Mindy Kaling suggests Dwight Schrute as new boss

Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello spoke to The Office’s Mindy Kaling about her choice for new boss when Steve Carell leaves:

“I’d love to see Rainn Wilson in that position,” says coexecutive producer/costar Mindy Kaling, who snagged a much-deserved Emmy nomination for co-writing last season’s four-star Jim/Pam wedding episode. “Dwight has become so nuanced — you actually care about him now. I think if [we did a good job laying the groundwork] this coming season, he would be a fantastic boss.

“But that’s my dream,” she adds. “It certainly hasn’t been approved by people that are more powerful than me and who make those kinds of decisions.”

Mindy goes on to say:

“We’re still infatuated with Steve and love him so much that we’re hoping for some 11th hour like, ‘I really do like this schedule and I like craft services here, so I don’t want to go.’ But I’m going to take him at face value and [assume] he’s not being coy and that he really wants to [leave].”

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The Office ‘Secretary’s Day’ Q&A with Mindy Kaling

What was Steve Carell like as a director? Does the song “Secretary of Love” actually exist? Which unaired scenes simply must make it onto the Season 6 DVD?

Mindy Kaling answers these questions and more about The Office episode Secretary’s Day, which she penned.

And may I say that whenever Mindy gets her Q&A on, it’s always a chattin’ good time. Thank you, Ms. Mindy!

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‘Subtle Sexuality’ wins Streamy Award

The Office webisode series Subtle Sexuality, written by Jonathan Hughes and Nate Federman and directed by Mindy Kaling, has won a 2010 Streamy Award for Best Companion Web Series!

The Streamy Awards are “devoted to honoring excellence in original web television programming and those who create it.”

Congratulations, everybody! “You’re blazin’ hot!”

A Night of 140 Tweets

On Friday, March 12, 140 Twitterati performed their tweets on stage at the Upright Citizens Brigade for A Night of 140 Tweets.

Sponsored by Funny or Die, Stillerstrong.org, and The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 100% of the proceeds of “A Night of 140 Tweets’ go to Artists For Peace and Justice to benefit the Haitian School Initiative.


Here are ‘The Office’ peeps who lent their twittering twalents:

  • Rainn Wilson
  • Ed Helms
  • Mindy Kalling
  • Ellie Kemper
  • Paul Feig
  • Mike Schur
  • Rob Riggle (“Captain Jack” from the booze cruise)
  • Rich Sommer (Pam’s art school friend “Alex”)
  • James Urbaniak (Dwight’s friend “Rolf”)
  • Rob Huebel (Holly’s boyfriend “AJ”)

The video is pretty awesome (warning: parts are NSFW). Download at iTunes below!

Link: A Night of 140 Tweets (no longer available)