Loading...
You're not connected to the Internet. Please check your connection.

Clips from Parks and Recreation - The Banquet (S01E01)

"In a town as old as Pawnee, there's a lot of history in every acre."
Parks and Recreation
"This wooded area is the site of, um, the murder, actually,"
Parks and Recreation
"of Nathaniel Bixby Mark."
Parks and Recreation
"He was a pioneer who was killed by a tribe of Wamapoke Indians,"
Parks and Recreation
"after he traded them a baby for what is now Indianapolis."
Parks and Recreation
"They cut his face off."
Parks and Recreation
"And they made it into a dream catcher."
Parks and Recreation
"And they made his legs into rain sticks."
Parks and Recreation
"And that's the great thing about Indians, back then, is,"
Parks and Recreation
"they used every part of the pioneer."
Parks and Recreation
"Today is a great day for the Knope family."
Parks and Recreation
"My mother is being honored at a banquet with the Tellenson Award"
Parks and Recreation
"for Excellence in Pawnee Public Service."
Parks and Recreation
"The award's named after the legendary Tony Tellenson, who was a great man."
Parks and Recreation
"Sorry, is a great man."
Parks and Recreation
"I, for one, am glad that they're keeping him alive."
Parks and Recreation
"I saw you survive that town hall meeting."
Parks and Recreation
"You keep that up and you're gonna be figuring out"
Parks and Recreation
"what wall to put your own Tellenson Award on."
Parks and Recreation
"Oh, I already know, the one on the left where the American flag is."
Parks and Recreation
"But I think we could be a multi-generational"
Parks and Recreation
"political dynasty, you and I, you know?"
Parks and Recreation
"Like the Kennedys, or the Bushes."
Parks and Recreation
"Minus the drinking problem."
Parks and Recreation
"I mean no disrespect."
Parks and Recreation
"The only reason anybody's going to this thing"
Parks and Recreation
"is because they're afraid of what Marlene'll do to them if they don't."
Parks and Recreation
"That woman is tough."
Parks and Recreation
"In 1994, I gave her a nickname."
Parks and Recreation
"It's unrepeatable, but it stuck."
Parks and Recreation
"It's my proudest accomplishment."
Parks and Recreation
"It's "The Iron -- of Pawnee.""
Parks and Recreation
"This is very exciting. This is a big night."
Parks and Recreation
"We are gonna meet some powerful people tonight, so take this down."
Parks and Recreation
"Mmm-hmm."
Parks and Recreation
"Good evening."
Parks and Recreation
"Marlene Griggs-Knope is my mother."
Parks and Recreation
"How important are speeches?"
Parks and Recreation
"I don't know, ask the Gettysburg Address."
Parks and Recreation
"Oh, it didn't answer your call?"
Parks and Recreation
"Maybe because it was in the Smithsonian."
Parks and Recreation
"It was a great learning experience because my mom cast a long shadow"
Parks and Recreation
"Read that part back to me"
Parks and Recreation
""I was learning-disabled and my mom cast a very long shadow.""
Parks and Recreation
"No, I didn't say "learning-disabled.""
Parks and Recreation
"Um, we'll just move on. We can fix that later. Long shadow, go."
Parks and Recreation
"Okay, I've lost my momentum now."
Parks and Recreation
"Um, all right, let's start from the top."
Parks and Recreation
"What's the first sentence again?"
Parks and Recreation
""Marlene Griggs-Knope is morbidly obese.""
Parks and Recreation
"I never said "obese." I said "is my mother.""
Parks and Recreation
"Oh, sorry. I got it."
Parks and Recreation
"I need to mention the park and in a very subtle way,"
Parks and Recreation
"I need to let people know that I'm forging my own path"
Parks and Recreation
"and I have my own subcommittee."
Parks and Recreation
"But I don't want to sound braggy. What do I do?"
Parks and Recreation
"It's about appearing humble, you know?"
Parks and Recreation
"Abraham Lincoln, when he started his speeches,"
Parks and Recreation
"he would come up and say, "My name's Abraham Lincoln."
Parks and Recreation
""I'm the President of the United States."
Parks and Recreation
""But I'm gonna be honest with you. I have no clue what I'm doing.""
Parks and Recreation
"So, maybe you start off with something like that."
Parks and Recreation
"Okay. So, I start off with, "I am Leslie Knope."
Parks and Recreation
""I am the Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation,"
Parks and Recreation
""and to be honest with you, I don't know what I'm doing.""
Parks and Recreation
"- Yeah. - Yeah. Then,"
Parks and Recreation
"I think what we want to do at that point is start getting the energy up."
Parks and Recreation
"- Yeah. - How about this?"
Parks and Recreation
""Marlene Griggs-Knope is definitely not a whore.""
Parks and Recreation
"- No. - "Marlene Griggs-Knope"
Parks and Recreation
""has not five but seven Asian friends."
Parks and Recreation
""Marlene Griggs-Knope has never solicited a male prostitute."
Parks and Recreation
""Marlene Griggs-Knope has said the N-word only four times in her entire life.""
Parks and Recreation
"No! No!"
Parks and Recreation
"She said it more than that?"
Parks and Recreation
"How about this one?"
Parks and Recreation
"That is hot."
Parks and Recreation
"Seriously?"
Parks and Recreation
"Yes. That is really hot."
Parks and Recreation
"How come you don't dress up like that for me?"
Parks and Recreation
"Well, 'cause I would feel a little silly"
Parks and Recreation
"putting on a nice dress to go to "the couch.""
Parks and Recreation
"I haven't been out in so long."
Parks and Recreation
"Andy being in a cast has definitely put a crimp in our social life."
Parks and Recreation
"I don't really know Leslie's mom,"
Parks and Recreation
"and I don't know what the Tellenson Award is,"
Parks and Recreation
"but at this moment in my life,"
Parks and Recreation
"it sounds like a magical evening."
Parks and Recreation
"Babe, I'm out of milk."
Parks and Recreation
"How dressy is this, exactly?"
Parks and Recreation
"To the max."
Parks and Recreation
"It is the most exclusive local government event of the year."
Parks and Recreation
"- Really? - Yeah."
Parks and Recreation
"The Tellensons is like the Oscars times the Grammys plus the Super Bowl."
Parks and Recreation
"Wow. Okay."
Parks and Recreation
"Um, I should probably change."
Parks and Recreation
"I'm headed to the salon right now."
Parks and Recreation
"Salvatore Manfrelotti has been cutting hair"
Parks and Recreation
"across from Pioneer Hall since 1958."
Parks and Recreation
"All the movers and shakers who come through Pawnee"
Parks and Recreation
"have sat in that chair at one point or another."
Parks and Recreation
"I mean, he's the guy that made Larry Bird look the way he does."
Parks and Recreation
"Next."
Parks and Recreation
"So, what's the inside scoop, Salvatore?"
Parks and Recreation
"My feet hurt."
Parks and Recreation
"Classic Salvatore!"
Parks and Recreation
"Do I know you?"
Parks and Recreation
"Uh, no. This is my first official political haircut."
Parks and Recreation
"I'm Leslie Knope, Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation."
Parks and Recreation
"Are you related to that Marlene Something-Knope?"
Parks and Recreation
"That depends. Would you call being her daughter related?"
Parks and Recreation
"What the hell else would you call it?"
Parks and Recreation
"Now, what do you want me to do with this?"
Parks and Recreation
"Well, my mom is being honored tonight."
Parks and Recreation
"So, in a way, I am also being honored."
Parks and Recreation
"And I just wanted to mix things up a little bit, you know?"
Parks and Recreation
"Pin it up, something sassy, but powerful and dynastic."
Parks and Recreation
"Hi, April."
Parks and Recreation
"Good evening, sir."
Parks and Recreation
"I'm off the clock, April. You don't need to call me sir."
Parks and Recreation
Show more clips