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Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation
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Jim O'Heir
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Jim O’Heir, who played Jerry (or Garry or Larry) on Parks and Recreation and co-hosts the hit podcast Parks and Recollection, brings fans a heartfelt behind-the-scenes look at one of America’s most beloved sitcoms, brimming with never-before-told stories featuring the cast and crew!
For seven seasons, Leslie Knope and the Parks and Recreation gang charmed millions of viewers with their quirky antics and unwavering positivity. The sitcom continues to be a fan-favorite for streaming services today, nearly a decade after its finale. Now for the first time, Jim O’Heir, who played the lovable Jerry (or, well, Garry/Larry/Terry/Barry, depending on the episode), invites listeners back to Pawnee for an exclusive look behind the scenes.
Joined by some of his Parks and Rec pals, including Chris Pratt, Retta, Rob Lowe, and showrunners Greg Daniels and Mike Schur, O’Heir reveals how this “little show that could” came to be, thanks to the tireless dedication and comedic genius of Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, and the rest of the gang. As the show found its footing, the cast quickly bonded into a tight-knit family. Here O’Heir shares all his favorite unforgettable memories both on and off camera, from hilarious unscripted moments and epic dance-offs in the hair and makeup trailers, to iconic birthday parties at Rashida Jones’s house and quiet bonfires in Nick Offerman’s backyard.
Welcome to Pawnee is O’Heir’s loving tribute to Parks and Recreation, imbued with the same warmth and humor that endeared the show to millions.
©2024 Jim O'Heir (P)2024 HarperCollins PublishersListeners also enjoyed...
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fascinating look at an untold aspect of US.history
- By P. Cardella on 09-27-18
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The Devil Finds Work
- An Essay
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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Baldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also a probing appraisal of American racial politics. Offering an incisive look at racism in American movies and a vision of America's self-delusions and deceptions, Baldwin challenges the underlying assumptions in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and The Exorcist.
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A Critical Masterpiece.
- By Ramon McGee on 05-10-18
By: James Baldwin
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The Longest Minute
- The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
- By: Matthew J. Davenport
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
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At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately forty-eight seconds, shock waves buckled streets, shattered water mains, collapsed buildings, crushed hundreds of residents to death, and trapped many alive. Matthew Davenport draws on letters, diaries, unpublished memoirs, and previously unearthed archival records, as well as interviews with engineers and geologists, to combine history and science to tell the dramatic true story of one of the greatest disasters in American history.
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History told from those who survived
- By BamaState on 12-26-23
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Natalie Wood
- A Life
- By: Gavin Lambert
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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From her starring roles as a skeptical child in the perennial classic Miracle on 34thStreet and a troubled adolescent in Rebel Without a Cause to mature roles in Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story, actress Natalie Wood transfixed the world with her hypnotic brown eyes. Yet behind the beautiful façade lurked a fragile, sparkling, generous, funny woman traumatized by her childhood and beset by personal demons.
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a mom story
- By M. Gobet on 10-30-15
By: Gavin Lambert
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Plentiful Country
- The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York
- By: Tyler Anbinder
- Narrated by: David McCusker
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
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In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland’s potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill one million Irish men, women, and children—and drive over one million more to flee for America. Ten years later, the United States had been transformed by this stupendous migration, nowhere more than New York: by 1855, roughly a third of all adults living in Manhattan were immigrants who had escaped the hunger in Ireland.
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Changing Perceptions on Immigrants
- By Janet V. Payne on 05-07-24
By: Tyler Anbinder
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The Last of His Kind
- Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness
- By: Andy McCullough
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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More than any baseball player of his generation, Clayton Kershaw has embodied the burden of athletic greatness, the prizes and perils that await those who strive for it all. He is a three-time Cy Young award winner, the first pitcher to win National League MVP since Bob Gibson, and a surefire, first-ballot Hall of Famer. Many of his peers consider him the greatest pitcher to ever climb atop a big-league mound.
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Last of his kind is one of a kind
- By Anonymous User on 01-28-25
By: Andy McCullough
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American Exception
- Empire and the Deep State
- By: Aaron Good
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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To trace the evolution of the American state, Aaron Good takes a deep-politics approach. The term “deep state” was badly misappropriated during the Trump era. In the simplest sense, it here refers to all those institutions that collectively exercise undemocratic power over state and society. To trace how we arrived at this point, American Exception explores various deep state institutions and history-making interventions.
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I buy the premises, but not the conclusions...
- By Clark on 01-05-23
By: Aaron Good
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The Mighty Moo
- The USS Cowpens and Her Epic World War II Journey from Jinx Ship to the Navy's First Carrier into Tokyo Bay
- By: Nathan Canestaro
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
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The USS Cowpens and her crew weren’t your typical heroes. She was a flattop that the US Navy initially didn’t want, with a captain nearly scapegoated for the loss of his last command, pilots who self-trained on the planes they would fly into combat, and sailors that had been in uniform barely longer than the ship had been afloat. Despite their humble origins, Cowpens and her band of second-string reservists and citizen sailors served with distinction, fighting in nearly every major carrier operation from 1943 to 1945, including the Battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf.
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simply outstanding.
- By Wendy B. on 03-25-25
By: Nathan Canestaro
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Switched On
- Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution
- By: Albert Glinsky, Francis Ford Coppola - foreword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 21 hrs and 31 mins
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The Moog synthesizer "bent the course of music forever" Rolling Stone declared. Bob Moog, the man who did that bending, was a lovable geek with Einstein hair and pocket protectors. He walked into history in 1964 when his homemade contraption unexpectedly became a sensation-suddenly everyone wanted a Moog. The Moog's gamechanging sounds saturated sixties counterculture and burst into the disco party in the seventies to set off the electronic dance music movement. Bob had singlehandedly founded the synth industry and became a star.
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Great book. Annoying narration.
- By Momo on 02-24-23
By: Albert Glinsky, and others
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Boy Erased
- A Memoir
- By: Garrard Conley
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a 19-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to "cure" him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life.
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Not What I’d Hoped
- By JayJay on 06-22-18
By: Garrard Conley
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Carrie Fisher
- A Life on the Edge
- By: Sheila Weller
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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A remarkably candid biography of the remarkably candid - and brilliant - Carrie Fisher. Sourced by friends, colleagues, and witnesses to all stages of Fisher’s life, Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge is an empathic and even-handed portrayal of a woman who - as Princess Leia, but mostly as herself - was a feminist heroine, one who died at a time when we need her blazing, healing honesty more than ever.
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Need a different narrator or director?
- By Brad on 12-24-19
By: Sheila Weller
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Desperately Seeking Something
- A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls
- By: Susan Seidelman
- Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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Starting out in the mid-70s, a time when few women were directing movies, Susan Seidelman was determined to become a filmmaker. She longed to tell stories about the unrepresented characters she wanted to see on screen: unconventional women in unusual circumstances, needing to express themselves and maintain their autonomy. Her genre-blending films reflect a passion for classic Hollywood storytelling, mixed with a playful New Wave spirit, informed by her years living in downtown NYC.
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An Inspiring Listen
- By Tiffany Bartok on 06-26-24
By: Susan Seidelman
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The Real Hoosiers
- Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops
- By: Jack McCallum
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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For far too long the mythology of Indiana basketball has been dominated by Hoosiers. Framed as the ultimate underdog, feel-good story, there has also long been a cultural debate surrounding the film. The Real Hoosiers sets out to illuminate the narrative that the film omits, the story of the unheralded Crispus Attucks Tigers, playing the game at the highest level in the 1950s in a racially divided Indiana.
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Thorough, Incisive, transcendent book
- By TeeSpell on 04-16-24
By: Jack McCallum
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- Mackenzie
- 01-13-25
Love the story telling of Jim O'Heir
I'm a huge parks and rec fan. I really enjoyed hearing all of Jim's anecdotes, and it's a must read/listen for any parks and rec fan.
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- Christina
- 11-22-24
Loved it! You did great Jim!
While I loved the experience from Jim’s point of view, I also loved that it was also a collaboration! Loved the showed and miss it! This was a great listen to also reminisce about my own favorite moments from the show. Now, off to sign up for Peacock to rewatch…again ❤️
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- BB
- 11-20-24
Jim Oheir does parks and rec bts justice
what a fun listeb Jim and Retta need to do a rewatch pod there's so much they could do hope Spotify reads this
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- David Quintana
- 12-03-24
Fun, heartfelt, and personal storytelling
This was a joy to listen to. I went back multiple times to hear certain sections. A must have to enjoy for Parks & Rec fans or just fans of loving friends and artistic collaboration.
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- Jeff
- 01-03-25
Makes me love Parks and Rec even more
Loved this book and would recommend to anyone that is smart enough to love Parks and Rec!!!
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- A. Kehoe
- 12-03-24
Great insight into Parks and Rec and also an actors journey!
Jim O’Heir is both kind and earnest in his documenting of the Parks and Rec family. I heard him on a podcast of Julie Jancius’, and he was such a fun and enjoyable speaker I had to get the book! I was not disappointed. The story is told in such a way that you feel like you’re sitting at a table with him and all his incredible friends. ( including the phenomenal Mike Schur and Greg Daniels!) It felt like he was just chit-chatting about his career and Parks and Rec. I get the feeling he is probably one of the nicest people in Hollywood, because he sees the good in everyone. I would guess he is, in fact, the “Ted Lasso” of LA!
Thanks Jim for giving us a glimpse of the cast and crew of Parks and Rec, that became a part of your family and gave us fans such joy! Bravo!
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- John Barnett
- 12-01-24
An ok but not amazing time
There's some fun stories about the making of Parks and Rec. There's also stories of Jim O'Heir's life - fair enough. There's an almost unhealthy amount of praise bestowed upon Chris Pratt. It's also weird that the guest sections are voiced by different people trying to sound like Mike Schur and the gang.
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- Kayson
- 01-15-25
Heartfelt, hilarious, and insightful. Surprised it came from Jerry
This delightful stroll down memory lane sheds light on many memorable moments from Parks, while also giving a glimpse into the life of not so well known actors in Hollywood. A fantastic listen for any Parks fan!
Story could have focused a bit more on Parks and less on Hollywood, but I can see why Jim included some of the side stories. It flows really well and he brings it to life!
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- Robert J. Welle
- 01-22-25
A wonderful walk down 100 State Street memory lane and a bit of baring of the soul from Jim O'Heir.
A deep insight into Parks and Rec, the Man behind the mask of Jerry/Larry/ Barry/Terry/Gary, and the bonds that bind the cast of one of the GREATEST shows of all time. I thoroughly enjoyed this peek behind the curtain at one of my favorite iconic shows and under the hood of a wonderfully talented and lovable man's life and mind. Seeing how close at times the lines between actor and character blur is fascinating and I learned so much about a show I thought I knew everything about already. Thanks for making this happen team!
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- GIRLYGIRL103
- 01-08-25
Great read for Parks and Rec fans! Bravo Jim O’Heir!
Jim, thank you for writing this warm and funny insight into your life and adventures on Parks and Recreation! This was a light hearted and endearing read. Well done!
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