Archive: July 2007

Q&A with Michael Schur: Part 3

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 | 39 comments

In this third and final part of my chat with The Office’s Michael Schur, we discuss gift exchanges, the origin of Dwight’s cousin, Mose, and eating on the set.

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Dunder-ku winners!

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 | 5 comments

Boy, it was a close race all the way to the end, but we now have our three Dunder-ku winners:

1. 180 votes
   Ed Truck: Cold. Careless. Capa Detated.
   Submitted by Damian
2. 176 votes
   Stanley: Perennially pining for pretzels.
   Submitted by jordan
3. 163 votes
   Madge: Pudge. Patch. Possibly Madge.
   Submitted by karly j

I’ll be contacting you by email with prize details.

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to the voters and all Dunder-kuists for participating!

P.S. Find complete results here.

Product placement in The Office

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 | 25 comments

Update: Here’s a slideshow and article of the event — looks like a great turnout!

The Citizen’s Voice reports an upcoming trip by The Office’s propmaster to gather Scranton items for the new season:

Next week, Philip Shea, the prop master for the Emmy-winning sitcom about a fictional paper supply company based in Scranton, will visit The Mall at Steamtown to meet with businesses.

For two days, the executive responsible for making the characters drink at Poor Richard’s Pub, eat Cugino’s pizza and dial Rock 107 will be in town to see what else Scranton has to offer.

More information from the Scranton Chamber of Commerce after the jump.

Link: Product placement

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NBC All-Star Live Blog tonight

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 | 52 comments

Office photos from tonight’s event

• Kate | Kate and Oscar | Leslie | Creed | Angela 1 | Angela 2 | Brian
• Getty Images

Tipster: sorano916

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Update from ‘Watch with Kristin’

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 | 5 comments

E! Online’s ‘Watch with Kristin’ has posted both an article and a video –

The article includes some thoughts from Executive Producer Greg Daniels about The Office fandom:

We asked show runner Greg Daniels if he keeps up with the boards, and he said, “It influences our storylines a little bit, in that I love how passionate they are …”

The video is a collection of Kristin’s best set visits. There are clips of her Office set visit at both the beginning and end of the video.

Link: Bite-Size Morsels of Grey’s, Heroes, The Office, Smallville and More!

Office hour-longs air early in Season 4

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 | 31 comments

Zap2it reports that the first four Season 4 episodes of The Office will each run an hour long:

The network announced Monday that the comedy’s season premiere on Thursday, Sept. 27 would be an hour long. Later in the day, though, executive producer Greg Daniels noted that the show would run long for its first four weeks, eating up four of the five extra half-hours NBC trumpeted as a rerun-busting strategy at May’s upfronts.

Link: ‘Office’ Hours Coming Early

Office reports from the TCAs

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 | 7 comments

SPOILER WARNING! Contains a few mild spoilers …

Here are various reports from yesterday’s NBC presentation at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour — Executive Producer Greg Daniels and John Krasinski were on hand to talk about The Office:

• E! Online
• Entertainment Weekly (photo)
• Alan Sepinwall
• Test Pattern, MSNBC
• MeeVee
• Ausiello Report

Tipsters: Mui, Michelle

The Office’s Emmy quest

Monday, July 16th, 2007 | 204 comments

Tom O’Neil has confirmed that Jenna Fischer is on the top ten list for Best Comedy Supporting Actress!

Link: Confirmed Top Ten Finalists for Emmy Nominations

Tipster: That’s What She Said

Office-related Top 10 confirmations so far:

• Comedy Series: The Office
• Comedy Lead Actor: Steve Carell
• Comedy Supporting Actor: John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson
• Comedy Supporting Actress: Jenna Fischer

Previously posted Office Emmy news after the jump.

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