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"Does this replay anywhere else? Like how community reruns are on bravo"

hulu?

http://www.halpertbeesly.com/
they're filling in different sections weekly, based on what is revealed on the show. Like before last weeks show, the "Location" page was blank

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9/27/2009 2:06:12 PM

Yeah, but I want to watch it on tv. My comp is a netbook

9/27/2009 8:12:57 PM

Most netbooks have an external VGA port...

I loved when Dwight heard about the co-managers, and then just snapped hahaha

9/28/2009 8:46:24 AM

Probably just me, but that barely looks like Jenna Fischer. Almost like they did too much photoshopping on that one.

9/28/2009 9:01:42 AM

Your just use to seeing her with little makeup on the show, she really is gorgeous though

9/28/2009 9:21:18 AM

the comments in the guest book are stupid

9/28/2009 4:52:07 PM

well except for the first page, they're all written by real people. so.... blame the fans

9/28/2009 7:52:18 PM

`i only read the first page

9/29/2009 1:39:17 AM

am i the only one who thinks pam is a bitch?

10/1/2009 5:06:49 PM

I dunno- explain how

10/1/2009 6:18:18 PM

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"am i the only one who thinks pam is a bitch?"

nope.

although, I think of her more as a bore, than as a bitch.

10/1/2009 6:25:19 PM

This show is getting painful. End it already.

10/1/2009 9:36:31 PM

Did he say shit ?

or gin ?

10/1/2009 9:42:52 PM

I think gin

the show had some good lines, but it's not nearly what it used to be

Michael is more douchey than funny/bumbling around causing problems.

I still love watching the s1-s3 reruns though.

10/1/2009 10:26:25 PM

i love the show

but it has gone from funny to us being deeply involved with the characters

which is good but still...

you know, the quirky's shelf life isn't really that long, so the transition might be good

10/1/2009 10:29:09 PM

So how long has Jims new office been there? Im guessing thats pretty new.

10/1/2009 10:43:08 PM

^This is the first episode it was in, I'm surprised they didn't mention the construction or something.

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"Did he say shit ? or gin ?"

It sounded like shit to me, but then Jim drank it so I figured I just heard it wrong.

Great Creed-moment in this one.

10/1/2009 11:04:14 PM

I'm pretty sure thats the same room they used for the competing Christmas parties a few seasons ago

10/1/2009 11:09:14 PM

That room has never been there before. Used to be two desks in that corner.

The rival-party room you're thinking of is the break room (not the kitchen, but the room with vending machines.)

Blueprints: (really big PDF file)
http://www.officetally.com/g/2009-08/The_Office.pdf

10/1/2009 11:25:42 PM

Hahahha.

"I'm having a focus group, I have one of each."

10/2/2009 7:23:23 AM

Not the best of episodes. They've already done one with the exact same plot, except the first time it was:
1) Michael leaves the office, Jim is in charge
2) Jim, thinking he'll fix some of the annoying things Michael does, changes how the office does birthday parties
3) Crap hits the fan and Jim learns that Michael's job wasn't as easy as he thought it was

Seen it. Wasn't that good the first time. Also office workers openly (and loudly) complaining about raises was just too much for me to be able to suspend disbelief.

10/2/2009 8:19:08 AM

yeah some of the complaints were terrible

THIS IS OUR LIVLIHOOD

10/2/2009 8:56:35 AM

I just watched it once, but I thought he said Jim as in Jim Beam and thought it was a pun. It made it funnier to me because I thought he was saying Jim as in 'just drink it Jim' at first but then when they smiled I got it.

10/2/2009 11:42:48 AM

you're probably right, nice catch

10/2/2009 11:47:19 AM

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10/2/2009 12:50:57 PM

i really have no interest in watching jim and pam's wedding

10/2/2009 2:25:52 PM

I wanna watch just to see what the fuck Kevin had on his head in that preview

10/2/2009 2:35:00 PM

Whenever I see a commercial for the wedding I get scared that the Office is turning into Friends.

10/2/2009 2:35:06 PM

10/2/2009 2:40:28 PM

Jim. James. Jimothy?

10/2/2009 3:38:59 PM

why didn't they just do the small raises for everyone? that seemed like the obvious choice. it seemed like they dumbed jim down just for the plot line.

10/2/2009 3:47:30 PM

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"why didn't they just do the small raises for everyone?"

uh, because that wouldn't be funny or create conflict

10/2/2009 4:33:08 PM

yeah that's what frustrated me

at first, i thought jim was out there trying to prove that michael would have been wrong not giving everyone the 1.5 by showing him how crazy the staff would get, but then it became apparent that he was just fucking up

i did like it when kevin was like "i'll just write a check"

i also noticed it looked like kevin had a full head of hair during the wedding preview

10/2/2009 5:19:47 PM

yeah, i think what we've learned from this episode and the last one where Jim was temporary manager is that..... Jim has no management skills. He may be a good salesman (i guess?), but he sucks as a manager

10/3/2009 12:13:00 PM

WHAT DOES A BEAN MEAN?

10/4/2009 3:32:04 PM

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"Also office workers openly (and loudly) complaining about raises was just too much for me to be able to suspend disbelief."

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"yeah some of the complaints were terrible THIS IS OUR LIVLIHOOD "

The funny thing is when we were told that we weren't getting raises about this time last year it went down exactly like that. In fact very similar comments were made.

" I have kids in college what am i supposed to do now?!?!?!?"

10/5/2009 10:33:28 AM

these jim/pam wedding previews really are making me consider never watching this show again

10/5/2009 10:36:33 AM

The wedding episode is obviously for the female fans of the show.

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"Whenever I see a commercial for the wedding I get scared that the Office is turning into Friends."

I think you're onto something there.

10/5/2009 12:03:29 PM

Quote :

"The funny thing is when we were told that we weren't getting raises about this time last year it went down exactly like that. In fact very similar comments were made. " I have kids in college what am i supposed to do now?!?!?!?""

Wow, not to derail this thread, but that's pretty retarded. They didn't tell us we weren't getting raises. None of us expected raises in this economy. We were all glad to still be gainfully employed while many of our friends and associates at other companies were getting pink slips. I don't get how some people think.

10/5/2009 12:07:10 PM

^ yeah, not to mention - does anybody work in a company where office-wide announcements are actually made like that? Where a manager walks out and says "can I have everyone's attention please - here's a bunch of bad news. Please feel free to hurl insults directly at me or air your personal grievances in front of all your co-workers"

News like this would almost always be made in a more formal meeting-setting or via an email where there is room and time to explain the background and words can be chosen carefully. Any "i have kids in college" complaints, I would think, would be made at the worker-level, between colleagues, and not shouted out towards the managers.

10/5/2009 12:24:51 PM

right - because all HR related activities happen by the book in the Office - what show have you guys been watching where you think anything HR related happens as it does in the real world

10/5/2009 12:26:58 PM

When the show started they had exaggerated storylines that people could still somehow relate to. You'd always see hints of your real coworkers behavior reflected in certain characters. They dropped that for the less popular (to me) "let's see how much we can make the viewers cringe and squirm as we crank the ridiculous factor up to 11". It's getting a lot harder to relate the humor back to real life experiences.

Yes, you always had to suspend disbelief, but now it's always a huge stretch. I guess they just ran out of decent material. They devolved from antics surrounding an office basketball game to having a guy nail the doors shut, start a fire, and bitch about his missing raise.

Oh yeah, that reminds me of the time when Bill gouged that guy's eye out with a pencil so corporate threatened to not reimburse him for when he got his company car repainted. That Bill sure is a character.


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10/5/2009 1:01:46 PM

I miss the simple things, the good old stapler in the jello, the 500 feet of red wire taped to dwights desk... I agree it has gotten a bit more serious and I miss the chemistry between Jim and Dwight (probably the best relationship on the show...) But there are the still the famous awkward Micheal moments, and the funny lines; hopefully the wedding is not too drawn out after the fact, and we can get back to the office we all remember.

10/5/2009 1:56:02 PM

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"right - because all HR related activities happen by the book in the Office - what show have you guys been watching where you think anything HR related happens as it does in the real world"

When IRSeriousCat implied this was "exactly how it went down" at his company.....

10/5/2009 1:58:33 PM

i was talking about the comments. The setting was more as you described. We have quarter business reviews where they go over the performance of the company as a whole. when they did this last year they also mentioned no raises. No guys said a thing but a lot of the women verbally complained then and there (none of which were black). One girl even immediately began to cry.

10/5/2009 3:12:04 PM

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"yeah, i think what we've learned from this episode and the last one where Jim was temporary manager is that..... Jim has no management skills. He may be a good salesman (i guess?), but he sucks as a manager"

And this is exactly the problem in most real-life jobs as well.

I'm surprised no one brought up the fact I'm betting Jim got a nice little pay-bump by moving up to co-manager.

10/5/2009 8:25:23 PM

THREE WOLF MOON SHIRT SPOTTING!!!!

10/8/2009 9:29:51 PM

That's a nice set of twins!

10/8/2009 9:30:47 PM

this is utterly pointless

10/8/2009 9:55:29 PM

sometimes i just can't take Micheal's awkwardness

10/8/2009 9:58:25 PM