Archive: The Office Convention

The Office theme song by The Scrantones

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 | 27 comments

Well, shoot.

All this time, I thought The Scrantones, who perform The Office theme song, were a real band from Scranton.

I mean, they played at The Office Convention in Scranton!

They even have a MySpace band page!

So you can imagine my surprise when I got to chat with Bob Thiele (“Joey Scrantone”), who provided this never before heard story about how The Scrantones were born.

And at the very bottom of the blog, there is a link to an extended version of the song.
It is awesome. Crank up the volume and rock out!

Bob Thiele composes, supervises, and produces the music for FX’s Sons of Anarchy.
He was nominated this year for an Emmy in the “Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music” category for SOA. From The Office to Sons of Anarchy — pretty cool, right?

Link: The Scrantones story + long version of The Office theme song (.mp3)

A little postscript — besides The Office theme song, The Scrantones also recorded:

• “I’m In You” with Craig Robinson
• Pussycat Dolls’ “Buttons” with Melora Hardin (Melora performed the heck out of this song at The Office Convention)
• White Stripes’ “I Smell A Rat” with Rainn Wilson
• “Werewolves of Scranton” with Ed Helms, including special lyrics, of course
• Five other songs featuring Kate Flannery, Creed Bratton, and even Scrantonicity!

I’ve listened to some of the recordings, and they are precious. They aren’t available to the public, but if you guys request it loud enough, perhaps something can be worked out …

The Office Convention II

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 | 70 comments

This post lists information and/or speculation about the next Office Convention to be held in Scranton, PA.

Latest update, June 4, 2009: “Admission [for The Office Fan Tours] is $35 for adults and $25 for those under 21, with proceeds going toward the next ‘The Office’ Convention, which won’t be until at least 2010.” Source

For information about the 2007 convention, check out OfficeTally’s convention archive and the official Office Convention site.

Previously posted items on the next page.

Office Convention planner podcast

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 | 14 comments

The Office Convention website has been updated with a link to a podcast featuring some of the convention’s planning committee — Tim Holmes, Matt Smith, Tucker Hottes, and Michele Dempsey.

The podcast discusses how last fall’s amazing weekend came together — from the initial idea, to making contact with NBC, to deciding which events would be on the schedule, to the committee’s favorite moments of the weekend.

Little tidbits about The Office cast and staff are sprinkled throughout.

All told, more than 45 cast, staff, and NBC folks attended the weekend, which is a testament to the planning committee’s hard work!

And what about a 2008 convention? No official news yet, but OfficeTally will be certain to let y’all know! (The podcast does mention a certain Dunder Mifflinite who plans to appear in Scranton during the St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 15 …)

Link: “The Rundown” podcast (scroll to the bottom of the page)

Office Convention: NBC.com

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 | 34 comments

Here are NBC.com’s highlights of the convention:

• Day 1: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Day 2: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
• Cast Q&A: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
• Angela goes to Scranton: Part 1 | Part 2

Office Convention: Link-o-Rama

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 | 98 comments

This post links to photos, videos, and audio from October’s glorious Office Convention.

Newest

• WBRE’s clip of the Bloggers’ Breakfast (including my one interview — woo!)
• Best Week Ever’s video of the lookalike contest
• Portfolio.com’s videos of the lookalike contest and Office Olympics, and cast interviews (in Oscar’s clip, I’m standing in the background wearing a jaunty hat)
• The beautiful parking sign that Adam presented to me at the Bloggers’ Breakfast. Check out his other photos, as well as parking signs for Greg Daniels, Jan, and Toby

Tipsters: Katie

Previously post videos after the jump.

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Office Convention: provide feedback!

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 | 88 comments

If you attended the Office Convention, here is your chance to give feedback to the organizers on what you liked and didn’t like about the weekend.

Here are some questions to get you started. More »

Office Convention: Alison’s photos

Sunday, October 28th, 2007 | 28 comments

Thank goodness for Tallyheads like Alison, who take fantastic photos.

Scrantones afternoon concert and cast Q&A | Scrantones evening concert

Thank you, Alison, for taking the time to post these! TALLYHEADS RULE.

P.S. I believe the three-hole punch Jim photo is one of the lookalike contest winner? (I didn’t go to that event.) I had more than a few Tallyheads come up to me last night to tell me how cute he was. :)

Office Convention: Saturday night

Saturday, October 27th, 2007 | 16 comments

Okay Tallyheads, it’s 1:20am and I need to get to sleep so that I’m somewhat rested for the Blogger’s Breakfast tomorrow. Rumor has it that Kate, Bobby Ray, and Brian will be attending. Hope you will attend as well if you are here in Scranton!

Before I go, I just wanted to say that today was AMAZING — the cast Q&A was fantastic, over 4,000 in attendance, and better than Paley because the FANS got to contribute the questions!

I met and chatted with Greg Daniels and many of the writers at tonight’s VIP event, and I got to give Michael Schur a big hug.

The final event of my evening started when I followed Lee Eisenberg over to sit with the cast at the Scrantones concert, with featured performers Melora, Craig, Creed, Kate, and Brian.

(I say that was the final event of my evening, because after hitching a ride with Randall Einhorn, Jason Kessler, and Andy Buckley back to the hotel, they continued on to Poor Richard’s. Whew. )

More details, vids, and photos coming soon, but just wanted to leave you with that. This weekend has been unreal.

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