1 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and ho ho drad Old, drad Old, Radol. 2 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to a super special holiday edition of the Office 3 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: Deep Dive. I am your host, Brian Baumgartner, and boy, 4 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 1: oh boy, have I got a treat for you today. 5 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: We're doing something very different, something very different, something that 6 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: I am delighted to share with you. Okay, here's a 7 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: hand ring ring dunder Mifflin. This is Brian. That's right. 8 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: Today we're doing a call in episode of the show. 9 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: Who are the guests. You are the guests, and you 10 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: decide what we talk about today. Get ready to laugh 11 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: with me, to cry with me, and get mad with me. Well, 12 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: maybe not get mad with me. But first I want 13 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: to thank each and every one of you who sent 14 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: in so many amazing messages. Truly, all of us here 15 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: at the Office Deep Dive. We are at a total 16 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: loss for words at how incredible and how open and 17 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: how loving you have all been about the Office and 18 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: the podcast. I wish that I could answer each and 19 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: every one of you today, but know that we listen 20 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: to every single one of your messages and they brought 21 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: us so much joy. So now it's my turn. I'm 22 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: hoping this episode will bring a little joy to you 23 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: this holiday season. So, without further adea, I would like 24 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: to present to you my first call in episode featuring 25 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: probably my favorite guests of all time, you, Bubble and Squeak. 26 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: I love it Bubble and Squeak On Bubble and Squeaker 27 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 1: cook at every month. Left over from the night before 28 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: Mr Bomb Gert Bob Taylor calling from the middle of nowhere, Saskatchewan, Canada, 29 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,679 Speaker 1: have a question for you. I was just wondering your 30 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: iconic character, Kevin, as we all know and love. You know, 31 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: I wouldn't want to change a thing, But if there's 32 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: one thing you could change about Kevin Malone, what would 33 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: it be? Enquiring Mines wants to know. Well, thanks Bob 34 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: for your question. You know, I think the one thing 35 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: I've addressed this a little bit throughout the podcast, I 36 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: wish that Kevin had found love. You know. I talked 37 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: to Ellie Kemper a little bit. I had pitched Aaron 38 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: and Kevin getting together before the start of the final season. 39 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: That obviously did not happen. But I wish Kevin had 40 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: had found love. I wish there had been a little 41 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: more uh victory for him in terms of his relationship. 42 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: I love the storyline with Lynn when we had that. 43 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: Obviously Stacy his fiance early on, she wasn't explored all 44 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: that much. But yeah, I wish Kevin had had one 45 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: of those small victories in finding love. Hi, Brian, my 46 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: name is Logan Cortin's. I'm from Kansas City, Missouri. I'm 47 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: a huge, huge fan of the Office. I loved all 48 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: your interviews throughout the show. But, um, I have a 49 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: story and I have a question for you. Um I 50 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: want to start with my story. So, when I was 51 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: in college, I worked for a baseball team called the 52 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: Omaha Storm Chasers through the Triple A affiliate of Kansas 53 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: City Royals, and I was working on an off day. 54 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: I worked in the clubhouse. I was a clubhouse assistant, 55 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: and I was a bad boy. Um. But I was 56 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: at the ballpark on one of our off days and 57 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: Warren Buffett happened to be at our at our ball 58 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: field and he was talking to a general manager. My 59 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: general manager asked me if I told me I could 60 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: ask a question to Warren. And you know, Warren's this 61 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: incredibly successful person, and all I can think about is 62 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: that he had just aired or he had just been 63 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: on an episode of the Office, like a couple of 64 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: weeks before. So I go in, I sit down, and 65 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: Warren's like, what's your question, young man? I go, yeah, 66 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: what was the light to work with John Franciski and 67 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: the cast of the Office. And he sits there for 68 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: a second. He just laughed. He's like, Okay, well, not 69 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: the question I expected. It tells me how great it was. 70 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: Told me it was a phenomenal experience. My general may 71 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: manager is absolutely dying laughing. He's like, you could ask 72 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: him anything, but of course you had to come around 73 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: and talk about the Office. That was pretty cool. Um. 74 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: The question I had for you O'Brien is, back in 75 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: the day when you guys were filming. In the episode 76 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: Office the Olympics, we see all the different games that 77 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: the characters played, But did you Oscar and Angela actually 78 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: have games that you would play in accounting when you 79 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: were like background characters first scene? I'd love to know more. 80 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: Thank you well, Logan. First off, thank you for your 81 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: story about Warren Buffett. I tell you the day that 82 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: he and Charlie Munger came on set. That was amazing. 83 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: I don't know how we pulled that off or who 84 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: pulled that off. But the fact that he left and 85 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: you asked him that question is awesome. Now about games, 86 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: you know, we get asked a lot about pranks, right 87 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: because pranks were such a huge part of the show. 88 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: Hers is a similar question in terms of games and 89 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: relating to Office Olympics. You know, the boring answer is 90 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 1: we didn't really. I mean, we played comedy games. I 91 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: guess like our games would be about trying to make 92 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: each other laugh. That would be it would be about 93 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: us in the deep background, attempting to make each other laugh. 94 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: And and as we've discussed many times, we felt like 95 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: there was a show within a show happening called The 96 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: Accountants that we were the stars of. So we were 97 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: always trying to make each other laugh and and pass notes, 98 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: and in fact I have notes from Angela. Before the 99 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: computers worked, we we would pass notes back and forth 100 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: to each other, again in an attempt to make each 101 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: other laugh, but also in character. So famously I have 102 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: an illustration, Oscar has an illustration. I think Jenna Fisher 103 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: has an illustration from and Jela on a post it 104 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: note which was an invitation to sprinkles her Cat's birthday party. 105 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: Hello Brian my name is Brianna, and I live in Dallas, Texas. 106 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: And I know that you know this area very well 107 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: as you went to s m U. So I feel 108 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: like we have a connection already known the same neck 109 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: of the woods. So I'm gonna get personal really quick. 110 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: I have a funny office story I wanted to share. 111 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: Sorry if it's a little bit t m I, but 112 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: I think you'll you'll get how funny this is. So 113 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: about four years ago, I had my oldest daughter, and 114 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: after I had her, everything was going well and it 115 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: came time to meet with the lactation consultant. Right so 116 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: so me being a very first time mom, never having 117 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: done breastfeeding before, I am in front of all these 118 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: nurses and nurses come in and lactaian consultant, and the 119 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: lactation consultant says, do you know how to stimulate your nipple? 120 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: And I said, absolutely I do, and I start aggressively 121 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: flicking my nipple with my finger, to which they were 122 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: both appalled and thought was hilarious. They stopped me and said, whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, 123 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: what are you doing? I said, stimulating the nipple and 124 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: they said, who told you to do that? I said, um, 125 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: I learned it from the office, right with Pam and 126 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: her nation consultant. They thought that was the funniest thing. 127 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: Couple nurses go out, grab some more nurses bring them 128 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: and they say, Brianna, Brianna, tell us what you just 129 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: did and how you learned it. I said, um, I 130 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: was flicking my nipple because I learned it from the office. 131 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,679 Speaker 1: They just thought that was the most hysterical thing they 132 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: could ever see, and to which they taught me, no, honey, 133 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: be sure to roll stop with the flicking. So I 134 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: just think that is it just really speaks to me 135 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,079 Speaker 1: because The Office is such a special show to a 136 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: my entire family. I just give so much credit to 137 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: every single person on that show, from the casting all 138 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: the way down to the acting, to the heart that 139 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: was put into the editing, every single detail. I wish 140 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: I could have been there. I truly wish I could 141 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,719 Speaker 1: have been a fly on the wall to see what 142 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: I think is the greatest show to ever hit television 143 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: and my favorite show that I've ever seen in my life. 144 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 1: So anyway, it was a pleasure sending in this video memo. 145 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: I don't know if you'll ever hear it or not. 146 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: But thank you Ryan for your last couple of years 147 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: of these incredibly special podcasts. I've listened to every single one, 148 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: and thank you for your time and thank you for 149 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: sharing your love of the show with all of us. 150 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 1: All Right, thanks Brian, byebye. All right, Brianna, Well, first off, yes, 151 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: I did hear your story. Uh, there's so much to 152 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: unpack here. First off, Hail to the Red and the Blue, 153 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,839 Speaker 1: the Mustangs of SMU. Yes, I went to SMU there 154 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: in Dallas, and maybe we'll into each other sometime when 155 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: I am back. Now it feels as though you're trying 156 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: to get me in trouble. You you you said flicking 157 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: my nipple several times. I don't know where to go 158 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: exactly with that, but thank you for your story. You know, 159 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: it reminds me of another story that I read about actually, 160 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: where somebody learned something from the office. It wasn't about lactation, 161 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: let me be clear. But there was a guy by 162 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: the name of Cross Scott, twenty one years of age, 163 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: back in nineteen He was an auto technician in Arizona, 164 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: and he was driving down the road and he saw 165 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 1: a car that was pulled over and a woman who 166 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: appeared to need some help. He pulled over to help her, 167 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: and she was unconscious and he had to break her 168 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: window and got in and was trying to help her. 169 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: He didn't have a cell phone, and he realized he 170 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: needed to do CPR, but he didn't know CPR, and 171 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: he thought to himself, well, the only point of reference 172 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: that I have for CPR is the office the stress 173 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: relief episode, and he remembered, uh uh uh uh, stay 174 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,199 Speaker 1: in alive, stay in alive, which apparently, according to the 175 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: American Heart Association, is actually the correct beat for CPR. 176 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: I looked that up. That is true, so at least 177 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: that was accurate. So Cross did this version of CPR 178 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: on the woman. An ambulance arrived ten or fifteen minutes later, 179 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: and the woman survived, and they told Cross that had 180 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: he not performed this CPR on her, that things would 181 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 1: not have turned out. Okay. She she recovered and it's 182 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: fine as far as I know today. So you learned 183 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 1: about nipple flicking. Uh, maybe that wasn't the right way 184 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: to go, but Cross Scott used the office to save 185 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: a woman's life. Unbelievable. Hey, Brian, I just want to 186 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:22,079 Speaker 1: let you know that your podcast, it's my absolute favorite podcast. 187 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: It makes Tuesday commutes tolerable, I guess, going through traffic 188 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: all the way to working back. Um, so here here's 189 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: my question. My question would be if you can pick 190 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: any character in the Office to do a spinoff show about. 191 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: Who would it be and what would it be about. 192 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to answer. Thank you very much, Thanks 193 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: Alex for your question. You know, we haven't talked much 194 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: about this throughout the podcast, mostly because it didn't happen, 195 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: but Rain Wilson and Paul Lieberstein, who played Toby but 196 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 1: was also showrunner of the Office, as you know, for 197 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: a while, they actually developed a spin off in season 198 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: eight and it was called The Farm and it was 199 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: about Dwight and his Beat Farm. Now, remnants of that 200 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: episode played as an episode of The Office called The Farm, 201 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: and that was going to be the title of the spinoff. Unfortunately, 202 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: NBC decided not to pick up that show, and so 203 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: we never got to see more exploits from Dwight and 204 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: his family on the Beat Farm. So one, I think 205 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: that's a spectacular idea and one that I certainly feel 206 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: would be worth exploring in the future. And the other 207 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: is what I mentioned before, The Accountants Oscar Angela and Kevin. 208 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: I think those three disparate characters working together, I've called 209 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: it the perfect comedy triangle. Um the way the characters 210 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: are drawn and how they interact with each other, I 211 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: think they could work in almost any setting. So whether 212 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: it was at dunder Mifflin or somewhere else, I guess 213 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: my answer number two would be the Accountants. Hi, Brian, 214 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: my name is Brian Rosier, and I live in Buffalo, 215 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: New York. And this is the story of how The 216 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: Office helped me graduate from high school. So in the 217 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: year I was a senior in high school and all 218 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: the students had to complete what was called a senior project. Um. 219 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: It was a semester long class the way that it 220 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: was set up, but you basically spend nine weeks researching 221 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: a topic of your choice and presenting an argument at 222 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: the end of the year. And so um our teachers 223 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: were encouraging us to pick something new, something they hadn't 224 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: heard before. I thought, what do I really like right now? 225 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: And at the time, I was obsessed with The Office. 226 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: I was finally discovering it, and I was just so 227 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: amazed by how it was shot differently, how it was 228 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: unlike anything I'd ever seen before. I thought it was 229 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: so funny. Um So I decided that my topic would 230 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: be why The Office is the greatest show of all time. 231 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: My teachers loved it, and they fought over who got 232 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: to be my advisor at the end of the year 233 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: because they all really wanted to see my project. And 234 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: I spent the next semester researching and finding out more 235 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: about what set the Office apart, why it was so popular. 236 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: And this was before even the boom that it's in 237 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: right now. Um So, I was doing my own deep 238 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: dives for a grade for my diploma. Um and at 239 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: the end of the year, I presented it and I 240 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: had to have a visual aid, and I decided, naturally 241 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: to put a stapler in Jello. It's a lot easier 242 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: than you might think. I learned. The secret is dental flaws, 243 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: and I encourage people to try it if they want to. 244 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: So that is the story of how The Office helped 245 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: me graduate from high school. Well listen, first off, Brian, 246 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: stay in your lane. Okay, I do the deep diving 247 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: on the Office, and now to learn that you did 248 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: it many years ago. I don't even I feel like 249 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: I don't have a place right now. I don't know. 250 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: This is very this is very humbling. Listen why the 251 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: Office is the greatest show ever of all time? I 252 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: think is a very worthy senior project. I hope you 253 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: convinced everyone of all of your classmates and teachers of 254 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: it being so. I'm glad you graduated. Thank you for that. 255 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: And I I didn't know about dental floss. I had 256 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: no idea that that is how you suspended it. In fact, 257 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: I have often wondered how you could suspend a stapler 258 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: into jello. I didn't realize dental flaws, and even when 259 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: you said dental flaws, I was like, how does that work? 260 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: But now I get it. You suspend it while the 261 00:16:53,440 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: jello molds cools. I don't know. That's incredible. Can gratulations 262 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: on your project, but just stay in your lane, all right, Brian, 263 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: Stay stay in your lane. Hey, Brian, it is Keith 264 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: Padine from Connecticut. You and I have a history that 265 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: goes back a little bit that I remember, and I 266 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: guarantee you do not. However, I was one of the 267 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 1: blogger breakfasts at the original convention there in uh Scranton. 268 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: I had a website called the two Cents Dot com 269 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: At the time, I was just like this twentysomething year 270 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: old guy that lived in this little cottage on a 271 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: farm where I worked a farm job. But I started 272 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 1: covering the office and via my Space, uh it was 273 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 1: Jenna and Angela and Laura Harden. I was able to 274 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: get interviews via my Space with you guys and have 275 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 1: them be exclusive to my site. I started interviewing all 276 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: the smaller characters like Evette. Nicole Brown might be one 277 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: of my favorite ones ever when she paid Parish in Staples, 278 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: the Staples episode with Dwight. You know, the office was 279 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 1: something that connected to fans in such a way, but 280 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: this like changed my life. By doing this, I started 281 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 1: getting like press passes and I was able to be 282 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: a v I p at the convention with you guys. 283 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: So I was able to be at casino night, which 284 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: was the small part, and I played poker next to 285 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 1: Ed Helms, watched Craig Robinson saying creep I remember with 286 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: the band and the scrand Tones were there, you know, 287 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: and then the big concert where you guys all kind 288 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: of wet nuts and you guys were just having fun, 289 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: and it led us all to believe that what we 290 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 1: had hoped was true, was that you were people who 291 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 1: were enjoying yourselves just as much as we were enjoy 292 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: watching you. You You were real people, You were normal, so 293 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 1: so to speak, people who were able to communicate with 294 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: us and just be excited about the show. Um. It 295 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: led to so much for me from that little website. 296 00:18:57,119 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: I became a member of the Broadcast Television Journalists Associated 297 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,199 Speaker 1: for several years, um you know, and covering all different shows. 298 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: The two Cents got huge. I had like thirty something 299 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: writers for me for a while. But it all started 300 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: because you guys were willing to communicate with your fans, 301 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: and I was able to find that and write it 302 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: up and do some podcasts. I did a long podcast 303 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: once with Bobby Ray Schaefer and I remember, I mean, 304 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: it was insane. I was in l A for about 305 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: four days for one of my best friend's weddings, and 306 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: I get a phone call and it was Bobby Ray saying, 307 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: I heard you're in l A. And I was hoping 308 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: that we could have lunch like I did lunch with 309 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: the office like. It was just crazy. We went out 310 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 1: to sati Quoi and saw the building where you guys were. 311 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: It was insane. The office totally changed my life. I'm 312 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 1: now a data four out here in farm country in Connecticut, 313 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: but the office, for that part of my life was 314 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: such a special thing. And now to be able to 315 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,360 Speaker 1: listen to this podcast and relive all that and think 316 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: of all these memories and all those moments and the 317 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 1: way that you've done it so beautifully through this podcast 318 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 1: and talking to all these people, it's been really, really special. 319 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,239 Speaker 1: So thank you for what you've done. I believe your 320 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: birthday was yesterday, so happy birthday to you, sir um 321 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: And from a person who got to stand next to 322 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: it the bloggers breakfast and thought that was probably one 323 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: of the biggest deals ever in my life. Thank you 324 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: so much, Keith, Thank you so much for reaching out. 325 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 1: I remember very well that bloggers breakfast. In fact, I 326 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: was just back in Scratton a few weeks ago and 327 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: drove by the Hilton where that bloggers breakfast took place 328 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: and pointed out the window. It was like, that's where 329 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: we had the bloggers breakfast one morning at the convention. 330 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: I think the only time I've ever been in that building. Listen, 331 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: it's it's truly moving to me to hear your story 332 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: and I'm so glad that your experience with everybody was 333 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 1: so positive. I remember that convention and subsequent to that 334 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 1: the Rap party as being um one of the best 335 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: experiences of the show. We felt a special bond with 336 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: the people who had such a love for the show, 337 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: and that traveled to Scranton, Pennsylvania. It sounds like from 338 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,959 Speaker 1: even for you not that close by to come and 339 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: spend some time with us. We had so much fun. 340 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 1: You know, I referenced it again because it sticks with me. 341 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: Andy Bernard at Helm's line, I wish I knew we 342 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: were in the good old days while they were happening 343 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: that convention there certainly in retrospect now, those those were 344 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: the good old days. So thank you for reconnecting. I'm 345 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: so glad that the office and the connection you made 346 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: with so many of us helped you at that time 347 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: in your life. It truly was our our pleasure. And yeah, 348 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: you bring up my space. That was our first attempt 349 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 1: when the show struggling mightily to find a couple of 350 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,400 Speaker 1: audience members. That was our attempt to try to connect 351 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 1: to people in a new and different way. Uh, And 352 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: I'm glad to know that it, Um, it worked for you, 353 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: so God bless my friend. Congratulations on your four kids 354 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: and your new life now in Connecticut. But thank you 355 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: for reminding me of of those good old days. Hi Brian, 356 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: Hi everybody minding this. Karen. I'm from Bloomington, Illinois. I 357 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: just wanted to share with the really quick how The 358 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: Office has really influenced my life and my family. UM. 359 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: We quote it all the time. My boyfriend and I 360 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: started our relationship watching The Office together and we'll be 361 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: celebrating our four year anniversary. We quote the Office all 362 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 1: the time. It comes up in conversation. UM, and I 363 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: was wondering if you'd, guys, have any of your favorite 364 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: quotes come up all the time, or if you have 365 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: any little bit to the Office that show up from 366 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: time to time in your daily life. Have a happy holidays, 367 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: I Kara, thanks so much for your question. Uh, listen, 368 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 1: I don't know at this point if there's a day 369 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: that goes by that I don't say, that's what she said, 370 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: I mean, And and when I'm when I'm in a 371 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 1: public setting, it feels weird, just like self reference the 372 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: show in that way. But yes, it has become I 373 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: don't I don't even know if daily is right hourly 374 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: thrice daily reference for me as well. And you know, look, 375 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 1: I spend a lot of time talking about Chili. I 376 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: don't know that there's a specific quote on that, but yes, 377 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: and there is a a giant text chain. Is that 378 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: what you call it? Text chain? Text group text between 379 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: me and some of my other cohorts on the show. 380 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: And yeah, I would say that's what she said. Is 381 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know that anyone can say anything 382 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: it without referencing that's what she said. So thank you, Kara. 383 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: I'm glad things are going well for you. Congratulations on 384 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 1: almost four years together, and thank you for your comments 385 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: about the Office and how it has impacted your life. Hi, 386 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,679 Speaker 1: Ryan and Office steep Dive crew. Having looked back on 387 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 1: all the episodes listened to and the few I have 388 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: waiting for me, I am reminded of all the moments 389 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 1: where you discuss how we as fans feel so connected 390 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,360 Speaker 1: with the cast and characters because you have become such crucial, 391 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: crucial pieces to the good, the bad, and the ugly 392 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: moments of our lives. And if we are to believe 393 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: that The Office is an experience of connecting and growing 394 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: close with the fictional characters, over thousands of minutes of 395 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: watching I do believe, which I do believe, then I 396 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,239 Speaker 1: believe The Office Steep Dive podcast is the experience of 397 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: getting to know the humans behind the characters and the production, 398 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,439 Speaker 1: only to remember that the smartest, most brilliant show has 399 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: already been made and there will almost definitely never be 400 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: anything better. I come away from each podcast episode with 401 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: a greater gratitude for each and every human that work 402 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: to start the show and keep it running for nine years, 403 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: all those who fought to make it the best it 404 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: could be. And not only is the gratitude for a 405 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: show that brings my family and I together, but for 406 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: the wonderful, creative, smart humans who made it worth watching 407 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: more than seven times through except for Scott's taughts, because well, 408 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 1: I don't think I need to say why. So from 409 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: the bottom of my heart, thank you to each and 410 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,199 Speaker 1: every one of you for not only creating the world's 411 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: best show, but for being such kind and genuine people 412 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: who made something so magical just by being yourselves. Nico, 413 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,479 Speaker 1: thank you. Look that for me was the point in 414 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: this podcast in bringing everybody back together, is for all 415 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: of you to be able to hear what good people 416 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: that I had the opportunity to work with for decade 417 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 1: and to hear our real and true interactions together as 418 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: we relived that decade of our life. Look, I'm not 419 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 1: a reporter. That much is very very clear, but I 420 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: what I wanted you all to be able to experience 421 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: was our conversation, not about the show in an objective way, 422 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 1: in a third person presentational way, but I wanted you 423 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: to have the experience of of reliving the show through 424 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: us having been there and the fact that you appreciate 425 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 1: so many of these people Nico, Um, well you're you're 426 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 1: dead on. You're dead on, and so thank you for 427 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: your comments, thank you for for watching it now over 428 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: seven times. I want you to know that you're appreciated 429 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 1: and uh and you are beautiful as well. Hey, Brian, 430 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 1: my name is Tyler b from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and 431 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: I am just gonna leave a comment really quick on 432 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 1: how The Office changed my life. First off, the show started, 433 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: uh roughly in two thousand five, and at that time 434 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 1: I was nine years old and I remember, you know, 435 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: every Thursday night as a kid growing up with my 436 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: dad watching the Office on NBC, and it was just 437 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: something that we always bonded together over uh. The special 438 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: thing about The Office was for me. Uh. I came 439 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: out when I was twenty one years old as a 440 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: gay man, and The Office Provided was one of the 441 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: first shows on network television, if not the first one, 442 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 1: I can't remember exactly, but that had some sort of 443 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 1: character that resembled or represented a gay man in uh 444 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: network television show, and that was an auso here obviously, 445 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,159 Speaker 1: and you know the comedy involved and uh as a 446 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 1: kid knowing at a young age about my life and 447 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 1: you know, who I was, but keeping it closeted to myself, 448 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: it was a very uh, very special thing to see. 449 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: And even though that was in my younger years, you know, 450 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: just keeping that in the back of my mind that 451 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 1: you know, maybe one day that things could be better 452 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: and then you know, kind of living I fear that 453 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: if somebody figured out who I was, um, how that 454 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: was going to affect and change my life, And the 455 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: offer the Office was really that comfort for me, you know, 456 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: every time I watched an episode, especially the Gay witch Hunt, 457 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: which I laughed just about every single time. But I 458 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: think growing up I always had that fear of you know, 459 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: That's how my coming out experience was going to be 460 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: like so I I just I always tried to I 461 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: remember the day when I first told somebody about who 462 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 1: I was. I always feared that my my experience was 463 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: going to run similar to what Oscar had to go 464 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: through in the Gay Witch. So uh, you know, things 465 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: like that. That's that's how it changed my life, and 466 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: it gave me a lot of hope. Thank you very much, 467 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: have a good one, Tyler. Thank you for calling in. 468 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: I'm glad it didn't go that way for you. Look, 469 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: there's so much to unpack in this beautiful story that 470 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: you've told. First off, just I hear all the time, 471 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 1: and this is an example of you know, you were nine, 472 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: one could argue a little young, but um of kids 473 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: watching with their parents, sisters and brothers and family enjoying 474 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: the show together multi generationally, So that's cool to me. 475 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: Number one. And look, I don't know if The Office 476 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: was the first show to show a gay character on 477 00:29:53,880 --> 00:30:00,080 Speaker 1: network television, but I'm so tremendously proud of one on 478 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: the show. And to Oscar Nuniez and and his performance. 479 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: You know, he's talked about this a lot. He didn't 480 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: realize that Oscar Martinez was gay when the show started. 481 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: I don't know if Greg Daniels had that in his mind, 482 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: but Oscar Nuniez did not know that Oscar Martinez was gay. 483 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: And so when Gay witch Hunt was written and it 484 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: became clear that Oscar Martinez was gay, I guess there 485 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 1: were some people that that asked Oscar, well, how are 486 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: you going to play the character now that you know this? 487 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:46,920 Speaker 1: And his response was always, well, the same, this is 488 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: Oscar is Oscar, and the fact that now other people 489 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: know that he's gay doesn't affect Oscar's behavior at all. 490 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: He is who he is and who he always has been. 491 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: And I'm tremendously proud of that because I think that 492 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 1: it would be typical for an actor or for a 493 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: show to start making broad stereotypical adjustments to character based 494 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: on that and the fact that that story helped you 495 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: or gave you hope for your future. I mean, it's 496 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: a cliche, but that's that's what I'm talking about. That's 497 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: why I'm I'm proud of the show and what we 498 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 1: at times tried to look at in the world, truth 499 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: and beauty, Truth and beauty, Truth and beauty, as Greg 500 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: Daniels would say, and whether it be race, gender, sexuality, 501 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: issues of health care. We tried to look at real 502 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: topics in a real way, not in a stereotypical or 503 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: general life way. So Tyler, thank you for calling in. 504 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 1: Thank you for telling that story, and and if it 505 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: is true and if it helped you in any way 506 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: deal with your coming out, well, God bless you, and 507 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: thank you for having the courage to to tell not 508 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: just me, but all of our listeners all best, my friend. 509 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: So look, I am just blown away by how many 510 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: of you called in to be a part of this show. 511 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: But more than that, how many of you called in 512 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: from abroad. I mean the amount and number of countries 513 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: that we heard from. I I I'm touched, to say 514 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: the least. Um, So I'd like to share some of 515 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: those submissions with you right now. Let's let's go overseas 516 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 1: for a bit, shall we across the pond? Brian is 517 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: Cola from Oslo, Norway. Here. Hi, I'm Nail Martin. I'm 518 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: from Ireland. My name is Laura Power. I am from Melbourne, Australia. Hi, Brian, 519 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,880 Speaker 1: this is Tom Elliott over in UK. At first, like everyone, 520 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 1: of course, I fell in love with the characters. I 521 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 1: love team at Love Pain, I love to act, I 522 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 1: love you. I wish I could work at dunder Men. 523 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: I know everyone says that, but um, yeah, it is true. 524 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: We all want to work at this magnificent office. I 525 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: never get sick of watching the Office. I've watched it 526 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,480 Speaker 1: probably over twenty times back to front now, and I 527 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: never get sick of talking about it. So I guess 528 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: that leads me into my question for you, which is, 529 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: do you think there will ever come a day where 530 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 1: you just don't want to talk about the US anymore? 531 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: My friends and family will be the first to tell 532 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,880 Speaker 1: you that that won't come for me. That day won't 533 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: come for me, But I'm curious to see if you 534 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: think it will come for you. Well. First of all, 535 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:16,799 Speaker 1: thank you to Ulah, to Nile, Tom Ramiro, thank you Kanako, 536 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: thank you for calling in. And now to answer your question, Laura, 537 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: do I do I think there will ever come a 538 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:29,480 Speaker 1: day where I don't want to talk about the Office anymore? Tomorrow? 539 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: How's that for an answer? Tomorrow I won't want to 540 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 1: talk about it anymore. Now. I don't know if tomorrow 541 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: will ever come, but tomorrow I won't want to look 542 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:48,760 Speaker 1: I have as you know I have deep dovin into 543 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: the show now for two years. We have the podcast, 544 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,840 Speaker 1: we have the book. I've talked to everybody associated with 545 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: the show. I don't know that I ever answered the 546 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,880 Speaker 1: question that I set out to answer, which is why 547 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: is the show now bigger than it ever was when 548 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,919 Speaker 1: it was on NBC? Why is it now the most 549 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 1: watch show in television? The exploration has been pretty damn 550 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:24,960 Speaker 1: fun though, So yeah, I'm gonna stop talking about it tomorrow. Hi, 551 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 1: Brian and team. My name is Leam. I'm coming to 552 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,800 Speaker 1: you all the way from sunny Scotland, so I apologize 553 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:37,399 Speaker 1: if you can't understand my Dulca accent. I just wanted 554 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: to say that I love the podcast. That's amazing a 555 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 1: lesson all these global superstars in my eyes sort of 556 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,320 Speaker 1: talk about how brilliant their time was making the show. 557 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,880 Speaker 1: He don't all these mad, funny stories and hearing how 558 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,640 Speaker 1: class are hearing? How close to us will we? I'm 559 00:35:55,640 --> 00:36:00,319 Speaker 1: a massive fan of the U S Office. Um. I 560 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: remember when it was first announced it was going to 561 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,960 Speaker 1: be remade, and I was one of these skeptics that 562 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,359 Speaker 1: you get in Scotland and the UK as a whole 563 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 1: that they're remaking Son for America. This isn't gonna work. 564 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:18,399 Speaker 1: But I think that it's got its own identity, it's 565 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: got its own fuel to um. The characters are completely different. 566 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:30,400 Speaker 1: And yeah, absolutely love it. But my question is where 567 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,359 Speaker 1: you expecting But obviously it didn't seem like you were 568 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,200 Speaker 1: expecting it to be a big hit in America. But 569 00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,280 Speaker 1: after it was a hit in America, were you also 570 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,239 Speaker 1: expecting it to be such a massive hit across the 571 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 1: world and in particular places like Scotland and the rest 572 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:52,359 Speaker 1: of the UK. Thank you very much, Speak Tason Liam 573 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 1: Liam from Scotland over across the part that is the 574 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:03,359 Speaker 1: worst Scottish accent in the world. I apologize to that, Liam, 575 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:09,919 Speaker 1: I mean no disrespect. Listen who No, we were not 576 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,680 Speaker 1: expecting it to be uh, we were not expecting it, 577 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,320 Speaker 1: as you said, to be a hit here. Of course, 578 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: we were not expecting it to be a hit abroad. 579 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:25,560 Speaker 1: And I think you know what's interesting because like you, yes, 580 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 1: we were hearing that in the United States. By the way, 581 00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: like now, we do live in in a global world. 582 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: So when all of the articles and people talking over 583 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: in the UK about how this was a disastrous choice 584 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,279 Speaker 1: for America to be re redoing this show. Just know this. 585 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:49,520 Speaker 1: We were we were hearing all of those things, okay, 586 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,800 Speaker 1: and they they were not uh, they were not fun. 587 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,879 Speaker 1: And in part it was because I thought that the 588 00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:01,520 Speaker 1: original office, the British Office, the English off was genius, 589 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,760 Speaker 1: and that Ricky Gervais was a genius. And I loved 590 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 1: the show. But as my great friend and partner Ben 591 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,960 Speaker 1: Silverman would say, if you were going to remake something, 592 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 1: would you want to remake a piece of ship or 593 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,919 Speaker 1: would you want to remake a great piece of art? 594 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,479 Speaker 1: I think he has a point there, and I think 595 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 1: that the key for us was finding what was uniquely 596 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:35,680 Speaker 1: American about the show and what was also uniquely universal 597 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 1: about the setup and the characters. So no, I was not. 598 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:43,760 Speaker 1: And I will tell you that I took a trip 599 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 1: actually with Ben Silverman, not to Scotland, but based on 600 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:54,000 Speaker 1: my knowledge of geography, fairly close down in Ireland. We 601 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,360 Speaker 1: were down in Cork and I remember going into a 602 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:03,000 Speaker 1: little pub with Ben in Cork and having a number 603 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 1: of people who were sitting at the bar turn and 604 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:12,760 Speaker 1: look at me and acknowledge that they knew who I 605 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:17,120 Speaker 1: was from our little show from across upon and how 606 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:23,600 Speaker 1: surprised and and delighted both Ben and I were with 607 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:28,520 Speaker 1: that reception. So cheers mate, and uh I hope to 608 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:32,320 Speaker 1: see you there in Scotland soon, maybe on a golf course. 609 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:36,719 Speaker 1: Hey Brian, this is Eve from some follow Brazil. My 610 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,280 Speaker 1: question for you guys is if you could go back 611 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,960 Speaker 1: in time and shoot one episode all over again, which 612 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,879 Speaker 1: one would you pick? Maybe because you had so much 613 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,760 Speaker 1: fun shooting it, or because you would do something different 614 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,319 Speaker 1: about the episode, or just because you want to go 615 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,719 Speaker 1: back to that specific point in time. So tell me 616 00:39:54,760 --> 00:40:01,480 Speaker 1: which one. Eve. That is a spectacular question. I have 617 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:06,040 Speaker 1: thought about this answer more than any other question I 618 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,440 Speaker 1: was asked, because yes one, there are so many different 619 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:14,000 Speaker 1: ways that I can go with this. I think that 620 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:18,160 Speaker 1: where my answer settles in this moment would be Jim 621 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:23,560 Speaker 1: and Pam's wedding Niagara. First off, it was a mess. 622 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:27,000 Speaker 1: Let me just say that the shooting of that episode 623 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 1: was very, very difficult because, as we've discussed throughout the podcast, 624 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:40,880 Speaker 1: the writing was changing up until basically we shot it. 625 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:46,560 Speaker 1: We were going very very late, long hours on that shoot. 626 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:52,319 Speaker 1: But I don't know the joy of that episode and 627 00:40:52,480 --> 00:41:00,160 Speaker 1: shooting shooting that Chris Brown walking into the chapel. Seen 628 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:04,240 Speaker 1: that's where I go. I don't know. And and maybe 629 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:11,560 Speaker 1: it's now seeing clips on YouTube or montages that fans 630 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:16,600 Speaker 1: have put together that typically include that scene, the look 631 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:21,440 Speaker 1: on all of our faces, the culmination of that story, 632 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:25,480 Speaker 1: and the joy we had in shooting it, as difficult 633 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,880 Speaker 1: as it was. If we shoot it again, I'd like 634 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,720 Speaker 1: it to be easier and not quite so many hours 635 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 1: or late at night. But yeah, that for me is it. 636 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:38,759 Speaker 1: And you know, I've told this story as well to 637 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:42,520 Speaker 1: those of you who haven't heard it in that we 638 00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:47,200 Speaker 1: actually shot at the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls, 639 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:52,719 Speaker 1: and my parents happened to be there in New York 640 00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:58,120 Speaker 1: vacationing with some friends and went and saw John and 641 00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:02,399 Speaker 1: Jenna and some of the their crew members, and they 642 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:06,279 Speaker 1: appear in that episode. They are the couple that are 643 00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:10,720 Speaker 1: walking right behind Jim and Pam as they get their 644 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,480 Speaker 1: rain gear to walk onto the boat. So maybe I 645 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:18,360 Speaker 1: want to go back and shoot that episode again because 646 00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:23,360 Speaker 1: I wish I'd gone there. I think next time I 647 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:27,319 Speaker 1: would go there and be there with my folks while 648 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:32,240 Speaker 1: we shot that scene. So that's my answer today. Hi Brian, 649 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,520 Speaker 1: my name is Kristen. I'm from Prince George, British Columbia, 650 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:39,120 Speaker 1: and I just wanted to send in this story. Two 651 00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:43,280 Speaker 1: years ago, I gave birth to my son his The 652 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:47,200 Speaker 1: labor and delivery with his birth was quite traumatic, and 653 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:52,480 Speaker 1: I struggled with postpartum depression afterwards, and I was thinking 654 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:55,960 Speaker 1: about ways that I could boost my spirits, and I 655 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,919 Speaker 1: remembered a family member had told me when they were 656 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:04,280 Speaker 1: ruggling with depression, a counselor many decades ago had told 657 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:09,760 Speaker 1: them to um, listen to funny things, watch funny things, 658 00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:12,279 Speaker 1: just to boost their spirits. I was like, oh, I 659 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:19,319 Speaker 1: might as well try it. So I um was on 660 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:23,440 Speaker 1: my Netflix and looking through and my husband suggested that 661 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:26,520 Speaker 1: I watched The Office. He knows that I love Dinner Party, 662 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:31,680 Speaker 1: but um, he doesn't have the same love for Dinner 663 00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:34,799 Speaker 1: Party as I do. So he said, oh, I don't 664 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,800 Speaker 1: care what you watch. If it's going to make you laugh, 665 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:41,400 Speaker 1: then you should watch it. So I turned it on 666 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:46,720 Speaker 1: and I probably watched Dinner Party every day for five months. 667 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:52,279 Speaker 1: Even in my lowest days, it could still bring a 668 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:57,840 Speaker 1: smile to my face. And I'm just really grateful for 669 00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:03,760 Speaker 1: those tiny moment mints of just happiness that the Office 670 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:08,480 Speaker 1: had brought me in those really dark days. And I'm 671 00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:14,040 Speaker 1: fully recovered from the depression now, but I still um 672 00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:18,160 Speaker 1: watched the Office diligently and I'm just very thankful for it. 673 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:24,520 Speaker 1: So thank you for going through and interviewing everyone. It's 674 00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:29,160 Speaker 1: just been wonderful to listen to and hear new stories. 675 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:33,160 Speaker 1: So just thank you for the the joy you brought 676 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:38,960 Speaker 1: to my life. Kristen, thank you for sharing your story 677 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:44,640 Speaker 1: with me and with all of us. I've said now 678 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:50,759 Speaker 1: many times that the greatest gift that the Office has 679 00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:56,399 Speaker 1: given me is well stories like that. You know, we 680 00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:01,960 Speaker 1: we truly felt we were just a bunch of idiots, 681 00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:06,200 Speaker 1: and we were, let's be clear, a bunch of idiots 682 00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:12,200 Speaker 1: trying to make people laugh. And when I hear stories 683 00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:16,640 Speaker 1: like that that this show, this band of idiots have 684 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:24,480 Speaker 1: brought comfort during a difficult time, well it it truly well, 685 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,760 Speaker 1: it clearly takes my my words away and my breath away. 686 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,279 Speaker 1: I thank you for sharing your story. I am so 687 00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:36,440 Speaker 1: glad that we marry a bunch of idiots were able 688 00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:40,520 Speaker 1: to give you some comfort in a difficult and dark time. 689 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:46,480 Speaker 1: And I give credit mostly to Greg Daniels about this 690 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:51,000 Speaker 1: because look, this was a comedy meant to make people laugh. 691 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:56,040 Speaker 1: They say laughter is the best medicine, right. But I 692 00:45:56,080 --> 00:46:00,400 Speaker 1: think that the depth of the show, which were relates 693 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:07,080 Speaker 1: to the central message of the show that Greg explains 694 00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:10,759 Speaker 1: very clearly with the last line of the show that 695 00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:14,600 Speaker 1: there's beauty and ordinary things. Isn't that kind of the 696 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:23,120 Speaker 1: point and that hope, that idea I think is um 697 00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:28,120 Speaker 1: it is comforting, right, it is for me. So thank 698 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:31,759 Speaker 1: you for your courage to to want to tell me 699 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:36,440 Speaker 1: that story. Thank you for that because I consider that 700 00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:40,280 Speaker 1: a gift to me. We all consider that a gift 701 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:45,160 Speaker 1: to all of us. So thank you. And yes, I'm glad. 702 00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:50,880 Speaker 1: I'm glad that you're better now and still watching Hello 703 00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:54,200 Speaker 1: Office deep dive, I know I'm not alone in the world, 704 00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:56,880 Speaker 1: and saying that The Office has truly helped me through life. 705 00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,600 Speaker 1: I'm twenty three years old and I grew up in 706 00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:03,240 Speaker 1: foster or care in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I've never truly 707 00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,880 Speaker 1: felt like there's a lot of representation of youth and 708 00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:10,000 Speaker 1: care and TV. Some of the trauma and hardships that 709 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,160 Speaker 1: take place while growing up in the foster care system 710 00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:18,080 Speaker 1: manifest resilient and unique individuals that sometimes have a difficulty 711 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:21,840 Speaker 1: fitting in and feel like they can't relate to their peers. 712 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,040 Speaker 1: It means the world to have a character out there 713 00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:27,560 Speaker 1: that has some shread of resemblance to compare to the 714 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:31,960 Speaker 1: writing of Aaron's character, and Ellie's performance felt accurate to 715 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:35,880 Speaker 1: my experience and truly made me feel seen. Thank you 716 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:39,319 Speaker 1: for all that you do on your podcast, and for 717 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,920 Speaker 1: carrying the essence of beauty and the small things throughout 718 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:46,200 Speaker 1: your podcast from the show, and for being part of 719 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:49,600 Speaker 1: a show that brought so many people comfort. Seanna, thank 720 00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:53,359 Speaker 1: you for calling in. You know, there's a phrase that 721 00:47:53,400 --> 00:48:00,719 Speaker 1: you used that I wrote down, resilient and unique individuals 722 00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:06,120 Speaker 1: who sometimes have difficulty fitting in. And you talk about 723 00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:09,799 Speaker 1: that in terms of children who have gone through the 724 00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:13,040 Speaker 1: foster care system. But isn't that all of us? In 725 00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:17,320 Speaker 1: a way, the world has a way of making resilient 726 00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:22,000 Speaker 1: and unique individuals who sometimes have difficulty fitting in. I 727 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:24,600 Speaker 1: don't think that I could have described many of the 728 00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:28,400 Speaker 1: characters on The Office any better than that. And maybe 729 00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:34,920 Speaker 1: that after two years of searching for the answer of 730 00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:42,160 Speaker 1: why the show resonates with people, now, maybe that maybe 731 00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:48,920 Speaker 1: that's the answer. People feel seen because these characters in 732 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:53,680 Speaker 1: the office are seen. I don't know, but thank you, Shanna, 733 00:48:54,360 --> 00:49:10,359 Speaker 1: thank you for calling in. Wow, incredible, Thank you all 734 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:14,960 Speaker 1: so much. It got a little emotional there for a bit, 735 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,160 Speaker 1: but I want to thank you all well for sharing 736 00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:23,160 Speaker 1: your lives with me, with us really, and the fact 737 00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:26,480 Speaker 1: that this show has reached so many people from so 738 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:32,319 Speaker 1: many places around the world, It's just incredible. Look, I'm 739 00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:35,759 Speaker 1: a I'm a kid from Georgia, That's who I am, 740 00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:40,480 Speaker 1: and so to start there and to now just be 741 00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:47,400 Speaker 1: casually talking to people from Scotland and Brazil and the UK, Argentina, 742 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,720 Speaker 1: it is a dream come true for me. The world 743 00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:57,560 Speaker 1: truly is a small place. Thank you so much for 744 00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:02,360 Speaker 1: making my holidays so special. I hope that this show 745 00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:07,480 Speaker 1: has done the same for you. Look, I hope this 746 00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:09,560 Speaker 1: week that you get to spend some time with your 747 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:14,760 Speaker 1: loved ones, or if not, at least spend some time 748 00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:21,160 Speaker 1: with your office family. Happy holidays to one and all 749 00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:33,680 Speaker 1: of you. The Office. Deep Dive is hosted and executive 750 00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:38,560 Speaker 1: produced by me Brian Baumgartner, alongside our executive producer Langley. 751 00:50:39,080 --> 00:50:42,600 Speaker 1: Our producers are Liz Hayes and Diego Topi. On my 752 00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:45,919 Speaker 1: main man in the booth is Alec Moore. Our theme 753 00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:49,960 Speaker 1: song Bubble and Squeak, performed by my great friend Creed Bratton, 754 00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:52,960 Speaker 1: and the episode was mixed by Seth Olandski