EXCELLENT episode

2/9/2006 9:57:02 PM

Oh my god, a man is pooping into a cardboard box.

Rockefeller Center, named after Theodore Rockefeller.

2/9/2006 11:24:15 PM

Quote :

"EXCELLENT episode"

2/10/2006 2:05:50 AM

and btw



YES!

2/10/2006 2:11:38 AM

i

want

one

2/10/2006 10:17:57 AM

i hope pam wearing her hair that way was just for this episode. and she was wearing more makeup too.

2/10/2006 10:27:02 AM

GREAT SCOTT!

2/10/2006 11:40:40 AM

CONAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"maybe becuase shes my girlfriend"

[Edited on February 10, 2006 at 12:05 PM. Reason : -]

2/10/2006 12:01:10 PM

I was really surprised at Michael's successful cover of the whole sleeping with Jan situation.

It probably helped that one of the managers was even worse than him, though.

2/10/2006 12:06:21 PM

if it hasn't been mentioned, it seems like they're laying the groundwork for the merger of one of the branches into the scranton branch (like in the british version). i'm assuming that maybe the first manager who gave the presentation will end up being michael's boss.

i wouldn't think they'd put another inept boss at scranton (ie not the guy who didn't have a presentation).

we'll see i guess.

2/10/2006 12:28:18 PM

I did not think that this was the best episode this season though...

2/10/2006 3:02:02 PM

not the best, but I enjoyed it. Watch the alcoholic chick, they're going somewhere with that subplot.

2/10/2006 10:23:03 PM

ya think

i was worried after last weeks that maybe the crew had lost their game but this weeks was really funny

[Edited on February 10, 2006 at 10:26 PM. Reason : .]

2/10/2006 10:26:05 PM

the best episode this season was when michael 'injured' himself on the foreman grill, hands down

2/10/2006 10:39:27 PM

^^^^^ I don't see that happening. Half of the hilarity of Micheal Scott's ineptitude is the fact that he has power to begin with. Stripping him of that power doesn't seem to be such a good move.

2/10/2006 11:50:49 PM

Eh, it worked for the original.

2/10/2006 11:53:46 PM

The best quote of the season so far was the black guy saying, "This is a run-out-the-clock situation. Just like up there"

2/11/2006 1:39:04 AM

^x5 that episode was written by BJ Novak, who plays Ryan the intern. I thought it was damn funny though.

2/11/2006 7:43:50 AM

[Edited on February 11, 2006 at 9:55 AM. Reason : .]

2/11/2006 9:55:18 AM

what does that have to do with the office?

other than dwit in the picture

[Edited on February 11, 2006 at 10:58 AM. Reason : *]

2/11/2006 10:57:56 AM

women are wolves.

2/11/2006 1:20:50 PM

Quote :

"A Michael Scott Joint"

2/11/2006 6:37:18 PM

GREAT SCOTT!

2/12/2006 12:49:17 AM

Here's a great fake fan-promo for season 3, in the spirit of the recent movie trailer mashups (brokeback to the future, shining, etc)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8124116871038019292

2/14/2006 7:40:29 AM

Quote :

"NBC KEEPS 'THE OFFICE' LIGHTS BURNING AS IT ANNOUNCES NEW EXTENDED SEASON FINALE OF HIT COMEDY TO MAY 11 "

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/pr.cgi?id=20060214nbc03

"extended season finale"? what does that mean? like an hour long show, or they're just stretching the season out by inserting more reruns?

2/15/2006 6:43:40 AM

i think they ordered at least 1 more episode, whatever it takes to make 22. The chick who plays Pam posted that on her myspace blog the other day.

2/15/2006 10:26:49 AM

there is of course gonna be a next season, right?

2/15/2006 10:41:35 AM

yes, a full season 3 has been ordered already, although i can't find any links saying so...

2/15/2006 11:12:00 AM

stupid olympics

2/16/2006 6:19:26 PM

just watching some of the episodes I have missed this season

oh my fucking god

when michael prank calls ryan with the michael jackson voice

fucking hilarious

2/16/2006 6:20:07 PM

pretty good write-up in Entertainmet Weekly, and some nice pics
http://www.northernattack.com/archives/entertainment-weekly/

2/20/2006 5:16:36 AM

Angela Kinseys blog on myspace mentions that NBC is working on making the Dwight bobblehead available

2/20/2006 6:07:01 AM

dwight finally has a myspace account
http://www.myspace.com/dwightkschrute

and Northern Attack added some forums
http://forums.northernattack.com/

Norther Attack notes that Jenna/Pam is going to be on Conan on March 2 and John/Jim and Rainn/Dwight are on Ellen today

2/23/2006 4:57:03 AM

^^^ why the hell is novaks character in that picutre with the others...he is nothing to the show.

2/23/2006 9:56:48 AM

isn't he an executive producer or something?

2/23/2006 10:23:40 AM

Novak is a head writer, but he is also listed as a "lead character", along with Steve, Jenna, John, and Rainn. That's why the 5 of them are shown in the opening credits - everyone else is listed as "guest stars" or "regular cast" or something.

I've commented on that since episode 2 or 3, wondering when Ryan was going to get a bigger role. My guess is that in the beginning he was supposed to have a bigger part, but the opportunity hasn't come up yet and it turns out they don't really need him as a main character. He's been the "man-crush" of Michael, and played a pretty big part in "The Fire", but doesn't have even close to the exposure of pam, jim, dwight and micheal. I kind of think they realized they had more than enough material to work with in Pam/Jim and micheal and dwight, and they haven't needed a 5th main character yet.

2/23/2006 11:11:09 AM

yeah i know he is a head writer

which makes it even more lame that he is in that picture. The character sucks IMO and doesnt have anything to do with the success of the show.

2/23/2006 11:46:15 AM

"I hope the war goes on forever and Ryan gets drafted. No, I didn't- only part of me meant it. Besides, he'd end up being a hero anyway."

2/23/2006 12:29:59 PM

^^bitter much?

2/23/2006 2:21:57 PM

a bit yeah, he character is crap. ive laughed more at all the other characters, hell even Roy.

2/23/2006 2:43:42 PM

he's supposed to be the normal one, the foil to everyone else I guess. I think he'll get more involved though as he starts to break down to influence.

2/23/2006 3:04:49 PM

isn't that pretty much jim's role too?

2/23/2006 4:56:52 PM

well, Ryan is supposed to be learning (from michael) how to succeed in business, Jim definitely doesn't want to move up in the company. He hasn't done anything especially funny, but I think he has potential.

[Edited on February 23, 2006 at 5:32 PM. Reason : and yes, I am his mother ]

2/23/2006 5:25:15 PM

and my roommate wants to meet everybody

cuz i'm pretty sure he thinks i'm making dwight up

HE IS VERY REAL

2/24/2006 1:42:54 AM

article/interview with Greg Daniels
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/02/office_workers_.html

2/24/2006 7:29:39 AM

^ great find; long and interesting article. I had no idea what a huge part the itunes store was playing in the success of the show.

2/24/2006 9:58:00 AM

Yeah, but now there's conflicting reports about how the show is scripted. BJ, John and Jenna have all said in the past that the show is entirely scripted - nothing is improvised, all looks at the cameras, expressions, etc are written out.
But now Greg Daniels, a producer, is saying that especially Steve and Rainn do a good bit of improv that makes it into the final edit.

2/24/2006 10:18:34 AM

I really beleive Rainn does a fair amount of improvising, especially with the mannerisms that make Dwight Dwight (i.e. searching through the jelly bean jar for the black jelly beans). The way Carrell makes his facial gestures just has to be improvising. I think in the article it mentioned how you can tell when Micheal "realizes something" by the expression he makes on his face, like he's just been let in on the joke---that's on him.

2/24/2006 10:20:33 AM

Is it Thursday yet?

2/26/2006 2:34:43 PM

i know gervais has said that every tic and facial expression was writtten into the script of the british version. i don't know about the american one though.

2/26/2006 2:37:44 PM