Vote: the Chicago Tribune RedEye’s annual Best Character on TV tourney is underway; help vote Michael and Dwight to the next level!
Office reruns: a reminder that two hours of ‘The Office’ reruns, Fun Run parts 1 and 2 and Dunder Mifflin Infinity parts 1 and 2, air tonight starting at 8pm.
Guest voice: Ed Helms will be a guest voice on tonight’s episode of ‘American Dad’ on FOX.
Tipsters: Caitlin, Molly, Kim, Andrea, David, Andie, Andrea M, Delmy, Kenna
Vote: I’ve included this on a previous Weekend Tally, but I got a short note from Rainn Wilson this week, asking Tallyheads to vote for the film at the Now Film Festival — it’s called ‘Missing Pieces,’ and Rainn says “It’s a dark, funny, sad little piece.” Vote here (scroll down to ‘Missing Pieces’ at the very bottom of the selections).
Upcoming TV appearances: B.J. Novak appears on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien this Wednesday; Jenna Fischer appears on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ this Thursday; Steve Carell on ‘Weekend Today’ this Saturday.
Photos: a member of ‘The Office’ production staff very generously shares behind the scenes photos from Safety Training, Beach Games, Survivor Man, and Dunder Mifflin Infinity. If more photos come my way, I will be sure to post them here at OfficeTally!
Archive: I’ve created a new OfficeTally archive called Office Writers, which includes the writer Q&As, chats, and interviews. Lots of funny stuff in there!
TV appearance: rumor has it that The Office’s co-executive producer Michael Schur (aka ‘Mose’) will appear on the premiere show of HBO’s Costas Now on Tuesday, April 29th.
TV appearance: Ed Helms appears on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on Wednesday, April 30th.
Article: Five Families boss “Cool Guy Paul” from last week’s episode ‘Chair Model’ really is named Paul Faust and really does own a business named Disaster Kits Limited!
Audio: speaking of ‘Chair Model,’ call up 1-800-984-3672 (formerly Dwight’s flasher hotline) for a message from another Five Families boss, W.B. Jones.
Video: FanLib interviews Kate Flannery. 1 | 2 | 3 (#2 a tad spoilery)
Video: Rainn Wilson co-stars in Missing Pieces, the story of a guy who is so afraid of getting testicular cancer, he goes to Tijuana for a little operation.
Video: Ed Helms stars in ‘Weighty Decisions.” 1 | 2 | 3
That other Tally: If you missed it, I posted a Thursday Tally to count the hours down to ‘Dinner Party.’ Lots of good stuff in there!
As seen on ‘Dinner Party’: you might have also missed links to download a short MP3 clip of Hunter’s song ‘That One Night’ and buy Jan’s candles at the NBC.com store! Go to the ‘Dinner Party’ Tidbit section.
Tipsters: Nate, Christine, Chris, Eric, Jules, Jessica, and last but not least, Miz Angela Kinsey (”I feel so proud!”)
Video: Melora Hardin on ‘Free Radio.’ ‘Free Radio’ is very much like ‘The Office’ — no laugh track, lots of cringeworthy moments, and a big boob of a main character, played by Lance Krall (who played Dwight’s sensei, Ira, in ‘The Fight’). In this clip, Melora appears about halfway through. When Lance silently reacts to Melora singing … well, it’s one of the funniest moments of the show!
