Original air date: April 16, 2009
Writer: Rachel Axler | Director: Seth Gordon
Summary: LESLIE TAKES HER MESSAGE TO THE STREETS—Leslie (Amy Poehler) and her committee go door-to-door to build support for her park project and recruit members for an upcoming town hall meeting, but their mission doesn’t go as smoothly as Leslie hopes. Meanwhile, Tom (Aziz Ansari) strays from the group and uses more questionable recruiting tactics. Rashida Jones, Chris Pratt, Paul Schneider, Aubrey Plaza and Nick Offerman also star.
Poll:
In a poll conducted on Knope Knows from April 16-19, viewers gave “Canvassing” an 5.45/10.
Ratings:
5.92 million viewers | 2.5/7 A18-49 | Source
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Leslie: Well, one of the funner things that we do here in Pawnee is the annual Easter egg hunt.
Leslie: I’ve been searching for 25 minutes and I haven’t found a single egg. And I’m an adult.
Tom: Oh. Yeah, I forgot to do that.
Leslie: Maybe Tom’s trying to make this year a challenge. And if so, he’s succeeding.
Leslie: I’m going to see my mom. She’s a big mucky muck in the county school system. She’s my hero. How do I explain her? She’s as respected as Mother Teresa. She’s as powerful as Stalin. And she’s as beautiful as Margaret Thatcher.
Leslie: I have my own subcommittee now. Yeah. I’m sure you’ve heard something about it. People are talking about it.
Leslie’s Mom: No.
Leslie: I know, I know, I know. That’s why I fake invited you.
Leslie: Tom, have you booked a hall yet?
Tom: Yes, sir!
Leslie: When I was in sixth grade, I was voted best dressed, by 87 votes. And there were only 63 people in my class.
Leslie: Andy fell into that pit. I fell into that pit. How many more Pawnee citizens are going to have to fall into that pit before we turn it into a park?
Leslie: I’ve got some sunscreen, for your beaks. Tom, you probably won’t need any.
Tom: You can’t handle the pit. That’s why we need to turn it into a park.
Ann: Wow. This is really thorough.
Man #1: Now is this park going to have a playground? You know, maybe a pool for the kids?
Mark: Oh, how old are your kids?
Man #1: No kids.
Tom: Uh, oh.
April: I’m going to put him down as a yes.
Mark: Don’t do that.
Man #1: Also, is the park going to be at least 1,000 feet from my house because, you know, I really can’t move again.
Mark: April. Please stand behind me.
April (talking about Tom): He runs weird.
Mark: He really does.
Ann: OK. Which part are you not sure about?
Man #2: Turning the pit into a park.
Ann: That’s kind of the whole thing.
Leslie: How old are your kids?
Woman #1: Four and two.
Leslie: Could the 4-year-old watch the 2-year old?
Tom: Are you going to commit to coming to this meeting tomorrow or are you going to be a bitch?
Leslie: Let’s blow into each others’ faces. Or, we could drink some water.
Leslie: This is a little something I learned from Karl Rove. If you want to guarantee the results of a survey, you design the question to give you the answer you want.
Ann: Wouldn’t you rather have a park than a storage facility for nuclear waste? That seems iffy.
Leslie: Would you change your mind if I told you that nine out of 10 meth users said the same exact thing?
Woman #2: What? How would you even know that?
Survey. We surveyed crystal meth users.
Leslie: You don’t care about your kids if you don’t support this park.
Woman #2: Excuse me?
Leslie: We got one!
Leslie: We need Andy. He’s our symbol. We’ll wheel him around the neighborhood to get sympathy. He’s a cute FDR!
Leslie: Do you have like a nurse’s costume?
Leslie: You know, in Russia they could pretend that pit was a park. Bring their kids down there. “Hey, Vlad. Look at these rocks. Let’s pretend they’re potatoes.” “Nicolae, do you want to swim in the dirt?” But not here, because we’re a nation of dreamers.
Leslie: It is my dream, to build a park, that I one day visit with my White House staff on my birthday. And they say, “President Knope. This park is awesome. Now we understand why you’re the first female president of the United States.”
Leslie: City manager? Wow, really? I have to cancel this meeting. Fast track? Did my name come up at all? Oh, this meeting needs to be canceled.
Ron: Are you sweating through your suit?
Leslie: I doubt it. It’s a very breathable fabric — oh yeah, I am.
Tom: Some people may say that bringing in these contractors this early is jumping the gun a little bit. Well guess what? Here’s the gun. Here’s me. BOOM.
Tom: Thinking of a jingle for your company. How’s this? *Singing* Don’s cement is the best you can get. Don’s.
Leslie: Good girl, good girl. Good probably, good girl.
Leslie: My mom’s here. *Looks at fire alarm* No, I can’t do that. That’s illegal.
Leslie: Now there are many people that I spoke to who are passionately in support of this idea. None of them were able to make it tonight, unfortunately. But, they totally exist. I did not make them up.
Leslie: Mark Brendanawicz knows the answer to every question. He’s amazing and congratulations for hearing him speak.
Mark: Hi there. Leslie might have oversold me a little bit.
Leslie: Certainly did not. He’s the man and he’s capable of anything.
Mark: Lot 48 is a rectangular lot. Its got excellent drainage and it’s on the corner of Sullivan and Collins. Any questions?
Andy: I’m in a band. It’s called just the tip.
Paul: My god. She’s filibustering her own meeting.
Leslie: Filibuster. BOOM!
Leslie: And now I’d like to take a magical journey through a little something I like to call The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Jester.
April: I’m a youth in the community. And I think a new park is a great idea. And I fully support it, as would the rest of the youth in the community.
Man #3: Hey, park lady? You suck.
Leslie: Here that? Called me park lady.
Poll
In a poll conducted on Knope Knows from April 16 to April 19, viewers gave “Canvassing” a 5.45/10.
