1 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: Hello, Hello everyone. It's a new year, a new dawn 2 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: of a new age that sounds like the terminator. Uh. 3 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: We have a new episode of the Office Deep Dive. 4 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: I am, as always your host, Brian Baumgartner. New year, 5 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: same guy. I'm excited for you to join me today. 6 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: I cannot wait to kick off with my favorite kind 7 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: of episode. That's right, today, I have got another our 8 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: final call in episode where I get to hear directly 9 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: from you. We're gonna get down and dirty, all right, 10 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: and we're gonna answer a whole lot of the questions 11 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: that you've been dying to know, and then we're gonna 12 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: talk about off. Mm hmm. You didn't see that one coming, 13 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:07,279 Speaker 1: did you. So. Happy New Year, everybody, and let's start 14 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 1: it on the right foot with another beautiful episode starring 15 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: the incredible, the inspiring, the unbelievably touching messages that we 16 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: have received from all of you. Bubble and Squeak. I 17 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: love Bubble and Squeaker, Bubble and Squeaker Cookie, every moon 18 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: lift over from the nut before. Ryan. This ethan we 19 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: big fan of Office all family, watch whole series fifteen 20 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: times you funniest character on show. Okay, this is a 21 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,639 Speaker 1: lot harder than books. You get the point. I'm Ethan 22 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: and I'm ten years old. My mom and I really 23 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: liked The Office, Deep Dive, and my entire family and 24 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: I love The Office is my favorite show. The Office 25 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: is like Elf. You can watch it over and over 26 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: again and still laugh every time. This is my first 27 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: time talking to a celebrity, so I am really happy 28 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: right now. I have three older brothers who always make 29 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: jokes from the Office. At first, I never got any 30 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: of them. They would say things like I wanted to 31 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: eat a pig in a blanket in a blanket, or 32 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: nothing beat the Cookie season, next the Truth. The only 33 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: thing I knew about the things they said were they 34 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: were from the Office. My favorite storyline from the Office 35 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: is Jim and Dwight's rivalry. Someone always gets in Office 36 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: the Christmas or birthday gift. When one of my brothers 37 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: turned sixteen, my mom got him a custom dundee that 38 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: said it is your Birthday. She also attempted to put 39 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: his money while it was in a zip blog bag, 40 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: into some yellow jello, but when she flipped it upside down, 41 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: the edge of the bag cut right through the jello. 42 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: As much as she loves the Office, my mom gets 43 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: really mad when we say. That's what she said. Not 44 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: a day goes by that someone in my house doesn't 45 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: quote The Office. Thanks for listening. Whoever is, have a 46 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: great day, Ethan. Thank you so much for calling in 47 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: ten years of age. I don't know if you should 48 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: see every single episode in its entirety, but good on you. 49 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: Thanks to you and your mom for listening to the 50 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: Office Deep Dive. That is huge. H That's what she said, Sorry, mom, 51 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: I had to do it. Hello Brian and the Office 52 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: Deep Dive. My name is Sam Bagwana and I'm eighteen 53 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: years old um here in Australia, and I just wanted 54 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: to send a quick message to say thanks for making 55 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: such an awesome podcast. It's really been great to listen 56 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: to throughout my final year of high school and the 57 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: HSC exams. So I guess I just had one question 58 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: for you. What is your favorite episode of the Office Brian? 59 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: And I know that's going to be a hard one. 60 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: That's what she said, Sam, thank you for calling all 61 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: the way from down Under. That was awful. What is 62 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: my favorite episode? Listen? Sam, I'm gonna be honest, it 63 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: changes a little bit. I've recently found out Variety just 64 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: came out with a list of the fifty best episodes. 65 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: Their number one was The Dinner Party, which is fantastic. 66 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 1: I mean, there's no doubt Lee and Gene and the 67 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,559 Speaker 1: work that they did. They're making a modern day Who's 68 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: Afraid of Virginia Wolf. It's incredible. Personally, I believe their 69 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 1: number two is currently my number one, which is Stress Relief, 70 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 1: otherwise known as the episode with Dwight's fake fire drill. 71 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: Part of it for me is and I've said this 72 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: quite a bit, you know, for me, now what was 73 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: going on outside of the show is also significant to 74 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: me as I go back and I rewatch. So we're 75 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: about to move here into American football playoffs and uh, 76 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,119 Speaker 1: the episode Stress Relief aired immediately following the Super Bowl, 77 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 1: and so for me that was a huge as a 78 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 1: big football fan sports fan, to be on a show 79 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: that aired immediately following the Super Bowl, it was very special. 80 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: And that happened to be the first Super Bowl I 81 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: ever attended in person as well. Uh, the Pittsburgh Steelers 82 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Tampa. It rained. It's a 83 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: long story, but anyway to answer quickly your question, Stress 84 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: relief for me. It's got comedy, it's got complicated camera 85 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: movements and choreography, a lot of rehearsal. I remember shooting 86 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: the episode well and and that's that's currently my favorite. 87 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: But check out the list on Variety or elsewhere and 88 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: see how how your list compares to theirs. Hi, Brian 89 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: and team. This is Megan from Amersh Virginia. Thank you 90 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: so much for this podcast. I have loved listening to 91 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: the cast and the crew and hearing their take and 92 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: there behind the scenes stories that we wouldn't have heard otherwise. 93 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: My question is what do you think about the fan 94 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: theory that Dwight should have ended up with isabel instead 95 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: of Angela. Thanks have a great day, Megan. Thanks so 96 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: much for your question. I was not aware that this 97 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: was a movement. Maybe it's happening on the in the 98 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: dark threads of Reddit. I'm not sure. I haven't heard 99 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: this one before. Look, I think that there's a lot 100 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: of reasons that Dwight could have or should have of 101 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: ended up with Isabelle. But you know what, sometimes with love, 102 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: it's in inexplicable, it's in its blitzable, in explainable. There 103 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: I changed it. Um he had Dwight and Angela. They 104 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: were a match made in well, I'm not sure exactly 105 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: where they were made, but I think in the end, 106 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: at least on our show, they were meant to be. 107 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: And I think ultimately, as Greg Daniels and some of 108 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: the other writers and producers have talked about, they were 109 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: sort of the anti Jim and Pam. Jim and Pam 110 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: were the couple that everybody got, that everybody responded to, 111 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: and I think Dwight and Angela was harder to explain, 112 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: but I think in the end their love was just 113 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: as pure or just as creepy. Hi Brian, my name 114 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: is Jake Ryan. I'm from Johnston, Iowa, and I'm currently 115 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: senior at the University of Iowa. Um So, to start out, 116 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: I my funny story comes from back when my dad 117 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: and I we used to watch The Office when I 118 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: was little, and we used to stay up late, uh 119 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: or for me it was late but every Thursday night 120 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: watching the premiere of the New Office, and I remember 121 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: we introduced my mom to the Office in the first 122 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: episode coincidentally had my to this day, my favorite line 123 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: from the Office, which came from Kevin and her reaction 124 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: to that line. So I remember the episode was the 125 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: one in which Darryl and Toby were competing to sell 126 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: Kevin Girl Scout cookies, and I remember the funniest line 127 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: was when Kevin told them he likes to be wined 128 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: and dined and blank blank blank um. And I remember 129 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: just seeing the look of horror on my mom's face 130 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,599 Speaker 1: when she heard that, and my dad and I obviously 131 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: hysterically laughing. At that age, I didn't know what it meant, 132 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 1: but I saw my dad laughing and I went along 133 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,959 Speaker 1: with it. So that's that's one of my favorite memories, um, 134 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: and one of the funniest memories from the show. UM. 135 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 1: And then my question, I wanted to ask you, I mean, 136 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: other than what your golf handicap is, but I wanted 137 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: to ask you. You know, I know that The Office 138 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: Is has always been a pretty well scripted show and 139 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: there's not a ton of room for improvisation, but were 140 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: there any times in which you improvised in the show 141 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: that you can remember? And if so, what was your 142 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: what was your favorite improvisation line? Thank you? I I 143 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: love the show and I'm super excited for to come 144 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: back in two So keep doing great things. Brian thanks. 145 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: Thanks Jake. First of all, I think the words you're 146 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: looking for our sixty nine and yeah, I guess, I guess. 147 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: Go look it up, Jake, go hawk Eyes. I was 148 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: there a couple of years ago into the talk, had 149 00:09:55,840 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: a great time there in Iowa. Thanks for your call. Um. 150 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: I can't imagine they're as a high school ish kid 151 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: watching that episode with my mom and I can. I 152 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: can imagine her face and how you and maybe your 153 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: dad felt in that moment. I love it. By the way, 154 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: six point eight is the handicap. Will move on from 155 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 1: that and asking about my favorite improv. I don't know 156 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: if this is my favorite or not, Jake, but at 157 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: the moment I had the idea of doing a running 158 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: improv in the episode where they're evaluating employees by putting 159 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: beans and Kevin saying what does a being mean? And 160 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 1: that was scripted what does a being mean? But the 161 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: fact that he becomes obsessed with the idea of not 162 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: knowing what a bean means, but he probably knows and 163 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: so yes, towards the end of that scene, you hear 164 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: him yelling in the background and I remember laughing standing 165 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: away in the off camera, just yelling, what does a 166 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: being mean and the idea that Kevin is just going 167 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: around to everybody asking what it bean means. I don't know. 168 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: That makes me laugh at least right now. Hi Brian, 169 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: big fan of the podcast, big fan of the Office. 170 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if I'm the biggest fan out there. 171 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: I'm sure there's someone who's much crazier than I am. 172 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: But I've been a scranted five times now. I'm not 173 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: sure if my wife will let me go back. Um. 174 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: Been to Office Fest that was happened last fall. That 175 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: was kind of cool. I've hosted office Trivia at a bar. 176 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: I had an office theme party where I bought everybody 177 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: dundees and we played office trivia. Um. My question is 178 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: how long of a break did you guys have between 179 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: shooting seasons? You know the I know it took five 180 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: days to shoot an episode, but how long of a 181 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: break did you have, like I said, in between shooting seasons? 182 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: And another question is who do you think was the 183 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: funniest on set. I've had the privilege of meeting some 184 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: of you. I've actually met you at a comic con 185 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh, and everyone seems to say Rain Rain was 186 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: the funniest. So just want your opinion on that. And thanks, Brandon, 187 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: thanks for your call. You've been to Scranton five times. 188 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: You're not sure your wife will let you go back. 189 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: What happened in Scranton, Brandon, that gives your wife pause 190 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: for sending you back. Um, it was nice to meet 191 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: you there in Pittsburgh. Maybe we will meet someday back 192 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: in Scranton. So a question about the schedule, it varied 193 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: a little bit. What I typically tell people is it 194 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: was like a school year, but kind of extended into 195 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: the summer a little bit. Right, So the Office when 196 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 1: it was airing for probably the last seven to eight years, 197 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: it would have its season finale in roughly late May, 198 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: which means we stopped filming in sometime late April early May, 199 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: we were done for the year, and then we would 200 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: have a summer break basically right, so it would give 201 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: the writers specifically time to recharge. They would come back 202 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: much earlier and begin working on stories for the coming year. 203 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: And we usually started late July early August to begin 204 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 1: for the fall, and that that would give us time 205 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: to get episodes in the can as they call it, 206 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: before the traditional television season started, which was September. So 207 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: basically September through May is when the network television season lasts, 208 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: so we had to we were done earlier than that, 209 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: and we had to come back earlier to get some done. 210 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, roughly end of July through end of April. 211 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: H Hello, Brian. My name is Brianna, and I am 212 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: calling from Madison, Wisconsin. I first want to say thank 213 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: you so much for creating this podcast. I love listening 214 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: to it each and every week just as much as 215 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: I love watching The Office. The Office is my all 216 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: time favorite show. I watch it all the time and 217 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure all my friends think I'm nuts, um, 218 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: but The Office is such a comforting thing to me 219 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: have it in the background on all the time. And 220 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: what I love about is even when I rewatch it 221 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: over and over again the same episodes, I am able 222 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: to find little gems hidden in the background of scenes 223 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: that I didn't notice before. So, for example, there is 224 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: a scene where Michael is in the kitchen and he's 225 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: drinking a diet soda, but if you pay attention, he 226 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: is pouring sugar into his diet soda as he's talking 227 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: in the kitchen. Or in St. Patrick's day, there is 228 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: the water cooler in the background behind Stanley and if 229 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: you pay attention the water cooler, their water in there 230 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: is dyed green for St. Patrick's Day. Or in the 231 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: garage sale the yard sale, they kind of pan around 232 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: the warehouse there and you can see that Michael is 233 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: trying to sell his broken plasma screen TV that Jan 234 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: hit with the Dundee and the dinner party episode. So 235 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: that just got me thinking that the writer's put so 236 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: much effort into not only the scenes itself and what's 237 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: in the forefront of the scenes, but also what's happening 238 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: in the background and adding these little gems that you 239 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: may find as you watched the episode over and over again. 240 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: You might not the first time, but when you catch 241 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: those things, it put a smile on your face and 242 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: makes you laugh. And so I guess I just wanted 243 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: your take on why the writers put so much effort 244 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: into the background of scenes and how that added to 245 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: the show. So thanks again, I appreciate what you do 246 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: and talk to you soon. Thank you so much for 247 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: your call. Brianna. By the way, that easter egg of 248 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: the broken plasma screen in the garage show episode, that's 249 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: one of the best, So kudos to you for finding 250 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: that one. Look, our writers were amazing. I can't truly 251 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: can't say enough about them, But what I would say is, 252 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: in addition to them, everyone on the crew was working 253 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: all the time thinking of those type things. Right. So, 254 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: I don't know whose idea the plasma screen was, but 255 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: it very well could have been Phil Shay props, or 256 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: a scenic designer or an actor. It could have been 257 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: Steve Carrell saying, hey, you know what, what do would 258 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 1: be funny? And you know I talked about this in 259 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: the last Calling episode we did. There is a warehouse 260 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: of props that exists somewhere. Maybe at this point they've 261 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: given them up that any prop that was used in 262 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: any episode at any time, they saved it in case 263 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: they would need it again, and there's a great example 264 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: of the time they decided to use it again. So, yes, 265 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: our writers were incredible. Maybe that was scripted, but it 266 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: just as easily could have been Steve Carrell or a 267 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: prop person or or anyone really, because Greg Daniels created 268 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: such a collaborative environment that anyone was able to pitch 269 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: those kinds of jokes, and people consistently were And I 270 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: think that's one of the things that makes the show 271 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: so so deep and and have such depth and texture 272 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: and yeah, as you said, ultimately comedy. Hi Christina McDonald here, 273 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: I'm a huge Office fan. I will admit, Um. I 274 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: did not become a fan until Covid started. I decided 275 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,959 Speaker 1: to sit down and watch The Office before they were 276 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: going to take it off Netflix, And of course that 277 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: just led to me buying Peacock when it went to 278 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 1: Peacock and um, and then once I discovered your podcast 279 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: and The Office Ladies, you know, Jenna and Angelo's podcast, 280 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: I really just couldn't get enough. It became more and 281 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: more and more of an obsession. And what I like 282 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: about my obsession is, you know, not only do I 283 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: put The Office on like right now, just when I'm 284 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,679 Speaker 1: eating or whatever it's on in the background, but I 285 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: put the podcast on it all the time because I 286 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: absolutely love hearing every little detail about how the show 287 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: has been made, about every single person that has helped 288 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: you guys and has been a part of it, every 289 00:18:56,280 --> 00:19:00,360 Speaker 1: single person, regardless of their role. And you know how 290 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: quote unquote trivial it may seem to the whole production. Um, 291 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: you know, every little bit of it has been so 292 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: fascinating to me and most of all, it's like it's 293 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: it's so inspiring to me. I have been completely uninspired 294 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: and not creative. I feel like my whole life, which 295 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: is not true, but I've just struggled to find that 296 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: spark in that creativity. I'm thirty eight years old. I'm 297 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: still trying to figure out what I'm doing. But I 298 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 1: have to say you have inspired me, Kevin, you specifically, 299 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: all of you have inspired me to to create, to 300 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: become creative, to pursue writing again. I heard about Brent 301 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: Forresters writing course that he does online and I just 302 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: signed up for it Lance or you know, I signed 303 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 1: up to get notification about it, and I'm so excited 304 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: to do that. And so I just wanted to thank 305 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: you Kevin specifically for making the podcast, but also each 306 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: and every one of you that has been on the 307 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: office and has helped create the office and as you know, 308 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: contributed the ways that you have the fans and the 309 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: ways you contributed contributed as well. I am just so 310 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: thankful to all of you. I feel like we're all 311 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: a big family. You guys just make me so happy. 312 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: Your new episodes coming out every week, Brian just make 313 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: me so happy. I feel like I'm friends with you now. 314 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so much. 315 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: I'm eternally grateful to you. Thank you well, Christina, thank 316 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: you for your message. I appreciate that so much. Look, 317 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 1: I think that's what the show is about. It's about 318 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: finding beauty in ordinary things, and I think that's what 319 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: does it. I think that's what gives you that inspiration. 320 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 1: Hopefully it helps you find that spark. Good luck to 321 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 1: you working with Brent Forrester. You're gonna need it working 322 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: with him, Brent Forrester joke, Sorry, Brent Um, but good 323 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: luck to you, all right, and thank you for your call. 324 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: Thanks for letting me know. I know that everybody who 325 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: worked on the show will appreciate hearing that, because, I mean, look, 326 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:11,919 Speaker 1: the fact that our show is inspiring you now to 327 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: take a chance on doing something new at thirty eight 328 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: years old. That's awesome. Like there's kind of nothing else 329 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: to say except that's awesome and good luck. I'm gonna 330 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: be rooting for you. Hey, office, Deep Dye family. This 331 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: is Derek Crenshaw from Tulsa, Oklahoma. I started watching the 332 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:39,439 Speaker 1: show whenever it was still live, and I worked a 333 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: blogbuster at the time, and I got caught up through 334 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: season one, and I was able to get completely caught 335 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: up through through my gig at Blogbuster, and then continued 336 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: watching the show as it as it came on every week. 337 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: I did ask for DVD sets, so I have every 338 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: single one of those, and that came in helpful because 339 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: when I was in college, I couldn't afford a even 340 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: Netflix subscription, much less any kind of cable subscription or 341 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: anything like that. So I had all my Office DVDs, 342 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: so I continued. I continuously watched The Office whenever I 343 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 1: was in college. Um, you guys were with me through 344 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: some really tough times. You were with me through um, 345 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: almost a divorce, through the birth of my two perfect children, 346 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: and you shot You guys do not know how important 347 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: you are. I just listening to you to the Office ladies. 348 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: Hearing you guys break down sometimes it's uh, it moves 349 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: me into tears. Obviously isn't doing it now? Um, but 350 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: you guys are more important to me than anybody else 351 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 1: who has no idea who I am. Um, but I 352 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: did want to. I didn't want to pose what I 353 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: thought was an interesting question. So as I've watched seriously, 354 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: I probably watched the whole series, um twenty times. I 355 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: I don't know, I I constantly Before it got taken 356 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: off of Netflix, I had it on. It was just 357 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: a constant loop. Um, a funny story. My oldest My 358 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: oldest son is five, and he loves the part where 359 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: Andy he calls him Michael's son, which I think is funny. Um. 360 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: But he loves the part where he punches a hole 361 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: in the wall. Um. But but anyway, So as I've 362 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: watched these over and over and over and over and 363 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: over again, I have pondered who I would like and 364 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,400 Speaker 1: dislike to work with the most if it were a 365 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 1: real life situation for me. Uh, it would probably be 366 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 1: Oscar would be the person I would like to work with. 367 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: He's uh, he's good at his job. He could be 368 00:23:55,840 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: a good mentor he doesn't get worked up too easy. Unpopularly, 369 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: my leassavorite would probably be Jim. I think his pranks 370 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: would get on my nerves in real life, and he 371 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,919 Speaker 1: doesn't seem like he would be a real good friend 372 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: unless it was on his terms, and so that would 373 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 1: be mine. I would ask you, Brian, if you who 374 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: would be yours? Because I know you've recently watched this 375 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: and so who would be your favorite and least favorite 376 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: people to work with? UM, I hope that you do 377 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 1: listen to this and know that, UM, you know, I 378 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: love you guys so so I apologize for the for 379 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: all of the tears, but UM, but you guys are 380 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: really really important to me, so so thank you, and 381 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: UM know that I love you guys. Thanks by Thanks Derek, 382 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: I love you too, my friend. Thanks so much for 383 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: your message, and never ever apologize for feeling all right. 384 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,360 Speaker 1: As for your question, I mean, I hear what you're 385 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: saying about the gym thing. Michael would be really difficult, 386 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: all right, let's be honest about that. Angela is a 387 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: hard no for sure. Now, maybe I'm biased. I thought 388 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: as you were talking you were going to say Kevin, 389 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: because listen, he makes things more fun. Am I wrong? 390 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: I'm definitely not wrong. Now, granted he might be he 391 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: might be frustrating to work with on occasion as well, 392 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: but I think he would make things most fun. Um, gosh, 393 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: that's really tough. I'm gonna go, Pam. She wants to 394 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: be upward lee mobile is that the right phrase? Better herself? 395 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: She works her way up. I'm gonna go, Pam. I 396 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,639 Speaker 1: mean Dwight. There's no doubt Dwight is excellent at his job. 397 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: So if I really wanted the company to succeed, what 398 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: I put up with his eccentricities. Probably not, but he 399 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: is really good at his job. Thanks Derek, Thanks for 400 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: the Hello, Brian. This is Kira. I'm a teacher from 401 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 1: Pennsylvania and I am a huge fan of the Office 402 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: and I have followed your podcast and Jenna and Angela's 403 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 1: podcast from the beginning, and your podcasts have given me 404 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: so much joy as an Office fan, just because The 405 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: Office has meant so much to me, because it's such 406 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 1: a real show and it connects to your life no 407 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,400 Speaker 1: matter what character you're connecting to on what day, and 408 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: it just brings so much joy to me. To know 409 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: that you guys love the show just as much as 410 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: the fans who are watching the show. I think it 411 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: makes that ten times more special, and all of the 412 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: relationships that you guys have had throughout the show makes 413 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 1: that even better. I I just want you to know 414 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: that some of my classroom decorations involved The Office. My 415 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: motivational quote is by Dwight, so above my door of 416 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 1: a picture of Dwight, and it says I am ready 417 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: to face any challenge that is full wish enough to 418 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: face me. And one of my favorites that I have 419 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: in there is I found a decoration that has Stanley's 420 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: face on it and it says did I Stutter? And 421 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: I like to use that when my students don't listen 422 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: to the directions I give them the first time. Everybody 423 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,040 Speaker 1: knows I'm an Office fan, and I just have a 424 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: couple of questions that I would love to get your 425 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: opinion on. If you were gonna show someone a season 426 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: of the Office that really portrayed what the Office was about, 427 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: what season would you tell them to watch? Um, what 428 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 1: many arc of the show was your favorite? And what 429 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: episode was your favorite to shoot? Thank you so so much. 430 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: I appreciate all of you. Sometimes I feel like I 431 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:48,199 Speaker 1: know you personally, but thank you so much. Thanks so 432 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: much Kia for your call the being a teacher and 433 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: using did I stutter? Is amazing, So well done there. 434 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 1: I'm not sure about using Dwight to motivate, but there 435 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 1: you go. As I just said, he's good at his job. 436 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: So what season would I choose to show someone. I 437 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: guess I'm gonna go with two, though, I could say 438 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: three or five. You know, I think if you're gonna 439 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: watch the show, I think you start at the beginning. 440 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: That's truly what I think. I think part of what 441 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: stays with people when they watch the show is getting 442 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 1: into the characters, and I think that jumping in if 443 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: you haven't seen it at all before could be difficult. 444 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: In terms of my favorite mini arc, for me, it 445 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: was Holly when Dwight tells Holly that Kevin is is 446 00:28:55,360 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: not all there. It's I don't know any other I'm 447 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: sure that they exist, but a joke that is set 448 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: up for four years that is then played off. And 449 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,959 Speaker 1: that's kind of what I'm talking about about starting at 450 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: the beginning. That story isn't funny unless you have experienced 451 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: Kevin for four years before that. So that's what I'm 452 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: going with. And last, my favorite episode to shoot. I'm 453 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: gonna go a little different on this one. For me, 454 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: the episode that I think about the most and where 455 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: the memories are most in the forefront of my mind 456 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: is the finale. I think about shooting the finale a lot. Now. 457 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: Maybe it's because it was the last one, but I 458 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: don't think so. The number of things that happened there 459 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: from Michael slash Steve coming back and the wedding and 460 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: the Q and A session and lots of locations and 461 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: Kevin neetis Bar. That's the episode I think about the most. 462 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: So yeah, today, that's my favorite episode to shoot the finale. 463 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: Hello Brian and other office add It's my name is 464 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: Alicia Maw. I am an artist from Springfield, Missouri, and 465 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: I would love to share my awkward office moment with 466 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: you all. Back in two nineteen, it was late at night. 467 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: I was trying to come up with a design and 468 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: for some reason, the quote popped into my head. We 469 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 1: all have a little bit of Michael Scott in us, 470 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: and of course Steve Carril's voice immediately shoved itself into 471 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: my brain screaming that's what she said. So I drew 472 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: up the design. I ordered the Tope bags, which are 473 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: my signature item that I sell, and I had them 474 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: at the next festival event. So we had a booth 475 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:52,719 Speaker 1: set up and this elderly woman and I'm assuming her granddaughter, 476 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 1: walk in. She was immediately drawn to my Michael Scott 477 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: totes and she exclaims to me, Michael Scott is the 478 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: name of our pastor he would love this bag, and 479 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: I thought, oh, this woman does not know she must 480 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: not know who the real Michael Scott is. So it 481 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: went really silent. I was looking at the granddaughter, she 482 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: was staring at me the most awkward few moments, and 483 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: then she leans over and whispers the explanation of that's 484 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: what she said to the woman, and she was not happy. 485 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: She was not pleased at all. She looked at me 486 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: like I might be the devil, and they definitely walked 487 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: out without purchasing anything from me, which you know, in 488 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 1: the end was fine because it's this hilarious moment that 489 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: I will always remember. And of course, throughout that day 490 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: I made a lot of office sales because so many 491 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: fans are down here in Springfiel, Missouri, and the love 492 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 1: of in the bonding that we all had just from 493 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: a simple quote or a simple moment from the show. 494 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: It just brings strangers together and it's just like the 495 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: funnest time to meet these people that as an introvert 496 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: I never would have spoke to you in the first place. 497 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 1: So even though my life is a lot of awkward 498 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: moments like what happened, I love that we keep Michael 499 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: Scott in it, because I mean, we all really have 500 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: a little bit of him in us. You know, we 501 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: we don't want to admit it, especially during the extremely 502 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: cringe e times, but you know what, there have been 503 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: times where I've thought, oh, man, I may have done 504 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: that same thing that Michael just did. And it's definitely 505 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: a Michael Scott thing to admit that you wouldn't do 506 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: those awkward, cringe e things. So thank you for sharing 507 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: in the awkwardness that is my life. And I just 508 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: wanted to give a big shout out to everyone else 509 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 1: who loves this amazing show, and to Brian and everyone 510 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: else in production that helps give us all the insider 511 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 1: notes and all of the amazing, amazing info. We never 512 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 1: would have known what thought you guys. Alicia, Thank you. 513 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: I need a tote. I need. I need one of 514 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: these totes so that I can remember your story. It 515 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: is interesting though, it is worth noting that very often 516 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 1: I am surprised by those that are fans of the 517 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: Office and that do get the jokes. In this case, 518 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 1: I guess I guess she didn't, But thank you. I 519 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: need I need a tote. I need a tote, because 520 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 1: who doesn't need a little Michael Scott in them. Oh, 521 00:33:49,280 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 1: let's move on. So listen. There was one thing that 522 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,279 Speaker 1: we weren't quite expecting when we put the call out 523 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: for call ins, and it was how many of you 524 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: had your own Jim and Pam stories. Because we really 525 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: thought out there there would be more of the Dwight 526 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,200 Speaker 1: and Angela stories. You might be afraid to admit it, 527 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,160 Speaker 1: but that's what we thought. But seriously, one of our 528 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 1: favorite episodes from the oral history of the Office was 529 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:43,879 Speaker 1: episode five, when we dove deep into relationships. What can 530 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:48,040 Speaker 1: I say? Everybody loves love? Am I right? So Act 531 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: three of today's podcast will be dedicated to the beating 532 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,799 Speaker 1: heart of the Office and the way it helped your 533 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,839 Speaker 1: hearts beat a little bit harder too. So let's get 534 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 1: into to it. I wanted to call in and just 535 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 1: tell you how much the show has meant to my 536 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: husband and I and how much your podcast has meant 537 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:13,439 Speaker 1: to me over the last two years. Especially. I met 538 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,239 Speaker 1: my husband about eight years ago, and one of the 539 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,640 Speaker 1: first things that we talked about on our first date 540 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 1: was the Office and how great it was. You know, 541 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,800 Speaker 1: I would throw a little one liners in there, and 542 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: you know, I asked some questions didn't really get anywhere, 543 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,240 Speaker 1: But it wasn't until I asked her what she planned 544 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,760 Speaker 1: on doing that night after we got out of class, 545 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 1: and she said, well, we'll watch The Office with my roommates. 546 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 1: When my husband and I first started dating, it was 547 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,000 Speaker 1: The Office that originally brought us together. We quote the 548 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 1: show daily and by each other show merchandise often. When 549 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,799 Speaker 1: we got married three years ago, we walked out to 550 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,239 Speaker 1: a piano version of the theme song. I kept up 551 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: with the Office and really followed Jim and Pam's relationship, 552 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,960 Speaker 1: being that they were friends, they flirted together, they had 553 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,280 Speaker 1: this great relationship, and then they got into a romantic 554 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,480 Speaker 1: relationship and they had their ups and downs, their challenges, 555 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 1: their disagreements, and I saw so many parallels in my 556 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: own relationship and knowing that my wife and I are. 557 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 1: We are different people, we like different things, and sometimes 558 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,160 Speaker 1: we want to go in different directions, but we came 559 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 1: together because we of that love and appreciation. I've always 560 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,320 Speaker 1: loved Jim and Path. It's been wonderful, and of course 561 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:31,800 Speaker 1: can't beat Kevin. Kevin's the best. Well, I can't argue 562 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:37,840 Speaker 1: with that. Thank you, Sarah, Katie, Tim, Kate and you Tyler, 563 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:42,319 Speaker 1: thank you so much. And you know what, relationships, they're 564 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 1: not perfect and people are different, but I'm glad to 565 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:51,240 Speaker 1: know that maybe you found a little love through the Office. Hi, Brian, 566 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:55,640 Speaker 1: I just wanted to share this little story kind of 567 00:36:56,160 --> 00:37:03,279 Speaker 1: show how culturally pervasive office was. It was over a 568 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:09,239 Speaker 1: decade ago, which seems crazy. My then boyfriend, you know, 569 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,720 Speaker 1: we were serious, and so it just seemed natural that 570 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 1: he would propose any minute now. Um. And so one 571 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:22,280 Speaker 1: day we were outside and he knelt down to um 572 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,839 Speaker 1: while on one knee in front of me, and yeah, 573 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:30,759 Speaker 1: I thought that was it. And then he reached to 574 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:35,040 Speaker 1: tie his shoe much like Jim did with Pam on 575 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,440 Speaker 1: The Office. And we were big fans and still are. 576 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:43,640 Speaker 1: And so I just want to say that that worked 577 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:48,240 Speaker 1: on the show, but it did not work in real life. 578 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 1: I was very mad. I was really mad, and it 579 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:58,760 Speaker 1: became a moment of tension definitely in our relationship. Everything 580 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 1: worked out. We are now happily married for the past decade. 581 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 1: He proposed six months later, which is a whole other story, 582 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:11,400 Speaker 1: but he did propose and things turned out great. But 583 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,920 Speaker 1: that's how you know. The Office is in the cultural 584 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 1: milia at the time, and just how much how influential 585 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 1: it was on all of our lives. Anyway, love your show, 586 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 1: Take care. Thanks by Justine. That is amazing. I love 587 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 1: what you say. It worked on the show, it did 588 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:34,719 Speaker 1: not work in real life, but listen, I'm guessing he 589 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,600 Speaker 1: then chose not to propose in the rain at a 590 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:42,600 Speaker 1: gas station, so you're probably happy about that as well. 591 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,839 Speaker 1: Thank you for your call. I was hoping also that 592 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 1: you would say that he keeps doing that over and 593 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:53,800 Speaker 1: over in life, and if he doesn't, he should because listen, 594 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 1: it's funny now. It may not have been funny then, 595 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:00,960 Speaker 1: but it is definitely It's definitely funny now. Hi Brian. 596 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,399 Speaker 1: My name is Katie Nufield and I'm from Orlando, Florida. 597 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,560 Speaker 1: Thanks to the Office, I accidentally manifested the gym to 598 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,000 Speaker 1: my Pam, complete with falling in love with a co 599 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 1: worker and calling off an engagement. So now I am 600 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:16,319 Speaker 1: married to my co worker turned husband, Jeremy, and we 601 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,920 Speaker 1: have a one year old son. I started watching The 602 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,919 Speaker 1: Office in high school and it has gotten me through 603 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,720 Speaker 1: the good and the bad times. I introduced my husband 604 00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:25,720 Speaker 1: to the show, and now I have someone who laughs 605 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:29,120 Speaker 1: whenever I work in an office. Quote into the conversation, 606 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,600 Speaker 1: I would say I'm the biggest fan of the office, 607 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:33,680 Speaker 1: but I know that there are thousands of people who 608 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,759 Speaker 1: might disagree. Thank you for doing this podcast because if 609 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,360 Speaker 1: there's two things I love, it's Deep Dives in the Office. 610 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,839 Speaker 1: I look forward to all the new episode and thanks 611 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:47,800 Speaker 1: again by Katie. Congratulations you and Jeremy. That is great 612 00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:52,120 Speaker 1: that you manifested him by your fandom through the show 613 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:57,680 Speaker 1: you created. Jeremy made him work with you, and then 614 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,200 Speaker 1: you fell in love with each other. That is amazing. 615 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:05,960 Speaker 1: You are Pam. Katie, you are Pam. Congratulations, Best of 616 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,239 Speaker 1: luck to you and your future, and thank you so 617 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,320 Speaker 1: much for calling in. My name is Jenna Davis. My 618 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,920 Speaker 1: husband's name is Michael Davis. I am an HR professional. 619 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,839 Speaker 1: That is my my passion as my calling. I absolutely 620 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:25,719 Speaker 1: love human resources. UM. My husband is a firefighter paramedic 621 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,880 Speaker 1: for our city fire department, so he's been at the 622 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:33,680 Speaker 1: front line, UM during this whole pandemic, doing the dirty work, 623 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,239 Speaker 1: meeting patients before they even get to the hospital. UM. 624 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:41,200 Speaker 1: So if I can do a shout out to my husband, UM, 625 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:46,120 Speaker 1: not biased. I'm very proud of him. So when we 626 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,160 Speaker 1: first met. My husband had already been a fan of 627 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: the Office, he already loved it, already seen it multiple times, 628 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,160 Speaker 1: and when we met, you know, we'd go on dates 629 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:57,399 Speaker 1: and the Office would never not come out of his mouth, 630 00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,759 Speaker 1: like he'd either say something about it or asked me 631 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:01,759 Speaker 1: if I've seen it, and I'd always be like, no, 632 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,880 Speaker 1: I have no idea what you're talking about, and he 633 00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:07,799 Speaker 1: was just like, Nope, we gotta watch it. So we 634 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,839 Speaker 1: sat down and we started season one, episode one, and 635 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:18,200 Speaker 1: as an HR professional, I cannot explain the cringe that 636 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:24,000 Speaker 1: was going on inside of my body watching those earlier shows. 637 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: I could not believe somebody was just walking around in 638 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:33,360 Speaker 1: office doing the things that Michael Scott was doing, saying 639 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,640 Speaker 1: the things he was saying, uh and um. There's a 640 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:42,400 Speaker 1: specific point in the Office series in which everything clicked 641 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:48,719 Speaker 1: to me. It was when Dwight had just pierced the 642 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:53,160 Speaker 1: CPR dummy and they're chatting with David Wallace now and 643 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,640 Speaker 1: David Wallace is saying something about how the dummy is 644 00:41:55,680 --> 00:42:02,080 Speaker 1: worth three and Michael Scott how interprets that as five 645 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:08,160 Speaker 1: thousand three d dollars. I lost my mind, laughing hysterically. 646 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:13,359 Speaker 1: It was like In that moment, I suddenly understood the 647 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:17,920 Speaker 1: show's intention, the show's humor. It all made sense, and 648 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:22,319 Speaker 1: I was done. Since then, me and my husband, of 649 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:26,319 Speaker 1: course together have seen it several times through and through UM, 650 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:28,640 Speaker 1: and our love for the Office grew, just as our 651 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,080 Speaker 1: love for each other was growing. You know, our foundation 652 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,799 Speaker 1: of our relationship is built on the Office. It was 653 00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,200 Speaker 1: something we could have in common and we laugh about 654 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:42,359 Speaker 1: and joke about UM. And because of that UM, the 655 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,960 Speaker 1: bond we formed over the Office, we thought no better 656 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:50,120 Speaker 1: place than to get married in good old Scratt in Pennsylvania. 657 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,360 Speaker 1: So we got married and I ended up getting pregnant 658 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:56,720 Speaker 1: with my son UM. While he was in my tummy. 659 00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,239 Speaker 1: Every day going to work, coming home from work, I 660 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,000 Speaker 1: would have The Office on playing in my car. And 661 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:06,440 Speaker 1: it wasn't long after my son was born that we 662 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:10,720 Speaker 1: noticed him like looking at the TV when The Office 663 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:12,239 Speaker 1: would come on, when the scene so Time will come on, 664 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,640 Speaker 1: he would stop what he was doing, stare at the 665 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,160 Speaker 1: TV with a big smile on his face and just dance. 666 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,440 Speaker 1: And it was so awesome because we knew that he 667 00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:24,399 Speaker 1: was hearing it while he was in my tummy, and 668 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:27,640 Speaker 1: his love for the Office or the joy that the 669 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:31,400 Speaker 1: office brings him came before he even took his breath, 670 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:34,120 Speaker 1: like in this world, and I think that is just 671 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:39,040 Speaker 1: so amazing. UM. We love the podcast. We love Brian 672 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,600 Speaker 1: and what he's able to pull out of people. Honestly 673 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,760 Speaker 1: are Our son is a huge fan of trash Truck, 674 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:51,080 Speaker 1: so when UM that when trash Truck is on, my 675 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:56,040 Speaker 1: son instantly recognizes Brand's voice. We are so happy to 676 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,600 Speaker 1: talk to you and share our story with the rest 677 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:03,640 Speaker 1: of your list. Nurse. UM, if you you know, select 678 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,600 Speaker 1: this UM, but if not, I hope either way this 679 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,880 Speaker 1: message brings a smile into your face and you you 680 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:13,960 Speaker 1: really I mean every single word inside this message, UM, 681 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:18,040 Speaker 1: and I just hope you all continue what you're doing 682 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:23,480 Speaker 1: and bringing smiles to people, UM every day. Wow, Jenna, 683 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:29,480 Speaker 1: thank you for your message. You and Michael getting married 684 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,680 Speaker 1: in Scranton, Pennsylvania. I haven't heard of that as a 685 00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:37,359 Speaker 1: destination wedding place yet. That's a first. Obviously, I know 686 00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:41,279 Speaker 1: people get married in Scranton, but I assume you're not 687 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,880 Speaker 1: from there and that you chose to go there and 688 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:47,240 Speaker 1: get married. That is incredible. UM. I have to point 689 00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:51,759 Speaker 1: out that in the beginning of your message, you keep 690 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,320 Speaker 1: saying how much you love HR, and I just needed 691 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,600 Speaker 1: to point that out that you love HR, which of 692 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:02,160 Speaker 1: course makes people think of Toby. But anyway, thank you 693 00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:05,960 Speaker 1: so much, and Michael God bless you. Thank you so 694 00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,400 Speaker 1: much for the work that you're doing keeping people safe 695 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:14,040 Speaker 1: and healthy every single day. So my best to the 696 00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:17,400 Speaker 1: two of you. And uh, obviously your son has great 697 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:21,640 Speaker 1: taste if he's watching trash Truck. Hi, Brian. My name 698 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:25,479 Speaker 1: is Abigail Peters. I am recording this from Lovely Gray 699 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,600 Speaker 1: and Gloomy in Canto, Ohio. I've always wanted to tell 700 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:33,279 Speaker 1: anyone of the Office, essentially my comment in what the 701 00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:36,200 Speaker 1: Office means to me. I'd always heard of The Office 702 00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:38,600 Speaker 1: growing up, but I never watched it. By the time 703 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:41,960 Speaker 1: I was eighteen, I had gone through a really bad 704 00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,480 Speaker 1: high school breakup with a boyfriend who I thought I 705 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:48,600 Speaker 1: loved young love type of thing, and he was quite mean, 706 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,200 Speaker 1: to say the least to me. So I was going 707 00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:54,520 Speaker 1: through a rough time mentally and emotionally. And I come 708 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:58,680 Speaker 1: from a household of divorce. My parents are divorced, so 709 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,560 Speaker 1: for me when it comes to love, I was always 710 00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:07,400 Speaker 1: very confused and watching The Office like binged it satin 711 00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:10,120 Speaker 1: on my couch in the corner, day in and day out, 712 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:14,239 Speaker 1: and watched it and just watching things like Jim and Pam, 713 00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:17,600 Speaker 1: or even Michael and Holly, even Aaron finding her parents. 714 00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:23,800 Speaker 1: That love, unconditional love. He gave me hope. It gave 715 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:28,879 Speaker 1: me solace. It was, you know, a young girl who 716 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:33,720 Speaker 1: thought her heart was broken, forever depressed. What have you lost? 717 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:38,920 Speaker 1: Hopeless watching someone who looked hopeless. I mean, think about Jim. 718 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,319 Speaker 1: He moved, he thought, I'm never going to be with 719 00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,080 Speaker 1: the woman I love, and then look and they had 720 00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:46,879 Speaker 1: their hard times and they overcame adversity and their relationship. 721 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,319 Speaker 1: It just showed me patience and kindness. And I just 722 00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:55,800 Speaker 1: think for young generations trying to figure out life, it 723 00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:59,880 Speaker 1: gives up us almost a piece at heart, piece of 724 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,960 Speaker 1: mind that there are still adults. I mean, these are 725 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,440 Speaker 1: adults in an office still trying to figure out life. 726 00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:09,160 Speaker 1: Even Michael, I mean, by the time he finds Holly 727 00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:11,080 Speaker 1: and everything, they always talk about his agent stuff. He's 728 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,879 Speaker 1: mid forties when he finally finds Holly and finds love. 729 00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:17,120 Speaker 1: I mean it might happen later in life, Phyllis, you 730 00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,239 Speaker 1: know later in life type of a situation. But that 731 00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:23,120 Speaker 1: even adults are still figuring it out, even when you 732 00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:25,560 Speaker 1: look in an adult and sit sit there and go, man, 733 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:28,279 Speaker 1: I had to become an adult somehow, And then here 734 00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:31,000 Speaker 1: are these adults still trying to figure it out, and 735 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:34,279 Speaker 1: you kind of go, okay, okay, I'm not alone. It's 736 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:38,360 Speaker 1: just the love and the unconditional nous, the patients, the 737 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,640 Speaker 1: let's work things through, and let's all that. I mean, 738 00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:45,800 Speaker 1: coming from a home and experiences of people screaming and 739 00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,920 Speaker 1: yelling at each other and being so impatient and calling 740 00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:52,680 Speaker 1: each other names, to watch people genuinely sit and go, 741 00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:56,040 Speaker 1: you know what, let's talk about this. Let's not just 742 00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:59,640 Speaker 1: blow up on each other, Let's not just tell each 743 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:03,920 Speaker 1: other off. It just it means this show means so 744 00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:06,840 Speaker 1: much to me. You all means so much to me, 745 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,719 Speaker 1: just because a girl who's going through a tough time, 746 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:13,879 Speaker 1: a young, freshly eighteen adult thinking, my god, him, I'm 747 00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:15,440 Speaker 1: not going to be able to figure this out. I 748 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:19,239 Speaker 1: always I always find comfort in this show knowing I 749 00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:22,160 Speaker 1: still have time I can figure it out. Life is 750 00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:25,320 Speaker 1: short but also still quite long. I mean, I'm twenty 751 00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:27,680 Speaker 1: five now, but as an eighteen year old girl in 752 00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:31,560 Speaker 1: two dozen fourteen, who had no idea where life was 753 00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:34,360 Speaker 1: going to take me. I mean, I'm getting choked up 754 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,400 Speaker 1: thinking about it. Like I said, watching Jim and Pam 755 00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:41,080 Speaker 1: Michael find Holly. You know, I found someone. I'm twenty 756 00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:44,120 Speaker 1: five and I finally found someone, and I it brings 757 00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:47,280 Speaker 1: me peace and joy. And I just I love you all. 758 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:51,200 Speaker 1: I thank you all so so much. And I just 759 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:53,920 Speaker 1: this show will never mean more to me than anything 760 00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,920 Speaker 1: ever has. And I just I thank you guys so much. 761 00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:02,439 Speaker 1: So that's all. Thank you, Brian, Abigail, thanks for your call. 762 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:07,120 Speaker 1: And I think I'm going to end this episode quoting 763 00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:12,640 Speaker 1: the great Greg Daniels, muttering truth and beauty, Truth and beauty, 764 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:16,120 Speaker 1: Truth and beauty. And that's what we were trying to 765 00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:21,359 Speaker 1: do on this show, to bring a degree of realism 766 00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:26,839 Speaker 1: that is not typically seen on television, certainly not network television. 767 00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:31,920 Speaker 1: To show the truth which is sometimes ugly. Look, we've 768 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:33,880 Speaker 1: talked about dinner party today. All you gotta do is 769 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:39,720 Speaker 1: look at dinner party. That is a disfunctional relationship. Um, 770 00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:45,320 Speaker 1: but ultimately finding the beauty in people through that truth, 771 00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:51,879 Speaker 1: finding that little flower growing out of the concrete parking lot, 772 00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:54,279 Speaker 1: That's what the show was trying to do, and I 773 00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:58,120 Speaker 1: think that is what brings comfort to people. I think 774 00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:02,640 Speaker 1: that's what brings hopefulness to people, and it sounds like 775 00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:07,680 Speaker 1: for you, Abigail. So there is beauty in ordinary things. 776 00:50:08,239 --> 00:50:11,520 Speaker 1: That was our point. And to those of you who 777 00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:16,600 Speaker 1: have received comfort from watching the show, thank you to 778 00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:19,759 Speaker 1: all of you for sharing that with us and know 779 00:50:19,960 --> 00:50:37,480 Speaker 1: that you are important and beautiful. Wow. Thank you guys, 780 00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:41,040 Speaker 1: Thank you all of you truly from the bottom of 781 00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:44,880 Speaker 1: my heart, and the entire team here at the Office 782 00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:47,839 Speaker 1: Deep Dive, thank you for reaching out. Going through all 783 00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:50,680 Speaker 1: of your messages. It has been a roller coaster to 784 00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:54,160 Speaker 1: say the least, but myself and the whole team here 785 00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:58,359 Speaker 1: we have loved every single minute of it. And here 786 00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:02,640 Speaker 1: we are to thank you for joining me for another 787 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:07,239 Speaker 1: great year of podcasts. I cannot wait for you to 788 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,960 Speaker 1: see what we have in store for you next so 789 00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:21,520 Speaker 1: as always, I will see you next time. The Office. 790 00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:25,759 Speaker 1: Deep Dive is hosted and executive produced by me Brian Baumgartner, 791 00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:30,760 Speaker 1: alongside our executive producer Langley. Our producers are Liz Hayes 792 00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:35,240 Speaker 1: and Diego Tapia. Our theme song Bubble and Squeak, performed 793 00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:38,319 Speaker 1: by my great friend Creed Bratton, and the episode was 794 00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:56,600 Speaker 1: mixed by Seth o Landski. Hi, Brian, this is Josh. 795 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,640 Speaker 1: I love the podcast. I've been watching the show since 796 00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:02,040 Speaker 1: two was in six when I was in college. It's 797 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:04,839 Speaker 1: helped me through some hard times in my life. It's 798 00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:07,719 Speaker 1: made me laugh and cry. I don't think my life 799 00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:11,000 Speaker 1: would be the same without The Office. It's tough for 800 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:15,560 Speaker 1: me to put into words adequately. I guess exactly what 801 00:52:15,640 --> 00:52:18,600 Speaker 1: The Office means to me. I even put it on 802 00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:21,160 Speaker 1: when I go places now. I put it on for 803 00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:25,120 Speaker 1: my dog. And recently my TV died and my dad 804 00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:27,680 Speaker 1: joked that it was because my dog was sick of 805 00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:32,360 Speaker 1: watching The Office over and over again. Um, which she doesn't. 806 00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,000 Speaker 1: She loves it. My dad passed away when I was 807 00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:37,440 Speaker 1: eight years old, and I didn't realize how much he 808 00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:40,040 Speaker 1: loved the show until I grew up and after he 809 00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:43,040 Speaker 1: was gone. But I feel like I get my love 810 00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:46,600 Speaker 1: for the show from him, and it just feels so 811 00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:48,719 Speaker 1: nice to be able to have this connection with him 812 00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:52,759 Speaker 1: that I didn't know I had um until recently. To 813 00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:55,840 Speaker 1: summit Mason silly to instill such an emotional connection to 814 00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:58,399 Speaker 1: a television show, but the fans of this show, as 815 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:00,560 Speaker 1: well as the cast and crew alike on nderstand It. 816 00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:04,000 Speaker 1: I know you've gotten such a positive reception for your podcasts, 817 00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:06,000 Speaker 1: and I just wanted to echo that and reiterate that 818 00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:09,399 Speaker 1: you deserve every oums of that response. As Dave Rogers said, 819 00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:11,759 Speaker 1: thank you for this. Thank you