The populace are generally unsophisticated but have a high degree of civic engagement. The town is shown to have many flaws and problems, including a raccoon infestation and an obesity crisis, the latter being mainly the result of the town's major employer being a candy company called "Sweetums". However, in " The Pawnee-Eagleton Tip Off Classic", due to Eagleton's impending bankruptcy (caused by excessive overspending on luxurious amenities for Eagleton residents), Eagleton is dissolved and incorporated into Pawnee. A mutual dislike between the communities has festered ever since. Eagleton was founded by Pawnee's richest original settlers, who moved uphill shortly after Pawnee's establishment to found their own town. Pawnee's twin town is Eagleton, Indiana, a smaller but wealthier adjacent community. Dialogue from the show and other officially licensed material suggest a population in the range of 60,000 to a little over 80,000. Pawnee is depicted as a typical mid-sized city in south central Indiana, located in the fictional "Wamapoke County" about 90 miles from Indianapolis. The town is depicted as having an extensive history of racial and misogynistic abuse towards the Wamapoke people, which it celebrates in various murals on the walls at city hall.ĭemographics Population Pawnee's fictional history begins with its founding in 1817, which was very shortly followed by the driving of the Native American Wamapoke tribe from the land. Since the show's start in 2009, the city's colorful history and inhabitants have been the joke or focal point for many episodes. Pawnee, Indiana ( / p ɔː ˈ n iː/ paw- NEE) is the fictional city in which the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation is set. She also appeared as Donna in several episodes of That '90s Show.Exterior of the Pasadena City Hall in Pasadena, California) which is portrayed as Pawnee's City Hall Since OITNB, Prepon appears to have turned her attention primarily to the written word, following up the 2016 volume she co-wrote, The Stash Plan: Your 21-Day Guide to Shed Weight, Feel Great, and Take Charge of Your Health, with a 2020 memoir: You and I, as Mothers: A Raw and Honest Guide to Motherhood, in which she garnered advice from her close group of mom friends - including Mila Kunis. She married fellow actor Ben Foster in 2018 they have two children. However, Prepon soon had a star turn on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black for seven seasons as the charismatic, raven-haired Alex Vause, winning a Screen Actors Guild award in 2017 with the rest of the cast and directing three episodes of the series. She also had a short stint on another hangout comedy, CBS' How I Met Your Mother. Laura Prepon followed up That '70s Show with a few short-lived series, like the ABC drama October Road and the NBC sitcom Are You There, Chelsea?, based on Chelsea Handler's memoir. ![]() But this successful spin-off (which was renewed for a 16-episode second season) got us wondering what that '70s crew has been up to over the past years. So of course both Eric and Donna showed up in the first season, along with some other Point Place residents, such as Kelso, Jackie, and Fez. Red and Kitty are regular characters as the grandparents of Eric and Donna's daughter Leia Forman (shout-out to the season one Star Wars episode, "A New Hope"), played by Callie Haverda, who comes to stay with them for the summer in Point Place, Wis. The sitcom offered a cheeky look at the decade (Who could forget the circular pot conversations in the basement? The trippy segues? The numerous guest spots by '70s luminaries like Charo, Shirley Jones, and Alice Cooper?), grounded in the Formans' cozy brand of family comedy and the genuine affection among the close friend group of Eric, Donna, Kelso ( Ashton Kutcher), Hyde ( Danny Masterston), Fez ( Wilmer Valderrama), and Jackie ( Mila Kunis).Īlong with Netflix's That '90s Show comes the cameos of many of the main '70s Show cast members. That '70s Show's Richie Cunningham ( Ron Howard) was Eric Forman ( Topher Grace), a teenager with a stern dad ( Kurtwood Smith as Red), a loving mom ( Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty), an oddball collection of friends, and a huge crush on the red-headed girl next door ( Laura Prepon as Donna). That '70s Show was to the '90s what Happy Days was to the '70s: a light-hearted, nostalgia-fueled sitcom looking fondly back at a specific decade 20 years prior. It's the golden age of revamps of beloved shows, so it's not surprising that Netflix created That '90s Show, a continuation of That '70s Show, which ran on Fox from 1998 to 2006.
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