OfficeTally

Now that supersizedoffice.com is fast approaching has surpassed 1,000 signatures, I thought it would be fun to list some of my favorite comments.

Yes, I’ve read every single comment, so you don’t have to. You’re welcome. More »

• Jenna Fischer mentioned the petition on her MySpace blog, and the signatures are now flooding in.
• Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune, the woman who started it all, has posted a new blog entry about the petition.

Thanks to both these ladies, and of course, the almighty Office fan base, we just might get the powers-that-be to give us what we want!

After a three-week drought, The Office is coming back gangbusters this Thursday!

• Jenna Fischer will be appearing on the Today Show, Martha Stewart, and Late Night with Conan. Yep, all on the same day! Get those Tivos programmed.
• And of course, we get a new episode, “Dwight’s Speech.”

I’m almost vaklempt.

Update, March 2

• You can see Jenna’s appearance on the Today Show here.

In Maureen Ryan’s latest article for the Chicago Tribune, she interviews Greg Daniels, executive producer for The Office.

An excerpt:

For the show’s Season 2 finale, “I’d like to get a supersized episode, because it’s a really long script with a lot of good stuff,” Daniels said in a recent phone interview. “So I would like to now address [NBC Universal Television Group CEO] Jeff Zucker through the Chicago newspapers and say, ‘Please give us extra time.’”

A grass roots movement was then born.

Please sign the petition at www.supersizedoffice.com and let your voice be heard on this important national issue! An extra 30 minutes is at stake. (That’s what she said.)

This is kind of old news, but I thought I’d post it anyway because it always makes me smile when I look at this photo:

This is from the opening sequence of The Fight (where Dwight is searching for his desk). Note that MySpace is on Ryan’s computer screen!

The cast has said that they have working Internet connections on set — this is proof!

To see a larger version of this photo, see my MySpace page.

Entertainment Weekly did a great 6-page article of The Office, including some nice photos of the Fab Five.

For more pics, head on over to Northern Attack.

To read the article, click here.

Tipster: Reid

Here is a hilarious video clip of John Krasinski (”Jim”) and Rainn Wilson (”Dwight”) on ‘Ellen.’ Watch until the end for the dance-off!

View the video clip here. (No longer available)

See a complete list of events in the calendar.

Video courtesy of Prince at LiveJournal.

I don’t know about you, but I’m going through some serious Office withdrawal.

A few other thoughts:

• OfficeTally has racked up nearly 5,000 votes since its debut three weeks ago. Considering that only one new episode of The Office aired during this time, I’d say that the response has been … incalcucable. ;) Thanks to all of you for coming over and casting your vote!
• Quite a few Office fansites have been talking about an old cast interview (pre-Season 1 release) — check it out here. It is quite hysterical.
• One site I’ve been perusing quite a bit lately is the LiveJournal Office Icons community. Quite a few talented people out there, creating some terrific icons.

Anyway, hope you have been dealing well with your withdrawal. Only eight more days …