The Office star talks about his character, the fans, and saying goodbye.
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Rest in peace, Lester Lewis
I was greatly saddened to hear that Lester Lewis died this week.
Lester was a writer and producer on The Office during its early seasons, and penned Season 4’s The Deposition and Season 5’s Customer Survey. Lester was kind enough to do a Customer Survey Q&A with OfficeTally.
The most lively exchange of emails I had with Lester revolved around the song Boy Hangover, which he wrote for The Office Season 5 episode, Cafe Disco. He was absolutely delighted over the fan reaction to the song!
Rest in peace, Lester. xo
Craig Robinson and Greg Daniels’ new comedy
April 10 update: Craig says the show is titled ‘Mr. Robinson.’
From Deadline:
In his first major sale this season, The Office developer/executive producer Greg Daniels has set up a comedy at NBC starring The Office regular Craig Robinson and written by the show’s supervising producer Owen Ellickson. The untitled project centers on a talented musician (Robinson) with rough edges who adjusts to his new life as a music teacher in a big-city middle school, where he encounters teacher politics and the temptations of single moms.
Congratulations, Craig, Greg, and Owen!
Link: Craig Robinson to Star in NBC Comedy Pilot from The Office’s Greg Daniels
Jenna Fischer on ‘The Tonight Show’
The Office’s Jenna Fischer visited Jay Leno last night. Here are a few clips!
Jenna Fischer on working at a soda factory and as a phone psychic.
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Jenna Fischer on the final episode of The Office and her new keepsake.
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The Office audition sign-in sheet, 2003
How absolutely precious is this — The Office’s Rainn Wilson posted this audition sign-in sheet on his Facebook page yesterday.
Rainn explains: “This is the original sign-in sheet for the first day of casting for The Office given to me by Allison Jones, our incredible casting agent. I was the very first person to audition for the series, 11/06/03. Notice all the amazing talent on the sheet, including the amazing #13! This is perhaps the greatest Office keepsake I have. So grateful for the best job I will ever have.” Continue reading “The Office audition sign-in sheet, 2003”
Rainn Wilson lands CBS detective pilot
From Deadline.com:
The Office‘s Rainn Wilson has been tapped for the title role in the CBS/20th TV drama pilot Backstrom. Also cast in the project, based on the Swedish book series, is Page Kennedy. Written by Bones creator Hart Hanson, Backstrom centers on Everett Backstrom (Wilson), an overweight, offensive, irascible detective as he tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior. In addition to starring, Wilson will serve as a producer. He joins co-stars Kristoffer Polaha and Dennis Haysbert.
Congratulations, Rainn!
Tweets about The Office finale
Here are tweets about the final week of shooting The Office.
The final day of shooting was Saturday, March 16, 2013.
Thank you all for your lovely tweets! Means a lot!
— Angela Kinsey (@AngelaKinsey) March 17, 2013
It was the greatest honor to be a part of this show!Thanks for getting behind it.Yup… That’s what she said.
— John Krasinski (@johnkrasinski) March 17, 2013
I can’t thank you all enough for the tweets today. I will read them all over the next few days. Thank you all for your support of the show!
— Kate Flannery (@KateFlannery) March 17, 2013
You are the reason we made it on air…You’re the reason we stayed on this long…And you’re the reason we all had the time of our lives!
— John Krasinski (@johnkrasinski) March 17, 2013
There is truly nothing any of us can say that could be enough.But to each and every fan of our show we simply say… We love you.
— John Krasinski (@johnkrasinski) March 17, 2013
That’s a wrap.
— Jenna Fischer (@jennafischer) March 17, 2013
The empty set. 8:30PM 3/16/13 twitter.com/rainnwilson/st…
— RainnWilson (@rainnwilson) March 17, 2013
More on the next page.
About to shoot the final scene of the Office. twitter.com/MrCraigRobinso…
— Craig Robinson (@MrCraigRobinson) March 17, 2013
The Office lost photos
As The Office winds down, I feel more and more sentimental every day, and discover photos from seasons past that I have never seen before.
Such as this gem of Rainn Wilson (“Dwight Schrute”) from 2006.
I think this is one of my favorite publicity photos ever.
P.S. I posted lost photos from Michael’s Birthday yesterday.