Mar 3, 2026 · 1:03:57

Favorite 'Parks and Rec' Memories on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

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The Hang, in Short

This clip show brings together all the Parks and Rec alums who've stopped by the podcast while Amy finishes shooting her new Peacock show Dig with Mike Shur. The standout story? When NBC wanted an Office spin-off, Greg Daniels told Ben Silverman he'd only do it if it was genuinely his best idea, not just because they wanted a spin-off. Silverman said "totally hear you, buddy." The next day Variety announced the Office spin-off anyway. Just completely ignored him. So Shur and Daniels met constantly at Norm's Diner in the Valley, bouncing around ideas until the 2008 economy collapsed and satirizing local government suddenly felt urgent. Shur pitched an abandoned lot becoming a park over nine years, very Wire inspired. Greg countered with a pit. Much better. They offered Amy the role right before the Super Bowl episode slot, gave up seven guaranteed episodes and that prime placement just to wait three months for her to give birth. Worth it.

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  1. 0:05

    Hello everyone. Welcome to another

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    episode of Good Hang. We are continuing

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    our clip package episodes and this is

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    the second of three. So, we will be back

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    with new episodes and guests in just two

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    weeks. But this week, we are putting

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    together uh an amazing episode of all of

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    the people from parks and recreation who

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    have come into the studio and sat and

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    talked to us. And it is a great list. It

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    is Mike Sher, Rashidita Jones, Aziz

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    Ansari, Katherine Han, Paul Rudd, Aubrey

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    Plaza, Adam Scott, and please know there

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    are more coming. In fact, a little

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    teaser, we do have Nick Offererman

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    joining us in season two of this

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    podcast. If there are seasons and

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    podcasts, we are insisting there are.

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    And so, um, you're going to hear from

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    all of these people today. And the

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    reason why we're doing these um these

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    clip shows is because I am finishing up

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    shooting a new show for Peacock called

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    Dig with my buddy Mike Sher who uh as we

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    all know um created Parks and Rex. So

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