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Speaker 1: Welcome to a super special holiday edition of The Office
Speaker 1: Deep Dive. I am your host, Brian Baumgartner, and boy,
Speaker 1: oh boy, have I got a treat for you today.
Speaker 1: We're doing something very different, something very different, something that
Speaker 1: I am delighted to share with you. Okay, here's a
Speaker 1: hand ring ring dunder Mifflin. This is Brian. That's right.
Speaker 1: Today we're doing a call in episode of the show.
Speaker 1: Who are the guests? You are the guests, and you
Speaker 1: decide what we talk about today. Get ready to laugh
Speaker 1: with me, to cry with me and get mad with me. Well,
Speaker 1: maybe not get mad with me. But first I want
Speaker 1: to thank each and every one of you who sent
Speaker 1: in so many amazing messages. True really, all of us
Speaker 1: here at the Office Deep Dive. We are at a
Speaker 1: total loss for words at how incredible and how open
Speaker 1: and how loving you have all been about the office
Speaker 1: and the podcast. I wish that I could answer each
Speaker 1: and every one of you today, but know that we
Speaker 1: listen to every single one of your messages and they
Speaker 1: brought us so much joy. So now it's my turn.
Speaker 1: I'm hoping this episode will bring a little joy to
Speaker 1: you this holiday season. So without further adyear, I would
Speaker 1: like to present to you my first call In episode
Speaker 1: featuring probably my favorite guests of all time, you Bubble
Speaker 1: Uh love It Bubble and squeak On Bubble and Squeaker
Speaker 1: cook at every month left over from the nut before.
Speaker 1: Mr Bomber Bob Tyl are calling from the middle of nowhere, Saskatchewan,
Speaker 1: Canada have a question for you. I was just wondering
Speaker 1: your iconic character, Kevin. As we all know and love
Speaker 1: you know I wouldn't want to change a thing, but
Speaker 1: if there's one thing you could change, about Kevin Malone.
Speaker 1: What would it be inquiring Mines wants to know. Well,
Speaker 1: thanks Bob for your question. You know, I think the
Speaker 1: one thing I've addressed this a little bit throughout the podcast.
Speaker 1: I wish that Kevin had found love. You know. I
Speaker 1: talked to Ellie Kemper a little bit. I had pitched
Speaker 1: Aaron and Kevin getting together before the start of the
Speaker 1: final season. That obviously did not happen, But I wish
Speaker 1: Kevin had had found love. I wish there had been
Speaker 1: a little more uh victory for him in terms of
Speaker 1: his relationship. I love the storyline with Lynn when we
Speaker 1: had that. Obviously Stacy his fiance early on, she wasn't
Speaker 1: explored all that much. But yeah, I wish Kevin had
Speaker 1: had one of those small victories in finding love. Hi, Brian,
Speaker 1: my name is Logan Corkins. I'm from Kansas City, Missouri.
Speaker 1: I'm a huge, huge fan of the Office. I loved
Speaker 1: all your interviews throughout the show. But um, I have
Speaker 1: a story and I have a question for you. Um.
Speaker 1: I want to start with my story. So, when I
Speaker 1: was in college, I worked for a baseball team called
Speaker 1: the Omaha storn Chasers through the Triple a affiliate of
Speaker 1: Kansas City Royals, and I was working on an off day.
Speaker 1: I worked in the clubhouse. I was a clubhouse assistant
Speaker 1: and I was a bad boy. Um. But I was
Speaker 1: at the ballpark on one of our off days and
Speaker 1: Warren Buffett happened to be at our um at our
Speaker 1: ball field and he was talking to our general manager.
Speaker 1: My general manager asked me if I told me I
Speaker 1: could ask a question to Warrant. And you know, Warren's
Speaker 1: this incredibly successful person, and all I can think about
Speaker 1: is that he had just aired or he had just
Speaker 1: been on an episode of the Office, like a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks before. So I go in, I sit down,
Speaker 1: and Warren's like, what's your question, young man? I go, yeah,
Speaker 1: what was the light to work with John Franciski and
Speaker 1: the cast of the Office. And he sits there for
Speaker 1: a second. He just laughed. He's like, Okay, well, not
Speaker 1: the question I expected. It tells me how great it was.
Speaker 1: Told me it was a phenomenal experience. My general manager
Speaker 1: is absolutely dying laughing. He's like, you could ask him anything,
Speaker 1: but of course you had to come around and talk
Speaker 1: about the Office. That was pretty cool. Um. The question
Speaker 1: I had for you O'Brien is back in the day
Speaker 1: when you guys were filming. In the episode Office Olympics,
Speaker 1: we see all the different games that the characters played,
Speaker 1: but did you ask her and angew actually have games
Speaker 1: that you would play in accounting when you were like
Speaker 1: background characters first scene? I'd love to know more. Thank
Speaker 1: you well, Logan. First off, thank you for your story
Speaker 1: about war and Buffett. I tell you the day that
Speaker 1: he and Charlie Munger came on set. That was amazing.
Speaker 1: I don't know how we pulled that off or who
Speaker 1: pulled that off, but the fact that he left and
Speaker 1: you asked him that question is awesome. Now about games,
Speaker 1: you know, we get asked a lot about pranks, right
Speaker 1: because pranks were such a huge part of the show.
Speaker 1: Your's is a similar question in terms of games and
Speaker 1: relating to Office Olympics. You know, the boring answer is
Speaker 1: we didn't really. I mean, we played comedy games. I
Speaker 1: guess like our games would be about trying to make
Speaker 1: each other laugh. That would be it would be about
Speaker 1: us in the deep background, attempting to make each other laugh.
Speaker 1: And as we've discussed many times, we felt like there
Speaker 1: was a show within a show happening called the Accountants
Speaker 1: that we were the stars of. So we were always
Speaker 1: trying to make each other laugh and pass notes, and
Speaker 1: in fact I have notes from Angela. Before the computers worked,
Speaker 1: we we would pass notes back and forth to each
Speaker 1: other again in an attempt to make each other laugh,
Speaker 1: but also in character. So famously, I have an illustration.
Speaker 1: Oscar has an illustration. I think Jenna Fisher has an
Speaker 1: illustration from Angela on a post it note, which was
Speaker 1: an invitation to sprinkles her cat's birthday party. Hello Brian,
Speaker 1: my name is Brianna, and I live in Dallas, Texas.
Speaker 1: And I know that you know this area very well
Speaker 1: as you went to SMU, so I feel like we
Speaker 1: have a connection already known the same neck of the woods.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna get personal really quick. I have a
Speaker 1: funny office story I wanted to share. Sorry if it's
Speaker 1: a little bit t m I, but I think you'll
Speaker 1: you'll get how funny this is. So about four years
Speaker 1: ago I had my oldest daughter, and after I had her,
Speaker 1: everything was going well and it came time to meet
Speaker 1: with the lactation consultant. Right so, so me being a
Speaker 1: very first time mom, never having done breastfeeding before. I
Speaker 1: am in front of all these nurses and nurses come
Speaker 1: in and lactician consultant and the lactation consultant says, do
Speaker 1: you know how to stimulate your nipple? And I said,
Speaker 1: absolutely I do, and I start aggressively flicking my nipple
Speaker 1: with my finger, to which they were both appalled and
Speaker 1: thought was hilarious. They stopped me and said, whoa, whoa, whoa, honey,
Speaker 1: what are you doing? I said, stimulating the nipple and
Speaker 1: they said, who told you to do that? I said, um,
Speaker 1: I learned it from the office with Pam and her
Speaker 1: le nation consultant. They thought that was the funniest thing.
Speaker 1: A couple of nurses go out, grab some more nurses
Speaker 1: bring them in. They say, Brianna, Brianna, tell us what
Speaker 1: you just did and how you learned it. I said, um,
Speaker 1: I was flicking my nipple because I learned it from
Speaker 1: the office. They just thought that was the most hysterical
Speaker 1: thing they could ever see, and to which they taught me, no, honey,
Speaker 1: be sure to roll stop with the flicking. So I
Speaker 1: just think that is it just really speaks to me
Speaker 1: because the office is such a special show to me
Speaker 1: and my entire family. I just give so much credit
Speaker 1: to every single person on that show, from the casting
Speaker 1: all the way down to the acting, to the heart
Speaker 1: that was put into the editing, every single detail. I
Speaker 1: wish I could have been there. I truly wish I
Speaker 1: could have been a fly on the wall to see
Speaker 1: what I think is the greatest show to ever hit
Speaker 1: television and my favorite show that I have ever seen
Speaker 1: in my life. So anyway, it was a pleasure sending
Speaker 1: in this video memo. I don't know if you'll ever
Speaker 1: hear it or not, but thank you Ryan for your
Speaker 1: last couple of years of these incredibly special podcasts. I've
Speaker 1: listened to every single one, and thank you for your time,
Speaker 1: and thank you for sharing your love of the show
Speaker 1: with all of us. All Right, thanks Brian, byebye. All right, Brianna, Well,
Speaker 1: first off, yes, I did hear your story. Uh, there's
Speaker 1: so much to unpack here. First off, Hail to the
Speaker 1: Red and the Blue, the Mustangs of s m U. Yes,
Speaker 1: I went to s m U there in Dallas, and
Speaker 1: maybe we'll run into each other sometime when I am back.
Speaker 1: Now it feels as though you're trying to get me
Speaker 1: in trouble you you you said flicking my nipple several times.
Speaker 1: I don't know where to go exactly with that, but
Speaker 1: thank you for your story. You know, it reminds me
Speaker 1: of another story that I read about actually, where somebody
Speaker 1: learned something from the office. It wasn't about lactation, let
Speaker 1: me be clear. But there was a guy by the
Speaker 1: name of Cross Scott, twenty one years of age, back
Speaker 1: in nineteen He was an auto technician in Arizona, and
Speaker 1: he was driving down the road and he saw a
Speaker 1: car that was pulled over and a woman who appeared
Speaker 1: to need some help. He pulled over to help her,
Speaker 1: and she was unconscious and he had to break her
Speaker 1: window and got in and was trying to help her.
Speaker 1: He didn't have a cell phone, and he realized he
Speaker 1: needed to do CPR, but he didn't know CPR, and
Speaker 1: he thought to himself, well, the only point of reference
Speaker 1: that I have for CPR is the office the stress
Speaker 1: relief episode, and he remembered, uh uh uh, stay in alive,
Speaker 1: stay in alive, which apparently, according to the American Heart Association,
Speaker 1: is actually the correct beat for CPR. I looked that up.
Speaker 1: That is true, so at least that was accurate. So
Speaker 1: Cross did this version of CPR on the woman. An
Speaker 1: ambulance arrived ten or fifteen minutes later, and the woman survived,
Speaker 1: and they told Cross that had he not performed this
Speaker 1: CPR on her, that things would not have turned out. Okay.
Speaker 1: She she recovered and is fine as far as I
Speaker 1: know today. So you learned about nipple flicking. Uh, maybe
Speaker 1: that wasn't the right way to go, but Cross Scott
Speaker 1: used the Office to save a woman's life. Unbelievable. Hey, Brian,
Speaker 1: I just want to let you know then your podcast.
Speaker 1: It's my absolute favorite podcast and makes Tuesday commutes tolerable
Speaker 1: I guess, going through traffic all the way to working back. Uh.
Speaker 1: So here here's my question. My question would be if
Speaker 1: you can pick any character in the Office to do
Speaker 1: a spinoff show about. Who would it be and what
Speaker 1: would it be about. I'm looking forward to answer. Thank
Speaker 1: you very much. Thanks Alex for your question. You know,
Speaker 1: we haven't talked much about this throughout the podcast, mostly
Speaker 1: because it didn't happen. But Rain Wilson and Paul Lieberstein,
Speaker 1: who played Toby but was also showrunner of the Office,
Speaker 1: as you know, for a while, they actually developed a
Speaker 1: spinoff in season eight, and it was called The Farm
Speaker 1: and it was about Dwight and his Beat Farm. Now,
Speaker 1: remnants of that episode played as an episode of The
Speaker 1: Office called The Farm, and that was going to be
Speaker 1: the title of the spinoff. Unfortunately, NBC decided not to
Speaker 1: pick up that show, and so we never got to
Speaker 1: see more exploits from Dwight and his family on the
Speaker 1: Beat Farm. So one, I think that's a spectacular idea
Speaker 1: and one that I certainly feel would be worth exploring
Speaker 1: in the future. And the other is what I mentioned before,
Speaker 1: The accountants, Oscar, Angela and Kevin. I think those three
Speaker 1: disparate characters working together. I've called it the perfect comedy triangle.
Speaker 1: Um the way the characters are drawn and how they
Speaker 1: interact with each other, I think they could work in
Speaker 1: almost any setting, So whether it was at dunder Mifflin
Speaker 1: or somewhere else, I guess my answer number two would
Speaker 1: be The Accountants. Hi, Brian, my name is Brian Roser
Speaker 1: and I live in Buffalo, New York. And this is
Speaker 1: the story of how The Office helped me graduate from
Speaker 1: high school. So in the year I was a senior
Speaker 1: in high school and all the students had to complete
Speaker 1: what was called a senior project. UM. It was a
Speaker 1: semester long class the way that it was set up,
Speaker 1: but you basically spend nine weeks researching a topic of
Speaker 1: your choice and presenting an argument at the end of
Speaker 1: the year. And so um our teachers were encouraging us
Speaker 1: to pick something new, something they hadn't heard before. I thought,
Speaker 1: what do I really like right now? At the time,
Speaker 1: I was obsessed with The Office. I was finally discovering it,
Speaker 1: and I was just so amazed by how it was
Speaker 1: shot differently, how it was unlike anything I had ever
Speaker 1: seen before. I thought it was so funny. Um So
Speaker 1: I decided that my topic would be why The Office
Speaker 1: is the greatest show of all time. My teachers loved it,
Speaker 1: and they fought over who got to be my advisor
Speaker 1: at the end of the year because they all really
Speaker 1: wanted to see my project. And I spent the next
Speaker 1: semester researching and finding out more about what set the
Speaker 1: Office apart, why it was so popular. And this was
Speaker 1: before even the boom that it's in right now. Um So,
Speaker 1: I was doing my own deep dives for a grade
Speaker 1: for my diploma. UM and at the end of the
Speaker 1: year I presented it and I had to have a
Speaker 1: visual aid, and I decided naturally to put a stapler
Speaker 1: in Jello. It's a lot easier than you might think.
Speaker 1: I learned the secret is dental floss, and I encourage
Speaker 1: people to try it if they want to. So that
Speaker 1: is the story of how The Office helped me graduate
Speaker 1: from high school. Well listen, first off, Brian, stay in
Speaker 1: your lane. Okay, I do the deep diving on the Office,
Speaker 1: and now to learn that you did it many years ago,
Speaker 1: I don't even I feel like I don't have a
Speaker 1: place right now. I don't know. This is very this
Speaker 1: is very humbling. Listen, why the Office is the greatest
Speaker 1: show ever of all time? I think is a very
Speaker 1: worthy senior project. I hope you convinced everyone of all
Speaker 1: of your classmates and teachers of it being so I'm
Speaker 1: glad you graduated. Thank you for that. And I I
Speaker 1: didn't know about dental flows. I had no idea that
Speaker 1: that is how you suspended it. In fact, I have
Speaker 1: often wondered how you could suspend a stapler into Jello.
Speaker 1: I didn't realize dental flaws, And even when you said
Speaker 1: dental flaws, I was like, how does that work? But
Speaker 1: now I get it. You suspend it while the jello
Speaker 1: molds cools. I don't know. That's incredible. Uh, congratulations on
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Speaker 1: AD Council. Hey Brian, it is Keith Padine from Connecticut.
Speaker 1: You and I have a history that goes back a
Speaker 1: little bit that I remember, and I guarantee you do not. However,
Speaker 1: I was one of the blogger breakfasts at the original
Speaker 1: convention there in uh Scranton. I had a website called
Speaker 1: the two Cents dot Com. At the time, I was
Speaker 1: just like this twentysomething year old guy that lived in
Speaker 1: this little cottage on a farm where I worked a
Speaker 1: farm job. But I started covering the office and via
Speaker 1: my Space, uh it was Jenna and Angela and Laura Harden.
Speaker 1: I was able to get interviews via my Space with
Speaker 1: you guys and have them be exclusive to my site.
Speaker 1: I started interviewing all the smaller characters, like thatte Nicole
Speaker 1: Brown might be one of my favorite ones ever when
Speaker 1: she paid Paris in Staples, the Staples episode with Dwight.
Speaker 1: You know, the office was something that connected to fans
Speaker 1: in such a way. But this like changed my life.
Speaker 1: By doing this, I started getting like press passes and
Speaker 1: I was able to be a v I p at
Speaker 1: the convention with you guys. So I was able to
Speaker 1: be at casino night, which was the small part, and
Speaker 1: I played poker next to Ed Helms, watched Craig Robinson
Speaker 1: saying creep. I remember with the band and the scrand
Speaker 1: Tones were there, you know, and then the big concert
Speaker 1: where you guys all kind of went nuts and you
Speaker 1: guys were just having fun, and it led us all
Speaker 1: to believe that what we had hoped was true, was
Speaker 1: that you were people who were enjoying yourselves just as
Speaker 1: much as we were enjoy watching you. You were real people,
Speaker 1: You were normal, so so to speak, people who were
Speaker 1: able to communicate with us and just be excited about
Speaker 1: the show. Um. It led to so much for me
Speaker 1: from that little website. I became a member of the
Speaker 1: Broadcast Television Journalists Association for several years, um, you know,
Speaker 1: and covering all different shows. The two cents got huge.
Speaker 1: I had like thirtysothing writers for me for a while.
Speaker 1: But it all started because you guys were willing to
Speaker 1: communicate with your fans, and I was able to find
Speaker 1: that and write it up and do some podcasts. I
Speaker 1: did a long podcast Asked Once with Bobby Ray Schaeffer,
Speaker 1: and I remember, I mean it was insane. I was
Speaker 1: in l A for about four days for one of
Speaker 1: my best friend's weddings, and I get a phone call
Speaker 1: and it was Bobby Ray saying I heard your in
Speaker 1: l A. And I was hoping that we could have
Speaker 1: lunch like I did, lunch with the office like it
Speaker 1: was just crazy. We went out to sati Quoix and
Speaker 1: saw the building where you guys were. It was insane.
Speaker 1: The office totally changed my life. I'm now a data
Speaker 1: four out here in farm country in Connecticut, but the office,
Speaker 1: for that part of my life was such a special thing.
Speaker 1: And now to be able to listen to this podcast
Speaker 1: and relive all that and think of all these memories
Speaker 1: and all those moments and the way that you've done
Speaker 1: it so beautifully through this podcast and talking to all
Speaker 1: these people, it's been really, really special. So thank you
Speaker 1: for what you've done. I believe your birthday was yesterday,
Speaker 1: So happy birthday to you, sir um And from a
Speaker 1: person who got to stand next to you at the
Speaker 1: Bloggers Breakfast and thought that was probably one of the
Speaker 1: biggest deals ever in my life. Thank you so much, Keith.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for reaching out. I remember very
Speaker 1: well that Bloggers Breakfast. In fact, I was just back
Speaker 1: in Scranton a few weeks ago and drove by the
Speaker 1: Hilton where that Bloggers Breakfast took place and pointed out
Speaker 1: the window. It was like, that's where we had the
Speaker 1: bloggers breakfast one morning at the convention. I think the
Speaker 1: only time I've ever been in that building. Listen, it's
Speaker 1: it's truly moving to me to hear your story, and
Speaker 1: I'm so glad that your experience with everybody was so positive.
Speaker 1: I remember that convention and subsequent to that the rap
Speaker 1: party as being um one of the best experiences of
Speaker 1: the show. We felt a special bond with the people
Speaker 1: who had such a love for the show, and that
Speaker 1: traveled to Scranton, Pennsylvania. It sounds like from even for
Speaker 1: you not that close by to come and spend some
Speaker 1: time with us. We had so much fun. You know,
Speaker 1: I referenced it again because it sticks with me. Andy
Speaker 1: Bernard at Helm's line, I wish I knew we were
Speaker 1: in the good old days while they were happening that convention.
Speaker 1: There certainly in retrospect now, those those were the good
Speaker 1: old days. So thank you for reconnecting. I'm so glad
Speaker 1: that the office and the connection you made with so
Speaker 1: many of us helped you at that time in your life.
Speaker 1: It truly was our our pleasure. And yeah, you bring
Speaker 1: up my space. That was our first attempt when the
Speaker 1: show was struggling mightily to find a couple of audience members.
Speaker 1: That was our attempt to try to connect to people
Speaker 1: in a new and different way. Uh. And I'm glad
Speaker 1: to know that it. Um, it worked for you, so
Speaker 1: God bless my on. Congratulations on your four kids and
Speaker 1: your new life now in Connecticut. But thank you for
Speaker 1: reminding me of of those good old days. Hi Brian, Hi, everybody.
Speaker 1: Name is Karen. I'm from Bloomington, Illinois. I just wanted
Speaker 1: to share with you really quick how The Office has
Speaker 1: really influenced my life and my family. Um. We quote
Speaker 1: it all the time. My boyfriend and I started our
Speaker 1: relationship watching The Office together and we'll be celebrating our
Speaker 1: four year anniversary. We quote the Office all the time.
Speaker 1: It comes up in conversation. UM. And I was wondering
Speaker 1: if you'd, guys, have any of your favorite quotes come
Speaker 1: up all the time, or if you have any little
Speaker 1: bit to the Office that show up from time to
Speaker 1: time in your daily life. Have a happy holidays. Hi, Kara,
Speaker 1: thanks so much for your question. Uh, Listen, I don't
Speaker 1: know at this point if there's a day that goes
Speaker 1: by that I don't say. That's what she said. I
Speaker 1: mean and and when I'm when I'm in a public setting,
Speaker 1: it feels weird, just like self reference the show in
Speaker 1: that way. But yes, it has become I don't I
Speaker 1: don't even know if daily is right hourly thrice daily
Speaker 1: reference for me as well. And you know, look, I
Speaker 1: spend a lot of time talking about Chili. I don't
Speaker 1: know that there's a specific quote on that, but yes,
Speaker 1: and there is a a giant text chain is that
Speaker 1: what you call it? Text chain? Text group text between
Speaker 1: me and some of my other cohorts on the show.
Speaker 1: And yeah, I would say that's what she said. Is
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know that anyone can say anything
Speaker 1: it without referencing that's what she said. So thank you, Kara.
Speaker 1: I'm glad things are going well for you. Congratulations on
Speaker 1: on almost four years together, and thank you for your
Speaker 1: comments about the Office and how it has impacted your life. Hi,
Speaker 1: Bryan and Office step Dive crew. Having looked back on
Speaker 1: all the episodes listened to and the few I have
Speaker 1: waiting for me, I am reminded of all the moments
Speaker 1: where you discuss how we as fans feel so connected
Speaker 1: the casting characters because you have become such crucial, crucial
Speaker 1: pieces to the good, the bad, and the ugly moments
Speaker 1: of our lives. And if we are to believe that
Speaker 1: The Office is an experience of connecting and growing close
Speaker 1: with the fictional characters over thousands of minutes of watching
Speaker 1: I do believe, which I do believe, then I believe
Speaker 1: The Office steep Dive podcast is the experience of getting
Speaker 1: to know the humans behind the characters and the production,
Speaker 1: only to remember that the smartest, most brilliant show has
Speaker 1: already been made and there will almost definitely never be
Speaker 1: anything better. I come away from each podcast episode with
Speaker 1: a greater gratitude for each and every human that work
Speaker 1: to start the show and keep it running for nine years,
Speaker 1: all those who fought to make it the best it
Speaker 1: could be. Not only us the gratitude for a show
Speaker 1: that brings my family and I together, but for the wonderful, creative,
Speaker 1: smart humans who made it worth watching more than seven
Speaker 1: times through except for Scott's taughts, because well, I don't
Speaker 1: think I need to say why. So from the bottom
Speaker 1: of my heart, thank you to each and every one
Speaker 1: of you for not only creating the world's best show,
Speaker 1: but for being such kind and genuine people who made
Speaker 1: something so magical just by being yourselves, Nico, thank you.
Speaker 1: Look that for me was the point in this podcast
Speaker 1: in bringing everybody back together, is for all of you
Speaker 1: to be able to hear what good people that I
Speaker 1: had the opportunity to work with for a decade, and
Speaker 1: to hear our real and true interactions together as we
Speaker 1: relived that decade of our life. Look, I'm not a reporter.
Speaker 1: That much is very very very clear, but I what
Speaker 1: I wanted you all to be able to experience was
Speaker 1: our conversation, not about the show in an objective way,
Speaker 1: in a third person presentational way, but I wanted you
Speaker 1: to have the experience of of reliving the show through
Speaker 1: us having been there and the fact that you appreciate
Speaker 1: so many of these people Nico. Um, well you're you're
Speaker 1: dead on. You're dead on, and so thank you for
Speaker 1: your comments, thank you for for watching it now over
Speaker 1: seven times. I want you to know that you're appreciated
Speaker 1: and uh and you are beautiful as well. Hey Brian,
Speaker 1: my name is Tyler Bee. I'm from Eau Claire, Wisconsin,
Speaker 1: and I am just going to leave a comment really
Speaker 1: quick on how The Office changed my life. First off,
Speaker 1: the show started, Uh, roughly in two thousand five, and
Speaker 1: at that time I was nine years old and I remember,
Speaker 1: you know, every Thursday night as a kid growing up
Speaker 1: with my dad watching The Office on NBC, and it
Speaker 1: was just something that we always bonded together over. Uh.
Speaker 1: The special thing about The Office was for me. Uh.
Speaker 1: I came out when I was twenty one years old
Speaker 1: as a gay man, and The Office provided was one
Speaker 1: of the first shows on network television, if not the
Speaker 1: first one, I can't remember exactly, but that had some
Speaker 1: sort of character that resembled or represented a gay man
Speaker 1: in uh network television show and that was an Oscar obviously,
Speaker 1: and you know the comedy involved. And uh as a
Speaker 1: kid knowing at a young age about my life and
Speaker 1: you know, who I was, but keeping it closeted to myself,
Speaker 1: it was a very, uh, very special thing to see.
Speaker 1: And even though that was in my younger years, you know,
Speaker 1: just keeping that in the back of my mind that
Speaker 1: you know, maybe one day that things could be better,
Speaker 1: and then you know, kind of living I fear that
Speaker 1: if somebody figured out who I was, um, how that
Speaker 1: was going to affect and change my life, and the
Speaker 1: offer the Office was really that comfort for me, you
Speaker 1: know every time I watched an episode, especially the Gay
Speaker 1: witch Hunt, which I laughed just about every single time.
Speaker 1: But I think growing up, I always had that fear of,
Speaker 1: you know, that's how my coming out experience was going
Speaker 1: to be like. So I just I always tried to
Speaker 1: I remember the day when I first told somebody about
Speaker 1: who I was. I always feared that my my experience
Speaker 1: was going to run similar to what Oscar had to
Speaker 1: go through in the Gay witch So, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: things like that. That's that's how it changed my life,
Speaker 1: and it gave me a lot of hope. Thank you
Speaker 1: very much. Have a good one, Tayler. Thank you for
Speaker 1: calling in. I'm glad it didn't oh that way for you. Look,
Speaker 1: there's so much to unpack in this beautiful story that
Speaker 1: you've told. First off, just I hear all the time,
Speaker 1: and this is an example of you know, you were nine,
Speaker 1: one could argue a little young, but um of kids
Speaker 1: watching with their parents, sisters and brothers and family enjoying
Speaker 1: the show together multi generationally. So that's cool to me.
Speaker 1: Number one. And look, I don't know if The Office
Speaker 1: was the first show to show a gay character on
Speaker 1: network television, but I'm so tremendously proud of one the show,
Speaker 1: and to Oscar Nunyez and and his performance. You know,
Speaker 1: he's talked about this a lot. He didn't realize that
Speaker 1: Oscar Martinez was gay when the show started. I don't
Speaker 1: know if Greg Daniels had that in his mind, but
Speaker 1: Oscar Nuniez did not know that Oscar Martinez was gay.
Speaker 1: And so when Gay witch Hunt was written and it
Speaker 1: became clear that Oscar Martinez was gay, I guess there
Speaker 1: were some people that that asked Oscar, well, how are
Speaker 1: you going to play the character now that you know this?
Speaker 1: And his response was always, well, the same, this is
Speaker 1: Oscar is Oscar, and the fact that now other people
Speaker 1: know that he's gay doesn't affect Oscar's behavior at all.
Speaker 1: He is who he is and who he always has been.
Speaker 1: And I'm tremendously proud of that because I think that
Speaker 1: it would be typical for an actor or for a
Speaker 1: show to start making broad, stereotypical adjust months to character
Speaker 1: based on that and the fact that that story helped
Speaker 1: you or gave you hope for your future. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's a cliche, but that's that's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 1: That's why I'm I'm proud of the show and what
Speaker 1: we at times tried to look at in the world,
Speaker 1: truth and beauty, truth and beauty, truth and beauty, as
Speaker 1: Greg Daniels would say, and whether it be race, gender, sexuality,
Speaker 1: issues of health care. We tried to look at real
Speaker 1: topics in a real way, not in a stereotypical or
Speaker 1: generalized way. So Tyler, thank you for calling in. Thank
Speaker 1: you for telling that story, and and and if it
Speaker 1: is true and if it helped you in any way
Speaker 1: deal with your coming out, well, God bless you, and
Speaker 1: thank you having the courage to to tell not just me,
Speaker 1: but all of our listeners be my friend. M Hi,
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Speaker 1: I am just blown away by how many of you
Speaker 1: called in to be a part of this show, but
Speaker 1: more than that how many of you called in from abroad?
Speaker 1: I mean the amount a number of countries that we
Speaker 1: heard from. I can't I I'm touched, to say the least. Um,
Speaker 1: So I'd like to share some of those submissions with
Speaker 1: you right now. Let's let's go overseas for a bit.
Speaker 1: Shall we across the pond brim from Oslo, Norway? Here. Hi,
Speaker 1: I'm Nia Martin. I'm from Ireland. My name is Laura Power.
Speaker 1: I am from Melbourne, Australia. Hi, Brian, this is Tom
Speaker 1: Elliott over in UK. At first, like everyone, of course,
Speaker 1: I fell in love with the characters. I love team
Speaker 1: at Love Pain, I love to act, I love you.
Speaker 1: I wish I could work at Dundeme fun and everyone
Speaker 1: says that, but um, yeah, it is true. We all
Speaker 1: want to work at this magnificent office. I never get
Speaker 1: sick of watching The Office. I've watched it probably over
Speaker 1: twenty times back to front now, and I never get
Speaker 1: sick of talking about it. So I guess that leads
Speaker 1: me into my question for you, which is, do you
Speaker 1: think there will ever come a day where you just
Speaker 1: don't want to talk about the office anymore? My friends
Speaker 1: and family will be the first to tell you that
Speaker 1: that won't come for me. That day won't come for me,
Speaker 1: But I'm curious to see if you think it will
Speaker 1: come for you. Well. First of all, thank you to Ula,
Speaker 1: to Nile, Tom Ramiro, thank you Kanako, thank you for
Speaker 1: calling in. And now to answer your question, Laura, do
Speaker 1: I do I think there will ever come a day
Speaker 1: where I don't want to talk about the office anymore Tomorrow?
Speaker 1: How's that for an answer? Tomorrow I won't want to
Speaker 1: talk about it anymore. Now. I don't know if tomorrow
Speaker 1: will ever come, but tomorrow I won't want to look.
Speaker 1: I have, as you know, I have deep doven into
Speaker 1: the show now for two years. We have the podcast,
Speaker 1: we have the book. I've talked to everybody associated with
Speaker 1: the show. I don't know that I ever answered the
Speaker 1: question that I set out to answer, which is why
Speaker 1: is the show now bigger than it ever was when
Speaker 1: it was on NBC? Why is it now the most
Speaker 1: watch show in television? The exploration has been pretty damn
Speaker 1: fun though, So yeah, I'm gonna stop talking about it tomorrow.
Speaker 1: I Brian and Team. My name is Leam. I'm coming
Speaker 1: to you all to me from sunny Scotland. So I
Speaker 1: apologize if you can't understand my dose accent. I just
Speaker 1: wanted to say that I love the podcast. That's amazing,
Speaker 1: a lesson all these global superstars, in my eyes, sort
Speaker 1: of talk about how brilliant their time was making the show,
Speaker 1: hearing all these mad, funny stories and hearing how class are,
Speaker 1: hearing how close US Will were. I'm a massive fan
Speaker 1: of the US Office. Um. I remember when it was
Speaker 1: first announced it was going to be remade, and I
Speaker 1: was one of these skeptics that you get in Scotland
Speaker 1: and the UK as a whole, that they're remaking Son
Speaker 1: for America. This isn't gonna work. But I think that
Speaker 1: it's got its own identity, it's got its own fuel
Speaker 1: top um, the characters are completely different, and yeah, absolutely
Speaker 1: love it. But my question is where you expecting But
Speaker 1: obviously didn't seem like you were expecting it to be
Speaker 1: a big hit in America. But after it was a
Speaker 1: hit in America, were you also expecting it to be
Speaker 1: such a massive across the world and in particular place.
Speaker 1: He's like Scotland and the rest of the UK. Thank
Speaker 1: you very much, speaks Liam Liam from Scotland. Over across
Speaker 1: the Poul that is the worst Scottish accent in the world.
Speaker 1: I apologize to that, Liam, I mean no disrespect. Listen
Speaker 1: who No, we were not expecting it to be uh.
Speaker 1: We were not expecting it, as you said, to be
Speaker 1: a hit here. Of course, we were not expecting it
Speaker 1: to be a hit abroad. And I think you know
Speaker 1: what's interesting because like you, yes, we were hearing that
Speaker 1: in the United States. By the way, like now, we
Speaker 1: do live in in a global world. So when all
Speaker 1: of the articles and people talking over in the u K.
Speaker 1: About how this was a disastrous choice for America to
Speaker 1: be re redoing this show, just know this. We were.
Speaker 1: We were hearing all of those things, okay, and they
Speaker 1: were not uh, they were not fun. And in part
Speaker 1: it was because I thought that the original office, the
Speaker 1: British Office, the English office, was genius, and that Ricky
Speaker 1: Gervais was a genius. And I loved the show. But
Speaker 1: as my great friend and partner Ben Silverman would say,
Speaker 1: if you were going to remake something, would you want
Speaker 1: to remake a piece of ship or would you want
Speaker 1: to remake a great piece of art? I think he
Speaker 1: has a point there, and I think that the key
Speaker 1: for us was finding what was uniquely American about the
Speaker 1: show and what was also uniquely universal about the setup
Speaker 1: and the characters. So no, I was not. And I
Speaker 1: will tell you that I took a trip actually with
Speaker 1: Ben Silverman, not to Scotland, but based on my knowledge
Speaker 1: of geography, fairly close down in Ireland. We were down
Speaker 1: in Cork, and I remember going into a little pub
Speaker 1: with Ben in Cork and having a number of people
Speaker 1: who were sitting at the bar turn and look at
Speaker 1: me and acknowledge that they knew who I was from
Speaker 1: our little show from across Upon and how surprised and
Speaker 1: and delighted both Ben and I were with that reception.
Speaker 1: So cheers mate, and uh I hope to see you
Speaker 1: there in Scotland soon, maybe on a golf course. Hey Brian,
Speaker 1: this is Eve from some follow Brazil. My question for
Speaker 1: you guys is if you could go back in time
Speaker 1: and shoot one all over again, which one would you pick?
Speaker 1: Maybe because you had so much fun shooting it, or
Speaker 1: because you would do something different about the episode, or
Speaker 1: just because you want to go back to that specific
Speaker 1: point in time. So tell me which one. Eve. That
Speaker 1: is a spectacular question. I have thought about this answer
Speaker 1: more than any other question I was asked, because yes, one,
Speaker 1: there are so many different ways that I can go
Speaker 1: with this. I think that where my answer settles in
Speaker 1: this moment would be Jim and Pam's wedding Niagara. First off,
Speaker 1: it was a mess. Let me just say that the
Speaker 1: shooting of that episode was very, very difficult because, as
Speaker 1: we've discussed throughout the podcast, the writing was changing up
Speaker 1: until basically we shot it. We were going very very late,
Speaker 1: long hours on that shoot. But I don't know the
Speaker 1: joy of that episode and shooting shooting that Chris Brown
Speaker 1: walking into the chapel scene, that's where I go. I
Speaker 1: don't know. And and maybe it's now seeing clips on
Speaker 1: YouTube or montages that fans have put together that typically
Speaker 1: include that scene, the look on all of our faces,
Speaker 1: the culmination of that story, and the joy we had
Speaker 1: in shooting it as difficult as it was. If we
Speaker 1: shoot it again, i'd like it to be easier and
Speaker 1: not quite so many hours or late at night. But yeah,
Speaker 1: that for me is it. And you know, I've told
Speaker 1: this story as well to those of you who haven't
Speaker 1: heard it, in that we actually shot at the Maid
Speaker 1: of the Mist at Niagara Falls and my parents happened
Speaker 1: to be there in New York vacationing with some friends
Speaker 1: and went and saw John and Jenna and some of
Speaker 1: the other crew members, and they appear in that episode.
Speaker 1: They are the couple that are walking right behind Jim
Speaker 1: and Pam as they get their brain gear to walk
Speaker 1: onto the boat. So maybe I want to go back
Speaker 1: and shoot that episode again because I wish i'd gone there.
Speaker 1: I think next time I would go there and be
Speaker 1: there with my folks while we shot that scene. So
Speaker 1: that's my answer today. Hi Brian, my name is Kristen.
Speaker 1: I'm from Prince George, British Columbia, and I just wanted
Speaker 1: to send in this story. Two years ago, I gave
Speaker 1: birth to my son. His The labor and delivery with
Speaker 1: his birth was quite traumatic, and I struggled with postpartum
Speaker 1: depression afterwards, and I was thinking about ways that I
Speaker 1: could boost my spirits, and I remembered a family member
Speaker 1: had told me when they were struggling with depression, A
Speaker 1: counselor many decades ago had told them to um listen
Speaker 1: to funny things, watch funny things, just to boost their spirits.
Speaker 1: I was like, Oh, I might as well try it.
Speaker 1: So I um was on my Netflix and looking through
Speaker 1: and my husband suggested that I watched The Office. He
Speaker 1: knows that I loved Dinner Party, but um, he doesn't
Speaker 1: have the same love for Dinner Party as I do.
Speaker 1: So he said, oh, I don't care what you watch.
Speaker 1: If it's going to make you laugh, then you should
Speaker 1: watch it. So I turned on and I probably watched
Speaker 1: Dinner Party every day for five months. Even in my
Speaker 1: lowest days, it could still bring a smile to my face.
Speaker 1: And I'm just really grateful for those tiny moments of
Speaker 1: just happiness that The Office had brought me in those
Speaker 1: really dark days. And I'm fully recovered from the depression now,
Speaker 1: but I still um watched The Office diligently, and I'm
Speaker 1: just very thankful for it. So thank you for going
Speaker 1: through and interviewing everyone. It's just been wonderful to listen
Speaker 1: to and hear new stories. So just thank you for
Speaker 1: the the joy you've brought to my life. Kristen. Thank
Speaker 1: you for sharing your story with me and with all
Speaker 1: of us. I've said now many times that the greatest
Speaker 1: gift that the Office has given me is well stories
Speaker 1: like that. You know, we we truly felt like we
Speaker 1: were just a bunch of idiots, and we were, let's
Speaker 1: be clear, a bunch of idiots trying to make people laugh.
Speaker 1: And when I hear stories like that that this show,
Speaker 1: this band of idiots have brought comfort during a difficult time,
Speaker 1: well it it truly well, it clearly takes my my
Speaker 1: words away and my breath away. I thank you for
Speaker 1: sharing your story. I am so glad that we marry
Speaker 1: A bunch of idiots were able to give you some
Speaker 1: comfort in a difficult and dark time. And I I
Speaker 1: give credit mostly to Greg Daniels about this, because look,
Speaker 1: this was a comedy meant to make people laugh. They
Speaker 1: say laughter is the best medicine, right. But I think
Speaker 1: that the depth of the show, which relates to the
Speaker 1: central message of the show that Greg explains very clearly
Speaker 1: with the last line of the show that there's beauty
Speaker 1: and ordinary things, isn't that kind of the point and
Speaker 1: that hope, that idea, I think is um it is comforting, right,
Speaker 1: it is for me. So thank you for your courage
Speaker 1: to to want to tell me that story. Thank you
Speaker 1: for that because I consider that a gift to me.
Speaker 1: We all consider that a gift to all of us.
Speaker 1: So thank you and yes, I'm glad. I'm glad that
Speaker 1: you're better now and still watching Hello Office, deep dive,
Speaker 1: I know I'm not alone in the world, and saying
Speaker 1: that The Office has truly helped me through life. I'm
Speaker 1: twenty three years old and I grew up in foster
Speaker 1: care in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I've never truly felt like
Speaker 1: there's a lot of representation of youth and care and TV.
Speaker 1: Some of the trauma and hardships that take place while
Speaker 1: growing up in the foster care system manifest resilient and
Speaker 1: unique individuals that sometimes have a difficulty fitting in and
Speaker 1: I feel like they can't relate to their peers. It
Speaker 1: means the world to have a character out there that
Speaker 1: has some shread of resemblance to compare to the writing
Speaker 1: of Aaron's character, and Ellie's performance felt accurate to my
Speaker 1: experience and truly made me feel seen. Thank you for
Speaker 1: all that you do on your podcast and for carrying
Speaker 1: the essence of beauty in the small things throughout your
Speaker 1: podcast from the show, and for being part of a
Speaker 1: show that brought so many people comfort. Seana, thank you
Speaker 1: for calling in. You know there's a phrase that you
Speaker 1: used that I wrote down resilient and unique individuals who
Speaker 1: sometimes have difficulty fitting in. And you talk about that
Speaker 1: in terms of children who have gone through the foster
Speaker 1: care system. But isn't that all of us? In a way,
Speaker 1: the world has a way of making resilient and unique
Speaker 1: individuals who sometimes have difficulty fitting in. I don't think
Speaker 1: that I could have described many of the characters on
Speaker 1: the Office any better than that. And maybe that after
Speaker 1: two years of searching for the answer of why the
Speaker 1: show resonates with people, now, maybe that maybe that's the answer.
Speaker 1: People feel seen because these characters in the Office are seen.
Speaker 1: I don't know, but thank you, Shanna, thank you for
Speaker 1: calling in. Wow incredible, Thank you all so much. It
Speaker 1: got a little emotional there for a bit, but I
Speaker 1: want to thank you all well for sharing your lives
Speaker 1: with me, with us really, and the fact that this
Speaker 1: show has reached so many people from so many places
Speaker 1: around the world, it's just incredible. Look, I'm a I'm
Speaker 1: a kid from Georgia, That's who I am, and so
Speaker 1: to start there and to now just be casually talking
Speaker 1: to people from scot London, Brazil and the UK, Argentina,
Speaker 1: it is a dream come true. For me, the world
Speaker 1: truly is a small place. Thank you so much for
Speaker 1: making my holidays so special. I hope that this show
Speaker 1: has done the same for you. Look, I hope this
Speaker 1: week that you get to spend some time with your
Speaker 1: loved ones, or if not, at least spend some time
Speaker 1: with your office family. Happy Holidays to one and all
Speaker 1: of you. The Office. Deep Dive is hosted an executive
Speaker 1: produced by me Brian Baumgartner, alongside our executive producer Langley.
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Speaker 1: theme song Bubble and Squeak, performed by my great friend
Speaker 1: Creed Bratton, and the episode was mixed by seth Olandsky.
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