Comments on: B.J. Novak answers ‘Chair Model’ questions

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:46:15 +0000

Wow! I love all these tidbits! They let me appreciate this great ep even more! Thanks BJ

By: In2TheRoses

In2TheRoses — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:44:23 +0000

I agree, these are great! Please make them a regular!!

By: Sara in Philly

Sara in Philly — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:55:45 +0000

66 – I doubt it was in a real cemetery. They had to have made that gravestone, and most cemeteries have visitors and ceremonies each day. They can’t just shut one down because a show has to film.

By: Dwigt

Dwigt — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:36:17 +0000

This is so cool because it shows you just how down to earth the Office people are. They sound like they’d be so fun to hang out with.

By: I like beets

I like beets — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:54:05 +0000

Awesome!!! I LOVE this site!!

By: Sticious

Sticious — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:46:28 +0000

Thank you B.J. for providing such great answers and thank you Tan Monster for setting this up!

By: absolutely I do

absolutely I do — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:15:28 +0000

I didn’t think about the cemetery angle until it was brought up here, but yea, it would seem kinda strange to take a small film crew into a real cemetery to film a comedy where a guy dances on a grave.
In tanster’s set blog there was a pic of fake Schrute headstones in the prop dept. It’s plausible it’s either a fake cemetery or real with fake headstones(esp those Dwight jumped on.)

By: Pam Scherbatsky

Pam Scherbatsky — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:58:27 +0000

Thanks a bunch! These were great!

By: eb

eb — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:46:44 +0000

Just as brilliant as last time. Thank you so much BJ and Tanster. Our writers are the best. Hope to hear from Mindy as well. This is sort of, kind of a regular column now, yes? :) Once again thanks.

By: my my my turn

my my my turn — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:18:19 +0000

Thanks Tanster and BJ! It is really great to have these Q&As! Just another reason (the graciousness of everyone involved) why The Office is my favorite show!

By: Stapler

Stapler — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:03:04 +0000

I concur with everyone above…great to have a Q&A feature with guest responders! Really appreciate the time BJ took to answer questions and of course Jennie for setting it up.

I love any behind-the-scenes insight like this. It proves that the fans are sharp (like picking up that Kevin was using his footbath) and the writers for making these characters so real and remembering their histories (even though we didn’t see the footbath in the broadcast version, the writers put it there and we noticed).

LOVED the Paul Faust story – how he got cast, using his real name, and how he connected his real website to his character. Just brilliant!

By: Extra Awesome

Extra Awesome — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:14:57 +0000

Thanks B.J. and Tanster…I love these Q&A’s!!

By: UNSHUN

UNSHUN — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:59:46 +0000

Wow… this is not your ordinary blog. You have the connects!

By: kelley

kelley — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:42:51 +0000

lol, I seriously saw that Reddi Whip commercial with Pam’s landlady like 10 minutes after I watched this episode and I was completely thrown off!

Thanks BJ and tanster :-)

By: the zoppity

the zoppity — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:16:23 +0000

I would have died to see Michael and Dwight singing ‘Legs’ about the chair model. But, it ended pretty well anyway.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:34:38 +0000

So informative! PLEASE have these for every episode, they greatly add!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:25:50 +0000

Thanks for using my question, Tanster (and thanks for answering BJ)!

I hope this continues…it’s really cool to get the background behind these episodes so soon after watching them!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:50:59 +0000

Thank you so much for giving us this extra insight into the show we all love so much! What other show has writers/actors/producers/directors who are so giving of their time and talent to their fans??? And what other fan website has such an awesome administrator who thinks up great ideas like this Q&A segment and then has the connections to pull it off? Thanks Tanster! And thanks to B.J. and Gene and Lee for taking the time to answer. I really hope to hear from Mindy too!!!

By: jenn mark

jenn mark — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:00:45 +0000

Ah! I wish I would have submitted a question on time…but maybe i’ll just ask you tallyheads what you think? do you think that they shot the cemetery scene on a fake cemetery? I mean it would be sooo disrespectful to be dancing around and being so silly like that in a real cemetery, no?

By: NathanTheTemp

NathanTheTemp — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:45:35 +0000

This is just awesome. Many thanks to B.J. for taking the time to do this. And many corresponding thanks to tanster for hooking us up!