Aziz Ansari plays Tom Haverford on NBC’s Park and Recreation that airs tonight on NBC at 8:30p. When the show was premiering he was doing press and he did Jimmy Kimmel Live! He was so freaking funny on the show, that I check out Parks and Recreation just because of him and I have been hooked ever since.
Parks and Recreation is a half-hour mockumentary that looks at the exciting world of local government. So you would think with a show like that that there would be a lot of improv and he told me nope they pretty much keep to the what the writers wrote. So it just goes to show what a great job everyone who works on does because it seems like it is unscripted when it is actually scripted.
Aziz plays Tom who is an aspiring politician and he is playing the game to get ahead. He is kind of goofy, likes to hit on the ladies and in ways a ki$$ a$$, but that is what politicians do. And Aziz told me is nothing like his character.
A big part of the show is the pit that they Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) is trying to convert into a park. Aziz told me that pit really exists. So I had to ask if he has thrown anyone down into the pit and he told me he hasn’t, but “Amy has pushed in several people. She just doesn’t like, you know, production assistants, you know, ‘hey, you didn’t get my dry cleaning in time.'” Of course he was joking, I think. But it is that type of sense of humor that makes the show so freaking funny!
Parks and Recreation is back for its second season on NBC and he told me this season is so much better because now everyone involved with the show knows their characters better. So far they are two episodes in and you can really see what he is talking about. So what is a big thing we will get to know about Tom this season? We will get to meet his wife, but he wouldn’t tell me when or how but it will be one of those TV moments that will leaves us saying OMG! Here is how he described her to me, “Well Tom really really like his wife cause she’s super hot and she’s a doctor so she’s super rich.”
Aziz also told me that tonight’s episode on NBC at 8:30p is really funny one. Tom and Leslie judge the Miss Pawnee Beauty Pageant. I can’t wait to see what comes out of Tom’s mouth because you know won’t be appropriate!!!
So tune into Parks and Recreation tonight and every Thursday at 8:30p for a show that gets funnier every week. And if you don’t Amy will push you into the pit…
BTW Aziz Ansari has been touring the country with his stand-up, so if you want to see him live check out his site to see when he is coming to city near you!!!
