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Spinoff Update: Aziz Ansari hired!

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ansari_aziz.jpgFinally, pieces to the spinoff mystery are slowly taking form…

Variety is reporting that Aziz Ansari, star of MTV’s Human Giant (a sketch comedy) is the first person hired by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur for The Office spinoff.

The report also confirms no one from the original show is leaving (Hooray!) and that spinoff characters may be introduced to the original show first before getting their own series (looks like that is the trend these days? House, MD is also doing the same thing!).

At any rate, this news is good.

I’m not familiar with the actor’s comedy though, so I’ve dugged up Youtube videos of him in action. If you’re like me and you also need to get to see if the guy is any good, comically, then watch these clips:

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Posted in Spinoff on June 13th, 2008

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2 Responses to “Spinoff Update: Aziz Ansari hired!”

  1. Watching The Office » Blog Archive » Is The Office Spinoff going to be about the IT Crowd? Says:
    June 18th, 2008 at 7:14 am

    [...] the TV Addict site this morning; especially considering the people behind The Office spinoff just announced casting their first character . Not meaning to put Aziz Ansari in a box or typecast him base on his ethnicity and heritage, but [...]

  2. Watching The Office » Blog Archive » All that spin-off talk is making my head spin. What’s the real deal NBC? Says:
    July 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am

    [...] with the spin-off talks, no one has made mention of this guy again. Is he still in the plans? Technorati Tags: Amy Poehler,The Office Spin-off,Greg [...]

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