“The Office” Thursdays on Give Me My Remote (UPDATE)
October 12, 2006 by Kath Skerry
It’s Thursday, and don’t let anyone convince you it’s Friday…it’s not. Lots of “Office” gossip to share so let’s get into it. As always, check back throughout the day for updates.
Sneak Peek at ‘Grief Counseling’…
If you’re looking for a quick Office-fix, then head over to YahooTV and check out three clips from tonight’s episode. Something tells me this one is going to be a classic. And if you can manage to hold out until 8:30/7:30c, then more power to you. (Yahoo clips – click on the NBC logo and then The Office)
From the Desk of Meredith Palmer…
Kate Flannery, who plays the office drunk Meredith Palmer, is back with a new TV Guide blog. This week she gives us the behind-the-scenes scoop on tonight’s episode. But more importantly, she teaches us the important difference between Meredith from Meredith…in case you get confused. And did you know that you can leave Kate a comment on her blog? Yup, and I have it on good authority that Kate is reading all of them. (Meredith’s Blog)
Yeah, Why Did You Hook up with Michael…
Dunder Mifflin Corporate’s own Jan Levinson (not Gould) seems to be at constant odds when it comes to her romantic feelings for Michael Scott. Melora Hardin recently sat down with TV Guide and shared some insight on what’s really going on with Jan and Michael, and is there a spark between Jim and Jan? Ugh – that boy’s plate is full enough. (Q&A with Melora Hardin)
The Office LIVE Chat Tonight – IT’S ON…
For those of you who missed the LIVE Office chat over at BuddyTV.com last Thursday, well let’s just say you missed a GREAT time. It was definitely the Best.Chat.Ever!! We will once again be back at 8pm EST to watch the show together online. Sadly, I’m not going to be able to make it tonight BUT I have someone to fill in for me so the chat is on. (Set a reminder for The Office Chat)
Office Love on The Hot List….
TV Guide Magazine just published its “Hot List” which features TV’s Hottest people and shows. And guess who has the hottest love traingle on TV? Move over McDreamy, Meredith & McVet – it’s all about Jam & Ram (TWSS). But technically the triangle has become a square now that Karen is in the mix. Wouldn’t Karen & Roy make a great couple?! Anyway, here’s what the mag had to say”
Why Them? You didn’t expect Pam (Jenna Fischer) to just ditch fiance Roy (David Denman) and live happily ever after with Jim (John Krasinski), did you? After all, the NBC comedy is only in its second full season. “Jim needed to figure out who he is, and Pam needed to do to same,” Fischer says. While Jim’s transferred to Dunder Mifflin’s Stamford office, Roy is fighting to win back Pam. He’s dropped weight, and looks great. What’s his secret? Must be those frozen chicken-or-fish wedding meals he eats for lunch every day.
Officianados Love Their TiVos…
Did you know that Nielsen is starting to measure playback on DVRs? Yup, and counting these “delayed views” is good news for some shows. According to USA Today, “NBC’s The Office had the biggest percentage of delayed viewers” (I promise they aren’t insulting our intelligence). “The show’s ratings spiked nearly 7% when viewing later Thursday night is counted, and more than 11% from viewing up to a week later.” Too bad the show ratings didn’t increase with each time it was watched over and over again on TiVo. I average at least 4 viewings of every episode. (USA Today)
John Krasinski on Ellen DeGeneres…
Speaking of TiVos, don’t forget to set yours for Wednesday, October 18th as J. Kras is scheduled to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to remind you a million times before then.
The Office Staff has Downtime….
One of my favorite all time Office videos is an interview conducted for “Clip & Quips”. It features John, Rainn, BJ and Jenna playing around while trying to promote the show. The video was made a long time ago (J. Kras is sporting his ‘Jarhead’ hair, so that tells ya right there), but it’s pretty funny.
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Tanster over at OfficeTally.com recently brought our attention to a scene that didn’t quite make the cut from the original “Clips & Quips” video. Boaz, the guys conducting the interview auditions for a role as Phil the intern, the newest employee of the Scranton branch. You will see why you aren’t familar with a character named Phil. Oh and don’t think I didn’t love the 3 seconds of Krasinski singing.
Psst…let the video load so you can fast forward through the interview with Jordana Brewster and just watch the Dunder Mifflinites.
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Get a Call from Dwight & Deleted Scenes…
Thanks to GMMR reader for reminding me that YOU can get a call from Dwight Schrute. As part of a S2 DVD promotion, Dwight Schrute will give you (or your friends) a call and bitch you out (because that’s what Dwight does). Click here to check it out. Also, enter “dwightrules” into the field at the bottom of the page to access deleted scenes available on the S2 DVD.
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Great OT update 🙂 and yes, I actually read the whole thing today haha.
A GMMR chat with no GMMR? What gives? 🙂 Ok ok, so we’ll forgive you this one time.
So now I’m wishing that my DVR let me just loop a playback of recorded shows. Run each episode all day while I’m at work hahaha.
I’m quite encouraged by the ratings again, though I was rather concerned a few weeks ago. Just like Melora said in her interview, lets hope for 5-7 years of documentaries being aired.
That picture with Michael tied up is absolutely hysterical. 🙂
If I had Tivo, Nielson would probably find me watching How I Met Your Mother and The Office over and over and over again to the point where they’d wonder if I actually had a job. 😉
I agree about the picture. Where did that come from? Jenna/Pam looks banging!
I love that picture. It was my background/wallpaper for quite a while 🙂
And thank you GMMR for reminding me about the Dwight telephone calls. I’ve been meaning to have Dwight call a few of my friends 😀
Thursday You’re Here!! Bring it NBC !! WOOT!!
That’s great about Neilson counting Tivo watches after the original airing. I watch almost evrything late.
Hey Jim, in Canada the PVR does loop (not sure about Tivo in the US). When your program is finished the menu screen appears for about two minutes and then the program starts again. That’d be awesome for the ratings ha ha.
I’m going to be fast forwarding over any Jim/Karen scenes so that I don’t get upset again this week. I still haven’t completed my jam detox and denial seems to be working well for me. A cute J/K scene could cause a serious relapse complete with season two marathon viewing and jam fanfic reading. Wait a second, Jim and who? …. see it’s all good now 🙂
Is it bad that I’m actually nervous about watching tonight’s episode?
I rue the day when we are forced to name a ‘Jim/Karen’ couple.
Promise you won’t do that to us GMMR?
Thanks for telling us how to see the deleted scenes from season 2. I think that drugtesting deleted scene is the funniest thing I’ve EVER seen. I LOVE Jim!!!!!!
I LOVE Office Thursdays so much. Your updates are great, I can’t wait for tonight!
I think Clare already named them for us..J/K…Just Kidding.
I know it doesn’t really count for anything, but I’m always kind of reassured by the fact that The Office has at least two episodes in the top 10 tv shows on iTunes.
Great episode! But, knowing that you haven’t seen it yet, we’ll stay away from any spoilers!
GMMR, the link to the Q & A w/ Melora isn’t working for me. I just get this: The system cannot find the file specified.
Anyway, i always love my Office Thursdays!!!
(watching it now ^_^) Yay!
“On the Jam front. I do feel like I’m being a little cheated. We got so invested in Jim and Pam’s relationship last year and now we have nothing…nada.”
That’s exactly how I feel, GMMR. EXACTLY.
The pic of everyone attacking a tied-up Michael is from an Entertainment Weekly issue a few months back. I think it was April or something. Here’s the link (I remember looking for this in the Summer after I saw the magazine):
http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1159867_3_0_,00.html
There are more (awesome) pics within the article, which is also pretty entertaining too.
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