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No more product placement in The Office?

In a story about product placement that took place on a recent ’30 Rock’ episode, the Hollywood Reporter also includes some interesting observations about ‘The Office’:

… “30 Rock” has made it onto Nielsen’s list of the top 10 shows with product placement only one time since the fall season started. “The Office,” another NBC show known for cutting major integration deals with advertisers in the past but which insists it no longer is involved in any such deals, turned up on the Nielsen top 10 list for four of the first five weeks of the fall season.

Link: ’30 Rock’ rolls ads into story lines

Tipster: Brad

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The Office Hallmark holiday cards

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Hallmark is selling two holiday cards that include audio clips from The Office.

First card

Front: So many reasons to be merry …
Inside: Have the greatest Christmas of all time!
Audio: Christmas is awesome. First of all, you get to spend time with people you love. Secondly, you can get drunk, and no one can say anything. Third, you give presents. What’s better than giving presents? Fourth, getting presents. So four things, not bad for one day. It’s really the greatest day of all time.

Second card

Front: Christmas is a time for giving …
Inside: … and receiving. Happy Holidays
Audio: Presents are the best way to show someone how much you care. It is like this tangible thing that you can point to and say, hey man, I love you this many dollars worth.

These cards are available at Hallmark.com as well as stores like Walmart.

Tipsters: Brittany, Marianne

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My letter to Jeff Zucker

[This letter was mailed on November 30]

Dear Mr. Zucker,

I have five words for you: “Image is everything. Andre Agassi.”

It was those five words, spoken by Michael Scott in The Office’s Season 2 episode, “The Fire,” which motivated me to write its author, B.J. Novak, back in late 2005.

To my surprise, B.J. wrote me back: “You are the first to quote the Andre Agassi line! I came up with it on the spot and told it to Steve and was SO proud of it. I thought no one noticed, or remembered the Canon ads. Glad you did!”

Shortly thereafter, I decided to create a fansite for the show. In February 2006, OfficeTally.com was born. It’s been an amazing adventure ever since.

Now running a fansite isn’t always fun. Especially on Thursday nights, when I laboriously transcribe my favorite quotes from that evening’s episode. But even after nearly two years of running OfficeTally, I still react with childlike glee when I load up the quote randomizer with my favorite gems at the end of the evening.

You see, great writing is joyous. Great writing inspires people to create fansites. And great writing deserves fair pay.

Until the contract negotiation is resolved, I will not watch any replacement programming you put in The Office’s place. I will not view or download online episodes.

And OfficeTally’s quote randomizer will go dark.

Because without fair pay, there are no words.

Sincerely,

Jennie Tan
www.officetally.com

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Okay Tallyheads, go write your own letter.

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The Weekend Tally

Tipsters: Kristina, Jessica, ThatsWhatISaid, Paige, ThreeHolePunchVersion

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B.J. at Princeton University

A reminder that B.J. Novak appears in Princeton’s Fall Comedy Show Friday night!

Host: Princeton USG
Date: Friday, November 30, 2007
Time: 9:00pm – 11:00pm
Location: Richardson Auditorium
City/Town: Princeton, NJ
Description: The USG presents comedian BJ Novak of “The Office,” tickets are free, seats can be reserved at Frist of Richardson. Stand-by seating available before the show.

For those of you who have FaceBook accounts, here’s the announcement page.

Tipster: Matt