Michael Schur

How has that code worked for you working at networks? Because, like, the new series is on Netflix, but most of your shows were on network TV, on broadcast TV, where there's standards and practices and rules you have to obey and, you know, executives you have to answer to.

And your creative instincts might not be their instincts, especially if what they're going for is, you know, the biggest hit possible and what you're going for is a vision that you have.

And your creative instincts might not be their instincts, especially if what they're going for is, you know, the biggest hit possible and what you're going for is a vision that you have.

And your creative instincts might not be their instincts, especially if what they're going for is, you know, the biggest hit possible and what you're going for is a vision that you have.

You've worked very closely with Greg Daniels, who created the American version of The Office, and you co-created Parks and Rec with him. What are some of the things that you learned from him, from watching him work and from working with him, that have stayed with you and helped guide you in your independent projects?

You've worked very closely with Greg Daniels, who created the American version of The Office, and you co-created Parks and Rec with him. What are some of the things that you learned from him, from watching him work and from working with him, that have stayed with you and helped guide you in your independent projects?

You've worked very closely with Greg Daniels, who created the American version of The Office, and you co-created Parks and Rec with him. What are some of the things that you learned from him, from watching him work and from working with him, that have stayed with you and helped guide you in your independent projects?

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.

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?