Here’s what we think are Jean-Ralphio’s top 26 funniest quotes from Parks and Rec in order of greatness.

Quote #26: When he hosted Entertainment 720’s end of the world party

“The entire party’s a VIP area.”

Quote #25: When he and Tom practiced their Rent-a-Swag pitch on April and Andy

“Wink! Rent A Swag! Where your swag is my business!”

Quote #24: When he showed great faith in his father

Tom: “Do you think there’s any chance your dad will give up?” Jean-Ralphio: “I doubt it, he never gives up on anything – except for my mom. When she turned thirty, he was like, ‘GET OOUT!'”

Quote #23: When he showed great faith in his sister

“Oh, yeah she’s my sister. My twin sister, from the same mister. Thank you so much for hiring Mona-Lisa. It means so much to me. Even though, honestly, she’s The wo-o-orst. She is the worst person in the world. Huge skank. Terrible. But thank you. It means a lot. Got to keep it in the family.”

Quote #22: When he and Tom printed their own money

Aww, Snapple. Are we calling everybody “baby” now? ‘Cause honestly, I love that.

Quote #21: When he dropped some pointed wisdom on Jelloshot

“Why don’t you use that time to go after one of your passions. Like model trains, or toy Gandalfs or something.”

Quote #20: When he gave Tom the best wedding toast advice in the history of Pawnee

“Talk about Andy’s ex-girlfriends, quote from Love Actually, hold back your tears, pause…drop the microphone, get out of that bitch.”

Quote #19: When his parents amended his trust fund

“Tom: What about your trust fund? Jean Ralphio: My parents had it amended. I don’t get anything until I’m 50, which is a waste because I’m going to be a billionaire in Costa Rica by then. Eatin’ dolphin and hangin’ out with lady singers.”

Quote #18: When he made money the old-fashioned way

“I made my money the old-fashioned way. I got run over by a Lexus!”

Quote #17: When he got to third base over the pants

“One time, I waited outside a woman’s house for five days just to show her how serious I was about wanting to drill her. Turns out, it was the wrong house. She loved the story anyway. We got to third base, over the pants.”

Quote #16: When he free associated for Ron

“Business partner now and forever. Hold up – Forever 21, 21 gun salute, Salute Your Shorts, Kaboosh! I just free associated all over the moo-stache.”

Quote #15: When he got an accounting job

No, no, no, Barney, c’mon. But you don’t have to be an accountant to know that this girl is a 10. Yo, what up, Diaz? Come here often?

Quote #14: When he announced that penises were bouyant

“Kuh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh bang! Which one floats your penis?”

Quote #13: When he was technically homeless

“TOMMY T! You just missed the CRAZIEST of crazies. Clubs. Girls. Dancing. Naked—MOM?!?! Argument. Fleeing the scene. Hiding in a dumpster. Coming here. Crashing on your couch for a week ‘cause [sings] technically I’m homeless.”

Quote #12: When he gave Tom some sage business advice

“It’s like I always say, okay. When life gives you lemons you sell some of your grandma’s jewellery and you go clubbing.”

[su_note]You might also like: This Parks and Recreation Swanson Pyramid of Greatness Poster[/su_note]

Quote #11: When he and Tom created a commercial for Entertainment 720

“I will create a tiny go-cart for your grandma.”

Quote #10: When he called upon Lemony Snicket to absolve him of responsibility

“Lemony Snicket. Oh, my God, are you serious? I’m gonna be an uncle? Is that a real thing? Is that gonna happen? No, no, that’s too much– too much responsibility for me. I gotta…I gotta find another way out of this.”

Quote #9: When he wasn’t gay

“For starters, access to the illest clubs. And that’s just for starters. I will work for you. I’ll be on you 24/7. I’ll be like your family. I’m here when you get here in the morning, sure enough, I’ll be there tucking you into bed at night. Don’t worry, it’s not gay. Do we have questions?”

Quote #8: When he was gay

Look at that. I guess sometimes I call men “beautiful” too. I guess I’m open-minded as hell. And I think you’re pretty good-looking.

Quote #7: When he faked his funeral in this deleted scene

“I got a terminal case of get-me-to-the-front-of-the-line-at-Six-Flags!”

Quote #6: When he was concerned about Donna’s clothes

“I hope you brought a change of clothes, cuz your eyes are about to piss tears.”

Quotes #5-3: When he couldn’t end his raps with a rhyme

“K to the N to the O P E, she’s the dopest little shorty in all Pawnee. Indiana.”
“Oh R to the O to the N, and then I say Swanson’s got swagger the size of Big Ben, clock”
“B to the O to the double-S, do what he says and you’ll be success…ful”

Quote #2: When he gave Jello Shot his nickname

“Ben. Is that your real name? You could do better than that, I’m gonna help you out right now. Your name is Angelo. Angelo, thank you so much for coming out, get a thicker tie, it looks weird on you. It makes your head look like a fish. Secondly, I don’t know where the paperwork is, but when you find it can you take care of it for us. We don’t have any pens because we’re afraid it’s gonna leak on our shirts. Lastly, I hate the name Angelo, I’m gonna switch it up for you right now. Your new nickname is Jello Shot. What do you think about that, J-Shot? Do you have questions?”

Quote #1: When he needed Donna’s money

“What up, Big Teeeeeee…stop. This must be the lovely Donna. Enchanté. Listen beautiful, let’s cut the bull, alright? You want this. I definitely want this. T.H. wants this. Let’s seal this devil’s threeway right here, right now. Step one: We buy into this club. Step two: We roll over to the club, either in your Mercedes-Benz, or my pre-owned Acura Legend, which is alright. Step three: I dagger you on the dancefloor. Just bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, now all the ladies sayin’, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce. What do you say, sexy?”

More on Jean-Ralphio:

The Complete Jean-Ralphio, NBC Supercut
The fan theory that Steve Harrington from Stranger Things is actually Jean-Ralphio’s father due to their similar looks, personalities, and geographical proximity
An AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Ben Schwartz, the actor who portrays Jean-Ralphio
Slate Magazine’s character sketch of Jean-Ralphio
Jean-Ralphio’s Wikipedia page

Luckily, my grandparents lived in the same town and either ignorance or years of experience made them less heavy-handed on the Ren and Stimpy restrictions. So every chance I got, I would head to my grandparents around the time Ren and Stimpy was on and watch there.

At the time, I thought that it was the funniest thing in the universe. To this day, I can’t help laughing at the disgusting, absurdist humor.

So to help you guys appreciate it as much as my 7-year old self does, here are the 10 greatest episodes from worst to best…

Note: All plot synopses and images are pulled from IMDB. Rankings are my own.

#10 Stimpy’s Big Day / Big Shot

Stimpy wins a competition that takes him to the Big-time in Hollywood. Ren, left at home, begins to miss Stimpy more than he ever would of thought. Will Stimpy, rich and successful, remember Ren and return home?

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#9 Stimpy’s Pet / Ren’s Brain

Ren and Stimpy find an abandoned circus clown at their doorstep. While Ren DOES NOT want to keep him, Stimpy pleads and begs until Ren agrees. Ren’s status as Lord of the Manor is challenged. Stimpy, the mad scientist, replaces Ren’s brain.

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#8 The Great Outdoors / The Cat that Laid the Golden Hairball

Camping at a lakeside wood, Ren and Stimpy go about making a pleasant camping trip. Faced with dehydrated food, mosquito squadrons and eccentric skinny dippers, the great outdoors shows that it has it’s share of challenges for the pair. Next, Ren exploits Stimpy’s hairball habit upon hearing that the price of this rare commodity is soaring.

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#7 The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen

The pioneering spirit is abound in this re-telling of the colonization of the north American continent. With the motto “We Always Get Our Butts Kicked!”, Ren and Stimpy set out across forests, deserts, mountains and vast snow fields atop lumbering yaks. Can they tap into the nation’s vast natural resources to bring about prosperity?

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#6 Out West / Rubber Nipple Salesmen

Ren and Stimpy find themselves amid the Wild West, where they run up against a Sheriff and Deputy who’s favorite past-time is hanging people. They then hit the road as salesmen, going door-to-door to sell Rubber Nipples.

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#5 In the Army / Powdered Toast Man

The Ren and Stimpy Show S2 E01 – In the Army by comic-freak

Powdered Toast Man Link

Note: Couldn’t find these anywhere to buy, so here they are to stream for free.

Ren and Stimpy join the Army, where they begin basic training under a very demanding Drill Sargent. We then follow the unusual and bizarre adventures of “Powdered Toast Man” as he is called on for various rescue missions.

#4 Sven Hoek

Ren & Stimpy VOSTFR – (S02E02) Sven Hoek by Erenesse

Ren is excited when his cousin, Svën, is coming over for a visit, until he finds out that Svën is an idiot just like Stimpy.

#3 Stimpy’s Fan Club

Ren’s jealousy drives him to distraction when day after day, the mailman dumps mountains of fan mail addressed to Stimpy only. Stimpy appeases Ren’s feelings of worthlessness by appointing him president of the Official Stimpy Fan Club. Can Ren put his feelings aside in order to perform the delicate duties involved in receiving and replying to the inexhaustible stream of Stimpy’s fan mail?

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#2 Space Madness / The Boy Who Cried Rat!

On their journey through space, Ren and Stimpy find that the true danger is “Space Madness”, a cabin-crazy condition that Ren succumbs to. Next, in a sick tribute to classic animation, the two cook up a ploy to act as a rodent removal service. Ren becomes the mouse, and Stimpy as the cat. They take their services to suburbia with mixed results.

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#1 Black Hole / Stimpy’s Invention

Commander Hoek and Cadet Stimpy are sucked into the hideous vortex of a black hole. Now as inhabitants on a new planet, and constantly mutating, the pair solve an age-old mystery after being tipped-off by a familiar smell. Next, Stimpy in his naive optimism, invents an emotion-controlling helmet. Ren, whether he likes it or not, is now the involuntary test-subject.

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Did we leave any episodes out? Let us know in the comments…

1. Parks and Recreation (Netflix) 

Parks and Rec is #1, just like America. It really doesn’t get more patriotic than Ron Swanson and Leslie Knope battling over the issues in their small Indiana town that usually reflect national debates like obesity, sex education, political scandals and government bailouts.

None of that stuff sounds particularly funny, but that’s just how good this show is.

2. The Americans (Amazon Prime)

Following up the hilarity of Parks is drama The Americans. It’s a bit of a misnomer, because the main characters are actually (shh) Russian spies in 1981,  living undercover in the United States for 15 years. While pretending to be a normal American family, they struggle with thinking, “USA … might be a-OK” and following the orders of Mother Russia. Oh, and their neighbor is an FBI agent.

While watching, double fist a Budweiser and a White Russian and let the Cold War tensions ensue.

3. The West Wing (Netflix)

If you’re feeling a little disillusioned with politics as they stand today, Aaron Sorkin’s political dramedy is the patriotic show for you. It was a television powerhouse in the early 2000s with its roster of intelligent, funny and hard-working people who actually cared about making a difference — and actually did it.

Although if you want to see people standing around doing nothing, CSPAN will always be there for you.

4. 11.22.63 (Hulu)

“From the mind of James Franco” is usually a term that comes before some truly questionable television watching. But this time, it comes alongside the minds of J. J. Abrams and Stephen King, so it’s a safer bet for this weekend. And, as an eight-part series, you could definitely finish it in a few days. 

This series plays very seriously with the job interview question of, ‘what would you do if you had the power to change history?’

Jake Epping (James Franco) is an ordinary high school teacher who is given the mission to traveling back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. So of course, this is fraught with peril, very stylish clothes and cool cars. Basically if Mad Men and the History Channel had a baby. 

5. Turn (Netflix)

Turn is the little historical drama that could. It’s one of those shows I found almost by accident, but ended up stealing my heart. It has everything a good historical drama should — character’s facing impossible choices that will have century-long ramifications, families and lovers being torn apart (possibly even literally) and of course, heaving bosoms in corsets.

The story takes place during the Revolutionary War, and revolves around Abe Woodhull, a young farmer rocking a man bun 240 years before it was cool, who is [from Wikipedia] “torn between loyalty to his Tory background and respect for those who fight for the Patriot cause. Living on British-occupied Long Island, Abe joins a group of his childhood friends to form what becomes known as the Culper Ring, a spy network charged with sniffing out British military strategy.”

As a bonus, these shows aren’t exactly under the umbrella of patriotic (unless you enjoy your patriotism with a relish of cynicism), but deserve your July 4th weekend binge-watching nonetheless: Veep (HBO Go, Amazon Prime), House of Cards (Netflix), American Dad (Netflix), Alpha House (Amazon Prime) and Mr. Robot (Amazon Prime). 

Winter is here bitch.

— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) June 27, 2016

Leslie live-tweets every episode, so be sure to follow her next season, and remember: television talking is for professionals ONLY. Do not try at home.

Then I read Lauren Morelli’s article on her experience being a first-time staff writer on the show, and it struck me that this show was important to her beyond her job, but as a woman.

I knew already that I would like it. Maybe I would even love it and rewatch it immediately. But her article made me wonder if it would mean something to me as an alumna of a women’s college.

…Which I loved, by the way. I should make that clear. A women’s college is not literally like jail. For one, I paid (and am still paying) handsomely to attend my college, and they’re in jail for free. Ba-dum-cha.

There is definitely something special about an environment where only women are living and working together that is difficult to describe, let alone put down on paper and translate into a television show. And continuously, OITNB has captured those details.

For instance, how all friendship and politics revolve around the cafeteria and those who run it.

This authentic point of view makes sense, since Piper Kerman, the author of the book the show is based on, and the inspiration for the main character, is a women’s college grad herself – a Smith alumna.

She wrote in the memoir that the same “feminine ethos” was present in both institutions, which translates to “empathetic camaraderie and bawdy humor on good days.”

“Single-sex living has certain constants,” she said, “whether it’s upscale or down and dirty. At Smith College the pervasive obsession with food was expressed at candlelight dinners and at Friday afternoon faculty teas; in Danbury it was via microwave cooking and stolen food.”

Here are some of the other ways an all-girl’s school is kind of like jail:

1. No one freaks out at the sight of a tampon

There are never any shortages, so they’re used for many creative, and usually boring purposes. Roommate spilled and there are no paper towels to be had? Boom. Playtex has you covered, girl.

At Litchfield, the prison on OITNB, pads are used for everything from flip-flops to a prop in a Michael Jackson impression.

2. People assume there is something wrong with you

Apparently, much like prison, no one goes to an all-girls school by choice.

Inevitably when you tell someone, the politest response most people can think of is “Oh,” long and drawn out, their voice running up and down musical scales like it suddenly explains something puzzling about you.

It can also be used a space filler until they can think of something to say next that isn’t “why?” or a lesbian-related question.

Depending on who that person is, they will somehow imply that you go to school with (and subsequently are) sluts, lesbians or bookish plain Janes.

Because this is a women’s college, and those are the categories that we fall into, right?

It’s not going to be as diverse as a jail, but there are girls of all different backgrounds, religions, races and sexualities, with differing opinions on everything from Taylor Swift to who our next president should be — and FYI, Hillary is another women’s college alum.

That’s just a statement of fact, not pushing an opinion on anyone. I’m not crazy, I know I’m on the internet.

3. Men are visitors in your life

When boyfriend does arrive, just like in jail, there are visitation hours.

At my school, they were called parietals. Both men and dogs were listed in the student handbook as having to follow them.

You might feel like you’re missing out by not going to school with guys…but only for a second. You hug it out with your best girlfriend, no one makes a lame hot lesbian joke* and you realize that all-girls schools are the best.

*YOU are, of course, allowed to make hot lesbian jokes. They’re hilarious. They’re only lame if a lame dude makes them – it’s the transferable property of lameness.

4. Everyone gets a nickname

In Nora Ephron’s 1996 commencement speech at her alma-mater Wellesley College (one of the seven original women’s colleges – the “Seven Sisters”) she mentions how girls in her day got nicknames like “Winky.”

At Litchfield, they get very literal — Red, Crazy Eyes, Black Cindy. There’s even a nickname generator where you can find out what your Litchfield nickname is.

Nicknames are a necessity, even if it’s just someone’s last name. A fun game is calling out a name like Megan or Brittany across a quad full of women and watching all the heads turn.

5. Food-related expressions of loyalty are HUGE

The only time I have ever gotten “I will cut you!” mad in my life was twice: once when someone stole my brand-new carton of ice cream out of the freezer, and another time when it was my Lean Cuisines.

You don’t mess with a girl’s freezer foods, yo.

When Crazy Eyes gives Chapman some food after she is shunned to starvation, you see how the simple offering of food means so much. At my school, if someone saved a fresh baked cookie from Miss Tina for you — BFF status.

Another fun fact: many jails and schools (including mine) use the same company, Sodexo. So you and Litchfield could very well be having the same Taco Tuesday or confusing “Classic Turkey Noodle” soup.  

The point here is simple: Women are awesome, and getting a group of us together is awesome. Mostly because of the powers we get from syncing up our menses like that.

Every time a great show is cancelled, it’s gut-wrenching.

Reading the headline, “Fox Cancels The Mindy Project” the drop in my stomach suddenly swung up again when the following words were, “…Hulu might save.”

Sweet relief. I swear, I will be in one of those dumb Hulu commercials where people talk about how a TV show has been a meaningful part of their lives. I was so incredibly happy that such a great and intelligent show was saved — Hulu just announced, it will be picking up The Mindy Project for 26 episodes.

Yesss! Praise Beyonce Pad Thai! >> ‘Mindy Project’ SAVED: Hulu orders 26 episodes http://t.co/1GeltSY51H via @EW @TheoMarshall

— M Disney (@MDisney2) May 15, 2015

Much like Arrested Development and Veronica Mars before it, The Mindy Project, and it’s fan’s were saved by the internet. Which is to say, saved by themselves. This decision, even more so than the few before it, makes it clear that fans are now in charge, not networks.

This is a pattern. And unlike Arrested Development and Veronica Mars, there really wasn’t a prolonged fan campaign to save these shows — Mindy was picked up about a week after the announcement it was cancelled. Hulu realized the power of a cult-following show, and knew the campaign to save it would probably come around anyways.

With it’s new home at Hulu, Mindy can finally be measured for it’s actual worth in online views, instead of the antiquated and severely misleading system of physical television viewers.

Basically, this is like in Moneyball, how the Oakland A’s managed to realize that the standard way of vetting players was flawed — and were able to put together a winning roster with a new evaluation system based off of different statistics. Players were signed almost exclusively based on their on-base percentage. Two years later, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 100 years because of that model. Online views are the new on-base percentage.

How many people can we get to sit down in front of a television at a specific time to watch a specific show is a lot less accurate for judging value than the simpler: how many people watched this show, regardless of time or place? Maybe not even two years from now, Hulu will prove to be one of the champions of the new model of television.

The fact that it was saved by Hulu is a good indicator of the quality of the show, too. It joins Arrested Development and Veronica Mars, as discussed, both of which were intelligently written, compelling shows that simply didn’t get the attention they needed on a network.

I found both of those shows in their last seasons, when they were already essentially on the chopping block. If you haven’t watched before, here’s why you should make the jump to watch the newest season of The Mindy Project when it premieres on Hulu:

Reason #1: It’s not just a “girls” show

Somehow, I think because it was lumped in with New Girl (also not a “girls” show), and with Mindy Kaling being a feminist hero, The Mindy Project was labeled a television rom-com. Don’t get me wrong, it does immediately dive into a lot of rom-com tropes – but then immediately turn them on their head. Nothing kills an elevator meet-cute faster than him dumping you later by saying he wants to share his life with someone who has “more years left to give.”

So in spite of the romantic comedy reputation it’s been pulling around, the show is a real representative of dating. Mindy is in her 30s, an intelligent doctor and still doesn’t get dating or understand what – or who – she wants out of life. The men in the show suffer in the dating world too, and the clashes make for enlightening dialogue about how men and women approach dating.

Reason #2: It’s body-positive

Most shows are full of tiny, generically beautiful girls and women playing opposite chiseled hunks. Then, those shows try to convince us that those girls are normal high school girls, and they have insecurities too.

All of television is basically She’s All That where you’re supposed to believe taking Rachel Leigh Cook’s glasses off and switching out paint stained overalls for a dress is a mind boggling transformation. Or that Denise Richards could possibly be a nuclear physicist named Christmas Jones. It gets a little old, even in James Bond-world. Not that the characters in The Mindy Project are total uggos.

They are all attractive people, but they’re better than just hot. They’re compelling. They have obvious flaws that they actually struggle with, but somehow that makes them more attractive. Take this interaction between Mindy and Danny, before she goes on vacation with her boyfriend for the first time:

[su_quote]Mindy: I don’t want him to see my naked body and then decide he doesn’t like me. Danny: Guys don’t care about this stuff as much as girls think they do. Mindy: That’s a bunch of crap. You all say that and then you go out and date ass models. I am sick of being the person with the “good personality.” OK, I wanna be so hot that Cliff would date me even if I had a bad personality.[/su_quote]

Who hasn’t wanted to be so smoking hot that their significant other would date them even if they were a terrible person? It’s what we’re all secretly wishing to hear when someone talks about what a great person you are. The episode ends with a sweet confrontation between the two after Danny accidentally walks in on her naked. Mindy runs through a list of things to change about herself, and Danny summarily dismisses them: [su_quote]Danny: You’re self-conscious. You have no reason to be. All I was gonna say is, don’t suck in your stomach so much. It makes you look nervous, and frankly, a little constipated. Mindy: And get a boob job. Danny: No, that’s not what I was gonna say. Mindy: And get rid of the cellulite on your legs. Danny: No. Mindy: And have blue eyes. Danny: I don’t want that. Mindy: Oh. Danny: You’re a woman, and that’s good. Look like a woman.[/su_quote]

Yes, pretty people have problems. Sure. But no one actually believes that. Show’s rise or fall based on this kind of relatable conflict.

Reason #3: The guest stars are incredible…

…and they’re put in the weirdest situations. Like Lee Pace – also from another cancelled too soon show, Pushing Daisies. He played Silicon Valley billionaire who pursues Mindy from college, but then turns out to be a total weirdo creep.

Or Glenn Howerton of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame who plays Mindy’s boyfriend Cliff. The beginning of their courtship in Season Two episode “You’ve Got Sext” shows (hilariously) just how men approach text messaging women.

Reason #4: The work situations are like watching The Office again

I cannot tell you how many times I have re-watched this scene where Mindy is trying to leave work, and is caught up in a nerf-war.

It spoke to my soul, and made me miss The Office so much it hurt, because that is totally something they would have written up.

Reason #5: Sometimes Mindy can be a total jerk

Mindy isn’t sweet, not really. She isn’t the “bitchy” type, either. She looks out for herself most of the time. So she’s an actual human being, because that’s how we all act.

She doesn’t care about any social issues, she can be inconsiderate and pushy with her friends and co-workers.

Mindy is a real human being, and that’s just too much for network TV to contain. So do the right thing, and click your way to the latest season when it premieres online.