Archive: February 2008

Steve Carell in San Francisco this Saturday

Thursday, February 21st, 2008 | 13 comments

Steve Carell comes to San Francisco this weekend!

Steve appears this Saturday, Feb. 23, at WonderCon 2008, to promote his upcoming movie, the film remake of Get Smart. He’ll be joined by director Peter Segal and Anne Hathaway (Agent 99).

Link: WonderCon 2008

Tipster: Allysa

Office Convention planner podcast

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 | 14 comments

The Office Convention website has been updated with a link to a podcast featuring some of the convention’s planning committee — Tim Holmes, Matt Smith, Tucker Hottes, and Michele Dempsey.

The podcast discusses how last fall’s amazing weekend came together — from the initial idea, to making contact with NBC, to deciding which events would be on the schedule, to the committee’s favorite moments of the weekend.

Little tidbits about The Office cast and staff are sprinkled throughout.

All told, more than 45 cast, staff, and NBC folks attended the weekend, which is a testament to the planning committee’s hard work!

And what about a 2008 convention? No official news yet, but OfficeTally will be certain to let y’all know! (The podcast does mention a certain Dunder Mifflinite who plans to appear in Scranton during the St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 15 …)

Link: “The Rundown” podcast (scroll to the bottom of the page)

Mini Mose is here!

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 | 45 comments

Mike Schur’s wife, J.J. Philbin, gave birth to William Xavier Schur, yesterday after 30 hours of labor. Congratulations to the whole family!

Watch Grandpa Regis make the announcement on ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ at the link below.

Link: Regis Becomes A Grandpa

Tipster: Annie

Angela on ‘The Late Late Show’

Monday, February 18th, 2008 | 19 comments

A reminder that Angela Kinsey appears on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson tonight.

Alice Cooper and Wyclef are also scheduled to appear.

Link: Angela on ‘The Late Late Show’

Tipster: Sarah

Steve Carell on ‘Oprah’

Monday, February 18th, 2008 | 18 comments

A reminder that Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, and Carol Burnett appear on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ today to promote their film, ‘Horton Hears a Who’ (release date March 14th).

Link: Preview of Jim Carrey, Carol Burnett and Steve Carell on ‘Oprah’

Mindy and Craig at OSU

Monday, February 18th, 2008 | 24 comments

Tallyheads Secondrink and Alison report on Mindy Kaling and Craig Robinson’s appearance at Ohio State University on Sunday night.

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The Weekend Tally

Sunday, February 17th, 2008 | 12 comments

Our first post-strike Weekend Tally is a ginormous one. Thanks, tipstahs! :)

• Blog updates: B.J. | Kevin | Jenna | Angela 1 | Angela 2
• Article: ‘The Office’ writers get back to job.
• Article: Office star B.J. Novak talks about fame, the strike, and future episodes.
• Article: B.J. Novak Laughs at Himself.
• Article: Let it Rainn.
• Article: Ex ‘Daily Show’ dudes try on new roles.
• Article: Willie Wisely & Jenna Fischer: Kodak Moment.
• Article: Pam and Jim, not surprisingly, made it on to the ‘Top TV Couples’ lists at AOL (#16), Entertainment Weekly (#10), and MSN (#18).
• Article: Rashida Jones set to ‘Love’ Rudd.
• Article: Rashida Jones and Partner Launch LaLoo Clothing Line.
• Video: The Aimee Mann Christmas Trilogy, with a hilariously awkward appearance by John Krasinski at the two-minute mark.
• Video: Rainn Wilson conducts an emergency seance (around six minutes before the end of the clip).
• Video: Craig Robinson appears in the trailer for ‘Pineapple Express.’
• Award: Ken Whittingham has won a NAACP Image Award for Best Directing in a Comedy Series for his work on ‘Phyllis’ Wedding.’
• Voicemail: if you’re a YouMail user, you can set the Fun Run announcement as your outgoing message.
• Wallpaper: the Wallpaper Archive has been updated!
• Post updates: The ‘Get Smart’ Tally has been updated.
• Show appearance: Steve Carell appears on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ this Monday, Feb. 18.
• Live appearance: B.J. Novak appears at Cornell University on March 29th.
• Live appearance: Ricky Gervais has added a new day to his U.S. tour — Friday, July 11th in Hollywood.
• Merchandise: Vance Refrigeration items are now available at the NBC Store. Don’t forget to use promo code officetallycom for 5% off!

Tipsters: Jackie, Chillis, PB&J, Kenna, Bry, Lindsay, Cher, Mike, sorano916, Jaimee, Megan, Rosa, Amy

A letter from The Office writing staff

Friday, February 15th, 2008 | 66 comments

Dear Fans of The Office,

It looks like, after many long months, the writers’ strike will be ending very shortly. The vote to temporarily lift the strike while we vote on the contract passed with an overwhelming majority on Tuesday, and while we still technically have to ratify the contract (in a separate vote that takes place over the next two weeks or so), that vote was a very strong signal that we’re almost back to normal.

It was a difficult struggle, and we don’t take lightly the problems it caused for our crew, our actors, and the viewers of the show. In the end, though, we believe it was worth it, because writers have managed to win a share of the future of the industry.

We just want to thank you for the incredible display of support you have given us over the last four months. We never forget how lucky we are to have a fan base that cares so much about what we do, and we are excited to be going back to work, which is the only way we can try to pay you back.

It seems like we will be making six more episodes this year, the first of which is scheduled to air April 10. Right now, that episode will be “Dinner Party,” written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, which we had just begun to film when the strike hit. Also, although we aren’t 100% sure yet, it looks like we may have an hour-long season finale. All of this is subject to change, but seems likely. (Just stay tuned to OfficeTally — tanster will probably somehow find out all the developments before we do.)

In the meantime, we’re back at work, and would like to thank you, again, for everything.

Sincerely,

The Office Writers

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