WEBVTT - Steve Carell & Billie Eilish + Mailbag Episode! 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:08.479 Billie Eilish is calling in right now. If you want 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:21.240 to say hello, she really is. Yeah, yeah, well hello everybody. 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:28.640 Welcome to a special and extra special episode of The 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:32.440 Office Deep Dive. I am your host, Brian Baumgartner. Now 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:37.000 today I'm gonna need you to hold onto your pants, folks. 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:40.880 Is that a phrase? Because I have got a very 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:46.199 special surprise for you. Actually, not one. I have two surprises, 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:49.120 So let's start with the one that involves my good 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:52.199 friend Steve Correll, whom I don't know. Some of you 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:55.640 may know as Michael Scott on The Office. Just kidding, 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:58.960 I know you know who Steve is. Um, Well, yesterday 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:05.840 is his birthday. Happy birthday to you, Steve, and we 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:08.760 all know he is the man who deserves all of 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:11.399 the presence in the world. Well, I gave him my 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:16.160 gift last year, which was to surprise him with one 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:19.679 of the biggest musicians on the planet, who also happens 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:23.600 to be one of the biggest Office fans on the planet. 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:29.279 He got to meet Billy freaking Eilish for the first 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:34.480 time over FaceTime, and let me tell you it was magical. Okay, 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:39.480 that week she had just taken home five Grammy awards, 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:43.039 one of which I still believe rightly belongs to us, 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.360 and I'll take that any time, Billy, thank you very much. 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:50.200 But in honor of Steve's birthday, I'm going to share 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:53.720 with you all of you listeners my gift to him 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:57.760 this uh a phone call with Billie Eilish. After that, 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:00.640 I'm going to be answering some of the questions that 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:06.040 you have been asking me on social media, filling in 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.400 the gaps and getting to know all of you just 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:12.200 a little bit better along the way. But before we 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:15.600 get to that, before we get to you, please give 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:20.040 a very warm welcome to well the King of the Office, 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:29.120 Steve Correll and the voice of a generation, Billie Eilish, 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:34.480 Bubble and Squeak. I love it, Bubble and Squeak on 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:41.079 Bubble and Squeaker cook at every month left over from 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:58.680 the nut before. Oh my good Nay. First of all, congratulations, 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:07.440 I go insane, this is crazy. How are you guys? 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:13.280 How are you? I'm great? I am amazing. Congratulations Steve 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:18.679 and I were just talking actually, and you won five Grammys. Um, 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:22.520 we feel like our contribution on the album was the 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:27.360 most significant, So you can, if you can send one 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.760 over we'll split it. It'll be fine. I don't need 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:35.240 all of them. You can have one. I just got 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:42.400 us a Grammy. It's so nice to like actually say hi. 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:46.040 I feel like we've sort of sort of cross pats, 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:49.680 but not really. I know. It's so nice. Oh my god, 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.119 it's so crazy to hear your actual voice and look 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:57.480 at your face. I don't know, this is crazy, it's crazy. Wow. 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:01.640 This is my mom. By the way, come here, mom, Hi? Hi? 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:07.080 How are you? You're friends with Amy Ryan? Yeah? We 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:11.400 love Amy. She's the best. She might be my favorite 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:15.840 character on the Office. That's pretty awesome that Billy watches 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:18.520 your show, you know all the time. The phone has 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:22.000 the Office on next to everything she's doing day and night. 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:27.000 Why did you decide, Like, is it your strange addiction? 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:31.239 Is that is the Office your strange addiction? Definitely addiction. 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:33.240 That's why I had to use that song. That's why 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:35.120 I had to use it. Come on, I had to 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:38.440 use your voices because you know, I was telling the truth, 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:41.200 was a fact. She knows it shows so well that 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:43.640 she can just listen to it, you know, because she 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:47.320 knows everything that's coming up. That's true. Sorry, I don't 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:56.040 need to embarrass you really are you embarrassing? Um? Yep, 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.599 a little bit, Billy. Who who is your favorite character 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:05.240 on the Office? That's a trap, Um, listen, just say 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:10.679 Dwight and get it over. Why is everyone's favorite? Honestly, 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.920 I think it's Michael. That's fair. Well, that's fair. The 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:17.320 only terrible tastes. He only did seven seasons. But that's fine, 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:21.520 that's fine. This is crazy. I don't know if you 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.240 guys understand how dope this is to me. Thank you 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:27.320 guys for talking to me. This is like, well, that's 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:31.320 pretty big. It's a very very very big deal that 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:36.680 you get to do this. I just I'm saying it's 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:40.520 a pleasure. Yeah, I have to tell you, Billy, I 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:44.320 have a four year old? Might have I have a 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.960 four year old? Yes? I started late. It's a long story. 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:52.240 We'll talk about it later. But she dances around and 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:55.240 demands to hear Billie Eilish. I don't know how she 0:05:55.360 --> 0:06:00.680 ever even heard your songs, um, but she uh is 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:06.600 such a fan, which makes me a humongous fan of yours. 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:11.320 So thank you, thank you. That's so cool. Yeah, when 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.280 did you what is it? I have to ask you 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.640 A couple of questions when did you start watching The Office? 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:21.280 So I started watching at twelve, and I've seen it 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:27.000 fourteen times now all the way through, which is really crazy, 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:31.039 and honestly, every single like because I've been getting older 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:34.520 obviously watching it. Every time I watch it, I understand 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:40.400 something new because I started at twelve, and I honestly, 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:42.680 if you ask my parents, most of the things that 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:46.120 it makes me sound so stupid, But the most of 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:54.440 the things that I know are because of The Office. No, no, no, 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.760 it's funked up, it's wuked up. What can I say? 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:06.680 What can I say? Creative? Damn it. But like, like 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:10.559 my parents will reference things that I only understand because 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:13.320 of the Office. They'll sing songs that I'll sing along 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:15.480 to because of The Office that I don't even know. 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:20.480 It's really um. There are some words that there are 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.520 literally words Steve that you said in the show that 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:26.080 I thought were real words, but they were faith that 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:29.840 they were you not saying them correctly because of the 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:31.920 character that and it was funny that they did that, 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:35.400 but I didn't actually know the real word. So I know, 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:42.080 I know when you're thinking dank and flicker, Yeah, definitely 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:45.600 that one. Know. I thought she meant like, what what 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:54.400 is indubitably? Yes, Yes, that's exactly right. Oh that's amazing. 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:58.640 So you so you start you watch it fourteen times through? Yeah? 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:02.160 Have you started the fifteen time yet? I have not. 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:04.200 I had to. I had to take a break so 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:08.200 that it's like it's all fresh, you know what I mean? No, 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.480 because if I don't watch it for a period of 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:12.920 time that I do watch it, then I'm like, oh, 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.760 you know, it's like a yeah, I gotta like miss 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:17.320 it and then go back to you might want to 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:26.200 take like ten or twelve years, so it's really fresh. 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:30.200 I will tell you. I saw you um the video 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:33.079 that was going around that you did with rain Um 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:36.439 and he was he was he was quizzing her on 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:41.400 on quotes and rain I'm not joking. He says like 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:46.400 two words and you go Kevin, And I was like what, 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:49.920 I don't even know what? How did she even know 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:55.000 what that was? It was unbelievable. I have not actually 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:58.280 seen all the episodes of the Office, so you you 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:01.120 have to be beat like my fourteen he's the thing 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:03.880 he did. He once he left, he was like, screw 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.559 those guys, I'm out of here. And did I understand 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:12.800 yeah he didn't. Hey, wait a second, you know, I 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.040 know I was making fun of you and then somehow 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:21.600 I ended up the butt of the jokes. Just typical. Actually, Um, 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:25.760 do your friends watch you? Yeah? My best friends always 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:29.840 like the same level of obsessed with it as I am. 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.640 What What is it that you love about it? I 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:35.559 don't know. I feel like it's, um, it's like not stressful. 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:38.040 I feel like so many shows you really have to 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:41.720 pay attention very closely to understand. And I don't know 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.560 if it's because I've seen it so many times that 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.320 I already like what my mom was saying about it 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:49.560 just playing. Oh, I'll set my phone. I'll like literally 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:52.080 set my phone down. And I was crazy. I watched 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.720 it only on my phone, like my tiny little phone. 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:57.319 I don't ever want it on a TV or anything. 0:09:57.640 --> 0:09:59.600 My little phone. And I put it on like a 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.400 table and then I like clean my room, or I 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:05.400 like leave the room, or I'm like in the shower 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:08.040 or something. You're listening to it. I think the best 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.800 way to do it is put it on and then 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:17.600 leave the room. But no, it's not. I'm listening though, 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.760 But it's because I've seen it so many times that 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:24.880 I can come like fully envision exactly what the scene 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.680 is because I know because I've seen it so many times, 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:29.800 and my brain is like, oh yeah, I know what's 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.240 going on. Like even if I'm on a plane and 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.680 I see like three rows ahead of me somebody watching 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:37.680 the office, I can tell what scene it is and 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.440 what episode is from from like what they're wearing, and 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:45.079 like the body language is it, Like does it give 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.880 you comfort? Like is it comfortable to you? It totally is. 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:50.800 It makes me feel like, I don't know, it's like 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:53.920 a safe space. I think it takes me away from 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:59.439 the reality of my life, which is must be pretty 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:05.640 crazy right now, pretty crazy, I'm sure you guys know. Yeah. Um, 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.360 thank you so much for talking to us. Thank you 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:12.400 for talking to me. We really appreciate it. Steve, do 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:14.720 you want to say anything, No, it's just so nice 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:20.839 to actually talk to you. And uh, congratulations, Thank you guys. Hi, 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:28.960 thanks Hi, Billy, bye bye bye wow, just wow, thank 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:34.560 you both for coming on and Steve, happy birthday, my friend. 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:39.439 I'm I'm still a little concerned that Billy learned most 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:42.720 of what she knows from the office, but what can 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:46.720 you do? Uh, thank you and happy birthday. All right, 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:52.319 the time has come to answer some questions from you 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:56.440 mail bag. That's right now. I'm gonna get to as 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.120 many questions as I possibly can't. But if I don't 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.200 get to yours, never fear, We're gonna be doing more 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:07.600 episodes like this. So subscribe and comment on Apple Podcasts 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:12.360 or write me on Instagram and Twitter, because well we 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:16.240 will be watching. All right. Let's dive in. And if 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.240 I say somebody's name wrong today, I'm sorry. I love 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.080 you just the same. Plus you know who you are, 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:25.640 am I right? All right? So on that note, are 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.480 very first question, well, maybe less of a question than 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:33.400 an ego boost. A listener wrote in to say, super 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:37.480 excited about the podcast. Kevin was my favorite character on 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:41.040 the Office. By the way, here's the ultimate compliment a 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:44.240 comedian can receive. You made me laugh so hard that 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:49.120 I actually developed a nosebleed. The ice machine scene in 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:56.000 the wedding episode was hilarious. Thank you, well, thank you. 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:59.760 I appreciate. I have been told by many people over 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:04.840 the years that they cannot use public ice at a 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:11.440 hotel slash motel because well, they're afraid my feet was 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:17.200 in it. Loop A pause rights can you one of 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.080 these days on the podcast, talk about the opening scene 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.840 of Stress Relase. This is the episode where Dwight starts 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.520 the fire drill. It is one of the funniest episodes 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:29.920 slash openings, and I think we'd all love to hear 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:35.040 how you guys felt filming that. So uh. Stress Relief 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:39.200 was the episode that aired after the Super Bowl. If 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:42.959 you have found the show on Netflix, you wouldn't know that. Um, 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:44.880 I would say it is not only one of my 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:48.560 favorite openings of a show, it's one of my personal 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.240 favorite episodes. I think part of that has to do 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.679 with the fact that it did air right after the 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:58.240 Super Bowl, and well, I'm a big football fan. Um. 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:01.400 There were two openings of the show that we had 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:05.240 the most rehearsal. It was the most almost like doing theater. 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:09.960 There was the lip dub open, which was all one take, 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:11.880 so it had to be done one take, the camera 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:15.480 moving around the office. And also the opening of Stress Relief. 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:18.680 I mean there were so many elements that happened in 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:23.160 shooting that we had cat wranglers, We had two different 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:25.640 sets of broken glass even at the vending machine and 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:29.560 Michael with the exterior window. We had copiers smashing into 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.840 doors and things breaking or having the potential to break. 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:36.480 It was so much fun filming that scene culminating with 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:40.240 Stanley of course Um having a heart attack. So thank 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:43.280 you for your question. But yes, for me personally, I 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:48.160 would say my favorite cold open on the show Roth 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:53.080 san Islam rights, Sir. I'm a really big fan from Bangladesh. 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:57.600 Really love your podcast. Well, I am so happy that 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:02.360 we have listeners in bengalad Dash thank you, and I'm 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:06.280 I'm hearing we have lots of UM listeners in India 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:10.880 and across Europe. Thank you all wherever you're listening. Thank 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:16.560 you so much for listening. Walter Byrne writes, Kevin Malone 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.280 had a little black and gold helmet on his desk 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.240 with an M on the side of it. What football 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:28.120 team does that belong to? I have no idea, I 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:32.520 really don't. I never found out it was there the 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:36.560 whole time, and in fact it might have been borrowed 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:43.160 from NBC by yours truly when the office ended. And 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:46.560 I guess that makes me really a terrible actor, like 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:50.640 not doing character study. I don't. I don't know what 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:54.080 team it was from, I really don't, but I'm guessing 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:59.680 a small college. It was not. Um, I don't know. 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:23.360 I'm sorry, Walter Burne. So in our last mail Bag episode, 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:27.280 Dr J Skill asked who would be the best at 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:31.720 playing hide and Seek on the office. I said Angela, 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:37.440 of course, because well, because she's so tiny. Four Fry 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:43.280 responded by saying false, Creed would win at hide and seek. Well, 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:48.080 he has the most experience as a character hiding from 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:51.840 people without being found. I think he hid in the 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:55.360 office for I don't know, close to twenty years. So 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:59.280 four Fry, maybe you're right. Maybe it is Creed Bratton 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:05.120 move fass a nine four rights. Thanks for the thoughtful 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:08.080 interviews and never ending nostalgia. Hearing you talk about the 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:12.080 web series reminded me of a DVD extra Kevin's Cooking 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:15.680 Show comedic gold. I did a Kevin's Cooking Show Part 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:19.760 two inspired by yours for my freshman speech class and 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:25.159 accidentally spit on stage. Who spit slash sprayed the most 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:31.960 during takes any memorable saliva stories? That is a great, 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:37.359 yet disturbing question, I believe. By the way, the DVD 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:42.480 extra was called Kevin Cook's Stuff in the Office, which 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:47.719 is just slightly weirder than Kevin's Cooking Show. We've discussed before, 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:54.280 Mindy Kaling was the one who broke the most on set. 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:58.720 I think there's no disputing that. In terms of spit 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:04.800 slash sp raying, jeez, I don't know. I will say 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:08.439 as an actor and as particularly in film and television, 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:11.240 you know, when you're on stage in theater, I think 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:16.000 it's it's more expected. You're you're working your mouth for 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:19.240 your heart and and stuff comes out of it. It 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:23.360 is always incredibly awkward because in film and television you're 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.800 usually speaking face to face and sometimes very very close 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:30.439 depending on where the cameras, and if something happens and 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:34.119 something leaves your mouth that should not leave your mouth 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:39.480 onto another person, and the other person can't respond to 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:41.960 you because they're in the middle of a scene and 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:45.160 they don't want to ruin it. So everyone just acts 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:50.560 as though that doesn't happen. Well, it's it's never fun 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:54.280 for either for either party. But maybe it's because of 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:59.520 his experience in theater and his excellent elocution and a 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:02.880 nuncey the ation. I would say, Rain Wilson, and I'm 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:05.919 just gonna leave it at that, and if I'm wrong, sorry, 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:13.119 Rain JP's dad rights on Apple Podcasts question for future episode. 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.679 You guys all worked really long hours, cast and crew alike. 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:20.119 When someone kept breaking forcing a bunch of reshoots, did 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:23.399 anyone ever get angry or upset about all of the 0:19:23.480 --> 0:19:27.800 extra time or money that was being wasted? You know, 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.800 it's part of it, I think in a comedy, I mean, 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:36.040 you're trying to keep it right on the edge, and 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:38.600 I think that there's an energy that happens during scenes 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:42.800 um where you're attempting in a way I always said 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:45.399 I thought Steve was trying to make everyone laugh. I 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:48.440 think that's part of the energy that he brought, where 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:51.359 he would improvise something or say something in a different way, 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:54.600 or give someone a different kind of look because he 0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:57.120 was trying to keep them right on the edge of laughing. 0:19:57.560 --> 0:19:59.960 So I think that a lot of it is expect 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:04.320 did there were times where, like the first a d 0:20:04.960 --> 0:20:08.520 would be like, you guys, get it together, Like it 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:15.320 becomes a teacher slash student interaction at some times. Yeah, 0:20:15.359 --> 0:20:18.159 I mean there's a certain point where it's it's just 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:20.680 it's not fun for anybody, and it's certainly not fun 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.919 for the person laughing either, and you feel really, really bad. 0:20:24.520 --> 0:20:29.160 I don't remember anyone specifically getting angry except the first 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:32.600 a d yeah or maybe a line producer who knew 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:35.840 we were about to go into overtime and they were 0:20:35.880 --> 0:20:41.240 not happy about that. Unfortunately, there are times where there's 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:48.640 just nothing that you can do. So sorry, Canci Bornac 0:20:48.680 --> 0:20:54.720 and Randy Cordray. Sorry for the money that well some 0:20:54.840 --> 0:21:01.240 of us cost you. Diane Blue asks, Hi, Brian, that's 0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:04.760 not a question. Love your podcast. Thank you. I am 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:07.879 such a huge fan. I thought your character was so lovable. 0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:10.520 You were one of my favorites, you and Phyllis. Speaking 0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:14.960 of Phyllis, why did she, oscar, Angela and Creed keep 0:21:15.040 --> 0:21:17.760 their real names on the show? I always wanted to know. 0:21:18.240 --> 0:21:21.800 Thanks well, Diane. That's been talked about a little bit. 0:21:22.040 --> 0:21:25.080 In this Greg Daniels describes it as something to the 0:21:25.080 --> 0:21:27.960 effect of, you know that he ran out of creative 0:21:28.080 --> 0:21:32.520 energy on the character during casting. What happened was there 0:21:32.520 --> 0:21:36.200 were a number of characters who came. They were based 0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:40.240 on characters from the English version of the Office. So 0:21:40.359 --> 0:21:44.280 Jim and Pam and Dwight and Michael and Kevin and Stanley, 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:46.920 those are the ones that jumped to mind and so 0:21:47.320 --> 0:21:50.840 our names were adapted. Keith in the British became Kevin. 0:21:51.359 --> 0:21:54.000 But they always knew, they meaning Greg Daniels and the 0:21:54.000 --> 0:21:56.360 producers and director on the office, that they wanted our 0:21:56.520 --> 0:22:00.200 ensemble to be larger, and so they brought in their 0:22:00.200 --> 0:22:04.760 actors to fill out the ensemble that offered different personalities 0:22:04.800 --> 0:22:09.440 and voices. And at that point Greg thought, well, let's 0:22:09.480 --> 0:22:13.600 just call them who they are. However, Creed Bratton is 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:18.080 the only person whose first and last name is the same, 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:22.040 and um, well, let's just say there there might be 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:27.479 a reason for that. Ricky Chew asks via Twitter, that 0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:31.240 was wonderful, Brian, meaning the Phillis episode. To me, Phillis 0:22:31.240 --> 0:22:34.520 exemplifies one of the big themes of the show, beauty 0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:37.960 in ordinary things. You were all underdogs for getting on 0:22:37.960 --> 0:22:39.800 the show and keeping it on the air, but she 0:22:40.000 --> 0:22:47.080 was unlikeliest of unlikely underdogs. Her story just warms my heart. Ricky, 0:22:47.119 --> 0:22:49.680 I could not agree with you more. I don't. I've 0:22:49.680 --> 0:22:53.520 never heard another story like it that a casting associate 0:22:54.240 --> 0:22:58.119 gets cast onto a show and ends up being a 0:22:58.160 --> 0:23:01.880 series regular for ten years, nine seasons. I don't think 0:23:01.960 --> 0:23:04.040 that's ever happened before. There are a lot of instances 0:23:04.080 --> 0:23:07.879 of writers who get a role here and there, but 0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:13.560 Ken kappas Greg Daniels deciding that Phillis Smith the casting 0:23:13.560 --> 0:23:16.240 associate needed to be on this show is that it's 0:23:16.240 --> 0:23:19.280 a truly unique story and and part of the story. 0:23:19.359 --> 0:23:23.000 She tells us about going home when we started shooting 0:23:23.320 --> 0:23:25.919 and reading books on improv because she didn't want to 0:23:26.640 --> 0:23:30.119 feel behind as a testament to one her work and 0:23:30.200 --> 0:23:34.399 dedication and well, the show certainly would not be the 0:23:34.480 --> 0:23:40.560 same without her. Another question about the Phillis episode, Jeffrey 0:23:40.640 --> 0:23:43.920 Johnson asks, when are you going to blow everyone's minds 0:23:43.960 --> 0:23:48.919 and tell them who sings the podcasts intro song. I 0:23:48.920 --> 0:23:53.560 mean I feel like I have maybe, Jeffrey, you don't 0:23:53.640 --> 0:23:56.720 listen to the credits at the end of the part, 0:23:56.760 --> 0:23:59.720 I think you just revealed to me you don't. Creed 0:23:59.720 --> 0:24:03.400 bra the one and only Creed Breton wrote the song 0:24:03.560 --> 0:24:08.680 Bubble and Squeak, and he graciously allowed us to use 0:24:08.720 --> 0:24:13.920 it as our podcast theme song. So once again, thank 0:24:13.960 --> 0:24:17.600 you Creed, and to you j J. Listen to the 0:24:17.600 --> 0:24:19.960 credits because there are a lot of people who put 0:24:20.000 --> 0:24:24.200 in so much work on this show, and I want 0:24:24.240 --> 0:24:27.679 them all to be recognized, not not the least of 0:24:27.680 --> 0:24:33.800 which Creed Bratton. Michelle Cochrane writes, who if you told 0:24:33.800 --> 0:24:36.000 me the Creed episode would be the one to make 0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:42.600 me cry? Also, Neil Graham writes, I was sledge hammering 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:47.399 my crappy old driveway, tears pouring down my face about 0:24:47.600 --> 0:24:53.520 Creed Bratton. Let me tell you, Michelle and Neil, You're 0:24:53.560 --> 0:24:58.119 not the only ones I can't. There is just I 0:24:58.160 --> 0:25:00.640 know I said it. There's just something of out that guy. 0:25:01.320 --> 0:25:05.919 And his story is incredible as well, that he sought 0:25:05.960 --> 0:25:09.560 out Ken Koppas who he had worked with before, and 0:25:09.600 --> 0:25:12.240 put together tapes of himself to try to get on 0:25:12.280 --> 0:25:16.760 our show. And you know, is one of the most 0:25:17.040 --> 0:25:20.640 beloved characters on our show now. And I had seen 0:25:20.720 --> 0:25:23.960 him the night before that that's the crazy when he 0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:26.400 came into the studio for for me to talk to him. 0:25:26.520 --> 0:25:31.280 I had seen him at his benefit concert the night before, 0:25:31.840 --> 0:25:35.920 and I had seen him play uh the song from 0:25:35.920 --> 0:25:39.080 the finale. When he came into the studio and started 0:25:39.200 --> 0:25:45.280 on his guitar, just me and him in that room, Yeah, yeah, 0:25:45.320 --> 0:25:51.960 there were tears. There were tears for sure. Karen Pollen asks, 0:25:52.000 --> 0:25:56.040 I adore your show. You're so relaxed and thorough. Well, 0:25:56.080 --> 0:25:58.560 I'm glad it feels that way. Did you ever do 0:25:58.720 --> 0:26:04.200 radio in college or your earlier days. No, not really, 0:26:04.600 --> 0:26:08.560 I didn't. I've talked about radio before. I'll tell you 0:26:08.600 --> 0:26:12.679 one of my first though audio jobs. And this is 0:26:12.760 --> 0:26:16.960 only going to resonate for people who are um, well, 0:26:17.080 --> 0:26:21.400 I guess older. Before the internets were a big thing. 0:26:22.160 --> 0:26:25.000 When you were trying to find out a movie and 0:26:25.040 --> 0:26:27.280 you didn't have a paper and you wanted to find 0:26:27.320 --> 0:26:30.000 out what movies were playing, you would call a line 0:26:30.040 --> 0:26:33.040 that that was the movie line was called the movie line, 0:26:33.400 --> 0:26:37.720 I think, and it would be like, hello, here are 0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:41.800 the movies listed for a mc galeria theater and then 0:26:41.840 --> 0:26:46.640 it would literally be like the quiet place to four pm, 0:26:46.680 --> 0:26:51.680 seven pm, twenty pm, and nine. Someone had to read 0:26:51.720 --> 0:26:53.800 those like once a week for all of the stories. 0:26:54.200 --> 0:26:56.280 I did do that for a little while. I was 0:26:56.359 --> 0:27:00.840 I was the movie line guy for my local area. 0:27:01.240 --> 0:27:03.800 But that was it. Um But I will tell you 0:27:03.840 --> 0:27:06.080 I love it. I love talking to people. I love 0:27:06.160 --> 0:27:09.199 just having conversations with people. And the fact that that 0:27:09.320 --> 0:27:11.359 on this show I'm able to do it with some 0:27:11.440 --> 0:27:16.720 old friends, well it makes it even more special. Odd 0:27:16.840 --> 0:27:21.160 Carrick asks, as a practicing therapist, I am forever grateful 0:27:21.200 --> 0:27:24.800 to the office for being there for me as a 0:27:24.840 --> 0:27:27.720 way to decompress and to deal with my own issues. 0:27:28.240 --> 0:27:31.240 It has been a beacon in times of my darkness. 0:27:31.240 --> 0:27:35.480 Thank you, but one, God bless you and uh and 0:27:35.560 --> 0:27:38.600 I hope you're okay. But to you know, I've heard 0:27:38.640 --> 0:27:42.400 this so much that people use the show well. 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