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March 31, 2018 4:43 PM Subscribe
Aubrey Plaza made a half-hour ASMR video, and some of it is about killing Jerry from Parks And Rec.
topics gently whispered include: the Upright Citizens Brigade, the NBC Page Program, the movie Funny People, the show Legion, and Molly Shannon's favorite ASMR trigger.
topics gently whispered include: the Upright Citizens Brigade, the NBC Page Program, the movie Funny People, the show Legion, and Molly Shannon's favorite ASMR trigger.
I was never a fan of Aubrey. I thought she was just eye rolls and teen snottyness. Then Legion, The Little Hours, and this happened. I misjudged you, funny woman.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 6:58 PM on March 31, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 6:58 PM on March 31, 2018 [2 favorites]
Oh, god- Gerry is just the worst.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:10 PM on March 31, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:10 PM on March 31, 2018 [2 favorites]
She's freaking brilliant, I don't GET ASMR, and, I know, that damn Jerry!
(Became a real fan after Safety Not Guaranteed)
posted by Samizdata at 7:21 PM on March 31, 2018 [3 favorites]
(Became a real fan after Safety Not Guaranteed)
posted by Samizdata at 7:21 PM on March 31, 2018 [3 favorites]
I don't understand ASMR either but I like Aubrey Plaza enough to check this out.
I also loved Parks & Rec but I never liked the mean-spirited Jerry bashing. I get that it was supposed to be funny, but it always broke my suspension of disbelief that these supposedly nice, caring people were so shitty to him on a daily basis.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 7:46 PM on March 31, 2018 [20 favorites]
I also loved Parks & Rec but I never liked the mean-spirited Jerry bashing. I get that it was supposed to be funny, but it always broke my suspension of disbelief that these supposedly nice, caring people were so shitty to him on a daily basis.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 7:46 PM on March 31, 2018 [20 favorites]
Aubrey Plaza is always the best part of whatever I see her in.
posted by fairmettle at 7:53 PM on March 31, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by fairmettle at 7:53 PM on March 31, 2018 [2 favorites]
I absolutely love Aubrey Plaza and while I'm not into ASMR videos (they seldom contain what triggers ASMR for me), it is a phenomenon I'm susceptible to, so this was fantastic. (The pop when she says "April" triggers it hard.)
posted by Fish Sauce at 9:12 PM on March 31, 2018
posted by Fish Sauce at 9:12 PM on March 31, 2018
I watched The Little Hours last night, this is fantastic!
posted by ellieBOA at 12:05 AM on April 1, 2018
posted by ellieBOA at 12:05 AM on April 1, 2018
Separately but relatedly, I might suggest rebooting the screwball comedy genre, with Ms. Plaza as its just-behind-the-beat Roz Russell.
posted by the sobsister at 5:56 AM on April 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by the sobsister at 5:56 AM on April 1, 2018 [1 favorite]
but I never liked the mean-spirited Jerry bashing.
Same, and for the same reason. The best parts of the finale were Donna giving Garry his name back and then seeing what happened to him over the years. Mayor Gergich was more beloved than Mayor Gunderson.
posted by elsietheeel at 6:00 AM on April 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
Same, and for the same reason. The best parts of the finale were Donna giving Garry his name back and then seeing what happened to him over the years. Mayor Gergich was more beloved than Mayor Gunderson.
posted by elsietheeel at 6:00 AM on April 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
I am quite disappointed in Aubrey Plaza for joining in this bullying of poor Piggy about his ASMR.
posted by delfin at 6:44 AM on April 1, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by delfin at 6:44 AM on April 1, 2018 [2 favorites]
I have this theory that everyone in P&R hated Jerry because he was happy and without want in a way they envied. Also, the farting.
I absolutely love Aubrey Plaza. I recently watched Ingrid Goes West , which was made by her portrayal the main character. She’s absolutely amazing in Legion, and she even made me like a Father John Misty song.
posted by ejs at 8:47 AM on April 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
I absolutely love Aubrey Plaza. I recently watched Ingrid Goes West , which was made by her portrayal the main character. She’s absolutely amazing in Legion, and she even made me like a Father John Misty song.
posted by ejs at 8:47 AM on April 1, 2018 [3 favorites]
> ejs:
"I have this theory that everyone in P&R hated Jerry because he was happy and without want in a way they envied."
I concur. He never had the ethical or romantic conflicts of Leslie, he seemed happily and stabily involved in a relation with an awesome partner, unlike Ann, he believed in his job strongly, unlike Ron, plus, he was insufficiently detached and ironic, which ticked off April. But he just kept bumbling along and smiling.
posted by Samizdata at 10:14 AM on April 1, 2018 [9 favorites]
"I have this theory that everyone in P&R hated Jerry because he was happy and without want in a way they envied."
I concur. He never had the ethical or romantic conflicts of Leslie, he seemed happily and stabily involved in a relation with an awesome partner, unlike Ann, he believed in his job strongly, unlike Ron, plus, he was insufficiently detached and ironic, which ticked off April. But he just kept bumbling along and smiling.
posted by Samizdata at 10:14 AM on April 1, 2018 [9 favorites]
To be honest, Jerry is the true winner of Parks and Rec. To be so aloof and happy, while everyone around him was stressed out like hell.
posted by xtine at 11:50 AM on April 1, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by xtine at 11:50 AM on April 1, 2018 [4 favorites]
The NBC Page Program.
Bing Bing Bing.
When I graduated from college I really wanted to work on Saturday Night Live but the closest I could get was to audition for the page program. I just really liked the uniform I guess. I wanted to wear that disgusting polyester skirtsuit and lead studio tours. Which I did for a couple of months. It didn't work out for me in the page program because people thought I was a witch. I had one friend in the page program and her name was Meg Ryan. For real that was her name, Meg Ryan. It’s not the Meg Ryan that you all know, it's a different Meg Ryan. She had long dark hair and her and I were friends and we were like the dark witch pages of the program. I believe that we both got in trouble many times because I would take groups of people on the studio tours and I would take people on the studio tours and I would lie to them over and over again. I would tell them facts that weren’t true about NBC. As a game. Meg Ryan and I would come up with a game were she would say, on your next studio tour you have to use the word… then we should pick a random word like colonoscopy. And she would say you have to insert this word into your speech even if it didn’t make any sense. And I would say things like Welcome to Studio 8H were Chris Farley had a colonoscopy, live, in front of an audience. And people would go, wow, did that really happen? And I would go, No, you are stupid. I’m pretty sure I got fired early on. But I kept my uniform. And I’ll never let it go.
posted by Stanczyk at 4:06 PM on April 1, 2018 [6 favorites]
Bing Bing Bing.
When I graduated from college I really wanted to work on Saturday Night Live but the closest I could get was to audition for the page program. I just really liked the uniform I guess. I wanted to wear that disgusting polyester skirtsuit and lead studio tours. Which I did for a couple of months. It didn't work out for me in the page program because people thought I was a witch. I had one friend in the page program and her name was Meg Ryan. For real that was her name, Meg Ryan. It’s not the Meg Ryan that you all know, it's a different Meg Ryan. She had long dark hair and her and I were friends and we were like the dark witch pages of the program. I believe that we both got in trouble many times because I would take groups of people on the studio tours and I would take people on the studio tours and I would lie to them over and over again. I would tell them facts that weren’t true about NBC. As a game. Meg Ryan and I would come up with a game were she would say, on your next studio tour you have to use the word… then we should pick a random word like colonoscopy. And she would say you have to insert this word into your speech even if it didn’t make any sense. And I would say things like Welcome to Studio 8H were Chris Farley had a colonoscopy, live, in front of an audience. And people would go, wow, did that really happen? And I would go, No, you are stupid. I’m pretty sure I got fired early on. But I kept my uniform. And I’ll never let it go.
posted by Stanczyk at 4:06 PM on April 1, 2018 [6 favorites]
(Pssst. Legion is back tomorrow night!)
posted by elsietheeel at 2:13 PM on April 2, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by elsietheeel at 2:13 PM on April 2, 2018 [2 favorites]
Fun fact: Aubrey Plaza cameoed as an NBC page on 30 Rock, in addition to being an actual page.
posted by permiechickie at 9:37 PM on April 2, 2018
posted by permiechickie at 9:37 PM on April 2, 2018
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(My favorite is #16.)
posted by elsietheeel at 6:03 PM on March 31, 2018 [6 favorites]