WEBVTT - The Office Deep Dive Call-In Edition - Pt. 1 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:20.000 Hello everybody, and ho ho drad Old, drad Old, Radol. 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:27.560 Welcome to a super special holiday edition of the Office 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:31.760 Deep Dive. I am your host, Brian Baumgartner, and boy, 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:37.279 oh boy, have I got a treat for you today. 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:42.760 We're doing something very different, something very different, something that 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:46.400 I am delighted to share with you. Okay, here's a 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:50.600 hand ring ring dunder Mifflin. This is Brian. That's right. 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:55.320 Today we're doing a call in episode of the show. 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:59.840 Who are the guests. You are the guests, and you 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:04.400 decide what we talk about today. Get ready to laugh 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:10.160 with me, to cry with me, and get mad with me. Well, 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:15.000 maybe not get mad with me. But first I want 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:19.000 to thank each and every one of you who sent 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:25.360 in so many amazing messages. Truly, all of us here 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:28.679 at the Office Deep Dive. We are at a total 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:34.080 loss for words at how incredible and how open and 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:38.600 how loving you have all been about the Office and 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:42.000 the podcast. I wish that I could answer each and 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:46.080 every one of you today, but know that we listen 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:50.040 to every single one of your messages and they brought 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:55.800 us so much joy. So now it's my turn. I'm 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.760 hoping this episode will bring a little joy to you 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:06.360 this holiday season. So, without further adea, I would like 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:11.600 to present to you my first call in episode featuring 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:22.000 probably my favorite guests of all time, you, Bubble and Squeak. 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:29.200 I love it Bubble and Squeak On Bubble and Squeaker 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:33.519 cook at every month. Left over from the night before 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:49.840 Mr Bomb Gert Bob Taylor calling from the middle of nowhere, Saskatchewan, Canada, 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:53.679 have a question for you. I was just wondering your 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.680 iconic character, Kevin, as we all know and love. You know, 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:58.840 I wouldn't want to change a thing, But if there's 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.920 one thing you could change about Kevin Malone, what would 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:06.520 it be? Enquiring Mines wants to know. Well, thanks Bob 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.280 for your question. You know, I think the one thing 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:13.720 I've addressed this a little bit throughout the podcast, I 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:17.560 wish that Kevin had found love. You know. I talked 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:20.800 to Ellie Kemper a little bit. I had pitched Aaron 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:25.639 and Kevin getting together before the start of the final season. 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:29.639 That obviously did not happen. But I wish Kevin had 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.040 had found love. I wish there had been a little 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:36.920 more uh victory for him in terms of his relationship. 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:41.080 I love the storyline with Lynn when we had that. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.800 Obviously Stacy his fiance early on, she wasn't explored all 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:48.360 that much. But yeah, I wish Kevin had had one 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:52.760 of those small victories in finding love. Hi, Brian, my 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:55.840 name is Logan Cortin's. I'm from Kansas City, Missouri. I'm 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.360 a huge, huge fan of the Office. I loved all 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:00.840 your interviews throughout the show. But, um, I have a 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.560 story and I have a question for you. Um I 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:05.720 want to start with my story. So, when I was 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:08.560 in college, I worked for a baseball team called the 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:12.040 Omaha Storm Chasers through the Triple A affiliate of Kansas 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:15.040 City Royals, and I was working on an off day. 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:17.120 I worked in the clubhouse. I was a clubhouse assistant, 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.880 and I was a bad boy. Um. But I was 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:21.880 at the ballpark on one of our off days and 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.880 Warren Buffett happened to be at our at our ball 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.760 field and he was talking to a general manager. My 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.000 general manager asked me if I told me I could 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:33.039 ask a question to Warren. And you know, Warren's this 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:36.479 incredibly successful person, and all I can think about is 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:39.160 that he had just aired or he had just been 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.240 on an episode of the Office, like a couple of 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:44.159 weeks before. So I go in, I sit down, and 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.760 Warren's like, what's your question, young man? I go, yeah, 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:48.479 what was the light to work with John Franciski and 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:51.960 the cast of the Office. And he sits there for 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.080 a second. He just laughed. He's like, Okay, well, not 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.839 the question I expected. It tells me how great it was. 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.000 Told me it was a phenomenal experience. My general may 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.960 manager is absolutely dying laughing. He's like, you could ask 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.040 him anything, but of course you had to come around 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:09.760 and talk about the Office. That was pretty cool. Um. 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:13.039 The question I had for you O'Brien is, back in 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:16.200 the day when you guys were filming. In the episode 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:19.120 Office the Olympics, we see all the different games that 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:24.320 the characters played, But did you Oscar and Angela actually 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:26.520 have games that you would play in accounting when you 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.479 were like background characters first scene? I'd love to know more. 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:34.400 Thank you well, Logan. First off, thank you for your 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.880 story about Warren Buffett. I tell you the day that 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:42.520 he and Charlie Munger came on set. That was amazing. 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:44.800 I don't know how we pulled that off or who 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:48.240 pulled that off. But the fact that he left and 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:53.839 you asked him that question is awesome. Now about games, 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:57.200 you know, we get asked a lot about pranks, right 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:00.560 because pranks were such a huge part of the show. 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.440 Hers is a similar question in terms of games and 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:07.240 relating to Office Olympics. You know, the boring answer is 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:13.600 we didn't really. I mean, we played comedy games. I 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.599 guess like our games would be about trying to make 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.160 each other laugh. That would be it would be about 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:23.680 us in the deep background, attempting to make each other laugh. 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:27.880 And and as we've discussed many times, we felt like 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:31.520 there was a show within a show happening called The 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:35.160 Accountants that we were the stars of. So we were 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.680 always trying to make each other laugh and and pass notes, 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:43.160 and in fact I have notes from Angela. Before the 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:47.200 computers worked, we we would pass notes back and forth 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.240 to each other, again in an attempt to make each 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:54.120 other laugh, but also in character. So famously I have 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:58.120 an illustration, Oscar has an illustration. I think Jenna Fisher 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:01.560 has an illustration from and Jela on a post it 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:07.760 note which was an invitation to sprinkles her Cat's birthday party. 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:13.160 Hello Brian my name is Brianna, and I live in Dallas, Texas. 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:15.800 And I know that you know this area very well 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:17.840 as you went to s m U. So I feel 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:20.440 like we have a connection already known the same neck 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:24.000 of the woods. So I'm gonna get personal really quick. 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:27.320 I have a funny office story I wanted to share. 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:29.760 Sorry if it's a little bit t m I, but 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:32.680 I think you'll you'll get how funny this is. So 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:37.000 about four years ago, I had my oldest daughter, and 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:40.040 after I had her, everything was going well and it 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:44.240 came time to meet with the lactation consultant. Right so 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:47.840 so me being a very first time mom, never having 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.360 done breastfeeding before, I am in front of all these 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:55.600 nurses and nurses come in and lactaian consultant, and the 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.080 lactation consultant says, do you know how to stimulate your nipple? 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:04.000 And I said, absolutely I do, and I start aggressively 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:07.920 flicking my nipple with my finger, to which they were 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:13.560 both appalled and thought was hilarious. They stopped me and said, whoa, whoa, whoa, honey, 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:17.280 what are you doing? I said, stimulating the nipple and 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:21.560 they said, who told you to do that? I said, um, 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:25.040 I learned it from the office, right with Pam and 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:29.040 her nation consultant. They thought that was the funniest thing. 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.560 Couple nurses go out, grab some more nurses bring them 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:34.960 and they say, Brianna, Brianna, tell us what you just 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:39.000 did and how you learned it. I said, um, I 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.120 was flicking my nipple because I learned it from the office. 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:45.679 They just thought that was the most hysterical thing they 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.840 could ever see, and to which they taught me, no, honey, 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:52.440 be sure to roll stop with the flicking. So I 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.880 just think that is it just really speaks to me 0:08:56.080 --> 0:09:00.079 because The Office is such a special show to a 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.480 my entire family. I just give so much credit to 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:06.880 every single person on that show, from the casting all 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.240 the way down to the acting, to the heart that 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:11.920 was put into the editing, every single detail. I wish 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:13.840 I could have been there. I truly wish I could 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.719 have been a fly on the wall to see what 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.600 I think is the greatest show to ever hit television 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.000 and my favorite show that I've ever seen in my life. 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:26.199 So anyway, it was a pleasure sending in this video memo. 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.400 I don't know if you'll ever hear it or not. 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.880 But thank you Ryan for your last couple of years 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:35.880 of these incredibly special podcasts. I've listened to every single one, 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:39.320 and thank you for your time and thank you for 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:41.640 sharing your love of the show with all of us. 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:47.839 All Right, thanks Brian, byebye. All right, Brianna, Well, first off, yes, 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:52.280 I did hear your story. Uh, there's so much to 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:54.800 unpack here. First off, Hail to the Red and the Blue, 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:57.839 the Mustangs of SMU. Yes, I went to SMU there 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:01.880 in Dallas, and maybe we'll into each other sometime when 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:05.480 I am back. Now it feels as though you're trying 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.480 to get me in trouble. You you you said flicking 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:12.360 my nipple several times. I don't know where to go 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:17.840 exactly with that, but thank you for your story. You know, 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:22.120 it reminds me of another story that I read about actually, 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:27.640 where somebody learned something from the office. It wasn't about lactation, 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.640 let me be clear. But there was a guy by 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:35.120 the name of Cross Scott, twenty one years of age, 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:41.440 back in nineteen He was an auto technician in Arizona, 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:44.880 and he was driving down the road and he saw 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:48.080 a car that was pulled over and a woman who 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:52.880 appeared to need some help. He pulled over to help her, 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:57.480 and she was unconscious and he had to break her 0:10:57.520 --> 0:11:01.000 window and got in and was trying to help her. 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:06.520 He didn't have a cell phone, and he realized he 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.880 needed to do CPR, but he didn't know CPR, and 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:13.880 he thought to himself, well, the only point of reference 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:18.600 that I have for CPR is the office the stress 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:24.720 relief episode, and he remembered, uh uh uh uh, stay 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:28.199 in alive, stay in alive, which apparently, according to the 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:34.760 American Heart Association, is actually the correct beat for CPR. 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.400 I looked that up. That is true, so at least 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:42.920 that was accurate. So Cross did this version of CPR 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:47.040 on the woman. An ambulance arrived ten or fifteen minutes later, 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:51.440 and the woman survived, and they told Cross that had 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:57.680 he not performed this CPR on her, that things would 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.439 not have turned out. Okay. She she recovered and it's 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:04.280 fine as far as I know today. So you learned 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.439 about nipple flicking. Uh, maybe that wasn't the right way 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:13.600 to go, but Cross Scott used the office to save 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:18.040 a woman's life. Unbelievable. Hey, Brian, I just want to 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:22.079 let you know that your podcast, it's my absolute favorite podcast. 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.800 It makes Tuesday commutes tolerable, I guess, going through traffic 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:28.920 all the way to working back. Um, so here here's 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:31.520 my question. My question would be if you can pick 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:34.280 any character in the Office to do a spinoff show about. 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:36.920 Who would it be and what would it be about. 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.120 I'm looking forward to answer. Thank you very much, Thanks 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:43.400 Alex for your question. You know, we haven't talked much 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:48.560 about this throughout the podcast, mostly because it didn't happen, 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:54.000 but Rain Wilson and Paul Lieberstein, who played Toby but 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:56.840 was also showrunner of the Office, as you know, for 0:12:56.880 --> 0:13:01.360 a while, they actually developed a spin off in season 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:04.760 eight and it was called The Farm and it was 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:09.880 about Dwight and his Beat Farm. Now, remnants of that 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:14.440 episode played as an episode of The Office called The Farm, 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:18.280 and that was going to be the title of the spinoff. Unfortunately, 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.320 NBC decided not to pick up that show, and so 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:26.840 we never got to see more exploits from Dwight and 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:31.000 his family on the Beat Farm. So one, I think 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:36.360 that's a spectacular idea and one that I certainly feel 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:40.160 would be worth exploring in the future. And the other 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:45.320 is what I mentioned before, The Accountants Oscar Angela and Kevin. 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:52.400 I think those three disparate characters working together, I've called 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:56.240 it the perfect comedy triangle. Um the way the characters 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:59.360 are drawn and how they interact with each other, I 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.840 think they could work in almost any setting. So whether 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:06.160 it was at dunder Mifflin or somewhere else, I guess 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:11.280 my answer number two would be the Accountants. Hi, Brian, 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:13.880 my name is Brian Rosier, and I live in Buffalo, 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.080 New York. And this is the story of how The 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:19.000 Office helped me graduate from high school. So in the 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:22.600 year I was a senior in high school and all 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:26.640 the students had to complete what was called a senior project. Um. 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.320 It was a semester long class the way that it 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.920 was set up, but you basically spend nine weeks researching 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:35.440 a topic of your choice and presenting an argument at 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.520 the end of the year. And so um our teachers 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:41.760 were encouraging us to pick something new, something they hadn't 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.960 heard before. I thought, what do I really like right now? 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.120 And at the time, I was obsessed with The Office. 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:50.560 I was finally discovering it, and I was just so 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:54.040 amazed by how it was shot differently, how it was 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.400 unlike anything I'd ever seen before. I thought it was 0:14:56.440 --> 0:15:00.000 so funny. Um So I decided that my topic would 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.920 be why The Office is the greatest show of all time. 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.280 My teachers loved it, and they fought over who got 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.000 to be my advisor at the end of the year 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:10.960 because they all really wanted to see my project. And 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:16.200 I spent the next semester researching and finding out more 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:19.760 about what set the Office apart, why it was so popular. 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:21.880 And this was before even the boom that it's in 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.760 right now. Um So, I was doing my own deep 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:28.960 dives for a grade for my diploma. Um and at 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:30.720 the end of the year, I presented it and I 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:33.960 had to have a visual aid, and I decided, naturally 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:37.360 to put a stapler in Jello. It's a lot easier 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:41.120 than you might think. I learned. The secret is dental flaws, 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.360 and I encourage people to try it if they want to. 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:47.760 So that is the story of how The Office helped 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:51.880 me graduate from high school. Well listen, first off, Brian, 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:56.520 stay in your lane. Okay, I do the deep diving 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.480 on the Office, and now to learn that you did 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:02.800 it many years ago. I don't even I feel like 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.240 I don't have a place right now. I don't know. 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:11.440 This is very this is very humbling. Listen why the 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:15.320 Office is the greatest show ever of all time? I 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:18.840 think is a very worthy senior project. I hope you 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:25.040 convinced everyone of all of your classmates and teachers of 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:28.680 it being so. I'm glad you graduated. Thank you for that. 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:33.040 And I I didn't know about dental floss. I had 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:36.760 no idea that that is how you suspended it. In fact, 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:42.400 I have often wondered how you could suspend a stapler 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.560 into jello. I didn't realize dental flaws, and even when 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:49.120 you said dental flaws, I was like, how does that work? 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:53.240 But now I get it. You suspend it while the 0:16:53.440 --> 0:17:00.800 jello molds cools. I don't know. That's incredible. Can gratulations 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:05.280 on your project, but just stay in your lane, all right, Brian, 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:26.480 Stay stay in your lane. Hey, Brian, it is Keith 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:29.600 Padine from Connecticut. You and I have a history that 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.040 goes back a little bit that I remember, and I 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:34.840 guarantee you do not. However, I was one of the 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:39.920 blogger breakfasts at the original convention there in uh Scranton. 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.640 I had a website called the two Cents Dot com 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.280 At the time, I was just like this twentysomething year 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:47.520 old guy that lived in this little cottage on a 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:50.320 farm where I worked a farm job. But I started 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:53.679 covering the office and via my Space, uh it was 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:57.119 Jenna and Angela and Laura Harden. I was able to 0:17:57.119 --> 0:17:59.520 get interviews via my Space with you guys and have 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:02.639 them be exclusive to my site. I started interviewing all 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:05.000 the smaller characters like Evette. Nicole Brown might be one 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:08.600 of my favorite ones ever when she paid Parish in Staples, 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:11.520 the Staples episode with Dwight. You know, the office was 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.159 something that connected to fans in such a way, but 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:17.560 this like changed my life. By doing this, I started 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:20.159 getting like press passes and I was able to be 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.159 a v I p at the convention with you guys. 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:24.280 So I was able to be at casino night, which 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.440 was the small part, and I played poker next to 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:30.159 Ed Helms, watched Craig Robinson saying creep I remember with 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:32.879 the band and the scrand Tones were there, you know, 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:34.560 and then the big concert where you guys all kind 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:36.480 of wet nuts and you guys were just having fun, 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.800 and it led us all to believe that what we 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.920 had hoped was true, was that you were people who 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:45.640 were enjoying yourselves just as much as we were enjoy 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:48.600 watching you. You You were real people, You were normal, so 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:51.679 so to speak, people who were able to communicate with 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:54.639 us and just be excited about the show. Um. It 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:57.080 led to so much for me from that little website. 0:18:57.119 --> 0:19:00.000 I became a member of the Broadcast Television Journalists Associated 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:03.199 for several years, um you know, and covering all different shows. 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:05.320 The two Cents got huge. I had like thirty something 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:07.600 writers for me for a while. But it all started 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:10.359 because you guys were willing to communicate with your fans, 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:12.680 and I was able to find that and write it 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:15.560 up and do some podcasts. I did a long podcast 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.120 once with Bobby Ray Schaefer and I remember, I mean, 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:20.800 it was insane. I was in l A for about 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:22.840 four days for one of my best friend's weddings, and 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:25.280 I get a phone call and it was Bobby Ray saying, 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:27.840 I heard you're in l A. And I was hoping 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:29.639 that we could have lunch like I did lunch with 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:32.159 the office like. It was just crazy. We went out 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:34.680 to sati Quoi and saw the building where you guys were. 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:38.280 It was insane. The office totally changed my life. I'm 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:41.440 now a data four out here in farm country in Connecticut, 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:43.800 but the office, for that part of my life was 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:46.040 such a special thing. And now to be able to 0:19:46.040 --> 0:19:48.360 listen to this podcast and relive all that and think 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:50.560 of all these memories and all those moments and the 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:53.360 way that you've done it so beautifully through this podcast 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.360 and talking to all these people, it's been really, really special. 0:19:56.600 --> 0:19:58.239 So thank you for what you've done. I believe your 0:19:58.240 --> 0:20:01.200 birthday was yesterday, so happy birthday to you, sir um 0:20:01.320 --> 0:20:03.359 And from a person who got to stand next to 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:05.800 it the bloggers breakfast and thought that was probably one 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:09.359 of the biggest deals ever in my life. Thank you 0:20:09.440 --> 0:20:14.159 so much, Keith, Thank you so much for reaching out. 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:19.199 I remember very well that bloggers breakfast. In fact, I 0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:23.520 was just back in Scratton a few weeks ago and 0:20:23.640 --> 0:20:28.159 drove by the Hilton where that bloggers breakfast took place 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:32.560 and pointed out the window. It was like, that's where 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:37.320 we had the bloggers breakfast one morning at the convention. 0:20:37.840 --> 0:20:41.920 I think the only time I've ever been in that building. Listen, 0:20:42.160 --> 0:20:47.080 it's it's truly moving to me to hear your story 0:20:47.400 --> 0:20:52.800 and I'm so glad that your experience with everybody was 0:20:52.840 --> 0:20:58.199 so positive. I remember that convention and subsequent to that 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:02.440 the Rap party as being um one of the best 0:21:02.480 --> 0:21:08.000 experiences of the show. We felt a special bond with 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:11.200 the people who had such a love for the show, 0:21:11.560 --> 0:21:17.080 and that traveled to Scranton, Pennsylvania. It sounds like from 0:21:17.119 --> 0:21:19.959 even for you not that close by to come and 0:21:20.000 --> 0:21:23.040 spend some time with us. We had so much fun. 0:21:23.640 --> 0:21:26.639 You know, I referenced it again because it sticks with me. 0:21:27.000 --> 0:21:31.119 Andy Bernard at Helm's line, I wish I knew we 0:21:31.119 --> 0:21:33.240 were in the good old days while they were happening 0:21:34.040 --> 0:21:39.920 that convention there certainly in retrospect now, those those were 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:43.240 the good old days. So thank you for reconnecting. I'm 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:46.960 so glad that the office and the connection you made 0:21:47.000 --> 0:21:50.560 with so many of us helped you at that time 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:56.359 in your life. It truly was our our pleasure. And yeah, 0:21:56.440 --> 0:21:59.280 you bring up my space. That was our first attempt 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:03.919 when the show struggling mightily to find a couple of 0:22:03.960 --> 0:22:07.400 audience members. That was our attempt to try to connect 0:22:07.520 --> 0:22:10.359 to people in a new and different way. Uh, And 0:22:10.400 --> 0:22:13.320 I'm glad to know that it, Um, it worked for you, 0:22:13.520 --> 0:22:17.600 so God bless my friend. Congratulations on your four kids 0:22:18.119 --> 0:22:21.200 and your new life now in Connecticut. But thank you 0:22:21.440 --> 0:22:25.520 for reminding me of of those good old days. Hi Brian, 0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:28.879 Hi everybody minding this. Karen. I'm from Bloomington, Illinois. I 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:30.879 just wanted to share with the really quick how The 0:22:30.960 --> 0:22:34.840 Office has really influenced my life and my family. UM. 0:22:34.840 --> 0:22:38.040 We quote it all the time. My boyfriend and I 0:22:38.040 --> 0:22:42.000 started our relationship watching The Office together and we'll be 0:22:42.000 --> 0:22:46.520 celebrating our four year anniversary. We quote the Office all 0:22:46.520 --> 0:22:49.960 the time. It comes up in conversation. UM, and I 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:52.080 was wondering if you'd, guys, have any of your favorite 0:22:52.119 --> 0:22:53.840 quotes come up all the time, or if you have 0:22:53.880 --> 0:22:56.280 any little bit to the Office that show up from 0:22:56.359 --> 0:22:59.240 time to time in your daily life. Have a happy holidays, 0:22:59.840 --> 0:23:04.080 I Kara, thanks so much for your question. Uh, listen, 0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:08.200 I don't know at this point if there's a day 0:23:08.240 --> 0:23:13.320 that goes by that I don't say, that's what she said, 0:23:14.520 --> 0:23:17.359 I mean, And and when I'm when I'm in a 0:23:17.440 --> 0:23:21.679 public setting, it feels weird, just like self reference the 0:23:21.760 --> 0:23:26.040 show in that way. But yes, it has become I 0:23:26.040 --> 0:23:28.200 don't I don't even know if daily is right hourly 0:23:29.920 --> 0:23:35.280 thrice daily reference for me as well. And you know, look, 0:23:35.400 --> 0:23:38.680 I spend a lot of time talking about Chili. I 0:23:38.960 --> 0:23:42.720 don't know that there's a specific quote on that, but yes, 0:23:42.840 --> 0:23:47.399 and there is a a giant text chain. Is that 0:23:47.440 --> 0:23:51.720 what you call it? Text chain? Text group text between 0:23:51.720 --> 0:23:55.399 me and some of my other cohorts on the show. 0:23:56.119 --> 0:23:59.119 And yeah, I would say that's what she said. Is 0:23:59.560 --> 0:24:02.200 I mean, I don't know that anyone can say anything 0:24:03.000 --> 0:24:07.200 it without referencing that's what she said. So thank you, Kara. 0:24:07.359 --> 0:24:11.960 I'm glad things are going well for you. Congratulations on 0:24:12.119 --> 0:24:14.920 almost four years together, and thank you for your comments 0:24:14.960 --> 0:24:19.080 about the Office and how it has impacted your life. Hi, 0:24:19.200 --> 0:24:21.679 Ryan and Office steep Dive crew. Having looked back on 0:24:21.720 --> 0:24:24.879 all the episodes listened to and the few I have 0:24:24.960 --> 0:24:26.800 waiting for me, I am reminded of all the moments 0:24:26.800 --> 0:24:29.360 where you discuss how we as fans feel so connected 0:24:29.359 --> 0:24:33.360 with the cast and characters because you have become such crucial, 0:24:33.520 --> 0:24:36.000 crucial pieces to the good, the bad, and the ugly 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:38.600 moments of our lives. And if we are to believe 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:41.760 that The Office is an experience of connecting and growing 0:24:41.800 --> 0:24:44.720 close with the fictional characters, over thousands of minutes of 0:24:44.760 --> 0:24:48.040 watching I do believe, which I do believe, then I 0:24:48.080 --> 0:24:51.239 believe The Office Steep Dive podcast is the experience of 0:24:51.280 --> 0:24:54.840 getting to know the humans behind the characters and the production, 0:24:55.520 --> 0:24:58.439 only to remember that the smartest, most brilliant show has 0:24:58.480 --> 0:25:01.960 already been made and there will almost definitely never be 0:25:02.040 --> 0:25:05.879 anything better. I come away from each podcast episode with 0:25:05.920 --> 0:25:08.400