The evening of January 21 2023 saw Aubrey Plaza host “Saturday Night Live,” her first time doing so. During the “Weekend Update” portion of the variety series, Plaza reprised her “Parks and Recreation” role of April Ludgate, much to the applause of fans in the audience. While anchor Colin Jost tried to press Ludgate for answers regarding the importance of local government, the Pawnee resident was largely aloof. Ludgate was joined by her once former boss Leslie Knope, with Amy Poehler reprising her role as the eager leader.
While Knope did attempt to make a convincing plea to join the local government’s workforce, she was far more interested in Jost’s job as the “Weekend Update’s” co-anchor. “But I want to pick your brain about this job, about this show, because I used to watch this when Seth Meyers did it by himself with no one else, and he made it look really easy,” Poehler said as Knope, to rapturous applause. After trying her hand at telling some jokes, Knope marked her and Ludgate’s exit by revealing that they had timed tickets to the M&M store.
The minor reunion caused a frenzy on social media, with many hoping that the “SNL” appearance is a positive sign that there’s more to come. “Can we get a revival please. I’m rewatching after seeing these two,” wrote Reddit user u/JULIANGJNKS22 after seeing Ludgate and Knope together. Similar sentiments were echoed by Twitter user @realtenlee, who said, “no but aubrey and amy reprising their roles as leslie and april was not in my 2023 bingo card… i need another ‘Parks and Rec’ reunion.”
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