Anne-Marie Baldonado

Fans of this show love this show and they want they want you all to still be in touch with each other.

Are you still in touch with each other?

Who played Jerry Gary.

And whose character, yeah, who always the running joke was that everybody made fun of.

If you're just joining us, my guest is Nick Offerman.

His TV shows include Parks and Recreation, Making It, The Last of Us, Death by Lightning, and his latest, Margot's Got Money Troubles.

We'll talk more after a break.

This is Fresh Air.

Well, you grew up in Illinois outside of Chicago.

Can you describe where you grew up?

Well, what made you want to be an actor?

Did the idea of that feel foreign to the people around you and to you?

While you were classically trained as an actor, what kind of parts did you want?

Like what were young Nick Offerman's dream roles?

Was carpentry then your day job for most of those early years in acting?

And what kinds of things were you doing?

Were you building sets but also making furniture?

Or were you building anyone's kitchen?

Like what kind of stuff did you do?

You've written a lot of bestselling books, and your latest is called Little Wood Jucks.