re: Which is better? The Office or Parks and Rec

Yeah I understand we're trying to compare the two here but P&R doesn't hold a candle to The Office. I personally can't see how anyone could put them the other way around. The Office is legendary status.

Office was way more relatable and based in reality. Sure some characters were outlandish, but the world was real.

Every person you see in parks is some absurd character. All the townspeople are crazy or bizarre or they seem "in on the joke".

When someone like Dwight interacted with people outside of the office, they were like "what the frick is up with this guy?"

I liked that about the office.

Michael Dwight and Jim were a trio that fit together and clashed so much in difference that they are simply unbeatable. Jim was smart yet always pulled shite. Dwight was like a super tough nerd weirdo and Michael was possibly best tv character of all time

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This is a familiar theme, but I'd say the office had higher highs and its peak run was better. However, it also had some BAD down periods, whereas P&R really only had season 1, and it was just 6 episodes.

Basically when michael leaves the office it goes into the shitter and stays there for a while. Also once jim and pam get together become a bit less likeable and after they're married with kid they're insufferable. P&R got good in season 2 and stayed good until the last episode.

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This.

To me, the peaks are more important, so The Office is the winner.

The Office is more consistent. P&R, peaks and valleys.

The Office is better, but I like the characters of Parks and Recreation more.

When seasons 8 and 9 of the Office aired originally I watched live and was disappointed. But a couple years ago on TBS they started playing those seasons a lot and I realized they are pretty damn funny. In fact I watched several season 8 episodes earlier today and have done so often because they were a lot funnier than I remembered. Season 9 is pretty good too. When Nelly becomes the boss she is a female Michael Scott but I don't know if it's because she's British or a woman but folks hated her and she was doing the exact shite Michael would do.

I can't watch season 4 of Parks because election Leslie just annoys the frick out of me and that Paul Rudd character was so fricking dumb. Other than that I like Parks and Rec but Leslie gets on my nerves in most episodes because in a lot of ways she was selfish as frick even though she had a good heart. I feel like at least Michael Scott was more charming when he was being selfish.

There's even a few episodes where they tell Leslie she bulldozes over everybody but then she did it in most episodes and they just went along with it.

But overall I like the Office way more because I can only take Leslie in small doses.

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The Office with Michael Scott might be one of the best recent comedies

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of all time

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What a brilliant contradiction!

BTW how awesome was the parks finale? A tickle in the throat type of episode