Recreation Guy

I’m sure most of you have heard by now that there is a new show coming to NBC in April called Parks and Recreation. It’s filmed in the same mockumentary style as the Office. Now I am a big fan of the Office, I think Amy Poehler is hysterical and of course I love the recreation field, but I’m not sure about this show.

Yes, it’s called Parks and Recreation but here is the synopsis of the show taken from NBC’s website.

“Parks and Recreation” — from Emmy Award-winning executive producers Greg Daniels (NBC’s “The Office,” “King of the Hill”) and Michael Schur (“The Office, “Saturday Night Live”) — is a new mockumentary that looks at the exciting world of local government. The documentary cameras follow Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” “Baby Mama”), a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana. In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie takes on what should be a fairly simple project: help local nurse Ann Logan (Rashida Jones, “The Office”) take on defensive bureaucrats, selfish neighbors, real estate developers, and single-issue fanatics — whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the very democratic process that Leslie loves so much. Aziz Ansari and Aubrey Plaza also star.

This sounds more like a show on the city’s planning and development departments. I always thought that a good sitcom could be based off parks and recreation or summer camp. All the funny, crazy and disturbing things that happen with kids, parents, lifeguards, youth staff, yoga teachers, contract instructors, board members, special events, fitness centers, registration, camps, etc. could supply sitcom writers with mountains of ideas.

I really hope this show is good. Our whole office is getting together to watch the first episode on April 9th.

August 10, 2009 Update: This show is horrible. How is it that it got picked up for a 2nd season?