Comments on: The Office goes green Nov. 8 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8 The Office Fansite Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: meredith http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-151455 meredith Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:07:35 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-151455 you know what would be funny? if michael does see live 8 or another message urging us to "go green" and michael takes the literal meaning and makes everyone wear green and have a green little office themed party, and then there would be little cuts and jabs by jim and pam at michael and his stupidity you know what would be funny? if michael does see live 8 or another message urging us to “go green” and michael takes the literal meaning and makes everyone wear green and have a green little office themed party, and then there would be little cuts and jabs by jim and pam at michael and his stupidity

]]> By: Dave http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-150809 Dave Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:51:14 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150809 I have faith in the writers and doubt it will detract from the quality of the show, but I am in agreement with the other posters in saying this sets a bad precedent. The idea of the wasteful, decadent entertainment industry lecturing us about conservation is ridiculous. I think zorro's idea is great. It would be interesting to see what happens if the writers present an idea like this. Will the network allow it? I have faith in the writers and doubt it will detract from the quality of the show, but I am in agreement with the other posters in saying this sets a bad precedent. The idea of the wasteful, decadent entertainment industry lecturing us about conservation is ridiculous. I think zorro’s idea is great. It would be interesting to see what happens if the writers present an idea like this. Will the network allow it?

]]> By: mayonegg http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-150564 mayonegg Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:22:59 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150564 Yikes! What's with all the distrust of the Office writers? When have they done us wrong before? I think its another hilarious way for Michael to jump on the trend-bandwagon -- as usual, a few months behind everyone else (can we say "My Humps" ringtone??). I don't think it has anything to do with politics... Yikes! What’s with all the distrust of the Office writers? When have they done us wrong before?

I think its another hilarious way for Michael to jump on the trend-bandwagon — as usual, a few months behind everyone else (can we say “My Humps” ringtone??). I don’t think it has anything to do with politics…

]]> By: The Yogurt Lid of Love http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-150504 The Yogurt Lid of Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:41:04 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150504 Me likey the zorro. You're absolutely right about the direction this can take. But I suppose this is to be expected, what with the 'mass persuasion campaign' Al Gore has launched. Me likey the zorro.

You’re absolutely right about the direction this can take. But I suppose this is to be expected, what with the ‘mass persuasion campaign’ Al Gore has launched.

]]> By: Diana http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-150484 Diana Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:04:30 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150484 Zorro you make an excellent point. And your pitch of the episode is exactly the way I think The Office should take on a subject like this. Zorro you make an excellent point. And your pitch of the episode is exactly the way I think The Office should take on a subject like this.

]]> By: Danna http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-150428 Danna Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:37:07 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150428 Ugh. Disappointing. Ugh. Disappointing.

]]> By: LEW http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-150410 LEW Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:14:24 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150410 Ken #20 - Don't forget that real business is done on paper. I learned that from a guest lecturer in Business School. I think this is actually a great idea. If the rumors about season 4 are true, then this will probably be a launching pad for Ryan's Dunder-Mifflin Infinity project. One thing that has always bothered me about the show is the amount of paper products that are used. I know how much we go through in my office, and I'm sure they recycle (I hope!), but it seems like a such waste when it's only being used to create an image. I'm thinking this is also a great chance for Michael to change all the lightbulbs to energy saving ones. Ken #20 – Don’t forget that real business is done on paper. I learned that from a guest lecturer in Business School.

I think this is actually a great idea. If the rumors about season 4 are true, then this will probably be a launching pad for Ryan’s Dunder-Mifflin Infinity project. One thing that has always bothered me about the show is the amount of paper products that are used. I know how much we go through in my office, and I’m sure they recycle (I hope!), but it seems like a such waste when it’s only being used to create an image. I’m thinking this is also a great chance for Michael to change all the lightbulbs to energy saving ones.

]]> By: The Yogurt Lid of Love http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-150408 The Yogurt Lid of Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:08:14 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150408 The more I think about this, the more it makes me roll my eyes. I truly hope "The Office" writers/producers had no choice but to play 'Follow The Network Leaders'... I guess I'll accept it with scoffing because it's just the cause of the day but the second Michael Scott starts lecturing me on universal healthcare or the Fairness Doctrine, "The Office" can find a new fan. The more I think about this, the more it makes me roll my eyes. I truly hope “The Office” writers/producers had no choice but to play ‘Follow The Network Leaders’…

I guess I’ll accept it with scoffing because it’s just the cause of the day but the second Michael Scott starts lecturing me on universal healthcare or the Fairness Doctrine, “The Office” can find a new fan.

]]> By: jenny http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-150369 jenny Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:04:53 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150369 I think we're forgetting the easiest part of this -- Dunder Mifflin is a paper company! So it could be as simple as Ryan talking about making the office paper free [a paper-free paper office?] or Dwight and Jim competing to see who can push the most recycled paper in a day. There is so much they can do with the paper issue and make it such an easy transition that we may not even remember it's eco-green week because it fits so well with The Office setting. I think we’re forgetting the easiest part of this — Dunder Mifflin is a paper company! So it could be as simple as Ryan talking about making the office paper free [a paper-free paper office?] or Dwight and Jim competing to see who can push the most recycled paper in a day. There is so much they can do with the paper issue and make it such an easy transition that we may not even remember it’s eco-green week because it fits so well with The Office setting.

]]> By: Elisabeth http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-150309 Elisabeth Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:21:04 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150309 I hope this won't be Staples all over again. I hope this won’t be Staples all over again.

]]> By: Happy Smile Patrol http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-2#comment-150243 Happy Smile Patrol Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:06:00 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150243 I think it's great NBC is doing this. The environmental awareness messages might seem out of place on some shows (e.g., Deal Or No Deal), but with The Office there are a ton of things they could do that would make sense. It could be something as simple as the branch getting a list from corporate of things they need to do to reduce their energy usage to save money, and as a side benefit also reduces their carbon footprint. A scenario like that is so realistic that, rewatching the episode in a few years on DVD, we might even forget it was originally part of an environmental awareness week. For example, I think it could be quite entertaining if Gene & Lee reprised their roles as Vance Refrigeration employees, and they replaced the refrigerator in the kitchen with one that's more energy efficient, or something like that. zorro (#11) – Using the phrase "climate change" in place of "global warming" was the brainchild of Frank Luntz, the Republican pollster / language crafter. He was also behind Bush's ineptly named "Healthy Forests" & "Clear Skies" initiatives. Since then, Luntz has changed his position, and he now accepts the evidence for anthropogenic global warming. I think it’s great NBC is doing this. The environmental awareness messages might seem out of place on some shows (e.g., Deal Or No Deal), but with The Office there are a ton of things they could do that would make sense. It could be something as simple as the branch getting a list from corporate of things they need to do to reduce their energy usage to save money, and as a side benefit also reduces their carbon footprint. A scenario like that is so realistic that, rewatching the episode in a few years on DVD, we might even forget it was originally part of an environmental awareness week. For example, I think it could be quite entertaining if Gene & Lee reprised their roles as Vance Refrigeration employees, and they replaced the refrigerator in the kitchen with one that’s more energy efficient, or something like that.

zorro (#11) – Using the phrase “climate change” in place of “global warming” was the brainchild of Frank Luntz, the Republican pollster / language crafter. He was also behind Bush’s ineptly named “Healthy Forests” & “Clear Skies” initiatives. Since then, Luntz has changed his position, and he now accepts the evidence for anthropogenic global warming.

]]> By: The Yogurt Lid of Love http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-1#comment-150210 The Yogurt Lid of Love Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:45:34 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150210 Ugh. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is pretty ridiculous. Personally, I've had about enough of the preaching from corporate entertainment. I don't want a lesson, I want to laugh. Ugh. I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks this is pretty ridiculous. Personally, I’ve had about enough of the preaching from corporate entertainment. I don’t want a lesson, I want to laugh.

]]> By: Jen http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-1#comment-150206 Jen Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:36:07 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150206 hmmm..I don't know how I feel about this. I hope they don't make it obvious that they are taking a stand. It is a good thing to support, but I want mockery. A lot of it. Especially from Michael Scott, he probably doesn't even know what the o-zone layer is. hehe. hmmm..I don’t know how I feel about this. I hope they don’t make it obvious that they are taking a stand. It is a good thing to support, but I want mockery. A lot of it. Especially from Michael Scott, he probably doesn’t even know what the o-zone layer is. hehe.

]]> By: Sara http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-1#comment-150205 Sara Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:35:59 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150205 i bet michael will have a "green day" or something and make everyone be all organic or something, and somehow have it ruined in the end. i bet michael will have a “green day” or something and make everyone be all organic or something, and somehow have it ruined in the end.

]]> By: Ken http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-1#comment-150202 Ken Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:30:38 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150202 Does this mean that Dwight will be getting a hybrid Trans-Am? Maybe one that runs on some sort of beet-derived ethanol? I would love to see Michael make some desperate, ridiculous attempt to turn Dunder Mifflin into a paperless office because he saw Cameron Diaz say paper was bad in a press junket for "Charlie's Angels 3". Does this mean that Dwight will be getting a hybrid Trans-Am? Maybe one that runs on some sort of beet-derived ethanol? I would love to see Michael make some desperate, ridiculous attempt to turn Dunder Mifflin into a paperless office because he saw Cameron Diaz say paper was bad in a press junket for “Charlie’s Angels 3″.

]]> By: Stephanie C. http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-1#comment-150184 Stephanie C. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:37:29 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150184 I don't think it a bad thing at all. I seriously doubt its going to affect the content of the show in any way. At the very least, it'll be fun to see how they approach the subject. I don’t think it a bad thing at all. I seriously doubt its going to affect the content of the show in any way. At the very least, it’ll be fun to see how they approach the subject.

]]> By: nv http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-1#comment-150173 nv Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:21:50 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150173 argh this kind of pointless gesture is irritating- who honestly thinks that ppl are going to watch an nbc comedy and think 'wow, maybe it IS cool to recycle.' i'm sorry, but if anyone is taking their lifestyle cues from michael scott, they have bigger problems than climate change. argh this kind of pointless gesture is irritating- who honestly thinks that ppl are going to watch an nbc comedy and think ‘wow, maybe it IS cool to recycle.’ i’m sorry, but if anyone is taking their lifestyle cues from michael scott, they have bigger problems than climate change.

]]> By: The Office Fanatic http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-1#comment-150163 The Office Fanatic Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:52:15 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150163 I really hope they mock it. It wouldn't be funny if they didn't. I really hope they mock it. It wouldn’t be funny if they didn’t.

]]> By: phyllis*farm http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-1#comment-150160 phyllis*farm Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:48:30 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150160 Anytime this kinda thing worries me I think of AD's handling of Burger King adverts in "Motherboy XXX" and I feel comforted. Anytime this kinda thing worries me I think of AD’s handling of Burger King adverts in “Motherboy XXX” and I feel comforted.

]]> By: Jules http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8/comment-page-1#comment-150152 Jules Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:37:35 +0000 http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-green-nov-8#comment-150152 Cool! I know it's only a little bit, but it's really about getting the word out. I've actually emailed people at NBC about using instead compostable take out food containers instead of polystyrene that clogs up oceans and doesn't biodegrade. I'm glad The Office is going to do something, too and I can't wait to see what it is. Cool! I know it’s only a little bit, but it’s really about getting the word out. I’ve actually emailed people at NBC about using instead compostable take out food containers instead of polystyrene that clogs up oceans and doesn’t biodegrade. I’m glad The Office is going to do something, too and I can’t wait to see what it is.

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