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In yesterday’s chat with Kristin of E! Online:
From Lynn: What happened to The Office?!
Fear not! It will be back. And the Jim and Pam storyline is heating up — big time! We won’t find out whether she marries Sir Doofalot before the season ends, but Jim will finally give her a very good reason not to. Yes, the feelings are coming out — and it’s gonna be squeal-worthy!
Hmm, what do you think “squeal-worthy” means? Another kiss perhaps?!
I can hardly freaking stand it!
The NBC Universal’s All-Star Charity Auction, which takes place April 19-25, will be auctioning off many cool show items and experiences, including this item:
The Office signed Season 1 DVD, Script & Photo
(Too bad The Office isn’t auctioning off a walk-on part, like “My Name is Earl” is doing. I think I’d mortgage my house for a chance at that one!)
For more information on the auction, click here.
To bid, go to NBCUniversalStore.com starting April 19.
Update: to see a photo of the winnings, head over to Northern Attack.
Rose d’Or (“Golden Rose”), the international festival for entertainment television programming, has announced its 2006 nominees.
Among them:
The Office and Steve Carell are the only U.S. nominees in their respective categories.
Oh, and it’s nice that Ricky Gervais, executive producer of The Office and star and creator of the original UK version, will be given an Honorary Rose d’Or Award “in recognition of his exceptional creative talents, his originality and his innovation.”
The awards ceremony will be held on April 29 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
(Never heard of Rose d’Or until today? Me either! But it’s been around 43 years and is supposed to be the most prestigious competition for international television programming. Learn more here.)
So this brings up the question: in which countries is the U.S. version of The Office broadcast? — please post a comment!
The OfficeTally Calendar, which lists upcoming Office episodes as well as talk show appearances by the Office cast and other noteworthy events, is now powered by iCal.
What does this mean?
It means that you can now subscribe to the OfficeTally calendar using any website or application that supports the iCalendar (.ics) format.
This includes (but is not limited to):
Just use the following address: webcal://ical.mac.com/tanster/OfficeTally.ics
Thanks to OfficeTally reader JOJOFACE for the suggestion to move to iCal!
This feature is no longer available.
If I didn’t know any better, I would have guessed that this was a photo of Kelly Clarkson.
But no, it’s Jenna Fischer (“Pam”) in May’s issue of Glamour magazine.
Holy Scranton!
The photo’s part of an article called “TV’s plainest Janes go glam,” and also includes Chandra Wilson (Dr. Miranda Bailey of Grey’s Anatomy) and Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian of 24) getting their supermodel on.
On March 30, 2006, NBC ran a series of hilarious “The More You Know” public service announcements featuring characters from The Office.
I decided to transcribe these little gems of wisdom for the benefit of humanity. Enjoy!
TV Guide reports that the episode “Drug Testing” is scheduled to air on April 27, with this description:
When half a joint is found on company property, Dwight dons his Lackawanna County volunteer deputy sheriff’s uniform (complete with badge) and launches an investigation. He brings in a professional drug tester — a turn of events that makes Michael nervous. Meanwhile, Jim and Pam play a game in which Jim is forbidden to speak.
NBC.com’s synopsis:
WHO SHOULD SHOOT THE ‘SHERIFF’? — When Dwight (Rainn Wilson) finds half a joint in the Dunder Mifflin parking lot, he puts on his volunteer sheriff’s uniform and launches a full investigation — prompting Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) to ask for an unusual favor. Pam (Jenna Fischer) playfully issues a challenge to Jim (John Krasinski) and he does his best to follow through with it. B.J. Novak, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Melora Hardin and David Denham also star.
See a complete list of events in the calendar.
Once again, Jenna Fischer (“Pam”) goes above and beyond the call of duty with a new blog entry during a rerun week! (Thanks, Jenna!)
This time, it’s a fresh behind-the-scenes look at one of my personal favorites, The Dundies.
Jenna writes mainly about the interesting “research” she did in order to play a drunk Pam, and how Chili’s protest to a particular scene resulted in Pam falling off her bar stool instead! (The alternative would have been a little more, shall we say…sticky.)
Go to Jenna’s blog here, and be sure to read B.J. Novak’s (“Ryan”) perspective on the episode here.
For those of you who haven’t seen this episode yet, you are in for a real treat. Especially if you’re a JAM fan. :)