What’s the connection between a Nobel Prize winner and ‘Parks and Recreation’?

(Originally published Oct. 7)

Leslie Knope has never won a Nobel Prize. Sadly, neither has Ron Swanson. But it turns out there is a connection between one of the recently announced winners of the Nobel Peace Prize and NBC's "Parks and Recreation."

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — the country's first female president — was named as one of three Nobel Peace Prize recipients this year, for her efforts to establish peace and bolster women's rights in Liberia. And Sirleaf happens to be the aunt of Retta, the sassy, speed-dating master Donna Meagle on "Parks and Recreation." (Retta's full name? Retta Sirleaf.)

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Joby Warrick 08 Oct, 2011


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