Behind the scenes with John the prop guy

We can look forward to one more MySpace “behind the scenes at The Office” blog come Season 3 — this time from props specialist John Sparano.

His latest post talks about Office segments from the NBC Primetime Preview:

The mustard toss: The first time Jim threw it, he put it up on the roof. to my knowledge it’s still there.

Read John’s blog here. (I’ve also added a link to John’s blog from the OT links page.)

Thanks to bluepassiflora at the LiveJournal Office community for the tip!

The Office Season 2 DVD bloopers

Sure enough, someone has posted the 17-minute blooper reel from The Office Season 2 DVD, but who knows how long it’ll stick around …

If you can’t wait to get your own copy of the DVD, watch them here and here.

Feel free to comment on the bloopers here. (If you prefer to remain unspoiled, don’t venture into the comments section.)

Rainn Wilson says, be yourself

Backstage.com interviews several actors, including The Office’s Rainn Wilson, on the importance of being true to oneself in Hollywood:

Wilson, who describes himself as “pudgy and a little bit odd, but strangely sexy and alluring at the same time,” admits that in the beginning of his career he, too, struggled with trying to fit himself into someone else’s ideal. “I had my earliest agent in New York telling me that I had to get my teeth fixed and I needed to lift weights to go for leading-man types of roles,” he recalls.

Read the full article here.

Bid on iPod signed by Angela and Phyllis!

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The Clothes Off Our Back Foundation presents its fifth annual Emmy auction, and includes a “limited edition engraved iPod Nano” signed by The Office’s Angela Kinsey and Phyllis Smith. Proceeds go to the emergency relief efforts in Darfur, Children’s Defense Fund, and Cure Autism Now.

Bid for the Nano here; the auction ends Sept. 15th at 6pm PDT.


The Friday Tally

Upcoming events

The OfficeTally Calendar is currently out of commission, so I thought I would summarize some upcoming events here:

  • Today, Sept. 7: Patrice Oneal (“Lonny”) on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’
  • Today, Sept. 7: Steve Carell on ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson’ (r)
  • Friday, Sept. 8: Rainn Wilson on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’
    Rescheduled for Sept. 19
  • Tuesday, Sept. 12: The Office Season 2 DVD set released
  • Thursday, Sept. 14: Casino Night, supersized version (r)
  • Thursday, Sept. 21: Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski on ‘The Today Show’
  • Thursday, Sept. 21: The Office Season 3 premiere
  • Thursday, Sept. 21: John Krasinski on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’

Working on getting the calendar up as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience!

The Office trailer video on Xbox 360

Xbox 360 is offering a behind-the-scenes trailer of The Office, available only in its Xbox Live Marketplace. Here is a short article about it.

I got the opportunity to view this video (thanks, Greg!), and even though it’s only about three minutes long, it’s pretty precious.

In it, Steve Carell, Leslie David Baker, and Jenna Fischer all recount their favorite moments from Season 2. (Hint: Jenna’s favorite moment is not from Casino Night.)

And oh, there’s a really cute 2-second shot of Jenna and Angela Kinsey.