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Ed Helms returned to ‘The Daily Show’ tonight as Senior Correspondent. His pre-report banter with Jon Stewart was cute, as he explained his absence from the show in the name of “exposing the seedy underbelly of the American workplace.”
Tipster: James
In her latest MySpace blog, Angela writes that she’ll be taping ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ today.
I don’t see her officially listed as a guest on Conan’s site, so I’m guessing this is a last-minute appearance.
Can’t hurt to set your DVRs/VCRs for it, just in case …
Update: Here is the video of the appearance. (Thanks Denise)
The Office’s Greg Daniels and Kent Zbornak have been nominated for 2007 Producers Guild of America awards.
The awards will be presented on January 20th in Century City.
Here’s the complete list of nominees for the Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television Comedy:
Read Producers Guild announces TV noms or go to the PGA site.
Congratulations to Greg and Kent for the nominations!
The New Yorker’s Tad Friend offers a fascinating, if not somewhat ponderous analysis of The Office, both versions.
A few excerpts:
Steve Carell does wonderful work with his voice, going from strangled and squeaky when he’s wounded to orotund when he’s feeling statesmanlike, an effect routinely shattered by his penchant for cackling and blurting out “Fo’ shizzle!” or “What’s the dealio?” All the conversational lint that tumbles around the airwaves gets trapped on the blank mesh of his brain.
… Andy, a new guy from Stamford (Ed Helms, in a scene-stealing turn as a smarmy frat-boy type), tells us he’ll have the second-in-command job within six weeks, through “name repetition” and “personality mirroring.” Michael falls for the manipulation, of course, and his credulousness made us feel the sort of sadness we feel when a computer outplays Garry Kasparov.
Get out your big dictionary for this one.
Read The Paper Chase.
Once again, JustJared has posted a nice scan of an Office cast article — this time it’s Rainn Wilson in the latest issue of People.
An excerpt:
How is dear Dwight handling the staff shake-up?
It’s a new opportunity for him to dominate even more people with his signature flair. There will be a lot of jostling among [the three deputies] and I think there are going to be some fireworks — like actual bottle rockets and M-80s.
Read Rainn Date here (click the photo to zoom in). Thanks JJ!
Tipster: SHK
Andy sings ‘The Rainbow Connection’ to Pam, pig latin style, accompanied by banjo.
So we’ve been told, and some choose to believe it
I know they’re wrong, wait and see,
‘Cause one day we’ll find it,
The ainbowray onnectionkay,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me…
From The Office Season 3 episode, The Convict.
Ed Helms (“Andy”) appeared on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ tonight, along with Tom Brokaw and Sarah McLachlan.
Ed talks about his voiceover work (“suddenly, there’s more to see”), his love for baton twirling, and singing along with Yanni.
View the video here. (link no longer available)
Tipsters: Enoch, James