WEBVTT - The Office Deep Dive Call-In Edition - Pt. 3 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:03.159 Hello, and welcome to our show. I'm Zoe de Chanelle 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:05.400 and I'm so excited to be joined by my friends 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:08.160 and cast mates Hannah Simone and Lamar and Morris to 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:11.960 recap our hit television series New Girl. Join us every 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:14.640 Monday on the Welcome to Our Show podcast, where we'll 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:17.560 share behind the scenes stories of your favorite New Girl episodes. 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:20.319 Each week, we answer all your burning questions like is 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:23.400 there really a bear in every episode of New Girl. Plus, 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:26.320 you'll hear hilarious stories like this that was one of 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:35.600 your thanks you brought back from Yeah all professional basketball players. Yeah. 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:37.920 Listen to the Welcome to Our Show podcast on the 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:41.360 I Heart Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get 0:00:41.360 --> 0:01:01.960 your podcasts. Hello. Hello, everyone, and it's a new year, 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:06.920 a new dawn of a new age that sounds like 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:10.120 the terminator. Uh. We have a new episode of the 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:14.440 Office Deep Dive. I am, as always your host, Brian Baumgartner. 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:18.640 New year, same guy. I'm excited for you to join 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:23.600 me today. I cannot wait to kick off with my 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:26.280 favorite kind of episode. That's right today, I have got 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:30.480 another our final call in episode where I get to 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:34.959 hear directly from you. We're gonna get down and dirty, 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.679 all right, and we're gonna answer a whole lot of 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:42.160 the questions that you've been dying to know, and then 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.679 we're gonna talk about love. Mhmm. You didn't see that 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:49.200 one coming, did you. So Happy New Year, everybody, and 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:53.400 let's start it on the right foot with another beautiful 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:59.520 episode starring the incredible, the inspiring, the unbelievably touching messages 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:07.720 that we have received from all of you. Bubble and Squeak, 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:15.320 I love it, Bubble and Squeaker, Bubble and Squeaker cooking 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:31.960 and everymon left over from the Natty for Brian this Ethan, 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:36.200 were big fan of Office all family watch whole series 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:41.720 fifteen times you funniest character on show. Okay, this is 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:44.560 a lot harder than it looks. You get the point. 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:47.640 I'm Ethan and I'm ten years old. My mom and 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:50.560 I really liked The Office, deep Dive and my entire 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:53.800 family and I love The Office. It's my favorite show. 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:57.400 The Office is like Elf. You can watch it over 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:01.440 and over again and still laugh every time. This is 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:03.760 my first time talking to a celebrity, so I am 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:07.320 really happy right now. I have three older brothers who 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:10.760 always make jokes from the Office. At first, I never 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.680 got any of them. They would say things like I 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:17.080 wanted to eat a pig in a blanket in a blanket, 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:21.280 or nothing beat the Cookie season next Truth. The only 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.959 thing I knew about the things they said were they 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:27.200 were from the Office. My favorite storyline from the Office 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:31.240 is Jim and Dwight's rivalry. Someone always gets in Office 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:34.639 the Christmas or birthday gift. When one of my brothers 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:38.080 turned sixteen, my mom got him a custom dundee that 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.800 said it is your Birthday. She also attempted to put 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.600 his money while it was in a ziploc bag into 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:47.920 some yellow jello, but when she flipped it upside down, 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.000 the edge of the bag cut right through the jello. 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:54.000 As much as she loves The Office, my mom gets 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:57.320 really mad when we say that's what she said. Not 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.680 a day goes by that someone in my house doesn't 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:03.120 quote The Office. Thanks for listening, whoever is, have a 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:07.360 great day, Ethan. Thank you so much for calling in 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:10.560 ten years of age. I don't know if you should 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:14.480 see every single episode in its entirety, but good on you. 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.760 Thanks to you and your mom for listening to the 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:24.440 Office deep dive. That is huge. Hm. That's what she said, Sorry, Mom, 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:28.000 I had to do it. Hello Brian and the Office 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:31.440 Deep Dive. My name is Sam Bagwana and I'm eighteen 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:36.320 years old um here in Australia and I just wanted 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.279 to send a quick message to say thanks for making 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:41.799 such an awesome podcast. It's really been great to listen 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:45.440 to throughout my final year of high school and the 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.880 HSC exams. So I guess I just had one question 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:53.840 for you. What is your favorite episode of the Office, Brian, 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:55.599 And I know that's going to be a hard one. 0:04:56.320 --> 0:05:01.880 That's what she said, Sam, Thank you for calling all 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:07.880 the way from down Under. That was awful. What is 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:11.560 my favorite episode? Listen, Sam, I'm gonna be honest, it 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:16.080 changes a little bit. I've recently found out Variety just 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:19.360 came out with a list of the fifty best episodes. 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:24.000 Their number one was The Dinner Party, which is fantastic. 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.000 I mean, there's no doubt Lee and Gene and the 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:30.640 work that they did. They're making a modern day Who's 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:35.159 Afraid of Virginia Wolf. It's incredible. Personally, I believe their 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:40.000 number two is currently my number one, which is Stress 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:45.560 Relief otherwise known as the episode with Dwight's fake fire drill. 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.120 Part of it for me is and I've said this 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:52.040 quite a bit, you know, for me, now what was 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:56.320 going on outside of the show is also significant to 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.279 me as I go back and I rewatch. So we're 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:05.480 about to move here into American football playoffs. And Uh, 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:10.200 the episode Stress Relief aired immediately following the Super Bowl, 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.560 and so for me that was a huge as a 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:17.360 big football fan, sports fan, to be on a show 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:21.360 that aired immediately following the super Bowl, it was very special. 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:23.800 And that happened to be the first Super Bowl I 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:28.480 ever attended in person as well. Uh, the Pittsburgh Steelers 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:34.599 defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Tampa. It rained. It's a 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:40.520 long story, but anyway to answer quickly your question, Stress Relief. 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:46.360 For me, it's got comedy, it's got complicated camera movements 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:50.680 and choreography, a lot of rehearsal. I remember shooting the 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:53.640 episode well and and that's that's currently my favorite. But 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:57.320 check out the list on Variety or elsewhere and see 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:02.120 how how your list compares to their's. Hi, Brian and team. 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:05.360 This is Megan from Amersh, Virginia. Thank you so much 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:08.719 for this podcast. I have loved listening to the cast 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.640 and the crew and hearing their take and there behind 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.960 the scenes stories that we wouldn't have heard otherwise. My 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:18.680 question is, what do you think about the fan theory 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:23.560 that Dwight should have ended up with Isabel instead of Angela. 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.960 Thanks have a great day, Megan. Thanks so much for 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:30.320 your question. I was not aware that this was a movement. 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:33.560 Maybe it's happening on the in the dark threads of Reddit. 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.760 I'm not sure. I haven't heard this one before. Look, 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:41.000 I think that there's a lot of reasons that Dwight 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:45.520 could have or should have ended up with Isabel. But 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:51.360 you know what, sometimes with love, it's in a ineplicable, 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:58.360 it's in a splitzable, in explainable. There I changed it. 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:03.400 Um had Dwight and Angela they were a match made 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:06.000 in well, I'm not sure exactly where they were made, 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.320 but I think in the end, at least on our show, 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:13.240 they were meant to be. And I think ultimately, as 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:15.800 Greg Daniels and some of the other writers and producers 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:19.400 have talked about, they were sort of the anti Jim 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:23.000 and Pam. Jim and Pam were the couple that everybody 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.720 got that everybody responded to, and I think Dwight and 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:31.920 Angela was harder to explain, but I think in the 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:37.640 end their love was just as pure or just as creepy. 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:42.520 Hi Brian, my name is Jake Ryan. I'm from Johnston, Iowa, 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:46.320 and I'm currently a senior at the University of Iowa. UM. So, 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:50.080 to start out, I my funny story comes from back 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.200 when my dad and I we used to watch The 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:54.480 Office when I was little, and we used to stay 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:56.800 up late, uh or for me it was late, but 0:08:57.280 --> 0:09:00.120 every Thursday night watching the premier of the New Office US, 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:03.560 and I remember we introduced my mom to the Office 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.960 in the first episode coincidentally had my to this day, 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:09.920 my favorite line from The Office, which came from Kevin 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:13.480 and her reaction to that line. So I remember the 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:17.079 episode was the one in which Darryl and Toby were 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:22.240 competing to sell Kevin Girl Scout cookies, and I remember 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:26.400 the funniest line was when Kevin told them he likes 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:31.040 to be wined and dined and blank blank blank um. 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:32.960 And I remember just seeing the look of horror on 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.360 my mom's face when she heard that, and my dad 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:40.080 and I obviously hysterically laughing at that age. I didn't 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.640 know what it meant, but I saw my dad laughing 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.440 and I went along with it. So that's that's one 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.000 of my favorite memories, UM, and one of the funniest 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:51.200 memories from the show. UM. And then my question, I 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.439 wanted to ask you, I mean, other than what your 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:58.120 golf handicap is, but I wanted to ask you. You know, 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:01.080 I know that The Office Is has always been a 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.520 pretty well scripted show and there's not a ton of 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:07.560 room for improvisation, but were there any times in which 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.840 you improvised in the show that you can remember? And 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.640 if so, what was your what was your favorite improvisation line? 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.600 Thank you. I I love the show and I'm super 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:24.360 excited for to come back in so keep doing great things. Brian. Thanks, 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.240 Thanks Jake. First of all, I think the words you're 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:32.360 looking for our sixty nine and yeah, I guess, I guess. 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:36.000 Go look it up, Jake, go hawk Eyes. I was 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.880 there a couple of years ago into the talk. Had 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:43.120 a great time there in Iowa. Thanks for your call. Um. 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:46.959 I can't imagine there as a high school ish kid 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:51.080 watching that episode with my mom, and I can I 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.920 can imagine her face and how you and maybe your 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:58.280 dad felt in that moment. I love it. By the way, 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:01.760 six point eight is the handicap. Will move on from 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:05.640 that and asking about my favorite improv, I don't know 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.520 if this is my favorite or not, Jake, but at 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:12.600 the moment I had the idea of doing a running 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:18.920 improv in the episode where they're evaluating employees by putting 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:23.600 beans and Kevin saying what does a being mean? And 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.520 that was scripted what does a being mean? But the 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.920 fact that he becomes obsessed with the idea of not 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:32.559 knowing what a bean means but he probably knows and 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.120 so yes, Towards the end of that scene, you hear 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:39.280 him yelling in the background, and I remember laughing standing 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:42.319 away in the off camera, just yelling what does a 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:45.080 being mean? And the idea that Kevin is just going 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:48.080 around to everybody asking what a bean means? I don't know. 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.800 That makes me laugh at least right now. Hi, Brian, 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:55.200 big fan of the podcast, big fan of the office. 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:57.839 I'm not sure if I'm the biggest fan out there. 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:01.320 I'm sure there's someone who's much crazier than I am, 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:05.960 But I've been a scranted five times now. I'm not 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:09.920 sure if my wife will let me go back? Um? 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:14.520 Been to Office Fest that was happened last fall. That 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:18.320 was kind of cool. I've hosted office trivia at a bar. 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:22.800 I had an office theme party where I bought everybody 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:27.360 dundees and we played office trivia. UM. My question is 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.360 how long of a break did you guys have between 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.920 shooting seasons? You know the I know it took five 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:38.440 days to shoot an episode, but how long of a 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:41.760 break did you have, like I said, in between shooting seasons? 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:45.640 And another question is who do you think was the 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:49.280 funniest on set? I've had the privilege of meeting some 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.480 of you. I've actually met you at a comic con 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:55.760 in Pittsburgh, and everyone seems to say Rain Rain was 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:59.120 the funniest. So just want your opinion on that. And 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:04.040 thanks Brandon, thanks for your call. You've been to Scranton 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:07.040 five times. You're not sure your wife will let you 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:11.240 go back. What happened in Scranton? Brandon? That gives your 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:16.200 wife pause for sending you back. Um, it was nice 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:19.640 to meet you there in Pittsburgh. Maybe we will meet 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:23.640 someday back in Scranton. So a question about the schedule. 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:27.200 It varied a little bit. What I typically tell people 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:31.400 is it was like a school year but kind of 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:35.400 extended into the summer a little bit. Right, So, the Office, 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:38.440 when it was airing for probably the last seven to 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:42.280 eight years, it would have its season finale in roughly 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:49.280 late May, which means we stopped filming in sometime late 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:53.560 April early May. We were done for the year, and 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:57.000 then we would have a summer break basically right, so 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:01.000 it would give the writers specifically time to recharge. They 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:04.720 would come back much earlier and began working on stories 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:09.120 for the coming year. 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Indeed dot com slash 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:23.480 Office Deep Dive terms and conditions apply. Need to hire 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:39.280 you need Indeed. Hello, Brian. My name is Brianna and 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.960 I am calling from Madison, Wisconsin. I first want to 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:46.960 say thank you so much for creating this podcast. I 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.640 love listening to it each and every week just as 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:53.120 much as I love watching The Office. The Office is 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:57.120 my all time favorite show. I watch it all the time, 0:16:57.160 --> 0:17:00.160 and I'm pretty sure all my friends think I'm nuts um, 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:03.280 but The Office is such a comforting thing to me 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.560 have it in the background on all the time. And 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:08.879 what I love about is even when I rewatch it 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:12.560 over and over again the same episodes, I am able 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:17.000 to find little gems hidden in the background of scenes 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:21.159 that I didn't notice before. So, for example, there is 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.560 a scene where Michael is in the kitchen and he's 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:28.400 drinking a diet soda, but if you pay attention, he 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:32.520 is pouring sugar into his diet soda as he's talking 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:37.560 in the kitchen. Or in St. Patrick's day, there is 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:41.080 the water cooler in the background behind Stanley, and if 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:44.080 you pay attention the water cooler, the water in there 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.159 is dyed green. For St. Patrick's Day or in the 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:51.520 garage sale. The yard sale, they kind of pan around 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:55.960 the warehouse there and you can see that Michael is 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:59.240 trying to sell his broken plasma screen TV that Jan 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:03.080 hit with the Dundee and the dinner party episode, and 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:05.760 so that just got me thinking that the writers put 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:09.000 so much effort into not only the scenes itself and 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:12.000 what's in the forefront of the scenes, but also what's 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:15.320 happening in the background, and adding these little gems that 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.240 you may find as you watched the episode over and 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:20.040 over again. You might not catch the first time, but 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.520 when you catch those things, it puts a smile on 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.120 your face and makes you laugh. And so I guess 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:28.920 I just wanted your take on why the writers put 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:32.000 so much effort into the background of scenes and how 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:35.720 that added to the show. So thanks again, I appreciate 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.439 what you do and talk to you soon. Thank you 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:41.399 so much for your call. Brianna. By the way, that 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:45.320 easter egg of the broken plasma screen in the garage 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:48.840 show episode, that's one of the best, So kudos to 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:53.639 you for finding that one. Look, our writers were amazing. 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:58.639 I can't truly can't say enough about them, but what 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:02.439 I would say is in addition to them, everyone on 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:07.520 the crew was working all the time thinking of those 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:11.040 type things. Right. So, I don't know whose idea the 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.920 plasma screen was, but it very well could have been 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:19.919 Phil Shay props, or a scenic designer or an actor. 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:22.320 It could have been Steve Carrell saying hey, you know what, 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:25.080 what do would be funny? And you know I talked 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:27.840 about this in the last Calling episode we did. There 0:19:27.920 --> 0:19:32.360 is a warehouse of props that exists somewhere. Maybe at 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:35.439 this point they've given them up that any prop that 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:38.800 was used in any episode at any time, they saved 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:42.119 it in case they would need it again, and there's 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:45.680 a great example of a time they decided to use 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:49.760 it again. So, yes, our writers were incredible. Maybe that 0:19:49.840 --> 0:19:53.920 was scripted, but it just as easily could have been 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:58.359 Steve Carrell or a prop person or or anyone really, 0:19:58.400 --> 0:20:04.360 because Greg Daniels created such a collaborative environment that anyone 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:07.080 was able to pitch those kinds of jokes, and people 0:20:07.560 --> 0:20:11.720 consistently were And I think that's one of the things 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:14.919 that makes the show so so deep and and have 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:19.880 such depth and texture and yeah, as you said, ultimately comedy. Hi, Christina, 0:20:19.960 --> 0:20:24.880 mcton on here. I'm a huge Office fan, I will admit, Um, 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:28.520 I did not become a fan until covid started. I 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:32.080 decided to sit down and watch The Office before they 0:20:32.080 --> 0:20:34.119 were going to take it off Netflix, and of course 0:20:34.200 --> 0:20:37.159 that just led to me buying Peacock when it went 0:20:37.200 --> 0:20:42.160 to Peacock and um, and then once I discovered your 0:20:42.520 --> 0:20:47.160 podcast and The Office Ladies, you know, Jenna and Angelo's podcast, 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:51.320 I really just couldn't get enough. It became more and 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:54.280 more and more of an obsession. And what I like 0:20:54.359 --> 0:20:56.840 about my obsession is, you know, not only do I 0:20:56.880 --> 0:20:59.280 put The Office on like right now, just when I'm 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:01.640 eating or whatever where it's on in the background, but 0:21:01.840 --> 0:21:03.959 I put the podcast on it all the time because 0:21:04.200 --> 0:21:09.879 I absolutely love hearing every little detail about how the 0:21:09.920 --> 0:21:13.200 show has been made, about every single person that has 0:21:13.240 --> 0:21:15.119 helped you guys and has been a part of it, 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:19.320 every single person, regardless of their role. And you know 0:21:19.359 --> 0:21:24.040 how quote unquote trivial it may seem to the whole production. Um, 0:21:24.080 --> 0:21:26.520 you know, every little bit of it has been so 0:21:26.640 --> 0:21:29.120 fascinating to me. And most of all, it's like it's 0:21:29.440 --> 0:21:34.680 it's so inspiring to me. I have been completely uninspired 0:21:34.760 --> 0:21:37.600 and not creative. I feel like my whole life, which 0:21:37.640 --> 0:21:40.080 is not true, but I've just struggled to find that 0:21:40.200 --> 0:21:42.960 spark in that creativity. I'm thirty eight years old. I'm 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:46.080 still trying to figure out what I'm doing. But I 0:21:46.119 --> 0:21:51.880 have to say you have inspired me, Kevin, you specifically 0:21:52.000 --> 0:21:55.600 all of you have inspired me to to create, to 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:59.280 become creative, to pursue writing again. I've heard about Brent 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:02.439 Forrester is writing course that he does online and I 0:22:02.480 --> 0:22:04.439 just signed up for it lamps or you know, I 0:22:04.480 --> 0:22:07.200 signed up to get notification about it, and I'm so 0:22:07.240 --> 0:22:09.680 excited to do that. And so I just wanted to 0:22:09.720 --> 0:22:13.919 thank you Kevin specifically for making the podcast, but also 0:22:13.960 --> 0:22:15.560 each and everyone of you that has been on the 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:18.639 office and has helped create the office and as you know, 0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:22.040 contributed the ways that you have the fans and the 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:24.960 ways you contributed contributed as well. I am just so 0:22:25.040 --> 0:22:27.119 thankful to all of you. I feel like we're all 0:22:27.119 --> 0:22:29.879 a big family. You guys just make me so happy. 0:22:30.080 --> 0:22:32.560 Your new episodes coming out every week. Brian just make 0:22:32.640 --> 0:22:35.320 me so happy. I feel like I'm friends with you now. 0:22:36.080 --> 0:22:38.760 Just thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so much. 0:22:39.119 --> 0:22:43.520 I'm eternally grateful to you. Thank you well, Christina, thank 0:22:43.560 --> 0:22:48.200 you for your message. I appreciate that so much. Look, 0:22:48.280 --> 0:22:51.200 I think that's what the show is about. It's about 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:57.840 finding beauty in ordinary things, and I think that's what 0:22:58.000 --> 0:23:02.920 does it. I think that's what gives you that inspiration. 0:23:03.720 --> 0:23:07.159 Hopefully it helps you find that spark. Good luck to 0:23:07.240 --> 0:23:11.439 you working with Brent Forrester. You're gonna need it working 0:23:11.440 --> 0:23:15.760 with him, Brent Forrester joke, Sorry brent Um, but good 0:23:15.840 --> 0:23:18.280 luck to you, all right, and thank you for your call. 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:21.560 Thanks for letting me know. I know that everybody who 0:23:21.560 --> 0:23:25.720 worked on the show will appreciate hearing that, because, I mean, look, 0:23:26.000 --> 0:23:31.119 the fact that our show is inspiring you now to 0:23:31.280 --> 0:23:35.800 take a chance on doing something new at thirty eight 0:23:35.880 --> 0:23:39.680 years old. That's awesome. Like, there's kind of nothing else 0:23:39.720 --> 0:23:43.560 to say except that's awesome and good luck. I'm gonna 0:23:43.600 --> 0:23:47.240 be rooting for you. Hey, Office, Deep Dive family. This 0:23:47.359 --> 0:23:52.560 is Derek Crenshaw from Tulsa, Oklahoma. I started watching the 0:23:52.560 --> 0:23:58.639 show whenever it was still live, and I worked a 0:23:58.680 --> 0:24:00.720 blockbuster at the time, and I got caught up through 0:24:00.720 --> 0:24:06.280 season one and I was able to get completely caught 0:24:06.400 --> 0:24:10.960 up through through my gig at Blockbuster, and then continued 0:24:11.000 --> 0:24:13.600 watching the show as it as it came on every week. 0:24:14.160 --> 0:24:17.840 I did ask for DVD sets, so I have every 0:24:17.840 --> 0:24:21.480 single one of those, and that came in helpful because 0:24:21.480 --> 0:24:25.600 when I was in college, I couldn't afford a even 0:24:25.640 --> 0:24:29.480 Netflix subscription, much less any kind of cable subscription or 0:24:29.480 --> 0:24:31.879 anything like that. So I had all my Office DVD 0:24:32.080 --> 0:24:36.120 so I continued. I continuously watched The Office whenever I 0:24:36.160 --> 0:24:40.160 was in college. Um, you guys were with me through 0:24:40.280 --> 0:24:47.280 some really tough times. You were with me through um, 0:24:47.440 --> 0:24:50.640 almost a divorce, UM through the birth of my two 0:24:50.640 --> 0:24:59.000 perfect children, and you sho, you guys do not know 0:24:59.119 --> 0:25:05.600 how important you are. I just listening to you to 0:25:05.680 --> 0:25:10.720 the Office ladies, hearing you guys break down sometimes it's uh, 0:25:10.840 --> 0:25:15.480 it moves me into tears. Obviously it's doing it now. Um, 0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:21.639 but you guys are more important to me than anybody 0:25:21.680 --> 0:25:25.960 else who has no idea who I am. UM, But 0:25:26.040 --> 0:25:28.159 I did wanna. I didn't want to pose what I 0:25:28.200 --> 0:25:31.480 thought was an interesting question. So as I've watched seriously, 0:25:31.480 --> 0:25:35.200 I've probably watched the whole series, UM twenty times. I 0:25:35.200 --> 0:25:37.840 I don't know I I constantly before it got taken 0:25:37.880 --> 0:25:40.040 off of Netflix, I had it on. It was just 0:25:40.080 --> 0:25:44.000 a constant loop. M a funny story my oldest My 0:25:44.040 --> 0:25:47.440 oldest son is five, and he loves the part where 0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:50.600 Andy he calls him Michael's son, which I think is funny. 0:25:51.080 --> 0:25:52.720 But he loves the part where he punches a hole 0:25:52.720 --> 0:25:56.200 in the wall. Um but but anyway, So, as I've 0:25:56.240 --> 0:25:57.800 watched these over and over and over and over and 0:25:57.840 --> 0:26:02.760 over again, I have pondered who I would like and 0:26:02.880 --> 0:26:05.600 dislike to work with the most if it were a 0:26:05.640 --> 0:26:09.919