The Office Set Visit 2009: Day 3

A random dog wandered onto the set, turned himself around toward the direction of the filming, and then laid down. Everybody chuckled!

Random notes

• One of the scenes which didn’t make it into the final episode was #33 — “Michael and Holly are interrupted by Beth.” This is when Michael and Holly are brainstorming skit ideas. Beth is a member of Holly’s Nashua branch, and she is supposed to be exactly like one of the Scranton employees, in terms of personality and diction (I won’t say who). Hopefully the scene made it onto the DVD!
• Scene #45 “Pam gets injured, Charles insists she leaves to see doc” — Jenna did her own stunt! And I have to say, she did a great job of falling to the ground and making it look painful. I don’t even think the final episode used the best take of her fall!
• Scene #48 “Dwight stalls” — you know when Dwight kicks the volleyball into the distance, to stall for time while Jim and Pam are at the hospital? Do you notice the shack-like structure in the background? Well during the first few takes, an extra was hiding in the shack and whenever the volleyball was kicked near it, this extra would wave his arm outside the shack, and ruin the take. He did this several times in a row. Needless to say, this extra was asked to leave the set and was told not to return for the rest of the week.
• Scene #54 “Meredith serves into Dwight’s back” (see the third deleted scene) — the shooting for this was hilarious. Kate is standing not more than four feet away from Rainn, but during the first few takes, she throws the ball at Rainn’s back and misses! Rainn jokes, “C’mon! Look how big the target is!”

(To see all my 2009 set visit reports, go to the INDEX.)

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   41. luna  Mon. Jul. 13, 2009 | 8:11pm

   Pam’s ring is pretty. But saying that it’s “not huge” is a bit of an understatement.

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   40. Lexi  Mon. Jul. 13, 2009 | 3:16pm

   I really love Pam’s ring…It really suits her and even though the diamond isn’t huge it’s still really simple and beautiful.

3. 
   39. mintdwight?  Mon. Jul. 13, 2009 | 1:37pm

   From left to right I definitely think Phyllis then Pam…but the last one escapes me –

4. 
   38. luna  Mon. Jul. 13, 2009 | 10:51am

   Pam’s ring is like half a carat, lol.

5. 
   37. tanster  Fri. Jul. 10, 2009 | 9:59pm

   Answer to the rings:

   Left: Phyllis
   Center: Pam
   Right: Teri (Stanley’s wife)

6. 
   36. Ginger  Wed. Jun. 24, 2009 | 7:47am

   Tanster, is there going to be an update on the rings?

7. 
   35. Elizabeth  Tue. Jun. 23, 2009 | 5:37pm

   Tanster, can you tell us the answers to the ring quiz please? Thanks! I love your site. Keep up the good work!

8. 
   34. Kaityliz1120  Thu. Jun. 4, 2009 | 3:55pm

   Can you tell us the answer to the rings? There have been so many guesses and I am really curious.

9. 
   33. LanchParty  Thu. Jun. 4, 2009 | 7:16am

   Alright, I’m guessing again.

   Left: Phyllis’ engagement ring and wedding ring.
   Middle: Pam’s ring from Jim.
   Right: Pam’s ring from Roy.

10. 
    32. what's the dealio?  Wed. Jun. 3, 2009 | 10:28pm

    Oh man, those call times….good grief! Hope you’re a morning person! While I’d probably be psyched to get up in the dark if there was, say, a flight to Paris to be taking, or an Office extra to be, I’d still be half zombie/half headless chicken trying to pull it together enough in order to be punctual for those start times. Good work!

    [from tanster: it was really tough, lol. especially since i'm a late night person, and didn't go to sleep before midnight most nights. still, i would do it again in a second. ;) ]

11. 
    31. Elizabeth  Wed. Jun. 3, 2009 | 7:24pm

    Wow! Phyllis*farm you rock. The something Creed has is priceless! Way to go!

    PS – Tanster can you please give us some hints about this ring challenge? (This is really intriguing/bugging me more than it should.)

12. 
    30. Mindy  Wed. Jun. 3, 2009 | 7:19pm

    Tanster, will you let us know the right answers to the ring quiz?? If so will there be a super-secret prize for the winner (haha, jk)

13. 
    29. pretzelhound  Wed. Jun. 3, 2009 | 7:18am

    Thank you tanster for all your hard work, you make us feel so much a part of the Office!

    My guess for the rings:

    left: Angela (I’m guessing Andy already had a band too)
    middle: Pam (from Roy)
    right: Phyllis

14. 
    28. ASFan  Wed. Jun. 3, 2009 | 3:08am

    I rewatched Company Picnic and there was no ring on Holly’s hand. She’s not engaged. They’re just planning on moving in together.

15. 
    27. LizzyB  Tue. Jun. 2, 2009 | 9:29pm

    Left: Phyllis
    Middle: Pam
    Right: Holly? She and AJ are designing a house… Are they engaged? Also, it could be Kelly’s, because I can see her wearing something like that even if she isn’t engaged. After all, she did wear white to Phyllis’ wedding.

16. 
    26. LoveMeSomeJAM  Tue. Jun. 2, 2009 | 9:27pm

    Well, after analyzing screencaps from Chair Model, The Alliance and Gay Witch Hunt for the ring challenge, I’m still stumped but I’ll give it a shot.

    1. Since this looks like a wedding set I’m gonna say Phyllis even though the screenshot from Gay Witch Hunt looks just like the 2nd ring.
    2. Definitely Pam’s from Jim (Chair Model)
    3. Pam’s from Roy, I think (The Alliance when Jim grabs her hand while telling her about the prank)

17. 
    25. maura  Tue. Jun. 2, 2009 | 9:05pm

    1. Phyllis
    2. Pam
    3. Angela? a non character

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    24. Elizabeth  Tue. Jun. 2, 2009 | 7:47pm

    Great report Tanster!

    This ring quiz is driving me nuts! Phyllis definitely has a marquise shaped diamond and so I’m leaning towards the one on the left which also has a wedding band shown. Pam’s ring is the obvious choice for the second but after the engagement episode Jenna said that the ring was yellow AND white gold. Who knows where the 3rd belongs! I’m stumped.

    Final answer (maybe you’re tricking us!): Phyllis, Pam, Phyllis

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    23. Meg  Tue. Jun. 2, 2009 | 6:03pm

    Thanks for another amazing set report, Tanster! I know you probably can’t answer this, but I’m guessing “Beth” is a lot like Angela…I’ve always wondered if there are clones at the other branches
    :-D.

    Also, for the rings, I’m pretty sure it’s:

    Index -Karen
    Middle -Pam
    Ring -Phyllis

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    22. Sam  Tue. Jun. 2, 2009 | 5:59pm

    I didn’t know Malibu had picnic grounds…

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