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Nice. That shot is probably worth the entire trashing of her character that went on this season.

RE: Jim's interview at the hot dog stand...yeah, I thought that was Lorne Michaels at first, too, had to rewind it.

From the "Upfronts" thread:



So it rolls out in the Spring but I don't know if that means it starts filming later or if she would be under contract with Fox for this summer...but she would, I suppose, have to be gone soon after the season premiere if she shows up at all.

Creed rules!!!

From Creed's blog for those who haven't clicked the link yet...his thoughts on beach day. Greatest off-screen supplement to a televisions series ever.

And someone already noted above that Rashida Jones is on-board for the next season also.

My tape cut off after Jim asked Pam out. What happen with Ryan?

We see David Wallace talking to someone on the phone. He gives this person the corporate job and notes how nice it will be to have another MBA in the office. Cut to Ryan on the phone thanking him. The call ends, and he breaks up w/ Kelly.

The aforementioned clip is the last 21 seconds of the 2 minute recap posted here: http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/video/#mea=106721

Favorite parts of the finale for me were David telling Jim that "We have this real annoying HR guy here, probably the only one you won't like" and Kevin feverishly but subtly jotting down pros and cons for Karen and Pam in the conference room ("She looks good in those pant suits")

Sep 11 is rumored season 3 DVD release. Not sure I can make it that long.

Before this topic dies off to make way for season four, I can't help but mention that I finally got around to seeing season two. Holy cow that was an amazing season. From the first episode you could tell they really found their groove. "The Dundies" was so odd yet so charming at the end. And I definitely preferred Michael from season two than three.

I am also amazed at how casting managed to find such great people for the Jim/Pam dynamic. Not only did they find two people that everyone can like or adore, but they play the characters really well. Watching season two in my eyes made the ending of season three that much more rewarding to see.

And I couldn't help but cringe a little watching "Booze Cruise" and "Casino Night". It makes me wish I caught this when it first aired on NBC. And the commentaries are generally pretty good.

FYI, the Office's season 2 set will be $28 at Target next week. The Target version has a video blog extra shot by Jenna Fischer, and that's a pretty good price for it, although I'm thinking about waiting until an S2/S3 bundle is released since June has a couple of other big DVD releases that I want.

http://blog.nbc.com/CreedThoughts/

The worst part about Raisin Bran is the bran. Hands down.


I saw a man fishing bottles out of a garbage can yesterday and it reminded me of a funny story.


I don’t like hockey. They should get rid of the pucks and put those shoe blades on their sticks – then you’d have a game on your hands.


To be a good pick pocket, you’ve got to look like a regular Joe. Don’t dress up in fancy colors or jewelry. That’s where the Gypsies have it wrong. Pair of slacks, t-shirt, hat – that’s all you need. And it helps to have tiny hands, too.


I’ve had enough of this LBJ character.


If I had to pick between a chimp and a spider, I’d take the chimp. Harder to forget where you left it.

Reminder: Michael’s safe combo: 26-22-30.

watched the episode twice and missed this both times. good catch. this show is amazing

I like that Michael changed his safe combo, and Creed knows the next one...OR Creed just doesn't remember it right from week-to-week.

WACKY WEED CREED!

I know that the US vs. UK thing was beaten to death two or three Office threads ago, but here's a great article from Stylus "combatting" the two:

http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/vs/the-...e-office-us.htm

NEW!

May 31, 06:06 PM
Creed Thoughts

Where’s Thousand Island? I’ve got some vacation time saved up and it sounds like a delicious place to visit.


Root beer floats. It does. I’ve tested it.


There’s a fat man that sits by me. He has some sort of jar of multi-colored power beans. I need those beans, man.


The last thing I want to deal with at work is people.


I’m thinking about buying a horse. Great for transportation and once you’re done with it, you’ve got about seven days worth of meals.


Never trust mailmen.


Reminder: Michael’s safe combo: 20-22-36.

June 07, 07:39 PM

Creed Thoughts
Boxers or thiefs? Who wants to know?


This might not be “Peacie,” but I think we should segregate the ghost population from the living. Thoughts?


I’d chew ice cubes all day if they weren’t so sharp.


If you want to be a good hitchhiker, you’ve got to think outside of the thumb. Don’t just stand there when you could be dancing.


Types of girls I like: Brazilian, Ukrainian, South African, Canadian [the further North, the better], short, Wisconsin.


You’d be surprised to know how many passports I’ve got.


Reminder: Michael’s safe combo: 23-20-26

Sorry to be bumping this, but it makes me sad when it's neglected. Are we going to maintain this thread through season four?

I know this one is old, but it is great.



June 14, 01:43 PM
Creed Thoughts

Winning is everything when it comes to Russian Roulette.


I tore my rotator cuff. I always hated that thing.


Screw parasailing, man. Make the handicapped sail like the rest of us.


I’m really bad at remembering birthdays. I think mine’s in June, but who knows?


I’ll take the moon over the sun any day of the week.


Man, what ever happened to Zaire? That place was crazy!


Reminder: Michael’s safe combo: 23-26-30

I'm seriously melting down with twenty-seven days to go until the release of season three on DVD. I don't even want to think about the distance beyond that until September 27th. This show has become a sickness.

I cannot wait until the new DVD, nor can I wait for the new season. Call me lame, but I can't wait to see what happens with Pam and Jim.

Nothing lame about wanting to see how really good writers deal with a huge challenge like that...a challenge that they had the balls to dump in their own laps when they easily could have avoided it for another year. They confidently baited that 800 pound gorilla and I can't wait to see if they can bring it in in one piece.

I can't even fathom how they could have convincingly strung that along for another season.

In t.v., committing to a stupid plot twist to preserve a formula is like ripping off a bandage. Yeah, you'll wince when it's happening, but a few weeks later no one will remember...it'll just be back to business as usual.

I'm not saying it would have been a good idea, or that easy...but allowing them to get together and then trying to keep conflict in the show without turning one of them heel is a lot harder to pull off over the long term than coming up with some ridiculous barrier to keep them apart for six or twelve more episodes.


Jim's relationship with Karen ended rather quickly and with no on-screen conflict at all. They could have strung that out at least for the first part of season four. They could also have put off the promotion to New York storyline and held that over them...maybe making them reticent to start up a relationship at least for the first month.

Bearing in mind that while this storyline is ancillary (and even a nuisance) to most fans of the show on this board...it's really the central element to a lot of the people that the network seems to feel are making the show a success. So pushing forward against the inertia of comfortable formula was quite brave.

I guess I should clarify. I'm well aware of the pains taken to avoid paying off big storylines throughout the history of television (largely sitcoms). What I guess I'm really saying is that I can't fathom it being done effectively in this case, with all characters involved maintaining their integrity. I look at The Office as a show that wouldn't trade that strength of character for one more season of chasing the Ross and Rachel dynamic.

you know realistically having jim and pam in a relationship on the show isn't too different than aspects of the relationship Jim and Pam had before. When there were scenes of them hanging out and pulling pranks most of the time the fact that Pam was dating someone was never brought out into the front; we knew she was engaged but there wasn't too many occasions in which her engagement to roy was apparent (with the exceptions of when Roy was on the show of course).

Also the Karen part is interesting; they're all going to have to be in the same room, so there would be a tension. I think as a whole this show has a better chance than most of avoiding the "ross and rachel" or "niles and daphnie" type thing.

and yet, underneath it all we knew they weren't happy...which is what kept it interesting. Happy relationships make for crappy television and the unfulfilled desire they felt was always one of the best metaphors on the show for workaday life in general...knowing there is something better out there but not being willing/able to pursue it. In fact, I think the U.S. version has made the office itself such a cosy little place (even Dwight is basically a babyface now) that they need this tension more than the UK version did.

I can't see these two characters (the two "normals" or...you know Alex Reagers...) being happy for long without killing any tension left in the show. None of the other characters are capable of producing the same level of empathy/regret/hope in the audience. At the same time, I can't see them turning the audience on either of them. So how do you break them up and keep them on the show without turning on one or both of them?

It would worry the bebuddha if I had to write it....s'all I'm saying.

If they ever decide to break them up maybe Pam gets shitfaced drunk somehow and sleeps with someone else. Isn't she someone that gets drunk fairly easily? That's really the only way I see that working is by having something that makes one of them not in full control of themselves. It would be hard to pull off, but for now one it's an idea I can kind of see happening.

When's the season supposed to start anyway? I'm getting kind of anxious.

You know, I was once in a situation not entirely unlike the show. I was the goofy guy who didn't really fit in with the overall office vibe, she was the admin assistant. We flirted with each other for a long time, pulled pranks on co-workers. Eventually, I got the nerve to ask her out. We dated for a while, but the chemistry just didn't translate at all. What was so natural as a flirtatious friendship didn't work at a romantic level. She ended up moving not too long afterwards so we never had the awkward deal afterwards.
I can see them doing something like that for a while. Maybe it all works out in the end. They could run something like that for a while.
I'm one of those who is a big fan of the Jim-Pam storyline. The side stories and characters are what truly sets the show apart (although I think the Creed hype here is a little much), but I'd watch if it were just the Jim-Pam characters (and the writers) in an otherwise cliche sitcom office.

-jlowe

I don't know. I think even that would damage the character pretty greatly. The show is lighter than that, which I'm totally in favor of. I can't see them going that route with such an essential character.

When does season 4 start?

September 27th. TWO DOLLAR HOLLER!

I'm prepared to be ridiculed for this, but I fully endorse the http://www.congratsjenna.com/ campaign. Donate some money! Also, JUSTICE FOR KRASINSKI, Emmy wise.

Apparently there's going to be a Season 3 limited edition gift set, much like last year's, available at Best Buy. Good opportunity for people like me who waited too long to go out and get them. I need Dunder Mifflin stationary YESTERDAY, so I'm all over this.

Hopefully it also has different things in it, because I am buying it again regardless and that way I can buy it without feeling bad that I essentially bought the same thing twice. COMMERCIALISM~!

EDIT: Hey, it comes with a Dundie and a mini Dwight bobblehead. Neat!

I thought the mini-Dwight was a part of last year's package. I knew the Dundie was brand new, so that's cool. Yes. TWO WEEKS. Very exciting.

So, does it come with Season One and Two also?
I bought the giftpack last year, and it did not come with the bobblehead.

It's just the third season.

New Crack:

Office Summer Vacation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCDXIyRdwG0

Hour long episodes the first 4 weeks? WOW.

"Throw mama from the tambien."

YES!

What the frick was up with Ryan's facial hair?

Seriously now, he looked like he should have had some gold chains around his neck to go with it. Heck, he might as well just go all the way and start dressing like Sonny Crockett.

DARK RYANBUSA~~~

That might have been the best three minutes of TV I've seen all summer.

"Turns out I have grandkids. And kids."

He looked like somebody out of Oliver Stone's Wall Street. I guess there's the answer right there.

"I think I dated a black girl" was too damn funny.

Nice to see this coming on TBS starting Sept 11.

As a huge 'Vice fan, I fully support him doing that. That reminds me of Dwight and Michael dressing like Crockett in the '80s day that was referenced in one episode.

The summer vacation video rules. Pam's "The new Pam is letting her hair down. I've been saying that for a while, but never actually did it. So Jim called me a hypocrite, and viola!". Karen's "Jim dumped my ass and left me crying next to a fountain in New York City, how was your summer?" ruled, as did Phyllis finally receiving Michael's wedding gift - a Transformers place setting.

I'm happy with Andy's innertubing story about going down to the Chesepeake Bay and back. Awesome!

This video was awesome, I can't wait now for the season premiere.

I read a few posts back about how the Office is going to be on TBS. I assume that this means syndication, right? And if so, how is this happening this soon? They have maybe 20, 30 episodes done for the US one - wouldn't they burn through them in a reallly short time?

Both full seasons have like 25 and the first season I think had seven. So, that puts them around sixty, not to mention all of the hour episodes. They're only showing an hour a week, so it'll take awhile to get through all of it.

TBS has been showing the same 50 or so Family Guy episodes for years. Besides, IMO, The Office is one of those shows you can see again and again and still get a laugh out of it. Even though I've seen all the episodes multiple times I'm sure if I'm flipping by TBS and it's on I'll watch.