Archive: August 2006

The Office wins Best Comedy Emmy!

Sunday, August 27th, 2006 | 88 comments

OMG — The Office has just won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series!

It is the oddest thing reporting on something that I haven’t actually seen myself — Wendy (who gets the live East Coast feed) was giving me the play-by-play via chat. Thanks Wendy!

Wow. After the whole Best Actor debacle, I wasn’t sure if The Office would pull it out for the big one.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE CAST AND STAFF!!!

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Photo courtesy txvoodoo at LiveJournal.

The Office Emmy photos

Sunday, August 27th, 2006 | 33 comments

Here’s a bunch of red carpet photos:

• B.J. Novak (”Ryan”): WireImage | Getty Images | NBC
• Creed Bratton (”Creed”): Getty Images | NBC
• David Denman (”Roy”): NBC
• Jenna Fischer (”Pam”): USAToday | Getty Images (with John!) | Style.com
• John Krasinski (”Jim”): NBC | Getty Images
• Kate Flannery (”Meredith”): WireImage (with Melora Hardin) | Getty Images
• Leslie David Baker (”Stanley”): NBC
• Melora Hardin (”Jan”): WireImage
• Phyllis Smith (”Phyllis”): Getty Images | NBC
• Rainn Wilson (”Dwight”): WireImage | Getty Images
• Steve Carell (”Michael”): WireImage

If you see other pics online, post a link in the comments section!

Two down, one to go

Sunday, August 27th, 2006 | 60 comments

The Office has one more chance to win an Emmy tonight, and that is for Outstanding Comedy Series. Nominees:

• Arrested Development
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• The Office
• Scrubs
• Two And A Half Men

I am too shocked to say anything else at the moment.

‘Angela goes to the Emmys’ video

Sunday, August 27th, 2006 | 11 comments

The first of the Angela Kinsey Emmy videos is up at NBC.com — watch here!

In this one, the cameras tag along to watch Angela pick her dress (with the assistance of fashionista Mindy Kaling, aka “Kelly”) and shoes.

Thanks, Elizabeth, for the tip!

Update 12:30pt PT: The video’s now been expanded to include jewelry shopping with Phyllis Smith (”Phyllis”) and sunglass shopping with Brian Baumgartner (”Kevin”). Very funny!

Countdown to the Emmys!

Sunday, August 27th, 2006 | 22 comments

The Emmys air this Sunday, August 27th, on NBC. Conan O’Brien hosts.

To recap, our beloved Office has garnered five nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series (Steve Carell), and Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series (Michael Schur, Christmas Party).

Here’s a list of recent Office Emmy tidbits, and I will update it throughout the week (newest stuff listed first):

Aug. 27, BostonHerald.com: “NBC’s ‘The Office,’ which enjoyed a fabulous second season, was shown a lot of love — including nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and a nod for star Steve Carell. Newton native John Krasinski, who plays lovable Jim on the series, was thrilled. ‘Having Steve nominated is, of course, just the best because he deserves it. He really is such an amazing guy to be around and he deserves everything. Then the show getting nominated, I’m so proud of the whole production,’ Krasinski said. ‘Now we get to thank the writers and the producer and all these people who, to be honest, really make the show what it is. They put in more hours than we do, more blood, sweat and tears. And I really hope that they get rewarded for it.’” Read the full article here.

Aug. 25, NBC Studio Pass Newsletter: “Watch the LIVE webcast only at NBC.com! Plus, check out the live blog from backstage during the event, exclusive video featuring Angela Kinsey from “The Office” and the chance to win during the red carpet special and the awards show!”

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Craig Robinson review

Saturday, August 26th, 2006 | 3 comments

As mentioned here at OfficeTally, Craig Robinson (”Darryl”) performed at Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago earlier this month.

Here’s a review from OT reader Matthew:

Just wanted to pass along the note that I caught Craig Robinson on Saturday, the early 7 pm show at Zanies in Chicago. It was fabulous! He did about 20 min of jokes and riffing with the audience, some seemed rehearsed bits, but many were reacting to the audience and commenting about what was going on in the news lately. Real current comedy and the crowd really ate it up.

He then did another 30 minutes of comedy/singing/story telling on the keyboard. Really unique and he has a great voice and must have played part of over a dozen songs. He sang, had crowd participation and was just a joy to see. A really good time and I highly recommend seeing him. The show was rated R, but there was nothing too vulgar or profane.

After he finished, he made sure he got a chance to talk with everyone that wanted some time and seemed real genuine and appreciative of all of his fans from stand up, The Office, and other appearances. He mentioned to me he would be in about 6-8 episodes so far, and is always ready and willing when the writers have scenes for him. He also made a couple of jokes about Steve Carell and said it is hard to keep a straight face when he improvises, but those are the best scenes because they are so real.

I sent him a message thanking him again for chatting and putting on such a great performance, and he wrote me back today. A real class act!

Thanks for the review, Matthew! Further proof that the cast of The Office is one of the most talented (and nicest) casts around …

The Friday Tally

Friday, August 25th, 2006 | 6 comments

• Blogs updated this week: Kevin’s MySpace blog and Brian’s TVGuide.com blog, which contained quite a few Season 3 tidbits that I’ve added to OT’s Season 3 post.
• The latest NBC scheduling press release shows that the Season 2 finale Casino Night will re-air on September 14th. (And this time, it’s the supersized version!)
• Who loves The Office? — Conan O’Brien (see page 2 of The Onion’s A.V. Club interview) and NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams (see page 3 of The New York Observer’s interview). Thanks to Stacy for the Conan tip!
• Emmy spoiler warning: I will be posting Office Emmy news here on Sunday just as soon as I hear it, which means probably before the show airs on the West Coast. You have been warned. :)

Jenna shops for her Emmy dress

Thursday, August 24th, 2006 | 22 comments

Okay, so this is an Emmy story so I should have added it to the Emmy post. And normally, I am not that interested in fashion, but after reading the article, I’ve learned that picking the right dress for the Emmys is like, a BIG DEAL.

USA Today follows Jenna Fischer as she figures out what to wear on Emmy night. I think I would rather reformat my hard drive than shop for fancy dresses, but Jenna handles it with her characteristic charm and good humor.

Watch Jenna try on Emmy dresses here. The accompanying article appears below the video window.

(I didn’t like either of the dresses she tried on; did you?)

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