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Watch "Park & Recreation"'s gay penguin episode!

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Michael Jensen

So you're sitting at home on a Saturday night with nothing to do and nothing to watch? Well, here's a way to kill 22 minutes! Check out NBC's "Pawnee Zoo" episode of Parks & Recreation. In the episode, Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) finds herself caught in the culture wars after she accidentally marries two male penguins. Naturally, the wingnuts of Pawnee will not stand for such depravity.

It's pretty funny stuff and the scenes set in the gay bar look like actual gay bars, as opposed to TV's usual warped idea of gay bars. 

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    • Submitted by
    Michael Jensen
    on Sat, 2009-09-19 19:44.
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    RC94's picture

    Funny.... but,

    Submitted by
    RC94 (187 points) (47 posts)
    on Sat, 2009-09-19 21:11.
    I think they missed an opportunity to really make a point about how harmless the panguin marriage was.  Also I dont like the whole thing about the guy dating the guy and the girl at the same time. Everything else was good.
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    octobercountry's picture

    Parks and Recreation

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    octobercountry (1368 points) (311 posts)
    on Sun, 2009-09-20 01:12.

    Oh, I don't know...  "Derek is gay but he's straight for me but he's gay for Ben and Ben's really gay for Derek and I hate Ben." kind of cracked me up---as did Leslie's response  ("The thing about youth culture is---I don't understand it.")

    Thanks for posting the link, Michael---I really did like this episode, and am wondering if some of this plot (the idea of people being against Leslie because they think she's a gay activist) will be carried over into future episodes...

    Last week's episode of "The Office," (which aired right after this episode of "Parks and Recreation") also had some rather amusing gay content. Let's see if this link works, if anyone wants to check it out as well....

    http://www.hulu.com/watch/96406/the-office-gossip#s-p1-so-i0

     

    I'm like a superhero, with no powers or motivation...

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    Jamie's picture

    I watched that part twice

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    Jamie (1569 points) (355 posts)
    on Mon, 2009-09-21 07:59.

    That whole "Derek is gay..." part had me in tears!  I didn't even follow it all the first time, as I was laughing, so had to hit the rewind to watch again.  The fact that she ended the whole thing with "and I hate Ben" was fantastic!

    I didn't find this show to be all that funny during season 1, but this episode was great and I hope a sign of good things to come for season 2.

    Agree with you on The Office episode too, with Andy questioning his sexuality, that was good stuff.

     

    "Open up your mind and then open up your heart. And you will see that you and me aren't very far apart." - Blessid Union of Souls

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    Nukely's picture

    Thanks for the cute show

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    Nukely (3426 points) (1195 posts)
    on Sun, 2009-09-20 00:28.
    I've never watched it before, I didn't realize that Parks and Recreation was a confessional comedy like The Office. It's pretty funny. It was cool to see them introduce the bi-sexual threesome, even if it was in jest. I mean, Knope was more like the dupe. I hope they bring them back.

    "He might not be my gay penguin, but he might be yours." Do they have that on coffee mugs yet?

    Being out is not "being an activist." It is being honest. Unfortunately it's such a rare commodity in this world that honesty often seems like activism.
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    Lucrece's picture

    I love that woman.

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    Lucrece (235 points) (55 posts)
    on Sun, 2009-09-20 05:09.
    She's hysterical when singing along to Poker Face and boasting about her bisexual scores while drunken.
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    Token Dyke's picture

    Bi-Friendly?

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    Token Dyke (136 points) (44 posts)
    on Sun, 2009-09-20 10:08.

    Wasn't the episode kind of bi-friendly, too? What with the "straight for her, gay for him" threesome, and Leslie acknowledging that bisexual men do in fact exist while bragging that she got both of their numbers?

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    Joseph's picture

    Ok, I'm sorry, but...

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    Joseph (7205 points) (1469 posts)
    on Sun, 2009-09-20 15:03.
    I couldn't watch that after the first 30 seconds. Awful. I wanted to punch her and the cameraman in the face.
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    mikemgmve's picture

    loved it

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    mikemgmve (222 points) (54 posts)
    on Mon, 2009-09-21 17:58.
    the show has come a long way from the first season which had moments. I'm happy it was picked up for a 2nd season and I hope it will only get better and better.
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