The Office Fan Tours, Scranton

When I got off the bus at Poor Richard’s and started walking across the parking lot, a women driving a carload of kids crossed my path and stopped. She rolled down the window, pointed at the bus, and asked, “What tour is that?” I replied, “oh, this is The Office Fan Tour. Do you watch ‘The Office’?”

She got really excited and said, “Yes! Our whole family does!” I said, “Well if you wait for just a second, Bob Vance will be getting off the bus.” Her eyes grew big and she replied, “Get OUT! No way! Really?!” I laughed.

Bobby Ray got off the bus and I motioned for him to come over to the car. He shook the woman’s hand and had a little conversation, and then she and her kids were happily on their way.

Bumping into Office fans in Scranton is the Greatest. Thing. Ever.

At Poor Richard’s, Bobby Ray signing a namesake BVVR magnet. That’s Tim standing next to him, one of the tour’s organizers. Tim did an awesome job of managing the tour!

Bobby Ray behind the Poor Richard’s bar.

We handed out prizes to the egg race and trivia contest winners at Poor Richard’s. All the prizes I brought with me went to good homes! (Thanks again to the NBC Store for sending me so many goodies!)

Jonathan, Egg Race #1 winner, won an Angela bobblehead.

Chris, Egg Race #2 winner, won a Creed bobblehead.

Chris, trivia contest winner, won The Office board game.

Here I am with Tucker and Andrea, from the tour team. I can’t praise enough all the people involved with the tour that day — Tim, Tucker, Andrea, Emily, Colin, and Colin — a big THANK YOU to all of you for putting together such a fun tour for fans!

And of course, it was such a treat meeting so many Tallyheads! What a perfect place to have a party. :)

After the tour ended around 4pm, Sandy and I returned to the hotel for a short cat nap and then got to attend a little lake party. I also got to watch the filming of an interview Bob Vance (not Bobby Ray, but Bob Vance) did with a local “green living” website. I’ll post it as soon as it’s up!

One final photo: the view from our room at the Lackawanna Radisson.

Time traveling to and from Scranton: 24 hours.
Time actually spent in Scranton: 24 hours.
Time hanging out with Office fans: Priceless. :)

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   109. Matt Gerchow  Sun. Jul. 10, 2011 | 12:30am

   Congrats on such an original and unique business model that allows fans to express their love of the office as well as make a pilgrimage to Scranton.
   Been all over the world, but am seriously considering a vacation to scranton, pa to see the office tour.

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   108. dallas  Wed. Jun. 1, 2011 | 5:49am

   The tour was closed when we went, but luckily I planned ahead. Good that we did because we hit a whole bunch of Office places that aren’t on the tour. Ie, Lackawanna Hotel, Glider Diner, and a bunch of cool coffee shops that are sporting Office art. Poor Richards at night was creepy and the bartender was rude. So go in the day if you can. Coopers was cool but make sure you can get a room in the main dining hall and not in the back room because it’s just a normal room. I recommend mapping out the Office spots before going.

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   107. mindysfavshow  Tue. May. 31, 2011 | 7:16pm

   It’s an amazingly fun time! I probably won’t make it up there at all this summer due to increased tour and gas prices. Although, if anyone important (or cast wise) is planning to go, I’ll consider it.

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   106. Anonymous  Sun. Apr. 10, 2011 | 10:23pm

   [from tanster: please contact the tour organizers with your feedback, thanks!]

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   105. Eric  Fri. Feb. 25, 2011 | 12:33pm

   I can’t wait to go to one of the tours! Does anybody know the dates any of the cast members may be joining the tour?

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   104. Paul  Fri. Feb. 11, 2011 | 5:51am

   I flew in from the UK to attend the december office tour (a nice couple from Australia also were on this tour)so i was hoping that i would not be disappointed after all that travelling and i have to say i wasn’t , Tim, amanda and graham were excellent hosts, and with the food and drinks included it was great value. So any fans should get theirselves over to Scranton- don’t forget your camera as a bonus i found the people of the town really nice and polite.

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   103. Brenda Kigar  Wed. Feb. 9, 2011 | 5:32pm

   I don’t see the tour times…when does it start and end??? Thank you, Brenda

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   102. mindy(mindysfavshow)  Sat. Dec. 11, 2010 | 12:37pm

   Wow, they’re upping the price again! It’s becoming costly but it’s so worth it for as much fun as it is. I see it’s now once a month too. I’m sure I’ll still find myself up there at least once next year.

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   101. Lynn Diamond  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 7:41pm

   If my boyfriend and I were the winners of “The Office Fan Tour Giveaway” the landmark that we would most enjoy seeing would be Lake Scranton as shown in the “Beach Games” episode. This is one of our favorites as it is where Pam was finally able to prove something to herself and stand up to the others.

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    100. Katie  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 7:40pm

    If I was the winner of the “The Office Fan Tour Giveaway”, I would be most excited to visit Lake Wallenpaupack because Booze Cruise is one of my all time favorite episodes!!

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    99. Teresa  Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 | 2:17pm

    If I am the winner of the Office Fan Tour Giveaway, I would be the most excited to visit Poor Richard’s pub because that is a place that the office workers in the show like to hang out at a lot after work and I think it would be interesting to see the place that inspired that.

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    98. Brittany  Sat. Mar. 20, 2010 | 1:03pm

    If I win “The Office Fan Tour Giveaway”, I would be most excited about seeing Lake Scranton because I love mother nature and its now a tourist location made possible by…my favorite actor B.J. Novak!

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    97. Jordan  Fri. Mar. 19, 2010 | 7:27pm

    ohmigod. i am so pumped about this! i know im just a teen, but if i won the ‘Office Fan Tour Giveaway’, it would be the highlight of my life! you have no idea :) id love to visit everywhere the tour goes and more!

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    96. Abe & Yoly  Fri. Mar. 19, 2010 | 1:19pm

    If my fiance and I were to win “The Office Fan Tour Giveaway” it would be a great early honeymoon for us (we get married in July). The sight we’re most excited to see is COOPERS Restaurant which is ironic because my fiance is allergic to shellfish. Please pick us, we’re the LATINO version of Jim & Pam :)

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    95. Jenny Kate  Thu. Mar. 18, 2010 | 7:10am

    For The Office Fan Tour Giveaway, I’d want to visit Lake Scranton to see if I could find Andy floating in it.

    [from tanster: March 2010 winner]

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    94. Kate  Wed. Mar. 17, 2010 | 9:06pm

    If I won The Office Fan Tour Giveaway, I would find the Chili’s restaurant closest to Scranton, then proceed to ask them all about the Dundie awards ceremonies, including a certain crazy receptionist. I would also bring my Dundie with me so my sister and I could act out part of the awards episode – and sing the baby back ribs song. (Is it bad that it would be a dream come true if we were banned for life?) And for those wondering about more “official” Scranton landmarks, I’d make my own drive-by opening credit video sequence for good measure.

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    93. agnes  Wed. Mar. 17, 2010 | 2:31pm

    I would like to have a beer at Poor Richard’s if I won the Office Fan Tour Giveaway!

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    92. ThedutchKelly  Wed. Mar. 17, 2010 | 12:55pm

    If I won The Office Fan Tour Giveaway I would like to see Lake Wallenpaupack because my favorite episode was the Booze Cruise!

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    91. Kimcasso  Wed. Mar. 17, 2010 | 9:19am

    I would love to visit Poor Richard’s, and then have my best friend’s bachelorette party there, the attendants are all office fans!

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    90. Colleen  Wed. Mar. 17, 2010 | 7:31am

    If I win The Office Fan Tour Giveaway, the landmark I most want to see is the “Electric City” sign, WHAT? The “Electric City” sign! WHAT? The “Electric City” sign!!

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