--- title: Parks and Recreation Finale: Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt on Late Night description: They come together to sing 'Bye Bye Li'l Sebastian' one last time canonical: https://time.com/3721880/parks-and-rec-finale-late-night-farewell/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-25T15:25:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:29.222Z og:title: Watch the 'Parks and Recreation' Cast's Touching (and Hilarious) Farewell on 'Late Night' og:description: They come together to sing 'Bye Bye Li'l Sebastian' one last time og:url: https://time.com/3721880/parks-and-rec-finale-late-night-farewell/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the 'Parks and Recreation' Cast's Touching (and Hilarious) Farewell on 'Late Night' twitter:description: They come together to sing 'Bye Bye Li'l Sebastian' one last time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the _Parks and Recreation_ Cast's Touching (and Hilarious) Farewell on _Late Night_ > Sponsored content. 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The Parks and Recreation Cast Sings “Bye, Bye Li’l Sebastian”_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 25, 2015 3:25 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 25, 2015 3:25 PM UTC On Tuesday night, _Parks and Recreation_ ended its glorious seven-season run with a very [emotional finale](http://time.com/3720581/parks-and-recreation-finale-review-recap/). Later in the night, the entire cast — along with co-creator Mike Schur (who you might recognize as Dwight’s cousin Mose from _The Office_) — gathered on _Late Night With Seth Meyers_ to reflect and bid farewell. One of the highlights was when they all came together to sing a rousing rendition of the beloved tune “Bye Bye Li’l Sebastian.” It’s sweet, but since this is _Parks and Recreation_, things also get kind of weird. Watch the full singalong here: The cast also took turns toasting each other, and naturally, it was all just one big blend of funny and sweet: _Read next:_ [_This Is What the Stars of Parks and Recreation Are Doing Next_](http://time.com/3720402/parks-and-recreation-stars-next-projects/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ### Photos: Parks and Recreation Cameos  Joe Biden as himself NBC/Getty Images  Kristen Bell, right, as Ingrid de Forest NBC/Getty Images  Michelle Obama as herself NBC/Getty Images  Nick Kroll, right, as The Douche NBC/Getty Images  Paul Rudd as Bobby Newport NBC/Getty Images  Megan Mullally as Tammy 2 NBC/Getty Images  J.K. Simmons, right, as Mayor Stice NBC/Getty Images  Jason Mantzoukas, left, as Dennis Feinstein NBC/Getty Images  Mo Collins as Joan Callamezzo NBC/Getty Images  Ben Schwartz, left, as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein NBC/Getty Images  John McCain as himself NBC/Getty Images  Will Arnett, left, as Chris NBC/Getty Images  Heidi Klum, right, as Ulee Danssen NBC/Getty Images  June Diane Raphael, right, as Tynnyfer NBC/Getty Images  Billy Eichner as Craig NBC/Getty Images  Keegan-Michael Key, right, as Joe NBC/Getty Images  Ginuwine as himself NBC/Getty Images  Jenny Slate, left, as Mona-Lisa Saperstein NBC/Getty Images  Jon Hamm, left, as Ed NBC/Getty Images [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3721880/parks-and-rec-finale-late-night-farewell/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3721880/parks-and-rec-finale-late-night-farewell/"},"headline":"Watch the Parks and Recreation Cast's Touching (and Hilarious) Farewell on Late Night","datePublished":"2015-02-25T15:25:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:29.222Z","description":"They come together to sing 'Bye Bye Li'l Sebastian' one last time","url":"https://time.com/3721880/parks-and-rec-finale-late-night-farewell/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3721880/parks-and-rec-finale-late-night-farewell/","name":"Watch the Parks and Recreation Cast's Touching (and Hilarious) Farewell on Late Night"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Parks and Recreation Cast Sings “Bye, Bye Li’l Sebastian”","description":"The Parks and Recreation Cast Sings “Bye, Bye Li’l Sebastian”","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7jYsX3Gj/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-25T14:51:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7jYsX3Gj.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3721880/parks-and-rec-finale-late-night-farewell/","duration":"PT23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3721880/parks-and-rec-finale-late-night-farewell/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```