Written by: B.J. Novak
Summary: After the official Diversity Day lecture ends, Michael teaches the staff his own brand of sensitivity training. Jim loses a big sale to Dwight, but Pam unknowingly cheers him up at the end of the day.
Written by: Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Summary: We are introduced to the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin paper company, and its feckless leader Michael Scott, where Ryan the temp arrives for his first day of work amidst layoff rumors.
This is one of my favorite Steve Carell late show appearances!
He does bits of “The German Who Says Nice Things,” “A Waiter Who’s Nauseated by Food,” and Gary from “The Ambiguously Gay Duo.”
View the video clip here.
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LET’S ALL PILE INTO THE MINIVAN AND GET SOME FROZEN YOGURT!
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William Booth of the Washington Post talks to Greg Daniels, executive producer, and B. J. Novak and Mindy Kaling, both writers and actors, of The Office.
To give “The Office” its docu-parody vibe, the show hired camera crews from reality series such as “Survivor,” and so the look is rough and jumpy, the action shot through potted plants, sometimes intimate and sometimes panning back and forth as characters engage.
“The camera guys from the reality show are going wherever they’re interested,” Daniels says. “So the cameraman isn’t 100 percent sure where he’s supposed to be, and you get things at just the right moment. You get these happy accidents, because they follow their instincts.”
To read the full article, click here.
Source: Prince at LiveJournal
Boaz Frankel interviews John, Rainn, B. J., and Jenna, sometime before the Season 2 premier.
Watch Rainn and Jim’s wacky improv!
View the Office video here.
