Archive: B.J. Novak

B.J. Novak hosts The Webby Awards

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 | 5 comments

The Office’s B.J. Novak hosted The Webby Awards last night in New York. Here’s his opening monologue (NSFW for sprinkles of profanity):

B.J. Novak to host Webby Awards

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 | 4 comments

The Office’s B.J. Novak will host the 14th Annual Webby Awards on June 14th in New York City.

The Webby Awards honor Internet excellence in the website, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web categories. It has been called ” the Oscars of the Internet.” Go B.J.!

Playboy’s 20 questions with B.J. Novak

Monday, April 19th, 2010 | 10 comments

“The hippest nerd to occupy a cubicle spills the beans on his Office co-stars, talks about his adventures in Inglourious Basterds and recalls playing Scattergories with Michael Jackson.”

Link: Playboy 20 Questions with B.J. Novak (warning: NSFW)

B.J. Novak talks about the ‘Happy Hour’ tag

Monday, March 29th, 2010 | 11 comments

“In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand. One day, yakuza boss need new heart. I do operation. But, mistake! Yakuza boss die. Yakuza very mad. I hide in fishing boat, come to America. No English, no food, no money. Darryl give me job. Now I have house, American car, and new woman. Darryl save life. My big secret: I kill yakuza boss on purpose. I good surgeon. The best!”

The Office’s B.J. Novak was kind enough to provide some details about that amazingly hilarious tag from ‘The Office’ episode Happy Hour, starring Hide the warehouse worker:

It was a particular mission of mine to get that in the episode. We shot six versions — two entirely different backstories, and filmed each of them solo at the warehouse, solo at the bar, and at the bar with Darryl.

I liked the idea that Hide (played by Hidetoshi Imura) had a life story infinitely more dramatic than anyone else the documentary crew has been following, but that they had never thought to ask. He’s been a background player for years.

Hide improvised one piece of the monologue: the inclusion of “American car” among his good fortunes. I did not quite understand why someone from Japan would take such specific pride in owning an American car, but I enjoyed it and we went with it.

B.J. Novak on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Saturday, August 29th, 2009 | 11 comments

The Office’s B.J. Novak appeared last night on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ and shared a gripping biography.

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What if Quentin Tarantino directed ‘The Office’?

Thursday, August 20th, 2009 | 20 comments

What if Quentin Tarantino directed an episode of ‘The Office’?

According to B.J. Novak, who co-stars in Tarantino’s latest film, ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ the request has been made.

B.J. Novak in ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 | 13 comments

The Office’s B.J. Novak appears in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film, ‘Inglourious Basterds.’

In this clip, B.J. talks about making the film:

Other links:

• Trailers
• The Onion’s A.V. Club interview: B.J. Novak of The Office and Inglourious Basterds
• ScreenCrave interview: Interview: B.J. Novak for Inglourious Basterds
• Daily Fill interview: Interview With BJ Novak From Inglourious Basterds

Congratulations, B.J.!

Inglourious Basterds opens this Friday, August 21st.

Tipsters: Nick, Red, David J

B.J. Novak on ‘Conan’

Thursday, August 13th, 2009 | 6 comments

Here is The Office’s B.J. Novak on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien last night:

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Related link: B.J. Novak on Conan 2010

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