Archive: Phyllis Smith

Phyllis Smith visits Jackson Junior High

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 | 5 comments

from seMissourian.com:

After politely listing her favorite actors, explaining how she got into showbiz and saying, no, there aren’t any real jerks on set, Phyllis Smith is asked a question that makes her snort. A junior high girl wants to know: Now that you’re famous, do you go shopping all the time on Rodeo Drive?

Link: ‘Office’ star visits Jackson Junior High

The Weekend Tally

Sunday, November 11th, 2007 | 48 comments

• Blog: Jason Reitman writes about his experience directing ‘Local Ad.’
• Article: Ed Helms channels his inner jerk.
• Article: “The Office” TV Show Knows How To Party! Written by John Sparano’s (former Office prop super dude) wife, Jeanne Benedict.
• Article: Rainn Wilson visited the University of Washington.
• Article: a review of NBC’s new video download service, NBC Direct, now in limited beta.
• Article: Brian Baumgartner is listed as one of Golf Digest’s Top Hollywood Golfers.
• Magazine spread: John Krasinski in the December issue of Men’s Health Magazine.
• Game: MumboJumbo offers a free trial download of The Office game.
• Vote: make The Office EW’s Entertainer of the Year. (Look for them in Division 2.)
• Video: Phyllis Smith talks about her start.
• Video: video from the film ‘Walk Hard,’ co-starring Jenna Fischer.
• Video: a funny vid of Craig Robinson and others tutoring kids at 826 L.A.
• Video: Rainn Wilson recaps ‘Days of Our Lives.’
• Auction: Rainn Wilson’s charity, The Mona Foundation, is auctioning off Dwight Schrute photos, bobbleheads, and Office DVDs and scripts.
• Upcoming appearance: I’ve been told that “Rainn Wilson will be doing the intro to Monday Night Football on Monday, November 12th for the San Francisco 49ers/Seattle Seahawks game.”
• Upcoming appearance: B.J. Novak is scheduled to appear on The Today Show on Thursday, November 15th.

Tipsters: pc, Nathan, LB, jon, Carly, Erynn, Zaida, Nick, Lance, Brooke, sorano916

Hello, my name is Phyllis

Monday, October 8th, 2007 | 18 comments

St. Louis Magazine features an in-depth interview with Phyllis Smith:

Phyllis Lapin-Vance could just as easily be that woman from accounting who shares a cube wall with you and wears old-lady perfume and God-awful Christmas sweaters and spends hours on the phone, planning special trips to Orlando for herself and her husband. And Phyllis Smith seemed like she could be that same person, but now we’re not so sure. The line between Phyllis Smith and Phyllis Lapin-Vance is pretty fuzzy to begin with, and honestly, with all this jumping back and forth between the two, we’re starting to confuse ourselves.

Link: Hello My Name is Phyllis

Tipster: Kim

Belated Happy Birthday, Phyllis!

Thursday, August 16th, 2007 | 19 comments

A little lighting birdie told us in the chat room last night that yesterday was Phyllis Smith’s birthday, so

We hope you had a fantastic day, Phyllis!

Here is a radio interview with Phyllis from back in February of this year. Get that birthday girl a TV!

Tipster: DestroyPhone

The art of improv

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 | 6 comments

MTV.com has an interesting story about the role of improv comedy in current film and TV show hits.

The story includes quotes from The Office’s Steve Carell, Leslie David Baker, and Phyllis Smith, as well as a video clip of Jenna Fischer “improvising” with her Blades of Glory co-stars.

I have to agree with what Phyllis says — during the pivotal Jan/Michael scene in “Women’s Appreciation,” where she’s in his office listening to his “break up” voicemail, Steve and Melora improvised brilliantly.

From my set visit notes:

One time Jan growls, another time she starts to cry, and another time, she accidentally gets tangled up in some phone cord or something, and exits Michael’s office in a flustered huff.

On another take, Jan actually throws an orange (or an orange ball, I couldn’t tell which) at Michael. We asked Steve later if he knew that Melora was going to throw something at him. He said, “she got that look in her eyes, so I knew something was coming.”

Link: Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, Others Reveal Magic Behind Improv Comedy

Office scene-stealer Phyllis Smith

Friday, July 13th, 2007 | 17 comments

Backstage.com has a wonderful interview with Phyllis Smith:

In 2004 the company was testing the series regulars for The Office when Smith heard Kwapis say he wanted her to read one of the characters. “I didn’t really think anything about it; I just thought I was being a reader,” she recalls. “I was just hoping I did a good job for the actors.” Over the next few days, Smith heard from other actors in the running that Kwapis wanted her in the show.

“Then when we took people to network, we were walking down the stairs at NBC, and Ken turned to [current NBC co-chairman, then head of production company Reveille] Ben Silverman and said, ‘I want Phyllis in the show. I have a whole backstory for her,’ ” she recalls. “But I’ve been in this business long enough to know that until it’s in writing, I shouldn’t get my hopes up.”

Link: ‘Office’ Space (you’ll need to scroll down the page a bit)

The Weekend Tally

Sunday, April 8th, 2007 | 3 comments

• Blogs: Jenna | Angela 1 | Angela 2
• News: The Office director Ken Kwapis has signed on to direct the film, He’s Just Not That Into You.
• Article: a follow-up on last week’s report about Rashida Jones and her new show The Rules for Starting Over.
• Article: Phyllis Smith talks about office pranks.
• Article: The Dwight Stuff article and photo.
• Article: the Prism Durosport (from The Injury) continues to break new ground with the first ever virtual media player. (Read old DuroSport coverage here and here.)
• Photos: GMMR’s got photos of John Krasinski shooting his latest film, Leatherheads.
• Graphics: the Devil’s Butthole movie poster. Stunning!
• Graphics: here’s your own Dunder Mifflin letterhead, courtesy of The TV Addict.
• Auction: check out these “Dwight for President” buttons at eBay.
• Video: if you missed them this week, check out late night appearances by B.J. on Conan and Jenna on Leno. Both are awesome! And read more about the Cadbury controversy over at, where else, Wikipedia. Size does matter.
• New fansite: quotes galore for every episode and webisode, over at OfficeQuotes.us.
• Live appearance: as Angela mentioned in her latest blog, she will appear on Late Night with David Letterman this coming Friday, April 13th!

Tipsters: Kelley, Nick

Kristin at Office Paley Fest

Thursday, March 15th, 2007 | 12 comments

Check out this video montage of E!’s Kristin Veitch talking with some of the Office cast at Paley Fest. (And did Angela reveal a little spoiler there?)

Link: Office Gone Wild!

Tipster: GMMR

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