The only reason needs to be the 192 proof awesomeness that is Ron Farking Swanson. If his awesomeness proof number were any higher, he'd evaporate in a puff of uber.

The best thing the show did was exchange the Mark Brendanawicz character for Ben Wyatt. Adam Scott is hilarious.

But yes, Ron Farking Swanson is goddamn amazing. And there are few things funnier than the episodes where he and Tammy 2 go batshiat insane together.

I don't get it. I've seen the pilot (once when it came out, and just recently on Netflix) and I don't find anything funny about it. Does it get exponentially better in later episodes? I don't understand the appeal.

ecmoRandomNumbers: I don't get it. I've seen the pilot (once when it came out, and just recently on Netflix) and I don't find anything funny about it. Does it get exponentially better in later episodes? I don't understand the appeal.

The first season is not very good at all. Just start at the second season. That's what I did.



"It's never too early to learn that the government is a greedy piglet that suckles on a taxpayer's teet until they have sore, chapped nipples. I'm gonna need a different metaphor to give this nine year old."

"I'm not interested in caring about people. I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes."

ecmoRandomNumbers: I don't get it. I've seen the pilot (once when it came out, and just recently on Netflix) and I don't find anything funny about it. Does it get exponentially better in later episodes? I don't understand the appeal.

This. I've seen a couple of episodes and was underwhelmed. I think 30 Rock and The Office are hilarious, but this... I dunno. But Ron Swanson is funny.

"So not only does this thing exist, but now you have deprived everyone of cake"

I'm stunned we've made it this long without a RonSwanson on the Fark Politics tab

Den of Geek is wrong about one thing at least. The show needs to ditch Jean-Ralphio. And probably Tom Haverford also. At this point Aziz Ansari's character is stunningly unfunny.

I'd rather see more of Jerry and Donna than Tom Haverford.

But yes. Ron Farking Swanson is enough for me to tune in each week. The rest is gravy.

Obvious:

It's superior to "The Jim and Pam Show", a.k.a. "The Office".

"I am only here because I owe Leslie a thousand favors. I'm not big on charities. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish, and you feed yourself. He's a grown man. Fishing's not that hard."

After all these years, there's only ONE negative thing about Ron Swanson:

He's a WNBA fan.

If Ron Swanson were a real person, everyone here would be posting comments like, "TEABAGGER!! HURR DURR!1!"

SnakeMan: If Ron Swanson were a real person, everyone here would be posting comments like, "TEABAGGER!! HURR DURR!1!"

If he were a real person we probably would never have heard of him.

Cagey B: SnakeMan: If Ron Swanson were a real person, everyone here would be posting comments like, "TEABAGGER!! HURR DURR!1!"

Ron Swanson is a fictional character, whose political beliefs are made to be humorously outlandish, such as modeling all government services on Chuck E. Cheese.

If you would like to say that you, in real life, hold the exact same political beliefs as a humorous sitcom character, I will be the first in line to call you a f*cktarded teabagger.

So why does everyone say he's awesome if he's meant to be a parody of everything you hate?

alowishus: SnakeMan: If Ron Swanson were a real person, everyone here would be posting comments like, "TEABAGGER!! HURR DURR!1!"

He's almost as cool as Schwarzenegger

ZING! Good callback!

Cagey B: SnakeMan: So why does everyone say he's awesome if he's meant to be a parody of everything you hate?

Because the character is funny, has some of the best lines on the show, and I'm not some creepy totalitarian who measures comedy according to my political beliefs?

O RLY? So what do you think about Dennis Miller? All I ever hear from the Fark hive mind about him is "Durr, not funny since he turned right wing!!!" What about THAT measurement of comedy by political beliefs?

SnakeMan: So why does everyone say he's awesome if he's meant to be a parody of everything you hate?

For the same reason Alec Baldwin, a very liberal actor, can play a supply-side Reagan-loving Republican on "30 Rock."

The writing is God Damned funny.

AdolfOliverPanties: SnakeMan: So why does everyone say he's awesome if he's meant to be a parody of everything you hate?

For the same reason Alec Baldwin, a very liberal actor, can play a supply-side Reagan-loving Republican on "30 Rock."

The writing is God Damned funny.

Not arguing that. The character is funny, I get it. WHY IS HE AWESOME?!

Rozotorical: SnakeMan: Cagey B: SnakeMan: If Ron Swanson were a real person, everyone here would be posting comments like, "TEABAGGER!! HURR DURR!1!"

Ron Swanson is a fictional character, whose political beliefs are made to be humorously outlandish, such as modeling all government services on Chuck E. Cheese.

If you would like to say that you, in real life, hold the exact same political beliefs as a humorous sitcom character, I will be the first in line to call you a f*cktarded teabagger.

So why does everyone say he's awesome if he's meant to be a parody of everything you hate?

You don't know what a parody is then eh?

I know what a parody is. What I don't get is why you talk about the parody as if he's a real person and is somehow awesome.

The look on his face when he sees the breakfast buffet at the strip club is one of the best TV moments of the past 5 years.

Cagey B: SnakeMan: O RLY? So what do you think about Dennis Miller? All I ever hear from the Fark hive mind about him is "Durr, not funny since he turned right wing!!!" What about THAT measurement of comedy by political beliefs?

It feels like you're looking for reasons to be butthurt. Which is unfortunate, because this is a thread about a show that everyone here seems to enjoy and find really funny.

Eh, not in a good mood today. You got me, I feel like being an asshole today.

SnakeMan: O RLY? So what do you think about Dennis Miller? All I ever hear from the Fark hive mind about him is "Durr, not funny since he turned right wing!!!" What about THAT measurement of comedy by political beliefs?

Dennis Miller is not funny anymore. His comedy is poor. His career was on the wane anyway, but then 9/11 happened and he shiat his pants and went straight to sucking George W Bush's dick. This would be fine if he were still making good comedy, but he isn't. He doesn't do comedy anymore. He fancies himself as a humorous political commentator, the Right's answer to Bill Maher.

But Maher, smug and arrogant as he is, at least remembered that the jokes still have to be funny.

Miller forgot that.