Adventure Recreation - Canvassing (Parks and Recreation ...

During office hours, Leslie catches Mark, April and Andy playing Rock Band, a popular music video game in which the players perform rock music using guitar, drum and microphone controllers; during the game, Andy sings the song "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit. Seth Gordon said the ''Parks and Recreation'' producers almost opted not to include a singing part due to concerns about the legalities of using the song, but they ultimately decided to do use it. During Leslie's filibuster at the town hall meeting, she begins reading ''The Phantom Tollbooth'', a children's adventure novel written by Norton Juster. The final scene of the episode, with Tom discussing how much he enjoyed ''The Phantom Tollbooth'', was a last minute addition when the ''Parks and Recreation'' producers realized they had six possible seconds left to add to the episode.

During the canvassing, Leslie says she may resort to the tactics of Karl Rove, advisor to former President George W. Bush, in phrasing her questions to guarantee positive responses. Leslie refers to Andy as "a cute FDR", a reference to former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Leslie says her mother is as respected as charity worker Mother Teresa, as powerful as Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin and as beautiful as British politician Margaret Thatcher. A PDF copy of the town hall meeting flyer was posted on NBC's official ''Parks and Recreation'' website about Pawnee, Indiana; it included before-and-after pictures of the proposed park.

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