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Hello. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:04 | |
Hi. My name is Leslie Knope, | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
and I work for the Parks and Recreation Department. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
Can I ask you a few questions? | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
Would you say that you are, "Enjoying yourself and having fun, | 0:00:12 | 0:00:16 | |
"having a moderate amount of fun and somewhat enjoying yourself, | 0:00:16 | 0:00:20 | |
"or having no fun and no enjoyment?" | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
I'm gonna put a lot of fun. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
Ms Knope, there's a drunk stuck in the slide. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
Sir, this is a children's slide. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
-You're not allowed to sleep in here. -What is? | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
'When I first tell people I work in the government, they say,' | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
"Oh, the government! The government stinks! | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
"The lines are too long at the DMV." | 0:00:37 | 0:00:38 | |
'But now things have changed. People need our help.' | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
And it feels good to be needed. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
-Could you put your arms to your side? -Wait... | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
And that might help you slide down a little easier. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
-We don't... -Want to come this way? -Uh-uh. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
-We need you to get out. -Please go away? -Get out of the slide. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
-OK? -You're... -Here we go! -Can you please go away? | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
OK, wake up. Here we go. Out of the slide. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
'You know, government isn't just a boys' club anymore.' | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
Women are everywhere. It's a great time to be a woman in politics. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
'Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, me, Nancy Pelosi.' | 0:01:03 | 0:01:08 | |
We did it! | 0:01:08 | 0:01:09 | |
'I like to tell people, you know, "Get on board and buckle up, | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
' "cos my ride will be a big one." And if you get motion sickness, | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
'you know, put your head between your knees cos...' | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
Leslie Knope's stopping for no-one. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
Tonight is our next monthly community outreach public forum. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:56 | |
-And that is tonight. -That is tonight. -Right. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
-Leslie will be running it. -SHE CHUCKLES | 0:01:59 | 0:02:01 | |
And we need one more. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:03 | |
Who wants in? | 0:02:03 | 0:02:04 | |
Tom. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:10 | |
GRUNTS: Fine. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
This is a great thing for you guys to see. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
This is where the rubber of government | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
meets the road of actual human beings. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
When I go through these doors, I need to be on. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:22 | |
Like the White House Press Secretary. Are you ready? | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
-Yeah. -OK. Here we go! | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
It's locked. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
-SIGHS: -OK. Here we go. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
SHE SIGHS | 0:02:36 | 0:02:38 | |
Thank you so much for coming. What an amazing turnout. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:45 | |
My name is Leslie Knope. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:46 | |
I am the deputy director of the Parks and Recreation Department, | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
and tonight we're gonna be taking | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
some of your questions as... Hello? | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
We're having a meeting in here. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
LESLIE SIGHS | 0:02:58 | 0:02:59 | |
TOM: Does anybody have any questions about permits? | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
-So, take two. -SHE LAUGHS AWKWARDLY | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
I'm Leslie Knope, and with me is department member Tom Haverford. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
We are here to answer any and all of your questions, so fire away. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
Well, it's a great day, because, last month, they put me in jail. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
That's right. The head of the police is a ninth-degree Mason. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:23 | |
But the music is so loud. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
Stop the graffiti, please. Please. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:27 | |
I don't like obscenities just as much as you don't like them. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
-No, it drives me crazy. I have kids. -Right. But... | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
I've got my three-year-old, going through the park and someone's like, | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
-"Hey, -BLEEP -my -BLEEP!" -And he's, "You -BLEEP -my -BLEEP, BLEEP -head." | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
These people are members of a community that care about | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
'where they live, so what I hear when I'm being yelled at is' | 0:03:41 | 0:03:46 | |
people caring loudly at me. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
Now, I have a few things I want to say about Laura Linney. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
Thank you so much, Barry. Always great to have you here. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
-Anyone else who would like to contribute? -Hi. Hi, hi. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
Hi. I'm Ann Perkins. | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
I'm a nurse and, frankly, I don't really care for politics. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:04 | |
Er, but I'm here to talk about the abandoned lot on Sullivan Street. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
Excellent. Sounds like a good idea. Tell us about that. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
No, it's a problem. It almost killed my boyfriend. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
-Oh. -Yeah. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
There's a lot nearby my house, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:21 | |
and a developer dug out a basement for some condos, | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
and then they went bankrupt, so there's just this giant pit, | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
-and it's been there for almost a year. -12 months, yes. Go on. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
Yeah, and my boyfriend, who is a musician, actually, I support him, | 0:04:32 | 0:04:37 | |
but anyway, he fell in and broke both his legs. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
Ann, let me speak with you for a minute. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:42 | |
-So, your boyfriend fell down into this pit, right? -Yes. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
And, this guy, is it pretty serious? Are you guys living together? | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
-Yes. -Wow, I'm sure this must be really tough for you. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
You know, this guy sounds like he didn't have a lot going on for him | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
to start with, and now both legs broken. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
He's just weak. You have to take care of him. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
You probably feel like you need to move on. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
-What does this... -Become more adventurous | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
in relationships with your body, just in... | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
Are you actually hitting on me right now? | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
Oh. Oh. God, no. I'm not hitting on you. I'm actually married. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
I'm just an open person, and I like connecting with people. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
I'm, you know, very comfortable around women, attractive women. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
I've spent a lot of time with them. And I just... I don't know. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
I feel like we might be taking up too much of the forum's time. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
Maybe we can just exchange numbers. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
You know, maybe go away one weekend and just kind of talk about this. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
-Look... -I'd love to do it. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
The bottom line is I've been trying to get this thing fixed for months, | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
and nobody's done anything, and it's ugly, and it's dangerous, | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
and it's government-owned, and you need to do something about it. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
ALL APPLAUDING | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
OK. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:47 | |
-I'll do something about it. -Really? | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
Yes, we... I will help you. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
Is that a promise? | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
It's more than a promise. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
It's a pinky promise. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
I pinky promise all of you that I will help, | 0:06:00 | 0:06:05 | |
and I will go to that location tomorrow, | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
and we will fill in that pit, | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
and then, when that's done, we're gonna put a park on the land. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:15 | |
SCATTERED MURMURING | 0:06:16 | 0:06:17 | |
OK. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:18 | |
ALL APPLAUDING | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
'Well, I've worked at the Parks Department for six years, | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
'and I've handled a lot of things that I'm proud of.' | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
Recently, I led a city-wide drive to disinfect the sandbox sand | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
after we had those problems with the cats. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
'But this pit, the chance to build a whole new park from scratch...' | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
This could be my Hoover Dam. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
No, that sounds great. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
Problem is, anything over 25 I have to report, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
so, er, maybe give my wife a call | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
and give her the suits, and then, if they don't fit her, | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
maybe she'll give them to me. HE LAUGHS | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
Morning. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | |
CHUCKLES: All right, Mr Mayor. That sounds good. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
I'll see you on Saturday for the Ultimate Frisbee game. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
Bye. Leslie, hello. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
You were talking to the mayor? | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
Yep, we were just rapping about some things. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
'Tom and I work really well together.' | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
We're both outsiders. I'm a woman, he's a... | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
I think he's a Libyan. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
I am from Bennettsville, South Carolina. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
I am what you might call a redneck. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
OK, brainstorm. How do we make this park happen? | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
Go to the city council directly and ask them to put up the money. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
No, parks are not a priority. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
I need more firepower. I need bigger guns. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
You know what I need to do? Form a committee. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
-Right? -Yeah, that could work. -Yeah, cos committees are power, | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
and committees make things happen. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
Committees are the lifeblood of our democratic system. | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
-That's really good. Write that down. -Yep. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
From time to time, when I think of an eloquent saying or a phrase, | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
I have Tom write it down. He's collecting them for my memoirs. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
Here's Leslie's quote from Wednesday. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
-OK, read it back to me. -Um... | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
-"Committees cover our democracy with blood." -Hmm. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
Sounded better when I said it. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
It's still good, though. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
OK, I have an idea. What about bringing Mark on board? | 0:08:11 | 0:08:15 | |
-Which Mark? -Which Mark? | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
Mark Brendanawicz. Which Mark? | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
If you want something done in this town, you call Mark Brendanawicz | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
because he's a city planner, but he's more than that. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
He's kind of like a fixer. He fixes things. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
He's a smart, capable guy. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
He just... He knows where the bodies are buried. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
What's up, Brendanawicz? You crazy old Polish person. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
SHE CHUCKLES | 0:08:37 | 0:08:38 | |
'City Hall is like a locker room, and you gotta get in there,' | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
and you gotta snap towels at people, | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
and you gotta give them the business, and if you can't take it, | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
you know, you... Then you can't take it. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
You gotta leave...the locker room. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
Let's get down to brass tacks. I know you don't have a lot of time | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
and I want to thank you for meeting me today. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
-I just work right there. -Well, thank you for clearing your schedule. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
-I didn't clear anything. -You know this lot I'm talking about, right? | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
Er, yeah, Lot 48. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
Condo developer. He dug a basement, and then he went bankrupt. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
I checked it out like a month ago. It's pretty gross. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
What would you say if I told you | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
that I was thinking about turning it into a park? | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
A park, huh? OK. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
Well, when I think about the logistics, | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
the various hoops that you're gonna have to jump through, | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
I would say, is it likely? No, it's not likely, you know. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:30 | |
But...is it possible? | 0:09:30 | 0:09:35 | |
No. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:36 | |
It's not possible. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:37 | |
-I would give up on that one. -What? Why?! -Why? I don't know. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:41 | |
There's like a million reasons why. Homeowners' associations, | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
anti-government nuts, bureaucrats, miles of red tape... | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
Really? It sounds like you're telling me to go for it. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
There's no way it can happen. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:50 | |
I can do this. I just need a little help. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
Could you do me a favour, for old times' sake? | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
Mark and I... It's complicated. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
When you work closely with someone and you share similar interests | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
and you have a similar world view | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
and you're passionate about the same things, things can happen. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
We slept together. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
Leslie? No. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
Oh, my God. You know what? | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
Yeah, we did, like, five years ago. I sort of... | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
LAUGHING | 0:10:31 | 0:10:32 | |
No, but yeah. Yeah, we did. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
Honey, can you straighten up your area a little bit? | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
Cos they're gonna be here soon. Can...? | 0:10:38 | 0:10:41 | |
Thanks. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:44 | |
That parks lady is coming over, and we're gonna go | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
take a look at the pit. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
'I think it's probably just a photo op for her. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
'I don't think anybody in government actually cares about...' | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
Honey, do you mind doing that somewhere else? | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
I'm trying to watch TV. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
I'm talking about the pit you fell in! | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
-INSIDE: 'I know, but it's boring!' -It's Ms Perkins' house. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:03 | |
DOORBELL RINGING | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
Doorbell! | 0:11:05 | 0:11:06 | |
Yeah, I heard it. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:07 | |
DOORBELL RINGS AGAIN | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
-Doorbell! -I heard it. I'm getting it. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
-I'm here. -Hey! Wow! Look at that. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
Safety. You remember Tom from last night. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
-Hey, Ann, how are you? -Yeah, hey. Of course I do. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
This is our college intern April. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:23 | |
-She's going to be documenting our fact-finding mission. -Hey, April. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
-Hey. -Is this fun for you? | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
Yeah, it's so much fun. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
I'm just gonna grab my phone quickly. Sorry. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
-This must be our hero. -SHE CHUCKLES | 0:11:36 | 0:11:38 | |
The man heard 'round the world. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
Uh-huh. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:42 | |
How you doing, son? | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
Pretty good. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:45 | |
I'm Leslie Knope. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
And the entire government of Pawnee would like to let you know | 0:11:47 | 0:11:52 | |
that we will do everything we can to help you. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
Could you pass me my itch stick? | 0:11:55 | 0:11:56 | |
Of course. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:58 | |
So, Andy jumped over this fence. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:15 | |
He was crossing through to get home, and then he fell right there. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:19 | |
Oh, my God. How did we let this happen? | 0:12:19 | 0:12:23 | |
LESLIE SIGHS | 0:12:23 | 0:12:24 | |
Dream with me for a second, Ann. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
Doesn't this neighbourhood deserve a first-class park? | 0:12:26 | 0:12:29 | |
Imagine a shiny new playground with a jungle gym and swings, | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
pool, tennis courts, volleyball courts, racquetball courts, | 0:12:33 | 0:12:38 | |
basketball court, regulation football field. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
We could put an amphitheatre over there with Shakespeare in the Park. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
-It's really not that big of a pit. -We could do some of those things. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
It's gonna take a little extra work. But why not try? | 0:12:46 | 0:12:51 | |
-I think that would be great. -Me, too. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
I'm going in. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:57 | |
-Why? -Don't worry. I have a hard hat on. | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
-I can see that, but... -Yeah. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
-April, document this. -Document what? | 0:13:01 | 0:13:02 | |
The key to any fact-finding mission is to get | 0:13:02 | 0:13:05 | |
right into the battle zone, you know? | 0:13:05 | 0:13:07 | |
It's like George Bush when he flew over New Orleans | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
or Richard Nixon when he went to China | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
to see what the Chinese were up to. No! | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
GRUNTING | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
Leslie, are you OK? | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
Leslie! Hold on, April's gonna get some photos for the website. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:27 | |
-Could you just be still? -Don't move around as much. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
OK, squeeze my fingers. Good. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
-Does it hurt a lot? -No. Mmm-mmm. I'm fine. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
-No, you're not. -Good thing I was wearing that hard hat. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:42 | |
But it... It fell off. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
After my head hit that rod. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
Wow. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:49 | |
I can't believe you fell in, too. That's awesome. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
It's not awesome, Andy. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:53 | |
Well, at least my boss will listen to me now that I broke my clavicle. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:56 | |
-It's not broken. -It is. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
Do you have one of those neck foam collar brace things? | 0:13:58 | 0:14:02 | |
Honestly, you're fine. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:03 | |
-MUMBLING: -Honestly, my clavicle's broken. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
Oh, hey, baby, if you're going to the kitchen, | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
could you make me pancakes real quick? | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
Sure. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:12 | |
Ooh! Are pancakes being made? | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
-Thank you. -Sure. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
I don't know, she's a little doofy, but she's sweet. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
-'Ron, please. -No.' | 0:14:25 | 0:14:27 | |
-No way. -Come on, Ron. I've been a loyal foot soldier. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
Give me my shot. Let me have Lot 48. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
Is that a travel pillow around your neck? | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
Ron, I don't know how to explain this to you. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
When you've been down in the pit... Have you been in the pit? | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
No, I haven't gotten down there yet. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
-Well, I have. -When you fell in. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
When I visited the bottom of the pit on a fact-finding mission. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:51 | |
And when you're down there, | 0:14:51 | 0:14:52 | |
you get some perspective about what it all means. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:57 | |
And let me tell you something, Ron. what it means is... | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
I want this subcommittee. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
I've been quite open about this around the office. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:08 | |
I don't want this Parks Department to build any parks | 0:15:08 | 0:15:10 | |
because I don't believe in government. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
I think that all government is a waste of taxpayer money. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:16 | |
My dream is to have the park system privatised | 0:15:16 | 0:15:21 | |
and run entirely for profit by corporations. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
Like Chuck E Cheese. They have an impeccable business model. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:29 | |
I would rather work for Chuck E Cheese. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
Well, I will definitely think about it. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
I like the sound of that definitely. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
I'm gonna leave before you change your mind. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
Mr Swanson, I presume. Lot 48. Thoughts? Yes? No? Me? | 0:15:47 | 0:15:52 | |
Park? Giving the park to me? | 0:15:52 | 0:15:53 | |
Still mulling. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:54 | |
'She's insatiable.' | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
She's like a little dog with a chew toy. | 0:15:56 | 0:16:00 | |
All right, you guys. I'll ask him. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:01 | |
Everybody wants to know what your decision is. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
Someone on the phone about the park. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:05 | |
You know, I don't think I even want it. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
Oh, man. My clavicle's still really hurting me. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
-Oh! This is a great shot. LAUGHS: -I know. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
-That's awesome. -I think she's crying in that one. Look at this one. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
-Hey, kids. -That's another good one. -Hey. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:24 | |
Hey, Brendanawicz. You gotta come check this out. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
Leslie took us out to that pit in Lot 48, and she fell inside. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
-And we have some awesome photos. -One. -Is she OK? -Yeah, she's fine. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
Oh! This is a classic. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:35 | |
-That's the best one. -The up-skirt photo. Awesome. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:39 | |
Hey, man. Give me the photo back. What's going on? | 0:16:42 | 0:16:46 | |
Don't worry. I can print more. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
Leslie is unique. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
'Um, government work can beat you down. I would say | 0:16:53 | 0:16:57 | |
'that I lost my optimism about government in about two months.' | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
Leslie's kept hers for six years. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:04 | |
I've got a few rules about how to survive and prosper | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
in a government job, and I think I'm about to break one of those rules. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
I want you to give Lot 48 to Leslie so she can try to build a park. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
Why should I? | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
You owe me one, remember? | 0:17:19 | 0:17:20 | |
Do you want to cash in for this? | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
Yeah, I do. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
So this was built in 1935. It's called Pioneer Hall. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:30 | |
And a little trivia, | 0:17:30 | 0:17:31 | |
it is one of the first structures in America to ever have locks. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
Wow! | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
Oh, yeah. This is our crown jewel. It's one of our best murals. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:40 | |
It depicts the very famous battle at Conega Creek. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
We have a lot of children visit, | 0:17:43 | 0:17:44 | |
so often we have to cover up the more gruesome parts with a poster. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:49 | |
That is horrifying. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
Yes, it is. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
So, what do you want to see? The DMV? Animal control? | 0:17:54 | 0:17:56 | |
-Or we could... -Leslie! | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
We did it. Ron's approved our committee. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
-Oh, my God! -That's great! | 0:18:05 | 0:18:07 | |
-That's so great. -That's so exciting! | 0:18:07 | 0:18:09 | |
This is huge. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:11 | |
I'm barely 34, | 0:18:11 | 0:18:12 | |
and I've already landed a Parks Department exploratory subcommittee. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
-CHUCKLES: -I'm a rocket ship. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
-Leslie. -Hey! -I just heard the news. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
-Isn't it great? -Congratulations. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:22 | |
-Thank you. I'm so excited. It's exciting, isn't it? -It is. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
-Should I call a press conference now... -Yeah, definitely(!) -I would. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:28 | |
Every now and then, we have these little gatherings, | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
and Leslie gets plastered. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
''One time I convinced her to try to fax someone a Fruit Roll-Up. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
'She one time made out with the water-delivery guy in her office. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
'On Halloween, she was dressed up as Batman. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
'Not Batgirl. Batman. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
'And I convinced her to go stop a crime that was going on outside.' | 0:18:46 | 0:18:50 | |
And it is my favourite thing in the world. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:52 | |
You know what? America is awesome. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
It's so full of hope and small towns and big cities and real people | 0:18:54 | 0:19:00 | |
and delicious beverages and hot guys. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
You just never know when opportunity is gonna strike. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
-Yeah. -You gotta be ready for it. -Yeah. -Are you excited? | 0:19:05 | 0:19:07 | |
-Definitely am. Fired up. -Yeah! -I'm really fired up. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
I... You know they say that democracy or whatever | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
only works when people get involved? Well, I'm getting involved. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:16 | |
So I am gonna make a vow now | 0:19:16 | 0:19:19 | |
that I will do whatever it takes to get this pit filled in. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:23 | |
Even if it takes two months. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:25 | |
Woo! | 0:19:25 | 0:19:26 | |
# Soul sista, soul sista Gonna get your phone, sista... # | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
-Yeah. -# Sweet Lady Marmalard! # | 0:19:30 | 0:19:36 | |
I've created this office as a symbol of how I feel about government. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:41 | |
This sawed-off shotgun belonged to a local bootlegger. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:44 | |
People who come in here to ask me for things | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
have to stare right down the barrel. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
Did you guys get a grant to do this? | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
This is my basketball court. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:52 | |
I don't want to see any double dribble. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
I don't want to see any three-second violations. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
Bobby Knight! | 0:19:57 | 0:19:58 |