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'Parks and Recreation': Watch Tom Haverford's Nicknames For Ann Perkins Exclusive (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post   Posted: 02/14/2012 8:59 am

Talk about perfect timing: This Valentine's Day, let "Parks and Recreation's" Tom Haverford show you how to woo the ladies.

In a recent episode of the sterling NBC comedy, Ann (Rashida Jones) went on a date with Tom (Aziz Ansari), despite knowing what a would-be ladies man he is. As she says in the exclusive video above, nothing much happened on the date, but Tom doesn't seem to be aware of that. On the Feb. 16 episode of the show, with typically goofy Tom Haverford brazenness, he acts like he and Ann are a couple, when that's clearly not the case (certainly not in Ann's mind). Basically, Tom really loves nicknames.

Ann may not be impressed with Tom's game at this point, but she's at a place where dating the ambitious Pawnee player is a real option.

"The reality is if you were Ann and you were single and you had gotten to know this guy over the course of three or four years, and he was single and they were about the same age," then going out him would be a real possibility, according to "Parks and Recreation" executive producer Michael Schur. "There’s 60,000 people in the town and that’s it. And you know, how many eligible guys are [left]? Ann went on a crazy run where she dated everybody in town. So [there are] just not that many people left."

Hence the wobbly Ann and Tom relationship, which Schur said will be played for laughs through the rest of the fourth season of "Parks and Rec." Some of the laughs will derive from the fact that, as you can see in the clip, "Tom is way more into Ann than Ann is into Tom at the beginning," Schur said.

There's more from my talk with Schur to come, but for now, find out a lot more about what will happen in Season 4 with Leslie Knope's city council run and which guest stars (including Louis C.K., who stops by Thursday) will be visiting the show in the last third of the season.

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Talk about perfect timing: This Valentine's Day, let "Parks and Recreation's" Tom Haverford show you how to woo the ladies. In a recent episode of the sterling NBC comedy, Ann (Rashida Jones) went...
Talk about perfect timing: This Valentine's Day, let "Parks and Recreation's" Tom Haverford show you how to woo the ladies. In a recent episode of the sterling NBC comedy, Ann (Rashida Jones) went...
 
 
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08:55 AM on 02/16/2012
Watching him makes my skin crawl.
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Sara Janmaat
06:41 AM on 02/15/2012
How anyone could like Tom is beyond me. He's an idiot, clueless and self-obsessed. Totally worthless character that has brought nothing to P&R. Ron Swanson's mustache can act better.
09:38 AM on 02/15/2012
That's what makes him so funny!
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CaroleK1970
I want my country forward
07:34 PM on 02/14/2012
this is one of the few show that I have to watch
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Gigity
Neither liberal nor Conservative
07:11 PM on 02/14/2012
They need to 3-way with Jean Ralphio.
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02:30 AM on 02/16/2012
I hate you for giving me such an obscene mental image.
04:17 PM on 02/14/2012
He was funnier on Scrubs.
But the non-blonde women on PandP are hot!
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01:57 PM on 02/14/2012
i looove this show so much!
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happyblackman
Gotta have more cowbell baby!
01:28 PM on 02/14/2012
I think this will be a good subplot for the show.
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Eric Shin
Black belts in karate, jiu jitsui haiku and origam
01:08 PM on 02/14/2012
Things I can't explain: 3. Women 2. Where Babies Come From 1. How Aziz Ansari still has a career
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tangelan
"We don't believe you!" Alright, alright.
04:18 PM on 02/14/2012
I think he's hilarious. I stumbled onto his stand up act after a Colbert show and I was crying laughing.
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wingin it
Obama ganamos
06:32 PM on 02/14/2012
Me too, he's my favorite part of the show.
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CaroleK1970
I want my country forward
07:34 PM on 02/14/2012
"You care. You clicked AND commented."

who am I quoting?
04:55 PM on 02/14/2012
Dude, if you can't fathom where babies come from, I'd say Aziz Ansari is the LEAST of your problems.
01:00 PM on 02/14/2012
Please stop giving away spoilers for TV shows that have not even aired yet. Seriously, what's the point in watching if you already reveal plot lines?
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blacksmithn
Iron, cold iron, is master of them all...
11:35 AM on 02/14/2012
What would Little Sebastian do?
02:25 PM on 02/14/2012
WWLSD
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TStringfellow
Wobbly, politically and literally
05:11 AM on 02/16/2012
R.I.P
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Diana Scrimger
11:11 AM on 02/14/2012
There is alwyas something good on TV for Valentines Day. Today there is a marthon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes on TV. It seems not very long ago that it was considered a new show. We wonder what ever did happen to Loni Peristere and what is he working on right now. We wonder if that mystery will ever be solved but we need some help.