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10 unusual facts about The Office


Alec Christie

In 2005 he produced the pilot episode of the sitcom No Skillz through his company Kayak Productions starring Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras), Karen Taylor (The Sketch Show), Tony MacMurray (The Office, Last Chancers) and Nicola Cotter (The Office).

Family Guy Viewer Mail 2

In the interlude to the Chap of the Manor segment, Stewie jokingly says that Family Guy is based on The Simpsons, another animated comedy series, but later claims it is based on a British television show, like the TV series The Office.

Mars Area High School

The show's anti-bullying episodes are filmed like the television show The Office and are shown every other Wednesday during morning homeroom at the high school as part of Planet Peace, Mars Area's anti-bullying effort, which has received grants through Highmark's Healthy High Five program.

Rodman Flender

Flender's directing credits include the feature films The Unborn, Idle Hands and the documentary Let Them Eat Rock as well as episodes of many television shows, including The Office, Ugly Betty, The O.C., Dawson's Creek, Tales from the Crypt and Gilmore Girls.

Search Committee

"Search Committee" is the hour-long finale of the seventh season of the American television comedy series The Office.

Sissela Benn

She also currently has a role in the TV4 show Kontoret, a Swedish version of the British series The Office.

The Brittas Empire

The show has been credited with having an influence on Alan Partridge and The Office.

The Real Badlands

Current TV presenter Stew Game went on to describe the film as "brilliant" and compared it to The Office.

Three Chords from the Truth

The satirical style of the show, and its ensemble cast has drawn online comparisons to The Office .

To Leave or Die in Long Island

“Bomb the Music Industry! (and Action Action) (and Refused) (and Born Against) Are Fucking Dead” contains a sample from the British sitcom The Office.


Andrzej Grubba

"The hall of fame induction ceremony of Andrzej Grubba" was the first occasion that Dwight Schrute, a character from The Office, ever left Pennsylvania (season four, episode eight).

Andy's Play

While Michael Scott (Steve Carell) struggles to put his jealousy aside, Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) and Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer) have trouble with their less-than-stellar babysitter: Erin.

Anil Gupta

He has produced many shows on radio and television including Goodness Gracious Me, the spoof chat show The Kumars at No. 42, The Office, Citizen Khan and Bromwell High.

Ants on a log

In The Office episode "The Manager and the Salesman", it is revealed that Michael Scott (Steve Carell) has his receptionist bring him "ants on a log" every day at 2:30 pm.

B. J. Novak

The two dated on and off while writing and acting on the show, sometimes mirroring the on-again, off-again nature of the relationship between their characters, Ryan Howard and Kelly Kapoor. Novak served as a consulting producer for Season 1 of Kaling's show, The Mindy Project.

Bears3

The characters popularity has grown since first appearing on Ricky's Website in 2005, and have gone on to feature in the Onedotzero international film festival, Pictoplasma's Characters In Motion book and DVD, and in The Office episode of BBC1's Comedy Connections TV show.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Actor John Krasinski of The Office has adapted and directed a film version on the "Brief Interviews" stories that was released in 2009.

Chair Model

Michael calls Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) an "Oscar Mayer Weiner Lover", a reference to both the sausage of the same name, as well as Oscar's homosexuality.

Christmas Scandal

Commentators said NBC may have been received a boost in the ratings due to the lack of competition from repeats on ABC on December 10; NBC shows The Office, Community, 30 Rock and The Jay Leno Show also saw rating jumps that night.

Company Picnic

However, in the episode "Job Fair", she said her high school gym brings back memories of her faking PMS to get out of playing basketball and volleyball.

Employees arrive at a Dunder Mifflin company picnic, where Michael (Steve Carell) plans to win back his ex-girlfriend Holly (Amy Ryan), whom he has not seen since she was transferred to Nashua.

Deedle-Dee Productions

It is known for producing the long-running series King of the Hill, The Office and their newest series, Parks and Recreation.

Disc golf

In a 2006 episode of the TV show The Office ("The Convict") the character of Andy Bernard talks of having started a Frisbee golf club in his college years and says "I live to frolf!"

Eric Appel

He has written for MTV's Human Giant, The Andy Milonakis Show and Crank Yankers, and directed episodes of the US version of The Office, Workaholics, NTSF:SD:SUV, Eagleheart, Blue Mountain State, Death Valley, New Girl and Nick Swardson's Pretend Time.

Erin Hannon

In "The Delivery", Erin shows a knowledge of horse racing history as she names the Triple Crown winners to distract Pam before she goes to the hospital.

Evite

The Office: In E-mail Surveillance, Jim Halpert sends Evites to his coworkers to a barbecue at his house, excluding regional manager Michael Scott from the guestlist.

Farley's Eatery and Pub

Actor Steve Carell, who portrays Michael Scott in the NBC sitcom, allegedly told reporters he would personally fly to Scranton to "cut the ribbon" if Farley's were to place a "Michael Scott Burger" on their menu.

Geo Da Silva

His single singles "I'll Do You like a Truck" was used in the TV show The Office on NBC, and in a national Greek series named Lakys o Glykoulis on Mega Channel.

Gerry McNamara

The doll was featured on the Scranton-set television show The Office, placed on the desk of the character of Dwight Schrute.

Greg Daniels

Out of the six TV series that Daniels has worked on, four of them--Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, King of the Hill and The Office--were named among Time reviewer James Poniewozik's All Time 100 TV Shows.

History of Stamford, Connecticut

In recent years, Stamford has appeared as a setting in some television shows: In the NBC television series The Office, the character Jim Halpert transferred to a Dunder Mifflin branch in Stamford.

Jake Lacy

He is known for his portrayal of Casey Marion Davenport on the ABC sitcom Better with You, which aired 2010-11, and Pete Miller on the ninth and last season of The Office.

Joel Beckett

He also played Lee, Dawn's fiance in Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant's The Office and also appeared in many other television series such as Holby City and Band of Brothers.

Mark Proksch

He appeared in several episodes including "Sex Ed", "Doomsday", "Classy Christmas" and "Lotto", as well as in an increasingly prominent role in the final season.

Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel

The hotel is the setting, though not the actual filming location, for "Dwight's Speech" in the American television show The Office.

Randall Einhorn

"The Cover-Up", an episode of The Office, was dedicated to Randall's father Larry Einhorn, who died on April 20, 2010.

Said the actress to the bishop

In the original BBC version of The Office, Ricky Gervais's character David Brent frequently used the phrase "as the actress said to the bishop" as an inappropriate joke.

The Dundies

Michael Scott (Steve Carell) is the only person who looks forward to "The Dundies", his annual awards show at the local Chili's restaurant.

Tribulations

The song is featured in the 2005 video game Project Gotham Racing 3, the 2006 video game Driver: Parallel Lines, and in the episode of The Office "Night Out", when Michael and Dwight visit Ryan in a club in New York City.

Universal Studios Hollywood

Destroyed were 40,000 to 50,000 archived digital video and film copies chronicling Universal's movie and TV show history, dating back to the 1920s, including the films Knocked Up and Atonement, the NBC series Law & Order, The Office, and Miami Vice, and CBS's I Love Lucy.

WGGY

Froggy 101 has received national attention through NBC's hit series The Office because character Dwight Schrute has a Froggy 101 bumper sticker displayed on a file cabinet.

Winnersh

Golden Globe-winning BBC sitcom The Office namechecks Winnersh when Ricky Gervais as David Brent muses on his future: "My world does not end with these four walls. Slough's a big place, and when I'm finished with Slough, there's Reading, Aldershot, Bracknell, you know, I've got – Didcot, Yateley. You know. My – Winnersh, Taplow. And because I am my own boss, I can.. Burghfield."