In this third and final part of my chat with The Office’s Michael Schur, we discuss gift exchanges, the origin of Dwight’s cousin, Mose, and eating on the set.
Q&A with Michael Schur: Part 2
In Part Two of my conversation with The Office’s Michael Schur, we talk about character development and what it’s like to work with the other writers.
Things get a little out of hand.
Office wins Writers Guild awards
The Office writing staff has won TWO 2007 Writers Guild awards!
- COMEDY SERIES: The Office, Written by Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Brent Forrester, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky
- EPISODIC COMEDY – any length – one airing time: Casino Night (The Office), Written by Steve Carell
Woo-hoo! Congratulations to everybody!
Read a complete list of winners here.
From Variety:
Steve Carell won a second trophy for “The Office” in top comedy episode for writing the “Casino Night” segment … Upon accepting his award, Carell evoked a big laugh by saying tongue-in-cheek, “The other writers did not help me, so I celebrate me.”
Tipster: _bales
Office nominated for 2007 Writers Guild Awards
The Office has received three nominations for the 2007 Writers Guild Awards:
- COMEDY SERIES. The Office, written by Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Brent Forrester, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky
- EPISODIC COMEDY, any length, one airing time. Casino Night (The Office), written by Steve Carell
- EPISODIC COMEDY, any length, one airing time. The Coup (The Office), written by Paul Lieberstein
Read the full list of nominees here.
The awards will be presented on February 11 in Los Angeles.
Congratulations to Steve, Paul, and the rest of the writing staff!
Interview with The Office webisode writers
IGN has a fantastically meaty interview with webisode writers Michael Schur and Paul Lieberstein (“Toby”).
An excerpt:
Schur says that they shot the webisodes “in two days, and it was basically like we focused on the accountants and whoever else wasn’t shooting in the episode that was being shot at the same time. We would pull them in and we would schedule their scenes around the larger shooting schedule. Basically, the idea was, like Paul said, to do 10 little vignettes and basically [have] one focus on the accountants — and then give one side-character the kind of like starring role for each individual episode, as a way to just sort of involve as many people as we could.”
Besides talking about the webisodes, the article also details The Office’s writing process in general, something I have always found fascinating.
There’s even a little plot point revealed about Season 3!
Read the full article here.
Thanks to OT reader DS for pointing me to this article!
The Office gets five Emmy nominations!
Congratulations to The Office for being nominated for the following Emmys:
- Outstanding Comedy Series: The Office
- Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series: Steve Carell
- Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series: Michael Schur, Christmas Party
- Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series:
– Dean Holland, Booze Cruise
– David Rogers, Christmas Party
Sorry, no nominations in the Supporting Actor/Actress categories … :(
For more information
Office nominated for 2006 Writers Guild Awards
The Office was nominated for three Writers Guild Awards:
- COMEDY SERIES. The Office, written by Jennifer Celotta, Gregory M. Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul B. Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky, Larry Wilmore
- NEW SERIES. The Office, written by Jennifer Celotta, Gregory M. Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul B. Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky, Larry Wilmore
- EPISODIC COMEDY, any length, one airing time. Diversity Day (The Office), written by B.J. Novak
For the complete list of nominees, click here.