1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: Oh my god, that's it right there, scrant the Electric City. 2 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: It's been seven years since The Office Finale aired and 3 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: we had the Scranton Rap Party here. I haven't been 4 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: back since, really and exploring anything about the Office, I 5 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: felt like it was important to come back here to 6 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: scrant It's not really where it all started, but it 7 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: somehow feels like it's where it all started. My name 8 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: is Michelle Dempsey and I'm a co chair of the 9 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: Office Convention in the Office Rap Party. My name is 10 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: Tim Holmes. I'm a co chair of the Office Convention 11 00:00:49,440 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: in the Office Rap Party. Hello everybody, and welcome to 12 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: a brand new and very close to my heart episode 13 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: of The Office Deep Dive. I am your host, Brian 14 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: baum Gartner. Now, I thought we could do something a 15 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: little bit different today, alright, something very special. If you've 16 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: been following me on Instagram, you know that I just 17 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 1: got back from my book tour, and let me tell 18 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: you it was freaking incredible, all right. I went all 19 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: the way back to Scranton, Pennsylvania, the Electric City, the 20 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: hometown of the Office, and I'm not even making this up. 21 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: I left Scranton with an honorary certificate in Scrantology from 22 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: the University of Scranton. I'm a doctor as far as 23 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: I'm concerned. Yes, I think I am the only person 24 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: to have ever been bestowed with such an honor. So 25 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: take that everybody else. Uh Now, as an honorary Scrantonian, 26 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: I thought I would take you back to Scranton with 27 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: me and introduce you to some of the amazing people 28 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 1: I have met in the town. I really have not 29 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: felt more welcome from any town or any group of 30 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: people ever. Scranton has become my second home, and it 31 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: is all because of the people. I am so excited 32 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: to introduce you to to such people, the incredible Tim 33 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: Holmes and Michelle Dempsey. These two were responsible for the 34 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: Office Convention in two thousand seven and the Rap Party 35 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: in two thousand thirteen. If you read our book or 36 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: listen to the podcast, you know how special those events were. 37 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: Tim and Michelle's love for the show and for their 38 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 1: town Scranton is so big that they volunteered to co 39 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: chair all of these spectacular office events. They have done 40 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: an amazing job every single time I have come, and 41 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: they have made those experiences extra special, not just for me, 42 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: but for everyone else who was there. Along with the 43 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: rest of the town. They keep the show's legacy going 44 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,119 Speaker 1: and I could not be more grateful. So on this 45 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: very special edition of the podcast, please give a warm 46 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: Scrantonian welcome to the true keepers of the office. Tim Holmes, 47 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: Michelle Dempsey, and all of the people of Scranton. Bubble 48 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: and Squeak. I love it, Bubble and Squeak, Bubble and 49 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: Squeaker cooking at every month. Lift over from the night before. 50 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: I was driving down the highway here and we got 51 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: off and there was the mural there. I started, no joke, 52 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: I started getting emotional when I just like, I just 53 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: saw the sign. Honest to God, when Scranton heard you 54 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: were coming, you felt the electricity searched through the city. 55 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: I'm not kidding you. Every my phone hasn't stuffer ringing. 56 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: I'm sure Tim has been the same way it has 57 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: been and everybody and anybody who thinks they might be 58 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: you know, they it has just been on fire since 59 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: you're since your tweet. Yeah, we were trying to keep 60 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: it under the bottles. Were like yeah, and then your 61 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: tree went out. We're like, okay, it's on Well, John 62 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: just kind of he was because I talked to him 63 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: yesterday and then he was like, will you send me 64 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: a photo? Will you send me a photo? And I 65 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: sent John the picture. And the true story is I 66 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: like put my phone in my pocket and then it 67 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: like buzzes what seems like fourteen seconds later, and it's 68 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys remember Steve Socks. I 69 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: think he was here at the rap party. He was 70 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: like the long time stand in, like like he was 71 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: like Steve stand In anyone standing on the show. And 72 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: I look at my I'm like Steve Socks and he goes, hey, 73 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: if you're with Krasinski telling me it was a hundred 74 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: dollars for the fantasy football buy in this year because 75 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: he's like a missioner, and I'm like, how does he 76 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: know with Presinsky? And then suddenly my phone went like 77 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: you're with John tell him this you're blah blah blah, 78 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my god. He posted it 79 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: like so quickly after he got his hands. Yeah. And 80 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: now how did you first find out about the Office? Well? 81 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: I was a huge fan of the British version of 82 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 1: the Office, Okay, so when I heard that The Office 83 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: was coming to America, yea. And then when I heard 84 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 1: was Scranton. I actually panicked. I panic, I was. I went, 85 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: I didn't know the mayor well, but I like, like 86 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: march to city Hall, like this is not a good thing. 87 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 1: This is not a good thing because Slough. They're not 88 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: kind to Slough in that show. And the mayor was 89 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: trying to turn Scranton around and we were on this 90 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: upswing and and so I thought, you know, slow was 91 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: really the road to nowhere in that show. And um 92 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 1: and Chris Staherty, who's the mayor at the time, He's like, well, 93 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: I talked to Greg Daniels and who's the creator of 94 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: the American version, and he said, he's you know, it's 95 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: it'll be different, like he's going to be good to 96 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: the city. And I took a deep breath, like, okay, 97 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: that sounds good. And I hope this Greg Daniels everything 98 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: he told you he is, And like, could I think 99 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: higher of Greg Daniels, I don't think so. Like he 100 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: he made Granton like another quirky, lovable character on the show, right, 101 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: he captured the essence of who we are. And that, 102 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: you know, to me is because it's forever change the 103 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: perception on the outside. It finally let people like the 104 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 1: perception wasn't what the reality was to us, and now 105 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: they match, right, Like the perception is the reality, and 106 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: the Office was the springboard for that. Like it really 107 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: had an impact on Scranton, like huge, And I know 108 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: we'll talk about that a little bit, but there's the 109 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: before the office and after the Office for Scranton and 110 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: for when you leave Scranton and tell people where you're from. 111 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: What used to happen is like I'd say I'm from Scranton, 112 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:32,119 Speaker 1: people be like, oh, I'm sorry, right right right, like really, 113 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: And I always I never knew what they were sorry 114 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: about because I always loved to hear and thought it 115 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: was a great place. But um, now it's I'm from 116 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: Scranton's like I love the office and it's your instant 117 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: bond across the world with everybody, and you'll hear from 118 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: all these people the connections and the love and the 119 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: interesting moments that they've had outside of the area telling 120 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: people that they're from Scranton. Right, And I think there's 121 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: a cool story about how Greg picked Scranton to that 122 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: folds into pace. Go ahead. Um so actually Tim tells 123 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: us better than I do. So so this is Greg's words, 124 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: not ours. And we're obviously paraphrasing, but it is our 125 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: understanding that he chose, you know, basically, when he's looking 126 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: where he's going to do a philosophically speaking, it's a 127 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: it's a satellite brand, so it's got to be a 128 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: kind of a smaller city. Uh. He felt it had 129 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: East Coast sensibility, so he was kind of looking at 130 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: the East coast. When he decided the home office would 131 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: be in New York City, he began to look at 132 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: cities with with our with with with our, which in 133 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: might be a two hour driving distance. So he looks 134 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: at Grand Pennsylvania, Stanford, Connecticut, Utica, New York, Nashua, New Hampshire. 135 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: These may all sound familiar because they all wind up 136 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: being the branches and so and that's when he sends 137 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 1: out these teams to go check out, and Johnny Kay 138 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: happens to be one of them coming into Scranton. So 139 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: you know, from what we understand, there was a lot 140 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: of little happy circumstances because it wasn't only pinn Paper. 141 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: There was another place here called paper Magic, which is 142 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: also a place that John visit. And paper Magic is 143 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: the one that had a like Greg remembers getting a 144 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: greeting card that had paper paper magic Scranton p A. 145 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: So he kind of had that in mind, you know, 146 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: and he's he he did say, you know, he might 147 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: have just been being nice to us, but he felt 148 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: Scranton was kind of the one to beat because he 149 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: felt it was a big enough name just because of 150 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: how big we were during the investoral Revolution and a 151 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,079 Speaker 1: bunch of things, you know, for a little town, we 152 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: have a big name, um, you know. And ultimately everything 153 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: fell into place and it and it worked out wonderfully 154 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: for the show, for us, for everybody involved. Magic makes 155 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: all those Valentine's that used to give out in grades 156 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: magic scrant p A on the back of all of them, 157 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: and he remembered that. So it was a confluence of things, right, 158 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: and that was one of them. Yes, And he also 159 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: thought the name Scranton was a funny thing to say, 160 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: and it is. There's a lot of consonants all in 161 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: a row, and it works around in your a little bit. 162 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: And so that's that was the one thing. And if 163 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: you're from here, you don't pronounce the te right, so 164 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: so you, um, you were born here. I was born here. Yeah, 165 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: So that was how I heard about the office. And 166 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 1: then probably a few years into the show, I have 167 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: an architecture firm, and I was at work and I 168 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: opened up my web browser and there was just an article. 169 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: You know, they all populate. There was an article about 170 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: President Idaho getting this little economic boom from people who 171 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 1: were fans of the cult classical, the cult movie Napoleon 172 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: Dynamite going there to see all the sites, like we're 173 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: the fictional home of Donder Mifflin, right, Like that seems 174 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: like cooler. Um, we should invite everybody to come here 175 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: and like have like invite the actors to come here 176 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: and see the city and show people what it's like here, 177 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: and they'd have a great time. They'd meet with the fans, 178 00:10:57,679 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 1: the city you know, would be on displayed. Be a 179 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 1: win win win, which is what we ultimately That's that's 180 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: what we ultimately pitched, right, like the win win win, Right. 181 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: But that's where the idea came from, and it literally 182 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 1: went nowhere. And this is where Tim comes and went nowhere. 183 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: I I met with like three groups of people until 184 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: somebody was finally like, I have to introduce you to 185 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: Tim Holmes, right right, I didn't know you. I didn't 186 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: know each other at all, which is crazy to think 187 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: of a time I didn't know Tim and the Homes 188 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: family right right, uh. And so we were introduced, and 189 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: Tim instantly saw the you know, he was got it. Yep, 190 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 1: all right, here's what we're gonna do. And then he 191 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: went into Tim mode right right right now? Did you 192 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: know the show? Were you watching the show? So I 193 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: was definitely familiar with it, but I wasn't as immersed 194 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,719 Speaker 1: in it as Michelle was, so I certainly saw the 195 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,719 Speaker 1: value in it, but it was definitely something that we 196 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: were all beginning to see license plates from Ontario and 197 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: South Carolina and everything driving from town that doesn't happen 198 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: in Scranton, but it began to happen, and we're all like, yeah, 199 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: I guess what you're saying. Michelle is making an awful 200 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: lot of sense. So, and like we were doing things. 201 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: And just to be clear, Tim worked for the local 202 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: newspaper and I was an architect. We had no background 203 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: and anything like okay, like like Tim did planning events locally, right, 204 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: so he knew how to put an event together. But 205 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: this was going to be bigger than anything I think 206 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: you'd ever done, right, And so here I am an 207 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: architect and he's a marketing We come up with this 208 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: big idea. We got all these partners on board, I 209 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: remember at one point. Then then we had to go 210 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: through everybody's act like agents and managers, right, Like for 211 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: everybody I'm calling, I'm like, I don't hello, Hi, I'm 212 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: representing office convention, right, I'm I'm putting together contracts. I'm like, 213 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: I'm like, what am I doing staring at a piece 214 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: of paper? And I like negotiating Like this was crez 215 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: Like we had to do it all right. It was 216 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: like Tim and I had to do all of that, 217 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: which is exactly why I think Greg liked it because 218 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: he could see it wasn't like some outside group that 219 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: was coming in and trying to monetize this thing. It 220 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: was not set up to be a, you know, a 221 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: for profit thing, which is why you guys gave us 222 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: a ACN talent fees and you know, and they helped 223 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: with travel and all this other kind of stuff. They 224 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: could see right from the get go that it was 225 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 1: it was a partnership. The partnership was with the city 226 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: of granted, it was with the county. He was with 227 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: the Visitors Bureau. We weren't selling, you know, sponsorships where 228 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: you had to put a shirt on that said somebody Sunjoko. 229 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: We were gonna, you know, we knew enough not to 230 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 1: do any of that stuff. And I think, you know, 231 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: we would have conversations with to Wann Park and the 232 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: NBC Universal folks, and and truly they were kind of 233 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 1: put they were put on the sc Yeah, they didn't 234 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: open the door to the producers of the show and 235 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: to Greg and tell what they realized we really had 236 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: something that they're like, Okay, I think these guys have 237 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: their stuff together, right, so we're going to now make 238 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: this connection because we had to dream up the entire 239 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: like all the the office Olympic Games. The writer's blocked, 240 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: Like that just came out of our heads, right. That 241 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: was like it was maybe about seven or eight of 242 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: us that did it. Tuck our house, Matt Smith, you know, 243 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: Eric Devi and all these guys are building our websites 244 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: and everything. Uh, all of that stuff was critical because 245 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: they all played a certain role in it. And then 246 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: all the partners, the University of scrant and all these 247 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: guys tapping into all that. Once we had it all, 248 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: you have one of these conference calls. We had already 249 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: had a number of them, but I later found out 250 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: that at one of the big ones, when they were 251 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: deciding whether we're in or out, Kinsabornack had told me 252 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: when he came to Scranton that he was listening in 253 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: on the one and he just looking to hear if 254 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: we're just a bunch of fangirls we're gonna lose their 255 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: minds when you guys get to town, or if we're 256 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: actually going to hold this together and keep you guys 257 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: safe and have it lined up with the University of 258 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: scrand police and you know in the scrand Police and 259 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: the State police, and the Marshall's office. Like Michelle's brother 260 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: in laws a he's a worked here in downtown. We 261 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: had all of that, but it's such a small town 262 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: you can do something. And our whole pitch to Greg was, 263 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: you know, office fans are are unique. They need to 264 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: come together like Allah's Star Trek convention. But it can't 265 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: be done in l a. It cannot be done in 266 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: New York. It has to be done in scrant Because 267 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: it was such a part of the show interesting afterwards 268 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: became even more part of the show, which I thought 269 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 1: was was interesting because Greg had the foresight to bring 270 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: the writers here too. But but I think, but not 271 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: to get ahead. I think, so here we have we've 272 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: like sort of put this this agenda together. We have 273 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: this thing. The only thing we didn't have were the actors. 274 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: You and Angela had come in like that in May 275 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: to to say, hey, we're gonna there's gonna be the 276 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: office convention, like you sort of generously because at the 277 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: time all this could have backfired, right, kind of put 278 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: yourselves out in front. But come like a month before, 279 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: still there was nobody officially signed up to come of 280 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: the day that we got our first actual country, we 281 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: were panicking. We're like, we're gonna have a party no 282 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: matter what. And I remember you called me. You did, right, Brian, 283 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: And you called me when night You're like, how's it going? 284 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: And I was like, well, you know, it's going pretty well. 285 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: I'm trying to keep up the front, like it's come 286 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: pretty well. You know, all the planning seems to be happening. 287 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: You know, we got this, that got that, and um, yeah, 288 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: we just you we don't have any of the actors yet. 289 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: And you said something that made my stomach drop. First, 290 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: he said, I just want to start by apologizing I'm 291 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: just so sorry. And I was like, I'm like, okay, 292 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: it's cool, um trying to keep up, you know, with 293 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: the front again, and You're like, I've talked to my people, 294 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: and um, I can I can only convince thirteen of them. 295 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: I think I'm pretty sure. I started crying ran on 296 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: the phone, right, I was like so emotional. I don't 297 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: even know what I said after that, I just lost it. 298 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: And I was just like, because that was that, I 299 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: knew it was gonna happen. It was gonna be this thing, 300 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: and it was going to be unprecedented. You know. That 301 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: was everything that moment to me with with you on 302 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: the phone, it was just too much. It was awesome. 303 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: So just to put a timeline on this, So this 304 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: is two thousand six, so you're already in season three 305 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: at this point. We hosted it in October, late October, 306 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: but that was we all remember that day when you're like, 307 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: we got twelve. Now, the beauty of that. So you 308 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: may remember that none of the Fab four could make 309 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: it that year, right, So Steve, John, Jenna, and uh 310 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 1: and Rain could not make it, you know, just conflicts 311 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: and all that other kind of stuff. What we felt 312 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: from the very beginning is the actually convention was so 313 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: special because it celebrated the ensemble cast. Everybody else was there, 314 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: all the writers were there, so it really you know, 315 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: we you know, we're glad that we didn't want to distracted. 316 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: Jenny Tan was there, like Danster was there. But we 317 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: you know, we were able to build it and get 318 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 1: our hands around it, you know. And the people who 319 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: were they were truly office fans, you know, they weren't 320 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: four year old virgin fans. They were office fans. And 321 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 1: that was why the first one was so special, and 322 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: it was packed. It was packed. I was actually there, yes, 323 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: and I thought like it was one of the moments 324 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: to me because I was up in the balcony kind 325 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 1: of looking down and just enjoying it so much. And 326 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: each writer told episode that they wrote and and people 327 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: were like cheering for the episodes like I, you know, 328 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: I did the Baconator with the George forming girl that 329 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,959 Speaker 1: was failing. And but the cool moment too, was at 330 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 1: the end. First everybody was so into it, but then 331 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: at the end they did a little clip of a 332 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: piece of a show that hadn't been seen yet, and 333 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 1: the crowd got to watch it live, and the actor 334 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: or the writers later told us they'd never like they'd 335 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: never gotten to see the fans watch the show and 336 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: get the reaction in real time, and that that was 337 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: like a really cool moment for them to hear them 338 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 1: laughing where they hope they would get a laugh and 339 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: like just so appreciating the beauty and the joy of it. 340 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: You know, well, I remember, I remember, I mean from 341 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: my side, and I don't even think that I was 342 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 1: aware that it was like a tryout. I remember coming 343 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: There was this brunch and I remember Tim saying, yeah, 344 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 1: you know, this was like for v I P things 345 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 1: and you know, I'm not sure how many people are 346 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: going to be there, but you know, then we've got this, this, this, 347 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 1: and Angela and I show up and I don't know 348 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: if you remember this, but like something happened and we 349 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: were walking into a room that was way over fire 350 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: code capacity of people and us walking in and like 351 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 1: you just like you feel a wave of heat from 352 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: bodies just walking into this room, and I like I 353 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: remember like my breath like being taken away, and like 354 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: where the fuck am I and I could say whatever 355 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: we want. I could say whatever I want I and 356 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: I I mean, I will never I will never forget. 357 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I'll I will tell you right now. There 358 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: was a plan in place of the V I P. 359 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: And they were gonna be able to have a picture 360 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,199 Speaker 1: with us. And then so many people came in. You 361 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: were like, okay, so here's the plan. You're gonna go 362 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: around to each table and they were like banquet tables 363 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 1: of like ten or twelve people. You're gonna go around 364 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: to each table and you're gonna say hi to each table, 365 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: and then they'll take a picture with you, and then 366 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,360 Speaker 1: you'll move around to the next table. And what happened 367 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: was there were so many people that you you begin 368 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: I mean, this is a percent what happened. People started 369 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: thinking they're not going to get to us, like they're 370 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: gonna leave before it's our turn. And so then the 371 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 1: plan went awry and everybody stood up and started just 372 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: like descending into this corner. And I had Gen Garrity 373 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: police officer, police officer Gen Garrity four ft ten and 374 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: I was told could take me over her back if 375 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: she needed to body slam me um. And I remember 376 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: I was taking napkins off the table because it was 377 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: so hot and there were so many people and I 378 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 1: was like white base and she's like her eyes are big, 379 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: like whoa. And I turned around to her at one 380 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: point and I said, okay, and I, I mean, you 381 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 1: have to understand, I'm just a theater guy from Atlanta, Georgia. 382 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: Like this is I was like, what is going on? 383 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 1: I turned her at one point, I looked, I looked 384 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: in her eyes, and I said, okay, I just I 385 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,959 Speaker 1: need I need to make sure you know you're watching 386 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: my back because I feel like I'm going to die. 387 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm not going to make it out 388 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: of here. If I know you got my back, we're good. UM. 389 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: And just that whole trip, the um, you know, the 390 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: roof party and everything. So when we came, you had 391 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: this idea to do the convention, and then we came 392 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: and it was clearly I mean, I feel feel like 393 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: even then it was surpassing your expectation. Were you surprised 394 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: by people's reaction or was that had you come to 395 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: know that this was how it was going to be. 396 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 1: I think from your visits, we knew if everybody came 397 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: it would be something epic. It was even more epic. 398 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: It was just beyond like you can't imagine those things, right, 399 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,719 Speaker 1: Like even when you try, it's like it's just because 400 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 1: there are so many stories from that visit. So the 401 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: Today Show came right and they filmed live at the 402 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: University of Scranton. And then we're realizing that everybody thinks 403 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 1: actors are like otherworldly and kind of whatever. And because 404 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,239 Speaker 1: we had this him and I had this sort of 405 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: backstage access, we're realizing, my god, they're just people who 406 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: and this is kind of new to them too, right. 407 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: So Phillis was getting ready with Stanley to go out 408 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: and be interviewed by by All Broker and and when 409 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:05,239 Speaker 1: she came out, the crowd went insane, insane, insane, and 410 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: she got very emotional because she never felt anything like that, 411 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: Like she wasn't she one of the people who helped casting. Yeah, yeah, 412 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: she she started out in casting, wasn't an actor, and 413 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 1: Ken Kappas and Greg Daniels and everybody just thought, well, 414 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,479 Speaker 1: this is what we're looking for. We're looking for real people. 415 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: And yeah, she got cast. So she was here since 416 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,959 Speaker 1: she was feeling this reaction, and right she was one 417 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,679 Speaker 1: of the first famous faces the kids saw. So like 418 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: that was you guys had come on a Thursday night, 419 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: Friday night, we're about to go live. It's a three 420 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: day convention. And again this is October two thousand six, 421 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: season three, so we have we all stay out way 422 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: too late Thursday night, so you guys all come to 423 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: town birthday. It was Craig Robinson. So we you know, 424 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: we say at what was Whistles Pub back in the day, 425 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: and we're doing karaoke which just wounted to be in 426 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: a wild night. So now it's we've got to be 427 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: here at like six in the morning because we're going 428 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: live with local TV stations. So the students at the 429 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: University of Granton, about four thousand of them, camped outside, 430 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: so they are waiting all night long for this and 431 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: they are losing their minds. And so it's when we're pulling, 432 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,199 Speaker 1: you know, out of the out of the kind of 433 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: the staging area. We're pulling fill us out of there, 434 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: she is like, if you remember, she had like a cane. 435 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: She had heard her ankle that we so she has 436 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 1: like this cane and she has her purse on her 437 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: arm like she's just like going to the store. And 438 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: as we're walking up the door, it's like go time. 439 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: We're gonna be live in about fifteen seconds, she starts 440 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 1: reaching in her purse to get out of camera to 441 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: take a picture for her mom. Again, that's that's the 442 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: part that she's a regular person, you know, And so 443 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: I like grab the camera and I'm like, I'll take 444 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 1: pictures for your mom. You gotta get on national TV. 445 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: So it's just those experiences. But everyone, you know, every 446 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: one of the folks at Helms is a young guy, 447 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: never been in the hangover, Like people don't know who 448 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 1: he is. And we have them playing a banjo at 449 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: the bog, which is legitimately about three square feet. So 450 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: many things that happened, but I remember, um, we were 451 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: actually in this room I think, or no, it was 452 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: another building at you and uh we had fireworks going 453 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 1: off and it was another really nice event. But a 454 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: gentleman came over to me and he said, are you 455 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: Michelle Dempsey? And I said yes, and he's like, I'm like, 456 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: who are you? And it was Greg Daniel's dad and 457 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 1: I was like, and he told me that he like 458 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: catching my breath right, and he's like, he's like, I 459 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: just want to let you know that I've been to 460 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: an oscars and I've been to an Emmy's and you know, 461 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: I've been a super Bowl. He's like, He's like, and 462 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: this is the best party I've ever been to. This 463 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: this weekend, it's now it was in his son's honor 464 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: and like a right but but like for us, I 465 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: think that mom was like, wow, like this did happen 466 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: and it came together and people are enjoying it. And 467 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: then the letters we got afterwards from the fans who 468 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: came that would just melt your heart about how is 469 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: the best weekending of lives or you know people who 470 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,880 Speaker 1: came here who you know, we're special needs who got 471 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: to meet their their heroes right like it It really 472 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,360 Speaker 1: was for some people they had the best day weekend 473 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 1: of their lives. In script because of the office, the 474 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: press was also a great thing. So you talked about 475 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: the letters we received and everything you know, we got. 476 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: We were in the China Times, like the got on 477 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 1: the ap wire. It was a sweetheart of a story. 478 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: So it was in every newspaper in the nation, you know, 479 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: back when people read newspapers. It was in I forget 480 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: what paper, but one of them said that it was 481 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 1: like a Star Trek convention with girls. But it just 482 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: it was just great group of people. Everybody was happy. 483 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: Now fast forward to two thousand thirteen with the rap 484 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: party that was bananas, that was everybody came for that. 485 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: How did you feel when you found out the show was? 486 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: Of course bittersweet? Right, it felt like it had this 487 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 1: amazing like if you go on too long, as like 488 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: knowing when to end. I guess it's as important as 489 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: anything else. Right, Um, So it was like sad, but 490 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: oh my god, the way the show ended was so 491 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: there's not a show in anywhere in TV history that 492 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 1: ended more beautifully in my personal opinion than the big 493 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: ending that you can talk about. But this was. This 494 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,719 Speaker 1: was fantastic. So so we just I think a texted 495 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: um it's time and you were like, let's go or something. 496 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: It was like a real nice little We were both 497 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: almost like kid met like the same moment saying we've 498 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: got it. Take a deep breath, We're going to do 499 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,399 Speaker 1: it again. So, just so you know, it didn't that 500 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,479 Speaker 1: didn't just come out of thin air. So as we 501 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: were wrapping up the Sunday, Greg Daniels, you know, everybody 502 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 1: had already gotten off. Greg was on one of the 503 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: last flights out of Scranton. You know, we got to 504 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: have a moment with him where we just said, you know, hey, 505 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 1: this was awesome. You're welcome to do this anytime you 506 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: want to come on back. If we can't do something 507 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: like this every year every year, just at least consider 508 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: doing a rap party here, you know, and just instead 509 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: of going wherever you would normally go, just get on 510 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: an airplane party at thirty thousand feet and let's just 511 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: do it here. And instead of this crazy three day thing, 512 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: let's cram it into one super awesome day because we 513 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 1: already knew once it had started that was way too 514 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: big and unwieldy. You know. Just when I went out 515 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: and that was Steve Carrell, he was He's like, I'd 516 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: love to be in a parade and screened now here. 517 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: You have a big parade, right and you wanted to 518 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: be in a coffee cup world best boss. I like, 519 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: you want a parde and Scrien, You've got a parade, 520 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: say the word. And we did. We had a parade. 521 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: We had it all mapped out. It was a perfect, 522 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: like four block parade to this awesome thing. We had 523 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 1: set a right at Courthouse Square and everybody is off 524 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: on the streets easily twenty people on the streets and 525 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 1: just a very small area and everything is looking good. 526 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: I take a nice little picture of the parade route. 527 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: We've got everybody in, the beautiful open cars and everything. 528 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: The first guy we have gon down as Craig Robinson, 529 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: and he is on you know, on the back of 530 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: his pickup truck, and he just starts dancing. He's got 531 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: his arms and he starts waving the crowd to come in. 532 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 1: You're too far away, come on. That's how it happened. 533 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: And the whole the entire length of the parade route 534 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: all collapsed on the parade so we were literally elbowing 535 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: eighteen year old girls away from but Steve Carell we 536 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: could have never protected him. It was just again the 537 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 1: whole thing that that evening, and just the the genuine 538 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 1: smiles on the faces of everybody. Yes, the fans could not. 539 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: I mean I think they lost their months, like they 540 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: couldn't have if you that is what happiness looks like. 541 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: That's what joy looks like. That stadium is like what 542 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: joy looks like if you get to see it right, 543 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: And and everybody's faces were just lit up like and 544 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: including Steve's. He came out and hit. He just you 545 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 1: could tell, even at that level of fame, he genuinely 546 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: appreciates that those people were there, you know, to to 547 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: to to appreciate the body of work that was created, 548 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: you know, and and and you guys as individual actors, 549 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: and you're extreme and massive talent that brings. I was 550 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,239 Speaker 1: thinking about the other night because I went home and 551 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: I was you know, it doesn't matter how your day is, 552 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: you put The Office on and you're gonna smile and 553 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: you're gonna laugh, you know. For me, I adopted two 554 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: boys three years ago from Kyrgyzstan, so they came over. 555 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: They spoke Russian in order of English, and um, we 556 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: were still using translators. Um. And my older son started 557 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 1: watching The Office, probably because it was in my saved programs, right, 558 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: and he just started binging it. And I'm like, well, 559 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: maybe there's a little inappropriate here and there, but what's 560 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: he going to know? Right, let him watch it, right, 561 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: And one day I'm sort of sitting there watching it 562 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: with him, and he's laughing at the jokes. He's laughing 563 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: at all the right not just the slapstick, he's laughing 564 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 1: at all the right spots and I'm like, he can't 565 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: talk to me yet, but he knows what's happening here, right. 566 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: I'm like, so he probably knows when I say clean 567 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: your room too, But like you, but it was the 568 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: the appeal was so unique, Like what is that? I 569 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: don't know. I can't see it ever ending because it's 570 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: just it's timeless. It is timeless. Well, Ken, today I 571 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: was talking about I said, what is the office done 572 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: for Scranton? Why is the office so special? Or why 573 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 1: is that bond there? And he just very plain spoken, 574 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: said well, what is your life and your career since 575 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: the office? And I said, well, it's completely and totally 576 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: changed me and and people's perception on me. And he said, yeah, 577 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: that's that's the town too. And I can't explain it 578 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: is it makes no sense to me. I'm a guy 579 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: from Georgia that now lives in California, but the the 580 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: bond that I feel to this place, it doesn't make 581 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: any sense. I am telling you. I said this, when 582 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: you got here like you are, your love is so 583 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: it's so real, it's so felt by us. And I 584 00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 1: think maybe you're you're feeling that genuine love that people 585 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: have for you here because it is it's as real 586 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: as it as it gets for someone that you didn't 587 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 1: grow up with, who wasn't your family, do you know 588 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,560 Speaker 1: what I mean? But they feel your your love, We 589 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 1: feel your love for us a town that wasn't loved 590 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 1: for a long time, right, And you came here and 591 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: you're like, I'm this is this is part of me now, 592 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: you know, and we get it and we love it. Yeah. 593 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: But the two of you and the initiative you showed, 594 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 1: and how respectful you were of the show as we 595 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: tried to be of Scranton, your love of the place, 596 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: and how hard I know you were. The show was 597 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: a little engine that could terrible ratings. We were trying 598 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: to do something new and different. And you know, my 599 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: my last impression or memory from the office convention was, 600 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: you know, they said yes, but did they think it 601 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: was going to be a success? And all I remember 602 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 1: is we had a three day convention, an NBC sent 603 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: only one semi truck of merchandise down and by halfway 604 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: through the first day everything was gone. And I think 605 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: we were under underestimated. You guys were underestimated, and our 606 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:28,839 Speaker 1: fans were underestimated in a way, and you guys will 607 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: always have huge love in my heart and appreciation for 608 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,399 Speaker 1: the two of you and what what you did for us. 609 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,480 Speaker 1: I just want to thank you. That is wonderful, but 610 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,280 Speaker 1: we certainly appreciate it. And as we said, without your connection, 611 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 1: it never happens. And uh, we all passed this way 612 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: but once and at the you know, my parents are 613 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 1: in a nursing home right now and they look back 614 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,359 Speaker 1: and look at the fun times in their lives. We'll 615 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 1: all be doing that soon enough. And those real connections 616 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 1: that you create is all that matters, you know, And 617 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,360 Speaker 1: this has been wonderful. I I said to um to 618 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: Greg after after I think after the originally convention, I said, 619 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,319 Speaker 1: I said, thank you for the rocking chair stories. You know, 620 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 1: these are experiences and memories. When I'm an old lady 621 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,359 Speaker 1: on the rocking chair and the old folks home, I'll 622 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,319 Speaker 1: be still be telling people about until they don't want 623 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 1: to hear it anymore. But Mike, it's still good though, 624 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: and uh. And so we have these rocking chair stories 625 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: now thanks to the office, thanks to Greg's risk taking 626 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,920 Speaker 1: belief in us. And we always tell people who ask us, 627 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,359 Speaker 1: like these characters you love, they deserve your love because 628 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 1: as people through the exact same It's like you are 629 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 1: just salt to the earth. Amazing wonderful people too. And 630 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 1: and so where maybe I'll end it is sort of 631 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: what I heard um, Steve Kerl say to a little 632 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 1: group of people at the rap party. Um, he said, 633 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 1: don't be sad it's over. Be happy it happened. I 634 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 1: don't know. I'm a rocking chair. So I'm going to 635 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,400 Speaker 1: feel about my life too, write And this is something 636 00:35:55,440 --> 00:36:00,160 Speaker 1: I always these these events and even these conversations like 637 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:07,080 Speaker 1: don't gave us this and you just that's well, thank 638 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 1: you guys so much. No, and thank you for coming 639 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 1: and talking to me and being so open and letting me, 640 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:32,840 Speaker 1: letting me come back again. I sopate always welcome. All right. Wow, 641 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: that got a little emotional there at the end. Thank you, 642 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 1: Tim and Michelle, I love you. Thank you for being 643 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:47,840 Speaker 1: so open with us, and and thank you Scranton for 644 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: always welcoming me home. But before I wrap this episode up, 645 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,239 Speaker 1: I just want to give a shout out to a 646 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,400 Speaker 1: few of the other folks who made my last trip 647 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 1: to Scranton, oh special. First, I want to thank Ken, 648 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,360 Speaker 1: the limo guy, who that he's my go to driver, 649 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:10,920 Speaker 1: in Scranton and always make sure I get to all 650 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:15,960 Speaker 1: of the planned destinations on time or at least fashionably late. 651 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:21,280 Speaker 1: Two Mayor Page GEPHARDT. Cognetti, And to the Scranton Police Department, 652 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:26,400 Speaker 1: especially my dear old friend Jen Garritty for keeping us safe. 653 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: The University of Scranton, who not only bestowed my new 654 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:35,000 Speaker 1: certificate in Scrantology, but also helped us organize the Q 655 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:38,320 Speaker 1: and A and the book signing for hundreds of students 656 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,319 Speaker 1: who might I add, waited for hours in the rain. 657 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: Thank you to the President, Reverend Joseph Marina, the Executive 658 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: Director of Conferences and Events Services, Frannie Mancuso, the director 659 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:56,400 Speaker 1: of News and Media Relations stand Sigmund, the Vice president 660 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,880 Speaker 1: for Student Life Bobby Davis, and the Director of the 661 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:05,399 Speaker 1: Center for Health, Education and Wellness, Stephanie Adamack, who very 662 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:09,600 Speaker 1: kindly volunteered to moderate the Q and A. The bookstore 663 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:14,319 Speaker 1: staff Lisa Mikhailo and Wayne Beach who stocked over a 664 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,000 Speaker 1: thousand books for us. Also a big thank you to 665 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,120 Speaker 1: the students who helped organize the event and to all 666 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:25,120 Speaker 1: the fans who attended. Next my people from Cooper's Cooper's 667 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,520 Speaker 1: Seafood House big thanks to Jack, Paul, Mark, Ryan, the 668 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:34,480 Speaker 1: whole gang you open your doors for hundreds of fans 669 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,320 Speaker 1: who wanted to get their books signed, including the bride 670 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 1: that I mentioned in the preface of the book, to 671 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 1: Patrick and Billy Nassair, Tony Potus, Eric Miller, the whole 672 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,600 Speaker 1: crew at Backyard Ale House for well the most unforgettable 673 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:54,439 Speaker 1: after party ever in the world, where I tended bar 674 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,160 Speaker 1: into the wee hours of the night. It is, without 675 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:03,680 Speaker 1: a doubt, my favorite hub in the entire world. Finally, 676 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:09,000 Speaker 1: one more giant thank you to Tim and Michelle and 677 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,840 Speaker 1: their families for greeting me with open arms and making 678 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 1: my trips back home to Scranton so special. So everyone listening, 679 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,120 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, the next time you're in Scranton, all right, 680 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,600 Speaker 1: you have to check out each and every one of 681 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:28,000 Speaker 1: their establishments, get the full office experience, and you will 682 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:33,080 Speaker 1: get a big Scranton welcome and listen. Just tell him 683 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:37,759 Speaker 1: Brian send you. I hope you all have a fantastic Tuesday. 684 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:41,760 Speaker 1: I will see you next week for another special edition 685 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:50,879 Speaker 1: of The Office Deep Dive. Where are you guys from 686 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,480 Speaker 1: Video Texas? Yeah, literally watched your show at least twenty 687 00:39:56,520 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: times character, and I'm about the priory own because I 688 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:02,480 Speaker 1: loving him so much. I drove all the way from 689 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,560 Speaker 1: show to meet you. I have an interview in the morning, 690 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 1: got to get back to it. Her brother got married 691 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: at the Ratis and when the convention was on, and 692 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: you and Awa came downstairs and you took a picture 693 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,440 Speaker 1: with him and his wife and our wedding. We actually 694 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:17,360 Speaker 1: walked into the office theme. I have a tattoo of 695 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,040 Speaker 1: Jim Helper when he addresses this twe My mom would 696 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,960 Speaker 1: not believe this because she thinks the Office of the 697 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:29,120 Speaker 1: stupidest show up all time. Please cut that part. I 698 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,919 Speaker 1: love