The Office ‘Sabre’ Q&A

Q. Are there any plans for other cast members to direct in the near future? | Scott

Jen: There is a plan to have Rainn direct. I’m pretty sure he’s directing one of the last ones of the season — I’m not sure the exact episode has been worked out yet — but you can look forward to that.

Q. When will you have the chance to play a character, Jen? Haven’t they worked out someone in the Schrute family for you to play? | Emily

Jen: Right?! Seriously. I’m starting to come to grips with the reality that it might not happen for me. Here’s what has been loosely agreed to (but not in writing — any lawyers out there? Do I need it in writing? :) ) — if there is ever a giant Schrute reunion (we’ve talked about various forms of this idea) — I can maybe be sitting at a table with hundreds of other Schrutes. It may not be much, but I’ll take it!!

[from tanster: not acceptable. you must be given lines. Something Schrute-rageous!]

Acknowledgements

Since so many people contributed to this Q&A, I wanted to thank and acknowledge the entire writing staff:

Contributing writers: Jenna Fischer, Ellie Kemper, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Andy Buckley, Creed Bratton, and LaVerne Caracuzzi-Milazzo. Thanks for all of your insight!

Special guest writer: John Krasinski. Not only was this John’s directorial debut on The Office, but he’s also the first episode director to ever provide input on an OfficeTally Q&A. Thank you for being our first, John! (TWSS.)

Executive writer: Jen Celotta. The biggest thank you goes to Jen, who spent a ton of time to provide us a full course of yummy behind-the-scenes details (including that scandalous writers room secret, what will Mike say when he finds out?). Thank you for everything, Jen!

That wraps another awesome episode Q&A. Hope y’all enjoyed it! :)

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   46. darth scranton  Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 | 9:51am

   @Ampay, the “Taste the Rainbow” quote made me think of Skittles, too!

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   45. computerharvey  Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 | 9:18am

   Thank you so much for this tanster, you never fail!

   Michael Scott with a sixpack would’ve looked weird, indeed.

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   44. Ampay  Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 | 8:15am

   Great Q&A! Huge thanks to everyone involved, especially John, Jen and Tanster :D

   It was an honour to have one of my question answered… It’s not very often that fans get this kind of opportunity to interact with the cast and crew like this!

   Also, did anybody else think of Skittles for the “Taste a rainbow” quote? Maybe it was just in Canada, but a couple years ago, Skittles had a promotion called “Taste THE rainbow” =P

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   43. Robaroo  Sat. Feb. 27, 2010 | 6:39am

   Thanks so much!!! That was fun to read!

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   42. Matt  Fri. Feb. 26, 2010 | 1:44pm

   Awesome Q and A for an awesome episode. The cast and crew are some of the most likable and naturally funny people around, and it’s always interesting to hear how much thought goes into even the minor details. Thanks to everybody involved!

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   41. HarveyTheComputer  Fri. Feb. 26, 2010 | 11:48am

   Nice Q&A! I loved Sabre! Creed’s comment just killed me!

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   40. LoveJim  Fri. Feb. 26, 2010 | 11:03am

   What a great Q&A! I just love the show, the cast, the crew, and OfficeTally, of course!

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   39. JaneD  Fri. Feb. 26, 2010 | 9:08am

   Thank you so much for this. Great Q&A. Special thanks to everyone for taking the time to give interesting and funny answers. :)

   I noticed that John mentioned making a Director’s Cut of this episode. Is that why we never saw any deleted scenes on NBC.com? And does this mean the cut will be shown at some point on the website and/or included on the DVDs?

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   38. mk  Fri. Feb. 26, 2010 | 7:18am

   i loved creed’s comment about john

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    37. Brittany Akers  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 9:07pm

    My question was answered!!!! That was really cool and insightful!! :)

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    36. Cola  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 8:53pm

    Lol I love Creed.

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    35. from himself, from the future  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 8:38pm

    Wow, so so fun. THANKS again, Tanster and amazing Office peeps who make us fans love you and your show so much!

    As far as Office Withdrawal goes, I can only be thankful that these two weeks at work have been crazy! (plus, this Q&A allowed me to spend Office Time – which would start roughly 20 minutes from now if it were a good Thursday – doing some Officey-thing : ) Woot.

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    34. Brigette  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 5:35pm

    So great. I loved the Harry Potter story, the true story behind the awkward interview, learning that it was John’s idea to have Wallace be so creepy, and of course, Creed’s statement. Thanks so much to EVERYONE for chipping in and answering our questions! (And thanks, Jen, for answering mine!) This Q & A just reminds me why I love you guys so much– thanks for loving us back!

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    33. Jackie  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 3:29pm

    This was great! And John answered my question!! *dies a little* Thanks again for having this Q&A, reading all these answers and the behind the scenes tidbits was so much fun. :)

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    32. Megan  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 3:24pm

    “Which one’s John?” – Classic.

    Loved this Q & A! Best one yet! Thank you Tanster for making this happen! it certainly helped my Office withdrawals (1 more week!)

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    31. kim  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 2:40pm

    my question was answered! thanks so much jen & john (:

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    30. Jaz  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 2:05pm

    Yay! My question was answered. Thanks again Tanster for putting this together. I love all the behind the scenes info!

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    29. Dadaist  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 1:59pm

    Thank you Andy for answering my question. In my opinion your David Wallace and Amy Ryan’s Holly are the only ones who have managed to bring out the most tenderful and precious side of a man who has a tendency to create havoc for himself and others. Michael Scott of course.

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    28. what's the dealio?  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 1:30pm

    Thank you so much! This was the best Q&A — it made me laugh and smile and made my day! All this insight and funny stuff was such a great added bonus to yet another truly great episode. There is no other cast, crew, writing team in the business that gives so much to their devoted fans! What a truly functional, happy, crazy-talented bunch. Thanks again to Tanster and The Office!

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    27. FlonkertonChamp  Thu. Feb. 25, 2010 | 1:12pm

    john answered my question… i can die happy!

    the answer was great too… 9ft. 2in… heeeeeee. oh john how i love you.

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