All about Schrute-Space

Rainn Wilson talks to Mcall.com about the origins of his Schrute-Space blog, Scranton, and his feelings about the Internet.

An excerpt:

He often pens the blog on set, so if you see Dwight working at his computer in the background of a scene, chances are his mind is in Schrute-Space.

Wilson, 40, has effortlessly attained what millions of bloggers aspire to — a steady audience — without liking the Internet all that much.

Read the full interview here. (Link no longer available)

St. Louis Grand Center honors Jenna Fischer

St. Louis’ own Jenna Fischer, of NBC’s Emmy Award-winning show “The Office,” has been named this year’s National Woman in the Arts as part of Grand Center’s Fourth Annual Visionary Awards. Fischer will be feted at a cocktail party in her hometown on Nov. 29, by Vince Schoemehl, prez and CEO of Grand Center; Susan Sherman, winner of the 2005 President’s Award; and the center’s board of directors.

Read the full blurb at STLtoday.com.

Contest: Dead or Alive (Take Two)

Note: There was a glitch in the way entries were validated in the previous post, so we are starting over here. Sorry for the inconvenience!

How to play

Add a comment to this post with the following items:

  • The name of a real person, dead or alive, spoken on The Office
  • The title of the episode in which this person is mentioned

Rules

  • Enter one name only, in one comment only.
  • Don’t add an entry that has already been added in a previous comment.
  • Only real people count; not TV or movie characters, etc.
  • Only people mentioned in broadcast episodes count; not deleted scenes, webisodes, etc.
  • If a person is mentioned in more than one episode, each instance counts as a valid entry.
  • You must enter a valid email address with your comment.
  • All invalid (incomplete, misspelled, duplicate, multiple, unverifiable, off-topic, etc.) entries will be disqualified. Read previous comments carefully before you enter yours!
  • This contest is open to U.S. contestants only.

Sample entry

Feel free to copy and paste this sample text and customize it for your own entry.

Person: Doris Roberts
Episode: Hot Girl

Prize

One valid entry will be randomly selected to win a brand new Dwight Schrute Bobblehead! (Courtesy NBC)

Deadline

You have until Wednesday, Sept. 20, 11pm PT to add your entry.

Meet Jenna and John live on Sept. 21!

Meet Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski from “The Office” on Thursday, September 21st 9-9:30am! Admission guaranteed only to the first 45 people who purchase the Office Season 2 DVD. Standby people will be allowed if time permits.

The NBC Experience Store is located on the corner of W. 49th street and Rockefeller Plaza.

Read the full blurb here.

As always, please report back here at OfficeTally if you attend!

Season 3 photos

Links to The Office Season 3 photos have been added to the Season 3 post! And a couple of them are quite spoilerish …

A gentle reminder: as we get ever-closer to the Season 3 premiere (we’re a mere FIVE days away!), please add comments regarding Season 3 in the Season 3 post only. Season 3 comments posted anywhere else will be deleted to protect the innocent. :) Thanks!

Esquire Q&A with John Krasinski

Esquire has a brief chat with John about “The Office,” “For Your Consideration,” and “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.”

An excerpt:

ESQ: When the U. S. version of The Office debuted, there was no telling if it would survive. Are you breathing more easily in the third season?

JK: Definitely. For a while we were all thinking about applying to a restaurant close to the studio, so that at a moment’s notice we could go work over there. I remember thinking, We get a DVD of this, right? At least I can prove to my mom that it happened. Now people actually care about it.

Read the full article here.

Thanks to 23candles at the LiveJournal Office community for the tip!

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