Friend first, blog second, and probably an entertainer third.
Steve Carell comes to San Francisco this weekend!
Steve appears this Saturday, Feb. 23, at WonderCon 2008, to promote his upcoming movie, the film remake of Get Smart. He’ll be joined by director Peter Segal and Anne Hathaway (Agent 99).
Link: WonderCon 2008
Tipster: Allysa
The Office Convention website has been updated with a link to a podcast featuring some of the convention’s planning committee — Tim Holmes, Matt Smith, Tucker Hottes, and Michele Dempsey.
The podcast discusses how last fall’s amazing weekend came together — from the initial idea, to making contact with NBC, to deciding which events would be on the schedule, to the committee’s favorite moments of the weekend.
Little tidbits about The Office cast and staff are sprinkled throughout.
All told, more than 45 cast, staff, and NBC folks attended the weekend, which is a testament to the planning committee’s hard work!
And what about a 2008 convention? No official news yet, but OfficeTally will be certain to let y’all know! (The podcast does mention a certain Dunder Mifflinite who plans to appear in Scranton during the St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 15 …)
Link: “The Rundown” podcast (scroll to the bottom of the page)
Mike Schur’s wife, J.J. Philbin, gave birth to William Xavier Schur, yesterday after 30 hours of labor. Congratulations to the whole family!
Watch Grandpa Regis make the announcement on ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ at the link below.
Link: Regis Becomes A Grandpa
Tipster: Annie
A reminder that Angela Kinsey appears on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson tonight.
Alice Cooper and Wyclef are also scheduled to appear.
Link: Angela on ‘The Late Late Show’
Tipster: Sarah
A reminder that Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, and Carol Burnett appear on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ today to promote their film, ‘Horton Hears a Who’ (release date March 14th).
Link: Preview of Jim Carrey, Carol Burnett and Steve Carell on ‘Oprah’
Tallyheads Secondrink and Alison report on Mindy Kaling and Craig Robinson’s appearance at Ohio State University on Sunday night.
Our first post-strike Weekend Tally is a ginormous one. Thanks, tipstahs! :)
Tipsters: Jackie, Chillis, PB&J, Kenna, Bry, Lindsay, Cher, Mike, sorano916, Jaimee, Megan, Rosa, Amy
Dear Fans of The Office,
It looks like, after many long months, the writers’ strike will be ending very shortly. The vote to temporarily lift the strike while we vote on the contract passed with an overwhelming majority on Tuesday, and while we still technically have to ratify the contract (in a separate vote that takes place over the next two weeks or so), that vote was a very strong signal that we’re almost back to normal.
It was a difficult struggle, and we don’t take lightly the problems it caused for our crew, our actors, and the viewers of the show. In the end, though, we believe it was worth it, because writers have managed to win a share of the future of the industry.
We just want to thank you for the incredible display of support you have given us over the last four months. We never forget how lucky we are to have a fan base that cares so much about what we do, and we are excited to be going back to work, which is the only way we can try to pay you back.
It seems like we will be making six more episodes this year, the first of which is scheduled to air April 10. Right now, that episode will be “Dinner Party,” written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, which we had just begun to film when the strike hit. Also, although we aren’t 100% sure yet, it looks like we may have an hour-long season finale. All of this is subject to change, but seems likely. (Just stay tuned to OfficeTally — tanster will probably somehow find out all the developments before we do.)
In the meantime, we’re back at work, and would like to thank you, again, for everything.
Sincerely,
The Office Writers