Amy Poehler is the funniest woman in America. If you saw Saturday Night Live when she left on maternity leave, you sensed something was missing. It wasn't the election. It wasn't Tina Fey. That something was Amy Poehler. When she is in play you can see the energy in her face. She is the difference.
I am a huge Amy Poehler fan, a huge fan (big fan). The first episode of Parks & Recreation was terrible. Awful. Miserable. I like The Office. The American version has, in time, found its voice and is every bit as good as the British original. I get the joke, that wasn't the issue. It was just awful. It didn't even have good moments. The closest was possibly catching the canvassers playing Rock Band, but even that was a subtle laugh. It was terrible.
Airing the first episode before The Office may make it worse. The Office is a mature show, it is mid-stride, looking good, has some swagger. The comparison makes Parks and Recreation's debut even worse.
Alas, alas.
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