Ron Swanson in Scotland

The mighty Ronald Swanson pays a trip to Scotland. All rights to whoever made this.

[@RamSharan]

"You want another one?" "I won't say no."

[@ReeseHolmes]

But I also won't say yes

[@ionanavarromcintosh3125]

yE cRazI mAen

[@thetowerfantasymusic]

Someday I want to be as happy as Ron is in Scotland

[@lo-ns6te]

Amen💜

[@Diepvries11]

Go to Scotland and you will be.

[@ionanavarromcintosh3125]

@@Diepvries11 amen 💅

[@gfoster4718]

I felt like Ron when I arrived in California.

[@joebroadbeef332]

Amen!

[@KhaosN7]

It took Ron one visit to Scotland to go from "I hate Europe and everyone and everything in it" to "I want to buy a house here."

[@richard.h5290]

Scotland is one of the rare nice places of Europe

[@RockSmithStudio]

@@richard.h5290 It really is a beautiful nation

[@TheManusimpson31]

@@richard.h5290 Have you ever been? Lots of amazing places in Europe

[@ionanavarromcintosh3125]

Europe is pretty amazing 😅

[@LibertarianGamer-ff5tg]

Ron loves Scotland as a country but it is still clear he despises most of European Government.

[@jamiegorman2461]

As a scotsman who loves ron swanson this makes me so happy

[@Bluntz1289]

As an American. I would be honored to share such a man with your great country

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

All Scotsmen are more Ron Swanson than Ron Swanson.

[@stephenfowlie742]

@@Bluntz1289 In that case we maybe asking you and your great nation to send us arms and munitions in the up coming independence revolution, please and thank you.

[@jamesmccomb9525]

​@@stephenfowlie742 Relying on the US for anything on a geopolitical scale is an awful idea.

[@DrBagPhD]

@@stephenfowlie742 away tae fuck, gimp.

[@WorldWide_Dom]

"There is a sport here where men throw trees!!" - Why do I get the feeling if Ron wasn't american he'd be Scottish!

[@fabianblom2458]

@@nmperdue4637 The IRA is marxist isn't it? He is very fond of capitalism so i don't know how that would work out.

[@aidenfurry471]

@@nmperdue4637 makes sense

[@ElCid1043]

@@fabianblom2458 from what I know of them they are diehard catholics, so I wouldnt say they'd be communists now would they?

[@georgevanhoose6333]

And he'd be a Jacobite on top of it!

[@havingfun5636]

Or just some lone Living man in eastern Europa somewhere near a city

[@tonymontana1179]

Fun fact: Nick Offerman bought a Croft on Isla while he was there filming. He talked about it in his one man show in Glasgow last year. He loves it there

[@ionanavarromcintosh3125]

How do you just... do that??

[@lordsummerisle87]

@@ionanavarromcintosh3125 ...money. Offerman is an internationally renowned actor and they tend to be very well paid freelancers. He was supposedly paid "only" $30K per episode of Parks and Rec, which comes to $3.78mil over 6 years or about $630K/year. Before he was an actor he was an accomplished professional woodworker, and owns a small furniture making company so probably was quite secure even before he became famous. While he isn't Swanson he does seem to be a sensible guy by Hollywood standards so I would imagine he doesn't waste large sums on fripperies and by his middle 40s had significant savings and assets. Island crofts aren't very expensive by British property standards because they're remote, not very productive and have significant usage limitations in order to protect the land and heritage. Some can be had for less than what he was paid for a single episode. It may have been as simple as writing a cheque.

[@ugn154]

​@@princetavishspan7849Scotland and Switzerland are BEAUTIFUL 😍

[@karadan100]

@@lordsummerisle87 Bloody good response. Well met!

[@ShaggyRogers1]

@@lordsummerisle87 The show probably played with the situation a bit, but Offerman probably approached buying a property the exact same way as his character did... Offer anyone a check with the right amount on it and you can buy any house out there.

[@nomisunrider6472]

I love how Ron wants to sleep next to the barrel and Ian’s just like “Sure.” and brings him a blanket.

[@jocax188723]

They're Scots. Ron wanting to sleep with the whiskey probably isn't even the weirded thing they've seen that week.

[@MrZeldafanX]

"sleep tight you crazy man"

[@justanobadi6655]

Leslie knew exactly who to give the hat to. An absolute mad genius

[@Isabella_M_]

Wdym?

[@Telruin]

@@Isabella_M_ Ron was just there asking for directions. Leslie had already accounted for this.

[@angelius777]

I gotta say McGreggor Joke was the reason I started watching this show. The first time I heard it I couldn't stop laughing for like one minute.

[@loganwallace5854]

It's an old joke. Norm Mcdonald told it as well and it was really good.

[@defs8073]

Like a minute?

[@nickpagano7134]

Dylan Moran told it like 20 years ago

[@erickruckenberg8716]

Scotsman::: “ ‘Ere! Make yourself useful.” Ron::: “Finally someone gets it.”

[@giftedmonster5293]

We need a show all about Ron touring the world. Between insulting the hell out of it and loving the small areas, it'd be gold.

[@superrazor7617]

Ron on the globe

[@InfernosReaper]

If James May can do it, why not Ron Swanson, right?

[@giftedmonster5293]

@@superrazor7617 Ronward Ho!

[@nicholasnickstevens2810]

May I suggest "An Idiot Abroad"?

[@seanlee6439]

I want a friend like Leslie who is thoughtful enough to do this

[@aredub1847]

imagine a world of leslies. they would evolve to godhood in a decade.

[@GOSTDatingandLifestyle]

Ask not for a Leslie for yourself, ask instead who could you be a Leslie for?

[@madduxnagel6935]

@@GOSTDatingandLifestyle Now THAT'S a proper way to live your life.

[@TylerPilizota]

Become a Leslie for your friends, this is the way.

[@kylemac8672]

Missing the scene I came looking for where he read poetry on the coast

[@HUDDYBUDDY101]

Kyle Mac this video has it kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqqpcqirgtKUa68

[@ZannaZatanna1]

here it is! it's also the official one so it shouldn't be taken down like the other vid linked. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKPFpI1uiaymjpo

[@machinech183]

My wife and daughter call me Ron and giggle behind my back. After numerous moments like this and a fair few "what the hells" they directed me here. I now proudly understand.

[@BigWheel.]

Do you have a stache like his?

[@machinech183]

@@BigWheel. I did indeed, though I now have a full beard to compliment it as well. Cheers.

[@Stumbo99]

Do you have a large, but non specific, amount of gold?

[@snoopy124]

You must be a great man

[@li-23]

Sleep tight ya crazy man

[@Donstheman]

A great touch having Ron telling an old Scottish joke. There's a wee bit of the Scot in Swanson.

[@sombrerosaur]

Fun fact, Ron’s last name Swanson has a Scottish origin. It makes a bit of sense as to why the only part of Europe ron can tolerate is the Scottish isles

[@risingwind8943]

Funnily enough, Nick Offerman teamed up with Lagavulin to make a special whisky. It is aged in Guinness casks. I have had many MANY different peaty, rich, and smokey whiskies. Nothing in the price range is remotely close. It is outstanding.

[@howlincoyote2k1]

4:02 "I don't see why not. Lie down beside the barrel and have a wee rest. You're in Islay!"

[@Sandthesand]

Didn’t understand a word but I’m sleeping here

[@ionanavarromcintosh3125]

Sleep tight yeh crazy man

[@SnowyNightFlyer]

Love it-Ron looks like a child on Christmas morning.

[@penguinmans237]

Im planning to go to Scotland and I already know I'm gonna cry the same way Ron does as he reads that nice poem.

[@mrtoad1408]

Watching Ron enjoy something is so pure.

[@bernardramirez8159]

“You Fuck one goat..”-Ron Swanson

[@biscuitturtle7920]

I genuinely think Ron would be amazing at the Caber Toss (the sport where people throw trees)

[@samuelulloa6224]

How did I go my whole life without knowing Ron made a whole mini series of him in Scotland!

[@saltlife316]

"i wont say no" lol i love you ron swanson....please give this man his own show

[@terenceangelo8714]

Don't understand why Ron couldn't just build a house

[@akio4753]

He cant wait a full week, he needs to live there now!

[@MultiKeto]

haven't seen any trees.

[@stephanos2758]

@@MultiKeto men threw them away

[@maryavatar]

Socialist hellscape, remember. Epic amounts of paperwork is required to build a house, particularly if it’s in an area of scientific or historic interest - which covers a lot of Scotland. For several years, my mother’s job was to stand next to anyone digging a hole, just in case they uncovered some archaeology, at which point she would tell them to stop and either go home, or dig somewhere else.

[@ciscocolon3181]

@@maryavatar thanks for this information! I was also curious.

[@HeironFlex]

I've been to the distillery in person, it's every bit as amazing as the show would have you think and more. they also still have a few of the nick offerman edition bottles in stock, delicious stuff

[@monarch8086]

There’s a sport here when men throw trees!

[@EdgyShooter]

Ron believing he can be more obstinate than a Scotsman was a rare mistake

[@seancostello4158]

I had to stop this when he said "i have no idea what im in pursuit of", and watch kid cudi's pursuit of happiness. I do believe that is the goal of this treasure hunt.. Leslie is the best friend anyone could ever have.

[@MightyCell]

I imagine Ron only left Scotland after he learnt about their free healthcare

[@redhood7650]

I don't think he'd hate that Tbh

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

Don't get me wrong I get that this is a joke, but I'm almost positive Washington state has free healthcare. Similar to California's Medi-Cal which I used until I voluntarily ditched it for private insurance once I could afford it. I don't understand this whole "the us doesn't have free healthcare" when it does, and has for many years. It's just not federal because people don't want ultra-centralization when there are 50 different states with differing voters and population/demographics.

[@jamesmccomb9525]

​@Username It is though. Checkups, ambulances, surgeries, etc are almost all free and you don't even need any insurance or benefits to receive them. The only cause for concern is the waiting time and that's it really. The rest of the UK has a slightly different healthcare system.

[@jamesmccomb9525]

@Username Yes? I fail to see how that's a bad thing. High taxes doesn't mean you make less money, because it'll still make it's way back to you in the form of "free" public services. The only people this stuff will negatively affect is those that don't need public transportation or healthcare or anything like that IE; the rich.

[@jamescurran6277]

​@@jamesmccomb9525 people like you eventually move to red states . And then proceed to vote for the same awful policies that made you move to begin with.

[@skipads5141]

That joke to the guys in the distillery was certainly unscripted. 😄😄

[@aaronforsythe8556]

I had a cousin tell me that one 20 some years ago lol never heard anyone else tell it besides me and my cousin

[@greenllama2856]

Goat joke was hilarious.

[@hunter5822]

See, this is the kinda wholesome growth a man has a few times in his life when he explores somewhere life changing…. Genuinely touching.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

4:22 Happy Ron

[@garrettgeary5531]

"You want another one?" "I won't say no."

[@enigmaficate]

"Sleep tight you crazy man" 😂😢

[@ottojablonka]

Ron in scotland, especially that distillery, is the most beautiful thing I've seen all day.

[@thomassmith8140]

My Great grandfather was one of the original founders of this distillery

[@caseyself2134]

That song on the bagpipes in the background is the march of Cameron men the queens own highlanders a truly heavenly tune and I'm proud to say my uncle was one may he rest in peace.

[@Philo68]

I’ve been following the Whiskey diet - I’ve lost 3 weeks already!

[@peanuts2105]

It's called Scotch if it comes from Scotland

[@MeatGoblin88]

@@peanuts2105 not if you're drinking it in scotland, which ron was. it would be called whisky

[@jsal2284]

Lmao the fact the Scotts worried Ron drinking his samples not knowing he drank moonshine like water

[@lokevoice]

Nah, it’s more because whisky is meant to be savoured and enjoyed. It’s insulting to a whisky maker if you drink it quickly because you can’t taste it

[@Magicdaclownster]

The joke really had me dying

[@glenpyper]

Nick, or Ron, your a man after my own heart, Lagavulin and other distillery locations around my native land require simply 2 things, a glass and silence. Cheers and slange!

[@jefflabbecomedy]

"ya want another one?" "I *won't* say no."

[@RevanMalicos]

Ron telling a norm macdonald joke! I've never been more happy

[@battles423]

“He’ll come around”

[@Chronohome]

4:19 Slehp tieght ya crazy mahn!

[@marke1464]

He got that Goat joke from Pratt, didn't he?

[@sirtoes2840]

Norm MacDonald has told this joke on Conan before: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH-pXpV8r9Brgck

[@michaelhall5429]

That joke has existed for over a hundred years in different forms

[@michaelhall5429]

@@sirtoes2840 norm didn't make that joke. He used to love digging up hack old jokes. It's a genius idea if you're as good at telling a joke as he was.

[@Tone720]

Is this from a DVD extras or something? Just watched this episode and most of this wasn't in the London episodes? (at least not the version of them on Netflix?)

[@Prince_Sharming]

The way he introduces himself as "Ron Swanson from America".

[@dr2stroke611]

Surely as a huge fan of Lagavulin he would know everything about the stuff and would have had a clue where he was heading way before he got there.

[@Bevan1988]

This is just an advert for Scotland. I wonder how many visitors Laguvalin gets just from this.

[@whowantsabighug]

Funny how he gravitates towards Scotland, which tends to be way more left-leaning than the rest of the countries in the UK.

[@jamesmccomb9525]

Yes but also no. The snp definitely fits the bill for a leftist party, but they'll regularly espouse nationalist ideas as well. Part of why they're so popular is for this reason: They're dipping into both sides. It's also why they're so crap. All they want is to expand their powers without having to make any hard decisions one way or another.

[@MahkyVmedia1]

When this show was on Netflix I'd literally watch it on a loop. Literally

[@cameronstrouth7614]

THERES A SPORT HERE WHERE MEN THROW TREES

[@nathanielleack4842]

Thats preston train station! Same route I take to uni every day. Or took before corona. Bless you nick offerman

[@ruthohare5404]

It’s Glasgow Central

[@putridpedros]

Yeah Glasgow central is featured in the actual episode, but this is Preston. Obviously there are a few tiny inaccuracies- but the train/walk/boat trip from Glasgow to Islay is probably accurate

[@chellybabi1]

Definately Glasgow central in the aired episode as the railway caller mentioned my train to Newton

[@TheLazarusOperation]

Is this like a webisode? How have I never seen this? I always loved Ron in Scotland in the show, but what is this?

[@probert2436]

One mistake the Ron character routinely makes is referring to himself as "Ron from America". Proper introduction would be "Ron from Indiana". No self respecting libertarian would ever use the generic slang term "America".

[@dreadpersephone]

THERE'S A SPORT HERE WHERE MEN THROW TREES

[@ionanavarromcintosh3125]

🌊🧎🏻

[@MatthewG1247]

You like a country more when you aren't from it.

[@spinetanium3296]

"Less than 7000 bottles remain." Because Ron drinks a shelf a week.

[@ryutheslayer123]

I'm kinda surprised Ron even agreed to going to Europe in the first place

[@hollowlive690]

He either trusted Leslie or solved it ahead of time and knew where he was going. Maybe that was what the journal/book he had was.

[@bestlaidplans4511]

I'm sure the word "Scotch" played a factor.

[@MARKOUTTV]

His wife asked him to go. To quote Ron: “My love for her trumps my hatred for Europe”

[@adam346]

the irony to why Scotland has some of the best whiskey on the planet is government regulation forcing brewers to age their whiskey at least 2 year...

[@MrDmitryC]

So heartwarming! Ron Swanson is my spirit animal!

[@CanadaMMA]

"There's a sport here where Men throw trees!"

[@TheTrainstation]

They are saying Slainte Baetha,(Slawn-cha ba-ha) - its Gaelic. Its a mix of the two sayings, Uisce baetha, which is the Irish for whiskey, it means Holy water, and slainte means to good health. Mixing the two together might mean " To good healthy holy water "

[@Clips-king7556]

This could be a whole wonderful series

[@cleverballoon6535]

To be fair Scotts are the most American europeans

[@zudin11]

best travel vlog of all time

[@BrickFilmsCinema]

What episode is this? A lot of these scenes aren't shown in S6E1

[@HUDDYBUDDY101]

BrickFilmsCinema some then are extras from DVD’S and what not. Essentially extra content they couldn’t fit into the episodes.

[@SHINDIGLORDS]

@@HUDDYBUDDY101 ty so much for making and sharing thi gem man

[@davidlogan2599]

That’s not Ian McArthur, it’s Bertie Auld! 🍀

[@justanobadi6655]

At 3:46 the song playing is also heard being played by the highlander pipers in the movie Waterloo. The tune is "cock of the north."

[@QuixoticCowboy]

There are 4 places in the world where I had the exact same attitude to buying a house with out planning further. Montana, Texas, Scotland and and Ireland. Still regret that I was reasonable. But I also don't have a large amount of gold

[@stevensmith743]

Absolutely one of the very best episodes of P&R.

[@MegaKnight2012]

There was a Scottish princess who saw a man she fancied, captured him, and rode off with him. And that's how Robert the Bruce was made. Ron might want to wait until his daughters are older to tell them that story.

[@Chachibenji]

"lay down besides the barrel and have a wee rest" is now something I unironically say to guests

[@mustafayesil2688]

Scotland is one of the most beautiful pleaces in the world

[@MissChellybabi]

Went to islay last week and went to lagavulin distillery purely on Rons recommendation. What a stunning place.

[@CollinMcLean]

If Ron were to love living in any country in Europe it would undoubtedly be Scotland...

[@Max-is4qu]

Or a visegrad nation.

[@ManImJustSomeDude]

I love that he makes a crack at the MacGregors.

[@sixtynineelephants2403]

I’ve not seen this anywhere. Thank you!

[@igarescapparo4422]

Scotland’s biggest flex is that Ron Swanson likes it more than England.

[@Quinntus79]

I thought Scotland’s biggest flex was the inhabitants were so scary, the Romans built a wall between Scotland and England, and said, “This is as far north as we go.”

[@ELNinYo.]

"i wont say no"

[@TheTribalgame]

When an old Scottish man tells you you're drinking whiskey wrong you listen.

[@ih8myfriends]

0:12 Northern Europe is not socialist. It’s just capitalism with more protection for poor people. Socialism is the workers owning the businesses they work at.

[@jamesmccomb9525]

Capitalism with sprinkles of socialism.

[@equaltoreality8028]

It's more socialist then it is capitalist.

[@ivanzamudio5910]

This is why Parks and Rec it’s the top tier of good tv program

[@TimesFM4532]

Can we keep him

[@mattmanjgigs1229]

As a scotch Irish who loves his Irish scotch lagavoulin is pretty great

[@chinaman1]

this needed to be a whole episode by itself. with just Ron Swanson and his adventures in Northern Europe.

[@Otaku155]

Sleep tight ye crazy man!

[@THG_thehumangod]

3:41 I was wondering where he was going and then I died of laughter!

[@DetectiveConack]

i think he'd bond well with jack and victor

[@yankszack]

Is this from a DVD or something?

[@HUDDYBUDDY101]

Some bits were, others were I randomly found

[@BrutusMaximusAurelius]

I hate pealed whisky. Can’t stand it and it literally makes me barf. Highland Park 12 is about the best that I can manage. However, I have an unopened bottle of lagavulin 16 in my collection solely because Ron Swanson drinks this whisky. Maybe someday I’ll finally get used to the taste so I can open it and toast to Ron.

[@BrutusMaximusAurelius]

So, little over 2 years later. I now actually like peated whisky after I kept trying. Drinking the Ardbeg 10 cask strength while I type this.

[@2255223388]

The editing order of this was a fucking wreck

[@ashwindeshpande4834]

You're gonna get a medal for drinking like that? *gets to be one of the boies 😂

[@haskey8852]

Ron loves Europe (but never say it in Pawnee)

[@JonnySublime]

Maybe I should try another one….

[@michaelware7294]

Every real man wants to be Ron