| IT'S OFFICE THURSDAY! |
[May. 8th, 2008|08:53 am] |
Only two more Office Thursdays to go this season. :(
HIGH FIVE!
How disappointing to have John Krasinski come running up to you yelling, "baby baby baby" and he's talking to your stomach...
Did you hear that John McCain announced his running mate on the Daily Show last night? Watch it here. (there's a reason this is going in the Office Thursday post) |
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| If you were a real star, you'd put your face in it. |
[May. 1st, 2008|08:28 pm] |
This was a good Office. It was appropriately ridiculous.
I love the Dwight master org chart.
Floyd has a partner meeting with Peter Venkman. I love it.
"YOU USED GHOSTBUSTERS FOR EVIL!"
"DON'T YOU DEPRIVE THE GOOD PEOPLE OF CLEVELAND OF AN IKEA! YOU ARE VINDICTIVE, LIZ LEMON!"
Why did they have to write Jason Sudekis off of 30 Rock. I heart Floyd.
There's waaaaay too much good Thursday TV.
It was really only a matter of time before Sawyer made a Long Duc Dong reference, wasn't it?
The Korean word for helicopter is "helicopter"?
"Okaaaaay, dude. Crying at the smoke detector. Leaving now..."
I'm not surprised that guy is back. He must have just ate a bunch a livers again. |
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| It's Office Thursday! |
[May. 1st, 2008|01:10 pm] |
Phyllis REPREZNT the 314!! HOLLA!
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| OFFICE THURSDAY |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|02:24 pm] |
This is my prediction for the season finale (May 15) of The Office:
Oh, it's happening.
Thus have I spake, thus shall it be done.
COME ON, JIM! You've been dating for a year! DO IT! |
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| Overly Excited |
[Apr. 17th, 2008|11:13 am] |
Caroline: Hey, Kim? What day is it?
Kim: IT'S OFFICE THURSDAY!
Jen: Gosh, he looks so college-y like he could have been one of our friends. Damn us for not having gone to Brown. |
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| Back in the Day |
[Apr. 10th, 2008|02:03 pm] |
In honor of a new Office today--IT'S BEEN FIVE FRIGGING MONTHS! ARRGH!--I went to find some video of the Dunder Mifflin employees back before they were Dunder Mifflin employees.
Enjoy:
Steve (Michael Scott) Carell on The Dana Carvey Show:
John (Jim Halpert) Krasinski in a Kodak Commercial (you have to wait for it):
Jenna (Pam Beesly) Fischer on Undeclared:
Rainn (Dwight Schrute) Wilson on Six Feet Under:
BJ (Ryan Howard) Novak on Comedy Central (couldn't find Punk'd):
Ed (Andy Bernard) Helms on The Daily Show:
Exactly six more hours until The Office.
Yes, I know it's 2:10 but we watch it on DVR, so you have to wait 10 minutes! |
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| Harsh Taskmaster |
[Apr. 9th, 2008|09:15 am] |
Jen, as a married lady, enjoys living vicariously through we single people. Apparently I wasn't meeting her expectations, because she started giving me assignments.
Which I did not complete.
This appears to have been a mistake.
Jen decided that one of my Boston friends was hot, and wanted me to "hit that" when I was up there. I did not. But I told her that if I move there for school, I will make a better effort for her.
"No. That time has passed. I'm taking it up a notch. If you move there, I want you going after John Krasinski."
WHAT?!? That is not a notch. That's all the notches. You had to carve new notches to take it up to that one.
"But he doesn't even live there."
"I don't care. Buddy up to his brothers."
Apparently now the plan is for me to become friends with his mom so she'll want to introduce her son to the sweet girl she met.
This is bad.
It is not right to encourage stalkerish tendencies. Especially when I have such an expert celebrity stalker right in Boston. Yes, I'm looking at you, Zabinsky. And Katie's indulging me too, by mailing me Boston Magazine (JK's the cover boy this month, being all Clark Kent, which just makes it hit on two for me).
THE OFFICE IS BACK TOMORROW!!
NOTE: This is not verbatim dialogue, it's emotional approximation. |
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| ONE MORE WEEK! |
[Apr. 3rd, 2008|11:31 pm] |
New Office in a week! And the clips tonight look GREAT.
I especially love Dwight. He's trapped in a glass case of emotion.
Favorite bit from the John Krasinski Leatherheads inbetweens:
"He never did anything to me, actually. Never really talked to me, to be honest. Oh! He did once yell 'THROW LIKE A BOY!'" |
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| I may have a problem. |
[Feb. 1st, 2008|04:14 pm] |
So I saw on another blog that there's this website, netdisaster.com, where you can use these little animated whatnots to "destroy" a webpage. So I did it to my own. I think the protesters are my favorite, but I noticed an AWFUL lot of John Krasinski going by. Except for the Wooly Lemur album cover, he's in every other picture that went by. Although the protester with the "Affleck was the BOMB in Phantoms" sign did give me a laugh.
What the hell. I might as well submit to forces beyond my control.
LEATHERHEADS!!! I want this movie to come out NOW. It looks SO GOOD.
( Trailer behind the cut for auto-play annoyance ) |
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| Awww, IKEA makes Mose Schrute cry. |
[Jan. 27th, 2008|06:59 pm] |
I thought Rainn Wilson (Dwight) actually wrote the entries on "Schrute Space" himself, so I'm a little surprised to see them keep coming out...
But this new one made me happy and sad. Poor Mose. |
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| What the Hell, Gap? |
[Nov. 13th, 2007|04:16 pm] |
An Open Letter to Gap, Inc.:
What the hell, guys? What is up with the new John Krasinski ad? Why did you hire the pretty if you were going to do this:
You guys made him look WAAAY more homeless than this haircut ever did:
He looks like a street person. The guy in that picture is probably disturbed. And the chest hair showing over the stretched out neck of the t-shirt? Frankly, kinda gross. Aren't you supposed to use NEW clothes for ad shoots? Next time, keep in mind, the boy does preppy VERY well.
Idiots. |
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| Dwights Say the Darndest Things |
[Nov. 6th, 2007|09:20 pm] |
"That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be undid, home-skillet." And now I can not think of a funnier thing than hearing Rainn Wilson call someone "home-skillet."
This movie looks really fucking good. |
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| Sometimes I Say Crazy Things. |
[Nov. 2nd, 2007|10:52 am] |
Quick favor: Click this fake ad that I made so my Dunder Mifflin Infinity team gets some points in the current competition. Click it a bunch of times. It goes through November 14th.
I have to say, I think this was the funniest Office so far this season. Caroline disagrees. She is wrong.
( Some people think you monopolize the conversation by trying to be funny )
Dear Andrew Bernard:
After carefully examining your application to the Finer Things Club, we are unable to offer you a position at this place and time. We would, however, like to place you on a list in case an opportunity arises when your inclusion could be tolerated. Your position as an ongoing financial patron, however, is yours to cherish.
Sincerely,
The Finer Things Club |
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| Why Corporate’s Commercial Was Better Than Michael's: a marketing nerd’s perspective. |
[Oct. 27th, 2007|02:50 am] |
First off, I just want to say that Michael’s commercial was 100 times better than I thought he was capable of. “Great Scott” Productions is coming up in the world.
Michael’s commercial is fine, but it doesn’t make their point. What do you know about Dunder Mifflin now that you’ve seen that commercial? Just that they have paper (not mufflers, or muffins, or mittens). Limitless paper (whatever the heck that is) but paper nonetheless. (I like the word nonetheless, because you’re really just running three words together. That is also why I like “inasmuch”.) How is that different from OfficeMax or Staples? It also dilutes its message by speaking too much in metaphor, because Michael was trying to be arty.
But the corporate commercial starts with a common frustration with the way the competitors operate and then counters it by showing all the smiling faces of your local DM branch.
This is also why Darryl’s song was better. It addressed the competitors having a flawed system (break from the chains that are causing you pain), and personalized the DM people by even giving some names.
Toby’s idea is kinda neat, too, although it might be misconstrued when watching in real time. |
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| Name's Mose, Buddy. |
[Oct. 23rd, 2007|10:07 am] |
Okay, can the Office please contain more Mose Schrute? I'm not saying major role or anything, just hanging around in the periphery somewhere?
He was great in this last episode (LOVE the Jurassic Park jammies), and this may be the funniest deleted scene... EVER. (NBC doesn't let you embed their videos, so you just have to click here.
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| Gareth Keenan Investigates |
[Oct. 12th, 2007|09:27 am] |
Re: Jim & Pam - In last night's episode, Jim and Pam were on the roof, and Jim said: "Do you remember what you said to me on my first day of work, just before you walked me over to my desk?" "Yes: enjoy this moment, because you're never going to back to this time before you met your desk mate, Dwight." "And that's when I knew."
So Pam worked there first.
But in Season 2 (yes, I went back and watched it) there's an episode called "The Secret" where Michael lets it slip that Jim had a crush on Pam, and Jim tries to cover it by going to Pam and he says: "Hey, listen, I told Michael, on the booze cruise-—it's so stupid. Um, I told Michael that I had had a crush on you when you first started here. Well, I just thought that... I figured you should hear it from me rather than... I mean, you know Michael. And seriously, it's totally not a big deal, okay? And when I found out that you were engaged?" And then Pam says: "No, like, I know, I kind of, I thought that maybe you did, when I first started." So Jim worked there first.
But later in that same episode, Pam is talking to Michael and she says: "It's okay, I know that Jim had, like, a crush on me when he first started, but that was a long time ago." So Pam worked there first.
So I guess Jim/John screwed up the take and Pam/Jenna just went with it?
Re: Dwangelandy - If you have the closed captions on when you watch the scene where Andy sings to Angela, it says the voices on the phone are Michael and Dwight. And when they pan the crowd, you don't see Dwight or Michael. Could the singers be Steve & Rainn? Maybe. |
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| Too weird to be coincidence? |
[Oct. 9th, 2007|10:20 pm] |
My office has big potential clients coming in tomorrow. Seriously big. They're coming in on their corporate jet. Know what happened today to prepare for the visit? Sales team made gift baskets. No really.
AND, they're having a costume contest for Halloween. Seriously. |
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| More like Dunder Mifflin Jerk-finity |
[Oct. 6th, 2007|12:14 am] |
Okay, so I didn't laugh as much at this episode as I did last week. This one was more of a "wow, that was uncomfortable" sort of humor.
The jerk store called, they are out of the following:- Toby: I know you have a crush on Pam, but you don't have to be a punk-ass about it.
- Ryan: There's too much jerkish-ness to get into here. (Do you think he has any intention of using a logo Pam designed, or just a scam so he could scam on her?)
- Phyllis: PHYLLIS! You're supposed to be the sweet older lady! Not impugning Pam's dating habits! "who you're sleeping with that week."
- Angela: OFFICE MATTRESS!?! You're a meanie.
Things that were A-MAZ-ING:- Kelly: "I'm pregnant." Cut to her shaking her head at the camera. Also, the deleted scene where she changes the banner to "Welcome Back, Asshole". "You lied about being pregnant." "Right. So?"
- Andy: "He smells like what I think Pierce Brosnan would smell like." "Jim Halpert is off the market, guess who's now the best looking single guy in the office." "Yes! Cash Basket!"
- Dwight: GARBAGE! He was trying so hard, it was precious. And I loved that he released it into Vance Refrigeration. Sounds like there's an even cuter outtake, judging by Angela's blog. Plus, "We'll bill you." FACT: Dwight = Awesome Forever.
- Jim & Pam: "I have to ask, now that we're public, is the magic gone?" "It's funny you should bring that up, because yes it is." "I now find you repulsive." "That's honest. It was really fun while it lasted." "Eh."
- Jan: "Love the beard; keep it forever."
- Michael: "I drove my car into a *BLEEP*ing lake."
Plus, a good SNL promo:
Andy Samberg: We're gonna Knock you Up with our comedy!
Seth Rogen: Wow, that was Super Bad.
Andy Samberg: Hot Rod. |
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| Probably last Office post |
[Sep. 28th, 2007|11:04 am] |
Until next week. :)
As part of our weekly "Supper Club", we had a little "Office Party" at Jen & Bob's last night. Jen & Bob even made up miniature staplers in jell-o. I was very impressed with their industriousness.
And Bob made Carrot Cake Soup, but that's because he's a crazy person.
Boston Katie sent me this article this morning. It's about how all the teams in the playoffs can be identified as particular characters on The Office. It's not bad.
I guess the Cardinals would be Jan Levinson: former badass big boss, now completely fucking OUT OF IT.
Or maybe Ed Truck. Formerly in charge, now decapitated.
Oh, and Creed is writing about the playoffs on Creed Thoughts this week."I hear the Cubs still haven’t won the World Series. Let that be a lesson to everyone: That’s what you get for making love to a goat in center field."
"How’s this for a slogan for Major League Baseball: “Baseball: We’re just like the other sports you like, but we play more games and the score’s a lot lower.” I’m going to make t-shirts. Who’s buying one?" And Dwight's "SchruteSpace" blog is back, too."You may be asking yourself, “what happened to Dwight all summer?” Shut up. It’s none of your business. Just focus on the present." And Greg Daniels (the show's big boss) did a live blog here right after the show aired. It's going to keep refreshing itself, every couple minutes--because it was done as a live blog and it's trying to show you if there is a new post, but just hit back on your browser, and it'll go back to where you were on the page. Starts at the bottom, goes up. |
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