Tom Haverford’s confidence is undercut by the expected sitcom incompetence and self-doubt, whereas Donna’s confidence is supported by action and a life of success. To the show’s credit Donna’s supreme confidence isn’t played for laughs in the same ways that other sitcoms would probably pursue. The only reason he’s this low is because this show is full of so many great characters, the rest of which are all slightly funnier and more developed than Garry. Jim O’Heir plays him brilliantly, rarely losing his good cheer despite constantly being disrespected by everybody except Donna, and acting suitably excited about such mundane business as his duties as a notary public. Garry (we’ll respect the man) is hilarious as the office punching bag who’s also the most well-adjusted character with the most fulfilling family life. Jerry / Larry / Terry / Garry Gergich (Jim O’Heir)Īnd here’s where a ranking like this gets hard. Ann brings the best out of Leslie Knope and Amy Poehler, and their friendship was a crucial part of making Leslie more likable after a rocky first few episodes.ĩ. By design she wasn’t given much to do from a comedic standpoint, although when called to the plate she almost always delivered. She was great as Ann Perkins, the steady voice of reason and perennial straight woman. This low ranking is no knock on Rashida Jones. His role was effortlessly replaced by Adam Scott’s superior Ben Wyatt, who was enough of an outsider to highlight the peculiar nature of Pawnee while also being a funnier and more idiosyncratic character than Brendanowicz. He was fine as the above-it-all normal guy wryly mocking the crazy people who worked around him, but as the show deepened its characters beyond being cartoons he no longer served much of a purpose. Both the actor and character have an easy-going charm that made him the Jim Halpert of the early, Office-indebted episodes. Schneider didn’t stick around long enough to make a major impact as Mark Brendanawicz, leaving near the end of the second season. (And that doesn’t even include Henry Winkler, who shows up occasionally in a minor role.) With the show wrapping up tomorrow night, we’ve decided to rank the eleven full-timers, past and present, in terms of how hilarious their characters have been over the years. Yeah, Parks is a show with like five Fonzies. There have been eleven regular full-time cast members over the show’s seven seasons, and probably five of them could have been the defining breakout character on a lesser show. Its greatest strength is its cast, which is as deep and talented as the legendary ones from Cheers, Seinfeld and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. When Parks and Recreation ends its run tomorrow night we’ll be losing perhaps the finest sitcom of this century.
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