This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode that introduces us to the heir to the Sweetums candy fortune, Bobby Newport! Bobby Newport, heir to the Sweetums candy fortune, enters the City Council race (despite a complete lack of political interest or experience) and is immediately WAY ahead of Leslie in the polls. Since Bobby refuses to debate Leslie, Ben pushes for a negative campaign attack ad during the highly rated Pawnee vs Eagleton high school basketball game. Leslie always dreamed of ...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 61
Mark and Allen are (mostly) taking the week off to take care of our families and some related housekeeping after some recent losses for both (Allen's Mom and Marks Mother-in-Law). But, the guys did not want to leave you hanging and decided to put together a special mini-Episode featuring their favorite Top 5 "Commercials" to date! If you know the show, then you know that we frequently have Ron Swanson on to help us with our sponsor ads (totally real) and occasional bust out something fun and dif...
Mar 24, 2022•32 min
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode that introduces us to Champion the three-legged dog! Leslie and the gang are planning a comeback for her campaign, and despite Ben's experience, Leslie fears he may remind voters of the scandal, so Ann is asked to be campaign manager. The gang organizes a rally at the Pawnee Sports Building. However, as they drive a large truck with their supplies to the rally, an officer pulls them over and makes them abandon the vehicle (nobody has a commercial l...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 60
Mark and Allen last caught up with John as part of their coverage of Season Four's episode "Citizen Knope". Check out our full conversation with John this week covering his span as Barney Varmn over six seasons of Parks and Recreation and even hear a little about his other works including Star Trek and The West Wing! Listen this week to hear the entire interview with John as we speak to him from his home in San Francisco and get a peek into the man behind the laugh! Once again, we apologize that...
Mar 09, 2022•33 min
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode that introduces us to Barney Varmn's accounting firm! Trying to keep busy during her two-week suspension, Leslie attempts to sneak work out of the office to do at home ... unsuccessfully. She then attempts to focus on her City Council campaign, but her advisors tell her to lay low until post-scandal poll numbers come back. Finally, Leslie acts on Ben's suggestion and forms a Citizens Action Committee, the Parks Committee of Pawnee (PCP). Meanwhile,...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 59
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode where Leslie and Ben officially reveal their relationship! When we last left our heroes (i.e. last episode), Leslie and Ben decided to tell Chris about their relationship. When they do so, Chris reluctantly, but stoicly, launches a full investigation and prepares an ethics trial for the two of them, with Leslie's trial first. During her opening statement at the Ethics Trial, Leslie freely admits to her relationship with Ben, but insists they never ...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 58
In this classic episode of the show AND the podcast, Mark and Allen break down the Episode that not only introduces Galentine's Day, but also Dennis Feinstein's unforgettable perfume line! When Leslie's boyfriend Justin hears a story from Marlene (Leslie's mom) about Frank "the one that got away", Leslie and Justin track him down to reunite them at the Valentine's Day dance at the Senior Center. Meanwhile, Andy and his band are nervous about playing "old fogey" songs for the dance. As it turns o...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 28 min
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode where we are finally made aware of Jerry's real name! As Leslie and Ben near completion on their project to build the Smallest Park in Indiana, Ben tells Leslie he plans to have Chris take over Parks and Rec business while he focuses elsewhere, because being around her is too much for him to deal with. In response, and in desperation, Leslie does anything she can to delay the opening of the park, so she and Ben will continue to work together, inclu...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 57
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode that gives us our first glimpse at the Pawnee City Council Chambers! Leslie is asked to lead a session of Pawnee Central High School's Model UN club, tasked to solve a global food crisis. Leslie takes Denmark, and she invites Ben (Peru), Andy (Finland), and April (South Africa and ... the Moon, LOL) to join her. Leslie is glad she and Ben can get along as friends, but when Leslie leaves a treaty meeting for a photo op for her city council campaign,...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 56
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode that witnesses the official end of Entertainment 720! Local Pawnee group/doomsday cult "the Reasonabilists" predicts the end of the world is coming ... again. Leslie lets them hold an all-night vigil in the park, and Chris wants Leslie and Ben to help him monitor the vigil, making them uncomfortable due to the recent break-up. While interviewing them, reporter Shauna Malwae-Tweep shows interest in Ben. Leslie panics and attempts to dissuade Shauna ...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 55
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode where we meet the one and only Martin Kernston! Leslie hires Entertainment 720 (and by extension Tom) to organize a meet and greet for her and Pawnee business owners, including Pawnee Chamber of Commerce president Martin Kernston of Kernston's Rubber Nipples, hoping to court their votes for City Council. Leslie is annoyed to discover the meet and greet is one big Entertainment 720 advertisement, with hardly any mention of her. Things continue downh...
Jan 19, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 54
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode where we are introduced to Tom and Donna's annual "Treat Yo Self" trip! Ron leads a Boy-Scout-esque club called the Pawnee Rangers, with Andy as assistant. Five years ago, a girl was turned away because the club is for boys only, so Leslie created the girls-only Pawnee Goddesses, with Ann and April as assistants. Leslie is determined to avenge the past rejection by proving her club is better, and arranges a Goddesses camping trip at the same time a...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 53
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode where we finally learn Leslie's full name! Leslie wrote the book "Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America" and is promoting it on Pawnee Today, hoping Joan Callamezzo will put her book club sticker on it, which would increase sales AND help Leslie's campaign. Before the show, an anonymous source claims an inaccuracy in the book, which Leslie enlists the gang to find, trying to avoid Joan revealing it on air. When Leslie goes on Pawnee Today, Joan reve...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 52
Join us for a message from the man, the myth, the legend...Ron Freakin' Swanson himself! Recorded live in LFP Worldwide HQ studios, this is a Live from Pawnee exclusive! We hope you take a minute to listen , lookback briefly and look forward, with hope, to a better 2022! From Ron and all of us at Live from Pawnee and the LFP Worldwide Headquarters, we wish all of you, our viewers, a very Happy and Safe New Year!
Jan 01, 2022•4 min
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode where we finally meet Ron's mother! When Leslie discovers Ron is busy preparing for a tax audit served to him by Tammy 1, she rounds up April and Andy to help sort through Ron's assortment of receipt odds-and-ends. Horrified at Ron's recordkeeping, Tammy 1 demands access to every part of his life for the audit. Over the next week, Tammy 1 moves back in with Ron and assumes complete control over him. Ron shaves off his moustache, becomes kind, refus...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 51
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode where we finally learn Ron's full name! Picking up where the Season 3 finale left off, a couple of things happen later that night: Leslie tells Ann about the political scouts and her agreeing to run for office, although she is conflicted due to her relationship with Ben, which could cause a scandal. In addition, upon learning that Tammy One has arrived in town, Ron grabs an emergency survival bag and flees to live in the wilderness. THREE WEEKS LAT...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 50
In this Special Revisited episode, not only do Mark and Allen recap the best of episodes Season 3; but, they share some stats...er, fun facts, and analysis on Season 3 and and relive some of the Seasons best moments! Don't miss out on this chance to catch up and look back before we jump into Season 4!
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Mark and Allen last caught up with Andy as part of their coverage of Season Three's classic episode "The Fight" but got to talk about a whole lot more that just Parks and Recreation. Check out Andy's impressive resume of TV, Movies and Voice-work including Apollo 13, Fame-LA, Armageddon, Frost/Nixon, Legion of Super Heroes, Austin and Ally, a little show called Weeds...and, of course, our two favorite hard-hitting political shows - West Wing....and Parks and Recreation! Listen this week to hear ...
Dec 14, 2021•43 min
Join us for the second-half of this GIANT, EPIC 2-Part Episode covering the Parks and Recreation Season 3 Finale! This week Mark and Allen have their lighters...or Candles...out as Mouse Rat is welcomed to the Memorial stage - about to reveal their big number that promises to be 5000x better than 'Candle in the Wind'. At the same time, the gravity of a full-time Entertainment 720 position tugs at Tom's dream-strings. Meanwhile, Ron is about to light the Ceremonial Torch and Ben and Leslie contin...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 49
Mark and Allen caught up with Norm this summer during a short hiatus and talked Parks and Rec, Brooklyn 99, King of the Hill, Kids in the Hall, Space Force and many others! If you heard some of the clips from Norm on our coverage of S03E02 Flu Season, come back for this very special Pawnee Spotlight to hear our entire interview and get the inside scoop on some of our favorite shows! We promise it will be worth it!
Dec 06, 2021•54 min
This week Mark and Allen rock in the corner and weep gently along with the gang as they (and we) learn ***SPOILER ALERT*** of Li'l Sebastian's passing. In response, Leslie, along with help from Tom and Jean-Ralphio, in their first production as the creators of Entertainment 720, produce and put on a Li'l Sebastian Memorial Concert to celebrate the life of the most famous mini-horse in the Midwest! Meanwhile Chris believes he is LITERALLY about to die...from Tendonitis and seeks council from ever...
Dec 01, 2021•56 min•Ep. 48
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode that introduces our favorite court stenographer, Ethel Beavers! Leslie and Ben are dating, but keeping it a secret because of Chris' no-dating policy. They are enjoying what Leslie calls "the bubble", the beginning of a relationship when everything's simple and fun. The bubble is threatened, however, when Ben has a meeting with Marlene Griggs-Knope, Leslie's mother, a notoriously tough politician in the Pawnee school system, who wants Ben to approv...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 47
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode that features Tom's game show "Know Ya Boo"! The #dorkflirting tension between Leslie and Ben is still high, but Leslie is trying to avoid temptation by not being alone with Ben. Unfortunately, Chris asks Leslie and Ben to drive to Indianapolis together to pitch Pawnee as the next host for the Indiana Little League Baseball tournament. Leslie and Ann devise boring music and conversation topics for the trip to steer away from any romance. After an a...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 46
This week Mark and Allen break down the Episode that has alter egos Bert Macklin and Janet Snakehole in the same place at the same time! Tom is unveiling his new alcoholic beverage, Snake Juice, at the Snakehole Lounge that night, and gets the gang to be there to get others to drink it via guerrilla marketing. Snake Juice proves to be delicious and popular with the gang, with everyone getting very drunk as the night goes on. Even Chris shows up - but only to warn Tom that using government employ...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 45
We've heard of Eagleton before, but this week, Mark and Allen break down the Episode that REALLY introduces us to "that" Eagleton which we have grown to know and hate! Eagleton built a fence in a shared park to keep Pawneeans out, which Leslie suspects is the work of former best friend and Pawnee Parks & Rec co-worker, Lindsay Carlisle Shay (now Eagleton's Parks & Rec director). Leslie meets with Lindsay, who refuses to remove the fence and insults Pawnee in the process. Leslie, Tom and Ben atte...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 44
Listen in for a special Halloween message from the man, the myth, the legend...Ron Master-of-Disguise Swanson himself! Recorded live in our studio for your listening pleasure! From all of us at Live from Pawnee and the LFP Worldwide Headquarters, we wish all of you, our viewers, a Happy and Safe Halloween!
Oct 29, 2021•4 min
As Mark and Allen make elaborate plans for the Live from Pawnee 1-year Anniversary celebration in November, they've left the projector room in Constantine's hands and he is loading up the reel for S02E07 - Greg Pikitis! So, we hope you'll join us for this walk down memory lane the FIRST of three Parks and Recreation Halloween episodes. It is a classic and introduces us to one of Leslie's oldest (but also likely youngest) nemesis...wait, where did all of this Toilet Paper come from?....Pikitis!...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 42 min
This week, Mark and Allen break down the Episode that introduces porn star Brandi Maxxxx! The gang attends an art show with paintings intended for government buildings. Jerry painted the topless centaur goddess Diaphena, which he accidentally made to look like Leslie. Jerry apologizes, but Leslie is oddly empowered by the painting. The next day Marcia Langman deems the painting unsuitable for government use and demands it be destroyed. Leslie goes on "Ya Heard? With Perd!" to rouse public suppor...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 43
This week, Mark and Allen break down the Episode that introduces Tom's crazy names for food and drink items! Acting City Manager Chris enacts a new health initiative and bans red meat from the commissary. Upset by this, Ron challenges Chris to a burger cook-off, cow vs turkey, with red meat staying if Ron wins. Chris meticulously gathers ingredients for the perfect turkey burger from his favorite health food market, Grain 'N Simple, while Ron simply buys a pound of red meat from Food and Stuff. ...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 42
This week, Mark and Allen break down the Episode that reveals April and Andy's full names! Andy and April invite everyone to their dinner party, asking everyone to bring stuff because they don't have anything. At the party, however, Leslie discovers Andy and April plan to surprise everyone by getting married that night! Leslie spends most of the party trying to dissuade them. Ron tells Leslie it is not his place, or hers, to interfere with their decision. Leslie just can't seem to let it go - sh...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 41
