Jimmy O. Yang (performing a bit)

Ideally to be able to be watched by people of all ages and it was I'm happy that that show was on NBC and not you know behind a paywall on a streaming service because I think that ultimately my bet which was just a conjecture at the time but my bet was that kids would like it. And it turned out to be true when we entered the COVID era and everybody was having to go to school from home.

Ideally to be able to be watched by people of all ages and it was I'm happy that that show was on NBC and not you know behind a paywall on a streaming service because I think that ultimately my bet which was just a conjecture at the time but my bet was that kids would like it. And it turned out to be true when we entered the COVID era and everybody was having to go to school from home.

My wife said, you know, everyone in William, my son's class, is watching The Good Place right now. Like you should do like a fun extracurricular like Zoom class where you watch episodes of The Good Place and talk about philosophy. And I was like, I don't know. Like, it feels – those kids are on – poor kids are on Zoom like six hours, eight hours a day and –

My wife said, you know, everyone in William, my son's class, is watching The Good Place right now. Like you should do like a fun extracurricular like Zoom class where you watch episodes of The Good Place and talk about philosophy. And I was like, I don't know. Like, it feels – those kids are on – poor kids are on Zoom like six hours, eight hours a day and –

My wife said, you know, everyone in William, my son's class, is watching The Good Place right now. Like you should do like a fun extracurricular like Zoom class where you watch episodes of The Good Place and talk about philosophy. And I was like, I don't know. Like, it feels – those kids are on – poor kids are on Zoom like six hours, eight hours a day and –

And she was like, I think they would like it. So I sent an email to the parents and we're like, if your kids would be interested in this, is this like a thing that, you know, we're all desperate for ways to occupy our kids' time these days. And immediately like 30 kids showed up. And so I ended up teaching this kind of like fun sixth grade class on philosophy where we watched episodes of the show.

And she was like, I think they would like it. So I sent an email to the parents and we're like, if your kids would be interested in this, is this like a thing that, you know, we're all desperate for ways to occupy our kids' time these days. And immediately like 30 kids showed up. And so I ended up teaching this kind of like fun sixth grade class on philosophy where we watched episodes of the show.

And she was like, I think they would like it. So I sent an email to the parents and we're like, if your kids would be interested in this, is this like a thing that, you know, we're all desperate for ways to occupy our kids' time these days. And immediately like 30 kids showed up. And so I ended up teaching this kind of like fun sixth grade class on philosophy where we watched episodes of the show.

And then I talked about, you know, Aristotle or Kant or something. And it was really fun. And the kids were really into the show and they really liked talking about that stuff.

And then I talked about, you know, Aristotle or Kant or something. And it was really fun. And the kids were really into the show and they really liked talking about that stuff.

And then I talked about, you know, Aristotle or Kant or something. And it was really fun. And the kids were really into the show and they really liked talking about that stuff.

It's a little rarefied, but I'll bet if you did a Venn diagram of Parks and Recreation watchers and NPR listeners, it's a pretty big intersection. Like it's not the craziest thing in the world, right? And also the joke works whether you know who those people are or not. If you've never heard their names, it still is funny. It's a funny little MC Escher logic loop that we wrote out there.

It's a little rarefied, but I'll bet if you did a Venn diagram of Parks and Recreation watchers and NPR listeners, it's a pretty big intersection. Like it's not the craziest thing in the world, right? And also the joke works whether you know who those people are or not. If you've never heard their names, it still is funny. It's a funny little MC Escher logic loop that we wrote out there.

It's a little rarefied, but I'll bet if you did a Venn diagram of Parks and Recreation watchers and NPR listeners, it's a pretty big intersection. Like it's not the craziest thing in the world, right? And also the joke works whether you know who those people are or not. If you've never heard their names, it still is funny. It's a funny little MC Escher logic loop that we wrote out there.

But, you know, there were a number of times that Leslie went on the local NPR station over the years, and it was just our chance to, like, make little jokes about the reality of listening to NPR. And that one, I don't remember who, I wish I remembered who pitched that. My guess would be that it was Ayesha Muharra, who was a writer on the show the whole time.

But, you know, there were a number of times that Leslie went on the local NPR station over the years, and it was just our chance to, like, make little jokes about the reality of listening to NPR. And that one, I don't remember who, I wish I remembered who pitched that. My guess would be that it was Ayesha Muharra, who was a writer on the show the whole time.

But, you know, there were a number of times that Leslie went on the local NPR station over the years, and it was just our chance to, like, make little jokes about the reality of listening to NPR. And that one, I don't remember who, I wish I remembered who pitched that. My guess would be that it was Ayesha Muharra, who was a writer on the show the whole time.

who loved NPR and she always loved writing those scenes and pitching jokes for those scenes. She's a wonderful writer. She writes on Hacks now, which is another show that I executive produce. But it was always fun to do NPR jokes. It was always a favorite exercise.

who loved NPR and she always loved writing those scenes and pitching jokes for those scenes. She's a wonderful writer. She writes on Hacks now, which is another show that I executive produce. But it was always fun to do NPR jokes. It was always a favorite exercise.

who loved NPR and she always loved writing those scenes and pitching jokes for those scenes. She's a wonderful writer. She writes on Hacks now, which is another show that I executive produce. But it was always fun to do NPR jokes. It was always a favorite exercise.