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Speaker 1: favorite kind of episode. That's right today, I have got
Speaker 1: another our final call in episode where I get to
Speaker 1: hear directly from you. We're gonna get down and dirty,
Speaker 1: all right, and we're gonna answer a whole lot of
Speaker 1: the questions that you've been dying to know, and then
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about love. Mhmm. You didn't see that
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Speaker 1: episode starring the incredible, the inspiring, the unbelievably touching messages
Speaker 1: that we have received from all of you. Bubble and Squeak,
Speaker 1: I love it, Bubble and Squeaker, Bubble and Squeaker cooking
Speaker 1: and everymon left over from the Natty for Brian this Ethan,
Speaker 1: were big fan of Office all family watch whole series
Speaker 1: fifteen times you funniest character on show. Okay, this is
Speaker 1: a lot harder than it looks. You get the point.
Speaker 1: I'm Ethan and I'm ten years old. My mom and
Speaker 1: I really liked The Office, deep Dive and my entire
Speaker 1: family and I love The Office. It's my favorite show.
Speaker 1: The Office is like Elf. You can watch it over
Speaker 1: and over again and still laugh every time. This is
Speaker 1: my first time talking to a celebrity, so I am
Speaker 1: really happy right now. I have three older brothers who
Speaker 1: always make jokes from the Office. At first, I never
Speaker 1: got any of them. They would say things like I
Speaker 1: wanted to eat a pig in a blanket in a blanket,
Speaker 1: or nothing beat the Cookie season next Truth. The only
Speaker 1: thing I knew about the things they said were they
Speaker 1: were from the Office. My favorite storyline from the Office
Speaker 1: is Jim and Dwight's rivalry. Someone always gets in Office
Speaker 1: the Christmas or birthday gift. When one of my brothers
Speaker 1: turned sixteen, my mom got him a custom dundee that
Speaker 1: said it is your Birthday. She also attempted to put
Speaker 1: his money while it was in a ziploc bag into
Speaker 1: some yellow jello, but when she flipped it upside down,
Speaker 1: the edge of the bag cut right through the jello.
Speaker 1: As much as she loves The Office, my mom gets
Speaker 1: really mad when we say that's what she said. Not
Speaker 1: a day goes by that someone in my house doesn't
Speaker 1: quote The Office. Thanks for listening, whoever is, have a
Speaker 1: great day, Ethan. Thank you so much for calling in
Speaker 1: ten years of age. I don't know if you should
Speaker 1: see every single episode in its entirety, but good on you.
Speaker 1: Thanks to you and your mom for listening to the
Speaker 1: Office deep dive. That is huge. Hm. That's what she said, Sorry, Mom,
Speaker 1: I had to do it. Hello Brian and the Office
Speaker 1: Deep Dive. My name is Sam Bagwana and I'm eighteen
Speaker 1: years old um here in Australia and I just wanted
Speaker 1: to send a quick message to say thanks for making
Speaker 1: such an awesome podcast. It's really been great to listen
Speaker 1: to throughout my final year of high school and the
Speaker 1: HSC exams. So I guess I just had one question
Speaker 1: for you. What is your favorite episode of the Office, Brian,
Speaker 1: And I know that's going to be a hard one.
Speaker 1: That's what she said, Sam, Thank you for calling all
Speaker 1: the way from down Under. That was awful. What is
Speaker 1: my favorite episode? Listen, Sam, I'm gonna be honest, it
Speaker 1: changes a little bit. I've recently found out Variety just
Speaker 1: came out with a list of the fifty best episodes.
Speaker 1: Their number one was The Dinner Party, which is fantastic.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's no doubt Lee and Gene and the
Speaker 1: work that they did. They're making a modern day Who's
Speaker 1: Afraid of Virginia Wolf. It's incredible. Personally, I believe their
Speaker 1: number two is currently my number one, which is Stress
Speaker 1: Relief otherwise known as the episode with Dwight's fake fire drill.
Speaker 1: Part of it for me is and I've said this
Speaker 1: quite a bit, you know, for me, now what was
Speaker 1: going on outside of the show is also significant to
Speaker 1: me as I go back and I rewatch. So we're
Speaker 1: about to move here into American football playoffs. And Uh,
Speaker 1: the episode Stress Relief aired immediately following the Super Bowl,
Speaker 1: and so for me that was a huge as a
Speaker 1: big football fan, sports fan, to be on a show
Speaker 1: that aired immediately following the super Bowl, it was very special.
Speaker 1: And that happened to be the first Super Bowl I
Speaker 1: ever attended in person as well. Uh, the Pittsburgh Steelers
Speaker 1: defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Tampa. It rained. It's a
Speaker 1: long story, but anyway to answer quickly your question, Stress Relief.
Speaker 1: For me, it's got comedy, it's got complicated camera movements
Speaker 1: and choreography, a lot of rehearsal. I remember shooting the
Speaker 1: episode well and and that's that's currently my favorite. But
Speaker 1: check out the list on Variety or elsewhere and see
Speaker 1: how how your list compares to their's. Hi, Brian and team.
Speaker 1: This is Megan from Amersh, Virginia. Thank you so much
Speaker 1: for this podcast. I have loved listening to the cast
Speaker 1: and the crew and hearing their take and there behind
Speaker 1: the scenes stories that we wouldn't have heard otherwise. My
Speaker 1: question is, what do you think about the fan theory
Speaker 1: that Dwight should have ended up with Isabel instead of Angela.
Speaker 1: Thanks have a great day, Megan. Thanks so much for
Speaker 1: your question. I was not aware that this was a movement.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's happening on the in the dark threads of Reddit.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I haven't heard this one before. Look,
Speaker 1: I think that there's a lot of reasons that Dwight
Speaker 1: could have or should have ended up with Isabel. But
Speaker 1: you know what, sometimes with love, it's in a ineplicable,
Speaker 1: it's in a splitzable, in explainable. There I changed it.
Speaker 1: Um had Dwight and Angela they were a match made
Speaker 1: in well, I'm not sure exactly where they were made,
Speaker 1: but I think in the end, at least on our show,
Speaker 1: they were meant to be. And I think ultimately, as
Speaker 1: Greg Daniels and some of the other writers and producers
Speaker 1: have talked about, they were sort of the anti Jim
Speaker 1: and Pam. Jim and Pam were the couple that everybody
Speaker 1: got that everybody responded to, and I think Dwight and
Speaker 1: Angela was harder to explain, but I think in the
Speaker 1: end their love was just as pure or just as creepy.
Speaker 1: Hi Brian, my name is Jake Ryan. I'm from Johnston, Iowa,
Speaker 1: and I'm currently a senior at the University of Iowa. UM. So,
Speaker 1: to start out, I my funny story comes from back
Speaker 1: when my dad and I we used to watch The
Speaker 1: Office when I was little, and we used to stay
Speaker 1: up late, uh or for me it was late, but
Speaker 1: every Thursday night watching the premier of the New Office US,
Speaker 1: and I remember we introduced my mom to the Office
Speaker 1: in the first episode coincidentally had my to this day,
Speaker 1: my favorite line from The Office, which came from Kevin
Speaker 1: and her reaction to that line. So I remember the
Speaker 1: episode was the one in which Darryl and Toby were
Speaker 1: competing to sell Kevin Girl Scout cookies, and I remember
Speaker 1: the funniest line was when Kevin told them he likes
Speaker 1: to be wined and dined and blank blank blank um.
Speaker 1: And I remember just seeing the look of horror on
Speaker 1: my mom's face when she heard that, and my dad
Speaker 1: and I obviously hysterically laughing at that age. I didn't
Speaker 1: know what it meant, but I saw my dad laughing
Speaker 1: and I went along with it. So that's that's one
Speaker 1: of my favorite memories, UM, and one of the funniest
Speaker 1: memories from the show. UM. And then my question, I
Speaker 1: wanted to ask you, I mean, other than what your
Speaker 1: golf handicap is, but I wanted to ask you. You know,
Speaker 1: I know that The Office Is has always been a
Speaker 1: pretty well scripted show and there's not a ton of
Speaker 1: room for improvisation, but were there any times in which
Speaker 1: you improvised in the show that you can remember? And
Speaker 1: if so, what was your what was your favorite improvisation line?
Speaker 1: Thank you. I I love the show and I'm super
Speaker 1: excited for to come back in so keep doing great things. Brian. Thanks,
Speaker 1: Thanks Jake. First of all, I think the words you're
Speaker 1: looking for our sixty nine and yeah, I guess, I guess.
Speaker 1: Go look it up, Jake, go hawk Eyes. I was
Speaker 1: there a couple of years ago into the talk. Had
Speaker 1: a great time there in Iowa. Thanks for your call. Um.
Speaker 1: I can't imagine there as a high school ish kid
Speaker 1: watching that episode with my mom, and I can I
Speaker 1: can imagine her face and how you and maybe your
Speaker 1: dad felt in that moment. I love it. By the way,
Speaker 1: six point eight is the handicap. Will move on from
Speaker 1: that and asking about my favorite improv, I don't know
Speaker 1: if this is my favorite or not, Jake, but at
Speaker 1: the moment I had the idea of doing a running
Speaker 1: improv in the episode where they're evaluating employees by putting
Speaker 1: beans and Kevin saying what does a being mean? And
Speaker 1: that was scripted what does a being mean? But the
Speaker 1: fact that he becomes obsessed with the idea of not
Speaker 1: knowing what a bean means but he probably knows and
Speaker 1: so yes, Towards the end of that scene, you hear
Speaker 1: him yelling in the background, and I remember laughing standing
Speaker 1: away in the off camera, just yelling what does a
Speaker 1: being mean? And the idea that Kevin is just going
Speaker 1: around to everybody asking what a bean means? I don't know.
Speaker 1: That makes me laugh at least right now. Hi, Brian,
Speaker 1: big fan of the podcast, big fan of the office.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if I'm the biggest fan out there.
Speaker 1: I'm sure there's someone who's much crazier than I am,
Speaker 1: But I've been a scranted five times now. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure if my wife will let me go back? Um?
Speaker 1: Been to Office Fest that was happened last fall. That
Speaker 1: was kind of cool. I've hosted office trivia at a bar.
Speaker 1: I had an office theme party where I bought everybody
Speaker 1: dundees and we played office trivia. UM. My question is
Speaker 1: how long of a break did you guys have between
Speaker 1: shooting seasons? You know the I know it took five
Speaker 1: days to shoot an episode, but how long of a
Speaker 1: break did you have, like I said, in between shooting seasons?
Speaker 1: And another question is who do you think was the
Speaker 1: funniest on set? I've had the privilege of meeting some
Speaker 1: of you. I've actually met you at a comic con
Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh, and everyone seems to say Rain Rain was
Speaker 1: the funniest. So just want your opinion on that. And
Speaker 1: thanks Brandon, thanks for your call. You've been to Scranton
Speaker 1: five times. You're not sure your wife will let you
Speaker 1: go back. What happened in Scranton? Brandon? That gives your
Speaker 1: wife pause for sending you back. Um, it was nice
Speaker 1: to meet you there in Pittsburgh. Maybe we will meet
Speaker 1: someday back in Scranton. So a question about the schedule.
Speaker 1: It varied a little bit. What I typically tell people
Speaker 1: is it was like a school year but kind of
Speaker 1: extended into the summer a little bit. Right, So, the Office,
Speaker 1: when it was airing for probably the last seven to
Speaker 1: eight years, it would have its season finale in roughly
Speaker 1: late May, which means we stopped filming in sometime late
Speaker 1: April early May. We were done for the year, and
Speaker 1: then we would have a summer break basically right, so
Speaker 1: it would give the writers specifically time to recharge. They
Speaker 1: would come back much earlier and began working on stories
Speaker 1: for the coming year. And we usually started late July
Speaker 1: early August to begin for the fall, and that that
Speaker 1: would give us time to get episodes in the can
Speaker 1: as they call it, before the traditional television season started,
Speaker 1: which was September. So basically September through May is when
Speaker 1: the network television season lasts, so we had to we
Speaker 1: were done earlier than that, and we had to come
Speaker 1: back earlier to get some done. So yeah, roughly end
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Speaker 1: you need Indeed. Hello, Brian. My name is Brianna and
Speaker 1: I am calling from Madison, Wisconsin. I first want to
Speaker 1: say thank you so much for creating this podcast. I
Speaker 1: love listening to it each and every week just as
Speaker 1: much as I love watching The Office. The Office is
Speaker 1: my all time favorite show. I watch it all the time,
Speaker 1: and I'm pretty sure all my friends think I'm nuts um,
Speaker 1: but The Office is such a comforting thing to me
Speaker 1: have it in the background on all the time. And
Speaker 1: what I love about is even when I rewatch it
Speaker 1: over and over again the same episodes, I am able
Speaker 1: to find little gems hidden in the background of scenes
Speaker 1: that I didn't notice before. So, for example, there is
Speaker 1: a scene where Michael is in the kitchen and he's
Speaker 1: drinking a diet soda, but if you pay attention, he
Speaker 1: is pouring sugar into his diet soda as he's talking
Speaker 1: in the kitchen. Or in St. Patrick's day, there is
Speaker 1: the water cooler in the background behind Stanley, and if
Speaker 1: you pay attention the water cooler, the water in there
Speaker 1: is dyed green. For St. Patrick's Day or in the
Speaker 1: garage sale. The yard sale, they kind of pan around
Speaker 1: the warehouse there and you can see that Michael is
Speaker 1: trying to sell his broken plasma screen TV that Jan
Speaker 1: hit with the Dundee and the dinner party episode, and
Speaker 1: so that just got me thinking that the writers put
Speaker 1: so much effort into not only the scenes itself and
Speaker 1: what's in the forefront of the scenes, but also what's
Speaker 1: happening in the background, and adding these little gems that
Speaker 1: you may find as you watched the episode over and
Speaker 1: over again. You might not catch the first time, but
Speaker 1: when you catch those things, it puts a smile on
Speaker 1: your face and makes you laugh. And so I guess
Speaker 1: I just wanted your take on why the writers put
Speaker 1: so much effort into the background of scenes and how
Speaker 1: that added to the show. So thanks again, I appreciate
Speaker 1: what you do and talk to you soon. Thank you
Speaker 1: so much for your call. Brianna. By the way, that
Speaker 1: easter egg of the broken plasma screen in the garage
Speaker 1: show episode, that's one of the best, So kudos to
Speaker 1: you for finding that one. Look, our writers were amazing.
Speaker 1: I can't truly can't say enough about them, but what
Speaker 1: I would say is in addition to them, everyone on
Speaker 1: the crew was working all the time thinking of those
Speaker 1: type things. Right. So, I don't know whose idea the
Speaker 1: plasma screen was, but it very well could have been
Speaker 1: Phil Shay props, or a scenic designer or an actor.
Speaker 1: It could have been Steve Carrell saying hey, you know what,
Speaker 1: what do would be funny? And you know I talked
Speaker 1: about this in the last Calling episode we did. There
Speaker 1: is a warehouse of props that exists somewhere. Maybe at
Speaker 1: this point they've given them up that any prop that
Speaker 1: was used in any episode at any time, they saved
Speaker 1: it in case they would need it again, and there's
Speaker 1: a great example of a time they decided to use
Speaker 1: it again. So, yes, our writers were incredible. Maybe that
Speaker 1: was scripted, but it just as easily could have been
Speaker 1: Steve Carrell or a prop person or or anyone really,
Speaker 1: because Greg Daniels created such a collaborative environment that anyone
Speaker 1: was able to pitch those kinds of jokes, and people
Speaker 1: consistently were And I think that's one of the things
Speaker 1: that makes the show so so deep and and have
Speaker 1: such depth and texture and yeah, as you said, ultimately comedy. Hi, Christina,
Speaker 1: mcton on here. I'm a huge Office fan, I will admit, Um,
Speaker 1: I did not become a fan until covid started. I
Speaker 1: decided to sit down and watch The Office before they
Speaker 1: were going to take it off Netflix, and of course
Speaker 1: that just led to me buying Peacock when it went
Speaker 1: to Peacock and um, and then once I discovered your
Speaker 1: podcast and The Office Ladies, you know, Jenna and Angelo's podcast,
Speaker 1: I really just couldn't get enough. It became more and
Speaker 1: more and more of an obsession. And what I like
Speaker 1: about my obsession is, you know, not only do I
Speaker 1: put The Office on like right now, just when I'm
Speaker 1: eating or whatever where it's on in the background, but
Speaker 1: I put the podcast on it all the time because
Speaker 1: I absolutely love hearing every little detail about how the
Speaker 1: show has been made, about every single person that has
Speaker 1: helped you guys and has been a part of it,
Speaker 1: every single person, regardless of their role. And you know
Speaker 1: how quote unquote trivial it may seem to the whole production. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, every little bit of it has been so
Speaker 1: fascinating to me. And most of all, it's like it's
Speaker 1: it's so inspiring to me. I have been completely uninspired
Speaker 1: and not creative. I feel like my whole life, which
Speaker 1: is not true, but I've just struggled to find that
Speaker 1: spark in that creativity. I'm thirty eight years old. I'm
Speaker 1: still trying to figure out what I'm doing. But I
Speaker 1: have to say you have inspired me, Kevin, you specifically
Speaker 1: all of you have inspired me to to create, to
Speaker 1: become creative, to pursue writing again. I've heard about Brent
Speaker 1: Forrester is writing course that he does online and I
Speaker 1: just signed up for it lamps or you know, I
Speaker 1: signed up to get notification about it, and I'm so
Speaker 1: excited to do that. And so I just wanted to
Speaker 1: thank you Kevin specifically for making the podcast, but also
Speaker 1: each and everyone of you that has been on the
Speaker 1: office and has helped create the office and as you know,
Speaker 1: contributed the ways that you have the fans and the
Speaker 1: ways you contributed contributed as well. I am just so
Speaker 1: thankful to all of you. I feel like we're all
Speaker 1: a big family. You guys just make me so happy.
Speaker 1: Your new episodes coming out every week. Brian just make
Speaker 1: me so happy. I feel like I'm friends with you now.
Speaker 1: Just thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: I'm eternally grateful to you. Thank you well, Christina, thank
Speaker 1: you for your message. I appreciate that so much. Look,
Speaker 1: I think that's what the show is about. It's about
Speaker 1: finding beauty in ordinary things, and I think that's what
Speaker 1: does it. I think that's what gives you that inspiration.
Speaker 1: Hopefully it helps you find that spark. Good luck to
Speaker 1: you working with Brent Forrester. You're gonna need it working
Speaker 1: with him, Brent Forrester joke, Sorry brent Um, but good
Speaker 1: luck to you, all right, and thank you for your call.
Speaker 1: Thanks for letting me know. I know that everybody who
Speaker 1: worked on the show will appreciate hearing that, because, I mean, look,
Speaker 1: the fact that our show is inspiring you now to
Speaker 1: take a chance on doing something new at thirty eight
Speaker 1: years old. That's awesome. Like, there's kind of nothing else
Speaker 1: to say except that's awesome and good luck. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: be rooting for you. Hey, Office, Deep Dive family. This
Speaker 1: is Derek Crenshaw from Tulsa, Oklahoma. I started watching the
Speaker 1: show whenever it was still live, and I worked a
Speaker 1: blockbuster at the time, and I got caught up through
Speaker 1: season one and I was able to get completely caught
Speaker 1: up through through my gig at Blockbuster, and then continued
Speaker 1: watching the show as it as it came on every week.
Speaker 1: I did ask for DVD sets, so I have every
Speaker 1: single one of those, and that came in helpful because
Speaker 1: when I was in college, I couldn't afford a even
Speaker 1: Netflix subscription, much less any kind of cable subscription or
Speaker 1: anything like that. So I had all my Office DVD
Speaker 1: so I continued. I continuously watched The Office whenever I
Speaker 1: was in college. Um, you guys were with me through
Speaker 1: some really tough times. You were with me through um,
Speaker 1: almost a divorce, UM through the birth of my two
Speaker 1: perfect children, and you sho, you guys do not know
Speaker 1: how important you are. I just listening to you to
Speaker 1: the Office ladies, hearing you guys break down sometimes it's uh,
Speaker 1: it moves me into tears. Obviously it's doing it now. Um,
Speaker 1: but you guys are more important to me than anybody
Speaker 1: else who has no idea who I am. UM, But
Speaker 1: I did wanna. I didn't want to pose what I
Speaker 1: thought was an interesting question. So as I've watched seriously,
Speaker 1: I've probably watched the whole series, UM twenty times. I
Speaker 1: I don't know I I constantly before it got taken
Speaker 1: off of Netflix, I had it on. It was just
Speaker 1: a constant loop. M a funny story my oldest My
Speaker 1: oldest son is five, and he loves the part where
Speaker 1: Andy he calls him Michael's son, which I think is funny.
Speaker 1: But he loves the part where he punches a hole
Speaker 1: in the wall. Um but but anyway, So, as I've
Speaker 1: watched these over and over and over and over and
Speaker 1: over again, I have pondered who I would like and
Speaker 1: dislike to work with the most if it were a
Speaker 1: real life situation for me. Uh, it would probably be
Speaker 1: Oscar would be the person I would like to work with.
Speaker 1: He's uh, he's good at his job. He could be
Speaker 1: a good mentor he doesn't get worked up too easy. Unpopularly,
Speaker 1: my leasayer would probably be Jim. I think his pranks
Speaker 1: would get on my nerves in real life, and he
Speaker 1: doesn't seem like he would be a real good friend
Speaker 1: unless it was on his terms, and so that would
Speaker 1: be mine. I would ask you, Brian, if you who
Speaker 1: would be yours? I know you've recently watched this, and
Speaker 1: so who would be your favorite and least favorite people
Speaker 1: to work with? Um? I hope that you do listen
Speaker 1: to this and know that, UM, you know, I love
Speaker 1: you guys, so so I apologize for the for all
Speaker 1: of the tears, but um, but you guys are really
Speaker 1: really important to me, so so thank you, and UM
Speaker 1: know that I love you guys. Thanks by Thanks Derek,
Speaker 1: I love you too, my friend. Thanks so much for
Speaker 1: your message, and never ever apologize for feeling all right.
Speaker 1: As for your question, I mean, I hear what you're
Speaker 1: saying about the gym thing. Michael would be really difficult,
Speaker 1: all right, let's be honest about that. Angela is a
Speaker 1: hard no for sure. Now, maybe I'm biased. I thought
Speaker 1: as you were talking you were going to say Kevin,
Speaker 1: because listen, he makes things more fun. Am I wrong?
Speaker 1: I'm definitely not wrong. Now, granted he might be he
Speaker 1: might be frustrating to work with on occasion as well,
Speaker 1: but I think he would make things most fun. Um gosh,
Speaker 1: that's really tough. I'm gonna go, Pam. She wants to
Speaker 1: be upward lee mobile is that the right phrase? Better herself?
Speaker 1: She works her way up. I'm gonna go, Pam. I
Speaker 1: mean Dwight. There's no doubt Dwight is excellent at his job.
Speaker 1: So if I really wanted the company to succeed what
Speaker 1: I put up with his eccentricities, probably not, but he
Speaker 1: is really good at his job. Thanks Deerk, thanks for
Speaker 1: the call. Hello, Brian, this is Kira. I'm a teacher
Speaker 1: from Pennsylvania and I am a huge fan of the
Speaker 1: Office and I have followed your podcast and Jenna and
Speaker 1: Angela's podcast from the beginning, and your podcasts have given
Speaker 1: me so much joy as an Office fan, just because
Speaker 1: The Office has meant so much to me, because it's
Speaker 1: such a real show and it connects to your life
Speaker 1: no matter what character you're connecting to on what day,
Speaker 1: and it just brings so much joy to me. To
Speaker 1: know that you guys love the show just as much
Speaker 1: as the fans who are watching the show. I think
Speaker 1: it makes that ten times more special, and all of
Speaker 1: the relationships that you guys have had throughout the show
Speaker 1: makes that even better. I I just want you to
Speaker 1: know that some of my classroom decorations involved The Office.
Speaker 1: My motivational quote is by Dwight, so above my door
Speaker 1: of a picture of Dwight, and it says, I am
Speaker 1: ready to face any challenge that is foolish enough to
Speaker 1: face me and one of my favorites that I have
Speaker 1: in there is I found a decoration that has Stanley's
Speaker 1: face on it and it says, did I Stutter? And
Speaker 1: I like to use that when my students don't listen
Speaker 1: to the directions I give them the first time. Everybody
Speaker 1: knows I'm an Office fan, and I just have a
Speaker 1: couple of questions that I would love to get your
Speaker 1: opinion on. If you were gonna show someone a season
Speaker 1: of the Office that really portrayed what the Office was about,
Speaker 1: what season would you tell them to watch? Um, what
Speaker 1: many arc of the show was your favorite, and what
Speaker 1: episode was your favorite to shoot? Thank you so so much.
Speaker 1: I appreciate all of you. Sometimes I feel like I
Speaker 1: know you personally, but thank you so much. Thanks so
Speaker 1: much Kira for your call the being a teacher and
Speaker 1: using did I stutter? Is amazing, So well done there.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure about using Dwight to motivate, but there
Speaker 1: you go. As I just said, he's good at his job.
Speaker 1: So what season would I choose to show someone. I
Speaker 1: guess I'm gonna go with two, though I could say
Speaker 1: three or five. You know, I think if you're gonna
Speaker 1: watch the show. I think you start at the beginning.
Speaker 1: That's truly what I think. I think part of what
Speaker 1: stays with people when they watch the show is getting
Speaker 1: into the characters, and I think that jumping in if
Speaker 1: you haven't seen it at all before could be difficult.
Speaker 1: In terms of my favorite mini arc for me, it
Speaker 1: was Holly when Dwight tells Holly that Kevin is is
Speaker 1: not all there. It's I don't know any other I'm
Speaker 1: sure that they exist, but a joke that is set
Speaker 1: up for four years that is then played off. And
Speaker 1: that's kind of what I'm talking about about starting at
Speaker 1: the beginning. That story isn't funny unless you have experienced
Speaker 1: Kevin for four years before that. So that's what I'm
Speaker 1: going with. And last, my favorite episode to shoot. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go a little different on this one. For me,
Speaker 1: the episode that I think about the most and where
Speaker 1: the memories are most in the forefront of my mind
Speaker 1: is the finale. I think about shooting the finale a lot. Now.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's because it was the last one, but I
Speaker 1: don't think so. The number of things that happened there,
Speaker 1: from Michael slash Steve coming back and the wedding and
Speaker 1: the Q and A session and lots of locations and
Speaker 1: Kevin nettis bar. That's the episode I think about the most.
Speaker 1: So yeah, today, that's my favorite episode to shoot the finale.
Speaker 1: Hello Brien and other office edits. My name is Alicia Maw.
Speaker 1: I am an artist from Springfield, Missouri, and I would
Speaker 1: love to share my awkward office moment with you all.
Speaker 1: Back in two nineteen, it was late at night. I
Speaker 1: was trying to come up with a design and for
Speaker 1: some reason, the quote popped into my head. We all
Speaker 1: have a little bit of Michael Scott in us, and
Speaker 1: of course Steve Gril's voice immediately shoved itself into my
Speaker 1: brain screaming that's what she said. So I drew up
Speaker 1: the design. I ordered of the Tope bags, which are
Speaker 1: my signature item that I sell, and I had them
Speaker 1: at the next festival event. So we had a booth
Speaker 1: set up and this elderly woman and I'm assuming her granddaughter,
Speaker 1: walk in. She was immediately drawn to my Michael Scott
Speaker 1: toats and she exclaims to me, Michael Scott is the
Speaker 1: name of our pastor. He would love this bag. And
Speaker 1: I thought, oh, this woman does not know, she must
Speaker 1: not know who the real Michael Scott is. So it
Speaker 1: went really silent. I was looking at the granddaughter. She
Speaker 1: was staring at me the most awkward few moments, and
Speaker 1: then she leans over and whispers the explanation of that's
Speaker 1: what she said to the woman, and she was not happy.
Speaker 1: She was not pleased at all. She looked at me
Speaker 1: like I might be the devil. And they definitely walked
Speaker 1: out without purchasing anything from me, which you know, in
Speaker 1: the end was fine because it's this hilarious moment that
Speaker 1: I will always remember. And of course, throughout that day
Speaker 1: I made a lot of office sales because so many
Speaker 1: fans are down here in Springfield, Missouri, and the love
Speaker 1: and the bonding that we all had just from a
Speaker 1: simple quote or a simple moment from the show. It
Speaker 1: just brings strangers together and it's just like the funnest
Speaker 1: time to meet these people that as an introvert I
Speaker 1: never would have spoke to you in the first place.
Speaker 1: So even though my life is a lot of awkward
Speaker 1: moments like what happened, I love that we keep Michael
Speaker 1: Scott in it because I mean, we all really have
Speaker 1: a little bit of him in us, you know, we
Speaker 1: we don't want to admit it, especially during the extremely
Speaker 1: cringing times, but you know what, there have been times
Speaker 1: where I've thought, oh, man, I may have done the
Speaker 1: same thing that Michael just did. And it's definitely a
Speaker 1: Michael Scott thing to admit that you wouldn't do those
Speaker 1: awkward cringe eatings. So thank you for sharing in the
Speaker 1: awkwardness that is my life. And I just wanted to
Speaker 1: give a big shout out to everyone else who loves
Speaker 1: this amazing show, and to Brian and everyone else in
Speaker 1: production that helps give us all the insider notes and
Speaker 1: all of the amazing, amazing info. We never would have
Speaker 1: known what I thought you guys, Alicia, thank you. I
Speaker 1: need a tote. I need. I need one of these
Speaker 1: totes so that I can remember your story. It is interesting, though,
Speaker 1: it is worth noting that very often I am surprised
Speaker 1: by those that are fans of the office and that
Speaker 1: do get the jokes. In this case, I guess, I
Speaker 1: guess she didn't, But thank you. I need I need
Speaker 1: a tote. I need a tote because who doesn't need
Speaker 1: a little Michael Scott in them? Oh let's move on,
Speaker 1: roses are red? She shot him six times? And violets
Speaker 1: are blue. It's almost like her dream man came into
Speaker 1: her life. Are you looking for love? I do anything
Speaker 1: for you? And a little murder too. She would kill
Speaker 1: her own daughters to get away with it. He has
Speaker 1: a weapon chopped gun. In honor of Valentine's Day, Listen
Speaker 1: to Crazy and Love the entire month of February on
Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you
Speaker 1: get your podcasts. What can I say? Love made me crazy?
Speaker 1: So listen. There was one thing that we weren't quite
Speaker 1: expecting when we put the call out for call ins,
Speaker 1: and it was how many of you had your own
Speaker 1: Jim and Pam stories. Because we really thought out there
Speaker 1: there would be more of the Dwight and Angela stories.
Speaker 1: You might be afraid to admit it, but that's what
Speaker 1: we thought. But seriously, one of our favorite episodes from
Speaker 1: the oral history of the Office was episode five, when
Speaker 1: we dove deep into relationships. What can I say? Everybody
Speaker 1: loves Love? Am I right? So? Act three of today's
Speaker 1: podcast will be dedicated to the beating heart of the
Speaker 1: Office and the way it helped your hearts beat a
Speaker 1: little bit harder too. So let's get into it. I
Speaker 1: wanted to call in and just tell you how much
Speaker 1: the show has meant to my husband and I and
Speaker 1: how your podcast has meant to me over the last
Speaker 1: two years especially. I met my husband about eight years ago,
Speaker 1: and one of the first things that we talked about
Speaker 1: on our first date was The Office and how great
Speaker 1: it was. You know. I would throw a little one
Speaker 1: liners in there, you know, I asked some questions, didn't
Speaker 1: really get anywhere. But it wasn't until I asked her
Speaker 1: what she planned on doing that night after we got
Speaker 1: out of class, and she said, well, we'll watch The
Speaker 1: Office with my roommates. When my husband and I first
Speaker 1: started dating, it was The Office that originally brought us together.
Speaker 1: We quote the show daily and by each other show
Speaker 1: merchandise often. When we got married three years ago, we
Speaker 1: walked out to a piano version of the theme song.
Speaker 1: I kept up with the Office and really followed Jim
Speaker 1: and Pam's relationship, being that they were friends, they flirted together,
Speaker 1: they had this great relationship, and then they got into
Speaker 1: a romantic relationship and they had their ups and downs,
Speaker 1: their challenges, their disagreements, and I saw so many parallels
Speaker 1: in my own relationship and knowing that my wife and
Speaker 1: I are. We are different people, we like different things,
Speaker 1: and sometimes we want to go in different directions, but
Speaker 1: we came together because we of that love and appreciation.
Speaker 1: I've always loved Jim and Path. It's been wonderful and
Speaker 1: of course can't beat Kevin. Kevin's the best. Well I
Speaker 1: can't argue with that. Thank you, Sarah, Katie, Tim, Kate,
Speaker 1: and you Tyler, thank you so much. And you know what,
Speaker 1: relationships they're not perfect and people are different, but I'm
Speaker 1: glad to know that maybe you found a little love
Speaker 1: through the office. Hi, Brian, I just wanted to share
Speaker 1: this little story kind of show how culturally pervasive the
Speaker 1: office was. It was over a decade ago, which seems crazy.
Speaker 1: My then boyfriend End you know, we were serious and
Speaker 1: so it just seemed natural that he would propose any
Speaker 1: minute now. Um. And so one day we were outside
Speaker 1: and he knelt down to um while on one knee
Speaker 1: in front of me, and yeah, I thought that was it.
Speaker 1: And then he reached to tie his shoe much like
Speaker 1: Jim did with Pam on the Office. And we were
Speaker 1: big fans and still are, and so I just want
Speaker 1: to say that that worked on the show, but it
Speaker 1: did not work in real life. I was very mad.
Speaker 1: I was really mad, and it became a moment of
Speaker 1: tension definitely in our relationship. Everything worked out. We are
Speaker 1: now happily married for the past decade. He proposed six
Speaker 1: months later, which is a whole other story, but he
Speaker 1: had proposed and things turned out great. But that's how
Speaker 1: you know. The Office is in the cultural milia at
Speaker 1: the time, and just how much how influential it was
Speaker 1: on all of our lives. Anyway, love your show, take care.
Speaker 1: Thanks by Justine. That is amazing. I love what you say.
Speaker 1: It worked on the show, it did not work in
Speaker 1: real life. But listen, I'm guessing he then chose not
Speaker 1: to propose in the rain at a gas station, so
Speaker 1: you're probably happy about that as well. Thank you for
Speaker 1: your call. I was hoping also that you would say
Speaker 1: that he keeps doing that over and over in life,
Speaker 1: and if he doesn't, he should, because listen, it's funny now.
Speaker 1: It may not have been funny then, but it is
Speaker 1: definitely it's definitely funny now. Hi, Brian. My name is
Speaker 1: Katie Neufield and I'm from Orlando, Florida. Thanks to the Office,
Speaker 1: I accidentally manifested the gym to my pain. I'm complete
Speaker 1: with falling in love with a co worker and calling
Speaker 1: off an engagement. So now I am married to my
Speaker 1: coworker turned husband, Jeremy, and we have a one year
Speaker 1: old son. I started watching The Office in high school
Speaker 1: and it has gotten me through the good and the
Speaker 1: bad times. I introduced my husband to the show, and
Speaker 1: now I have someone who laughs whenever I work in
Speaker 1: an office. Quote into the conversation, I would say I'm
Speaker 1: the biggest fan of the Office, but I know that
Speaker 1: there are thousands of people who might disagree. Thank you
Speaker 1: for doing this podcast because if there's two things I love,
Speaker 1: it's Deep Dives in the Office. I look forward to
Speaker 1: all the new episode and thanks again by Katie. Congratulations
Speaker 1: you and Jeremy. That is great that you manifested him
Speaker 1: by your fandom through the show you created. Jeremy made
Speaker 1: him work with you, and then you fell in love
Speaker 1: with each other. That is amazing. You are Pam. Katie,
Speaker 1: You are Pam. Congratulations. Best of luck to you and
Speaker 1: your future, and thank you so much for calling in.
Speaker 1: My name is Jenna Davis. My husband's name is Michael Davis.
Speaker 1: I am an HR professional, that is my my passion,
Speaker 1: as my calling. I absolutely love human resources. Um. My
Speaker 1: husband is a firefighter paramedic for our city fire department,
Speaker 1: so he's been at the front line, UM, during this
Speaker 1: whole pandemic, doing the dirty work, meeting patients before they
Speaker 1: even get to the hospital. UM. So if I can
Speaker 1: do a shout out to my husband, UM, not biased,
Speaker 1: I'm very proud of him. So when we first met,
Speaker 1: my husband had already been a fan of the Office.
Speaker 1: He already loved it, already seen it multiple times. And
Speaker 1: when we met, you know, we'd go on dates and
Speaker 1: the Office would never not come out of his mouth,
Speaker 1: like he'd either say something about it or asked me
Speaker 1: if I've seen it, and I'd always be like, no,
Speaker 1: I have no idea what you're talking about. And he
Speaker 1: was just like, Nope, we gotta watch it. So we
Speaker 1: sat down and we started season one, episode one, and
Speaker 1: as an HR professional, I cannot explain the cringe that
Speaker 1: was going on inside of my body watching those earlier shows.
Speaker 1: I could not believe somebody was just walking around in
Speaker 1: office doing the things that Michael Scott was doing, saying
Speaker 1: the things he was saying. Uh, and UM, there's a
Speaker 1: specific point in the Office series in which everything clicked
Speaker 1: to me. It was when Dwight had just pierced the
Speaker 1: CPR dummy and they're chatting with David Wallace now and
Speaker 1: David Wallace is saying something about how the dummy is
Speaker 1: worth three thousand dollars, and Michael Scott somehow interprets that
Speaker 1: as five thousand, three hundred dollars. I lost my mind,
Speaker 1: laughing hysteric glee. It was like, in that moment, I
Speaker 1: suddenly understood the show's intention, the show's humor. It all
Speaker 1: made sense, and I was done. Since then, me and
Speaker 1: my husband, of course together have seen it several times
Speaker 1: through and through UM, and our love for the Office grew,
Speaker 1: just as our love for each other was growing. You know,
Speaker 1: our foundation of our relationship is built on the Office.
Speaker 1: It was something we could have in common and we
Speaker 1: laugh about and joke about UM. And because of that Um,
Speaker 1: the bond we formed over the Office, we thought no
Speaker 1: better place than to get married in good old Scratt
Speaker 1: in Pennsylvania. So we got married and I ended up
Speaker 1: getting pregnant with my son UM while he was in
Speaker 1: my tummy every day going to work, coming home, from work.
Speaker 1: I would have The Office on playing in my car.
Speaker 1: And it wasn't long after my son was born that
Speaker 1: we noticed him like looking at the TV when The
Speaker 1: Office would come on, when the scene sign will come on,
Speaker 1: he would stop what he was doing, stare at the
Speaker 1: TV with a big smile on his face, and just dance.
Speaker 1: And it was so awesome because we knew that he
Speaker 1: was hearing it while he was in my tummy, and
Speaker 1: his love for the Office or the joy that the
Speaker 1: Office brings him, came before he even took his breath,
Speaker 1: like in this world. And I think that is just
Speaker 1: so amazing. UM. We love the podcast. We love Brian
Speaker 1: and what he's able to pull out of people. Honestly
Speaker 1: are Our son is a huge fan of trash Truck.
Speaker 1: So when UM that when trash Truck is on, my
Speaker 1: son instantly recognizes Brand's voice. We are so happy to
Speaker 1: talk to you and share our story with the rest
Speaker 1: of your listeners. UM, if you you know, select us, UM,
Speaker 1: but if not, I hope either way this message brings
Speaker 1: a smile into her face. And you you really I
Speaker 1: mean every single word inside this message, UM, and I
Speaker 1: just hope you all continue what you're doing. And bringing
Speaker 1: smiles to people. Um every day. Wow, Jenna, thank you
Speaker 1: for your message. You and Michael getting married in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Speaker 1: I haven't heard of that as a destination wedding place yet.
Speaker 1: That's a first. Obviously. I know people get married in Scranton,
Speaker 1: but I assume you're not from there, and that you
Speaker 1: chose to go there and get married. That is incredible. UM.
Speaker 1: I have to point out that in the beginning of
Speaker 1: your message, you keep saying how much you love HR,
Speaker 1: and I just needed to point that out that you
Speaker 1: love HR, which of course makes people think of Toby.
Speaker 1: But anyway, thank you so much and Michael, God bless you.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for the work that you're doing
Speaker 1: keeping people safe and healthy every single day. So my
Speaker 1: best to the two of you. And uh, obviously your
Speaker 1: son has great taste if he's watching trash Truck. Hi, Brian.
Speaker 1: My name is Abigail Peters. I am recording this from
Speaker 1: Lovely Gray and Gloomy in Canto, Ohio. I've always wanted
Speaker 1: to tell anyone of the Office, essentially my comment in
Speaker 1: what the Office means to me. I'd always heard of
Speaker 1: the Office growing up, but I never watched it. By
Speaker 1: the time I was eighteen, I had gone through a
Speaker 1: really bad high school breakup with a boyfriend who I
Speaker 1: thought I loved, young love type of thing, and he
Speaker 1: was quite mean, to say the least to me. So
Speaker 1: I was going through a rough time mentally and emotionally.
Speaker 1: And I come from a household of divorce. My parents
Speaker 1: are divorced. So for me when it comes to love,
Speaker 1: I was always very confused and watching The Office like
Speaker 1: binged it satin on my couch in the corner day
Speaker 1: in and day out and watched it and just watching
Speaker 1: things like Jim and Pam, or even Michael and Holly,
Speaker 1: even Aaron finding her parents that love, unconditional love. He
Speaker 1: gave me hope. It gave me solace. It was, you know,
Speaker 1: a young girl who thought her heart was broken, forever depressed.
Speaker 1: What have you lost? Hopeless watching someone who looked hopeless.
Speaker 1: I mean, think about Jim. He moved, he thought, I'm
Speaker 1: never going to be with the woman I love, and
Speaker 1: then look and they had their hard times and they
Speaker 1: overcame adversity and their relationship. It just showed me patience
Speaker 1: and kindness. And I just think for young generations trying
Speaker 1: to figure out life. It gives up us almost a
Speaker 1: peace at heart, peace of mind that there are still adults.
Speaker 1: I mean, these are adults in an office still trying
Speaker 1: to figure out life. Even Michael. I mean, by the
Speaker 1: time I'm he finds hollow and everything. They always talk
Speaker 1: about his agent stuff. He's mid forties when he finally
Speaker 1: finds Holly and finds love. I mean it might happen
Speaker 1: later in life, Phyllis, you know, later in life type
Speaker 1: of a situation, but that even adults are still figuring
Speaker 1: it out. Even when you look at an adult and
Speaker 1: sit sit there and go, man, I had to become
Speaker 1: an adult somehow, and then here are these adults still
Speaker 1: trying to figure it out, and you kind of go, okay, okay,
Speaker 1: I'm not alone. It's just the love and the unconditional nous,
Speaker 1: the patience, the let's work things through, and let's all that.
Speaker 1: I mean, coming from a home and experiences of people
Speaker 1: screaming and yelling at each other and being so impatient
Speaker 1: and calling each other names, to watch people genuinely sit
Speaker 1: and go, you know what, let's talk about this. Let's
Speaker 1: not just blow up on each other, Let's not just
Speaker 1: tell each other off. It just it means. The show
Speaker 1: means so much to me. You all means so much
Speaker 1: to me, just because a girl who's going through a
Speaker 1: tough time, a young, freshly eighteen adult thinking, my god, him,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to be able to figure this out.
Speaker 1: I always, I always find comfort in this show knowing
Speaker 1: I still have time I can figure it out. Life
Speaker 1: is short but also still quite long. I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: twenty five now, but as an eighteen year old girl
Speaker 1: in two dozen fourteen who had no idea where life
Speaker 1: was going to take me, I mean, I'm getting choked
Speaker 1: up thinking about it. Like I said, watching Jim and
Speaker 1: Pam Michael find Holly, you know, I found someone. I'm
Speaker 1: twenty five and I finally found someone, and I it
Speaker 1: brings me peace and joy, and I just I love
Speaker 1: you all. I thank you all so so much, and
Speaker 1: I just this show will never mean more to me
Speaker 1: than anything ever has. And I just I thank you
Speaker 1: guys so much. So that's all. Thank you, Brian, Abigail,
Speaker 1: thanks for your call. And I think I'm going to
Speaker 1: end this episode quoting the great Greg Daniels, muttering, truth
Speaker 1: and beauty, truth and beauty, truth and beauty, and that's
Speaker 1: what we were trying to do on this show to
Speaker 1: bring a degree of realism that is not typically seen
Speaker 1: on television, certainly not network television. To show the truth,
Speaker 1: which is sometimes ugly. Look, we've talked about dinner party today.
Speaker 1: All you gotta do is look at dinner party. That
Speaker 1: is a disfunctional relationship. Um, But ultimately finding the beauty
Speaker 1: in people through that truth, finding that little flower growing
Speaker 1: out of the concrete parking lot, That's what the show
Speaker 1: was trying to do. And I think that is what
Speaker 1: brings comfort to people. I think that's what brings hopefulness
Speaker 1: to people. And it sounds like for you, Abigail, So
Speaker 1: there is beauty in ordinary things. That was our point.
Speaker 1: And to those of you who have received comfort from
Speaker 1: watching the show, thank you to all of you for
Speaker 1: sharing that with us and know that you are important
Speaker 1: and beautiful. Wow. Thank you guys, Thank you all of
Speaker 1: you truly from the bottom of my heart, and the
Speaker 1: entire team here at the office Deep Dive, thank you
Speaker 1: for reaching out. Going through all of your messages. It
Speaker 1: has been a roller coaster to say the least, but
Speaker 1: myself and the whole team here we have loved every
Speaker 1: single minute of it. And here we are. Thank you
Speaker 1: for joining me for another great year of podcasts. I
Speaker 1: cannot wait for you to see it we have in
Speaker 1: store for you next so as always, I will see
Speaker 1: you next time. The Office Deep Dive is hosted and
Speaker 1: executive produced by me Brian Baumgartner, alongside our executive producer Langley.
Speaker 1: Our producers are Liz Hayes and Diego Tapia. Our theme
Speaker 1: song Bubble and Squeak performed by my great friend Creed Bratton,
Speaker 1: and the episode was mixed by Seth o Landski. Hi, Brian,
Speaker 1: this is Josh. I love the podcast. I've been watching
Speaker 1: the show since two thousand and six, when I was
Speaker 1: in college. It's helped me through some hard times in
Speaker 1: my life. It's made me laugh and cry. I don't
Speaker 1: think my life would be the same without The Office.
Speaker 1: It's tough for me to put into words adequately. I
Speaker 1: guess exactly what The Office means to me. I even
Speaker 1: put it on when I go places now. I put
Speaker 1: it on for my dog. And recently my TV died
Speaker 1: and my dad joked that it was because my dog
Speaker 1: was sick of watching the Office over and over again, um,
Speaker 1: which she doesn't. She loves it. My dad passed away
Speaker 1: when I was eight years old, and I didn't realize
Speaker 1: how much he loved the show until I grew up
Speaker 1: and after he was gone. But I feel like I
Speaker 1: get my love for the show from him, and it
Speaker 1: just feels so nice to be able to have this
Speaker 1: connection with him that I didn't know I had um
Speaker 1: until recently to summit Mason. Silly to instill such an
Speaker 1: emotional connection to a television show, but the fans of
Speaker 1: this show, as well as the cast and crew alike,
Speaker 1: understand it. I know you've gotten such a positive reception
Speaker 1: for your podcast, and I just wanted to echo that
Speaker 1: and reiterate that you deserve every arms of that response.
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