History Trivia / ParksAndRecreation

** While he doesn't appear to hate the show or bear any animosity towards the creative team or his former costars, Creator/PaulSchneider (Mark) does not seem to have a lot of fond memories of his time on ''Parks and Rec''. It's hard to blame him, considering how he was always the odd man out among the other cast members and then found himself and his character being increasingly left behind when the series found its identity in Season 2, resulting in him being (in his own words "given a lot less to do". Still, Schneider has been pretty honest about how his experience on the show left him with a soured outlook on mainstream acting as a whole (he now selects roles in low-key independent projects and takes a lot of time off in between jobs). The creators did keep the door open for a return and planned to have Mark [[TheBusCameBack reappear every once in a while]], but between them not being able to figure out a way to bring Mark back and Schneider not being interested in ever reappearing again, the plans fell through and Mark slid into UnPerson territory from Season 3 onward.

** While still proud of the show overall, Creator/ChrisPratt eventually became [[https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2014/03/64826/chris-pratt-parks-and-recreation uncomfortable with the amount of jokes]] [[ButtMonkey at Jerry's expense]], feeling it had gotten too mean-spirited to be funny.

* {{Corpsing}}: Due to the actors having a lot of leeway to improv on set, this happens. Aubrey Plaza is the most prone to it; this is most visible when the camera holds on her face when Chris Pratt plays her his song "Champion of Death".

** While he doesn't appear to hate the show itself, Creator/PaulSchneider (Mark) does not seem to have fond memories of his time on it either. It's hard to blame him considering how he was always the odd man out among the other cast members and found himself and his character being increasingly left behind when the series found its identity in Season 2, but Schneider has been pretty honest about his bitter feelings regarding his experience on the show and that it left him with a soured outlook on mainstream acting as a whole (he now selects roles in low-key independent projects and takes a lot of time off in between jobs). The creators did keep the door open for a return and planned to have Mark [[DropInCharacter reappear every once in a while]], but Schneider expressed an explicit lack of interest in ever reappearing again, which may explain why Mark slid into UnPerson territory from Season 3 onward.

** Nick Offerman wrote Season 4's "Lucky".

* CaliforniaDoubling: Played straight. Most exterior town scenes are shot in Pasadena. The outside of Pawnee City Hall is actually Pasadena City Hall. Lampshaded in "Pawnee Commons" wherein Ben questions the large number of palm trees found in Eagleton, which an Eagletonian explains/the show handwaves as being the result of Eagleton's unique geologic placement.

-->'''Schur:''' We were working [on] the character description of Ben's dad and I said aloud, 'He should act like Mike Ehrmentraut'. So somebody said, 'Well, why can't we just get Jonathan Banks?'"