Filibustering -- a governmental practice basically built in to allow lawmakers to hear themselves speak for long periods of time -- is perhaps one of the dullest things to go on in real life. So leave it to Patton Oswalt to make filibustering a work of pure comedic genius.
On Thursday's episode of Parks and Recreation, Oswalt guest stars as a Pawnee resident who invokes a bylaw about citizen filibustering to delay a city council vote. The show's producers gave Oswalt full creative power for the scene, asking him to simply "ramble a bit about whatever subject he wanted."
And he did -- about Star Wars.
For a full eight minutes, Oswalt lays out a potential, detailed plot for the next installment of the film (he even threads in Disney elements, due to the recent acquisition of Lucasfilm). It is exhaustingly beautiful, to say the least.
Watch and be in awe. All in favor of firing J.J. Abrams and hiring Oswalt as the movie's writer/director, say "aye" -- no filibustering needed.
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