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The Pawnee Journal’s ‘Fairway Frank’ article

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

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Michael Schur explains why Paul Schneider is leaving Parks and Recreation

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

From the LA Times:

We’re upset. What happened?

Mike Schur: Well, the fact that you are upset is in part at least why this is happening. Let me start from the beginning. The God’s honest absolute truth is this character, Mark, is at least partially based on a real guy that [co-creator and executive producer Greg Daniels] and I met while we were doing research. His career had a very interesting trajectory, which is he worked for the government for a long time as a city planner and he got so fed up with the lifestyle and the red tape and the bureaucracy, that he … moved into the private sector. Then he got so fed up and tired of how gross corporations are that he moved back to the government. He oscillated back and forth multiple times.

When we first cast Paul, we told him that the idea would be Mark would leave and then ideally he would come back in a different capacity working for a different company. And then he would leave again and come back, and so on… It’s not something you usually do on TV shows but we thought it was a good way to illustrate both the positive and negative aspects of working for a government. It was one of the first things we talked about with him.

What happened was in the wake of “Bright Star” [a film in which Schneider co-starred] and winning a lot of awards, Paul now has this film career that is just taking off in a big way. [Show Tracker notes Schneider's major credits include "Lars and the Real Girl" and "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford."] And the movie opportunities he’s getting are incredibly cool interesting movies, not the summer blockbuster movies that can be scheduled around TV actors when they need to be.

So, in the end, it was a combination of us always knowing that the character would always leave some day, the timing of this movie, and then sort of feeling like, well, the way the character’s gone…we were all on the same page here and we decided to write the character out.

But the goal and the aim is to have him come back as soon as his schedule permits and as soon as the arcs we’re writing call for it. We very much want him back and he has told us he very much wants to come back in the future. It really is one of those mutually beneficial situations. And we’re hoping we can have him back in Season 3.

Link: ‘Parks and Recreation’: Mike Schur tells us why Paul Schneider is leaving the show, plus more details on Adam Scott and Rob Lowe

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Auction: Own Tom Haverford’s ‘Shapes’ painting signed by the Parks and Recreation cast

Friday, March 12th, 2010

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From Crafts for a Cause:

My name is Binki Shapiro, and I play in the band Little Joy. In an effort to raise money for the relief efforts in earthquake-devastated Haiti, I’ve rallied a bunch of artists to contribute custom-made artwork — t-shirts, tote bags and other personalized items — for the Crafts For A Cause auction. All proceeds will go to Artists for Peace and Justice, an amazing charitable organization founded by my dear friend Paul Haggis.

One item up for auction is the infamous “Shapes” painting from Parks and Recreation’s “The Camel” signed by Aziz Ansari, Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aubrey Plaza, Paul Schneider, Nick Offerman and Chris Pratt.

The auction begins March 15 @ 8 a.m.

Link: Crafts for a Cause

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StarPulse lists Amy Poehler as an under appreciated TV star

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

From StarPulse:

They’re talented. They’re loveable. They’re hard-working TV thespians. Yet they don’t always get the credit they deserve. Here are 10 (seven, with three Honorable Mentions) out of the many TV stars that are often underappreciated.

Amy Poehler – In addition to Tina Fey, Poehler is another funny lady and Saturday Night Live alum that has found success after SNL, though that success often goes unnoticed. Poehler currently stars as Leslie Knope, an over-enthusiastic deputy director of Parks and Recreation in a small town on, well, NBC’s Parks and Recreation. And although Fey became popular impersonating Sarah Palin, Poehler has Paula Abdul, Dennis Kucinich, Sharon Osbourne, Dakota Fanning and Michael Jackson under her belt, thank-you-very-much.

Link: Underappreciated TV Stars

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Photo: Rashida Jones at Vanity Fair’s Oscar party

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Link: Rashida Jones @ Vanity Fair Oscar 2010 Party

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‘Park Safety’ photos

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Here are photos from Parks and Recreation’s March 18 episode, “Park Safety.” Andy Samberg guest stars as a park ranger, and Mo Collins returns as Pawnee Today host Joan Callamezzo!

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The Pawnee Journal’s ‘Woman of the Year’ article

Friday, March 5th, 2010

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