Leslie fears it may be "dirty money", but accepts. Directed by Dean Holland. ), and Leslie has to confront her Eagleton-based past and still make good with the community. Schur appeared on The Office as Dwight's cousin Mose in several episodes, including "Initiation", in which Dwight takes Ryan to his beet farm, "Money", in which Jim and Pam spend a night at the farm, "The Deposition", "Koi Pond", "Counseling" and "Finale". "Fred Armisen to Guest Star on "Parks and Recreation, "Parks and Recreation: Sister City: Fred Armisen Interview", "Exclusive: "SNL" reunion on "Parks and Recreation, "Rashida Jones: Parks and Recreation Is Not The Office", "Parks and Recreation: "Sister City" Review", "When did "Parks and Recreation" get so funny? In an attempt to beautify her town, Leslie Knope takes on the seemingly simple job of helping turn an abandoned construction pit into a park. He created The Good Place, co-created the comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine and was a producer on the series Master of None. [17] Ken Tremendous is also Schur's Twitter username. Synopsis. The uniform also included a fictional seal designed by Schur, which included an image of Chavez, machine guns, an oil tower, a lion and a parrot. [4], Within a week of the episode's original broadcast, three deleted scenes from "Sister City" were made available on the official Parks and Recreation website. The Venezuelans storm out. "Sister City" was written by Alan Yang and directed by series co-creator Michael Schur. All of our TV reviews in one convenient place. "[8], While discussing how many television channels he gets in Venezuela, Raul said he already knows who wins Project Runway, a fashion design reality television show on the Bravo network. 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[7], Salon.com writer Heather Havrilesky called the episode an "instant classic", and particularly praised the guest performance of Fred Armisen. I’m an Eagleton-ian.”, I did enjoy the fact that when Ann talked about her medical story, April and Ron had simultaneous questions about it—and Ron’s was “What kind of blade did he use?”. But right before Leslie’s appearance on the show, an anonymous tipster alerted Joan to a shocking factual error in the book: Leslie wasn’t actually born in Pawnee. She said the episode "benefits from the show's writers' increasing habit of giving everything from political scandals to lame local events the Onion treatment". [10], In its original American broadcast on October 15, 2009, "Sister City" was seen by 4.69 million household viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. She's the strongest, smartest punching bag in the world. When Raul tells Leslie they live like kings in Venezuela and answer to nobody, she explodes in anger, insulting their uniforms and Hugo Chavez. Before Leslie goes on the show, an anonymous source claims there is an inaccuracy in the book, which Leslie asks the parks department to find because she knows that Joan will reveal it during the interview as a form of gotcha j… The episode featured comedian Fred Armisen in a guest appearance as Raul, the vice director of a Venezuelan parks department. In 2013, Joe Posnanski and Schur created The PosCast which is now hosted by The Athletic. But I didn’t (obviously) because Ann’s storyline was too distracting. At the same time, it’s the show’s attempt to warm its audience, too. [2] After working with Armisen, Rashida Jones described him as "one of the funniest people on the planet". In the episode, Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) promotes a book she has written about Pawnee to advance her campaign, but is sidetracked when Joan Callamezzo (Mo Collins) points out that she was not born in Pawnee. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. In the second minute-long clip, Raul discusses the medals he received for his parks-related accomplishments, including "doing away with people making speeches in the parks", "organizing the garbage so it's not all over the place" and "looking at the leaves". [10] Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger said it was "another strong one", and said the Leslie character is growing less clueless and more three-dimensional. The resulting episode feels like part of Ocean’s Eleven or something: The team assembles, each person eager to contribute his or her strengths to the task of smoothing out this PR kerfuffle. ", "Parks and Recreation - Season Two DVD Review", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sister_City_(Parks_and_Recreation)&oldid=973582939, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Television episode articles with short description and disambiguated page names, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 August 2020, at 01:51. [12], "Sister City", along with the other 23 second season episodes of Parks and Recreation, was released on a four-disc DVD set in the United States on November 30, 2010. [7] They repeatedly claim Pawnee and the United States are inferior compared to the power and splendor they are accustomed to in Venezuela. The podcast has featured notable guests and co-hosts such as Linda Holmes, Ken Rosenthal, Nick Offerman, Ellen Adair, Stefan Fatsis, Brandon McCarthy, Joey Votto, and Sean Doolittle. (Fred Armisen), Antonio, Jhonny and Elvis. The quest for the birth certificate, and the town’s insistence to see the long-form version, is the sort of ripped-from-the-headlines plot the show tried two episodes ago with the dick-pic thing. Leslie insists she will raise the money to build the park without them and Tom, inspired by her example, secretly puts all the tip money he made from the Venezuelans into the park donation jar. Watch Born and Raised (Season 4, Episode 3) of Parks and Recreation or get episode details on NBC.com (Though you’d think that given how close Ron and Leslie are becoming, Ron would at least make an attempt to be cordial to Leslie’s best friend.) There's something really special about watching a show — particularly one you’ve been rooting for — begin to come together, learn from its mistakes, and grow into a formidable and wholly satisfying half hour of television. [23] The supernatural series concerning philosophy and being a good person, starring Kristen Bell and Ted Danson, became a surprise critical and commercial success,[5] concluding its four-season run on January 30, 2020. "Born & Raised" is the third episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation, and the 49th overall episode of the series. Leslie calls a meeting and apologizes to Raul, who in turn apologizes as well and offers Leslie a check for $35,000 to fill in the pit. [5], "Sister City" largely portrayed Chavez and his socialist ideology in a negative light. [19], Schur collaborated with The Decemberists on their music video for "Calamity Song" from the album The King Is Dead. In “Born And Raised,” she manipulates a situation so that she can work alongside Ron and April, and thus afford herself multiple opportunities for small talk. In April, the entire “Parks and Recreation” cast got together virtually for a scripted special that raised money for COVID-19 relief. INT. [6] The script portrays the Venezuelans as belittling and contemptuous toward Americans. "Born & Raised" is the third episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation, and the 49th overall episode of the series. [24], In 2019, Schur joined other WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the unfair practice of packaging. [20] This video is based upon Eschaton, a mock-nuclear war game played on tennis courts that David Foster Wallace created in his 1996 novel Infinite Jest. Watch Parks and Recreation, a hilarious sitcom about the day-to day activities of the Parks and Recreation Department and it's Deputy Director Leslie Knope. In trying to maintain composure in the face of insults from the Venezuelans, Leslie said she was following the example of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, of whom she said, "Nobody takes a punch like her. It’s a sweet resolution—which includes at least one fleeting lovelorn glance between Ben and Leslie—and it’s the kind of story that really serves to ground Leslie as a three-dimensional character who can go over-the-top without losing our sympathy. [16] Schur resurrected the pen name on March 31, 2011, when he began writing for SB Nation's Baseball Nation site. Schur said he found the book on his father's bookshelf and stayed up reading it until 4 a.m.[9], Schur attended William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut. Entertainment Weekly writer Henning Fog said "Sister City" continued a trend of excellence in the second season that has established Parks and Recreation as NBC's best comedy. The podcast primarily discusses baseball but meanders into other sports, subjects, drafts of random items, and prides itself in being meaningless. The solution, it turns out, is for Ann to share a really disgusting medical story, because everyone likes those. "Parks and Recreation" aired a reunion special to benefit Feeding America, which is now streaming on YouTube, NBC's app and Hulu.