- Steve Carell responds to the Emmy announcement from yesterday: “I am honored and overwhelmed that ‘The Office’ has received a nomination. This is a very exciting moment for everyone involved with the show. We are all extremely honored. I’m also additionally overjoyed by being personally recognized as well.” (Source: Access Hollywood)
- Rainn Wilson appears next week on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ (Wednesday night, still trying to confirm) and ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ (Thursday morning). Both are listed in the calendar. Thanks, Jill, for the Regis tip! (See video clips of Rainn’s most recent late night visits on Leno, Conan, and Carson Daly.)
- Lastly, Amazon.com has reduced its price for the Season 2 DVD to $32.49 with free Super Saver shipping. Don’t know how long this new price will last …
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 … :(
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Reminder: Emmy nominations announced tomorrow
Just a reminder that Emmy nominations will be announced tomorrow morning by Brad Garrett and Julia Louis-Dreyfus around 5:30am PT from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood.
Come back here tomorrow morning for what I hope will be some great news about The Office!
(And cross your fingers … )
P.S. To read past Emmy posts, click here.
Independence Day Tally
A few items:
- New fan video: Pass That Dutch — a tribute to the Dunder Mifflin Dancers. I’ve also added this to our playlist.
- I caught Angela and Brian (Kevin) goofing off!
- Not exactly Office-related, but if you’re a Melora Hardin (“Jan”) fan, check out melora.com. Did you know she’s a singer? If you love this genre of music (which I definitely do), check out the audio clip Heaven and Earth, as well as a video montage of her songs. New episode idea: Jan serenades Michael while out on a date! Hmmm …
Happy 4th, everybody!
TV Guide’s The Office A to Z Guide
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.
The Office Season 3 spoilers
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Quickie Contest #2
Name the episode and the character who speaks each of these lines:
- “Try to have some fun.”
- “This is illegal.”
- “Take a gander.”
- “It kind of gets under my skin, okay?”
- “There is broken glass everywhere.”
The first person who adds a comment with all the correct answers wins any Office episode from the iTunes store!
Sorry, U.S. players only — that’s the iTunes store rule. :(
Update: We have our winner, so this contest is now closed.
The Office makes initial Emmy cut?
The Gold Derby folks have been working, what seems to be around the clock, in deducing the lists of potential Emmy finalists based on “insider information” during the judging panels.
According to these lists, The Office for Best Comedy Series and Steve Carell for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy both made the initial cut.
I waded through 40-plus pages of the thread to see if The Office was mentioned by name, and it was, by Emmy voter (and insider) “EA”:
Weeds was the show that seemed like it was in a whole different league than the rest. The crowd loved it. Two and a Half Men was received very well. The Office had people laughing a bit, but it still seemed to underachieve. Scrubs had little reaction, it did not go over well in my screening. It felt very flat. As for Will & Grace, well enough said. The audience hated it.
The thing about the voting in the comedy series was, the first show we saw was The Office (ed: Booze Cruise was the episode shown), I gave it a very high rating. Then they played Scrubs and it felt not as good as The Office. We weren’t supposed to compare the shows, but that is hard not to do. The first episode played at every screening seems to set a bar.
Here is the potential list of Emmy finalists.
Remember that the official Emmy nominations will be announced this coming Thursday, July 6th, at 5:30am PT!