Aubrey Plaza and Amy Poehler reprise Parks and Recreation roles on Saturday Evening Reside

Aubrey Plaza and Amy Poehler introduced again their beloved Parks and Recreation characters on final evening’s episode of Saturday Night Live.

Devoted Pawnee public servant Leslie Knope (Poehler) crashed apathetic coworker April Ludgate’s (Plaza) Weekend Replace phase centered on the ins and outs of native authorities, however could not assist however be distracted by the Joe Biden cameo within the monologue and the glitz and glamor of the Studio 8H stage.

The phase started with Plaza as her sardonic character explaining why folks ought to get jobs in native authorities: “In case you’re younger you need to get a job as a rubbish man or one thing.” “Work for the water division, you possibly can drain the reservoir and discover all of the our bodies and homicide clues.” “Be a canine catcher and simply say you could not discover any.”

An irritated April then referred to as on her outdated boss, Leslie, to area questions for many who “truly need to work arduous.” In her return to Weekend Replace, Poehler picked Colin Jost‘s mind about his job and referenced her personal co-anchoring days. “I used to look at this when Seth Meyers did it by himself with nobody else, and he made it look very easy,” she quipped.

Poehler, who co-hosted the phase throughout parts of her stint on the present between 2001 and 2008, later learn a satirical information headline for outdated occasions sake.

Together with Biden, Poehler made a cameo in Plaza’s monologue when the latter appeared again on her days as a part of NBC’s Web page Program, a year-long fellowship on the community. Certainly one of her duties concerned studio excursions, so she placed on the blazer and made her approach across the constructing, the place she ran into Poehler. “Aubrey, I see that you just’re sporting your web page jacket. Are you ingesting once more?” Poehler joked.

Saturday’s present marked Plaza’s internet hosting debut; the White Lotus star shared the stage with musical visitor Sam Smith. Learn EW’s recap of the episode, and watch Plaza’s reunion with Poehler and her monologue above.

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