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" Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman has praised Patricia Clarkson after she shot guest appearances on the comedy series. Clarkson will play Ron Swanson (Offerman)&amp;#039;s first ex-wife Tammy 1 in two episodes of the upcoming fourth season. Offerman told reporters earlier this week: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been such a huge fan of hers for many years, and it&amp;#039;s nothing short of a dream come true that I got to actually work in scenes with her. &amp;quot;She even surpassed our expectations. Not only is she gorgeous and an incredible actress, but she is insanely hilarious to boot. I think everybody on set was just bowled over with how funny she was on the show.&amp;quot; Show co-creator Michael Schur dropped hints about the character of Tammy 1, revealing that she is &amp;quot;very different&amp;quot; to Tammy 2 (Megan Mullally). &amp;quot;The relationship she has with Ron is not a hedonistic animal attraction that we&amp;#039;ve seen before,&amp;quot; he added. &amp;quot;They have a more complicated and rich backstory that we get into and delve into.&amp;quot; Schur recently said that former regular cast member Paul Schneider may reprise his character Mark Brendanawicz in a couple of episodes if the scheduling can be worked out. Parks and Recreation returns for its fourth season on September 22 in the US. &amp;amp;gt; Parks and Recreation interview with Nick Offerman and Michael Schur Watch Tammy 1 mentioned in the Parks and Recreation third season finale:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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