Archive: January 2008

Watch tonight’s Office!

Thursday, January 31st, 2008 | 82 comments

Yeah, I know tonight’s episode of ‘The Office’ is a rerun.

But … rumor has it that a new Dunder Mifflin Infinity promo launches tonight during the show. And if you’re a DMI employee, who knows who you might recognize in it!

Update: East Coast Tallyheads also report a new cold open AND a new tag! Ya gotta watch now … (don’t read the comments if you don’t want to be spoiled)

Links: Cold Open | Tag | DMI.com Promo NEW

Tipsters: Rachel, Ashleigh

Kate Flannery in ‘Jesus People’

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 | 13 comments

The Office’s Kate Flannery guest stars as Sharon Nyenhuis, a songwriter who inspires a musical direction for Cross My Heart, a Christian pop group.

Kate says “VOTE ‘FUNNY’ at the end of the video, LEAVE interesting COMMENTS for the video and click ADD TO FAVORITES!”

Bid on ‘The Office’ Autographed Gift Collection

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 | 9 comments

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation is auctioning off a nice autographed gift collection of Office goodies, including:

• Cast-signed script of an Office episode
• DVDs of Seasons 1, 2, and 3
• Gray Dunder Mifflin hat
• 16-month wall calendar
• Large blue ‘Fun Run’ t-shirt that says: “Michael Scott’s Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run For the Cure”
• “World’s Best Boss” coffee mug

The auction ends this Thursday, Jan. 31.

Link: The Office Autographed Gift Collection

Tipster: sorano916

‘The Office’ wins Best Comedy Ensemble SAG Award

Sunday, January 27th, 2008 | 132 comments

Jenna Fischer and cast accept the SAG Award for Best Comedy Ensemble.
So fantastic.

Jenna’s speech: “Hi. Thank you. They voted me to speak if we won, so — which we didn’t expect. Thank you so much. We really love working together. We love each other, we love working together and being together. And as an ensemble, a lot of the people in this group struggled for a long time as non-working actors — and by a long time I mean, like, eight, 12, 15, 20 years. So, we’re always grateful, we don’t take it for granted. Thank you so much.

But there’s another part of our ensemble, that’s our crew, and we want to dedicate this to them tonight. We can’t wait to go back to work with them, so, thank you so much.”

Photos and other coverage after the jump.

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The Weekend Tally

Sunday, January 27th, 2008 | 19 comments

• Article: NBC’s Zucker hints at return to iTunes?
• Article: B.J. Novak Comes Back to Boston.
• Article: Escaping the ‘Office’ — NBC star BJ Novak draws sold-out crowd to Blackman.
• Article: Between Takes — Jenna Fischer.
• Article: Mendes, Eggers take on American comedy; Krasinski, Rudolph rumored to star.
• Article: 13 Questions With Melora Hardin.
• Movie news: you can now add Smiley Face, co-starring John Krasinski, to your Netflix queue.
• Graphic: DVD cover art for The Office Season 2, to be released in the U.K. on Jan. 28.
• Video: a blast from the past — Jenna Fischer in a 2001 episode of “Undeclared.”
• Appearance: as reported earlier, Angela Kinsey and Oscar Nuñez will be on hand to judge contestants for the reality show ‘Last Comic Standing’ this Tuesday, Jan. 29th.
• Merchandise: a reminder that the NBC Office auction ends this Wednesday, Jan. 30.
• Awards: don’t forget tonight is the Screen Actors Guild Awards! Not only is The Office nominated for two awards, but Steve Carell is also scheduled to be a presenter.

Tipsters: Michale, Nick, Claire, smartone

Final thoughts about my L.A. trip

Saturday, January 26th, 2008 | 16 comments

As much fun as I had these past few days hanging out with some of The Office writers, I don’t want to minimize the seriousness of the strike. The writers are clearly weary, worried about their crew, and ready for everyone to get back to work. They do try to keep the mood upbeat, though, because they are, after all, comedy writers, and the funny just kinda flows out of them without much urging.

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Sitting in on Rainn’s Spirit Awards meeting

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 | 14 comments

After my picketing shift ended yesterday, Rainn Wilson was kind enough to let me sit in on a writers meeting for Film Independent’s Spirit Awards show, which he is hosting in Santa Monica on Saturday, February 23. (The show was granted a Writers Guild of America waiver, allowing the show to hire WGA writers.)

I had never attended a writers meeting, so I was pretty excited!

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Happy Birthday, Ed!

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 | 34 comments

Presenting the Multitalented Mr. Helms:

- Andy Bernard Fan Vid
- Take a Chance on Me
- The Rainbow Connection/Tom Brokaw/Al Gore

And don’t forget his show this Saturday in Seth and Ed’s Puppet Talk Show!

Have a great day, Ed!

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