Jim O'Heir shares memories from 'Parks and Recreation' in new book 'Welcome to Pawnee'

For seven seasons, the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” portrayed a cheery kind of optimism about local government that you’d be hard-pressed to find today.

Nearly a decade after it left the airwaves, fans still love the series' kooky characters, including Jerry Gergich, the department's easiest target.

Jim O'Heir played Jerry and he's out with a new book full of memories of his time on the show. It’s called “Welcome to Pawnee Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation”

He spoke with Here & Now’s Kalyani Saxena about the book at WBUR’s CitySpace last month.

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By Jim O'Heir 

Excerpted from the book "Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation" by Jim O’Heir. Copyright © 2024 by Jim O’Heir. From William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Reprinted by permission.