1 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: Oh my god, that's it right there, scrant the Electric City. 2 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:14,640 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 Rat Party here. I haven't been 4 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,319 Speaker 1: back since. Really, in exploring anything about the Office, I 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: felt like it was important to come back here to Scranton. 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: It's not really where it all started, but it somehow 7 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: feels like it's where it all started. 8 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 2: My name is Michelle Dempsey and I'm a co chair 9 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: of the Office Convention in the Office Rat Party. 10 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 3: My name is Tim Holmes. I'm a co chair of 11 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 3: the Office Convention in the Office Rat Party. 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: Hello everybody, Bonus episode alert. That's right. You thought you 13 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: were done with me for twenty twenty three, but guess what. 14 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 1: I'm back baby. Off the beat, of course, this is 15 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: Brian Baumgartner. Now, I told you I get sentimental around 16 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: the holidays, and I meant it. I got so sentimental 17 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: that I decided to bring an episode back. I mean 18 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: way back, an episode I recorded a long time ago, 19 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: one of my favorite episodes from one of my favorite 20 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: places ever, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Now, if you know me, you 21 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: know how much I love it there. One of the 22 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: reasons is that every time I visit, I'm welcomed not 23 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: only by the city, not only by its incredible residents 24 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: and the students there at the University of Scritton, but 25 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: by my dear friends Michelle Dempsey and Tim Holmes. I 26 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: call them the Ambassadors to Scranton because one, they love Scrinton, 27 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: but two they also are some of the biggest Office 28 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: fans around. They organize the very first Office convention and 29 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: the rap party for the show that we did back 30 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen. They've helped me with various book tours. 31 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: In fact, pretty much every time I go back to Scranton, 32 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: they are my wingman and my wing woman for whatever 33 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: it is that I'm doing there. Going back to Scranton 34 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: always feels like home. I know many of you have 35 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: returned home during this holiday season, so for my last 36 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: episode of twenty twenty three, I wanted you to enjoy 37 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: my little trip back home. Here's Tim and. 38 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 4: Michelle Bubble and Squeak. I love it, Bubble and Squeak, 39 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 4: A Bubble and Squeaker cooking at every mole lift over 40 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 4: from the nine before. 41 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: I was driving down the highway here and we got 42 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,119 Speaker 1: off and there was the mural there. I started no joke. 43 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: I started getting emotional when I just like, I just 44 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: saw the sign. 45 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 2: Honest to God, when Scranton heard you were coming, you 46 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 2: felt the electricity search through the city. 47 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 3: I'm not kidding, are you? 48 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 2: Every my phone hasn't suffering. I'm sure Tim has been 49 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,959 Speaker 2: the same way it has been everybody and anybody who 50 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 2: thinks they might be you know they it has just 51 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 2: been on fire. And since your since your tweet, Yeah, 52 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 2: we were trying to keep it under. 53 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,119 Speaker 3: Let's love them, yeah. 54 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 2: And then your treat went out, We're like, okay. 55 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: It's on Well. John just kind of he was because 56 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: I talked to him yesterday and then he was like, 57 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: will you send me a photo? You send me a photo? 58 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: And I sent John the picture. And the true story 59 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: is I like put my phone in my pocket and 60 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: then it like buzz is what seems like fourteen seconds 61 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: later and it's I don't know if you guys remember 62 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: Steve Socks. I think he was here at the rap party. 63 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: He was like the long time stand in, like like 64 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: he was like Steve stand In or am I anyone 65 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: stand in on the show? And I look at my phone, 66 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: I'm like Steve Socks and he goes, hey, if you're 67 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: with Krazinsky telling me owes one hundred dollars for the 68 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: fantasy football buy end this year, because he's like the commissioner. 69 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: And I'm like, how does he know it with Krazinski? 70 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: And then suddenly my phone went like, you're with John 71 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: tell him this you're blah blah blah, And I was like, 72 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: oh my god. He posted it like so quickly after 73 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: he got his hands pretty nimble. I guess, yeah, Now, 74 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: how did you first find out about the Office? 75 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 3: Well? 76 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 2: I was a huge fan of the British version of 77 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 2: the Office. Okay, so when I heard that the Office 78 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: was coming to America, yay. And then when I heard 79 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: with Scranton, I actually panick. I paniced. I was I went, 80 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: I didn't know the mayor well, but I like, like 81 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 2: march to city Hall, Like, this is not a good thing. 82 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 2: This is not a good thing because Slow they are 83 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 2: not kind to slough in that show, and the mayor 84 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 2: was trying to turn Scranton around and we were on 85 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 2: this up swing and and so I thought, you know, 86 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 2: do Slow was really the road to nowhere in that show. 87 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: And Chris Doherty, who's the mayor at the time, he's like, well, 88 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,840 Speaker 2: I talked to Greg Daniels and who's the creator of 89 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 2: the American version, and he said, he's you know, it's 90 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 2: gonna be different, like he's going to be good to 91 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 2: the city. And I took a deep breath, like, Okay, 92 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 2: that sounds good, and I hope this Greg Daniels is 93 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 2: everything he told you he is, And like, could I 94 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 2: think higher of Greg Daniels, I don't think so. Like 95 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: he he meets Granton like another quirky, lovable character on 96 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 2: the show. Right, he captured the essence of who we 97 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: are and that, you know, to me is important because 98 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 2: it's forever changed the perception on the outside. It finally 99 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 2: let people like the perception wasn't what the reality was 100 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: to us and now they match, right, Like the perception 101 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 2: is the reality. And the Office was the springboard for that. 102 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 2: Like it really had an impact on Scranton, like huge, 103 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: And I know we'll talk about that a little bit, 104 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 2: but there's the before the Office and after the Office 105 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 2: for Scranton and for when you leave Scranton and tell 106 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 2: people where you're from, Right, what used to happen is 107 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 2: like I'd say I'm from Scranton, people be like oh, 108 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, right, right, right, like really right. And I 109 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 2: always I never knew what they were sorry about, because 110 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 2: I always loved to hear and thought it was a 111 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 2: great place. But now it's I'm from Scranton. It's like, 112 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,799 Speaker 2: I love the office and it's your instant bond across 113 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 2: the world with everybody, and you'll hear from all these 114 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 2: people the connections and the love and the interesting moments 115 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 2: that they've had outside of the area telling people that 116 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 2: they're from Scranton. Right, And I think there's a cool 117 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 2: story about how Greg picked Scranton too that folds into pain. 118 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, go ahead. 119 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 2: So actually Tim tells this better than I do. So, 120 00:06:59,560 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 2: so this is. 121 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 3: Greg's words, not ours, and we're obviously paraphrasing, but it 122 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 3: is our understanding that he chose, you know, basically, when 123 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 3: he's looking where he's going to do. Philosophically speaking, it's 124 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: a it's a satellite branch, so it's got to be 125 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 3: a kind of a smaller city. He felt that it 126 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 3: had East Coast sensibility, so he was kind of looking 127 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 3: at the East Coast. When he decided the home office 128 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 3: would be in New York City. He began to look 129 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 3: at cities with which in might be a two hour 130 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 3: driving distance. So he looks at Strand, Pennsylvania, Stanford, Connecticut, Utica, 131 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 3: New York, Nashua, New Hampshire. These may all sound familiar 132 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 3: because they all wind up being the branches and so, 133 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 3: and that's when he sends out these teams to go 134 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 3: check out, and Johnny Ka happens to be one of 135 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 3: them coming into Scranton. So, you know, from what we understand, 136 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 3: there was a lot of little happy circumstances because it 137 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 3: wasn't only penn Paper. There was another place here called 138 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 3: paper Magic, which is also a place that John visited. 139 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 3: And paper Magic is the one that had a greg 140 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 3: members getting a greeting card that had paper Yeah, a 141 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 3: paper Magic Scranton, PA. So he kind of had that 142 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 3: in mind, you know, and he's he he did say, 143 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 3: you know, he might have just been being nice to us, 144 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 3: but he felt Scranton was kind of the one to 145 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 3: beat because he felt it was a big enough name 146 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 3: just because of how big we were during the Industrial 147 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 3: Revolution and a bunch of things, you know, for a 148 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 3: little town, we have a big name, you know. And 149 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 3: ultimately everything fell into place and it and it worked 150 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 3: out wonderfully for the show, for us, for everybody. 151 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 2: Involved, from Magic makes all those valentines that used to 152 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 2: give out. 153 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: In Great School and. 154 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 2: Paper Magic, scrant Pa on the back of all of them, 155 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 2: and he remembered that. So it was a confluence of things, right, 156 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 2: and that was one of them. 157 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: Yes, And he also thought the name Scranton was a 158 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: funny thing to say, and it is. There's a lot 159 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: of consonants all in a row, but it works around 160 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: in your mouth a little bit. And so that's that 161 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: was the one thing. 162 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 2: And if you're from here, you don't pronounce the tea. 163 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: Right, scr scrit right, So so you you were born here. 164 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 2: I was born here. Yeah, So that was how I 165 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 2: heard about the office. And then probably a few years 166 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 2: into the show, I have an architecture firm, and I 167 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 2: was at work and I opened up my web browser 168 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 2: and there was just an article. You know, they'll populate. 169 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 2: There was an article about Preston, Idaho getting this little 170 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 2: economic boom from people who were fans of the cult classic, 171 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: the cult movie Napoleon Dynamite going there to see all 172 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 2: the sites. I'm like, we're the fictional home of Don 173 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 2: tre Mifflin that seems like cooler. We should invite everybody 174 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 2: to come here and like have like invite the actors 175 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 2: to come here and see the city and show people 176 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 2: what it's like here, and they'd have a great time. 177 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 2: They'd meet with the fans, the city, you know, would 178 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: be on display. Be a win win win, which is 179 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 2: what we ultimately that's that's what we ultimately pitched, right 180 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 2: win when right. But that's where the idea came from, 181 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 2: and it literally went nowhere, and this is where Tim 182 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 2: comes and went nowhere. I met with like three groups 183 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 2: of people until somebody was finally like, I have to 184 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 2: introduce you to Tim Holmes, right. I didn't know you 185 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 2: at We didn't know each other at all, which is 186 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 2: crazy to think of a time I didn't know Tim 187 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 2: and the Homes family right right right, And so we 188 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:25,599 Speaker 2: were introduced and Tim instantly saw the you know, he 189 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 2: got it, yep, all right, here's what we're gonna do. 190 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 2: And then he went to Tim mode right. 191 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: Right right now? Did you know the show? Were you 192 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:32,439 Speaker 1: watching the show? 193 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 3: So I was definitely familiar with it, but I wasn't 194 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 3: as immersed in it as Michelle was. Right, So I 195 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 3: certainly saw the value in it, but it was definitely 196 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 3: something that we were all beginning to see license plates 197 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 3: from Ontario and South Carolina and everything driving through town 198 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 3: that doesn't happen in Scranton, right, but it began to happen, 199 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 3: and we're all like, yeah, I guess what you're saying. 200 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 3: Michelle Is made an awful lot of sense. 201 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 2: So and like we were doing things. Just to be clear, 202 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 2: Tim worked for the local newspaper and I was an architect. 203 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 2: We had no background and anything, okay, Like like Tim 204 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 2: did planning events locally, right, so he knew how to 205 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 2: put an event together. But this was going to be 206 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 2: bigger than anything I think you'd ever for sure. And 207 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 2: so here I am an architect, he's his marketing. We 208 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 2: come up with this big idea. We got all these 209 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 2: partners on board, I remember at one point. Then then 210 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 2: we had to go through everybody's act like agents and managers, right, 211 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: Like everybody I'm calling I'm like, hello, Hi, I'm representing 212 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,839 Speaker 2: office convention, right, I'm I'm putting together contracts. I'm like 213 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm like what am I doing? 214 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 3: Staring at a white piece of. 215 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:40,719 Speaker 2: Paper and I'm like negotiating? Like this was crazy. We 216 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 2: had to do it all right. 217 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 3: It was like Tim and I had to do all 218 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 3: of that, which is exactly why I think Greg liked 219 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 3: it because he could see it wasn't like some outside 220 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 3: group that was coming in and trying to monetize this thing. 221 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 3: It was not set up to be a you know, 222 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 3: a for profit thing, which is why you guys gave 223 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:57,599 Speaker 3: us a break on talent fees and you know, and 224 00:11:57,679 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 3: they helped travel and all this other kind of stuff. 225 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,599 Speaker 3: They could see right from the get go that it 226 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 3: was it was a partnership. The partnership was with the 227 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 3: Cetius Grant, and it was with the County, it was 228 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 3: with the Visitors Bureau. We weren't selling you know, sponsorships 229 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 3: where you had to put a shirt on that said 230 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 3: somebody Sonoko Like, we weren't going to you know, we 231 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 3: knew enough not to do any of that stuff. And 232 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 3: I think, you know, we would have conversations with Jowayne 233 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 3: Park and the NBC Universal folks, and and truly they 234 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 3: were kind of put they were put on the screen cheapers. 235 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, they didn't open the door to the producers of 236 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 2: the show and to Greg until they realized we really 237 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 2: had something that they're like, Okay, I think these guys 238 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 2: have their stuff together, right, so we're going to now 239 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 2: make this connection because we had to dream up the 240 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 2: entire like all of the Office Olympic Games, the Writer's block, 241 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 2: like that just came out of our heads, right. That 242 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 2: was like sitting around. 243 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 3: It was maybe about seven or eight of us that 244 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 3: did it. Tuck our house, Matt Smith, you know, Eric 245 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 3: Dove and all these guys are building our websites and everything. 246 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 3: All of that stuff was critical because they all played 247 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 3: a certain role in it. And then all the partners, 248 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 3: the University of Scranton and all these guys tapping into 249 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 3: all that. But once we had it all, yeah, one 250 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 3: of these conference calls. We had already had a number 251 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 3: of them, but I later found out that at one 252 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 3: of the big ones when they were deciding whether we're 253 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 3: in or out, Kense Borneck had told me when he 254 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:18,599 Speaker 3: came to Scranton that he was listening in on the 255 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 3: one and he just truly was looking to hear if 256 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 3: we're just a bunch of fangirls we're gonna lose their 257 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 3: minds when you guys get to town, or if we're 258 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 3: actually going to hold this together and keep you guys 259 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 3: safe and have it lined up with the University of 260 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 3: Scrand police and you know in the Scrand Police and 261 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 3: the State Police and the Marshall's office. Like Michelle's brother 262 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 3: in law is a he's an faag and it works 263 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,079 Speaker 3: here in downtown Runner. We had all of that, but 264 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 3: it's such a small town you can do something. And 265 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 3: our whole pitch to Greg was, you know, office fans 266 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 3: are unique. They need to come together like a La 267 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 3: Star Trek convention. But it can't be done in LA. 268 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 3: It cannot be done in New York. It has to 269 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 3: be done in Scranton. 270 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 2: Because it was such a part of the charts and 271 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 2: interesting afterwards became a more a part of the show, 272 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 2: which I thought was was interesting because Greg had the 273 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 2: foresight to bring the writers here too. But but I think, 274 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 2: but not to get ahead. I think, so here we 275 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 2: have we've like sort of put this this agenda together. 276 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 2: We have this thing. The only thing we didn't have 277 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 2: for the actors mh you and Angela had come in 278 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 2: like that may to to say, hey, we're gonna there's 279 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 2: gonna be the Office convention, like you sort of generously 280 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 2: because at the all this could have backfired, right, like 281 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 2: kind of put yourselves out in front, but come like 282 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 2: a month before still there was nobody officially signed up 283 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 2: to come. 284 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 3: One month of the day that we got our first 285 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 3: actual country. 286 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 2: We were panicking. They're like, we're gonna have a party 287 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 2: no matter what. And I remember you called me. You did, right, 288 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 2: and you called me one night You're like, how's it going? 289 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 2: And I was like, well, you know, it's going pretty well. 290 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 2: I'm trying to like keep up the front, like, yeah, 291 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 2: it's going pretty well. You know, all the planning seems 292 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 2: to be happening. You know, we got this, that got that, 293 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 2: and yeah, we just uh, we don't have any of 294 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 2: the actors yet. And you said something that made my 295 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 2: stomach drop. First. You said, I just want to start 296 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 2: by apologizing. I'm just so sorry. And I was like 297 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 2: and I'm like, okay, it's cool. Trying to keep up, 298 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 2: you know, the front again, and you're like, I've talked 299 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 2: to my people and I can I could only convince 300 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: thirteen of them. I think I'm pretty sure. I started 301 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 2: crying when I ran on the phone, right, I was 302 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 2: like so emotional, I don't even know what I said. 303 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 2: After that, I just lost it and I was like, 304 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 2: cause that was then I knew it was going to happen. 305 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 2: It was going to be this thing and it was 306 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: going to be unprecedented, and you know that was everything 307 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 2: that moment to me with you on the phone. It 308 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 2: was just too much. It was awesome. 309 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 3: So just to put a timeline on this, So this 310 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 3: is two thousand and six, so you're already in season 311 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 3: three at this point. We hosted it in October, late October, 312 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 3: but that was we all remember that day when you're like, 313 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 3: we got twelve now the beauty of that. So you 314 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 3: may remember that none of the Fab four could make 315 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 3: it that year, right, so Steve, John, Jenna and uh 316 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 3: and Rain could not make it, you know, just conflicts 317 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 3: and all that other kind of stuff. What we felt 318 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 3: from the very beginning is the actually convention was so 319 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 3: special because it celebrated the ensemble cast. Everybody else was there, 320 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 3: all the writers were there, so it really you know, 321 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 3: we you know, we're glad that we didn't want Jenny 322 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 3: to be distracted. Jenny Tan was there, like Dancer was there. 323 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 3: But we you know, we were able to build it 324 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 3: and get our hands around it, you know, and the 325 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 3: people who were there were truly office fans, you know. 326 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 3: They weren't four year old virgin fans. They were office fans, right, 327 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 3: And that was why that the first one was so 328 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 3: special and it was packed. 329 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: It was packed. I was actually there, yeah, and I. 330 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 2: Thought like it was one of the moments to me 331 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 2: because I was up in the balcony kind of looking 332 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 2: down and just enjoying it so much. And each writer 333 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 2: told episode that they wrote, and people were like cheering 334 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 2: for the episodes, like I, you know, I did the 335 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 2: Baconator with the folk George Forman girl. That was selling. 336 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 2: But the cool moment too, was at the end. First 337 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,439 Speaker 2: everybody was so into it, but then at the end 338 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 2: they did a little clip of a piece of a 339 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 2: show that hadn't been seen yet, and the crowd got 340 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 2: to watch it live. And the actor or the writers 341 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 2: later told us they'd never like they'd never gotten to 342 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 2: see the fans watch the show and get the reaction 343 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 2: in real time, and that that was like a really 344 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 2: cool moment for them to hear them laughing where they 345 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 2: hoped they would get a laugh and like just so 346 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 2: appreciating the beauty and the joy of it. 347 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: You know, well, I remember, great, Yeah, I remember I 348 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: mean from my side, and I don't even think that 349 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: I was aware that it was like a tryout, but 350 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: I remember coming there was this brunch and I remember 351 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: Tim saying, yeah, you know, this was like for VIP things, 352 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: and you know, I'm not sure how many people are 353 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: going to be there, but you know, then we've got this, this, this, 354 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: and Angela and I show up and I don't know 355 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: if you remember this, but like something happened and we 356 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 1: were walking into a room that was way over fire 357 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: code capacity of people and us walking in and like 358 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: you just like you feel a wave of heat from 359 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: bodies just walking into this room, and I like I 360 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: remember like my breath like being taken away, and like 361 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 1: where the fuck am I. I could say whatever we want, 362 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: I can say whatever I want and I and I 363 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I will never I will never forget. I mean, 364 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: I will tell you right now. There was a plan 365 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: in place of the VIP and they were gonna be 366 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: able to have a picture with us, and then so 367 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: many people came in. You were like, okay, so here's 368 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: the plan. You're going to go around to each table 369 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: and they were like banquet tables of like ten or 370 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: twelve people you're going to go around to each table 371 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: and you're gonna say hi to each table, and then 372 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: they'll take a picture with you, and then you'll move 373 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,239 Speaker 1: around to the next table. And what happened was there 374 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: were so many people that you you began I mean, 375 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: this is one hundred percent what happened. People started thinking 376 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: they're not going to get to us, like they're going 377 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: to leave before it's our turn. And so then the 378 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: plan went awry and everybody stood up and started just 379 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 1: like descending into this corner. And I had Jen Garrety 380 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: police officers. Police officer Jen Garrety's four foot ten and 381 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 1: I was told could take me over her back if 382 00:19:55,160 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: she needed to, like body slam me. And I remember 383 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: I was taking napkins off the table because it was 384 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: so hot and there were so many people, and I 385 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: was like wiping sweat on my face and she's like 386 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: her eyes are big, like whoa. And I turned around 387 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 1: her at one point and I said, okay, and I 388 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 1: I mean, you have to understand, I'm just a theater 389 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: guy from Atlanta, Georgia, Like this is I was like, 390 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: what is going on? I turned her at one point, 391 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 1: I looked I looked in her eyes and I said, Okay, 392 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: I just I need I need to make sure you 393 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: know you're watching my back because I feel like I'm 394 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: going to die. I feel like I'm not going to 395 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 1: make it out of here. If I know you got 396 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: my back, we're good. And just that whole trip, the 397 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: you know, the roof party and everything. So when we came, 398 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: you had this idea to do the convention, and then 399 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: we came and it was clearly I mean, I feel 400 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: feel like even then it was surpassing your expectation. Were 401 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: you so prized by people's reaction or was that had 402 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: you come to know that this was how it was 403 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: going to be. 404 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 2: I think from your visits, we knew if everybody came 405 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 2: it would be something epic. It was even more epic. 406 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 2: It was just beyond like you can't imagine those things, right, 407 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 2: Like even when you try, it's like it just because 408 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 2: there are so many stories from that visit. So the 409 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 2: Today Show came right and they filmed live at the 410 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 2: University of Scranton, and then we're realizing that everybody thinks 411 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 2: actors or like other worldly and kind of whatever. And 412 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 2: because we had this Tim and I had this sort 413 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 2: of backstage access. We're realizing, my god, they're just people 414 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 2: who and this is kind of new to them too, right. 415 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 2: So Phyllis was getting ready with Stanley to go out 416 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 2: and be interviewed by by Al Broker and on the 417 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 2: when she came out on the crowd went insane, insane, insane, 418 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 2: and she got very emotional because she never felt any 419 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,239 Speaker 2: like that. Like, wasn't she one of the people who 420 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:06,919 Speaker 2: helped casting? 421 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: Yes, she yeah, she she started out in casting, wasn't 422 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: an actor, and Ken Kwappas and Greg Daniels and everybody 423 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 1: just thought, well, this is what we're looking for. We're 424 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: looking for real people. And yeah, she got cast. So 425 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 1: she was here since she was feeling this reaction, right. 426 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,680 Speaker 3: She was one of the first famous faces the kids saw. 427 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 3: So like that was you guys had come on a 428 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 3: Thursday night, Friday night, we're about to go live. It's 429 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 3: a three day convention. And again this is October two 430 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 3: thousand and six, season three, so we have we all 431 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 3: stay out way too late Thursday night, so you guys 432 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 3: all come to town birthday. It was Craig Robinson's so 433 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 3: we you know, we say, ad what was Whistles Pub 434 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 3: back in the day and we're doing karaoke it which 435 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 3: just want to be in a wild night. So now 436 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 3: it's we've got to be here at like six in 437 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 3: the morning because we're going live with local TV stations. 438 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 3: So the students at the University of Scranton, about four 439 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 3: thousand of them, camped outside, so they are waiting all 440 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,679 Speaker 3: night long for this and they are losing their minds. 441 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 3: And so it's when we're pulling, you know, out of 442 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 3: the out of kind of the staging area. We're pulling 443 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 3: fill us out of there. She is like, if you remember, 444 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 3: she had like a cane. She had hurt her ankle 445 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 3: that week, so she has like this cane, and she 446 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 3: has her purse on her arm, like she's just like 447 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 3: going to the store. And as we're walking up a door, 448 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 3: it's like, go time. We're gonna be live in about 449 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 3: fifteen seconds, she starts reaching in her purse to get 450 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 3: out a camera to take a picture for her mom. Again, 451 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 3: that's that's the part that she's a regular person, you know, 452 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 3: and so I like grab the camera and I'm like, 453 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 3: I'll take pictures for your mom. You gotta get on 454 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 3: national TV. So it's just those experiences, but everyone you know, 455 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 3: every one of the folks. Ed Helms is a young guy. 456 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 3: He never been in the hangover, Like people don't know 457 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 3: who he is, right, and we have him playing a 458 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 3: banjo at the Bog, which is legitimately about three hundred 459 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 3: square feet. 460 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 4: Right right right. 461 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 2: So many things that happened, but I remember we were 462 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 2: actually in this room I think or no was another 463 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 2: building at you and we had fireworks going off and 464 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 2: it was another really nice event. But a gentleman came 465 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 2: over to me and he said, are you Michelle Dempsey 466 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 2: And I said yes, and he's like, I'm like, who 467 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 2: are you? And it was Greg Daniel's dad. And I 468 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 2: was like and he told me that he knows name. 469 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 2: Was like catching my breath, right, and he's like, he's like, 470 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 2: I just want to let you know that I've been 471 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 2: to an oscars and I've been to an Emmy's and 472 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 2: I you know, been to a super Bowl. He's like, 473 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 2: he's like, and this is the best party I've ever 474 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 2: been to this this weekend is no. It was in 475 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 2: his son's honor, and like you maybe a little biased 476 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 2: in that, right, but but like for us, I think 477 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 2: that moment was like wow, like this did happen and 478 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 2: it came together and people are enjoying it. And then 479 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 2: the letters we got afterwards from the fans who came 480 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 2: that would just melt your heart about how it was 481 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 2: the best weekend of their lives or you know, people 482 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,239 Speaker 2: who came here who you know, were special needs who 483 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 2: got to meet their their heroes, right like it. It 484 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 2: really was for some people they had the best day, 485 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 2: weekend of their lives in Scranton because. 486 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: Of the office. 487 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 3: The press was also a great thing. So you talked 488 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 3: about the letters we received and everything you know, we got. 489 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 3: We were in the China Dimes like it got on 490 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 3: the ap wire. It was a sweetheart of a story. 491 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 3: So it was in every newspaper in the nation, you know, 492 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 3: back when people read newspapers. It was in I forget 493 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 3: what paper, but one of them said that it was 494 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 3: like a Star Trek convention with girls. But it just 495 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 3: it was just great group of people. Everybody was happy. 496 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 3: Now fast forward to twenty thirteen with the wrap party. 497 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 3: That was bananas. 498 00:25:47,520 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: That was it. Everybody came for that. How did you 499 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: feel when you found out the show was? 500 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 2: Of course bittersweet, right, it felt like it had this 501 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 2: amazing like you can if you go on too long. 502 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 2: It's like knowing when to and I guess is as 503 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 2: important as anything else. Right, So it was like sad, 504 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 2: but oh my god, the way the show ended was 505 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 2: so there's not a show in anywhere in TV history 506 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 2: that ended more beautifully in my personal opinion, then. 507 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 3: The big endings that you can talk about, but this 508 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 3: was this was fantastic, awesome. 509 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 2: So it was so we just I think I texted 510 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 2: it's time and you were like, let's go or something. 511 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 2: It was like a real nice little we were both 512 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,880 Speaker 2: almost like Kis met like the same moment saying we've 513 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 2: got it. Take a deep breath, We're going to do 514 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 2: it again. 515 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 1: Right. 516 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 3: So, just so you know, it didn't that didn't just 517 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 3: come out of thin air. So as we were wrapping 518 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 3: up the Sunday, Greg Daniels, you know, everybody had already 519 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 3: gotten off. Greg was on one little flights out of Scranton. 520 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 3: You know, we got to have a moment with him 521 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,199 Speaker 3: where we just said, you know, hey, this was awesome. 522 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 3: You're welcome to do this anytime you want, come on back. 523 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 3: If we can't do something like this every year every year, 524 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 3: just at least consider doing a wrap party here, you know, 525 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 3: and just instead of going wherever you would normally go, 526 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 3: just get on an airplane party at thirty thousand feet 527 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 3: and let's just do it here. And instead of this 528 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 3: crazy three day thing, let's cram it into one super 529 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 3: awesome day, because we already knew once it had started 530 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 3: that was way too big and unwieldy. You know. 531 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 2: Just when I went out and I met with Steve Carrel, 532 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 2: He's like, I'd love to be in a parade and 533 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 2: scrint here. You have a big parade, right and you 534 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 2: wanted to be in a coffee cup World's best Boss Coffee. 535 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 2: I like, Stee Carl, you want a parade and scrin 536 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 2: you've got a pray to say the word. 537 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 3: And we did. 538 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 2: We had a parade. 539 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,919 Speaker 3: We had it all mapped out. It was a perfect, 540 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 3: like four block parade to this awesome thing we had 541 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 3: set up right at Courthouse Square. And everybody is off 542 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 3: on the streets easily twenty thousand people on the streets 543 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 3: and just a very small area. And so everything is 544 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 3: looking good. I take a nice little picture of the 545 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 3: parade route. We've got everybody in these beautiful open cars 546 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 3: and everything. First, guy, we have going down is Craig Rabbinson, 547 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 3: and he is on you know, on the back of 548 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 3: his pickup truck, and he just starts dancing. He's got 549 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 3: his arms with it, and he starts waving the crowd 550 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 3: to command you're too far away, come on. That's how 551 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 3: it happened. And then the whole the entire length of 552 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 3: the parade route all collapsed on the parade, so we 553 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 3: were literally elbowing eighteen year old girls away from Steve Garrel. 554 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 3: We could have never protected him. 555 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 2: It was just again the whole thing that that evening, 556 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 2: and just the the genuine smiles on the faces of everybody. Yes, 557 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 2: the fans could not I mean I think they lost 558 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 2: their mind, like they couldn't have if you that is 559 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 2: what happiness looks like. That's what joy looks like. That 560 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 2: stadium is like what joy looks like if you get 561 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 2: to see it right, And everybody's faces were just lit 562 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 2: up like and including Steve's. He came out and hit 563 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 2: the He just you could tell, even at that level 564 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 2: of fame, he genuinely appreciates. Yeah, that those people were there, 565 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 2: you know, to to to appreciate the body of work 566 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 2: that was created, you know, and and and you guys 567 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,959 Speaker 2: as individual actors and your extreme and massive talent that brings. 568 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 2: I was thinking about the other night because I went 569 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 2: home and I was you know, it doesn't matter how 570 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 2: your day is, you put The Office on and you're 571 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 2: gonna smile and you're gonna laugh, you know. For me, 572 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 2: I adopted two boys three years ago from Kyrgyzstan, so 573 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,719 Speaker 2: they came over. They spoke Russian on a order of English, 574 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 2: and we were still using translators. And my older son 575 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 2: started watching The Office, probably because it was in my 576 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 2: saved programs, right, and he just started binging it. And 577 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 2: I'm like, well, maybe there's a little inappropriate here and there, 578 00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 2: but what's he gonna know? 579 00:29:59,520 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 3: Right? 580 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 2: I let him watch it, right, And one day I'm 581 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 2: sort of sitting there watching it with him, and he's 582 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 2: laughing at the jokes. He's laughing at all the right 583 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 2: not just the slapstick, He's laughing at all the right spots. 584 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 2: And I'm like, he can't talk to me yet, but 585 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 2: he knows what's happening here right right. I'm like, so 586 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 2: he probably knows when I say clean your room too, 587 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 2: But like, you know, but it was the appeal was 588 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 2: so uniqu like, what is that? I don't know. I 589 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 2: can't see it ever ending because it just it's timeless. 590 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 2: It is timeless. 591 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: Well, Ken today was talking about I said, what is 592 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: the office done for Scranton or why is the office 593 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: so special? Or why is that bond there? And he 594 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: just very plain spoken, said well, what is your life 595 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,719 Speaker 1: and your career since the office? And I said, well, 596 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: it's completely in total changed me and people's perception of me. 597 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: And he said, yeah, that's that's the town too. And 598 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: I can't explain it is it makes no sense to me. 599 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: I'm a guy from Georgia that now lives in California, 600 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 1: but the bond that I feel to this place, it 601 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: doesn't make any sense. 602 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 2: I am telling you. I said this, when you got 603 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 2: hered like you are, your love is so it's so real, 604 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 2: it's so felt by us. And I think maybe you're 605 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 2: feeling that genuine love that people have for you here 606 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 2: because it is it's as real as as it gets 607 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 2: for someone that you didn't grow up with, who wasn't 608 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 2: your family, do you know what I mean? But they 609 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 2: feel your your love, We feel your love for us 610 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 2: a town that wasn't loved for a long time, right, 611 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 2: and you came here and you're like, I this is 612 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 2: this is part of me now, you know, and we 613 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 2: get it and we love it. 614 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. But the two of you and the initiative you showed, 615 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: and how respectful you were of the show as we 616 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: tried to be of Scranton, your love of the place, 617 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: and how hard I know you were. The show was 618 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: a little engine that could terrible ratings. We were trying 619 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:45,720 Speaker 1: to do something new and different. And you know, my 620 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: my last impression or memory from the office convention was 621 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: you know, they said yes, but did they think it 622 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: was going to be a success. And all I remember 623 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 1: is we had a three day convention, an NBC sent 624 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 1: only one semi truck of merchandise down and by halfway 625 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: through the first day everything was gone. And I think 626 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: we were underestimated. You guys were underestimated, and our fans 627 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: were underestimated in a way. And you guys will always 628 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: have huge love in my heart and appreciation for the 629 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: two of you and what you did for us. I 630 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: just want to thank you. 631 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 3: That is wonderful. Well, we certainly appreciate it. And as 632 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 3: we said, without your connection, it never happens. And we 633 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 3: all pass this way but once and at the you know, 634 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 3: my parents are in a nursing home right now and 635 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 3: they look back and look at the fun times in 636 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 3: their lives. We'll all be doing that soon enough. And 637 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,719 Speaker 3: those real connections that you create is all that matters, 638 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 3: you know, And this has been wonderful. 639 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 2: I said to to Greg after after I think after 640 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,080 Speaker 2: the originally convention said, I said, thank you for the 641 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 2: rocking chair stories. You know, these are experiences and memories 642 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 2: when I'm an old lady on the rocking chair in 643 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,279 Speaker 2: the old folks home, I'll still be telling people about 644 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:10,880 Speaker 2: until they don't want to hear it anymore. I'm like, 645 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,959 Speaker 2: it's still good though, And so we have these rocking 646 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,720 Speaker 2: chair stories now, thanks to the office, thanks to Greg's 647 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,479 Speaker 2: risk taking belief in us. And we always tell people 648 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,280 Speaker 2: who ask us, like, these characters you love, they deserve 649 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,839 Speaker 2: your love because it's people. They're the exact same. It's 650 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 2: like you were just sall to the earth, amazing wonderful 651 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 2: people too. And so where maybe I'll end it is 652 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,360 Speaker 2: sort of what I heard Steve Carell say to a 653 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 2: little group of people at the wrap party. He said, 654 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 2: don't be sad it's over. Be happy it happened, and 655 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,359 Speaker 2: I'm a rocking chair. I'm gonna feel about my life too, right, 656 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 2: And this is something I always these these events and 657 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 2: even these conversations like the office gave us this and 658 00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:59,760 Speaker 2: you just that's priceless. 659 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:03,320 Speaker 1: Well, thank you guys so much. No, and thank you 660 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:07,240 Speaker 1: for coming and talking to me and being so open 661 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 1: and letting me, letting me come back again. 662 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 2: I so so appreciate it as always welcome. 663 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:31,320 Speaker 1: All right, makes me want to fly to Scranton right now. Everybody, 664 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,319 Speaker 1: thanks for coming along with me the nostalgia trip. It's 665 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: officially over done. I'm going to be back next week 666 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:44,480 Speaker 1: or well next year, with brand new guests, brand new 667 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,880 Speaker 1: episodes for you. Let me tell you this. I've recorded 668 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: a few and I'm not going to give anything away, 669 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,880 Speaker 1: but let's just say it's going to be hard hitting 670 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 1: and wishful. Have a safe and celebratory New Year, and 671 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,839 Speaker 1: I'm going to see all of you in twenty twenty four. 672 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,279 Speaker 1: Off the Beat is hosted and executive produced by me 673 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 1: Brian Baumgartner, alongside our executive producer lingg Lee. Our senior 674 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:22,320 Speaker 1: producer is Diego Tapia. Our producers are Liz Hayes Hannah 675 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:27,080 Speaker 1: Harris and Emily Carr. Our talent producer is Ryan Papa Zachary, 676 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 1: and our intern is Ali Amir Saheed. Our theme song 677 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:35,760 Speaker 1: Bubble and Squeak, performed by the one and only Creed Bratton. 678 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:53,399 Speaker 1: Where are you guys from here? 679 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 2: I wrote a texitd in the video Texas. Yeah, I 680 00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:00,439 Speaker 2: literally watched your show at least twenty times, really dared. 681 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,879 Speaker 4: I'm about to cry right now, just because I love. 682 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:03,399 Speaker 3: You so much. 683 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,000 Speaker 1: I drove all the way from Shilling to meet you. 684 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 1: I have an interview in the morning. Got to get 685 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 1: back to it. 686 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 4: My brother got. 687 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,360 Speaker 1: Married at the Radison when the convention was on, and 688 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,520 Speaker 1: you and Andrew came downstairs and you took a picture 689 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,800 Speaker 1: with him and his wife her wedding. 690 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,480 Speaker 3: We actually walked into the Office theme song I. 691 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,120 Speaker 2: Have a tattoo of Jim Helper when he addresses this twice. 692 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 3: My mom would not believe this because she thinks the 693 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 3: Office is as stupid at show of all time. 694 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 1: Please cut that part. 695 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:31,360 Speaker 3: I love you