--- description: The guest roster for this final season includes Paul Rudd, Jon Hamm, Rachel Dratch, and Megan Mullally title: Blake Anderson, Jorma Taccone to Guest-Star on 'Parks and Recreation' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ebd6fdcdd316dca/698778795f570f7e33b148c6/blake-anderson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Are the Newly Confirmed Guest Stars Headed to _Parks and Recreation_ by [Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2015 10:37 PM CUT  Actor/writer Blake Anderson poses for a portrait at Comic-Con International 2014 in San Diego on July 26, 2014. Actor/writer Blake Anderson poses for a portrait at Comic-Con International 2014 in San Diego on July 26, 2014.MJ Kim—Getty Images by [Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2015 10:37 PM CUT The year is 2017—or at least it will be on the seventh and final season of NBC’s _Parks and Recreation_—and the future brings all sorts of new technology, plus at least one new face. Gryzzl, the chill company that agreed to hook up Pawnee with free wi-fi in the season 6 finale, will play a significant role in the show’s final run, as Pawnee residents are beta-testing its phones, tablets [and other cool gadgets](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/16/parks-and-recreation-final-season-trailer-2017/ "undefined"). Which means that not only will _Workaholics_ star Blake Anderson return as Gryzzl CEO Mike Bean, The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone will be introduced as another upbeat exec from the company named Roscoe Kwang-Toftig. “He is vice president of cool new shizz, and that’s his actual job title,” _Parks and Recreation_ executive producer Michael Schur tells EW. The story lines involving Gryzzl will explore the theme of privacy—or lack thereof—in the digital age. “They are using Pawnee as a bit of a petri dish,” he says. “They, with the best of intentions, are creating technology, and when people are like, ‘This creeps me out,’ they’re like, ‘What’s the problem? This is amazing!’” Anderson will pop up in the season premiere while Taccone (who has directed two episodes of _Parks_ in previous seasons) will guest-star later in multiple episodes. Season 7 begins a week from today, Jan. 13, and the guest roster for this final batch of episodes also includes Paul Rudd, [Jon Hamm](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/11/20/parks-recreation-jon-hamm/ "undefined"), Rachel Dratch, and Megan Mullally. _For more on_ Parks and Recreation _as well as this winter’s most promising TV programming, pick up this week’s issue of_ EW_._ _This_ [_article_](http://insidetv.ew.com/2015/01/06/workaholics-star-blake-anderson-lonely-islands-jorma-taccone-to-guest-star-on-parks-and-recreation/?xid=IFT-Trending "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3656724/anderson-taccone-parks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3656724/anderson-taccone-parks/"},"headline":"These Are the Newly Confirmed Guest Stars Headed to Parks and Recreation","datePublished":"2015-01-06T22:37:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:20:48.245Z","description":"Jorma Taccone and Blake Anderson join the guest roster for this final season, which already includes Paul Rudd, Jon Hamm, Rachel Dratch, and Megan Mullally","url":"https://time.com/3656724/anderson-taccone-parks/","keywords":["Television","NBC","parks and recreation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ebd6fdcdd316dca/698778795f570f7e33b148c6/blake-anderson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Snierson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ebd6fdcdd316dca/698778795f570f7e33b148c6/blake-anderson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor/writer Blake Anderson poses for a portrait at Comic-Con International 2014 in San Diego on July 26, 2014.","caption":"Actor/writer Blake Anderson poses for a portrait at Comic-Con International 2014 in San Diego on July 26, 2014.","creditText":"MJ Kim—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3656724/anderson-taccone-parks/","name":"These Are the Newly Confirmed Guest Stars Headed to Parks and Recreation"}}]}] ```