CBR

  • Parks and Recreation went through a lot of changes... 1 / 8

  • ...particularly after the show stopped trying to be like The Office. 2 / 8

  • One early running gag was good to leave behind. 3 / 8

    Tom Haverford looks surprised

  • Leslie Knope refused to believe that Tom Haverford was born in the US. 4 / 8

  • This was due entirely to his ethnicity and for no other reason. 5 / 8

    Tom Haverford as a DJ

  • It kept coming up as she wouldn't acknowledge that he was American. 6 / 8

  • It was a racist personality trait that made no sense for Leslie to have. 7 / 8

    Tom Haverford as a DJ in the office

  • Thankfully, it was gone by the end of Season 2. 8 / 8