WEBVTT - The Office Deep Dive Call-In Edition - Pt. 3 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:20.560 Hello, Hello everyone. It's a new year, a new dawn 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:25.079 of a new age that sounds like the terminator. Uh. 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:28.080 We have a new episode of the Office Deep Dive. 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:32.400 I am, as always your host, Brian Baumgartner. New year, 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:37.000 same guy. I'm excited for you to join me today. 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:41.159 I cannot wait to kick off with my favorite kind 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.239 of episode. That's right, today, I have got another our 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:48.560 final call in episode where I get to hear directly 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:52.360 from you. We're gonna get down and dirty, all right, 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:57.040 and we're gonna answer a whole lot of the questions 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:59.480 that you've been dying to know, and then we're gonna 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:03.040 talk about off. Mm hmm. You didn't see that one coming, 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:07.279 did you. So. Happy New Year, everybody, and let's start 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:11.759 it on the right foot with another beautiful episode starring 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:17.360 the incredible, the inspiring, the unbelievably touching messages that we 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:26.040 have received from all of you. Bubble and Squeak. I 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:33.360 love Bubble and Squeaker, Bubble and Squeaker Cookie, every moon 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:49.320 lift over from the nut before. Ryan. This ethan we 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:53.680 big fan of Office all family, watch whole series fifteen 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:58.800 times you funniest character on show. Okay, this is a 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.639 lot harder than books. You get the point. I'm Ethan 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:05.080 and I'm ten years old. My mom and I really 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:08.000 liked The Office, Deep Dive, and my entire family and 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:11.760 I love The Office is my favorite show. The Office 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:14.920 is like Elf. You can watch it over and over 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:18.800 again and still laugh every time. This is my first 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.800 time talking to a celebrity, so I am really happy 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.960 right now. I have three older brothers who always make 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:28.240 jokes from the Office. At first, I never got any 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:31.080 of them. They would say things like I wanted to 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.680 eat a pig in a blanket in a blanket, or 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:38.200 nothing beat the Cookie season, next the Truth. The only 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.880 thing I knew about the things they said were they 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:44.120 were from the Office. My favorite storyline from the Office 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:48.160 is Jim and Dwight's rivalry. Someone always gets in Office 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:51.600 the Christmas or birthday gift. When one of my brothers 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:55.000 turned sixteen, my mom got him a custom dundee that 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.720 said it is your Birthday. She also attempted to put 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.200 his money while it was in a zip blog bag, 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:04.840 into some yellow jello, but when she flipped it upside down, 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:07.960 the edge of the bag cut right through the jello. 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.919 As much as she loves the Office, my mom gets 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:14.280 really mad when we say. That's what she said. Not 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:16.640 a day goes by that someone in my house doesn't 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:20.040 quote The Office. Thanks for listening. Whoever is, have a 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:24.280 great day, Ethan. Thank you so much for calling in 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.480 ten years of age. I don't know if you should 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:31.440 see every single episode in its entirety, but good on you. 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.680 Thanks to you and your mom for listening to the 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:41.360 Office Deep Dive. That is huge. H That's what she said, Sorry, mom, 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:44.920 I had to do it. Hello Brian and the Office 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.360 Deep Dive. My name is Sam Bagwana and I'm eighteen 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:53.240 years old um here in Australia, and I just wanted 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:55.200 to send a quick message to say thanks for making 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.720 such an awesome podcast. It's really been great to listen 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:02.280 to throughout my final year of high school and the 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:06.800 HSC exams. So I guess I just had one question 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:10.760 for you. What is your favorite episode of the Office Brian? 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:12.520 And I know that's going to be a hard one. 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:18.800 That's what she said, Sam, thank you for calling all 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:24.800 the way from down Under. That was awful. What is 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.480 my favorite episode? Listen? Sam, I'm gonna be honest, it 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:33.000 changes a little bit. I've recently found out Variety just 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:36.280 came out with a list of the fifty best episodes. 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:40.960 Their number one was The Dinner Party, which is fantastic. 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.919 I mean, there's no doubt Lee and Gene and the 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:47.559 work that they did. They're making a modern day Who's 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:52.080 Afraid of Virginia Wolf. It's incredible. Personally, I believe their 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:57.359 number two is currently my number one, which is Stress Relief, 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:02.480 otherwise known as the episode with Dwight's fake fire drill. 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.039 Part of it for me is and I've said this 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:09.000 quite a bit, you know, for me, now what was 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:13.240 going on outside of the show is also significant to 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.200 me as I go back and I rewatch. So we're 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:22.400 about to move here into American football playoffs and uh, 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:27.119 the episode Stress Relief aired immediately following the Super Bowl, 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:30.479 and so for me that was a huge as a 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:34.280 big football fan sports fan, to be on a show 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:38.280 that aired immediately following the Super Bowl, it was very special. 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:40.719 And that happened to be the first Super Bowl I 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:45.400 ever attended in person as well. Uh, the Pittsburgh Steelers 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:51.520 defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Tampa. It rained. It's a 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:57.000 long story, but anyway to answer quickly your question, Stress 0:05:57.080 --> 0:06:02.560 relief for me. It's got comedy, it's got complicated camera 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:07.520 movements and choreography, a lot of rehearsal. I remember shooting 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.440 the episode well and and that's that's currently my favorite. 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.839 But check out the list on Variety or elsewhere and 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:18.120 see how how your list compares to theirs. Hi, Brian 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:21.760 and team. This is Megan from Amersh Virginia. Thank you 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:25.080 so much for this podcast. I have loved listening to 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:28.000 the cast and the crew and hearing their take and 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:31.200 there behind the scenes stories that we wouldn't have heard otherwise. 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.880 My question is what do you think about the fan 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:39.000 theory that Dwight should have ended up with isabel instead 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:43.560 of Angela. Thanks have a great day, Megan. Thanks so 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:46.360 much for your question. I was not aware that this 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.120 was a movement. Maybe it's happening on the in the 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.880 dark threads of Reddit. I'm not sure. I haven't heard 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:56.320 this one before. Look, I think that there's a lot 0:06:56.400 --> 0:07:00.080 of reasons that Dwight could have or should have of 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:05.080 ended up with Isabelle. But you know what, sometimes with love, 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:14.640 it's in inexplicable, it's in its blitzable, in explainable. There 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:19.320 I changed it. Um he had Dwight and Angela. They 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.160 were a match made in well, I'm not sure exactly 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:24.680 where they were made, but I think in the end, 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.360 at least on our show, they were meant to be. 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:31.480 And I think ultimately, as Greg Daniels and some of 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.320 the other writers and producers have talked about, they were 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:38.400 sort of the anti Jim and Pam. Jim and Pam 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:42.760 were the couple that everybody got, that everybody responded to, 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:46.960 and I think Dwight and Angela was harder to explain, 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.600 but I think in the end their love was just 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:56.680 as pure or just as creepy. Hi Brian, my name 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:00.360 is Jake Ryan. I'm from Johnston, Iowa, and I'm currently 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:04.120 senior at the University of Iowa. Um So, to start out, 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.600 I my funny story comes from back when my dad 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:09.960 and I we used to watch The Office when I 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.440 was little, and we used to stay up late, uh 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:15.320 or for me it was late but every Thursday night 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:18.200 watching the premiere of the New Office, and I remember 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:20.960 we introduced my mom to the Office in the first 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:25.080 episode coincidentally had my to this day, my favorite line 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.040 from the Office, which came from Kevin and her reaction 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:31.720 to that line. So I remember the episode was the 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:35.600 one in which Darryl and Toby were competing to sell 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:40.200 Kevin Girl Scout cookies, and I remember the funniest line 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:44.000 was when Kevin told them he likes to be wined 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:48.600 and dined and blank blank blank um. And I remember 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:50.760 just seeing the look of horror on my mom's face 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.599 when she heard that, and my dad and I obviously 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:57.560 hysterically laughing. At that age, I didn't know what it meant, 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:01.079 but I saw my dad laughing and I went along 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.959 with it. So that's that's one of my favorite memories, um, 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.840 and one of the funniest memories from the show. UM. 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.559 And then my question, I wanted to ask you, I mean, 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:13.600 other than what your golf handicap is, but I wanted 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.280 to ask you. You know, I know that The Office 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.440 Is has always been a pretty well scripted show and 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:22.800 there's not a ton of room for improvisation, but were 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:26.280 there any times in which you improvised in the show 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.560 that you can remember? And if so, what was your 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:33.280 what was your favorite improvisation line? Thank you? I I 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:36.400 love the show and I'm super excited for to come 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:41.280 back in two So keep doing great things. Brian thanks. 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.200 Thanks Jake. First of all, I think the words you're 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:49.280 looking for our sixty nine and yeah, I guess, I guess. 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.920 Go look it up, Jake, go hawk Eyes. I was 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.800 there a couple of years ago into the talk, had 0:09:55.840 --> 0:10:00.000 a great time there in Iowa. Thanks for your call. Um. 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:03.880 I can't imagine they're as a high school ish kid 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:08.000 watching that episode with my mom and I can. I 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:11.840 can imagine her face and how you and maybe your 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:15.199 dad felt in that moment. I love it. By the way, 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.680 six point eight is the handicap. Will move on from 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:22.560 that and asking about my favorite improv. I don't know 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.440 if this is my favorite or not, Jake, but at 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:29.520 the moment I had the idea of doing a running 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:35.920 improv in the episode where they're evaluating employees by putting 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:40.560 beans and Kevin saying what does a being mean? And 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:43.440 that was scripted what does a being mean? But the 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:45.880 fact that he becomes obsessed with the idea of not 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:49.480 knowing what a bean means, but he probably knows and 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:52.040 so yes, towards the end of that scene, you hear 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:56.200 him yelling in the background and I remember laughing standing 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:59.240 away in the off camera, just yelling, what does a 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:02.000 being mean and the idea that Kevin is just going 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.000 around to everybody asking what it bean means. I don't know. 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:08.720 That makes me laugh at least right now. Hi Brian, 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:12.120 big fan of the podcast, big fan of the Office. 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:14.760 I'm not sure if I'm the biggest fan out there. 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:18.240 I'm sure there's someone who's much crazier than I am. 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:22.880 But I've been a scranted five times now. I'm not 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:26.839 sure if my wife will let me go back. Um. 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:31.440 Been to Office Fest that was happened last fall. That 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:35.240 was kind of cool. I've hosted office Trivia at a bar. 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:39.720 I had an office theme party where I bought everybody 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:44.280 dundees and we played office trivia. Um. My question is 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:48.280 how long of a break did you guys have between 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:51.840 shooting seasons? You know the I know it took five 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.360 days to shoot an episode, but how long of a 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:58.800 break did you have, like I said, in between shooting seasons? 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.560 And another question is who do you think was the 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:06.200 funniest on set. I've had the privilege of meeting some 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.440 of you. I've actually met you at a comic con 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:12.679 in Pittsburgh, and everyone seems to say Rain Rain was 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:17.600 the funniest. So just want your opinion on that. And thanks, Brandon, 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:21.760 thanks for your call. You've been to Scranton five times. 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.480 You're not sure your wife will let you go back. 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:29.280 What happened in Scranton, Brandon, that gives your wife pause 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:33.480 for sending you back. Um, it was nice to meet 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:37.600 you there in Pittsburgh. Maybe we will meet someday back 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:41.320 in Scranton. So a question about the schedule, it varied 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:45.120 a little bit. What I typically tell people is it 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:49.440 was like a school year, but kind of extended into 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:52.600 the summer a little bit. Right, So the Office when 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:56.080 it was airing for probably the last seven to eight years, 0:12:56.480 --> 0:13:00.960 it would have its season finale in roughly late May, 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:08.000 which means we stopped filming in sometime late April early May, 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:11.080 we were done for the year, and then we would 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:14.920 have a summer break basically right, so it would give 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:18.600 the writers specifically time to recharge. They would come back 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:22.480 much earlier and begin working on stories for the coming year. 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:28.600 And we usually started late July early August to begin 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:30.839 for the fall, and that that would give us time 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:34.160 to get episodes in the can as they call it, 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:39.920 before the traditional television season started, which was September. So 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:46.880 basically September through May is when the network television season lasts, 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:50.280 so we had to we were done earlier than that, 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:53.280 and we had to come back earlier to get some done. 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:59.000 So yeah, roughly end of July through end of April. 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:20.440 H Hello, Brian. My name is Brianna, and I am 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:24.560 calling from Madison, Wisconsin. I first want to say thank 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:28.360 you so much for creating this podcast. I love listening 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.840 to it each and every week just as much as 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:35.120 I love watching The Office. The Office is my all 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:38.000 time favorite show. I watch it all the time and 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:41.160 I'm pretty sure all my friends think I'm nuts, um, 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:44.040 but The Office is such a comforting thing to me 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:47.280 have it in the background on all the time. And 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.640 what I love about is even when I rewatch it 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:53.320 over and over again the same episodes, I am able 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:57.760 to find little gems hidden in the background of scenes 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:01.920 that I didn't notice before. So, for example, there is 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.360 a scene where Michael is in the kitchen and he's 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:09.160 drinking a diet soda, but if you pay attention, he 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:13.280 is pouring sugar into his diet soda as he's talking 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:18.320 in the kitchen. Or in St. Patrick's day, there is 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.840 the water cooler in the background behind Stanley and if 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:24.840 you pay attention the water cooler, their water in there 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.920 is dyed green for St. Patrick's Day. Or in the 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:32.280 garage sale the yard sale, they kind of pan around 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:36.760 the warehouse there and you can see that Michael is 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:40.040 trying to sell his broken plasma screen TV that Jan 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:44.040 hit with the Dundee and the dinner party episode. So 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:46.720 that just got me thinking that the writer's put so 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:50.000 much effort into not only the scenes itself and what's 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:53.240 in the forefront of the scenes, but also what's happening 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.160 in the background and adding these little gems that you 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.400 may find as you watched the episode over and over again. 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.400 You might not the first time, but when you catch 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:03.760 those things, it put a smile on your face and 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:06.400 makes you laugh. And so I guess I just wanted 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:10.600 your take on why the writers put so much effort 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:13.480 into the background of scenes and how that added to 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:17.000 the show. So thanks again, I appreciate what you do 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.720 and talk to you soon. Thank you so much for 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:23.400 your call. Brianna. By the way, that easter egg of 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:27.520 the broken plasma screen in the garage show episode, that's 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:31.040 one of the best, So kudos to you for finding 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:36.040 that one. Look, our writers were amazing. I can't truly 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:40.320 can't say enough about them, But what I would say is, 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:44.880 in addition to them, everyone on the crew was working 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:49.680 all the time thinking of those type things. Right. So, 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:53.000 I don't know whose idea the plasma screen was, but 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:57.240 it very well could have been Phil Shay props, or 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:01.280 a scenic designer or an actor. It could have been 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:03.640 Steve Carrell saying, hey, you know what, what do would 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.679 be funny? And you know I talked about this in 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.520 the last Calling episode we did. There is a warehouse 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:13.760 of props that exists somewhere. Maybe at this point they've 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:17.000 given them up that any prop that was used in 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.720 any episode at any time, they saved it in case 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:23.840 they would need it again, and there's a great example 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:28.280 of the time they decided to use it again. So, yes, 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:32.080 our writers were incredible. Maybe that was scripted, but it 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:36.000 just as easily could have been Steve Carrell or a 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:40.720 prop person or or anyone really, because Greg Daniels created 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:46.480 such a collaborative environment that anyone was able to pitch 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:50.920 those kinds of jokes, and people consistently were And I 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:53.280 think that's one of the things that makes the show 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:57.240 so so deep and and have such depth and texture 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:01.560 and yeah, as you said, ultimately comedy. Hi Christina McDonald here, 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:05.800 I'm a huge Office fan. I will admit, Um. I 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:09.760 did not become a fan until Covid started. I decided 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:12.959 to sit down and watch The Office before they were 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:15.040 going to take it off Netflix, And of course that 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:18.040 just led to me buying Peacock when it went to 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:23.919 Peacock and um, and then once I discovered your podcast 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:27.920 and The Office Ladies, you know, Jenna and Angelo's podcast, 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:32.080 I really just couldn't get enough. It became more and 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:35.040 more and more of an obsession. And what I like 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:37.600 about my obsession is, you know, not only do I 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:40.040 put The Office on like right now, just when I'm 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:42.679 eating or whatever it's on in the background, but I 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:45.200 put the podcast on it all the time because I 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:51.000 absolutely love hearing every little detail about how the show 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:54.280 has been made, about every single person that has helped 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:56.280 you guys and has been a part of it, every 0:18:56.280 --> 0:19:00.360 single person, regardless of their role. And you know how 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:04.800 quote unquote trivial it may seem to the whole production. Um, 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:07.320 you know, every little bit of it has been so 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:10.160 fascinating to me and most of all, it's like it's 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:15.440 it's so inspiring to me. I have been completely uninspired 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:18.360 and not creative. I feel like my whole life, which 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:20.840 is not true, but I've just struggled to find that 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:23.720 spark in that creativity. I'm thirty eight years old. I'm 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:26.840 still trying to figure out what I'm doing. But I 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:32.640 have to say you have inspired me, Kevin, you specifically, 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:36.359 all of you have inspired me to to create, to 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:40.040 become creative, to pursue writing again. I heard about Brent 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:43.359 Forresters writing course that he does online and I just 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:45.520 signed up for it Lance or you know, I signed 0:19:45.600 --> 0:19:48.400 up to get notification about it, and I'm so excited 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:50.720 to do that. And so I just wanted to thank 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:54.920 you Kevin specifically for making the podcast, but also each 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:56.320 and every one of you that has been on the 0:19:56.359 --> 0:19:59.439 office and has helped create the office and as you know, 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:02.800 contributed the ways that you have the fans and the 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:05.720 ways you contributed contributed as well. I am just so 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:07.879 thankful to all of you. I feel like we're all 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:10.639 a big family. You guys just make me so happy. 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:13.320 Your new episodes coming out every week, Brian just make 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:16.080 me so happy. I feel like I'm friends with you now. 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:19.560 Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so much. 0:20:19.880 --> 0:20:24.280 I'm eternally grateful to you. Thank you well, Christina, thank 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:29.000 you for your message. I appreciate that so much. Look, 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:32.160 I think that's what the show is about. It's about 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:38.600 finding beauty in ordinary things, and I think that's what 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:43.680 does it. I think that's what gives you that inspiration. 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:47.919 Hopefully it helps you find that spark. Good luck to 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:52.199 you working with Brent Forrester. You're gonna need it working 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:56.520 with him, Brent Forrester joke, Sorry, Brent Um, but good 0:20:56.600 --> 0:20:59.000 luck to you, all right, and thank you for your call. 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:02.320 Thanks for letting me know. I know that everybody who 0:21:02.359 --> 0:21:06.480 worked on the show will appreciate hearing that, because, I mean, look, 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:11.919 the fact that our show is inspiring you now to 0:21:12.040 --> 0:21:16.560 take a chance on doing something new at thirty eight 0:21:16.640 --> 0:21:20.440 years old. That's awesome. Like there's kind of nothing else 0:21:20.480 --> 0:21:24.359 to say except that's awesome and good luck. I'm gonna 0:21:24.359 --> 0:21:28.000 be rooting for you. Hey, office, Deep Dye family. This 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:33.320 is Derek Crenshaw from Tulsa, Oklahoma. I started watching the 0:21:33.359 --> 0:21:39.439 show whenever it was still live, and I worked a 0:21:39.440 --> 0:21:41.480 blogbuster at the time, and I got caught up through 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:47.080 season one, and I was able to get completely caught 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:51.720 up through through my gig at Blogbuster, and then continued 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:54.359 watching the show as it as it came on every week. 0:21:54.920 --> 0:21:58.600 I did ask for DVD sets, so I have every 0:21:58.600 --> 0:22:02.240 single one of those, and that came in helpful because 0:22:02.240 --> 0:22:06.359 when I was in college, I couldn't afford a even 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:10.240 Netflix subscription, much less any kind of cable subscription or 0:22:10.240 --> 0:22:12.840 anything like that. So I had all my Office DVDs, 0:22:12.880 --> 0:22:16.880 so I continued. I continuously watched The Office whenever I 0:22:16.920 --> 0:22:20.920 was in college. Um, you guys were with me through 0:22:21.040 --> 0:22:28.080 some really tough times. You were with me through um, 0:22:28.200 --> 0:22:32.280 almost a divorce, through the birth of my two perfect children, 0:22:33.080 --> 0:22:40.840 and you shot You guys do not know how important 0:22:40.920 --> 0:22:47.320 you are. I just listening to you to the Office ladies. 0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:52.040 Hearing you guys break down sometimes it's uh, it moves 0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:56.320 me into tears. Obviously isn't doing it now? Um, but 0:22:58.320 --> 0:23:02.800 you guys are more important to me than anybody else 0:23:02.920 --> 0:23:06.919 who has no idea who I am. Um, but I 0:23:06.960 --> 0:23:08.919 did want to. I didn't want to pose what I 0:23:08.960 --> 0:23:12.240 thought was an interesting question. So as I've watched seriously, 0:23:12.280 --> 0:23:16.000 I probably watched the whole series, um twenty times. I 0:23:16.000 --> 0:23:18.639 I don't know, I I constantly Before it got taken 0:23:18.640 --> 0:23:20.840 off of Netflix, I had it on. It was just 0:23:20.840 --> 0:23:24.760 a constant loop. Um, a funny story. My oldest My 0:23:24.800 --> 0:23:28.200 oldest son is five, and he loves the part where 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:31.840 Andy he calls him Michael's son, which I think is funny. Um. 0:23:31.840 --> 0:23:33.480 But he loves the part where he punches a hole 0:23:33.480 --> 0:23:36.960 in the wall. Um. But but anyway, So as I've 0:23:37.000 --> 0:23:38.560 watched these over and over and over and over and 0:23:38.600 --> 0:23:43.560 over again, I have pondered who I would like and 0:23:43.640 --> 0:23:46.400 dislike to work with the most if it were a 0:23:46.440 --> 0:23:50.679 real life situation for me. Uh, it would probably be 0:23:50.960 --> 0:23:53.400 Oscar would be the person I would like to work with. 0:23:53.560 --> 0:23:55.800 He's uh, he's good at his job. He could be 0:23:55.840 --> 0:24:01.199 a good mentor he doesn't get worked up too easy. Unpopularly, 0:24:01.920 --> 0:24:04.960 my leassavorite would probably be Jim. I think his pranks 0:24:05.040 --> 0:24:07.520 would get on my nerves in real life, and he 0:24:07.560 --> 0:24:10.919 doesn't seem like he would be a real good friend 0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:14.520 unless it was on his terms, and so that would 0:24:14.520 --> 0:24:19.440 be mine. I would ask you, Brian, if you who 0:24:19.480 --> 0:24:22.080 would be yours? Because I know you've recently watched this 0:24:22.160 --> 0:24:25.760 and so who would be your favorite and least favorite 0:24:25.800 --> 0:24:28.040 people to work with? UM, I hope that you do 0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:31.359 listen to this and know that, UM, you know, I 0:24:31.440 --> 0:24:35.800 love you guys so so I apologize for the for 0:24:35.840 --> 0:24:38.200 all of the tears, but UM, but you guys are 0:24:38.240 --> 0:24:41.080 really really important to me, so so thank you, and 0:24:41.359 --> 0:24:45.000 UM know that I love you guys. Thanks by Thanks Derek, 0:24:45.440 --> 0:24:47.800 I love you too, my friend. Thanks so much for 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:53.720 your message, and never ever apologize for feeling all right. 0:24:54.560 --> 0:24:58.360 As for your question, I mean, I hear what you're 0:24:58.400 --> 0:25:02.280 saying about the gym thing. Michael would be really difficult, 0:25:02.640 --> 0:25:06.040 all right, let's be honest about that. Angela is a 0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:11.040 hard no for sure. Now, maybe I'm biased. I thought 0:25:11.359 --> 0:25:13.600 as you were talking you were going to say Kevin, 0:25:13.840 --> 0:25:17.399 because listen, he makes things more fun. Am I wrong? 0:25:18.000 --> 0:25:22.600 I'm definitely not wrong. Now, granted he might be he 0:25:22.720 --> 0:25:27.080 might be frustrating to work with on occasion as well, 0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:33.040 but I think he would make things most fun. Um, gosh, 0:25:33.240 --> 0:25:37.159 that's really tough. I'm gonna go, Pam. She wants to 0:25:37.200 --> 0:25:42.560 be upward lee mobile is that the right phrase? Better herself? 0:25:42.600 --> 0:25:46.560 She works her way up. I'm gonna go, Pam. I 0:25:46.560 --> 0:25:49.639 mean Dwight. There's no doubt Dwight is excellent at his job. 0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:53.159 So if I really wanted the company to succeed, what 0:25:53.320 --> 0:25:57.080 I put up with his eccentricities. Probably not, but he 0:25:57.200 --> 0:25:59.800 is really good at his job. Thanks Derek, Thanks for 0:25:59.840 --> 0:26:04.240 the Hello, Brian. This is Kira. I'm a teacher from 0:26:04.240 --> 0:26:07.920