Jean-Ralphio may have gone down in “Parks and Recreation” history as a party and scheme-loving wild child, but the actor behind the role remembers a time when his NBC character wasn’t quite so insane.

Is there any character in Pawnee, IN, that is more despised by the town's residents and simultaneously loved by Parks and Recreation's audience? Jean-Ralphio Saperstein may be a polarizing figure—he ...

The "Parks and Recreation" character shares a handful of similarities with Steve Harrington. What could be stranger than if “Parks and Recreation” was directly linked to “Stranger Things?” How about ...

Actor Ben Schwartz of Parks and Recreation. Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images About halfway through Season 2 of Parks and Recreation, no-nonsense parks department director Ron Swanson (Nick ...

Let’s face it: These days, T.V. isn’t exactly the best place to find a male role model. Dexter Morgan? Questionable hobbies. Walter White? Questionable career path. Don Draper? Excellent fashion sense ...

For die-hard fans of NBC's Parks and Recreation the last couple of years have been tough. It's been nearly two years since Pawnee's eclectic residents have graced the small screen, and since the ...

The idea that Jean-Ralphio could even meet Howard comes to mind when we ask about a photo Schwartz posted on Twitter last month. The actor and comedian has actually met Sandler several times, most ...

Look, I'm not saying I'm the reason that Steve from "Stranger Things" and Jean-Ralphio from "Parks and Recreation" met, but I'm not not saying that, either. All I know I wrote about this theory saying ...

F. Tony Scarapiducci is not Jean Ralphio Saperstein. "So what we did is after the first audition, Greg [Daniels] and I had a conversation to make sure he doesn't ever feel like Jean Ralphio. So you ...