• Blog: Jason Reitman writes about his experience directing ‘Local Ad.’
• Article: Ed Helms channels his inner jerk.
• Article: “The Office” TV Show Knows How To Party! Written by John Sparano’s (former Office prop super dude) wife, Jeanne Benedict.
• Article: Rainn Wilson visited the University of Washington.
• Article: a review of NBC’s new video download service, NBC Direct, now in limited beta.
• Article: Brian Baumgartner is listed as one of Golf Digest’s Top Hollywood Golfers.
• Magazine spread: John Krasinski in the December issue of Men’s Health Magazine.
• Game: MumboJumbo offers a free trial download of The Office game.
• Vote: make The Office EW’s Entertainer of the Year. (Look for them in Division 2.)
• Video: Phyllis Smith talks about her start.
• Video: video from the film ‘Walk Hard,’ co-starring Jenna Fischer.
• Video: a funny vid of Craig Robinson and others tutoring kids at 826 L.A.
• Video: Rainn Wilson recaps ‘Days of Our Lives.’
• Auction: Rainn Wilson’s charity, The Mona Foundation, is auctioning off Dwight Schrute photos, bobbleheads, and Office DVDs and scripts.
• Upcoming appearance: I’ve been told that “Rainn Wilson will be doing the intro to Monday Night Football on Monday, November 12th for the San Francisco 49ers/Seattle Seahawks game.”
• Upcoming appearance: B.J. Novak is scheduled to appear on The Today Show on Thursday, November 15th.

Tipsters: pc, Nathan, LB, jon, Carly, Erynn, Zaida, Nick, Lance, Brooke, sorano916

Tori said it in her review. The Office’s Michael Schur and Jen Celotta said it in the chat room. And now I am officially appealing to Tallyheads and Office fans everywhere –

The best thing you can do to support the writers during the WGA strike is to write a letter. Specifically, write a letter to Jeff Zucker, President and CEO of NBC/Universal.

Be articulate. Be polite. Tell Mr. Zucker that you’re an Office fan and you want your show back. That you won’t watch any replacement programming until The Office returns.

Check out various Tallyhead letters in the comments below.

Let’s get the entire Office staff back where they belong, doing what they do best: making our favorite show.

Mail letters to:
Jeff Zucker
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112

P.S. The Office staff has heard every other idea that you guys have had — from boycotting DunderMifflinInfinity.com, to not watching The Office online, to turning off your TV altogether. Again, Michael Schur says “we can’t quite figure out what the right move is with digital media stuff for right now, but we do know that writing letters is good.” As for a DMI boycott, I spoke to another Office writer who says, “DMI has nothing to do with the Writers’ Guild strike. The strike is only about scripted content, so keep on participating in DMI and reading the character blogs. It’s all we’ve got right now!”