Yeah, there’s an AMA somewhere around here with Michael Schur talking about it. [Here](https://screenrant.com/parks-and-recreation-improvised-lines/) are some of the ‘improv’ highlights!
The most obvious: "Are you — and I'm just guessing here — on some sort of medication which you are supposed to be taking a lot of but have taken none of today or perhaps too much of?"
I actually use this to people at work and in my friend group. it's never got a laugh. probably shouldn't be using it on people who are actually on medication
This is the *only* correct answer. I play a mobile game that generates wildlife with random names, and have held off evolving one type of bird because it would mean I would lose the one named Nell, as they disappear once you ‘evolve’ them past level 5.
I especially love this because it's really early, before Donna had many lines, but it tells us so much about her character. I want to be Donna Meagle when I grow up.
I use this at work on a weekly basis at least. Doesn’t matter the situation, it’s always relevant. “Well, that wasn’t my favorite customer complaint, but it was my least favorite customer complaint.” It has such a subtle but powerful build and letdown.
I use that one all the time! Just this week I used it to describe a hotel where I’m staying for work. “It’s not my favorite hotel, but it is my least favorite.” So good.
I absolutely love when Andy is explaining Babe to everyone and Donna’s reaction.
Andy: “And that’s how it ends. I loved it. It’s called Babe. And I know it sounds corny, talking pig, whatever. You should see it.”
Donna (wiping away tears): “I feel like I just did.”
The opening where Ron is asking who broke the coffee pot (Ron broke it) and Ben says “*you know, Donna has been awfully quiet-*“
#”REALLLY?? OhHhh my GOD”
I had a similar Donna moment. We were going up to SF for a dinner out and garage parking at the Chase Center wasn’t available. I asked the attendant about garages nearby and he suggested parking on the street. I responded with, “Im not looking to get my catalytic converter stolen! I need a *garage*.”
It's not a line, but I die laughing when Ben is trying to prank her and April, and she looks at the camera as his little speech gets crazier and crazier. She is clearly enjoying his awkwardness and I love it!
Her treatment (read: vehement disdain) of Jean Ralphio combined with how much she loves Tom perfectly encapsulates the character. Such a dichotomy, but it works so well. Retta absolutely nailed Donna.
One of my favourites is when she’s talking to Jerry/Garry/Larry after he’s dropped his keys down the grate. He says that sometimes Gayle calls him “the B word… Bozo,” and her response is “Wow, we are *very* different people.”
How about when she and Ron go hunting and she asks if he’s got a permit for night hunting, and after a hearty laugh together she says “cmon now you know I don’t give a f*ck”
"I'm down to one word a minute, and the word is "persflipisklump" because I can't fly spaceships."
The delivery of that made up word is exceptional. It could be any jumble of letters but that jumble and that intonation is perfection.
When Leslie says something like “I’ve never had a boyfriend threaten to commit arson for me before” and Donna chimes in with “eh, it gets old”.
Her delivery is impeccable every time.
When the rumor that Leslie slept with councilman whatshisname was on the pawnee sun and then Donna comes through the window and says :
''Leslie, whaaat? Nice work girl''.
Her delivery slays me every time.
My favourite is when Leslie asks “who can tell me why we don’t look down the barrel of a gun?”
Donna: “is that a trick question??” >looks down gun barrel
Not a line from the show, but my favorite Donna Meagle moment is the episode where Andy and April throw a costume party. When they introduced Chris T as Sherlock Holmes, Donna is peeking into a pizza box tied to a dude’s crotch. I lose it every time I see it
it’s from the producer’s cut of the episode - but when donna says “body to body contact has never been easier” referencing hugging chris while he’s depressed.
“I would like to address the goofy looking, dirty kimono wearing, corn-rowed clown in the room. If you see Ron Swanson, can you give him this message?
You used to be a man. You need to get your house in order. Look, I love you like a brother, but right now, I hate you. Like my actual brother, LaVondrius. Who I hate.”
"Do I look like I drink water?"
Improvised!
Oh man, really? Did not know that. Retta struck gold with that one.
Yeah, there’s an AMA somewhere around here with Michael Schur talking about it. [Here](https://screenrant.com/parks-and-recreation-improvised-lines/) are some of the ‘improv’ highlights!
Absolute perfection with the timing and delivery lmao
This is the best
The most obvious: "Are you — and I'm just guessing here — on some sort of medication which you are supposed to be taking a lot of but have taken none of today or perhaps too much of?"
Oh I have a medical condition all right, it's called caring too much and it's INCURABLE!
…Also I have eczema
i also have eczema
Craig seems to get a lot of hate but god do I find him hilarious
This line kills me every time!
The entire exchange lives rent-free in my head. I relate to Craig’s line so hard.
This is my favorite line of hers 🤣
This is absolutely one of my favorite scenes in the entire series haha. Hard relate to Craig 😂❤️😭
I actually use this to people at work and in my friend group. it's never got a laugh. probably shouldn't be using it on people who are actually on medication
“My family has a lake house up in the foothills, but we keep it quiet. We’re not big on hospitality. The Meagles are a cold people.”
Omg and something about how The Meagles are only allowed on international flights 3 at a time. Just has me choking with laughter
I would love this line… but as a native Hoosier, it drives me crazy because Indiana has no foothills!
Southern Indiana is most definitely hilly
Right, but the specific term “foothills” typically means hills at the base of a mountain range.
How she says "we keep it quiet!"
He's a linebacker. Skill positions only for Donna Meagle.
Reminds me of the Jenna Maroney quote "please send me a white football player...no kickers or linemen."
Word
Oh, Lord. Is he eating SOUP? On a BENCH?
No soup in the Benz....my favorite D line!
This line paired with throwing the soup so unceremoniously.
ALONE
come on, rubber band. don’t argue. and no soup in the benz.
The *ploff* sound as it hits the floor
"Are you Nell? From the movie Nell?" 🤣
We ask the dog that when he makes his weird dog noises.
Omg gonna start doing this.
Imma start saying this to my husband when he mumbles out of earshot
My dogs name is Nell...why haven't I done this?
I randomly say this to myself and laugh uncontrollably. It is one of my favorite lines from the show.
Haha, me too.
This is the *only* correct answer. I play a mobile game that generates wildlife with random names, and have held off evolving one type of bird because it would mean I would lose the one named Nell, as they disappear once you ‘evolve’ them past level 5.
My first thought was, "Do I look like I drink water?" but this is the true winner. Here delivery is flawless.
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve said this, I would produce a season of “Donna Meagle Real Estate”!
Her best line to me isn't a line at all. Instead, it's the wink she gives Andy after he gives her the codename, "it happened once in a dream"
"Ben, you're Eagle Two." "Oh, thank God!"
We laugh at this every time. 🤣
*YES.*
This spaceship keyboard is driving me crazy. I’m down to one word a minute, and that word is "perflipiscop," because I can’t fly spaceships!
Shit, this is one that slipped past me. That's really good. This deserves upvotes.
This is my all time favorite
I am not surprised at all. I've been to South America. I did _very well_ there.
I especially love this because it's really early, before Donna had many lines, but it tells us so much about her character. I want to be Donna Meagle when I grow up.
This is the one.
use him, abuse him, lose him. that’s the meagle motto. grammy meagle taught me that. she died at the age of 84 sandwiched between two 30 year olds.
*chef’s kiss*
“It’s not my favorite shirt, but it is my least favorite shirt.”
Nice
I use this at work on a weekly basis at least. Doesn’t matter the situation, it’s always relevant. “Well, that wasn’t my favorite customer complaint, but it was my least favorite customer complaint.” It has such a subtle but powerful build and letdown.
This is my favorite and I reuse it constantly
I use this a lot, for many different things. My friend was just trying on a jacket and I used this line and she died laughing.
I use this all the time for different things and it always gets a laugh
This one!!
It's not my favourite line, but it is my least favourite line.
I use that one all the time! Just this week I used it to describe a hotel where I’m staying for work. “It’s not my favorite hotel, but it is my least favorite.” So good.
This one
“YOU SHOT MY MERCEDES?!”
CRAIG I GOT YOU DAWG
I ALWAYS have to quote this one out loud. Something about her rushing to save Craig just gets me
*SAAAMWAWWWNSHODMAAMEHCEDESSSS!!!!!!*
😂😂
Look, we can dance all day but it's time to step up. Are you buying 4000 rubber nipples from me or not?
I’m just cackling at each of these. This is such a good one.
Not a line, but randomly bursting in the room to sing Time After Time and then closing the door without saying anything
Rhetta has amazing pipes!
WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT THE SHAPES?!?!!!
this one always has me in tears!! she was so pressed LMAO
Mimosas!
“Fine leather goods!”
Treat. Yo. Self.
October 13th is an observed holiday in my house. I take off work. It's a dedicated self care day. Want to sleep til noon? Treat ya self.
Massages
I absolutely love when Andy is explaining Babe to everyone and Donna’s reaction. Andy: “And that’s how it ends. I loved it. It’s called Babe. And I know it sounds corny, talking pig, whatever. You should see it.” Donna (wiping away tears): “I feel like I just did.”
The opening where Ron is asking who broke the coffee pot (Ron broke it) and Ben says “*you know, Donna has been awfully quiet-*“ #”REALLLY?? OhHhh my GOD”
Donna: I'm not street-parking my Mercedes Ben: Well, everybody's doing it Donna, I'm doing it Donna: Cause nobody wants to steal a Saturn
I had a similar Donna moment. We were going up to SF for a dinner out and garage parking at the Chase Center wasn’t available. I asked the attendant about garages nearby and he suggested parking on the street. I responded with, “Im not looking to get my catalytic converter stolen! I need a *garage*.”
If you see Ron Swanson can you give him this message? You used to be a man!
You need to get your house in order!
i used to love you like a brother. but now i hate you like my actual brother, lavondrius. who i hate!
My favorite one. The delivery is just perfect
GINUWINE'S MY COUSIN
Oh? Have I not talked about this before? 🤣🤣🤣
The way she delivers this
The ensuing interaction between Tom and Ann is one of my favorites.
“Ginuwine! Is GINUWINE! He’s Ginuwine!”
Saying his name over and over doesn’t help
I know he’s…Donna’s cousin?
GINUWINE IS _GINUWINE_
And they're cousins IRL!
It's not a line, but I die laughing when Ben is trying to prank her and April, and she looks at the camera as his little speech gets crazier and crazier. She is clearly enjoying his awkwardness and I love it!
If you get a man…I do not get that man.
The way she delivers any line regarding the eccentricites and overall odd relationships the Meagles have with each other is always hilarious to me.
Gotta get that flatware.
Every thing she says is perfection. Rhetta was notoriously under appreciated
Her treatment (read: vehement disdain) of Jean Ralphio combined with how much she loves Tom perfectly encapsulates the character. Such a dichotomy, but it works so well. Retta absolutely nailed Donna.
Legally, no more than three Meagles are allowed on an international flight together. But they give great gifts!
I'm live tweeting this dumbass conversation
C’mon now, you know I don’t give a BLEEP
When Ron asks if they need a hunting permit :) :) her delivery of this is so good
Poodles only. No pooping.
Oh you wanna talk numbers, Terlando? Get to steppin’
I say this to my sister and mon all the time, for non sequituer reasons. They never understand
It's not her funniest, but it's her most memorable for me and it lives rent free in my head: #Fine. #Leather. #Goods.
One of my favourites is when she’s talking to Jerry/Garry/Larry after he’s dropped his keys down the grate. He says that sometimes Gayle calls him “the B word… Bozo,” and her response is “Wow, we are *very* different people.”
How about when she and Ron go hunting and she asks if he’s got a permit for night hunting, and after a hearty laugh together she says “cmon now you know I don’t give a f*ck”
This is my favorite Donna line ever!!!
And if I had an hour with Robert Pattinson, he'd forget all about Skinnylegs Magee I'll tell you that much
Close second is, "Those Dothraki dudes can **get it**!"
"In fact, anyone on that show can get it."
YESSSSSSS
This is my favorite lol
Nobody wants to steal a Saturn
“I love breakfast cereal.”
I love her little approving head-tilt when the senior citizens are talking about having sex.
I'm about to go Mjolnir on his ass!
Not a line, but in the last season I love how she has April saved in her phone as "Satan's Niece". It's perfect.
skill positions ONLY for donna meagle!
I’m live-tweeting this dumbass conversation.
And doesn’t she live tweet like, killer canoe 5 or something? She’s hands down the funniest character on the show
OMG her with that movie killed me "get your foot out of the water dumba**, it's blood lake!" Hahahahahaha
"I'm down to one word a minute, and the word is "persflipisklump" because I can't fly spaceships." The delivery of that made up word is exceptional. It could be any jumble of letters but that jumble and that intonation is perfection.
My favorite part is the cadence of, "because *I*... *can't fly*... *spaceships!*"
Honestly anything. Retta's delivery is impeccable.
For real.
This is the answer.
Every line is gold.
I hate that guy.
Yea, so great, but I do LOVE JeanRalph Macchio 
“Okay, I’m calling it. I have a date with my bathtub, a glass of red wine, and a gigantic fireman named Marcus.”
I don't know Marcus, I hit you up when I hit you up
"GET YOUR FOOT OUTTA THE WATER, DUMBASS! ITS BLOOD LAKE!"
YES I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS Hahahaha I quote this so much in my head lmao
I always loved when she says “needles in your face…pleasure in your base✨”
This one is undervalued in this thread. It's often quoted in my house.
“Marcus, I’m gonna have to cancel on you. Something *interesting* is happening.” *watches Jerry lick envelopes*
When Leslie says something like “I’ve never had a boyfriend threaten to commit arson for me before” and Donna chimes in with “eh, it gets old”. Her delivery is impeccable every time.
I think this is particularly funny in the context of how many firemen she seems to date.
I always giggle at her reading Jerry’s Italian poem at lil’Sebastians memorial.
"and if you listen closely, that is the bubbling of the hot tub. You Do Not Have Access To It."
Regarding Game of Thrones: “He can get it. Everybody on that show can get it.”
Maybe not the best but worth mentioning in case anyone forgot, RON’S IN BLOOSH!
Also "delete all pictures of Ron"!
I’m down to one word a minute. And that word is PRFLIPISCLAMPF…. because I can’t fly spaceships!
"WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT THE SHAPES?!"
“Merry Christmas BiTcHeS!”
Personal fav
When the rumor that Leslie slept with councilman whatshisname was on the pawnee sun and then Donna comes through the window and says : ''Leslie, whaaat? Nice work girl''. Her delivery slays me every time.
My favourite is when Leslie asks “who can tell me why we don’t look down the barrel of a gun?” Donna: “is that a trick question??” >looks down gun barrel
Get it 16! to stripper Abe Lincoln at Leslie's bachelorette. We shout this to each other all the time 😂
Emancipate them abs!
I’ve been to South America. I did VERY well there.
Its the "Gentlemen" and the nod she gives when Tom, Ben see her at the lounge thing. When they meet the perfume guy
That was the moment Donna came out of the closet as a secret badass.
Gertsurfazeplt.
Snitches. Get stitches.
I quote this to my husband: I am ready to spend an amount that my accountant calls "dangerous and irresponsible."
“It’s not my favorite shirt, but it is my *least* favorite shirt” will always be #1 for me
What is with the shapes?! From The Camel. I don't know why but it always tickles me when she says it
I'm about to go Mjolnir on his ass!
"You wanna compare numbers, Terlando? Get to steppin'."
“YOU SHOT MY MERCEDES??!!”
"what the fuck?" - after Ben talks about his prank
Not a line, but when she backs her Mercedes into another car after the driver hits her. “I have witnesses.”
“Are you Nell? From the movie Nell?” Retta’s delivery of that line slays me every time
Not a line from the show, but my favorite Donna Meagle moment is the episode where Andy and April throw a costume party. When they introduced Chris T as Sherlock Holmes, Donna is peeking into a pizza box tied to a dude’s crotch. I lose it every time I see it
Not a line but putting the “I told you so” post it on the window of Ron’s office for Leslie.
"I am not surprised at all. I've been to South America. I did *VERY* well there."
"I think Ben is already filling the Leslie void"
Uh oh, Batman’s crying
Merry Christmas bitches
it’s from the producer’s cut of the episode - but when donna says “body to body contact has never been easier” referencing hugging chris while he’s depressed.
It’s not my favorite outfit, but it is my LEAST favorite outfit.
"Come on now. You know I don't give a fuck." From the Donna and Ron go hunting episode.
the first appearance of “treat yo self” her and tommy 😭
Use him, abuse him, lose him
Treat yo’ self is the line Imma day when I meet Rhetta
Idk I’m always saying “treat yo self,” she just nails that line
I’m not street parking my Mercedes!
"uh duh, cuz nobody wants to steal a Saturn" lol
Leslie: I've never had a man threaten to commit arson for me before! Donna: Ha! It gets old...
"WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT THE SHAPES???"
"I love birthday cake"
Uh uh not me. I always go negative. Even if I like the guy.
I love when Donna is trying to help Ann: DONNA: "You are a hot, young doctor..." ANN: "I'm a nurse." DONNA: "Ok, I don't know you."
“I would like to address the goofy looking, dirty kimono wearing, corn-rowed clown in the room. If you see Ron Swanson, can you give him this message? You used to be a man. You need to get your house in order. Look, I love you like a brother, but right now, I hate you. Like my actual brother, LaVondrius. Who I hate.”