{"id":7011,"date":"2021-02-26T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/ben-schwartz-and-jenny-slate-know-dont-be-suspicious-is-having-its-tiktok-moment\/"},"modified":"2021-02-26T01:00:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T01:00:28","slug":"ben-schwartz-and-jenny-slate-know-dont-be-suspicious-is-having-its-tiktok-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/lifestyle\/ben-schwartz-and-jenny-slate-know-dont-be-suspicious-is-having-its-tiktok-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Schwartz and Jenny Slate Know \u2018Don\u2019t Be Suspicious\u2019 Is Having Its TikTok Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the series finale of beloved workplace comedy Parks and Recreation, the Saperstein twins Jean-Ralphio (Ben Schwartz) and Mona-Lisa (Jenny Slate) flamboyantly parade through a sunny cemetery. They have staged one last plot\u2014Jean-Ralphio\u2019s death\u2014in order to collect life insurance money, and naturally, are planning to flee to Tajikistan to open a casino with the funds. After they spy on his funeral from behind a tree in the cemetery to ensure that their plan worked, the duo, outfitted in the least inconspicuous neon and fur clothing imaginable, gyrate across the frame, riffing a little song as they go, in typical Saperstein fashion. Mona-Lisa starts, sing-telling her twin brother \u201cdon\u2019t be suspicious!\u201d as they begin to make their great escape. He sings it back. And suddenly, the two have broken out into dance and song, blowing their cover in the process. Maybe you\u2019ve seen the clip on YouTube? It has 4.3 million views. But YouTube isn\u2019t the only place \u201cDon\u2019t Be Suspicious\u201d has found an audience long after Parks and Rec ended. The hashtag #dontbesuspicious has over 1.2 billion views on TikTok as of Feb. 23, and hundreds of thousands of videos with millions of likes using the sound, too, whether it&#8217;s the soundtrack of ducks walking through a mall or a hack to sneak alcohol into a freezy pop. Someone created a full length remix of the song, and there are even YouTube videos compiling the best TikToks using the sound.Six years after the finale, this scene has become the most&#8230; Click below to read the full story from Esquire<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/tv\/a35600077\/dont-be-suspicious-meme-explained-parks-and-recreation-ben-schwartz-jenny-slate-interview\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the series finale of beloved workplace comedy Parks and Recreation, the Saperstein twins Jean-Ralphio (Ben Schwartz) and Mona-Lisa (Jenny Slate) flamboyantly parade through a sunny cemetery. 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