May 1, 2010

Paul Schneider to Leave 'Parks and Recreation'

Paul Schneider will leave the cast of Parks and Recreation following this season. If you were to ask me if I care, I would say, "nope." He is by and large the weakest character on the show, and in fact, I am shocked that it was his choice to quit and not the creators of the show. In even better news, Rob Lowe will be making a large guest appearance, starting this season and bridging into the next. As well, Adam Scott (Will Ferrell's biological brother from 'Stepbrothers', Henry Pollard from 'Party Down') will be joining the cast as a possible love interest for Amy Poehler. I think this is a huge improvement for the show going forward.

From Michael Schur, "Lowe and Adam come in as part of a team sent in from a distant land to try to help the town of Pawnee through a rough patch. There are all these stories in the news now like Kansas City is closing half of their public schools now, and, I don’t know if this actually happened, but the entire state of Idaho was threatening to shut down the Parks department…and Idaho is essentially just one large park. Most cities and towns in the country right now are going through these rough patches involving plummeting tax revenue and layoffs. So we’re doing a torn-from-the-headlines thing about Pawnee and Adam and Rob’s characters come in to help them fix their budget problems."

Sold, especially because this will undoubtedly lead to conflict between the two and Ron, the shows best character.

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