Aziz Ansari dreams of a ‘Parks and Recreation’/’Scandal’ crossover

Aziz Ansari wants to bring the Beltway to Pawnee in a scandalous way.

The “Parks and Recreation� funnyman has gotten drunk off the “Scandal� Kool-Aid — binging on the buzzy ABC drama during a break from production — and he can’t stop talking about it ... and he can’t help but dream of a world where Tom Haverford (a.k.a. the Brown Ryan Gosling) mingles with Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington).

Hey, it could happen, right? It wouldn’t be the first time the small-town government employees have rubbed elbows with D.C.-ers.

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“I secretly believe they are in the same universe,� he told The Times during a break from shooting the sixth season of “Parks and Recreation.� “I think Harrison [Columbus Short, “Scandal�] and Tom are college roommates and they used to have an R & B group together called ... Too Much is Not E-Nuff. We have to shoot that, the crossover episode. It’s really simple: There’s some sort of issue that Leslie needs to deal with, and then Tom’s like, ‘Duh, lemme call my guy’ and then it’s like boom, boom, boom, glitter, glitter, glitter, Pope & Associates magically appear. Ann who? It’s Knope and Olivia Pope now.�

The ultimate crossover episode ever? If only it could actually be done! Ansari seems determined, though, even sending out tweets to Shonda Rhimes on Wednesday with the idea — including a truly bizarre request: Tom and Olivia dating -- further demonstrating the hold “Scandal� has taken.

Then things got real. We informed Ansari that the “Scandal� cast members live tweet during episodes, and it was like we knocked the swagger out of him: “Oh my God. I have to start following all of them. Wait. Even Mellie [Bellamy Young] does it?�

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Another Gladiator is born.

“I’m such a big fan of the show. I watched it in a few days. I was obsessed with Oliva and Fitz. I was obsessed with the voting card thing. I was obsessed with the weird naked fight. I was obsessed with everything.�

But now that he’s up-to-speed, the idea of enduring a wait period between episodes when the third season rolls out is still weighing heavy on his TV heart.

“I’m actually nervous about seeing it in real time -- week to week. I need, like, seven episodes at a time,� said Ansari, who noted “Orphan Black� is next on his viewing list. “I need seven hours with this show in one sitting. It’s going to be really tough for me because, I mean, come on. The end of Season 2 — that was insane. I went on YouTube and typed ‘Scandal reaction video’ just to see how people watched it and freaked out. I wish someone had videotaped me watching the moment in the limo. Oh my God, I jumped like 10 feet. I was watching in my bed and my body leapt off the mattress. I was like, ‘whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?’�

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It makes for an odd awareness about his own work.

“I wonder if when people binge-watch ‘Parks,’ they get that same edge-of-your-seat, pearl-clutching reaction? Maybe we can get Tom to drop a ‘Dad?’ line in Season 6. He’d be like, ‘Dad? [zoom close-up on face] What’s crackin?!’�

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