@@dmc1605 i feel like the camera crew to a smaller degree "exists" in Parks and Recreation than it does in The Office. They never speak to the camera crew or address them the way they do in The Office. It's more like Modern family, where it's used more as a way to show their thoughts to the audience than it being in the world.
The entire film crew traveled there not originally in the script. After discovering that Nick and the director shared a fondness of the drink, it was decided then to incorporate the drink into Ron's lifestyle.
@@lewisham Originally he was supposed to he a bourbon or an Old Fashioned guy. Kind of like Man Men's Don Draper, but without the midcentury's monstrosity of an Old Fashioned but a proper one. But since Nick Offerman loves Lagavulin they decided to make Ron Swanson a Lagavulin man. And I agree. I myself find that Lagavulin is the best peated whiskey out there. Though I am more of a sherry finished whiskey fan myself. Glendronach 21 is my fav. Nick Offerman even has an 11 year old Lagavulin special edition.
I love the incredible acting here... Leslie knows exactly where and how to get to the core of his existence and does so in the most lovingly way possible as she wants him to know that someone else sees him for who he really is. As he finishes the poem, we can feel that, had he been alone on that cliffside with no cameras around, he would've unleashed decades of repressed tears for a good ten minutes and he's about to. But then he remembers that he's not alone and he snaps himself back into "manliness". Again, superb writing... superb acting. Truly miss this show.
@@nreddy9980 Love doesn't have to be "falling in love". It's fine to just love other people, regardless of gender. Also, it's fine to fall in love with a person regardless of gender, too.
@@ArdentLion Sure, if you subscribe to having and showing emotion being what a man ought to do, and not just a social construct that might just make men bottle up their emotions, making them more prone to outbursts of rage and violence. I think the quotation marks was a great choice.
This is true friendship. They are nowhere near alike but they understand each other so well, by giving in ways that are meaningful and fitting for the respective person’s nature. It’s so beautiful.
It’s beautiful because though they are completely different they both unselfishly and without hidden motive want the best for their friend. In today’s climate you come to realize that this is only possible in a fictional America.
@@chrispbacon__ well yeah because deep down Ron's not a monster. He doesn't trust the government sure, but he also didn't try to overthrow the country, ban books, blow up the governor house, steal classified intelligence, or strip health care from people like other Republicans do these days
"I dunno what she thought I'd get outta that" is Ron's way of saying Leslie knows him deeply and intimately in a way that truly touches him and makes him look at the world differently.
O were my Love yon Lilack fair, Wi’ purple blossoms to the Spring; And I, a bird to shelter there, When wearied on my little wing. How I wad mourn, when it was torn By Autumn wild, and Winter rude! But I was sing on wanton wing, When youthfu’ May its bloom renew’d.
@@Andrew-zo5po I’m fairly sure that bagpipe analogues have been used since ancient times across Europe, to the extent where it’s impossible to say who invented them.
For Fathers Day. Managed to score a bottle for my dad who didnt get the reference, made my wife cry because it was just 'that' perfect of a gift, and I reconfirmed that I do not like Scotch.
Ron Swanson: I have cried three times in my life. once when i was 7 and got hit by a schoolbus, again when i heard Lil Sebastian had passed and when I read a poem by the great Scotsman Robert Burns while sitting on the cliffside overlooking the islands in Scotland
Seeing Ron a man stuck in his ways right and wrong uncompromising, be absolutely humbled enough to force emotion out is something special. He was given the ultimate gift of all an opportunity to genuinely feel something uninterrupted and have it to himself to savor forever few of us get such a gift. To those who find me here and read this, I hope you too get to feel something as special to you
I love the authenticity of the shooting locations, they could have used any train station for a transition shot and nobody would notice but no, they used Glasgow Central. They could have used any remote factory looking building for the distillery and nobody would notice but no, they genuinely shot on the Isle of Islay when they didn't even need to go so far.
Well. He didn't know what he was supposed to get out of it. I think it was more the entire scenery and experience that loved him, not the exact words on the paper.
@@theWebWizrd That’s why she wanted him to read it as he gazed at the scenery. She knew it was exactly the type of thing that would make him feel moved
Probably the most epic scene Ron walking in the fields being so proud and the sheep come out of nowhere he found the beautiful outdoors that he needed in his life
This remains one of my favorite moments in the entire series. This cemented in my mind that Scotland is not a place I should go, it is a place I *MUST* go.
There are places like this across the British Isles. If you intend to visit England too, just be careful to avoid London, Birmingham, and most of the other big cities, and you won't go wrong. Seriously, don't go to London. I'm English, and it is the most hideous place in Europe.
@@sillysausage4549 London was the first place I visited outside of the US. I loved it, honestly, and pretty much lived on my feet and the Tube for those 3-4 days. They have architecture! So much architecture! Why doesn't America have anything like all of this? Oh, right, monarchies. We've got a thing about those. Cities are nice to visit, but I know there's so much more I need to see.
@@VivaLaDnDLogs a rule of thumb is that most of the most mysterious and captivating places are hardly known outside of Britain. Often the locals themselves are oblivious to it. I live in the South West of England, and within three miles of my house are two Neolithic burial chambers (about 6,000 years old), Bronze Age barrows, countless standing stones, an Iron Age hillfort, a stone circle, and so much more. Half of it isn't even marked on a map, and the fact that most have all but dissolved back into the landscape only makes them more atmospheric. And all set amidst the most glorious, isolated countryside, where the crowds never go. I'm always amazed when my overseas friends make straight for London, or even Stone Henge (waaaay too touristy, sadly) and miss what Britain is really about. Anyway, nice talking to you. And yes, coming back to your original point, Scotland is glorious. Me, I'd include the Orkneys, and take in places like Maeshowe... sorry, archaeology freak confirmed.
@@sillysausage4549 I’m American and always wanted to visit the Dales national park. Looks like an unbelievably beautiful place, you ever travel up there?
Some days I honestly feel like I need something like this. Alone on a mountain peak, wind gusting, overlooking the ocean, with almost pure silence. A peaceful surrounding to quite my mind and gain that sense of peace.
No no. No. They've finished strong, let the show be what it is and rest in peace. Zombie shows always suck, and make the original stuff worse by association.
My sister lives on islay. I walked across the little bridge Ron walks over when he goes to the lighthouse without even realising it was in the show haha.
I start this show in the middle of the confinment I just saw this episode, had to admit it makes me cry... this show is so about love between friends it's so wonderfull . Really the best thing happened to me in this trouble was to watch that show!
The poem is about taking comfort in the company of people you love and when the trials of life tear you apart, you'll constantly dream of being back with them and when you are, your happiness and love will be renewed, just like nature after the winter.
Start with Bowmore, move on to Laphroaig when you are ready, then, finally, Lagavulin. Or maybe find something you like straight away and just drink that.
If he loved Scotland, he’d be over the moon in Ireland. Jamison’s and Guinness alone would turn him into a kid at a candy store. Beautiful part of the world.
I love how they really amp up the documentary-style shots in this bit. Absolutely cracked up when he appeared leading those sheep over the hill, and him chatting with the distillery workers. Those are totally shots a camera crew shooting a travelogue of the Scottish Highlands would do IRL. Beautiful.
Honestly scenes like this are why I honestly love Parks and Rec more than the Office. In Parks and Rec they all love each other, sure maybe sometimes they’re bad people, but in the end Leslie helps everyone be better people.
Ive always expressed it this way. Park & Rec is a better tv show with better and more encompassing story. Whereas The Office is more humorous & tells less of an overarching story. In the end of Parks n Rec Leslie gets her park at lot #48 - even tho we dnt see it built. The office ends with Dwight finally taking over Dunder Mifflin. Michael finally has a family of his own that aren’t his fellow adult staff. Yet the how- of how we get to these places with the characters are different. More of a linear story with P&R. The office gets there much more chaotically
Ive always expressed it this way. Park & Rec is a better tv show with better and more encompassing story. Whereas The Office is more humorous & tells less of an overarching story. In the end of Parks n Rec Leslie gets her park at lot #48 - even tho we dnt see it built. The office ends with Dwight finally taking over Dunder Mifflin. Michael finally has a family of his own that aren’t his fellow adult staff. Yet the how- of how we get to these places with the characters are different. More of a linear story with P&R. The office gets there much more chaotically
Well the western isles are timeless and have a natural originality that a straight talking Mr Swanson would appreciate. Where else would the water of life be born .
I think Offerman himself was actually overwhelmed. I’d love to visit Islay and the distilleries in that area when the world’s back to normal. I’ll take some Burns with me and call it the Swanson Pilgrimage.
Hopefully Iain McArthur's (smiling in the striped polo shirt) still working there when you visit. I got to use the whisky thief on a barrel of malt 10 years older than me at a tour he gave.
Very late in replying to your comment, but I just visited Islay last week and it was incredible. If you do go, the location where he reads the poem is on the cliffs beside the American Monument. It's about a 15-20 min hike, but one of the most gorgeous, life changing places I've ever been.
I always thought that the poem was Nick Offerman, rather than Ron Swanson. Looks like he takes a genuine deep breath before beginning, taking in the setting, the words, the opportunity to be there before resuming acting.
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this. A lot. Can’t take Ron Swanson getting choked up. He’s like that tough uncle that never cries. When he lets loose, everyone else breaks down too.
I started drinking scotch because of Ron. Lagavulin was not the best whisky to start off with, if Im honest, but after many attempts and sips, I love it as much as Ron does. Courage.
@@AnnoyingNerdLoL If you go into it expecting it to taste like caramel, it's gonna Sparta kick you right in the chest, lol and probably taste like a campfire. OP is right, its certainly not a starter Scotch.
This is just PERFECT. I love poetry (write myself, even translated Poe's Raven to my mother tongue), I love whisky, I love the Highlands since reading The Hound of the Baskervilles as a young boy, I like long distance trekking and outdoor life, I love the sea (my dream is to visit the Faroe Islands via Scotland), and I love the character of Ron Swanson. Also lilac is my favorite flower and smell since I was a kid. This just culminated into a perfect storm for me. Thank you Parks & Recreation writers from the bottom of my romantic heart
Scotland is such a beautiful country. One of my biggest regrets when I lived in Ireland was not to visit. When the Pandemic is finally over, I WILL make sure to travel there !
I have cried three times in my life. Once when I was hit by a bus, again later when I learned of little Sebastian's passing, and again when I read a Robert Burns poem after visiting the Lagavulin distillery.
Can't wait to see you at the hard rock in Orlando Nick Offerman. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you for all of the great years on Parks and Rec
When Ron Swanson sheds a tear an Angel grows a mustache.
😂😂😂
I have to get a tattoo of this quote.
And thus the angel, drunk on his newly acquired power, challenged God and was cast down for his hubris.
🖤😎🥰
This is the best youtube comment that has ever been written.
All the sheep passing by Ron was majestic
Fatema Zohra he was their Sheppard
@@desmondkelly5178 but as soon as they got too close they ran away
@@adrnje they probably figured he would eat us all in the blink of an eye
That's basically the way of it. Sheep everywhere there. Does not matter where ye go.. sheep be there.
They knew they’d become lamb chops.
1:12 Remember - crying to a Robert Burns poem while in Scotland is in fact one of the most manly things you can do in life.
roguishpaladin As is crying in front of the Grand Canyon’s majestic beauty
If anyone was curious the bagpipe tune in the background was Abide With Me.
Connor Urban thought so, cheers
@@AverageOrangeJoe Thank you!
Lol no
A man of integrity reads aloud a poem in which he has no interest where no one can hear him on his vacation solely because his friend asked him to.
The people filming can hear him?
@@dmc1605 i feel like the camera crew to a smaller degree "exists" in Parks and Recreation than it does in The Office. They never speak to the camera crew or address them the way they do in The Office. It's more like Modern family, where it's used more as a way to show their thoughts to the audience than it being in the world.
@@theWebWizrd Interior monologue plus fourth wall, kind of.
@@theWebWizrd its called a solliliqui, boyos
@@nreddy9980 no, it's not?
The entire film crew traveled there not originally in the script. After discovering that Nick and the director shared a fondness of the drink, it was decided then to incorporate the drink into Ron's lifestyle.
coincidentally, they were also in the UK to let Chris Pratt shoot Guardians of the Galaxy
They decided that ron liked whisky since season 1 bro
@@QRUploader I guess he means this distillery in particular, idk
@@sauercrowder he liked Lagavulin specifically since the beginning. Probably got put in the show for that reason, which in turn lead to this visit.
@@lewisham Originally he was supposed to he a bourbon or an Old Fashioned guy. Kind of like Man Men's Don Draper, but without the midcentury's monstrosity of an Old Fashioned but a proper one.
But since Nick Offerman loves Lagavulin they decided to make Ron Swanson a Lagavulin man. And I agree. I myself find that Lagavulin is the best peated whiskey out there. Though I am more of a sherry finished whiskey fan myself. Glendronach 21 is my fav.
Nick Offerman even has an 11 year old Lagavulin special edition.
Evidently it’s ok to cry on 3 occasions.
I love everything about this scene
4, dont forget little sebastian
Terminian Link true. I need to show some damn respect...
Or when a workplace associate makes an edible licorice figure in your likeness.
5, when your friend makes you realize you remarried Tammy II.
Funeral
Grand canyon
Lagavuilin distillery
This gets me more emotional than Little Sebastian's passing.
You show some damn respect for 'Lil Sebastian
@@dazedandconfuzzled9340 Lol, the Lil Sebastian arc was not interesting, or entertaining, with the exception of the concert at the end.
@@insanelyinshape I mean there isn't much they could do with a miniature horse.
GET OUT
@@xander1052 Ben Wyatt is that you?
I actually cried when I watched this episode. Ron isn't a perfect man, but he tries.
He cares. And Leslie always appreciates him for it.
I think the thing about Ron is that you can tell deep down he cares, despite trying hard not to.
@@79pants he tries his hardest at probably anything to conceal the fact that he's a great person, and still fails to do so
Errr he is the perfect man
You don't understand. Ron is a perfect man.
Ron is a perfect man, it is the world that is not worthy!
I love the incredible acting here... Leslie knows exactly where and how to get to the core of his existence and does so in the most lovingly way possible as she wants him to know that someone else sees him for who he really is.
As he finishes the poem, we can feel that, had he been alone on that cliffside with no cameras around, he would've unleashed decades of repressed tears for a good ten minutes and he's about to.
But then he remembers that he's not alone and he snaps himself back into "manliness".
Again, superb writing... superb acting.
Truly miss this show.
I think part of it was also Nick's own emotion coming through.
How do you have a female friend that good and not fall in love with her?
@@nreddy9980 Love doesn't have to be "falling in love". It's fine to just love other people, regardless of gender. Also, it's fine to fall in love with a person regardless of gender, too.
Manliness. Not “manliness”. No quotation marks needed.
@@ArdentLion Sure, if you subscribe to having and showing emotion being what a man ought to do, and not just a social construct that might just make men bottle up their emotions, making them more prone to outbursts of rage and violence. I think the quotation marks was a great choice.
This is true friendship. They are nowhere near alike but they understand each other so well, by giving in ways that are meaningful and fitting for the respective person’s nature. It’s so beautiful.
It’s beautiful because though they are completely different they both unselfishly and without hidden motive want the best for their friend.
In today’s climate you come to realize that this is only possible in a fictional America.
Yeah, it's called empathy. The core of the show
@@chrispbacon__ well yeah because deep down Ron's not a monster. He doesn't trust the government sure, but he also didn't try to overthrow the country, ban books, blow up the governor house, steal classified intelligence, or strip health care from people like other Republicans do these days
And he loves riddles!!
@@chrispbacon__ Not true. This is what the media and demagogues of today tell you. Be better. We ALL need to be. Peace to you my friend.
The hype of Ron Swanson's love of Lagavulin was emotionally shown in this intricate episode. This will be one to remember forever.
"I dunno what she thought I'd get outta that" is Ron's way of saying Leslie knows him deeply and intimately in a way that truly touches him and makes him look at the world differently.
O were my Love yon Lilack fair,
Wi’ purple blossoms to the Spring;
And I, a bird to shelter there,
When wearied on my little wing.
How I wad mourn, when it was torn
By Autumn wild, and Winter rude!
But I was sing on wanton wing,
When youthfu’ May its bloom renew’d.
i understood "o"
leslie is the most thoughtful person and the kindest friend
Unless youre Jerry then she is horrible to you
Frank Holland shut up jerry. We all know its you
Ron’s wife was right to feel intimidated by her.
Or when she's steamrolling you
IDk I thought she was horrible to Ann through out most of the series.
This is my favourite Ron Swanson moment
Mine too!
And when he buys 51% of it
Turf and turf is a close 2nd.
Honestly it's my favorite scene in the series.
All joking aside, Parcs and Rec deserves credit for this scene. The setting and delivery is perfection.
“I don’t know what she thought I’d get out of that.”
I think the point is that he's so overwhelmed, he doesn't understand what he's feeling, and that's the only way he could express it.
@@shoopoop21 I think it's because he saw the camera lol
He’s putting on a brave face, doesn’t want to let the camera know he was moved by something unamerican
He didn't mean to get emotional, but it worked so well that the director went with it.
Greg Murphy they confirmed this?
The bagpipes in the background is a great touch. The instrument has a way of making the listener feel proud to be them selves.
They weren't added in either, that's just how Scotland naturally sounds.
@@phillewis2630 Yeah, but i think we stole the bagpipes from the Irish
The tune is Abide with me
@@Andrew-zo5po I’m fairly sure that bagpipe analogues have been used since ancient times across Europe, to the extent where it’s impossible to say who invented them.
@@Andrew-zo5poBut it’s a staple of Scotland, along with the kilt
Nick Offerman has now his own Lagavulin Whisky.
*Proud*
For Fathers Day. Managed to score a bottle for my dad who didnt get the reference, made my wife cry because it was just 'that' perfect of a gift, and I reconfirmed that I do not like Scotch.
It is not good tastes like how a rubber tire smells
It’s delicious but $100 a bottle… I personally love it though
@@reeseb4005 that’s Islay Scotch in a nutshell haha
@@reeseb4005 it's not for everyone.
Crying: Acceptable at sunrises, funerals, and now, whilst reading Burns poetry on the cliffsides of the Scottish Hebrides
Don’t forget the Grand Canyon.
Ron Swanson: I have cried three times in my life. once when i was 7 and got hit by a schoolbus, again when i heard Lil Sebastian had passed and when I read a poem by the great Scotsman Robert Burns while sitting on the cliffside overlooking the islands in Scotland
Acceptable
Im sure some of the shots were of dunnet head, near John o Groats in the NE of scotland
One of the most beautiful pieces of television writing ever ever ever
One of the few times it's acceptable to cry.
Only funerals and the Grand Canyon
@@Jay_B1azin And when Little Sebastian died
Guilty.
I reply only because of katakana.
Or when you get hit by a school bus.
Seeing Ron a man stuck in his ways right and wrong uncompromising, be absolutely humbled enough to force emotion out is something special. He was given the ultimate gift of all an opportunity to genuinely feel something uninterrupted and have it to himself to savor forever few of us get such a gift.
To those who find me here and read this, I hope you too get to feel something as special to you
That was a sacred Ron Swanson moment for sure.
I love how Leslie just got Ron. She always knew exactly what he would want.
The poem - Scotland looks beautiful in the Spring.
I’ve always loved that poem, it was a joy to see it in Parks and Rec, one of my favorite humanist, optimistic shows.
I think “humanist” is the perfect description of this show. Thank you!
I love the authenticity of the shooting locations, they could have used any train station for a transition shot and nobody would notice but no, they used Glasgow Central. They could have used any remote factory looking building for the distillery and nobody would notice but no, they genuinely shot on the Isle of Islay when they didn't even need to go so far.
I've always loved how Leslie knew just the right passage to move Ron emotionally.
Well. He didn't know what he was supposed to get out of it. I think it was more the entire scenery and experience that loved him, not the exact words on the paper.
@@theWebWizrd That’s why she wanted him to read it as he gazed at the scenery. She knew it was exactly the type of thing that would make him feel moved
@@theWebWizrd no, he certainly understood it. He was just trying to "save face".
Probably the most epic scene Ron walking in the fields being so proud and the sheep come out of nowhere he found the beautiful outdoors that he needed in his life
This remains one of my favorite moments in the entire series. This cemented in my mind that Scotland is not a place I should go, it is a place I *MUST* go.
There are places like this across the British Isles. If you intend to visit England too, just be careful to avoid London, Birmingham, and most of the other big cities, and you won't go wrong.
Seriously, don't go to London. I'm English, and it is the most hideous place in Europe.
@@sillysausage4549 London was the first place I visited outside of the US. I loved it, honestly, and pretty much lived on my feet and the Tube for those 3-4 days. They have architecture! So much architecture! Why doesn't America have anything like all of this?
Oh, right, monarchies. We've got a thing about those.
Cities are nice to visit, but I know there's so much more I need to see.
@@VivaLaDnDLogs a rule of thumb is that most of the most mysterious and captivating places are hardly known outside of Britain. Often the locals themselves are oblivious to it. I live in the South West of England, and within three miles of my house are two Neolithic burial chambers (about 6,000 years old), Bronze Age barrows, countless standing stones, an Iron Age hillfort, a stone circle, and so much more. Half of it isn't even marked on a map, and the fact that most have all but dissolved back into the landscape only makes them more atmospheric. And all set amidst the most glorious, isolated countryside, where the crowds never go.
I'm always amazed when my overseas friends make straight for London, or even Stone Henge (waaaay too touristy, sadly) and miss what Britain is really about.
Anyway, nice talking to you. And yes, coming back to your original point, Scotland is glorious. Me, I'd include the Orkneys, and take in places like Maeshowe... sorry, archaeology freak confirmed.
@@sillysausage4549 okay, if I have ANY way of getting to Scotland, I wanna find that.
@@sillysausage4549 I’m American and always wanted to visit the Dales national park. Looks like an unbelievably beautiful place, you ever travel up there?
Abide in Me is playing on bag pipes in the background. One of the greatest hymns of all time.
Always gets me during the FA cup final
Leslie is a great friend. She found the one thing on the whole continent Ron would enjoy and led him to it.
Some days I honestly feel like I need something like this. Alone on a mountain peak, wind gusting, overlooking the ocean, with almost pure silence. A peaceful surrounding to quite my mind and gain that sense of peace.
This is pure Nick Offerman when he's being shown the distillery and the cliffs.
Please come back Parks and Recreation. We miss you.
No no. No. They've finished strong, let the show be what it is and rest in peace. Zombie shows always suck, and make the original stuff worse by association.
Well, apparently I've always wanted a Nick Offerman show where he just reads poetry aloud in beautiful places, and Parks and Rec decided to notify me.
"God's chosen elixir". That's good.
The Irish dispute that!
The Irish dispute EVERYTHING.
Lagavulin trumps any other whiskey. Period.
@@christiansabeliever *Whisky
I mean, he’s not wrong.
The friendship between Ron and Leslie is one of the best in film and TV history.
May everyone receive a gift like this in their lifetime.
My heart wrenches everytime Ron reads the poem with all the scenic sights of Islay❤ such a beautiful moment for Ron.
My sister lives on islay. I walked across the little bridge Ron walks over when he goes to the lighthouse without even realising it was in the show haha.
PumpedUpBricks lol my mum and her whole family are from there and I literally died as soon as I watched it.
@@kasha_kold you didn't literally die. Unless your ghost wrote that comment.
@@sillysausage4549 Might've been a Chris Traeger 'literally'. Appropriate for the show.
This is the best scene from the entire series. And the poem. The poem is perfection.
Nick Offerman now has his own edition of Lagavulin. Dreams do come true.
I’m sad that it’s sold out everywhere
@@Aquablecs good news. There is a new version of it
Yuh
Okay, Gregor. Calm down. This is why you're not allowed in the barrel room anymore.
VHS Archive stfu
@@kasha_kold lmfao
Your cousin makes mighty fine scotch!
Cheers from Texas 🥃
@@vintagevhsarchive lmao
Tears man, every. Damn. Time.
Nick's acting is so beautiful in its subtlety.
I’m a Celtic man and this makes me proud
One of the greatest scenes in tv. Especially when you have loved the characters for years.
Manly tears were shed this day
My favorite scene in the entire series. Beautiful.
If Ron couldn’t live in America, he’d live in the Scottish distillery.0
He would be supplying the finest barrels
Of Ron could live in America he would live in Antarctica... or die.
Not in Scotland. Just literally in that distillery 🤣
@@kennysorel Not even the distillery, only inside a used ageing barrel. His favorite past time? Watching the barrels as the whiskey ages
He owns a portion of lagavulin by the end of the show
The bagpipes of “Abide with me” set the tone so well.
I start this show in the middle of the confinment I just saw this episode, had to admit it makes me cry... this show is so about love between friends it's so wonderfull . Really the best thing happened to me in this trouble was to watch that show!
Perfect for lockdown. It's so full of joy and optimism in spite of awful odds. But also not afraid to be dead snarky when it wants to be
Truly one of the most beautiful scenes of this series....
Parks and recreation my favourite show of all time, and a Scotsman so proud lol.
after 5 years i finally found it and honestly i finally understand that poem
This might be my favorite scene from any television show
1 tear from Ron is worth the tears of a thousand men.
I wish I had a friend like Leslie, who actually puts thought into her gifts based on knowing who you are.
The poem is about taking comfort in the company of people you love and when the trials of life tear you apart, you'll constantly dream of being back with them and when you are, your happiness and love will be renewed, just like nature after the winter.
Scotland truly is the most beautiful place on earth.
Ron gets his reward for being Leslie's NCO all these years. She's a good friend.
I honestly wished that I was able to enjoy Lagavulin as much as Ron Swanson does. That stuff is gnarly.
Start with Bowmore, move on to Laphroaig when you are ready, then, finally, Lagavulin. Or maybe find something you like straight away and just drink that.
One of the best moments in the show
I just love that Ron found something beautiful in Europe. There are plenty of amazing stuff there.
If he loved Scotland, he’d be over the moon in Ireland. Jamison’s and Guinness alone would turn him into a kid at a candy store. Beautiful part of the world.
Damn you, Leslie, and your incredibly thoughtful and generous gift giving.
Right there, I saw so much of my father in Ron.
I love how they really amp up the documentary-style shots in this bit. Absolutely cracked up when he appeared leading those sheep over the hill, and him chatting with the distillery workers. Those are totally shots a camera crew shooting a travelogue of the Scottish Highlands would do IRL. Beautiful.
Honestly scenes like this are why I honestly love Parks and Rec more than the Office. In Parks and Rec they all love each other, sure maybe sometimes they’re bad people, but in the end Leslie helps everyone be better people.
Ive always expressed it this way. Park & Rec is a better tv show with better and more encompassing story. Whereas The Office is more humorous & tells less of an overarching story. In the end of Parks n Rec Leslie gets her park at lot #48 - even tho we dnt see it built. The office ends with Dwight finally taking over Dunder Mifflin. Michael finally has a family of his own that aren’t his fellow adult staff. Yet the how- of how we get to these places with the characters are different. More of a linear story with P&R. The office gets there much more chaotically
Ive always expressed it this way. Park & Rec is a better tv show with better and more encompassing story. Whereas The Office is more humorous & tells less of an overarching story. In the end of Parks n Rec Leslie gets her park at lot #48 - even tho we dnt see it built. The office ends with Dwight finally taking over Dunder Mifflin. Michael finally has a family of his own that aren’t his fellow adult staff. Yet the how- of how we get to these places with the characters are different. More of a linear story with P&R. The office gets there much more chaotically
Well the western isles are timeless and have a natural originality that a straight talking Mr Swanson would appreciate. Where else would the water of life be born .
Why am I tearing up right now
I think Offerman himself was actually overwhelmed.
I’d love to visit Islay and the distilleries in that area when the world’s back to normal. I’ll take some Burns with me and call it the Swanson Pilgrimage.
The Swanson Pilgrimage... Nice!
Hopefully Iain McArthur's (smiling in the striped polo shirt) still working there when you visit. I got to use the whisky thief on a barrel of malt 10 years older than me at a tour he gave.
Very late in replying to your comment, but I just visited Islay last week and it was incredible. If you do go, the location where he reads the poem is on the cliffs beside the American Monument. It's about a 15-20 min hike, but one of the most gorgeous, life changing places I've ever been.
I always thought that the poem was Nick Offerman, rather than Ron Swanson. Looks like he takes a genuine deep breath before beginning, taking in the setting, the words, the opportunity to be there before resuming acting.
Nothing like a poem by a Scottish Man and seeing what he saw
When this was posted years ago, some Scots said that they found themselves reacting to it like some react to a national anthem.
I love seeing this man happy.
Probably my favorite Ron moment
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this. A lot. Can’t take Ron Swanson getting choked up. He’s like that tough uncle that never cries. When he lets loose, everyone else breaks down too.
I started drinking scotch because of Ron. Lagavulin was not the best whisky to start off with, if Im honest, but after many attempts and sips, I love it as much as Ron does. Courage.
Is it strong?
@@AnnoyingNerdLoL it's got kind of a smoky flavor to it. Personally I prefer Clan McGregor it's affordable and tastes great.
@@AnnoyingNerdLoL If you go into it expecting it to taste like caramel, it's gonna Sparta kick you right in the chest, lol and probably taste like a campfire. OP is right, its certainly not a starter Scotch.
I like it, but I like the MacAllan 18 much more
Tbh I started with Laphroaig and instantly loved it, if you like smokey flavours Islay scotches are a perfect entry point
This is just PERFECT. I love poetry (write myself, even translated Poe's Raven to my mother tongue), I love whisky, I love the Highlands since reading The Hound of the Baskervilles as a young boy, I like long distance trekking and outdoor life, I love the sea (my dream is to visit the Faroe Islands via Scotland), and I love the character of Ron Swanson. Also lilac is my favorite flower and smell since I was a kid. This just culminated into a perfect storm for me. Thank you Parks & Recreation writers from the bottom of my romantic heart
The Hound of the Baskervilles is set in Dartmoor in the south west of England not anywhere near the Highlands
Scotland is such a beautiful country. One of my biggest regrets when I lived in Ireland was not to visit. When the Pandemic is finally over, I WILL make sure to travel there !
Not like Ireland is short of beauty! Dublin, Galway, Cliffs of Moher, Limerick. Hard to walk 2 miles in Ireland without seeing something beautiful
@@NickHunter But the Scottish Highlands and Islands are a different level though.
@@jaycampbell5335 Oh I don't doubt it :)
@@NickHunter Its easy if you walk 2 miles in Longford
@@ferdinandimposter691 lol fair
Literally one of my most favorite scenes in television history
Add that to list of places acceptable to cry
i haven't cried tears of joy for a while now until i found this clip again, the poem was the cherry on top)
One of the best scenes in tv history
I agree. 90 seconds of soul-moving perfection.
One of many beautiful moments on this show.
Having been to a Scottish Scotch distillery - can confirm it is amazing and moving. Also got tipsy off the fumes.
manliest man ever!
My favorite episode because of this scene.
he looks so genuinely happy, and also clearly inebriated, in the distillery.
perfect clip
I know this show plays on emotions a lot but this genuinely made me discretely rub my eye and cough loudly.
One of my favorite scenes in all of TV.
Some say, the sheeps count Rons when they have trouble sleeping now.
A heavy scene. Wasn't prepared for this.
0:00-0:25 could be an advert for Lagavulin.
Your timestamp should end right after Ron says "multitude of terribleness." XD
It makes it more powerful when you remember Ron has cried only twice in his life
I love how Leslie just KNOWS Ron...
I have cried three times in my life. Once when I was hit by a bus, again later when I learned of little Sebastian's passing, and again when I read a Robert Burns poem after visiting the Lagavulin distillery.
Can't wait to see you at the hard rock in Orlando Nick Offerman. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you for all of the great years on Parks and Rec