The Mindy Song

And now, for the musical portion of my set visit …

On the last day of filming, April 17, 2009, The Office’s Ed Helms and Creed Bratton brought their banjo and guitar to set, and would jam during breaks in filming.

At one point, they had a small audience, including Mindy Kaling, who requested, “play a song for me!”

Here is Ed and Creed’s impromptu song for Mindy.

B.J. Novak, Ellie Kemper (“Erin”), and producer/director Paul Feig also make appearances.

Read the transcription here (thanks, Ryan!)

For an index of all my 2009 set visit reports, go to the INDEX.

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   25. Caitlin  Thu. Aug. 27, 2009 | 9:52am

   Tanster, you are so lucky! Haha Ed and Creed are amazing…so much natural talent!

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   24. Emilykrasinski  Sat. Aug. 15, 2009 | 1:28pm

   WAIT! I change my answer. the first one is Jenna. The second is her stunt double (this is according to My mom)

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   23. emilykrasinski  Sat. Aug. 15, 2009 | 12:48pm

   Link
   not Jenna?

   Link
   Jenna?

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   22. Emilykrasinski  Sat. Aug. 15, 2009 | 12:41pm

   The second one……without the visor….i think….

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   21. FlonkertonChamp  Wed. May. 27, 2009 | 2:56pm

   wait a sec… just watched it again… 2 people who looked like jenna crossed in the background: one with a visor, one without. one of them was jenna… which one?!

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   20. FlonkertonChamp  Wed. May. 27, 2009 | 2:51pm

   jenna’s stunt double also makes an appearance! i seriously thought that was jenna until i read the q&a.

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   19. A Fischerman  Mon. May. 18, 2009 | 8:15pm

   I love BJ’s sense of humour, so sharp and kinda morbid. “That’s been happening a lot Creed…” when Creed mentions pissing his pants again

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   18. Mama Z  Sat. May. 16, 2009 | 7:24pm

   It’s completely ridiculous that anyone can be that talented…I’m in awe of that whole crew!

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   17. officefan  Sat. May. 16, 2009 | 2:55pm

   Hilarious video! Thanks for sharing this fun moment!

   I am always seeing Mindy and BJ with each other. They must be best of friends…or they could be a couple! Hey tanster, perhaps you can shed some light on this ;).

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    16. Megatron  Sat. May. 16, 2009 | 9:27am

    I love this! Sooo cute. Man they are so good, and if that was improv, which I’m sure it was, then wow.

    I also loved that for the first minute and a half you could see Jenna Fischer walking back and forth in the backround a few times, she looked like she was lost lol

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    15. Ryan  Fri. May. 15, 2009 | 6:30pm

    The lyrics (as far as I can tell)

    There was a little girl who came to our town
    to write for NBC.
    She had big brown eyes and shiny black hair
    that all the boys wanted to see.

    Mindy Kaling! They see her name
    she writes those words that make you laugh
    Mindy Kaling! She came to our town
    she writes for NBC.

    Well that Moroccan Christmas was a pretty fun show
    She wrote that one…No she didn’t oh
    Well I can’t believe everything I hear

    Well it was Lecture Circuit part 1 and part 2
    it had us pissin’ in our pants
    Well we laughed so hard I fell to the ground
    I said that Kaling can make me laugh.

    (dance solo)

    Well that B.J. Novak he’s pretty funny too
    and in the first season he wrote a thing or two
    Called Diversity Day
    And I remember I also pissed in my pants.

    Well the writers on the show they know they gotta go
    They got 3 days off and they start it all over.

    They never stop writing I don’t know how they do it
    so looooong.

    Yeah, big shout out to the writers!
    (cheering)

    Well my personal favorite is Mr. Paul Feig
    Damn he looks good when he comes all dressed up on our set
    He looks pretty spiffy!

    Well I got a sad little note I’d like to share with you
    We’re gonna miss Michael (someone) when we come back
    Oh I’m sorry
    Love you Michael, and uh have a good life.

    End of song =)

    [from tanster: ryan, thank you SO MUCH for the transcription. you are awesome!]

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    14. DomoArigatoMr.Scotto  Fri. May. 15, 2009 | 5:05pm

    Awesome! Creed is truly the best, and Andy is very good with his banjo!

    You are the most lucky person in the world, Tanster, and you deserve it :P

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    13. tuna tuna tuna  Fri. May. 15, 2009 | 1:43pm

    that was f-ing awesome. i was pissing in my pants, and then i pissed in my pants again.

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    12. laura  Fri. May. 15, 2009 | 1:37pm

    Awesome song! What makes it funnier was that it was improvised!!

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    11. Charlotte  Fri. May. 15, 2009 | 1:03pm

    I Want to work there soooo bad!!! I wonder if they will hire an inexperienced 20 year old?? Hmmmmm…..

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    10. erinlee519  Fri. May. 15, 2009 | 11:15am

    “she had us pissing in our pants”

    I about died! That was awesome!
    Thanks Tanster. :)

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    9. Michele  Fri. May. 15, 2009 | 9:35am

    Ed and Creed are so seriously amazing it almost hurts!

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    8. nv  Fri. May. 15, 2009 | 9:11am

    Come on, someone HAS to be writing this stuff for them. How is it possible for this cast and crew to be so ridiculously awesome and quirky?!

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    7. MalonesCones  Fri. May. 15, 2009 | 8:17am

    I still can’t get over how good of a Bluegrass player Ed Helms is.

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    6. orifceflan  Fri. May. 15, 2009 | 7:51am

    Tanster…we are living vicariously through you!!! You are one lucky chick! Any chance you post the words to the song, if you know them? Also, I totally thought that was Oprah behind Mindy at first – ha ha ha! I love Andy more and more all the time. Banjo is dang hard! Thanks for posting!

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