and Leslie, because I do think it also just reminded me of like, we were, you know,

the show was deciding that they were going to love each other too.

And I really love this tiny moment when they realize they have, they like the same spot

when they like to sit under the sunflower mural.

Well, I love that moment.

When I ask you if you know where that mural is and your response is real, it's a rewindable

moment.

I love that moment between both of us because, and of course, Parks then pays it off years

later.

By sitting underneath it.

Yeah.

Um, I also, you know, when we shot Ben and Leslie's wedding, it was so fun.

It was like, we're all just sitting there all day goofing around.

Yeah.

Um, and it was so fun.

And like, I think we had real champagne too, maybe we probably did.

Yeah.

We probably did.

And then that probably became a problem later in the day.

Yeah, probably champagne, not something to have when you're, when you have like a 10

hour or a day, I thought of you, are you asked all the time if there will be a more parks

or a reboot or something?

I always feel like it's, it's been, it's done, like it was perfectly done, like how do

you do that?

Perfect.

Maybe they should do like Muppet Babies.

They should do like Parks and Rec Babies.

That's right.

Like everyone has babies.

All of us is like that in Instagram thing where everyone's the AI babies, they should

do AI babies, but like a whole series of all of us just in a crib together.

Yeah, but they should do it like present day where like politics are really dark and

mean.

And so it should be like tiny babies fighting each other.

They hate each other.

It's like apocalyptic, political babies.

And they're all like, you're like, oh, no, I hate you so much, I mean, yay, I hate you.

Because we made the show in an era where public service was encouraged and valued.

Right.

And funded.

Yes.

Or, I mean, you know, I'm sure it wasn't as funded as much as it should have been, but it

was funded at least entirely different tone to American life.

You know, when you have that feeling, sometimes like you wish could go back to high school and

enjoy it.

Right.

That's how it felt.

Like we actually got to do it in real time.

Yeah.

Because it was genuinely goofy and funny.

Yeah.

Like the best jokes.

What is your, what's your one of your favorite, what is one of the favorite funny scenes

you got to do so many so many.

I mean, I always think of you guys on the on the ice at the ice skating rink with Gloria

Stefan.

Yeah.

I mean, that is, I remember at the table read that was we couldn't stop laughing because

it was so funny.

Yeah.

Mike Scully wrote that episode and Mike Scully said that we got to walk across that ice.

And I remember just thinking, this is so fun.

It was so fun job.

That wasn't even in that scene.

Yeah.

That's right.

Yeah.

That's right.

Sorry.

We should probably just photoshop.

We should put me in that scene.

That's why I brought it up.

Yeah.

I feel like it would.

I deserve it.

Okay.

You guys ready to watch it?

Yeah.

Okay.

Here we go.

Yes.

Really exciting.

Amy, are you going to play?

Oh.

I am supposed to play it.

I am supposed to play it.

Oh.

Here we go.

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The executive producers for this show are Bill Simmons, Jenna Weissberman, and me, Amy Poler.

The show is produced by the Ringer and PaperKite.

For the Ringer, production by Jack Wilson, Kat Spalane, Kaya McMullen, and Alia Zeneres.

For PaperKite, production by Sam Green, Joel Lovell, and Jenna Weissberman.

Original music by Amy Miles.

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