The Weekend Tally
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 | 59 commentsTidbits about ‘The Office’ show, cast, and staff for the week ending October 12.
- Blogs: Jenna Fischer — Taking questions.
- Article: the A.V. Club interviews Oscar Nuñez.
- Article: an NBC store kiosk to open in Scranton.
- Article: Steve Carell inks first-look deal with WB.
- Photo: TWSSing is now a punishable offense.
- Video: Cookie Monster sings Chocolate Rain.
- Video: who is that voicing the new BlackBerry commercial?
- New at NBC.com: updates to Andy and Angela’s wedding site (music and location), Meredith’s Blog — Jealous Women, and a new Office Addictionary!
Tipsters: Kenna, Nick, Mike, Brett
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In my math class last year TWSS was used all the time, even by our teacher. The best one was when my teacher was like “Alright, now let’s flip it over and work on the backside” TWSS!
Also, my friend has gotten a detention for TWSS. Someone groaned really loudly, and he said it.
Well, I guess my family is filled with sexists, and the cast of The Office is, too.
I’m not sure if I’m the only one seeing this problem, but I can’t seem to view Jenna’s blog. Is anyone else seeing this problem?
#51 Rachel- Well said.
When I saw that Blackberry commercial, I thought it was John, but it didn’t sound just right…It’s all clear now, though.
I like how there’s a Blackberry advertisement on Andy & Angela’s wedding site. That might just be a coincidence, though.
hahaha the TWSS slip. i almost want one…
Oh man! someone got in big trouble at my school for saying that this french-fry was hard and long and sticky. When someone says something like that, how can you NOT twss??
The reason TWSS is written into the show is because it illustrates Michael’s lack of social sensitivity. And Michael, being an ass, is the joke. When people use TWSS in real life, they lack that context of poking fun at people who are sexists. Instead using TWSS they become sexists themselves.
Hahaha, love the Cornell emblem Andy! Very romantic :)
Re: 44
You mean Andy spelled it wrong. Never dismiss a spelling mistake as one that wasn’t thought out on purpose ;-)
There was also a very cute article on Oscar in this week’s Star Magazine.
It’s John in the Blackberry ad! Hehe!
That detention notice is AMAZING. I only wish that all of my detention slips were that memorable.
John’s voice is so funny. It sounds like a teenager that is changing voices, it’s really grave but sometimes it just cracks. So cute.
Arrgh, they spelt Rhode Island wrong on the location page of Andy & Angela’s wedding site…
The BlackBerry commercial is definitely JKras - you can tell when he says “whoa” and when his voice kind of cracks…
And Richard Avis = amazing. Seriously. Probably not the best thing to do in high school, but in college we said it ALL the time lol
#24 - Yeah, most of the stuff I’ve seen John with is Apple but he does have a BlackBerry. I saw some paparazzi shots from when he was filming that Sam Mendes movie over the summer and there wasn’t a single shot of him looking up because he was staring so intently at whatever he was doing on his BlackBerry. He’s a techie dork like me! One more reason to love him!
Honestly, if I was a principal at a school and I received a detention slip from a kid like the one posted, I’m not sure what I would but it would probably be laugh hysterically.
But, I can understand why the kid would have to serve a detention. In the highschool I attend, you can actually get suspended for saying TWSS, but I do have one Office Obsessed Teacher that allows us to say it during class but only if it’s a really good one. Half the time we don’t even need to say it, someone will say a perfect TWSS starting line and everyone in the class will just start laughing, including the teacher.
Definitely not the handwriting of a female teacher.