The Office at Paley Fest 2007
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
SPOILER WARNING! This post and subsequent comments will contain spoilers.
The Office cast and staff appeared at Paley Fest 2007 last night in Los Angeles, and it was an exciting opportunity to get up close and personal with the stars, as well as take a first look at an upcoming episode!
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More details and photos after the jump.
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The Office at Paley Fest included the following members of the Office cast and staff: Ben Silverman, Randall Einhorn, Melora Hardin, Paul LIeberstein, Creed Bratton, Kate Flannery, Michael Schur, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Phyllis Smith, Oscar Nunez, Brian Baumgartner, Craig Robinson, David Denman, Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak, Rainn Wilson, Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Ed Helms, and Rashida Jones.
The evening’s agenda included:
- A screening of ‘Cocktails’. What made this special was that the cast was present to hear the audience reaction to each scene, from awwws to guffaws. I looked over to where Paul Lieberstein was sitting, and he seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the audience reaction to poor Toby’s attempt at winning Pam’s affection during this episode.
- A short blooper reel, which of course, was hilarious! Highlights included Pam professing her love for Jim, after which Jim faints to the floor. If only …
- A sneak peek at the next new episode, The Negotiation. And we’re talking a nice big 10 to 15-minute preview! We saw what looked like one full story line, from setup to resolution. Daryl asks Michael for a raise, which in turn leads to Michael, Toby, and Darryl traveling to New York so that Michael can ask for a raise for himself from Jan. Given what I’ve seen of ‘The Negotiation’ and the episode being shot during our set visit, the final bunch of episodes for the season are shaping up to be the best I’ve ever seen.
- A trivia contest with prizes. A few lucky Office fans got to show off their extensive knowledge of the show and win some goodies, including a beautifully framed signed cast photo.
- Steve and Oscar’s reenactment of the kiss from ‘Gay Witch Hunt.’ Easily one of the funniest moments of the evening!
A shout-out to all the OfficeTally readers who came up to me to say hello! I felt a little like a celebrity myself. ;) Special hellos to Dolly and Sarah from MySpace! What an amazing fan world we live in.
And if YOU were there, please post a comment with your impressions of the evening! And for a detailed report on the evening, go check out Kath’s report at GMMR.
Contributors to this story: OfficeTally Mod Squaders Tori and Sean.
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I was at Paley Fest and it was great! My sister and I came from Atlanta and it was well worth it! I think the highlight for me were the “kiss” by Steve and Oscar, Rainn Wilson saying Dwight would have made a good Nazi, and everyone just being so nice while signing autographs. You can tell they love their job and love their fans!
62 | Kelly Fri. Apr. 6, 2007 at 11:47amIs there any way I could see a video of the blooper reel? Thanks.
61 | Edie Fri. Mar. 30, 2007 at 11:47pmPaley Fest looks like a lot of, especially with the entire office cast there! I would die if I saw Steve Carell!!!
60 | Mrs. Michael Scott Sun. Mar. 25, 2007 at 10:57amok so i’m a new person here and i was wondering if you guys could fill me in about the paley fest. i just recently started watching the office (yea i know i have a lot to catch up on..but i did rent all of season two and watched all within 4 days..so give me some credit) any info would be great thanks so much.
59 | JamSandwich Wed. Mar. 14, 2007 at 7:18amp.s. to Paul (#47) - I was the one who had to spell “Seiko”–which is why I asked Greg Daniels if he wanted the “real” spelling (which is what I gave him) or not (I didn’t remember if was spelled “Seyko”, so it wouldn’t have mattered anyway). Don’t worry though, the prizes were gone so I couldn’t have won one aynway. I was just happy to be seen and heard by the cast. :) Congrats on your prize BTW!
58 | Carla Thu. Mar. 8, 2007 at 1:45pmHi Catherine (comment #23) - It’s Carla, the girl who followed Phyllis into the bathroom with you! I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye on Friday but wanted to see if we could exchange photos (if you got any). Visit my MySpace page and drop me a line if you can without a profile…. :)
p.s. Jonathan (the guy in line next to you) wanted to say goodbye to you, too, but we couldn’t find you when we were leaving.
57 | Carla Thu. Mar. 8, 2007 at 1:15pmHey guys, my review and pics are over at my journal (first two entries) if you would like to check them out :)
http://savemeimdtba.livejournal.com/
56 | kriZit Wed. Mar. 7, 2007 at 11:40amAnother interesting report from Paley Fest:
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20070305
55 | Raymond Wed. Mar. 7, 2007 at 8:23amOh, also, I have a small audio clip from Paley Fest. Its about two minutes long and its the conversation the cast had about the kiss in Gay Witch Hunt. Its just audio, so you can’t see Steve go up to Oscar and plant one on him but you can hear the whole conversation and everyone laughing. Its quite funny. Anyhow, does anyone know how I can post that on my myspace page so I can share it with you guys? The file is a *.mov file I think.
54 | CrazyGringa Tue. Mar. 6, 2007 at 9:04amHey guys, Like mexicanity said, we posted a blog about Paley Fest, visiting the set and watching them film. It has tons of pics and I would say its a small spoiler alert. Although we don’t give much away about the plot of the episode, you can see where they are filming on location so I guess its a minor spoiler alert.
By the way, at Paley we were sitting right next to the girl who won te autographed picture of the cast. Clark, we were probably right behind you cause I totally remember someone saying they were team Pam who was sitting in front of us…too funny!
53 | CrazyGringa Tue. Mar. 6, 2007 at 8:24amOh my god, this is too funny. I totally remember you guys who asked questions or won prizes. Jennie–I was in the second row, but I was more on the lookout for Kath and actually talked to her a little bit as I was looking for my car at the end of the night. I guess during the event itself I was too distracted by the cast on the stage to look for anyone else…
52 | Anh Mon. Mar. 5, 2007 at 10:29pmHey Everyone,
We were at Paley Fest this past Friday, what a blast!! We also went to the set and watched them film for four hours @ the mall!! If you are interested in seeing some pictures and reading our blog about our trip, visit our website or check out our blog site at http://blog.myspace.com/mexicanity!! We hope you check it out!!
(CrazyGringa is one half of Mexicanity, to see both of us, check out our myspace page!!)
51 | Mexicanity Mon. Mar. 5, 2007 at 9:35pmThere is another article on The Office at Paley Fest posted in a Zap2it blog “Paley’s Inter-’Office’ Love”
50 | hug it out Mon. Mar. 5, 2007 at 8:36pmI was there, and was able to get photos with Jenna, Angela, B.J., Ed, Leslie, Brian, Oscar, Melora, and David. They were all so genuinely friendly and gracious toward their fans. Also, I met Kath from GMMR!
Unfortunately, I didn’t see you Tanster, or else I would have come up to say hello — you do a great job with this site!
49 | KG Mon. Mar. 5, 2007 at 5:35pmHi Tanster!
I was there too!
I actually saw you in the very front-middle row! I was like hey that’s Jenny from Officetally! You’re so lucky.
I was the one who asked the question about having more long hour episodes, and said “I love Rashida Jones, but I’m Team Pam.” I wrote a blog about it on my myspace page http://www.myspace.com/jcaugustine
48 | Clark Mon. Mar. 5, 2007 at 1:54pmI was there.
I asked the question about the Scrantonicity music being released on I-Tunes or CD. It seemed to get a good reaction from the crowd as everyone loves Kevin.
How unfair was it that they made that woman spell “Seiko” in order to get the question right and when she didn’t they took her prize away! I would have been mad, but then again, I won a prize also.
It was pretty scary and definitely in violation of fire codes during the autograph seeking free-for-all that began at the end of the night, but I managed to get pictures with a bunch of them. They stayed around for a long time and were very appreciative.
My favorite comment was about Dwight’s love and appreciation of hierarchy. The best blooper was when Pam asked Toby if she could come for dinner and bring an overnight bag. Caught him off guard.
47 | Paul Mon. Mar. 5, 2007 at 11:40amQuestion to tanster or anyone who attented the festival:
Apparently, someone asked about the intention of changing the asian waitress in “Benihana Christmas”. What exactly did Greg Daniels say was the reason for this? There was a lot of speculation and it would be great to hear the real reason.
46 | nikki Mon. Mar. 5, 2007 at 10:00amAw, wish i could have gone. Thanks for the recap. looks like fun.
45 | temp Mon. Mar. 5, 2007 at 7:12amOh, to live in LA in times such as these!
Thanks to everyone who posts their expereinces and pics for those of us on the east coast!
44 | JimPamFan Mon. Mar. 5, 2007 at 6:46amGive Me My Remote mentioned: “So everyone from the cast was in attendance with the expection of JKras who is down in South Caroline filming Leatherheads with George Clooney.” In case anyone was wondering. :)
There’s page at Clooney’s Web site bout it (it’s about the early days of football):
43 | corporalgeo Mon. Mar. 5, 2007 at 5:58amhttp://www.clooneystudio.com/movies/leatherheads_history.html