Dear Amy,
I tried. I really did. But I just can’t go on spending my time watching “Parks and Recreaction” any more. You guys gave it a good shot, and I really tried to like the show. But (I mean this as kindly as possible) your show is just not very good. At all.
Aziz Ansari and Nick Offerman helped the show a little bit. And Rashida Jones, well, she’s not hard on the eyes at all. She certainly didn’t hurt your chances for success. And she can act, so that’s a bonus. And every once in a while, even you turned out to be kind of funny. Still, that’s not enough for me.
If I were you, I’d blame the writers. Seriously, how did they get 6 episodes out of “we want to build a park where that big hole is”? At best, that’s 3 minutes of content in one episode. To stretch that 3 minutes of hilarity into 3 mind-numbing hours and expect me to continue watching is just cruel. The sarcasm from Aziz and Nick (and even Rashida being Rashida) just aren’t enough for me. I like comedies to be – you know – comedic. Call me crazy, I guess.
So I don’t know what will happen to your show. Personally, I’d like to see you back on SNL (mostly because I don’t watch SNL any more). Maybe if “Parks and Recreation” got some good writers, got you back on SNL, and got some sort of a decent plot, I’d give the show another chance. Until then, I’ll just wait to turn the TV on until “The Office” has started. At least it’s still funny.
Ron
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Hmmm, my theory is you don’t like it because it makes fun of Libertarians so much.