Ron is opposed to child labor laws, stating he got his first job at a sheet metal factory at age nine and, in two weeks, was running the floor. He grew up on a farm in a small town and is shown to have enjoyed woodworking from an early age, building his first chair at age five. He was born in a small town to Tamara Swanson (referred to as "Tammy 0" by Ron) and a father unnamed in the series. Offerman received several award nominations for the role, and won the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, tying with Ty Burrell of Modern Family.ĭespite Ron being a very private person, including getting his birthdate redacted from all public documents, his background does occasionally come up. Ron's platonic relationship with Leslie has been compared to that of Mary Richards and Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Schur called Ron "our cast MVP." He was described by some critics as one of the best characters in a situation comedy in decades, and has been called the best comedic character on television since Cosmo Kramer in Seinfeld.
The character developed a cult following and is widely considered the breakout character of the series. Offerman's portrayal of Ron Swanson has received critical acclaim.
The traits of the character were also partially inspired by a real-life Libertarian elected official in Burbank, California. Offerman had some input into the character's creation, and some aspects of Ron's personality were inspired by the actor, like his affinity for woodworking and 16-year-old Lagavulin Single Malt Scotch.
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Ron claims not to be interested in the personal lives of those around him but actually cares a great deal about his colleagues, and has a particularly strong respect for Leslie.Ĭonceived by series creators Michael Schur and Greg Daniels, Ron has been a central character since the pilot episode of Parks and Recreation. He hates and fears his two ex-wives, both named Tammy, one of whom is played by Offerman's real-life wife, Megan Mullally. He loves meat, woodworking, hunting, whisky, and breakfast foods. Ron, who has an extremely deadpan and masculine personality, actively works to make city hall less effective and despises interacting with the public. In demeanor, political philosophy and work ethic, Knope and Swanson are very nearly polar opposites: where Knope is sunny and outgoing, decidedly liberal and constantly working, Swanson is distant, and as a staunch libertarian, is a strong advocate for small government-stating his belief that government should be privatized-and therefore believes that the parks department should not even exist. In the series, Ron is the director of the Parks and Recreation department of fictional Pawnee, Indiana, and the immediate superior of series protagonist Leslie Knope until her election to the Pawnee City Council at the end of Season 4. Ronald Ulysses "Ron" Swanson is a fictional character portrayed by Nick Offerman in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur.
The whole point of this country is if you want to eat garbage, balloon up to 600 pounds, and die of a heart attack at 43, you can. ~ Ron Swanson making a very true declaration. In the year 2022, she is shown to be pulling off a life insurance scam with her brother and is planning on starting a casino in Tajikistan.I was born ready. Later, she is interviewed as a potential candidate for interim mayor after barging in on her father being offered the job, but Ben retracts the offer and she smashes glasses into the ground while begging for money. They dated for a while, but Tom broke up with her after a brief pregnancy scare. He tries to discipline her by threatening to fire her, but they end up starting a relationship. She lacks any work ethic, choosing to take naps to sleep off the Ecstasy she took the night before and stealing money from the register. Tom Haverford hires Mona-Lisa at his Rent-A-Swag business. She is the "twin sister from the same mister" of Jean-Ralphio Saperstein, whom he describes as "the worst person in the world" and a "total klepto, nympho, and pyro".
Jenny Slate Mona-Lisa Saperstein is a recurring character in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.
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