Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...

... you can learn from:

"Parks and Recreation"

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Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari): Zerts are what I call desserts. Tray-trays are entrees. I call sandwiches sammies, sandoozles, or Adam Sandlers. Air conditioners are cool-blasterz, with a z. I don’t know where that came from. I call cakes big ol’ cookies. I call noodles long-ass rice. Fried chicken is fri-fri chicky-chick. Chicken parm is chicky chicky parm parm. Chicken cacciatore? Chicky catch. I call eggs pre-birds, or future birds. Root beer is super water. Tortillas are bean blankies. And I call forks…. Food rakes.

I never eat chicken parmesan but I want to order it everywhere I go from now on just so I can call it "chicky chicky parm parm." Last night's Parks & Rec was, what, the fiftieth straight gut-busting episode? I hope y'all watch this show, because it is possibly, give or take a Fringe, my favorite thing on TV right now. It's like the magic hour, a place where you realize that every single aspect of something is firing on every cylinder, working perfectly. It's a delight. If you asked me to name a favorite character I might have a breakdown, there is so much to love. 

And I never thought Aziz would be one of those things, his schtick wasn't my favorite beforehand, but they temper him with so much sweetness and rascally tiny-man buffoonish joy that you can't help but love it.

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