Michael Schur

If you're just joining us, my guest is Michael Schur. He wrote for The Office and co-created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine and created The Good Place, as well as a new Netflix comedy series called A Man on the Inside. We'll talk more after a short break. This is Fresh Air. This is Fresh Air. Let's get back to my interview with Michael Schur.

If you're just joining us, my guest is Michael Schur. He wrote for The Office and co-created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine and created The Good Place, as well as a new Netflix comedy series called A Man on the Inside. We'll talk more after a short break. This is Fresh Air. This is Fresh Air. Let's get back to my interview with Michael Schur.

He wrote for The Office, co-created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and created The Good Place.

He wrote for The Office, co-created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and created The Good Place.

He wrote for The Office, co-created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and created The Good Place.

He also created the new Netflix comedy series A Man on the Inside, starring Ted Danson, who's hired by a private investigator to go undercover as a new resident in an assisted living facility to investigate what's happened to a ruby necklace, an heirloom, that was presumably stolen from one of the residents.

He also created the new Netflix comedy series A Man on the Inside, starring Ted Danson, who's hired by a private investigator to go undercover as a new resident in an assisted living facility to investigate what's happened to a ruby necklace, an heirloom, that was presumably stolen from one of the residents.

He also created the new Netflix comedy series A Man on the Inside, starring Ted Danson, who's hired by a private investigator to go undercover as a new resident in an assisted living facility to investigate what's happened to a ruby necklace, an heirloom, that was presumably stolen from one of the residents.

So after The Office, when you and Greg Daniels decided to do another show together and you came up with Parks and Recreation, why did you want to set the show with a backdrop of a small town, Pawnee, Indiana, and their Parks and Recreation department and have the main character start off as the assistant director of the department?

So after The Office, when you and Greg Daniels decided to do another show together and you came up with Parks and Recreation, why did you want to set the show with a backdrop of a small town, Pawnee, Indiana, and their Parks and Recreation department and have the main character start off as the assistant director of the department?

So after The Office, when you and Greg Daniels decided to do another show together and you came up with Parks and Recreation, why did you want to set the show with a backdrop of a small town, Pawnee, Indiana, and their Parks and Recreation department and have the main character start off as the assistant director of the department?

The series ended in February of 2015. In June of 2015, Trump came down the escalator at Trump Tower and announced he was running for president. And of course, he won. Do you feel like you saw that coming in any way? Do you feel like the show reflected the possibility of that?

The series ended in February of 2015. In June of 2015, Trump came down the escalator at Trump Tower and announced he was running for president. And of course, he won. Do you feel like you saw that coming in any way? Do you feel like the show reflected the possibility of that?

The series ended in February of 2015. In June of 2015, Trump came down the escalator at Trump Tower and announced he was running for president. And of course, he won. Do you feel like you saw that coming in any way? Do you feel like the show reflected the possibility of that?

Coincidentally, I happen to have a clip that illustrates one of the points that you just made about how when she's in city council and is in the process of getting recalled, that the John Glaser character, a fellow member of city council, stands in her way. So here's Amy Poehler presiding over a city council meeting.

Coincidentally, I happen to have a clip that illustrates one of the points that you just made about how when she's in city council and is in the process of getting recalled, that the John Glaser character, a fellow member of city council, stands in her way. So here's Amy Poehler presiding over a city council meeting.

Coincidentally, I happen to have a clip that illustrates one of the points that you just made about how when she's in city council and is in the process of getting recalled, that the John Glaser character, a fellow member of city council, stands in her way. So here's Amy Poehler presiding over a city council meeting.

All right. Now that Trump is likely to appoint Robert Kennedy Jr. in charge of all things health related and advised him like go crazy on health and RFK Jr. wants to do away with fluoride in the water. Did you think back to this episode?

All right. Now that Trump is likely to appoint Robert Kennedy Jr. in charge of all things health related and advised him like go crazy on health and RFK Jr. wants to do away with fluoride in the water. Did you think back to this episode?

All right. Now that Trump is likely to appoint Robert Kennedy Jr. in charge of all things health related and advised him like go crazy on health and RFK Jr. wants to do away with fluoride in the water. Did you think back to this episode?