![]() JO: Amy had an idea that because he was picked on at work, when got home he was this tyrant, so maybe it was like this tiny little chain-smoking woman who was just a wreck. I just thought, They've nailed it.ĮSQ: Was Jerry always meant to be married to someone seemingly out of his league, like he is with Christie Brinkley's character? But I read that script, and they do something that I've never seen done in a sitcom. To me, it's so important-the finale of a show that you love. I'm a fanatic TV guy: Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, All in the Family, Newhart, and Cheers. I had chills, I had tears, I was blown away. And understand the Internet.ĮSQ: Do you have a favorite Parks script? Maybe it's my sick sense of humor but I thought it was very funny when Michael would take down Toby for literally no reason on The Office.ĮSQ: Any tips for our readers about how they can avoid being the Jerry in their office? JO: The other actors were more concerned about me than I was. Jerry's the guy who is not totally in the loop, and he became the office punching bag.ĮSQ: Did you ever stand up for Jerry and say, "You know what, this is too much bullying"? Oh, you didn't know your mother smoked pot?" "I didn't know I was adopted." And that set the tone. Very proudly Jerry goes, "Well, I hear somebody has two unpaid parking tickets." And he says to me, "Oh well I heard that your adoptive mother smokes pot. Then there was a storyline where we're trying to find out dirt on each other. That's not who Ron turned out to be.ĮSQ: Is it true that Jerry was supposed to be only in a few episodes initially? ![]() It's just so funny now because the thought of anybody other than Nick Offerman playing that role makes no sense to anybody in the world. JIM O'HEIR: Word got out that Amy was doing this show and of course everybody wanted to be on that bandwagon. Esquire spoke with O'Heir about playing Christie Brinkley's husband, that time he thought he'd been canned, the recent Entertainment Weekly cover gag, and bidding Pawnee adieu.ĮSQUIRE.COM: Did you really originally audition for the part of Ron Swanson? ![]() O'Heir's klutzy character, Jerry Gergich, has been scrambling to be taken seriously from the day he was born (on a Leap Day, of course), and he always seems to be happy just being summoned by his colleagues, no matter what name they call him (mostly Jerry, but also Gary, Larry, or Terry, which, says O'Heir, "ain't going to last for long"). During Parks and Recreation's seven-season run, journeyman actor Jim O'Heir has set himself on fire, donned way too many sweater vests, and suffered countless other indignities for the sake of comedy. ![]()
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