Archive: Jen Celotta

The Office ‘Sabre’ Q&A

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 | 46 comments

Who was the real inspiration behind the Suck It? Was there an unaired Jim/Pam scene? How did cast members react to John as a director? Did NBC censor Michael when he said “Suck b—–”? Which cast member plans to direct an episode of The Office?

But most importantly, will Jen ever fulfill her dream of playing a Schrute?!

These questions and many, many more are answered by The Office’s Jen Celotta, Sabre writer, with a special appearance by John Krasinski, in his Office directorial debut. We also have some surprise visits by other show members!

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Got a ‘Sabre’ question for Jen or John?

Friday, February 5th, 2010 | 143 comments

I’m so excited that Jen Celotta (update: AND John Krasinski!) have agreed to answer your questions about last night’s episode, Sabre!

Jen’s script. John’s directorial debut on The Office. Kathy Bates and Christian Slater guest star. Greg Daniels’ son returns. David Wallace leaves Sanity Island.

So much to talk about. :)

If you have a question about ‘Sabre,’ please post it in a comment below.

This post will close at 11pm Pacific Time tonight, so get your questions in today!

P.S. We’ve got quite a few duplicate questions now. Before posting yours, make sure it hasn’t already been asked. Thanks!

John Krasinski directs The Office episode ‘Sabre’

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 | 17 comments

NBC’s got a little photo album of The Office’s John Krasinski directing his first episode of the show — Sabre. Here he is with Jennifer Celotta, who wrote the episode!

Love the behind-the-scenes stuff … :)

Link: Behind The Scenes: Sabre

Jen Celotta at Vancouver IFF Sept. 30

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 | 3 comments

The Office’s writer/producer/director Jen Celotta will be speaking during the Vancouver International Film Festival’s Film and Television Forum on September 30th.

Jen will be speaking along with My Name Is Earl’s Greg Garcia in a session called
“LOL – Comedy Rules”:

Writing for comedy is a very specific skill … and not an easy one. What seems like a straightforward task, i.e. making people laugh, is actually an intricate and idiosyncratic mix of tension, conflict, recall, reference, timing, exaggeration, believability, sympathy, empathy, juxtaposition, satire and parody mixed with context, personality and persuasion. Easy, eh? A comedic writer needs practice and patience to go from the printed page to laugh-out-loud funny. Hear from Emmy Award-winning TV writers about some rules for scripting comedy and developing funny characters.

Link: Film and Television Forum Schedule

P.S. Jen wrote and directed this week’s episode, ‘The Promotion’!

‘Company Picnic’ Q&A with Jen Celotta

Friday, May 22nd, 2009 | 40 comments

Here it is, our last OfficeTally Q&A of the season — The Office’s executive producer Jen Celotta (and co-writer of this episode, with Paul Lieberstein ) answers your questions about Company Picnic! Thank you, Jen!

Some keywords: mirrors, tears, Mose, and wedding.

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Rainn Wilson, Jen Celotta, and Charlie Grandy win WGA awards

Saturday, February 7th, 2009 | Add a comment

Rainn Wilson, Aaron Lee, Jennifer Celotta, Billy Kimball

The Writers Guild Awards were held tonight, and sadly, The Office writing team didn’t win in their nominated category — Comedy Series.

However, Rainn Wilson and Jennifer Celotta picked up trophies in the Comedy/Variety Specials category for their work on the Independent Spirit Awards, and Charlie Grandy picked one up for his writing on Saturday Night Live in the Comedy/Variety Series category.

Congratulations, Rainn, Jen, and Charlie!

See a complete list of winners here.

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Comic-Con interview with The Office writers

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 | 129 comments

SPOILER ALERT! This interview contains information about Season 5.

After The Office panel let out at Comic-Con Saturday afternoon, we headed over to the press room to chat with some of The Office writers, one on one.

• Part 1: Jen Celotta and Mike Schur chat about the Season 5 premiere.
• Part 2: Jen Celotta talks about her dream to be Schrute.
• Part 3: Greg Daniels and Justin Spitzer discuss holiday episodes.
• Part 4: Silly talk with Greg Daniels, Justin Spitzer, and Lee Eisenberg. NEW

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Matt’s Comic-Con press room pics

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 | 13 comments

Here is Matt Collins’ report on The Office press room at Comic-Con.

While Tan-Monster verbally juiced Mike Schur, Jen Celotta, Greg Daniels, and the rest of the “Office” gaggle, I decide to document for Tallyheads what it’s like to be in the press room. So, donning my 007 pants, I snapped shots of everything going on.

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