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5 unusual facts about Parks and Recreation


Acura Legend

On the Parks and Recreation episode, "Woman of the Year" (set in 2010, 14 years after the Legend was discontinued) Jean-Ralphio brags about his "pre-owned Acura Legend".

Cryptex

In the Season 4 episode "Operation Ann" of the TV series Parks and Recreation, a cryptex is given as the first clue to an elaborate scavenger hunt.

Partridge Township, Pine County, Minnesota

The township shares a name with the fictional hometown of Adam Scott's character Ben Wyatt in the NBC hit sitcom Parks and Recreation.

Todd Berger

Berger has also appeared as an actor in films such as Southland Tales and on the television show Parks and Recreation.

Woman of the Year

For the Parks and Recreation episode, see "Woman of the Year" (Parks and Recreation)


Andy Exley

There are currently two elected members of the Green Party of Minnesota serving in the Minneapolis city government: Ward 2 city council member Cam Gordon, and at-large Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board commissioner Annie Young.

Cam Gordon

He is the only non-DFL member of the council, and one of two elected Green Party members in the Minneapolis municipal government; the other is Minneapolis Park and Recreation commissioner Annie Young).

Deedle-Dee Productions

It is known for producing the long-running series King of the Hill, The Office and their newest series, Parks and Recreation.

Green card marriage

In the TV show Parks and Recreation, the character Tom Haverford entered into a green card marriage with Wendy, his Canadian college friend.

Joe Dziedzic

Joe's father, Walt Dziedzic, was a Minneapolis police officer, was elected & re-elected to the City Council for 22 years, and then to the Park Board for another 12 years, before announcing plans to retire at the end of 2009.

Pete Ploszek

He has appeared in Parks and Recreation, Shameless, and is set to portray Leonardo in Jonathan Liebesman’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The Way You Look Tonight

It is also sung by Allison Munn in the series finale of the WB sitcom What I Like About You and was used in the Friends episode "The One With Unagi." The song was also performed by the band MouseRat on the "Parks and Recreation" episode "Galentine's Day", wherein Andy Dwyer dedicated it to April Ludgate.


see also

Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

The current Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation is Dr. Richard Starke.

Coal Banks Trail

The city's Parks and Recreation department maintains the city-wide system, which was designed to connect the Oldman River valley with other areas of the city, including Pavan Park in the north and Henderson Park in the east.

Freddy Spaghetti

During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Parks and Recreation co-creator Michael Schur cited stories about Kansas City closing down a great number of their public schools, and Idaho threatening to shut down the state parks department.

High Bridge Branch

1990s: Columbia Gas Transmission of West Virginia construct a gas line under the former rail bed, and the surface rights for the former High Bridge Branch line are transferred to the Hunterdon County Department of Parks and Recreation and Morris County Parks and Recreation for use as a recreational trail, known as Columbia Trail.

Jamie Lee Hamilton

She was an independent candidate for the publicly elected Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation in the city's 2008 municipal election, after being controversially blocked from running on the Non-Partisan Association ticket.

National Alliance for Youth Sports

2011 – MCCS Cherry Point Youth Sports, Village of Evendale Recreation, Kaiserslautern Military Community Youth Sports and Fitness Program, Town of Westport Parks and Recreation, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Youth Sports Program

Niall Blair

He was a tree management officer with Marrickville Council from 1998 until 1999 and manager of parks and recreation for Leeton Shire from 1999 until 2005.

Salazar Park

Ruben F. Salazar Park (formerly Laguna Park) is a public park in Los Angeles, California, and is administrated by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation.

The Possum

In the 9 p.m. timeslot on March 11, Parks and Recreation was outperformed by American Idol on Fox, which drew 20.46 million viewers, and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains on CBS, which drew 12.17 million viewers.