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Allow me to start off by setting the record straight: Parks and Recreation is not a spinoff of The Office in any way. Yes, on paper, the similarities are indeed stark — both are beautifully presented in innovative mockumentary format, both are relatively groundbreaking in that their livelihoods revolve around a (seemingly) dull workplace setting, and both have the same two creators and producers, Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. Heck, they aired back-to-back on NBC during their 2009-2013 overlap, and even had the guts to go as far to have a repeat actor star on both series (Rashida Jones).
In an effort to not bury the lead any more than I already have, it is important to note that both shows’ existences are crucial to the corporate lifestyle — that’s just a fact. Independently of each other, both the Dunder-Mifflin and Pawnee City Hall settings embody the quirks of the oft-depressing nine-to-five life far better than any other piece of media of our time, and their collective significance should be celebrated appropriately on this website with a scholarly breakdown from an amateur writer former hourly-paid summer intern writer like myself who has too much insight to provide.
A much-anticipated duel six-plus years in the making, it’s time to decide who wins the overall head-to-head battle royale of characters. Without further adieu, let’s attack this 10-round slobberknocker of The Office and Parks and Rec‘s mutual Greg Daniels-Michael Schur archetypes.
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It’s a weird concept, but I think P&R has the better cast of characters but somehow The Office was the better complete show.
Completely agree here. Putting characters side-by-side like this was a great idea for an article btw. Love both shows, but Office is my favorite. Pam got worse for me near the end, but the ending of the show redeemed a lot for me.
I don’t know, I think the greatness of the Office is that everybody works with the same characters from the show. They nailed the personalities so well, everyone knows the Angela at their office, the Kelly, the Dwight. And every guy thinks they are Jim.
I literally could not agree more with you more, teammate. Not a weird concept at all.
Thanks. I think we can all agree Rashida Jones is a major pool honey.
You can’t compare Dwight with Ron. I love Ron dearly, but Dwight Schrute is the ultimate character. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
I thought the same thing – Both of those two are in a league of their own.
At very least, they should have been a wash. Dwight K is a fuggin boss. Well, an assistant to a fuggin boss anyways.
“Assistant fuggin boss”
Assistant to the fuggin boss
The Christ Pratt bloopers should be NSFW, just got caught watching them from laughing way too loud.
I have a man-crush on Chris Pratt. There I said it.
You’re not alone
Michael, Jim, Pam, and Deight can only be rivaled by Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer.
Dwight*. I could hear my boss’s footsteps towards my cube and didn’t have time to proof read.
Personally I thought parks and rec got kind of repetitive in episodes. There was no real character development, and all Aziz Ansari did was annoy the hell out of me. Overall, it was a good show, but I think The Office wins this battle. The Office had character development, it was always coming up with new ways for each character to play a funny role in the show, and no two episodes were really the same as far as humor.
Where’s Creed at?
… Orin?
No way 3:58 is funnier than the “comeback story” clip, or the responses to his ice cream cone take.
Had to pick between going to bed at a decent time last night or watching the Season 5 finale of Parks and Rec…guess who’s tired today.
Give me your keys.
Evan you haven’t even graduated yet. Fuck outta here.
Guilty.