In The Office Season 3 episode The Return, Andy creates an a capella version of the song Rockin’ Robin to use as his ringtone.
The Christmas Eve Tally
Notable items
- TV Guide: Best Shows of 2006
Tipster: Amy - Smallscreen: The Office: Initially Gervais and the BBC at loggerheads
- MediaPost Publications: ‘Office’ DVR Viewing Soars, Lower ‘Live’ Ratings May Cost Nets Big Bucks
- Apple: trailer of The Last Mimzy, starring Rainn Wilson
Tipster: Rayne - NPR: audio of Comedic Actor and Writer Ricky Gervais
Tipsters: Sarah, Joseph - MySpace: Joe Matt meets Jenna Fischer and James Gunn
- Variety: John Krasinski launches feature version of ‘Interviews’
- Last year’s Christmas greetings from The Office cast
This week’s events
- Thu Dec 28:
The Convention (r). - Fri Dec 29:
Lonesome Trio performs at Parkside Lounge, NY. (Ed Helms’ group)
The Weekend Tally
New blogs this week
- Angela’s MySpace blog: Turkeys and Convicts
- Jenna’s MySpace blog: Hello from St. Louis!
- John the prop guy’s MySpace blog: The Convict
- Kevin’s MySpace blog: Wake Up Maggie
- Kate’s TV Guide blog: The Convict
Articles
- Humor returns to roost on Thursday
Executive producers Greg Daniels (The Office), Tina Fey (30 Rock), Greg Garcia (Earl) and Bill Lawrence (Scrubs) - ‘The Office’ opens doors for Rainn Wilson
- My Favorite Weekend: Mindy Kaling (may need to register)
Tipster: Jill - John Krasinski to join cast of George Clooney football pic, ‘Leatherheads’
TV and movie appearances
- Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Dec. 6
Rashida Jones - Unaccompanied Minors (opens Dec. 8)
B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling, David Koechner (“Todd Packer”) - The Holiday (opens in wide release Dec. 8)
John Krasinski
Tipster: Sarah - American Dad, Dec. 10
John Krasinski
Tipster: Dana - Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Dec. 18
Jenna Fischer
Tipster: Becky
And lastly, singing sensation Ed Helms
- Ed Helms and The Lonesome Trio
Tipster: ShayR1 - Rainbow Connection video
- Rainbow Connection mp3
Warning: Turning this into a ringtone may result in death — yours.
Tipster: Sean
KMOX chats with Jenna Fischer
Charlie Brennan of KMOX 1120 in St. Louis spoke to Jenna Fischer yesterday about The Office and her National Woman in the Arts award, which she received last night.
And two special guests call in!
Tipsters: Beth via Tom
Out of ‘The Office’ with Kate Flannery
As Kate Flannery (“Meredith”) mentions in her latest MySpace blog, Whitney Matheson interviews her in the latest USA Today’s Pop Candy podcast.
Jump to Out of ‘The Office’ with Kate Flannery. The interview is the first ten minutes or so of the podcast.
Thanks to Sarah at The Elf Office Alliance for the tip!
Other Mindy/Diwali news
Welcome to the Mindy News Network. At least for today. :)
Rather than put each new Mindy/Diwali story in a separate post, I will list them here:
- NBC.com: Interview with Mindy Kaling about Diwali. (Thanks Jill!)
- Netscape: on the set of The Office, part 2, with Mindy Kaling.
- Zap2it: Happy Diwali From ‘The Office’. Mindy Kaling takes center stage in episode about Hindu festival.
- NPR Fresh Air: Interview with Greg Daniels and Mindy Kaling (34 minutes).
- KDWB radio, Minneapolis: Dave Ryan in the Morning Show interviews Mindy Kaling.
- WKLH radio, Milwaukee: The Dave and Carole Show interviews Mindy Kaling. OfficeTally provided some of the questions!
SPOILER WARNING Any or all of the above may be spoilerish. I haven’t had time to check out each one, so this is a blanket warning. :)
Thanks to the many, many people who sent in tips on these tidbits, and a SPECIAL thank you to Marcus, Dave, and Carole over at WKLH!
A Halloween advisory from Angela
While it may be too late for some of you to heed Ms. Angela Martin’s advice on the proper Halloween attire, it is never too late to turn your inappropriate life around.
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‘The Office’ as Management Training Tool
NPR’s Frank Langfitt discusses what we can learn about workplace management from the folks at Dunder Mifflin, illustrated by clips from The Office Seasons 1 and 2.
My favorite phrases from the story: “the absurdism of cubicle culture” and “brazen saboteur.”
Listen to ‘The Office’ as Management Training Tool.
Thanks to the many people who sent in tips about this story!