The Parks And Recreation Age Gap That Will Blow Your Mind - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 07-19-2022, 03:15 AM

https://www.looper.com/932144/the-pa...low-your-mind/

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Jim O'Heir and Rob Lowe are only two years apart in age

Two staples of the Pawnee, Indiana Parks and Recreation Department are the bumbling, hot take-inspiring Jerry Gergich (Jim O'Heir) and the optimistic health nut Chris Traeger (Rob Lowe). In terms of their personalities and physical appearances, they couldn't be more different, and that goes for the actors as well. However, as noted by Redditor u/Josro0770, O'Heir and Lowe are only two years apart in age despite their looks leading one to believe that the gap could be much larger. As of this writing, O'Heir is 60 and Lowe is 58, yet they don't seem in such close age proximity at first glance.

While Chris Traeger definitely has his rough moments, Jerry notoriously gets treated pretty badly by his fellow Parks and Recreation Department employees even though he's one of the elders of the office, too. It's rare for him not to be at the wrong end of one of his co-worker's quips or for him to embarrass himself and find no sympathy for his blunder. Nevertheless, as Jim O'Heir told Esquire, series co-creator Mike Schur explained to him that Jerry's home life more than makes up for his work life. "His theory on this is you can keep this up as long as this guy has some really amazing things in his life. And he does. Jerry has the best life of anyone in that office," O'Heir explained.

Jim O'Heir and Rob Lowe serve much different purposes on "Parks and Recreation" as Jerry and Chris, respectively. Their vastly different appearances, personalities, and treatment from their co-workers makes it understandably difficult to notice that they're not so far away in terms of age after all.

Yong Fang · 07-19-2022, 05:46 AM

Too lazy to look it up (you can!) but Jerry's wife, played by Christie Brinkley is something like 8 to 10 years older than O'Heir.

Nick Offerman is married to Megan Mullaly (sic?) in real life but she is about twelve years older than him. When she graduated high school, he was like a first or second grader.

07-19-2022, 05:46 AM	#2
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	Too lazy to look it up (you can!) but Jerry's wife, played by Christie Brinkley is something like 8 to 10 years older than O'Heir. Nick Offerman is married to Megan Mullaly (sic?) in real life but she is about twelve years older than him. When she graduated high school, he was like a first or second grader.