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Season 4: Ep. 5 - "Campaign Ad"
Fejerro
Ron Swanson, you've been CTMTS'd.
ITheKTrainI
Thanks to Imgur my wife and I started watching Parks and Rec. Best decision ever!
giannibrixton
WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?
red1990
+1 for Ron Swanson!
WindWaker74
GOD DAMN IT I'M WATCHING THE SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I'M EXACTLY ONE EPISODE BEHIND THIS SCENE.
Greeneyeddevil
4th wall cos the writers are taking a shot at the trope of skipping over what can only be the most impossibly interesting scene ever?
natalieandrea1
WHY ARE THEY SCREAMING?
ThroughTheFireAndTheFlamesOnExpert
+1 for episode sauce.
chrystheghost
I just watched this episode...
tortillaman0
Ah, classic!
idontevenknowsillymonkey
This show and The Office are not on Australia's Netflix. Stop reminding me, Imgur.
RonSwansonsBacon
Haha i can relate
bradleyxman
I just finally watched this episode today, what a coincidence!
fartbender
Chris was the perfect counter point to Ron. I loved it when they interacted.
MortAura
I TOO ENJOY FULL CAPS SUBTITLES.
maxijazz666
+1 confusing me! Gif/still so many unneeded pauses
dalevm87
Ann Perkins
danieltorres2017
WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?
TaiMaiShiBich
MEAT MIKE SWANSON
johnjohnjohnjohnjohnjohnjohnjohn
Props for putting the Season and Episode under! +1
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DrHarleenFrancesQuinzelMD
Sick reference, bro
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ashmenon
I love how Rob Lowe embraces the whole pretty-idiot aspect of his character.
zanstar
Why did I just hear about him possibly having a sex tape with 2 women and one of them being 16 or something?
learntotakejoke
I for one LITERALLY love it also.....ANNE PERKINS
halfanangrybadger
He's not an idiot, he's extremely successful and good at his job.
ImprovedLoungewear
+1 tight blend of stills & gifs
badasiguanabe
The blend is so toight.
klausnominomi
Toight like a toiger
Nerdygasm
toight like a tiger
crashmcleroy
This is Literally the best post I've ever seen
jeffasaurusrex
But really though, high quality and legible font, gifs only when necessary, HD picture, and Parks and Rec? OP is literally the best!
jeffasaurusrex
But really though, high quality and legible font, gifs only when necessary, HD picture, and Parks and Rec? OP is literally the best!
Dreamare
*Litrally
crashmcleroy
*Lirteralley
witchtrash
Ann Perkins
blainetog
Ann.
neen26
Perkins.
Abso
What exactly does this have to do with the 4th wall? Unless that actually is the name of the cafe.
ItsCaptain0bvious
A proper example of breaking the 4th wall:![]()
Iwasoutedbyatroll
Whenever an actor addresses the audience directly it is considered; "Breaking the 4th wall" Ferris Bueller's Day Off did this with abandon.
foxyfaice
Actually, breaking the 4th wall is whenever an actor observes that they are being observed. Talking to the audience is different.
jrau18
This show is a mockumentary. He's not addressing the audience. He's addressing the documentary crew.
freegummybears
The show always does that though, so you wouldn't need to state that every time you post about it.
Nattodesu
Actually, this show doesn't break the 4th wall, because its characters are being interviewed and speak within their reality. Misuse of term.
MrDaliard
Grazie, maestro
MrDaliard
Grazie, maestro
Dreamare
It makes reference to the cut to the next scene with Ron being extremely confused. For a moment, he is aware of what happened on the show.
UhBell
Cam confirm, @Dreamare is correct. Its easier to notice while actually watching the episode. Ron and the audience are the only ones who(1/2)
UhBell
notice the time-lapse/scene-change. Ron's look of confusion is literally him trying to figure out how he got there. (2/2)
BreadyStinellis
But that's how every episode is. They are fully aware they're in front of cameras, like the office.
Abso
I don't think that's the case. He is confused, but nothing out of the ordinary happened other than Chris Traeger's immense charisma.
Dreamare
No, Chris uses his immense charisma to go meta and change the scene to be in the cafe with Ron, even though Ron refused and remembers that.
jrau18
This isn't breaking the fourth wall... Yes, that's the joke from our point of view. But there is no in-universe fourth wall break.
maltbrew
That's not 4th wall breaking but okay :)
UhBell
4th wall breaking isn't always a textbook look-at-the-camera. It was an event that was only noticed by Ron and the audience, it still fits.
LokiKingOfJotunheim
And the documentary crew that was filming it... So not really a 4th wall thing at all.
UhBell
I don't think any of you entirely understand the 4th wall concept...
marsupialiterate
Well, he is nodding to the fact that the editing often offers little to no explanation to what happened between scenes, so...there's that
TastyBrainMeats
Maybe not breaking, but definitely leaning on it.
DavidAndrews
It's a mockumentary, You tend to forget it, but the premise of the show is that they are being followed by a documentary film crew.
UhBell
They are still breaking that 4th wall of the mockumentary with Ron's time lapse. It's not the textbook look-at-the-camera, but still fits.
rainevasquez
What, how is it breakin the 4th wall?
UhBell
That time-lapse event was only noticed by Ron and the audience. It was an indirect interaction with the audience outside of their normal (1)
UhBell
mockumentary format. It's very loose, but it definitely fits. Composition teacher approved. (2/2)
SnakeTaleJohnny
I figured a show where the characters speak directly to the camera really isn't concerned with fourth wall breaking.
JabbaTheSwampBandit
Don't they do that all the time though?
maltbrew
I really don't understand that format either. When did this become the new thing? Modern Family does it too but it doesn't make sense.
hsalceht
the mac show did that too..
SnakeTaleJohnny
I might be wrong, but the Office was the first popular show that did it, and P&R was originally intended to be a spin-off of the Office.
DavidAndrews
This is the correct shit right here.
maltbrew
But that makes sense in the UK version because a documentary crew is filming them. I haven't watched the US one but is that the same deal?
Glumerlink
it's the same deal and the first season of the office is pretty much word for word the same as the UK version, after that it gets way better
DirtyPrincess
I've never seen Parks & Recreation or The Office, but thanks to Imgur I can hold conversations about the shows like I've seen every episode.
NothingRhymesWithClockworkOrange
Just don't mention that to people.
NoDirectionHome
Seen every episode of both, and the office > parks & rec. Both are worth watching though
dm1989
watch them .... i was on the fence before but decided to watch them.... the office is one of THE best shows ive ever watched
jrau18
Man, wasn't it great how Andy and Ben ended up working for that weird guy together? That was hilarious. Especially when they went to England
UhBell
But Andy get's the blue helicopter because he called it.
bakedbads
They are on Netflix
xRenascent
Up to the last season, at least.
TheImgurianWhoSendsFriendlyAndFunnyMessagesToOtherImgurians
Well, not everyone have that, I to example have Viaplay (a kinda bad Swedish version).
nesurame
I haven't watched the shows, not because I think they're bad, but because I don't want to fail out of college. I have no self control.
ottermad88
Uk netflix?
bakedbads
Sadly I don't know :(
wangleberries
Nope, Amazon Prime in the UK. Technology can solve your problems though....
ottermad88
I dont pirate stuff, and you have to pay for each individual things on amazon prime
wangleberries
Not actually suggesting pirating - if it's on US Netflix, log in with your (paid for) UK Netflix acc. and make it think you're in the US