the parks department being mean to ben for 9 minutes 22 seconds | Parks & Recreation | Comedy Bites

[@nws13]

Ben's whole point is that he's insanely normal, and that's exactly the tension that makes him so funny.

[@gonzalogutierrez510]

I kinda wished Mark would've stayed. That was his thing and he was quite good at it

[@Drumpro31]

@@gonzalogutierrez510 he made it cringey and awkward

[@MrChainChomp]

@@gonzalogutierrez510 Mark was a weird "normal" character, he wasn't that funny and seemed like a linear character overall, at least with Ben had obvious flaws but still seemed normal.

[@gonzalogutierrez510]

@@MrChainChomp huh. Must be a cultural thing or a preference for later seasons, but Mark's interactions with everyone felt more normal than Ben's That episode where Ron tries to get a permit for his workshop shows Mark "normalness" quite well

[@Person1865]

Mark wasn't nice, though. He didn't really want to be part of the family.

[@zero131056]

His slow decline from smiling to serious when Leslie says "calzones are pointless" just makes the whole show.

[@fritzmoy101]

I feel so bad for Ben when Leslie says that no one wants him there. He's new there, just doing his job, doesn't know anyone or have any friends yet and is introverted and nerdy, but still mustered up the courage to go to the party so that he could talk things through with Leslie and maybe find a mutual understanding, but he just gets bashed, bullied and sent home

[@madeniquevanwyk]

I felt sooo bad for him in the beginning. You don't understand it was soo hard to continue watching the show 😂 the only thing that kept me going was knowing that a romance was blossoming soon

[@edwinpaulhermo7650]

what season and episode was it?

[@mr.balloffur]

I didn't like that scene either, they should have toned it down or cut it out all together.

[@Takaichi666-]

Yeah that’s the unfortunate truth when your an outsider

[@globbyakaweirdjellyguy954]

Leslie saying calzones are pointless really cut Ben deep.😢

[@marioxzzz]

He f'ed up with the dead horse comment tho

[@wet0wl]

@@marioxzzz He did?

[@Lanesra62905]

Yeah, but they just aren't flavorful enough

[@JMusar795]

😂

[@mizuari99]

April: i’m gonna murder you. Ben: i understand, just a sec *proceeds reading fanfic* and that’s how you deal with haters

[@karenwolsey2283]

During the group toast to Leslie and Ben, when Donna says, "Ben, you best watch yoself," I lose it every time. 🤣😂🤣🥂

[@timmym4381]

I love when he's reading his Star Trek fan fiction in the car lol

[@PaddyRoon7]

4:05 is one of my favourite bits in the whole show lol, especially Jerry saying "You better not be"

[@brendatomines8171]

"they could never canceled game of thrones" but they can spoil it, i would give anything to see Ben's reaction to the last season

[@mckenzieraynor8436]

He definitely did not get out of bed for 3 days

[@alonsomedina9666]

“Cancel”

[@65MaX73]

Why did Donna mock his love for GoT When she is a fan of Twilight?

[@alonsomedina9666]

@@65MaX73 twilight>got

[@Ilive_420]

​@@alonsomedina9666 As a fan of twilight when I was young, now I grew up and enjoy got lol. Both are for losers I suppose

[@pshins]

4:05 is mean af but also so wholesome lmao

[@Mr_Spaghetti]

for some reason the stick up his butt drawings felt particularly mean for how nice the show had gotten. everyone was lovey dovey all the time, including April, so it felt like a punch in the gut despite how not a big deal it was

[@julesk2629]

I agree honestly

[@30vamshi]

She is the little sister I never had is a massively underrated joke

[@N0B0DYC4RE]

6:00 Ron, as always, is the best😂😂

[@VinnieG-]

4:52 is my favourite part "I understand, just 1 sec"

[@icecreamjunkie6790]

“Are you in a cult? Can I join! Let’s sacrifice Larry.” has to be one of April’s best lines.

[@caroovlogs198]

6:03 That was such an April response from Ron Swanson 😂😂😂😂😂

[@imalwaysright]

Adam Scott is perfection

[@marknilson3653]

I love that you hear the last note of the theme song at 5:05

[@katie2893]

ron loves lil sebastian so much he didn't even mock jerry for baby talking the horse

[@nitrogames1829]

" WHO HASN'T HAD GAY THOUGHTS "

[@yuryyarovikov3323]

"I understand. Just one sec..." Sooooo me

[@tiffanyytn]

So these are the people he met before he chose to work in the bad place 😭

[@amelonnamedkate1400]

Ben and Leslie really were just enemies to lovers

[@vullord666]

More like, really antagonistic short sighted person who had trouble accepting the hard truth and patient but harsh person who was trying to be professional but had trouble balancing logic and empathy to lovers.

[@jamesrred]

"Boom Sadness" that's the one.

[@erkperc]

Ellis! Elbow! El chupacabre! Drinkin coffeh! …What?

[@vivianaespinoza5281]

If I didn’t known any better I say Ben must be some punching bag the second one

[@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549]

I think Ben and Jerry are two versions of the same character but one focuses on his career and the other on his home life.

[@ILikeBleachItsTrue]

I would be interested to see in universe reaction of Ben to how awful Game of Thrones got towards the end. The poor man would be shattered!

[@brittanys1997]

"Hey Ben, you best watch yourself 👀"

[@KEVMAN7987]

I am still confused about Ben's confusion over the awesomeness of Lil Sébastien. How does he not understand?

[@catsplat1272]

I don't get the mini horse craze either. Mini donkeys, on the other hand...

[@vivianaespinoza5281]

1:09 Leslie like I’m done

[@meatwax]

"Robocop didnt have guns for arms, that was ED209" Tom is such a poser.

[@connormccormick5636]

"I actually don't care for Peter Jackson's interpretation." Yep, right there is why he deserves all the bullying he gets.

[@Caoobse]

Well, he IS an actual Tolkien fan so it makes sense

[@connormccormick5636]

@@Caoobse lol, sure

[@gcarsk]

He’s a fan of the books. It’s totally in character for him to not like Jackson’s fan fiction movies. Same how in real life, book fans dislike when movie/shows change the story from Tolkien’s. I mean, Jackson turned Sauron into a giant lighthouse LOL. It’s understandable books fans don’t like them (even though I personally like the movies)

[@connormccormick5636]

@@gcarsk I mean, every book fan I've met (myself included), absolutely love the movies. I've never actually met someone who had a problem with them 💁

[@connormccormick5636]

@@gcarsk late twenties, so eh kinda. And, to be specific, Tolkien Jr. didn't like them, we don't know if JRR himself would have liked them or not. Sir Christopher Lee, who might've been the biggest LOTR fan to ever live and was even good friends with Tolkien back in the day, absolutely loved working on the movies. And I think that means a lot.

[@timothywhieldon1971]

one of the best shows on earth!

[@theponystark]

5:25 "Did they cancel Game of Thrones?" No, but they should have...

[@georgeandfriendsadventures5073]

Parks and Rec had a better ending that Game of Thrones did

[@Arthas30000]

@@georgeandfriendsadventures5073 Savage. Also true

[@hydramori]

I really wanna read bens fanfic

[@alialjamal9096]

Does April say "when I'm on your death bed"?? Cause that'd be too funny 🤣

[@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn]

She said "30 years from now when you're on your death bed" I think she's implying that Ben won't make it to his mid 70s

[@mr.balloffur]

@@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn or she thinks he's already in his 50s 🤣

[@slickstrings]

Its about the cones...

[@encycl07pedia-]

One thing about P&R is that so many of the characters were really mean for no reason. I really didn't like how bad they treated Garry, who was just a nice guy doing his best.

[@HardTourVela]

5:30 They pretty much "soft" canceled GOT

[@JaredTVW]

I was born on 09/22, I feel Ben’s pain personally now.

[@CesarGarcia-ru8hr]

Me too

[@tbd-1]

2:11 I _really_ need to see a comprehensive breakdown of the murals on the walls in City Hall. There's an awful lot going on there...

[@BARBARYAN.]

Does Tom need a car seat when he drives? Answer is yes.

[@DirtCheapFU]

2:00 I keep forgetting about the Peter Jackson swipe.

[@Mr_P_Umpkin]

He is the Jonah of the parks and recreation department in Pawnee, Indiana. And Jonah is played by BEN Feldman, 😮! The singularity has been achieved

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

I love calzones

[@sullieduser6116]

1:59 Ben not liking the Lord of the Rings movie is worthy of bullying.

[@christhomas7024]

RoboCop actually had gums on his arms guns that he could equip to his arm at one point. 🎉

[@SrmegaCabra]

I would rather fight a dozen rabid pitbulls with my bare hands than spend any length of time in a car with April, let alone 10 whole hours

[@kevichutuokelio9659]

I want to see romantic comedy movie with Sandra Bullock and Ben

[@MusicLover-my6fo]

Ben Wyatt is the Toby Flenderson of Parks and Recreation.

[@nickeldan]

I like calzones.

[@danoV1c]

Well in the office they did call him Mean Ben

[@brianstraight9308]

Ben breaks the fourth wall and gives them camera a WTF?! glance.

[@ineffabledolphin9139]

4:47 I THOUGHT THE FANFICTION THING WAS A JOKE

[@bear0prods]

He’s my favorite

[@LiaaaaaaaaAAAAAHH]

Me: 0:51

[@jw674]

April's thing annoys me more as I get older.

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

Yes, they kinda drawn out the joke for too long.

[@chefbanjo8139]

I forgot about his take on LoTR. Now I wanna bully him. Ben, explain yourself. Lemme guess, you’re a Bakshi stan.

[@skcocemag]

Didn't robocop have a gun for an arm in robocop 3?

[@mr.l8723]

What he said about Lord of the Rings? And he calls himself a nerd

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Nice

[@cricket-vw3wy]

Wanna see Ben and sheldon argue about nerd stuff

[@junli5977]

Gautama was the Adam who made by Brahma, later so many Adams made by different Brahma descendants from different universes, his reincarnation worked with Buddhist F4 and grew up as Tathagata who indicates light(truth) and shakti(power).😊

[@jordanhendrix2619]

Okay, the amount of unskippable ads in a less than 10 minute video is getting annoying.

[@anirbanmukhopadhyay1408]

They made Ben miserable in the later seasons.

[@wfl19]

They weren't being mean they were being honest

[@mr.l8723]

Ben is lame! He ruins pranks! Such a buzzkill!

[@brentamador171]

Aubrey Plaza 🤤🤤❤️

[@DekkarJr]

If Ben was a real person he'd be hanging from a tree outside his house halfway thru season 4.

[@jorgieon_water3670]

😂

[@theRecklessWhisper]

qwerty

[@chillbest14]

I never watched this show

[@carlviola2728]

How did you get here

[@chillbest14]

@@carlviola2728 I watch many of The Office. I guess the office and parks and rec are similar so it just popped up on my feed. It's hilarious

[@carlviola2728]

It’s a show worth watching through I’d say

[@chillbest14]

@@carlviola2728 oh yes definitely is