Happy anniversary to the best comedy on television!

PSA: the NBC store is now selling busts of Ron Swanson. Featuring everyone’s favorite Swanson quote: “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.”

Favorite Television of 2012 - #5: Parks and Recreation

Still as wonderful and heartwarming as ever. Invite me to the wedding, Leslie & Ben!! I’ll bring Game of Thrones party favors!

Previously

“…and I was mistaken for Beverly D’Angelo by some Japanese tourists.” (image via Alan Sepinwall)

omg

Perfect.

The 2012 election seems to be heating up, so I went out and bought some buttons of my favorite candidate.

Public Service Announcement: Season 3 of Parks and Recreation is currently $9.99 at Target. Go buy yourself a belated Christmas present (I did!)

And that about wraps up this year’s Favorite Television of 2011 list! I hope you enjoyed my unnecessary, obsessive ranking of TV shows! And that you didn’t have too many complaints.. (I probably should have thrown 30 Rock, Homeland, and Portlandia in with the Honorable Mentions at the very least, oops)

In case you missed any, you can see all the posts right here and here’s a quickie list:

1. Breaking Bad & Parks and Recreation
2. Justified & Louie
3. The Hour
4. Friday Night Lights
5. Doctor Who
6. Game of Thrones
7. Bored to Death (RIP)
8. Community
9. Life’s Too Short
10. The Good Wife
Special Place of Honor: Steve Carell
Honorable Mentions: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Downton Abbey, Work of Art

2011 was a very good year for television, guys. And with Mad Men & Sherlock coming back, 2012 should be just as great! 

Favorite Television of 2011 - #1 (Comedy): Parks and Recreation

Parks just continues to have the best cast of characters of any current comedy, and continues to use them perfectly. This show is just so good-hearted and sweet, and more consistently hilarious then everything else on TV. Not to mention it gives the best advice: TREAT YO’ SELF.

Previously on Favorite Television of 2011

Okay so Nick Offerman did a Q&A thing for this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly and this was his response to what voice he’d want on his GPS. He continues to prove he is a perfect human being.

In case you can’t read it:

First of all, GPS weakens us as a society, and I absolutely refuse to use it. If, however, I were the type of weak person that did indulge in GPS, I would like the voice of Gandalf telling me where to make my turns. Who would be more trustworthy in the realm of navigation? Not only does he know where to go, he knows what’s going to happen to you when you get there.