Archive: Brian Baumgartner

Brian Baumgartner visits the OfficeTally Chat Room

Sunday, November 9th, 2008 | 13 comments

It was awesome to chat with The Office’s Brian Baumgartner this afternoon in the OfficeTally Chat Room.

Brian discussed what it was like working with Stephen Merchant and Amy Ryan, why he is ‘King of the Internet,’ and what food he’ll never be able to eat again, because of The Office. Thank you, Brian, for keeping the LOLs coming at a steady pace!

A full transcript follows after the jump, perhaps with a few spoilerish morsels … More »

The Weekend Tally

Sunday, October 26th, 2008 | 80 comments

Tidbits about ‘The Office’ show, cast, and staff for the week ending October 26.

• Blog: two updates from Kevin — Drink From My Straw Poll and Sporting News.
• Article: more from The Office’s Executive Producer Greg Daniels behind the Jim and Pam proposal. UPDATE: vanfan14 uploaded a voiceless version of the proposal scene. Which do you prefer?
• Article: Amy Ryan vamps it up in ‘Changeling.’
• Article: the blog ScrantonBranchOffice features episode recaps from the Scranton Business Park ‘Five Families.’
• Article: as heard on the game show Jeopardy — Answer: It seems the ratio of Stanley nickels to Schrute Bucks is the same as Unicorns to Leprechauns on this sitcom. Find it at the Jeopardy Archive.
• Article: Imaginary Fights: Dwight Schrute vs. Gareth Keenan.
• Video: short interview of Amy Ryan talking about ‘The Changeling.’
• Video: Amy Ryan talks to the Today Show.
• Video: Rashida Jones’ solution to the economic crisis.

Tipsters: Zac, vanfan14, Anna, Amy

The Weekend Tally

Sunday, October 5th, 2008 | 18 comments

Tidbits about ‘The Office’ show, cast, and staff for the week ending October 5.

Tidbits

• Blogs: Meredith’s Blog — Girl’s Day Out.
• Article: Jim’s Best Pranks.
• Article: ‘The Office’ newcomer Amy Ryan on bonding with the funniest crew in television.
• Article: Jenna Fischer on Being Iconic.
• Articles: Rainn Wilson — ‘Office’ Star Speaks Out on Campus for Women’s Rights and Fundraising meets funny.
• Video: Brian Baumgartner helps Scranton Keep the Pride Alive.
• Fan video: Jim/Pam Season 5 Promo.
• Fan food: look how adorable these Serenity Cakes are!

Tipsters: vanfan14, Rich, Purse Girl, Susanne, TobyFan, Catherine-Zeta Jones

Brian Baumgartner’s tour of ‘The Office’ set

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 | 26 comments

Tipster: Tess

The Weekend Tally

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 | 11 comments

Tidbits about ‘The Office’ show, cast, and staff for the week ending September 28.

(Tallyheads, I was inundated with hundreds of tips this week. I’m sorry I couldn’t include everyone’s!)

Tidbits

• Blogs: premiere week blogs from Jenna, Kevin, and Angela!
• Blog: did you know that the NBC Store now has an Office blog, including video interviews with the cast?
• Article: B.J. Novak — A Major Promotion at ‘The Office.’
• Article: The Trouble With Paul Feig.
• Article: Jenna Fischer, Another Day at The Office.
• Article: Philbin loses `Best Regis’ award to baby grandson.
• Article: One on One With Oscar Nuñez.
• Article: Jenna Fischer appears in the October issue of In Style Magazine.
• Photo: sign spotted around town.
• Photos: pics of Melora at the NBC Experience Store signing this past week.
• Audio and video: WGN Radio interviews Paul Fieg. Video | Uncut podcast
• Video: BuddyTV interviews Jenna Fischer and Melora Hardin.
• Video: NBC10′s interview with Angela Kinsey and Rainn Wilson.
• Video: in case you missed these little teasers on premiere night … adorable!
• Video: Rainn Wilson leads Microsoft employees in a paper airplane record attempt during a recent company meeting.
• Video: a couple of recently posted vids of John Krasinski at the Stand Up To Cancer and Fun Fearless Male events.
• Video: Rainn Wilson as Bobby Sloan on Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job.
• Video: The Office meets Harry Potter, parts one and two.
• Fan video: another tribute to Harry Potter — The Half-Blood Prince / The Office Trailer.
• Fan report: Tallyhead skyash1588 reports on Mindy Kaling’s visit to the University of Illinois.
• Upcoming events: subscribe to the OfficeTally Calendar for the latest updates!

Tipsters: Deanna, Red, I Braveheart, Kelsi, Ari, Jen, ItsOnlyMeredith, Andrea, Aporjib, Amee, Susan

The Weekend Tally

Sunday, September 7th, 2008 | 16 comments

Tidbits about ‘The Office’ show, cast, and staff for the week ending September 7.

Tidbits

• Article: They Would Kill for An Emmy. Rainn Wilson joins a panel discussion with other Emmy nominees.
• Article: The borrowers: 16-plus American adaptations of British television shows.
• Article: Steve Carell answers Parade Magazine’s “Someday I’ll want …”
• Video: John Krasinski’s appearance on Friday night’s benefit, ‘Stand Up To Cancer.’
• Film site: check out the website for Into Temptation, Brian Baumgartner’s latest movie.
• Good eats: Tallyhead Luke says “To celebrate the release of the Season 4 DVD, we made these cookies for our coworkers who are also Office fanatics.”
• DVD giveaway: did you miss OfficeTally’s Season 4 DVD giveaway? Here’s another chance at TheTVAddict.com.
• T.V. appearance: Rainn Wilson guests on Fox Movie Channel’s Life After Film School. Check your local listings for when it plays in your area.
• Merchandise: Calendar.com is offering free shipping on any purchase, plus 15% off any purchase $20 and more. Coupon code: EMFSX9. Check out Calendar.com’s selection of ‘The Office’ 2008 calendars here.
• Show filming: from a Cooper’s email — “The TV show ‘The Office’ will be filming at Cooper’s in Scranton this coming Thursday (Sep 11th) for a upcoming episode. The cast will not be here that day. We have been told that they will be filming around the restaurant including people eating lunch. So that being said, if you want to try to get your face on “The Office” TV show stop by for lunch on Thursday!”

Events this week

• Thu, Sep. 11: Dinner Party, Did I Stutter?, and Job Fair on NBC.
• Sun, Sep. 14: Jenna Fischer hosts the Kitten Rescue fundraiser, The Fur Ball at the Skirball.

For a complete list of events, subscribe to the OfficeTally Calendar.

Tipsters: Franchesca, vanfan14, Sara R., Luke, John Webster, Kenna, Vampire-Bat Jim

Dunder Mifflin blogging is back!

Friday, August 8th, 2008 | 4 comments

Jenna Fischer started it off a few weeks ago with Back to Work!

Now we have Angela Kinsey with We’re Back! and a funny one by Brian Baumgartner Kevin Malone entitled Greetings from Scranton. (And yes, word from the set is that fantasy football “is all they’re talking about.”)

So happy that you’re all back and blogging!

The Weekend Tally

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | 13 comments

Tidbits about ‘The Office’ show, cast, and staff for the week ending August 3.

(A little late with this one because I was on vacation last week …)

Tidbits

• Blog update: Jenna — Back to Work!
• Article: The Office’s Brian Baumgartner on Playing “Special Kevin.”
• Article: ‘Office’s’ Darryl knows what’s funny.
• Article: Melora Hardin – From The Office To Les Misérables.
• Article: Dunder Mifflin Infinity Raises Funds for Lymphoma Research.
• Article: Rainn Wilson describes his last day of life to Maxim.
• Article: UGO.com interviews Oscar Nuñez.
• Article: Angela Kinsey and David Koechner (“Todd Packer”) will appear on the 100th episode of ‘Monk’ on September 5th.
• International news: The Office to be remade in Russia.
• Audio: Tavis Smiley talks to Leslie David Baker.
• Video: here’s a clip from Amp’d – The Music Show, hosted by Craig Robinson. (NSFW for profanity)
• Fan report: 185pounder meets Cool Guy Paul.
• Award win: Steve Carell has won Teen Choice Awards for Choice Summer Movie Comedy: Get Smart and Choice TV Actor Comedy: The Office.
• Award nomination: Oscar Nuñez has been nominated for an ALMA Award in the “Outstanding Male Performance in a Comedy Television Series” category.

Events this week

• Fri, Aug. 8 – Sun, Aug. 10: Melora Hardin in Les Misérables In Concert, Hollywood Bowl.
• Sat, Aug. 9: Ed Helms and Rob Riggle appear in The Daily Show/Colbert Report Improv Jam, UCB Theatre, New York.

For a complete list of events, subscribe to the OfficeTally Calendar.

Tipsters: Topher, the tempenator, Karis, Carolyn, Secondrink, Meggan

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