‘Parks & Recreation’: Amy Poehler and Aubrey Plaza return as Leslie Knope and April Ludgate

This Saturday, January 21, Saturday Night Live had an exceptional hostess, the hilarious Aubrey Plaza. Although she had previously had small roles in some series and in the film ‘Funny People’ by Judd Apatow, Plaza became famous for playing the listless April Ludgate in ‘Parks and Recreation’ (probably one of the best comedies in history that you can now see on HBO Max), so for one of the sketches of the evening he took on his series co-star, Amy Poehler, who was also part of the cast. of the program from seasons 27 to 34, between 2001 and 2008.

During the “Weekend Update” segment, April Ludgate and Leslie Knope joined Colin Jost to “encourage young people to get involved in local government”. With 0 energy and disinterest in absolutely everything except Andy and the animals he has kept throughout the series, April told the audience “everyone should be involved where they live, if you’re young you should get a job as a garbage man or something”, plus, of course, repeating a mantra he allegedly learned from Ron Swanson: “When you work for local government, doing the bare minimum is doing your part”.

Aubrey Plaza and Amy Poehler just played their Parks and Rec characters on SNL omg

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? Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) January 22, 2023

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Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, ‘Parks and Recreation’ was a comedy inherited from the mockumentary style of ‘The Office’ which NBC ran for seven seasons and 125 episodes. Instead of chronicling life in a stationery company, “Parks and Recs” is a satire on the workings of American politics and local governments in particular. The series is set in fictional and beautiful Pawnee, Indiana, and alongside Plaza and Poehler, stars Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Jim O’Heir and Retta. In Spain you can see it full via HBO Max.

Open to return?

It’s not the first time we’ve seen the cast of ‘Parks and Rec’ reunite, in 2020 the cast scored a special zoom episode in the midst of the COVID pandemic and a year earlier they had already reunited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its premiere . In that meeting there was talk of a possible rebirth and although nothing has ever materialized, The possibility that the series could return in the future has not even been ruled out: “Tell me where to go and I’ll cancel my schedule”, Poehler said of an alleged comeback. Additionally, Poehler is close friends with Offerman and together they hosted the reality show ‘Making It’.

In the near future, we will hear again Poehler voicing Alegría in the sequel to “Inside Out”, Plaza is about to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in ‘Agatha: Coven of Chaos’ and Pratt is quite the superhero in “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Offerman plays Bill in the series ‘The Last of Us’ and Scott will appear in ‘Madame Web’ after having success in 2022 with ‘Separation’. Currently we can see Lowe in “9-1-1: Lone Star” and Jones was the voice of Mia in “Duncanville”. Retta has her own reality show, ‘America’s Ugliest House’; Ansari made his film directorial debut with ‘Being Mortal’ (let’s see if it comes out) and O’Heir has several projects on the horizon like ‘Hardliner’, ‘Bosco’, ‘The Fall’ and ‘Deacon: Let Us Party’ .