Watching The Office

Youtube find, whoohoo!:

I’ve yet to come up with my own best lines but I tell you what makes me laugh every time I hear it. It’s this one uttered by Michael in the episode, Grief Counseling:

“Society teaches us that, having feelings and crying is bad and wrong. Well, that’s baloney, because grief isn’t wrong. There’s such a thing as good grief. Just ask Charlie Brown.”

That just cracks me up. Every time.

What’s your favorite lines from this show so far?

The Office, The Office episodes, Michael Scott, Youtube

Great [Michael] Scott! This fan video was done very well. It’s John Krasinski in The Office/Without A Trace crossover…

Hmmm…John looking all scruffy with that stubble on his face….nice.

The Office, Without A Trace, John Krasinski

I didn’t realize Creed had another blog entry the other day. In fact, he had two this week. Not a lot of fan sites noticed too, perhaps? I’ve read people complain its actually not a joy to read through his “thoughts” now, some don’t find it amusing anymore.

I wonder what Creed thinks about that….hmmm.

Also, has anybody actually figured out what Michael’s safe combo is in reference to?

The Office, Creed Thoughts

The video for People magazine’s Ask Steve A Question is now up! To view it, please check here.

People Magazine, Steve Carell

Hi! How was your weekend? Drat. I missed this one on TV! Good thing there are clips out there.

I did not notice how big John’s ears were when he keeps his hair tucked and tidy like that. Like this for example:

credits to More Than That

I have failed to give the weekend round-up two days ago so let’s do that now…

The Office gets a Fox Syndication in 2009

The Office Season 3 DVD release details

Evan Almighty starring Steve Carell apparently didn’t do well as expected. This article points out the problem.

Evan Almighty brought in a disappointing 11.3 million on its domestic opening day, proving once again that Universal has a major problem with its marketing and publicity department.

So while 11.3 million is not bad for moderately priced films such as, let’s say, Knocked Up, that movie had an opening Friday of around 8 million, Evan Almighty has a price tag of over $175 million and an expected P&A (prints and advertising) cost of around 50 to 60 million bringing the total cost of the film to around $235 million.
Overall, critics have been mixed on their reviews for the film, The Salt Lake Tribune starts its review with, “Evan Almighty, the bloated and banal sequel to 2003’s Bruce Almighty, has its heart in the right place - but gets everything else wrong.â€?

Today is Angela’s birthday

. Bring out the party hats…just nothing too flashy. Happy birthday, Angela!

John Krasinski, Conan O’ Brien, Steve Carell, Evan Almighty, FOX, NBC, Universal, The Office DVD, Angela Kinsey

In case you missed it, the videos of Steve Carell’s appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien is up. I just saw these myself on our cable TV (thank goodness for replays!):

He mentions he’s going to Russia the following week for Get Smart and talks about being a deejay in college:

Steve Carell, Late Night with Conan O’ Brien, Get Smart

First, the online merchandise.

NBC Universal Television Distribution has worked with “Office” producer Reveille Prods. on a line of apparel and novelty products sold exclusively at NBC’s online shop nbcuniversalstore.com and Experience storefront in New York.

Three seasons into “The Office’s” Stateside run on the Peacock, the merchandising focus is on what Jeffrey Rotenberg, the Experience Store’s marketing director, terms “connector” products — items imported directly from the workaday world of Dunder Mifflin, the show’s fictional paper company. Fan favorites include the bobblehead figurine of Dwight Schrute that the uberachiever himself (Rainn Wilson) received as a Valentine’s Day gift in season two ($19), and the terry bathrobe that boss Michael Scott (Steve Carell) wore proudly in season three’s holiday episode ($65).

While NBC employs the “connector” approach with other top shows like “Friday Night Lights” and “Heroes,” “The Office” remains its leading merchandising property.

I’m quite surprised and pleased they sell better than the Heroes merchandise which should have been a given or is expected, considering Heroes’ huge fan base.

Second, an Office video game in the works.

In a rare deal to turn a network live-action sitcom into a videogame, casual gamemaker MumboJumbo has licensed rights to “The Office” from NBC Universal.

Peacock net comedy will be the first-ever Hollywood license for the publisher, which makes inexpensive arcade-style games. It plans to turn “The Office” into a humorous game in which players have to handle jobs and play pranks at Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch.

Because of its simplicity and low cost, “Office” videogame won’t be available for high-powered consoles like the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 when it bows in the fall. Instead, MumboJumbo is making it for the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP handheld consoles, as well as the PC. Gamers will be able to download it from a number of Web sites, including, quite likely, NBC.com.

All from Variety

Variety, The Office merchandise, NBC, NBC Universal Store, The Office Video Game, MumboJumbo

Curious about the Emmy nominations? There’s at least a month left before they announce the official nominees (July 19th). But in the meantime, here’s a list of what the folks from Dunder Mifflin have submitted to the voting panel, for consideration:

Cast at a previous Emmy Night

Best Comedy
Episode: The Coup

Lead Actor
Steve Carell - Business School

Supporting Actress
Jenna Fischer - The Job
Kate Flannery - Women’s Appreciation
Melora Hardin - C0cktails
Mindy Kaling - Product Recall
Angela Kinsey - Traveling Salesmen
Phyllis Smith - Phyllis’ Wedding

Supporting Actor
Leslie David Baker - Traveling Salesmen
Brian Baumgartner - Phyllis’ Wedding
David Denman - C0cktails
Ed Helms - The Return
John Krasinski - Business School
Paul Lieberstein - The Negotiation
B.J. Novak - Business School
Oscar Nunez - Gay Witch Hunt
Rainn Wilson - The Coup

Guest Actress
Rashida Jones - A Benihana Christmas

Guest Actor
Creed Bratton - Product Recall
Chip Esten - The Convention
Wayne Wilderson - The Convict

Writing
Justin Spitzer - Back from Vacation
Jennifer Celotta - Benihana Christmas
Brent Forrester - Business School
Paul Lieberstein - Cocktails
Mindy Kaling - Diwaii
Greg Daniels - Gay Witch Hunt
Michael Schur - Negotiation
Caroline Williams - Phyllis’ Wedding
Lee Eisenberg/Michael Schur/Gene Stupnitsky - Traveling Salesman

via Gold Derby

Let’s hope this list gets into the official one!

Emmy Awards, The Office, Best in Comedy, Best TV Actor, Best TV Show

Steve on the Today ShowIn case you’ve missed Steve Carell’s guesting on The Today Show yesterday, someone was kind enough to post the segment’s video on Youtube

And also, the Evan Almighty feature from last Sunday’s Dateline NBC show: Clip 1 | Clip 2

Catch him on Conan O’ Brien’s Late Night tonight.

Steve Carell, The Today Show, Dateline NBC, Evan Almighty, Late Night with Conan O’ Brien

Who’s up for it? It’s a serious request. Brian Baumgartner, who plays Kevin Malone in The Office, wrote about looking for an assistant in his blog recently.

This is serious. I need an assistant. Not a real assistant. But a personal online MySpace assistant. Here is what the job would be. Look at my page every so often. And when someone asks a question in my comment section that you know the answer to…you message them. So if someone says… How do I get an autograph…? You message them and tell them how. If someone says… when is the dvd coming out? You answer them to the best of your ability.

I am accepting resumes. It is a tough job, and I don’t know exactly what the qualifications would be…so surprise me. I will be hiring by next week.

Peace,
Kev

PS- There is no pay involved.

Leave a message on his blog, I guess, if you are interested. Good luck!

Kevin Malone, The Office, Brian Baumgartner

Interesting article from Chron, with a very, very brief Dwight Schrute mention. It talks about how uncool characters, such as the geeks, have suddenly become pop media’s best characters. Here is an excerpt:

Trekkies and techies have stumbled onto TV and movie screens as central characters and romantic leads. Whip-smart Cristina Yang of Grey’s Anatomy, dweeby Dwight Schrute of The Office and 30 Rock’s bespectacled brainiac Liz Lemon have emerged as breakout prime-time stars

And you can read the full article here: Geek mystique - Suddenly it’s hip to be square in films, TV, books

Dwigh Schrute, The Office

John Krasinski is voted on of People magazine’s Hottest Bachelors of 2007 along with Chris Evans (Fantastic Four), Matthew McConaughy, Maksim Chmerkovskiy (Dancing With The Stars), Ludacris (rapper); Blake Lewis (American Idol) and Justin Timberlake. By the way, he will be appearing on Sauce on the 20th. Catch the show.

Joining Evans in the Hottest Bachelor issue are two more brainy Boston-bred cuties, “The Office� star, John Krasinski and “Wildfire� actor, Ryan Sypek. Because of their impressive education, both Newton homey Krasinski and Wayland native Sypek score a spot on the mag’s “Smarthrobs� list. Krasinski is a Brown University grad while Sypek calls Boston University his alma mater

Creed has another post up on his blog! So yeah, whatever happened to Zaire? LOL!

Busy week for Steve Carell —- Catch him on these shows on the 18th - Today Show, The Daily Show & Letterman. He will be on Conan’s show in the 19th, and on the 22nd, when Evan Almighty opens, he will be at The View.

And finally, The Office has been voted Outstanding Broadband Program-Comedy by the Emmy’s Creative Arts Daytime Award. Who were there to receive it? These wonderful people:

John Krasinski, People Magazine, Steve Carell, Evan Almighty, Creed Thoughts, Daytime Emmy’s

Some dude at Youtube uploaded this. It comes with a theme song, to boot (spin-off anyone?).

By the way, spin-off rumors? Apparently, not true. And as reported on TVGuide, Rainn Wilson said that:

“buzz” is “totally made up… a complete farce.”

Youtube, Dwight Shrute, Rainn Wilson, TVGuide, spin-off

OMG. People get very imaginative, really! This one deserves two thumbs up:

It’s riveting, from beginning to end!

Youtube, The Office, 300, 300 parody

Who saw Studio 60 the other week, the episode that aired May 31? Well, if you did you may have noticed one teeny, tiny detail — The Office’s Dawn and Pam were both in one show together. Except of course, they were neither playing their respective The Office roles as Dawn and Pam; and neither were they both in one scene.

Fans of the show should be very familiar with who Dawn is. She is the British character the American version, Pam, was patterned from.

And just the thought of them in one show, in that particular night…makes you wanna point towards the TV and say “Dawn and Pam on Studio 60!”, right? No? It was just me doing that then? Okay…

Here’s what I was talking about:

Lucy Davis (Dawn, The Office UK) plays Lucy Kensington, one of the writers of the fictional show, Studio 60

Jenna Fischer (Pam, The Office USA) played Herself, the guest host for that week

I wonder if they ever got together after taping for this episode and compared notes or something.

The Office, The Office UK, Studio 60, Jenna Fischer, Dawn-The Office UK