Category: News

The latest issue of TV Guide has an article entitled “The Office A to Z: Everything you need to know about the Dunder-Mifflin gang.”

Lots of interesting trivia, including:

C — Crystal Club Cola: The soft drink that you see Dunder-Mifflin employees occasionally sip in the employee lunchroom is a real regional soda brand from eastern Pennsylvania.

J — Jay Ferguson: The composer of The Office theme, Ferguson was lead singer in the rock bands Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne, and had a solo Top 40 hit in 1977 with “Thunder Island.”

Q — Quincy, M.E.: Melora Hardin, who plays Michael’s boss, Jan Levinson, appeared on the medical examiner drama twice when she was a teen actress.

Omigod, “Thunder Island”?! — I know that song! Sha-la-la-la-la-la my lady …

The full list of topics covered: Amy Adams, Booze Cruise, Crystal Club Cola, Diversity Day, Edgar, Fundle Bundle, Grass Roots, Halloween, Islands in the Stream, Jay Ferguson, Kiss, Lampshades, Men’s Room, Nancy Walls, Olympics, Phyllis Smith, Quincy, M.E., Reality TV, Scrantonicity, Toby, Urine, Valentine’s Day, Webisodes, Xmas Party, YouTube, Zbornak, Kent.

Hollywood Reporter describes a new deal between NBC and YouTube.

The most interesting part of the article to Office fans is:

The deal … includes a contest centered on the NBC series “The Office,” inviting YouTube users to create their own shortform videos touting the series.

The Associated Press provides a few more details on the contest:

NBC will sponsor a contest in which fans of “The Office” can create their own 20-second promotional clip — as long as they don’t use any copyright footage from the show. NBC will provide music, graphics and a “how-to” video.

Ooh boy, another contest! Calling Becca, proudgirl, and all other Office fanvid creators!

I’ve updated The Office Wallpaper archive (you can also click Wallpaper in the sidebar) with some of my latest favorites. I’ve also included NBC’s wallpaper from last Christmas.

Enjoy!

P.S. This is by no means an exhaustive list; for that, please go the LiveJournal Office community.

I’ve updated the episode pages for Office Olympics and Booze Cruise with:

• More quotes
• Links to interviews with the Office Olympics athletes
• Links to five deleted Booze Cruise scenes (Mac friendly!)

None of the tidbits are new, but I could watch Creed’s deleted scene over and over again. And I have. :)

Maybe this is old news to all of you, but this was the first time I had heard about it …

Remember in the episode The Injury, when Dwight sees Pam playing with her new MP3 player, the Prism DuroSport? He remarks, ” … they’re like an iPod, only they’re better. ‘Cause they’re chunkier and more solid.”

Well, now you can order your very own!

Er … just ignore the scathing review from Medialoper (no longer available), the potential bleeding from the nose and eyes, and the fact it doesn’t actually play music in MP3 format. (Because “nothing kills an artist’s career faster than large amounts of people having access to their music.”)

And yeah, don’t be alarmed that it has its own hate site, www.prismdurosportsucks.com (no longer available).

Thanks to flotsette for the tip!

(And flotsette says, “Apparently it was done by the show writers. Be sure to click ALL the links, it goes on forever, and it is HILARIOUS.”)

NBC has just announced that the Season 2 finale, Casino Night, will re-air on Thursday, July 6th, from 9:30-10pm.

Since this episode runs 40 minutes long, I’m wondering how NBC will squeeze it into a 30-minute slot; no commercials maybe? (Heaven forbid that they cut scenes out to make it fit 30 minutes!)

I’ll add this to the Calendar when I get home from work …