'Parks and Recreation' presents 'The Best of Jean-Ralphio'
Bask in the splendor of Tom's smarmy sidekick
Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansar) and Jean-Ralphio (Ben Schwartz) on "Parks and Recreation."
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I'll have another "Fringe" Comic-Con video interview up a little later today, but let's change course with a treat from one of this blog's favorite shows, "Parks and Recreation."
The fourth season doesn't debut until September 22, and they're only in the process of filming the premiere right now. But if you want to get back into a Pawnee frame of mind, what better way than to enjoy the five minutes of awesome otherwise known as "The Best of Jean-Ralphio," featuring Ben Schwartz douchin' it up as Tom Haverford's best/worst friend?
Gape at the size of Jean-Ralphio's hair! Marvel at his investment ideas! Wonder at his inability to end on the rhyme! Most of all, just laugh.
This week, the AV Club's Todd VanDerWerff has been presenting a great extended interview with "Parks and Rec" co-creator Mike Schur about the third season. In the second part, Schur explains that the origin of Jean-Ralphio was as simple as this: "I met Ben Schwartz and was like, 'That guy’s funny. That guy’s going to be in our show somehow,' and we designed this character for him."
Sometimes, that's all it takes for awesome to happen.
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July 28, 2011 at 4:15PM EST Reply to CommentCJ I'm just curious about how this is an "exclusive" when it's embedding video from NBC's site.
July 28, 2011 at 4:34PM EST Reply to CommentPotatoSolution Everything that Jean-Ralphio is involved in is exclusive, by definition.
July 28, 2011 at 4:43PM ESTdan CJ - In theory, while this is an NBC embed, it won't be linked on the NBC site for five hours. And that's the way exclusive multimedia content works on the Interwebs.
July 28, 2011 at 4:53PM EST-Daniel
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July 28, 2011 at 4:37PM EST Reply to CommentBgklein "That Ralph Machio guy's a total douche"
July 28, 2011 at 4:49PM EST Reply to CommentTom Would have been the perfect clip to end on.
July 29, 2011 at 6:13PM ESTJames That made me so happy.
July 28, 2011 at 5:19PM EST Reply to Commentvelocityknown This and:
July 28, 2011 at 5:36PM EST Reply to Commenthttp://www.tvline.com/2011/07/parks-and-recreation-patricia-clarkson-tammy-1/
Tammy 1 has been cast. Good Parks and Rec day.
Alison Loved the clips, but the background music was a bit distracting IMO.
July 28, 2011 at 5:38PM EST Reply to Commentguy #4 So distracting that I can't get it out of my head. Anyone know the song at the beginning?
August 8, 2011 at 12:51AM ESTMatt Were some of these from deleted scenes? I don't think I recognised some of them from episodes (toilet cash bowl in particular) and since I'm outside the US I can't view the extra content on the NBC site, although this vid worked for some reason...
July 28, 2011 at 6:11PM EST Reply to Commenttossit I'm almost sure it's from the season finale 'Li'l Sebastian' but that's the Producer's Cut that's on Hulu, but you being outside the US won't be able to watch it. They've put extended 'producer's cut' versions of a few episodes on Hulu. Too bad you can't see them. They're like 5-6 minutes longer.
July 28, 2011 at 6:50PM ESTtossit Love when he keeps messing up the rhymes..
July 28, 2011 at 6:35PM EST Reply to CommentCol Bat Guano Detler Schrempf stoning Jean-Ralphio at the end is a classic.
July 28, 2011 at 6:40PM EST Reply to CommentRolf Swanson's got swagger the size of Big Ben-clock
July 28, 2011 at 6:45PM EST Reply to CommentMorahan What up BIG T! Row dem boats!
July 28, 2011 at 7:15PM EST Reply to Commentkelvin it's "throw them bows" (Ludacris - Southern Hospitality)
July 29, 2011 at 2:50PM ESTGina Jean-Ralphio, dance up on me!
July 28, 2011 at 7:24PM EST Reply to Commentsrpad "Swingers? Crashers?"
July 28, 2011 at 7:44PM EST Reply to Comment"Fred Claus."
Ambrose Chapel Andy? That's an all-right name. That's an all-right name.
July 29, 2011 at 6:16AM EST Reply to Comment