3.13: Traveling Salesmen
Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Written by: Michael Schur, Lee Eisenberg, and Gene Stupnitsky
Summary (NBC): On Andy’s suggestion, Michael has staffers team up for sales calls, leading to some interesting, insightful moments in the field. Meanwhile, Dwight attempts to cover for Angela after she misses an important deadline. Karen receives surprising information.
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Tidbits
- Blogs: John the prop guy | Jenna
- Reviews: TV Guide | Entertainment Weekly | Tori | Northern Attack
- Promo photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
- Buy Traveling Salesmen at the iTunes Store
Favorite quotes
Harvey: I am Harvey, a computer. Jim sucks.
Jim: Zing!
Harvey: Pam, you look very hot today.
Harvey: Me so horny. Me love you long tim.
Pam: Who’s Long Tim?
Harvey: Me lobe yoy long time.
Jim: Well Yoy should bring Long Tim in one day.
Harvey: Get out of my off-five.
Harvey: Boobs.
Angela: Is it a big deal? Is it, Kevin?
Andy: I’m not falling in a chocolate river.
Andy: Hey, Dwight, pass the tardy sauce.
Michael: Next up, the Super Fly himself, Stanley.
Stanley: I’ll take the kid.
Ryan: I’m very flattered. I was his second choice, after “pass.”
Jim: Oh young Jim, there’s just so much I need to warn you about. And yet, tragically, I cannot.
Andy: Sebring, by Chrysler. A heck of a motor carriage.
Dwight: You want shirts on hangers?
Michael: And you guys are the gay couple.
Michael: It’s Amazing Race, Phyllis, okay?
Michael: I am now having him do my laundry as punishment.
Andy: I used to work at Abercrombie, so … pretty good folder.
Karen: Why are we turning in here? This is a beauty salon.
Dwight: Leave the keys.
Michael: Hawkman.
Andy: I have walked two marathons, so …
Michael: The men’s room was disgusting.
Dwight: Seven out of ten attacks are from the rear.
Andy: I caught an 80-pound shark off Montauk.
Andy: Sniped it with a rifle from the crow’s nest.
Andy: Okay, this is the classic undersell.
Andy: Man, that is like poetry. I swear, this guy could sell paper to a tree.
Andy: Oh man, talk about your classic lame-dash-o.
Pam: Angela, you seem so happy. I bet you wish you were like this all the time.
Andy: I really Schruted it.
Michael: Who knows how words are formed?
Stanley: And you just said, “Hi. Hi. Hi.” You sounded like my niece. And she’s six months old!
Kelly: Omigod, Jim, how are you?!
Dwight: Here’s my card. It’s got my cell number, my pager number, my home number, and my other pager number. I never take vacations, I never get sick, and I don’t celebrate any major holidays.
Phyllis: He was hung up on Pam for such a long time. I didn’t think he’d ever get over her.
Phyllis: You can pay me back later for the makeover.
Andy: Why would Dwight go to New York without telling anyone?
Andy: Someone told me a story about this, with, like, laundry and betrayal.
Michael: Fool me once, strike one. But fool me twice, strike three.
Dwight: I like Karen. She’s pretty. Appears intelligent.
Jim: Well, I like pretty women who have the appearance of intelligence.
Dwight: She could be a model. Or a college professor.
Jim: We should go on a double date.
Jan: And where it asks you to state your business, he wrote, “Beeswax Not Yours, Inc.”
Andy: Ooooh, doggy.
Dwight: I overslept. Damn rooster didn’t crow.
Michael: Why do you lie, liar?
Michael: I want you to think about it long and hard.
Dwight: That’s what she said.
Michael: Don’t you dare. I want to know what you were doing this morning by the end of the day.
Dwight: I’ll just stand up in front of the office, and reveal our true love.
Angela: I hate those two people more than anything in the entire world!
Karen: Did you ever have a thing for Pam?
Dwight: It’s been a pleasure working with some of you, and I will not forget those of you soon.
Dwight: While today it is me, we all shall fall.
Dwight: In other words, I’m quitting.
Andy: Oompa loompa, doompadee dossum, Dwight is now gone, which is totally awesome. Why was he gone, he was such a nice guy. No, he was not, he was a total douche. Doompadee doom.
Ryan: Dwight will be missed. Not by me … so much, but he will be missed.
Dwight: One of my life goals was to die right here, in my desk chair. And today, that dream was shattered.
Karen: What happened on your sales call?
Andy: Am I happy about the way things turned out? Well, happy’s such an ugly word.
Additional scenes from the newpeat aired on March 15, 2007
Pam (on phone): Dunder Mifflin, this is Pam. This is Pam. I did? (Talking head) Yeah, I did a watercolor of Francis Willard Elementary School for a contest they were having. They were calling with the results. And I won. I won! My painting won. So I’d like to thank my mom, for always encouraging me. And I’d like to thank my dad, for buying me my first set of art pencils. And I’d like to thank the sixth grade class that picked me.
Pam: Hey Kev, guess what? I won an art contest today.
Kevin: How much did you win?
Pam: Hundred dollars.
Kevin: I won four hundred bucks on the Celtics game last night.
Pam: Cool, congratulations.
Kevin: Thanks. So sweet.
Pam: Hey, Angela. I got good news today, too. I won an art contest.
Angela: That’s great, Pam. I like having these little moments with you. You know what? Sprinkles recently had kittens.
Pam: Oh!
Angela: I would like to offer you the dominant male. His name is Ash.
Pam: Oh! Hmm. I don’t think so. But thanks. My … building manager is … you understand.
Angela: Well then. Have a nice day.
Jim: Beesly, coffee?
Pam: No, thanks, I had some already.
Jim: All right.
Pam: But hey, Jim …
Jim: Yeah.
Pam: I won an art contest today.
Jim: No way! All right Pam, congratulations! (Jim and Pam high-five.)
Pam: Thanks.
Jim: Which one was it?
Pam: I sent in one of my watercolors.
Jim: Cool.
Pam: It was a new one I did.
Jim: Oh nice.
Karen: You ready, Jim?
Jim (to Karen): Yeah. (To Pam) Can I see it when I get back?
Pam: Yeah.
Jim: Congratulations!
Pam: Thanks.
Jim: Big deal.
What is the episode called where Michael talks through Harvey the Computer? i can never figure it out!
358 | CEING Tue. Aug. 19, 2008 at 1:29pmWhat a great episode! Kudos to the writers on this one :) I love that Jim tells Karen how he feels about Pam. Jim loves Pam that’s all there is to it! I don’t have any sympathy for Karen. Dwight’s job at Staples was priceless! How awesome, I just love it :)
357 | Elizabeth Tue. May. 13, 2008 at 7:32pmI really want to know what “handkerchief or horsefly” means.
356 | Christina Thu. Sep. 27, 2007 at 10:42amMr. Snub
i noticed both of those things missing….. i’m actually not very happy about that. i hope it was just a mistake, because i feel that dvd’s are supposed to have more content, not less!
355 | J-mac Tue. Sep. 25, 2007 at 2:39amDid anybody else notice on the DVD of this episode the original cold open with Harvey the computer (check the deleted scenes) when Michael is typing “Me lobe yoy long time.” the entire rest of Harvey’s lines are there on the monitor even though Michael hadn’t even typed it yet? In the original broadcast the shot of the monitor was correct. Why’d they change it?
Also, I’m watching the DVD and I’m wondering what the heck happened to the scene where Jim asks Ryan if he wants to pull a prank on Andy and Ryan says “Not right now, but ask me again ten years ago.”? It’s… GONE!!
354 | Mr. Snrub Mon. Sep. 24, 2007 at 8:50pmi crack up every time i see andy going into dwights stuff. it really shows his character. well, his old character.
353 | soufpawbandit28 Fri. Aug. 3, 2007 at 4:33pmWhen is Roy gonna try to kill Jim? I want to see that episode!
352 | Jack Sat. Mar. 31, 2007 at 9:08amThe Karen-Roy thing is just ridiculous. A talented, independent white collar with a tactless, drunk blue collar worker? She might’ve mentioned that he was ‘cute’, but she’s smart enough to know that he isn’t her type.
351 | Mt Sat. Mar. 17, 2007 at 2:40pmphyllis and karen’s makeover was so funny- i laugh everytime i watch that scene in the car after they get their makeover. that was awesome!
350 | teamkaren Sat. Mar. 17, 2007 at 7:08amThe Pam/art storyline on the newpeat was so adorable. I hope the include it on the season three dvd!
349 | gracie Fri. Mar. 16, 2007 at 8:25amthis was like my favorite episode besides cocktails…and all the others…lol…i love this show sooo much!!! and the phone part with andy was soo funny!!! “Maybe you’re in the ceiling.”
348 | Allison Thu. Mar. 8, 2007 at 6:04pmme lobe yoy long time
347 | HinduHalloween Tue. Feb. 27, 2007 at 9:11amall the episodes can be found here
346 | broweTV Sun. Feb. 11, 2007 at 10:00pmThis is by far the funniest, best-written episode of the season so far! I love it.
345 | BeeswaxNotYours Thu. Jan. 18, 2007 at 7:58pmFor Dwight, another heartbreak leaving DM rather than betray his gal. Reminds me of Drug Testing, when Dwight handed in his volunteer sheriffs uniform after helping Michael pass his urine test. Dwight only knows the straight and narrow.
344 | Future Dwigt Thu. Jan. 18, 2007 at 1:46pmi dont think i could continue watching the show if dwight was to leave, rainn wilson is life.
343 | madeline Thu. Jan. 18, 2007 at 12:14pmdid anyone read this from Kristen’s gossip column (E!)
this is what she wrote:
Is Office Romance in the Air? When John K. wasn’t chatting up Ben Affleck, he was spending most of the night at the side of Rashida Jones, aka his girlfriend on the show, Karen. As you may remember, the two once dated before she came on the show, and if my Spidey senses are tingling correctly, they could very well be back together—ditto for B.J. Novak (Ryan) and Mindy Kaling (Kelly).
342 | Corporate Booty Wed. Jan. 17, 2007 at 9:42pmI just read where The Office and My Name is Earl are already renewed for next season!!!What a big surprise!! Just kidding. They are the 2 best shows ever on TV. I think that we will be seeing both of them for many years to come. Made my day!!
341 | Helen Wed. Jan. 17, 2007 at 12:08pmHi everyone!
I’ve really enjoyed reading your entries. I just discovered this site and I know it will add to my enjoyment of this first-rate show. I loved the original BBC show - which ended after two short seasons and a two-part Christmas Special. I think it’s great that the NBC version has really come into its own and developed the original characters in a whole different way.. plus adding new and equally important characters to its rouster.
I like what Karen’s character has added to the whole Pam and Jim dynamic. Andy is the perfect foil for Dwight. Watching Andy get what’s coming to him will be fun.
340 | Doompadee Doo Wed. Jan. 17, 2007 at 9:05amdont worry. dwight did not leave 4ever.
339 | officefreak711 Wed. Jan. 17, 2007 at 5:42am