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Are. you ready for a very episode

2:00

today and very controversial. Oh

2:03

we got a lot of mail. So much mail. Everyone

2:06

it's customer loyalty. It is

2:09

season 9 episode 12 written

2:11

by Jonathan Green and Gabe

2:13

Miller and directed by Kelly

2:15

Cantley. Now before you get into

2:18

a summary I thought we needed a little something

2:20

from the episode to kick us off. Oh

2:23

alright. Ready? Yeah. Yes

2:26

we will be delivering a shipment of paper

2:28

today but I will also be delivering

2:30

you a big

2:32

shipment of fun. Are

2:37

we gonna be delivering people a shipment of

2:40

fun? A big shipment of fun, that's right.

2:42

You heard it from Dwight. Buckle in because

2:44

we've got a lot of fun stuff

2:46

today. I like that, Ang.

2:49

I love when you get a kickoff idea.

2:51

It's a big shipment of

2:54

fun. Come on. Alright well

2:56

here's your big summary. An

2:59

important meeting in Philly prevents

3:01

Jim from attending CC's dance recital.

3:04

Dwight goes to great lengths to keep

3:06

Daryl at Dunder Mifflin. Nellie

3:08

fears she will fall out of good

3:11

standing with Andy after pairing Aaron and

3:13

Pete on a project and

3:15

they get real flirty. Yeah they do.

3:18

Finally Pam receives some good news

3:20

but her excitement is dampened by

3:23

a conflict with Jim. Conflict?

3:25

Boy is it dampened? It's a big

3:28

old fight is what it is. It

3:30

is. And like I

3:32

said we got some fan soapbox mail

3:34

about this episode but it is not

3:36

the scene you think it is. Okay.

3:40

It took me by surprise. Don't tell

3:42

me. People had feelings. I mean I

3:45

want you to tell me like when

3:47

it happened. Later. Okay let's

3:49

get into fast fact number one.

3:51

I'm very excited about this fast

3:53

fact. We have a major guest

3:55

star alert in this episode. Your

3:57

daughter Isabelle was one of the

3:59

dance... She was a

4:01

ladybug and I remember it

4:03

so clearly. Oh, I

4:05

had so much fun. First of all, rewatching

4:08

this, rewatching it with her. Then

4:10

I went into my digital clutter and I

4:13

found videos of the rehearsal day.

4:15

It was so cute. Oh

4:18

my gosh. My gosh. Well,

4:20

Steve Burgess reminded me that

4:22

Greg's daughter, Maya, was also

4:24

in this episode and it

4:26

was her dance class that

4:29

was featured and then you folded

4:31

Isabelle in as well. Yes.

4:34

Well, Isabelle and Maya are a year apart and

4:36

they're really close. You know those cousins you grow

4:38

up with that you're close in age and they're just

4:40

so much fun so they have

4:42

that kind of relationship. They're still

4:44

just two peas in a pod.

4:46

In fact, today their schools are playing

4:49

softball against each other and they're both on

4:51

rival softball teams. Oh my goodness. I

4:53

know. So I'm like, oh my gosh, the whole family's going

4:55

to be there. Isabelle's like, mom, we better win. So

4:58

it's a very sweet friendship that they have and they

5:00

were so cute when they were little and this is

5:02

a really special memory for our family that they both

5:05

got to do this. I thought maybe

5:07

I should ask Isabelle what she remembered from this

5:09

day. Now she was only about four years old.

5:11

She's so tiny, but here's what she had to say. Hey

5:15

Office Ladies listeners. I am here

5:17

with my daughter Isabelle. Hi. And

5:19

she's going to talk about her time being

5:21

a ladybug in this episode.

5:24

All right, is we normally ask our

5:26

guests, how'd you get your job on

5:28

the office? But I think we can skip that one.

5:31

Yeah. What

5:33

do you remember? You were so little. Oh,

5:35

well, obviously I don't remember a lot, but

5:37

I do remember being so excited to get

5:39

to wear the costume. The little tutu was

5:41

so cute. Oh, yeah. You were

5:43

in a big tutu face then. I love

5:45

tutus. I still am. And

5:49

I love to be able to hang out with

5:51

my cousin, Maya. We got to do it together,

5:53

which was so fun. Yeah. Oh,

5:55

and hair and makeup. That, I thought that was

5:57

so cool. Oh, yeah. The Ladies

5:59

were... Oh sweet you guy They were

6:01

the best! They were so sweet a minuscule,

6:04

so special and loves it. And they let

6:06

you have lip gloss over the last as

6:08

a you were very quickly so excited. We're

6:10

so excited I write anything else. Now.

6:13

That I can. I

6:15

do remember after the dance he retired

6:18

so I probably was a wanted to

6:20

that up. Oh.

6:22

My gosh, I have. My

6:24

link so bad you know Isabel

6:27

is my goddaughter. I know. This

6:29

was ah so sweet and I

6:31

sound so many to photos and

6:33

then something I was really surprised

6:36

by that I'd forgotten about. Way

6:38

buried in my digital clutter, one

6:40

of the moms from the dance

6:43

class has. Soames. The Dance

6:45

for Her Soul Day. So we had a

6:47

rehearsal day. It was on Tuesday and we

6:49

filmed this on the Wednesday. And.

6:52

Isabel. Came to work and it was so

6:54

cute because she thought well i'm visiting my

6:56

mom at work My mom's part of the

6:59

dance to oh yes it's She kept wanting

7:01

me to come stand by her and like

7:03

learned the dance with her and it's on

7:05

video and it's a pleasure center. And am

7:07

so thankful for the Swedish paid

7:09

case because I sang the studio

7:12

buried. Way deep and email that I had

7:14

forgotten about. yeah, I'm an upper part of it

7:16

and stories because it's just. The. Cutest little

7:18

girls learning the stance and meet me here

7:20

the middle of them Lol I love to

7:23

that and I have really cute photos from

7:25

hair and makeup And then the other thing

7:27

the little girls were so excited about assists

7:29

I phone photos. You know how when we

7:32

would go from our main soundstage may be

7:34

over to like the other sound seizure will

7:36

rather than having all these little girls walk

7:38

all that way from here and make up

7:41

to that other soundstage? This is just in

7:43

a parking lot you guys! It's very safe.

7:45

They let them ride in the big passenger

7:47

van. a wholly support them all

7:50

and shirt here so tickled space as

7:52

see as a photo of their faces

7:54

they're so delighted to go like just

7:56

a few hundred feet and those passenger

7:58

beyonce off Oh

8:00

my goodness, I'm so glad. Isabel,

8:02

thank you for sharing your memories.

8:04

That was so cute. I have

8:07

more to share later in the episode too.

8:09

Well, let's move on to Fast Effect 2. I'm

8:12

calling this the big reveal.

8:14

Boy, is it? Yeah.

8:18

You know, we reveal the documentary

8:21

crew for the first time and

8:24

someone from the documentary crew interacts with

8:26

someone from the office. This

8:29

was a big moment. Ah, I

8:31

mean, not just someone, it's Pam. Yeah,

8:35

and Brian, the boom guy. Well,

8:38

Jenny Tan, who runs Office

8:41

Tally, posted a message

8:43

to fans before this episode came

8:45

out, just to give you a sense of

8:47

like, how big a deal this moment

8:49

was in the history of the show. And

8:52

she said the producers of the show had

8:55

sent her an email that said

8:57

this, hi, Jenny, I know

9:00

the episode summary says, we

9:02

start to see behind the scenes, but

9:05

I wanted to let you know how

9:07

really good tomorrow's episode is. You

9:10

have been great about letting the Office Tally

9:12

fans know what's going on at the office,

9:14

but they should really watch tomorrow night. I

9:17

think they will be sorry if they don't.

9:19

So watch tomorrow night. And

9:21

Jenny Tan went on to say, I

9:24

have never received an email about an

9:26

episode before. So I think this is

9:28

a big deal. Who sent

9:30

it? Someone from the office

9:32

production. Oh my gosh. We

9:35

got a lot of fan questions about the big

9:37

reveal. I like that you

9:39

started to whisper. Because sometimes when life

9:42

gets serious, you'll whisper, you gotta

9:45

take it down. Stephanie

9:47

B. from Cleveland, Ohio said, how

9:50

did you all feel when you saw the

9:52

script featuring the documentary crew? Did

9:54

you know it was coming? I

9:56

remember being astonished when I first saw

9:59

the episode. Tell us everything.

10:01

What do you know about this decision to

10:04

bring the camera crew into the story? And

10:06

Morgan E. from South Bend, Indiana said, I

10:09

can remember exactly where I was sitting

10:11

when you guys smashed that fourth wall.

10:14

And we saw Brian for the

10:16

first time. I was stunned, shocked,

10:18

mouth agape. Even though

10:20

there had been nods to the crew all

10:22

along, this felt major and I never saw

10:25

it coming. I need to know everything about

10:27

this decision. Was there a

10:29

debate about incorporating the documentary crew

10:31

into the storyline? Well,

10:33

Ang, I reached out to Greg about

10:36

this. And I have his

10:38

side of the story. We reached out to

10:40

director Kelly Cantley. And we got

10:42

her thoughts on the matter. But why don't we start

10:44

with us? What did we think? Well,

10:46

okay, this is, oh, man,

10:48

this is a big moment. I

10:51

put this on a list of like bombshell

10:53

table read moments. Yeah. So I remember

10:56

there were just a few where literally you

10:58

felt the air go out of the room,

11:00

like everyone's reaction. When Pam

11:02

and Jim kiss and casino night, and we read that

11:04

at the table read, everyone was like, oh, and

11:08

then when Dwight and Angela was

11:10

there for feels, yes, making out for make

11:13

it out. And it was like, oh my

11:15

gosh, when we find out that Michael

11:17

and Jan hooked up in Jamaica, when

11:21

we find out about Oscar and the senator when

11:23

we find out that Pam was pregnant, there were

11:25

these big moments at the table read. Yes. And

11:27

this was one of the biggest we were like,

11:29

oh my god, oh my god, we're seeing the

11:31

crew that have been there all

11:33

these years. And that he knows her

11:35

well enough that he hugs her in

11:37

a time when she's vulnerable. Wait, does

11:40

he hug her? Okay, in the shooting

11:42

draft, he hugs her. In fact, oh,

11:45

she gets up and goes over to him and

11:47

they hug. I forgot about

11:49

that. Yeah. Oh my god. That is

11:51

not how we ended up filming it.

11:53

Yeah. That's what we read at the

11:56

table read. Yeah. Yeah. It

11:58

was one of those big moments. I remember

12:00

being conflicted but excited. I

12:02

was like, oh my gosh, we are really wrapping

12:04

up the show. If we're

12:07

gonna show the crew, it's real to

12:09

me now that we are wrapping up

12:11

storylines. We are peeking behind the curtain. I

12:13

think that's what it made me realize, that

12:16

this is the beginning

12:18

of our final, final episodes. Yeah,

12:20

these are definitely the layers of

12:22

the onion peeling back. Yes, and

12:25

then of course, none of us

12:27

wanted Jim and Pam to break up.

12:30

We wanted to protect Jim and Pam.

12:32

They were hoping a frame. Hoping

12:34

a frame. Well,

12:38

like I said, we reached out to director Kelly

12:40

Cantley. This was her first episode

12:42

that she's directing, and this is the script

12:44

they hand her. So much

12:47

going on. Yeah, oh my gosh. Here

12:49

is what she had to say. So

12:52

Greg Daniels had told me that I

12:55

would be able to direct an episode

12:57

season nine, which I was really excited

12:59

about, but I didn't know which episode.

13:02

When I got the script for customer

13:04

loyalty, and I read it, I absolutely

13:07

could not believe that Greg had given

13:09

me the script where we revealed the

13:12

documentary crew for the very first

13:14

time, because I was a new director, and

13:16

that just seemed unbelievably huge.

13:20

So I started at the beginning of the

13:22

script, and I just kind of worked my

13:24

way through it. I spent a lot of

13:26

time on stage. I spent a lot of

13:28

time looking at angles and talking to Matt

13:30

Sohn, our DP, about how to stage things

13:32

so that they'd be funny, and so they'd

13:35

be interesting, and look like it belonged in

13:37

our show. If I

13:39

had gotten this script as a first time

13:41

director, I would have pooped my pants and

13:43

handed it back. I know, and like hard

13:45

pass. This is the same thing

13:47

we talked about with Brian Cranston, is you say

13:49

yes, but then you don't know the episode you're

13:51

gonna get. Yeah. Wow. So

13:53

it had a bunch of toddlers.

13:56

Yep. It had

13:58

this major reveal. it had

14:00

multiple locations. Yeah. Well,

14:03

I'll tell you from my point of view, because

14:05

I had been working as a producer this season.

14:07

I knew this was coming, so it was really

14:09

fun for me to sit in that table read

14:12

and have everybody else find out. But

14:15

this storyline of Pam being comforted by

14:17

the boom operator was actually a pitch

14:19

from Mindy Kaling that went all the

14:22

way back to season three. Oh, wow.

14:24

Yeah. And I remember Greg bringing

14:27

it up to me and John over

14:29

the summer during our producer sessions for season

14:31

nine. So I reached out to Greg because

14:33

I wanted to kind of get this

14:35

backstory. And here's what Greg said. Greg

14:38

said, yes, it was originally a pitch for Pam

14:40

when she was in New York going to art

14:42

school. The idea was that she

14:45

was on the subway and she was getting

14:47

hassled by someone and the boom operator would

14:49

drop his boom mic and come in to

14:51

save her. And once he

14:53

was revealed, he would become a little bit of a

14:55

character on the show. Maybe

14:57

she would have a few meals with him.

14:59

The idea was that we wanted to make

15:02

people worry that she was maybe drifting

15:04

apart from Jim while she was in New York. Greg

15:07

said it was pretty much the story role that Rich

15:09

Summer ended up playing. And he

15:11

said he loved this idea and everyone in the

15:13

writer's room loved this idea, but they felt like

15:15

it was something we should save for later, kind

15:17

of like what you were saying, Angela. He

15:20

said, it kind of made you think about

15:22

the documentary crew too much for like a

15:24

season three moment. Yeah, that's too soon, I

15:26

agree. He said it would be hard to

15:28

put that back in the bottle for the

15:30

rest of the season. Yeah, because you're like,

15:32

what? Is the guy standing there? Yes, you'd

15:34

be thinking about them too much. But

15:37

Greg said he always thought it was a really

15:39

creative pitch. And he said, but considering it was

15:42

season nine and he was aiming at the documentary

15:44

airing at the end of season nine, he said

15:46

we wouldn't need to put anything back in the

15:48

bottle. So they could go

15:50

with this. And he said,

15:53

remember we discussed putting a little conflict between

15:55

Pam and Jim for season nine because we

15:57

didn't want it to be all smooth sailing.

16:00

And so he said Jim was going to

16:02

go to Philly, kind of like Pam going

16:04

to New York, and this was an opportunity

16:06

for some drama and tension so that the

16:08

eventual happy ending would feel even better. He

16:11

wants fans to know there was never any

16:14

way that he wasn't going to give Jim

16:16

and Pam a happy ending. But

16:19

the boom operators seem like something that would

16:21

worry the audience. And

16:23

he said, it was really the

16:25

only plausible relationship that Pam could have

16:28

had all these years that we wouldn't

16:30

know anything about because the

16:32

crew's never been included in the footage. And

16:35

he said it did worry the audience. They

16:38

hated Brian so much. Oh,

16:41

they hated him instantly. Yeah,

16:44

I felt so bad for Chris who

16:46

played Brian because, oh

16:48

my lord, the minute he hit the screen people

16:50

were like, hold up, buddy. What

16:53

are you doing? Putting your hand on

16:55

Pam's back. I don't think so. Greg

16:59

said it definitely served its purpose.

17:01

Whew. All right. Moving

17:03

on to fact, number three, which we've touched on

17:05

a little bit. How was this

17:07

received? Um, well,

17:10

many reviewers loved it. E

17:13

Online named the reveal one of the

17:15

best TV moments of the week. Newsday

17:18

called the scene historic and

17:21

said that the moment between Jim and

17:23

Pam fighting and the cameraman making an

17:25

appearance was a lot to take in,

17:28

but that the scene was properly done. The

17:31

Huffington Post called it quote, huge

17:33

and shocking. But

17:35

some people took issue with it. Critics and

17:37

fans alike wondered, is

17:41

this the moment that

17:43

the documentary crew finally steps

17:46

in because Pam is emotional?

17:50

So like when Michael drove his car into

17:52

a lake? Yeah, they're

17:54

not like, wait, wait, Michael, you're

17:56

driving into a lake. Correct. We

17:59

have. a letter from Jennifer

18:01

P. in Spanaway, Washington who said,

18:04

I love Pam, I don't like to see

18:06

her cry, but the documentary

18:09

crew stops filming because of it?

18:13

Here's a list of things the documentary

18:15

crew did not stop filming for. How

18:17

about allowing Andy to float around in

18:19

a lake in a sumo suit and

18:21

not helping him get out? Allowing

18:24

Dwight to start a fire

18:26

in the office. Oh, that's a

18:28

good one. Locking us all inside. Yes. Allowing

18:31

Michael to jump off the roof onto a

18:34

bouncy castle. Or Dwight to ride

18:36

a bicycle on a kite rope? Yes.

18:38

How about letting Uncle Al

18:40

wander around the city when he goes

18:43

missing from Phyllis's wedding? Oh, Uncle Al,

18:45

I didn't even think about that one.

18:48

Yes. How about filming Kevin as

18:50

he passes out in his car when they're

18:52

worried about the dog in the parking lot?

18:55

Allowing Jim to stab into snowmen

18:57

with a pointy umbrella with the

18:59

possibility of Dwight being inside. Allowing

19:02

Angela to hire a hit man to

19:06

injure Hunter. Commit a possible crime.

19:08

They did not stop Dwight from

19:10

riding a bike across a high

19:12

wire. They did not stop Michael

19:15

from attempting to frame Toby. They

19:17

allowed Dwight to shoot Stanley

19:19

with animal tranquilizers. And

19:22

Jennifer says, I'm sure there are

19:24

plenty more. So yes. Well, Jennifer,

19:27

I totally agree. Although

19:29

in those instances, none of

19:31

them turned to the camera

19:33

operator and said, Brian, what

19:35

am I doing wrong? Yes.

19:38

Pam, and this was a big note that we

19:41

had, which was that Pam has

19:43

to break the wall. Yeah. Pam

19:45

broke the wall. Yes. Brian

19:47

did not. Correct. The documentary

19:50

crew did not interfere until

19:52

Pam initiated that

19:54

contact. Well,

19:57

that's all I have for fast facts. I'll get into the

19:59

weeds on how we filmed that

20:01

big reveal later when we

20:03

break down that moment. Well, let's take

20:05

a break because when we get back, I have

20:07

some call sheet tidbits to kick us off. I

20:10

love your call sheet tidbits. This

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or just like the size because

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21:45

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are back. Here are my call sheet tidbits.

23:24

First of all, you guys, when Steve Burgess

23:27

sends me the call sheets, he always includes

23:29

a photo from his day. It's

23:32

the cutest thing. And for this

23:34

week, he had some flowers blooming

23:36

in his yard and he

23:38

sent me a picture, and so I sent him

23:41

one back of my flowers. It just makes me

23:43

so happy. I feel like I'm trading emails with

23:45

my dad. I totally get it, Angela. The

23:47

other day, I wrote to Randy Cordray, and I

23:50

was like, I know I'm not reaching out to

23:52

you every week anymore, but I just wanted to

23:54

say hi. I know. There's such a wonderful part

23:56

of this journey with us, and I feel that

23:58

way about Kent Siborn Act. They'll yeah,

24:01

They are kind of like the

24:04

dad of the a vagina. and

24:06

yeah I'm. So.

24:08

Our first day of filming started on

24:10

November. Twenty six, Two Thousand and Twelve.

24:13

For this week the weather averaged a high

24:15

of seventy four degrees and a low of

24:17

fifty degrees and we had rain wind. Seats

24:19

are Friday. That. Sounds so pleasant.

24:22

It's. A nice time a year? Yeah,

24:25

Well, that's your weather report from the call seat.

24:27

And. That's when we were filming this episode. November

24:29

two thousand and Twelve. Will. This

24:32

episode opens with a very

24:34

cheeky cold open. Dwight.

24:36

Is going through a file cabinet over

24:39

by the accounts desks and he is

24:41

complaining because he's like they're so many

24:43

dead accounts in here too. We have

24:46

a clean this thing out and he

24:48

finds. A. Letter and

24:50

old letter from a Robert

24:52

Dunder. Implying. That he

24:55

might be in possession of perhaps

24:57

the Holy Grail that he has

24:59

hit it somewhere in the office.

25:01

Yeah, the letter reads: a valuable

25:03

artifact has come into my possessions.

25:05

I have hidden it until such

25:07

time as a person strong influence

25:09

may safely recover it this golden

25:11

solace as have a measurable historical

25:13

and religious significance. Pam over here

25:15

says she's like, oh my gosh,

25:17

this is a classic template and

25:19

she calls him yeah and she's

25:22

ask you about it and. He's like

25:24

Pam. I am too busy to do pranks on. Oh.

25:26

My gosh, he remembers

25:28

he did this years

25:31

ago. He. Spent weeks on

25:33

it. And why only just

25:35

now Seinfeld? Yeah, Jim says he

25:37

stayed late every night for a month.

25:39

shed a lot more free time back

25:41

then he. and he says the Dunder

25:43

towed. Well. Here.

25:45

Is that undercoat? Breakdown Of Clues: Are

25:47

you ready? I'm ready. First Clue. Is

25:50

a light bulb which reveals a message

25:52

written an invisible ink. Higher.

25:55

Than numbers go. Dwight. Immediately

25:57

as like at the ceiling above accounting.

26:00

Next clue is a key with a

26:02

tag marked x Oscar solves this when

26:04

she's like annex. It must be something

26:06

in their. Over. The Annex

26:08

in a locked bottom drawer and

26:10

Clark's desk as a scroll reading

26:12

Cds intro T or seat as

26:14

entrance. This leads everyone over to

26:16

front reception were Dwight cuts open

26:18

a sofa person define five read

26:20

playing cards Kevin immediately like that

26:22

the flesh is no Kevin his

26:24

are card guy Dwight that emerges

26:26

from the bathroom. he's clearly gone

26:28

in the toilet somehow and is

26:30

sound a little. I don't

26:32

know. Let the little. Palette. Staffer?

26:35

You know, like a little warehouse. little

26:37

toys, Your life. Warehouse.

26:40

For. Plus forklift. that's it's. professor.

26:44

And everyone is cheering. Though I get

26:46

somewhere else they go down to the

26:48

warehouse. They're. Tearing the warehouse apart.

26:51

They. Can't find it. Difficult. To

26:53

Glenn his enjoying a donut as he

26:55

dunks it into coffee in a golden

26:58

chalice, yes, I guess he found it

27:00

he found at a long time. I

27:02

have one both of hard to play in this

27:04

whole cold open just want. Such

27:07

as. As

27:09

Dwight as doing and finding all the

27:11

clues it cuts back to gym at

27:14

Athlete Engine says. I can't wait

27:16

for Dwight to get to the and and find

27:18

the sake grill. Or wait. Is. It with

27:20

that I get a grill I can't remember. I'm.

27:23

Sorry Jim would remember. did you see the

27:25

golden showers that glint of dipping of don't

27:28

it and he he is very elaborate he

27:30

had to special order that are go to

27:32

a store. You. Would remember buying

27:34

a golden shower Some I wronged. You're

27:36

not wrong. We have what I was

27:39

calling a fan catch but could call

27:41

a book card from Randy See in

27:43

Columbia, Maryland who said. How. Do

27:45

all these artifacts still exist after the

27:48

various things that the office has been

27:50

through, such as the fires that both

27:52

Ryan and Dwight set. Yeah.

27:54

How sad thing Still up in the

27:56

ceiling above Accounting is like member ask

27:58

ourselves through the ceiling. When

28:00

are they are yelling? Okay, it's still just

28:03

like right up there. Of all

28:05

the clues. I believe they would

28:07

also be in their place. Little or

28:09

no one cleans. Michael has done so

28:11

much to the toilet. Okay, the two

28:13

spots are the toilet and above accounted

28:15

feeling. Yeah, I'm just saying idea. How.

28:18

Are these clues still there? I. Did

28:20

want to point out some background details and

28:22

just give a big shoutout to our crew.

28:24

at forty four seconds. We. See flashbacks

28:26

that edge of gym at his

28:28

desk planning this whole thing. guess

28:30

and he's got, you know, his

28:32

all that wardrobe, his old floppy

28:35

hair I tried. they tried to

28:37

make a sassy here but I

28:39

didn't buy it as well. I.

28:41

Wanted to point out all the

28:44

ways that the Sat had been

28:46

taken back in time. So there's

28:48

a little piece that you can

28:50

see over gems shoulder of the

28:52

manager's office and it's been redressed

28:54

to be Michael's office. There

28:57

is no desk for Andy or

28:59

Nellie. You know that desk that

29:01

when he added yahoo the Phyllis

29:03

Stanley Club And there is not

29:05

a desk for Pm in the

29:07

gym. Dwight Clump, It's back to

29:10

that staff of Cooper Boxes. That.

29:12

It was very early season

29:14

and love that! Yeah, Great

29:16

detail. Before. We and this

29:19

cold open break down and get into the

29:21

episode I have to background catches: isn't number

29:23

one? Meredith has a new wig. Yes, she's

29:25

a blonde. The sweet yeah. Number.

29:27

Two: Angela is wearing pants. Oh

29:31

that must have and comfy. I

29:33

know. Well. I have one last

29:35

thing before we move. I have a cold

29:37

open snark. Oh. You.

29:39

Prefer to have a favorite

29:41

six Six the first. Oh

29:43

effects. Are

29:45

like those. Lists of sorry kids at we're

29:48

going to be a little late for school Jealous

29:50

of the morning? sorry I gotta hear it's or

29:52

a so true yes So sure if. This

29:54

is your Face lit up. They announced that

29:57

I know that up. Oh okay okay. I

30:00

just need to note that

30:03

Pam is on the phone in the

30:05

background every step of the

30:07

way. She's on the phone giving Jim

30:09

a play-by-play of this whole search that

30:11

Dwight is on. I

30:14

just think it's interesting that he's able

30:16

to step away from work for that

30:18

to get real-time updates on his prank.

30:21

Right. I see where you're going.

30:23

Okay. Yeah. You got

30:25

it. Yeah, I got it. But

30:28

Pam's the bad guy this season. Oh,

30:30

now. I guess. Come on. That's

30:33

okay, though. Yep. Yep,

30:35

yep. Fine, fine. Well, I just

30:37

sent you a link to an article

30:39

titled, Jim Albert Sucks. I

30:42

know you did. It is

30:44

about this season. I know. Finally,

30:47

I feel like finally maybe people

30:49

are seeing it through a different

30:52

lens. Ah. Okay.

30:56

Now, we're starting the episode. Oh,

30:59

my God. You sound like a

31:01

cartoon. You sound

31:04

like a cartoon. I want to do

31:06

more voice-over work. No, you started the

31:08

episode. I want to do more voice-over work.

31:10

So do I. I'm going

31:12

to try some stuff out on the pod. I

31:15

really do. I want to be in

31:17

an animated show. Yeah.

31:20

Don't have to do my hair. Don't have

31:22

to do her hair. Never. Never

31:25

again. Never again. Don't worry

31:27

about the back of my head. I mean, I let it go anyway. But

31:30

lady, I'm wearing a hat today because

31:33

I'm trying to do fashionable

31:35

hat because I haven't

31:38

dyed my roots and I didn't do the back

31:40

of my hair. You have a roots day. It's

31:42

the 50s. I'm fully 50s

31:45

now and I've started to stop doing

31:47

the back of my hair. Yeah. What's

31:50

going on? You know, I feel like when you're young,

31:52

you wear a hat because you're like, I didn't wash

31:54

my hair, whatever. I wear a hat. Because you get

31:56

older, it's like I didn't

31:59

do. my roots. I've

32:02

got some greys and the back of my head's

32:04

a hot mess. Put on a hat. Those

32:07

are the three reasons I put a hat on today. Well,

32:10

I think you look really cute. I think it looks

32:12

cute too. All right. Time

32:15

for the Amba Show. I know. That's

32:17

my, um, another one of the characters

32:19

I can do for any of this.

32:21

Can you sustain? Can you sustain? Can

32:23

you sustain? Sure I can. Oh, you

32:26

can. You really can. Hey,

32:29

Ang! I mean, write

32:31

the show for her, please. All

32:33

right. For real. We

32:35

open with Nellie in the conference

32:37

room with Aaron and Pete. Yeah.

32:40

Apparently Aaron and Pete are part of

32:42

this social media initiative

32:44

that Nellie has set up. So

32:46

they're trying to have an online

32:48

presence for Dunder Mifflin. Yeah. They've

32:51

created a fake profile for a really

32:53

cool guy named Derek McBlack. And

32:56

I guess it's just Pete and Sunglasses. And

32:58

they're trying to get likes and followers

33:00

and they're creating fake accounts to

33:03

get those. And at

33:05

the same time, they're just being

33:07

flirty and super cute. And Nellie

33:09

says, I consider myself a genius for putting the

33:12

two of them together. First of

33:14

all, I just want to say kudos to

33:16

our writers for making

33:18

Nellie's job a job.

33:20

Right. She really does

33:22

have special projects. Now, do

33:25

we need these special projects?

33:27

Right. Probably not. Right. But,

33:30

you know, the social media initiative.

33:32

Special project. Yeah. Makes it legitimate.

33:35

All right. We had a fan question

33:37

from Chris W. from the New Forest,

33:39

England. When Aaron and Pete are working

33:42

on their grand social media initiative, they

33:44

set up a fake profile for Derek

33:46

McBlack. Aaron informs Nellie that

33:48

Derek is in fact just Pete

33:50

and Sunglasses. We only

33:52

get a brief glimpse of McBlack,

33:54

but I'm not convinced this is

33:56

Pete and Sunglasses. Would

33:58

the real Derek McBlack? please stand

34:00

up. I didn't think it looked like

34:03

Pete either. Me either.

34:05

I reached out to

34:07

see Burgess and Steve said,

34:09

Chris, you're right. That doesn't look

34:11

like Jake. Steve

34:15

said I don't have any info. I'm

34:17

pretty sure we didn't ever

34:20

take a picture of Jake. My guess is

34:22

it's a stock photo that the art department

34:24

picked of a guy in sunglasses. Good

34:27

catch. Totally agree. Here's one

34:29

little catch in the scene. Did anyone else

34:31

notice that Jake Lacey has a cold? I

34:34

didn't. He has a cold in this

34:36

episode. How do you know? For sure. He's

34:39

like, yeah, exactly. He's like, this is

34:41

my cold. That's what he sounds

34:43

like. He's like, come on, guys. He

34:46

literally says that in the conference room later. He's like,

34:48

come on, guys. This is all about. I didn't

34:51

notice this, but I

34:53

just want to say you can do

34:55

person with cold voiceover. You put

34:58

it on my resume. Yeah. Aaron's

35:00

going to have a talking head where

35:02

she's giddy about getting to work with Pete.

35:04

She talks about how well they work together

35:07

and she gets all flustered. Yeah. Yeah.

35:10

Clearly sweet on him. Yeah. She's like, you

35:12

know, I mean, I probably

35:14

work well with a girl or a guy or someone

35:16

I'm into. Not that I'm into

35:18

Pete. Yes. She's very cute. Next

35:21

up, we see Jim at athlete. We find

35:23

out that one of their biggest investors has

35:25

requested a lunch meeting and he just says,

35:27

Hey guys, is it cool if we just

35:29

do it a little early? Because remember, I

35:32

have to get back to Scranton today and

35:34

they're like, sure. Yeah, no problem. Yeah. And

35:36

then Jim has this talking head. He's

35:39

very excited about CC's ballet recital. He's

35:41

taught her a signature move, the CC

35:43

spin and kiss, and he demonstrates it.

35:45

He's very cute dad moment. I

35:48

absolutely love the guy who is walking

35:50

in the background of this talking head.

35:52

Oh no. Did you see him? I

35:54

watched it three times. No, I didn't

35:57

see him. Oh my gosh. It's such

35:59

good background. He's walking

36:01

by and Jim does the spin and the

36:03

kiss and he just kind of looks in

36:05

to the conference room

36:07

as you would. Right. Someone

36:10

was spinning and whatever for a camera.

36:13

It's very good job, very, very

36:15

good job to the person who did this cross.

36:18

Well now we're going to set up a Daryl Dwight

36:20

storyline. Daryl arrives to Dunder Mifflin.

36:22

He has an athlete bag and

36:24

Dwight immediately is like, why do you have that? Why

36:27

are you? And he calls the

36:29

company Stumpiny, AKA Stupid Company. That really made

36:31

me laugh. It made me laugh too. This

36:34

is when Daryl tells Dwight that he's going to

36:36

work for Stumpiny. Uh-huh. Dwight is

36:38

shocked. He's so mad. He calls Jim.

36:40

He's furious. He's like, hey Halpert,

36:43

what's the big idea? First you jump ship. Now

36:45

you're stealing Daryl too. When will it end? And

36:48

Jim says, we'll take your worst fear

36:50

and multiply it by infinity. Dwight

36:52

says, you won't stop until you've poached us all.

36:55

And Jim goes, yeah, even you. And

36:57

then here's one of my favorite lines from the

37:00

whole entire episode. Dwight says, no, I'll be damned

37:02

if I'm going to let us lose me. I

37:05

know. It made me

37:07

laugh so hard. Well

37:09

now Pam is going to approach accounting

37:11

because she needs to ask Angela if

37:14

she's heard anything about the Irish American

37:16

Cultural Center mural. Guess

37:18

what guys? This

37:20

has been the Senator recommended

37:22

Pam to be the artist

37:24

for this big mural project

37:26

in Scranton. Yeah, I loved

37:28

this callback. Remember the

37:30

Senator had come to the office with coffee

37:32

during the target. During the target. It

37:35

was in deleted scenes. Yep. And here

37:37

we have this footage because the Senator is looking

37:39

for Angela but wants to talk to Oscar and

37:41

Daryl says, I think they're in the

37:44

warehouse. Mm-hmm. So we've got

37:46

this great footage of the Senator noticing Pam

37:48

making her mural. Pam has

37:50

a talking head where she says Senator

37:52

Lipton helped me submit my design for

37:54

a new mural on a downtown building

37:57

and she's waiting to hear, you

37:59

know, she's trying to do it. downplay it. She's like,

38:01

I mean, there's so many people they would go with.

38:03

Why would they go with an unknown like me when

38:05

they can have a big name like Tracy Fleeb? Oh,

38:07

Tracy Fleeb. Big time

38:09

mural artist. Big deal. Big

38:12

deal. Yeah. I know for a

38:14

fact that Greg likes funny names. I

38:16

feel like a bunch of names were pitched

38:19

and they loved Fleeb. Tracy Fleeb. Sorry, all

38:21

the real Fleeb's out there. There

38:24

are some. I'm sure, but it is an

38:26

interesting sounding name. It is. You

38:29

must know that. Yes. If your last name

38:31

is Fleeb, you know. You know. It's like

38:33

this family we knew growing up when we

38:35

lived overseas. Their last name

38:37

was Herb. Herb. Herb. Like

38:40

Basil? Is it Herb? No,

38:42

like E-R-B. Herb. Oh. And

38:45

guess what? The dad's first name was.

38:47

Cared. Herb. No, it wasn't. Yes, it

38:49

was. Stop it. Herb

38:51

Herb. Come on.

38:54

His name was Herb Herb? His name was

38:56

Herb Herb. But

38:58

I'm just saying Herb Herb knew he

39:00

had a funny name. Why

39:02

did Herb Herb's parents do that to him? Maybe

39:04

they had a sense of humor. Oh.

39:07

Yeah. Sometimes it happens. That's

39:10

a head shaker. You're an herb. You're a fleeb. Do

39:13

we have Fleeb? No. No one would do that. No.

39:16

No. Herb Herb. It

39:18

was real. Okay.

39:24

Well, Angela has no information. She doesn't know

39:26

if they've gone with Tracy Fleeb. She doesn't

39:28

know anything. She doesn't. Mm-mm. This

39:31

is when Pam is going to share that

39:33

she's Oscar-CC's recital. Oscar could

39:35

not be less enthusiastic. He's like,

39:38

okay. Whatever. I have a

39:40

question. What? Why is this dance

39:42

recital in the middle of a work week? They

39:44

often are. No. Sometimes...

39:47

It must be a school thing. I

39:50

mean, could you make it harder for working parents

39:52

to get there for their kid? Why you have

39:54

this in the middle of the day, in the

39:57

middle of a work... It's not even the end of the day. I

39:59

mean, I go... a lot of things at the

40:01

kids school but it's always like at the

40:03

end of the day. It's like an evening

40:06

thing which is always a heavy lift because

40:08

you're like oh my god. I will say

40:10

though in elementary when they're really little I

40:12

mean this is little this is like preschool

40:14

age kindergarten age and they're really little sometimes

40:16

they're big events are like at 1.30 or

40:18

2 p.m. and

40:21

you have to scramble to get there as a

40:23

working parent. I mean okay I thought

40:27

it was a little odd. So

40:29

after that Pam talking head about Tracy

40:31

Fleab there would have started

40:34

this deleted storyline about Angela's weird bent

40:36

foot. Remember that? Yes. Yes. Yes. And

40:38

we talked about it with Kelly Cantley

40:40

when we interviewed her because she was

40:43

my foot double one day and we

40:45

both had to contort our feet. Well when

40:47

I was looking in my digital clutter for

40:50

this episode I mean I

40:52

know I've already shared a photo I found

40:54

more. There were more pictures. So

40:56

in addition to finding all of

40:58

these extra photos from the fake

41:00

foot fitting mm-hmm I also found

41:02

an email I sent to you. Oh mm-hmm

41:06

here's what it's titled. Ugg

41:09

and Ugg some more. Oh boy.

41:12

I couldn't wait to open

41:14

this email. Okay it

41:17

starts with this. I had to

41:19

get here super early for this random prosthetic foot

41:21

gag that Greg loves and I bet it won't

41:23

even make it into the episode. Oh no and

41:25

it didn't. And get this a

41:28

prosthetic specialist guy had to come to

41:30

my house over Thanksgiving break to take

41:32

measurements of my foot and

41:35

this morning I had to meet with Phil

41:37

Shea and Alicia to figure out wardrobe that

41:39

will go over the fake foot leg and

41:41

then we had to take photos of the fake foot

41:43

leg and it's only 930 a.m. Oh boy. It's so great

41:50

that you have these because this is

41:52

like sort of pre-texting where if you

41:54

did want to fill someone in you

41:56

wrote it an email we would write

41:58

emails. Yes and one of the... reasons

42:00

I emailed you rather than called you

42:02

invented is that you had the morning

42:04

off and you had a baby. Yeah. You had

42:06

Weston. And so I was like, I'm not gonna

42:09

rant to her about this prosthetic fake

42:12

foot gags that Greg wants. I'm just gonna

42:14

email her and she'll see it when she

42:16

can. Oh my goodness. Well,

42:18

you called it. It wasn't in the

42:21

end of the show. No. You're like all this effort.

42:23

I interrupted my Thanksgiving break. A

42:26

man came to my house. Oh my gosh.

42:30

Well now Pam and Cece are in the car

42:33

and they call Jim. They call Daddy. This is

42:35

really cute. So sweet.

42:38

But this is where Pam is gonna find out

42:40

that Jim is still in Philly and he's not

42:42

gonna make the recital. This investor

42:44

might back out and

42:47

Jim can't leave. So Jim says, Pam,

42:49

will you please film the recital? And he sort of

42:52

starts talking to her kind of condescending about how to

42:54

film it. And she's like, look, I know how to

42:57

point a rectangle at something and film it.

43:00

And then he's like, okay. And then it's time

43:02

to say goodbye. And then

43:04

there's this pause. And then he's like, hey

43:07

Pam, you have to press end. You know,

43:09

which is sort of meant to be like a dig

43:12

at her phone skills. Yeah. Lady.

43:14

Why can't Jim just hang up the phone?

43:17

This is the scene of what

43:19

people were pissed off about. For

43:21

so many reasons. I saw

43:23

the mail for this episode and I couldn't

43:25

believe it. Where should I

43:27

begin? I'll begin with

43:30

Amanda C. from Montreal, Canada.

43:32

Amanda says, I have to go on

43:34

a little rant about Jim, but maybe not

43:36

from the moment you think what absolutely

43:38

grinds my gears about Jim's behavior is when Pam

43:41

is on the phone with him in the car.

43:43

And he implies that she doesn't know how to

43:45

use her phone to video the recital by saying,

43:47

see Pam, you still need to hang up the

43:49

phone. Excuse me, sir.

43:52

She is driving. Can

43:54

you not hang it up yourself? And

43:57

then it will automatically end the call on her

43:59

phone. Samantha L. from Tampa,

44:01

Florida said, the thing

44:03

I actually cannot get past

44:06

is the incident when Pam is in the car

44:08

on the way to Cece's recital. Why is Jim

44:10

giving Pam such a hard time for being bad

44:12

with technology because she doesn't hang up the phone?

44:15

Pam is driving with your

44:17

child in the back seat.

44:20

You hang up the phone, Jim. You're

44:23

not the one that would need to take your hand

44:25

off the wheel of a moving vehicle. Let's

44:30

see. Samantha goes on

44:32

to say, who's the one who's

44:34

really bad with the cell phone

44:36

technology, huh? Spoiler alert, not Pam.

44:39

Another letter from Nora E. in

44:42

New Orleans, Louisiana. I

44:44

wanna go on record to say that the

44:46

tipping point moment when Jim has clearly gone

44:48

full ass was in this episode when he's

44:51

on the phone with Pam and

44:53

he berates her for not hanging up the

44:55

phone. She's driving, he's

44:58

at work. He's clearly

45:00

not in a huge rush to return to his

45:02

meeting since he's able to stay at his desk

45:04

and what, have a gotcha moment with his own

45:06

wife? This seat of

45:08

the car makes me so deeply angry.

45:11

I need this full dickhead moment to

45:13

be acknowledged. I love that she puts

45:15

full in front of her curse words.

45:18

I know. Full ass. I

45:20

wanna use that. He's gone full ass. I

45:23

do. I know. So,

45:25

Ang, it's literally what you said. You

45:28

said it. You're like, why can't he

45:30

hang up the phone? This is just

45:32

three of the letters we got about

45:34

this moment, but this is

45:36

very good foreshadowing for what is

45:38

gonna happen later. And I think

45:41

an interesting dynamic in their relationship,

45:44

which is that, and I think some

45:46

relationships have this. They've got the gotcha

45:48

person. Oh, I gotta

45:50

point out the little thing,

45:52

gotcha. You said

45:54

that you are good at cleaning out

45:57

the fridge, but gotcha found a rotten

45:59

tomato. or whatever it

46:01

is, you know, the gotcha people, the

46:03

gotcha moments, which are just like so

46:05

toxic for a relationship. It's petty. Pettiness

46:08

is pettiness. Yeah. But

46:11

Jim's in a mood, he's stressed, he's not

46:13

handling it well. In

46:15

conclusion, I hope that us discussing it

46:17

today on the podcast has brought some

46:20

of you relief because the

46:23

number of heated letters we got about

46:25

this moment, I felt it. We also

46:27

asked Kelly Cantley about directing this scene

46:29

and here's what she had to say.

46:32

Cece in the car, surprisingly,

46:34

Cece in the

46:36

car was really hard to shoot because Cece

46:39

was a little girl and little kids don't

46:41

do lines. So Jenna, I don't

46:43

know if you remember, we shot all of

46:45

your dialogue and then we shot lots of

46:48

both of us taking turns just saying the

46:50

lines. I think we started with you doing

46:52

it and then we wanted to go from

46:54

you to the little girl so

46:56

we would see you talking. So you

46:58

did it a few times where you would just say

47:00

her line and she would say it back and I

47:02

believe I did it a bunch of times on

47:05

the speaker in the car. So

47:07

I actually had forgotten that until I watched

47:09

the episode again. I

47:12

actually did remember that. I

47:14

had such a great rapport with those little

47:16

girls, not to toot my own horn, but

47:18

I'm 50 now, which is the decade of

47:20

tooting your own horn. It's time to toot.

47:22

Bailey and Sienna, I just

47:24

loved them so much and we would do a

47:26

thing where we would do like repeat me. So

47:29

I would say their line and they would say their line and

47:31

we made a little game out of it. They did great. I

47:34

thought it was so cute. Yeah, those

47:36

girls were so cute. Well, lady, I think

47:38

we should take a break and

47:41

when we come back,

47:43

I have a copy of Dwight's Loyalty

47:45

Oath and everyone's

47:47

coffee order. Okay.

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Diageo, New York, New

49:44

York. We

49:51

are back. Welcome back

49:53

to office, ladies. Is this another one of your...

49:55

This is another one of my characters. Oh

49:58

my gosh. I'm not... Sure

50:00

who I am. alone policy. That's

50:02

a good voice. I

50:04

think it's perfect for like maybe reminder,

50:07

like a little. Tiny. Lizard

50:09

that like live Yes as liberal

50:11

Clavus. Guess you live in a

50:13

class as surprised as it has

50:16

a T or. That's

50:20

it I'm put on your resume.

50:22

Can do shoot lizard? Can I

50:24

take this little voice and put

50:26

it onto a years old and

50:28

what posted on office latest pride

50:30

in Stories of. Not

50:33

as he proposed system

50:35

story. What's

50:38

your parents or destroyed? Or max?

50:41

you are you another like amphibian?

50:43

What are you? Who's that guy?

50:46

Is a voice of reason guy. My.

50:50

Idea. Of

50:53

enthusiasm. My. Kill to does

50:55

it always want to go with the flow.

51:00

To support from both. Whether

51:03

or not writing is okay or

51:05

of a voices or as thursday.

51:09

Or that and Nellie and

51:11

Pete and Aaron are celebrating

51:13

their first real white. They've.

51:16

Got a non seats person.

51:18

So like Dunder Mifflin? Yeah.

51:20

And they are very excited. They do

51:23

their low handshake, it's really cute and

51:25

Nellie is like oh no, what have

51:27

I done that she said and he

51:29

is just starting to be nice to

51:31

me. And now I've driven his girlfriend

51:33

into the arms of a younger man.

51:36

And she has see seat and the on

51:38

all the incriminating correspondence in which she tells

51:40

them not to hold back. To

51:43

make sure their social media presence as Hot

51:45

Hot Hot. Guess. He

51:47

says I did everything but unzip their appeals for

51:49

them. And. Now she's on a mission to undo all

51:51

of it. I have to point out

51:53

in the background of know he's talking head.

51:55

you know we were always doing background for

51:58

yeah another. Super. cutesy

52:00

background. Like Pete

52:03

and Aaron are just

52:05

continuing very animated, flirty,

52:07

hand-shaky cutesiness. Dwight

52:09

is now going to announce that he's ordering

52:12

coffee for the whole team and presents a

52:14

sign-up sheet. Phyllis looks below

52:16

the top flap and discovers it's actually

52:18

a loyalty pledge. He's trying to be

52:20

sneaky and get them to sign it.

52:23

Well, after this episode aired, NBC

52:25

released a copy of Dwight's loyalty

52:27

pledge, and here's what it had

52:29

to say. By writing my

52:31

name in the column below, I

52:33

do hereby resolve to swear an

52:35

oath of loyalty and obedience to

52:37

Dunder Mifflin and its affiliates, here

52:39

and after, company, for life

52:42

plus ten years. My

52:44

loyalty and priorities will be

52:46

wholly with company and no

52:48

side projects or extracurricular endeavors,

52:50

aka moonlighting at dumb-sounding companies,

52:52

including but not limited to

52:55

athlete. I

52:58

also promise not to take tips

53:00

or kickbacks or any form of payola,

53:03

as such term is generally defined in the

53:05

radio industry, in exchange for

53:07

giving special treatment to any customers, here

53:10

and after, customers. My

53:12

devotion to the company shall be nothing

53:14

less than unconditional obedience and I shall

53:16

be prepared at all times to give

53:18

my life to uphold this oath in

53:21

this life and the hereafter. One

53:24

coffee order maximum per name, no pizza. And

53:27

then it listed everybody's coffee order. Can

53:30

I just say I feel like he had

53:32

to put no pizza because it's come up

53:34

before they've had a coffee order and someone

53:37

has also asked for pizza. Yes.

53:40

All right, here is the coffee order

53:43

for the folks at Dunder Mifflin. Phyllis

53:46

ordered a banana fruit smoothie. Adm.

53:49

ordered a small decaf. Daryl

53:52

ordered a double latte lotsa

53:54

latte. Oscar

53:56

ordered a vente cay ti

53:59

misto half-sour. Kevin

54:01

ordered a cappuccino. Is that

54:04

different from a cappuccino? I

54:07

think it's what Kevin thinks is a

54:09

cappuccino. He wrote, cappuccino. Okay, okay. Pete

54:13

ordered a cappuccino with cinnamon.

54:17

Clark ordered a tall and

54:19

black like my women. Nellie

54:22

ordered a black tea, any,

54:24

with lemon like my men.

54:28

Aaron ordered a vanilla blendy thing,

54:30

five sugars, happy face. Meredith

54:33

ordered an Irish coffee, extra

54:35

Irish. And

54:37

this goes to your theory, Angela.

54:39

Creed ordered a pastrami on rye,

54:41

fries, coke, nothing to drink. Yeah,

54:45

there you go. Angela did not order any.

54:49

No, she didn't. Angela

54:51

Martin and Angela Kinsey, I don't want to

54:53

be part of your coffee order. Angela Martin

54:55

does not want to be stimulated. She

54:59

doesn't. And Angela Kinsey doesn't drink

55:01

coffee. And Angela Kinsey doesn't drink coffee. Dwight's

55:04

now burst into the annex and he

55:06

says, Clark, I need any complaints pertaining

55:08

to Daryl in the past few weeks.

55:11

I want it broken down by keywords

55:13

and Clark's like, listen, that's going to

55:16

be tough. We use Windows 95. And

55:19

Dwight's like, fine, just print it out. Then this

55:22

cuts to that hilarious

55:24

dot matrix printer that's

55:26

like, it's going to

55:28

take forever. And

55:30

when we asked Kelly Cantley what memory she had

55:33

from shooting this episode, this was one of the

55:35

scenes she mentioned. Here's what she said.

55:38

The scene where Dwight

55:40

goes into Clark and tells him

55:43

to print all the complaints. I

55:46

looked and looked at that scene and I

55:48

could not figure out how it was going

55:50

to be funny until we shot it. And

55:53

Matt's own brilliant operator

55:56

dropped the camera down to just over

55:58

the machine. on to

56:00

Dwight and Clark and then I thought it

56:02

was just so funny. It makes me laugh

56:05

every time I see it. I

56:08

think this scene is so funny because

56:10

it is the callback to Clark being

56:13

frustrated by our

56:16

just dinosaur technology. Yeah, talk

56:18

about old tech. He's surrounded

56:20

by old tech. Dwight

56:22

is now going to hold a conference room

56:24

meeting about customer loyalty. What is it? Can

56:26

you hold it in your hand? Can

56:29

you dump it on a woman? No, because

56:31

it's an idea. What does it mean?

56:34

This whole time a man has been

56:36

sitting at the front of the conference

56:38

room, Dwight is now going to introduce

56:40

him as Mr. Romanko, a client of

56:42

20 years who came in today and

56:44

raged at Daryl who was distracted because

56:47

he was working on outside projects. And

56:49

Mr. Romanko was like, no, no, no, I

56:51

wouldn't classify this as rage. He seems a

56:53

bit confused. Well, there was a scene that

56:55

would have come previous to this that sort

56:57

of explains it all and set up the

56:59

whole scene. In the shooting draft it read

57:01

like this, a client, Mr.

57:04

Romanko, a meek little man enters

57:06

the office tentatively. Dwight spots him. Dwight

57:08

says, Mr. Romanko, right away, so

57:10

sorry you felt the need to come

57:12

in. Mr. Romanko says,

57:14

I didn't. You called, but

57:17

it's such a small matter. Maybe

57:19

we should just, Dwight says, I

57:21

understand, but we take customer loyalty

57:23

very seriously here. Emergency conference room

57:25

meeting everyone. Mr. Romanko is

57:27

like confused. He's like, what? And he turns

57:29

to Mr. Romanko and says, I hope you

57:31

have nothing planned for the whole afternoon. Mr.

57:35

Romanko says, actually, I do have.

57:37

And Dwight pushes Romanko into the

57:40

conference room and then shouts to

57:42

everyone, I rate customer coming through.

57:44

Yes. When

57:46

we get back to the conference room, Daryl

57:48

is going to say, I'm so sorry. We

57:51

were a day late on your delivery, but

57:53

two of our trucks were down for repairs

57:55

and I don't see this ever happening again.

57:57

And Mr. Romanko is like.

58:00

Great, he's satisfied with that answer. He wants

58:03

to leave. Yeah, he's like good for me.

58:05

Dwight's like no. Mr. Ramego is

58:07

angry and Darryl forgot that loyalty

58:09

is the key to relationships. Well,

58:12

Nellie is going to be like I agree. Yes,

58:15

she sees her way out now and she's going

58:17

to take it. She says

58:19

loyalty is everything and they should

58:22

all ask themselves if they've been

58:24

faithful in their relationships. Stanley

58:27

is like uh-uh, he's not going to

58:29

participate in this conversation. Nellie

58:31

says Darryl is dating Dunder Mifflin

58:33

but flirting with athlete on the

58:35

side. Then they start using Erin

58:37

as an example.

58:40

Like what would it be like

58:43

if Erin who is in a

58:45

relationship with Andy was flirting with

58:47

someone on the side like maybe

58:50

Creed. And Creed's like he's so

58:52

funny. He's like yeah, I'll play that

58:54

out. He's like sure, yeah, let's

58:56

see what, yeah, let's play that

58:58

out. And imagine during all of

59:00

this poor Mr. Ramego. Like can

59:02

I go? And this conference room

59:04

scene was so fun to shoot.

59:07

We broke and laughed several times

59:09

and I loved this little brief

59:11

exchange between Angela and Erin. I

59:13

want to play it. Well,

59:16

I think it would be a moral for Erin to cheat

59:18

on Andy. Oh, I'm sorry. Didn't you cheat

59:20

on Andy? Yes, and he didn't like it.

59:25

I loved that too. I loved when you said

59:27

yes and he didn't like it very much. Yes,

59:29

and I'm really put out and he didn't like

59:31

it. One of

59:33

our favorite things as a cast, we've talked about

59:35

this before, is to have a big group scene

59:38

where everyone has a moment and

59:40

this was one of those scenes. Everyone

59:42

in the conference room had something hilarious

59:44

that they contributed. Yes, and by

59:46

the way, Mr. Ramego was

59:48

great. Yes, guest star shout

59:50

out to Mr. Ramego played by Bob

59:53

Bluberman. He was originally a lawyer who

59:55

left law to become an actor in

59:57

1995. Well, Bob has crossover connections. with both you

1:00:00

and I. You want to hear them? Yes. Bob

1:00:03

and I have both had roles on Spin

1:00:05

City and Strong Medicine. And

1:00:07

Angela, your crossover connections are Hot in

1:00:09

Cleveland, New Girl, and Fresh Off the

1:00:12

Boat. Bob, we've worked on so many

1:00:14

of the same shows. I know. He's

1:00:16

appeared in over a hundred TV shows,

1:00:18

dozens of commercials, and voiceover

1:00:21

spots. Bob. Hook us up.

1:00:24

Yeah. We have so many voices. We

1:00:26

can do a lot. Hi now. Listen, Bob.

1:00:28

I got this guy too. I can do this

1:00:30

one. He works at a tire shop. Tim's

1:00:33

Tire Town. I always

1:00:35

say, if you're gonna get your

1:00:37

beauty done, get your beauty done right. That's

1:00:40

what she says. See? Look at that.

1:00:42

Bob. What can't we do? Bob.

1:00:45

Probably voiceover. Well,

1:00:49

should we head on over to Cece's

1:00:51

Recital? Because it is underway. Yes,

1:00:54

it is. And I have a few more things

1:00:56

to share about this day. Kelly

1:00:58

had made sure I had the day off.

1:01:00

So when we filmed these scenes, I could be

1:01:02

there just right off camera. You had to

1:01:04

be. I know. That morning,

1:01:06

the girls got to go through hair and

1:01:08

makeup. They were very excited. I have adorable

1:01:10

pictures of these tiny little ladybugs in those

1:01:12

big hair and makeup chairs. And they look

1:01:15

so tiny in them. Debbie and

1:01:17

Sherry and hair and makeup took such great

1:01:19

care of them. And Ismael

1:01:21

was already really familiar with the hair and makeup

1:01:23

trailer. So she was actually very excited that she

1:01:25

got to sit in the chair and not just

1:01:27

pop in and say hi to me. Well, what

1:01:30

I loved about our hair and makeup folks, Angela,

1:01:32

is that, you know,

1:01:34

these little girls didn't really need hair

1:01:36

and makeup. No. But they fussed over

1:01:38

them. Yes. They made it an event.

1:01:40

This day was like a whole event

1:01:42

for these little girls. So they would

1:01:44

like maybe put their hair in a

1:01:46

ponytail or pigtails or something, but they

1:01:48

would linger. Yeah. And they would brush

1:01:51

their faces even if there wasn't any

1:01:53

makeup on it. It was the cutest

1:01:55

thing. It was so cute. In fact,

1:01:58

one time Ismael was on set. I think I've

1:02:00

shared this. before and I think my forehead was

1:02:02

shiny. They said, Angela, you have a little

1:02:04

bit of shine and they powdered my forehead. So

1:02:07

Isabel walked into the hair and makeup and

1:02:09

she said to Sherri, can I get a

1:02:12

little shine? Yes, she thought that was what

1:02:14

you got. Yes. And they just

1:02:16

put their hair up in little ponytails and

1:02:18

then you know they got a tiny little

1:02:20

bit of chapstick and a little bit of

1:02:22

shine. So sweet. Well

1:02:25

the location of this recital was the

1:02:27

20th Century Women's Club in Eagle Rock.

1:02:30

And I asked C. Burgess what was

1:02:32

involved on the production end when you

1:02:34

have a bunch of little kids on set because I

1:02:36

know they can only work certain hours. They have to

1:02:38

have breaks. They have to have

1:02:40

tutors. They have to have a parent or

1:02:42

guardian. Steve said since these were just three

1:02:45

and four year olds, they didn't really have

1:02:47

to go to school but they did have

1:02:49

a school teacher there because

1:02:52

it's required by California law. But they didn't

1:02:54

really make them go to school and that

1:02:56

the shooting was very short. It

1:02:58

was very short and they did have a big

1:03:00

room for everyone with chairs and the girls like

1:03:03

I mean literally they had

1:03:05

coloring books and crayons and little games

1:03:07

and we all hung out together. And

1:03:09

when I re-watched the episode with my

1:03:11

daughter and we watched the dancing, she's

1:03:14

right in the middle at the very first

1:03:16

opening shot. It's her and Maya and they're

1:03:18

right in the middle next to Cece and

1:03:21

she's like, oh mom Maya

1:03:24

knew the dance perfectly and when we watched

1:03:26

we both got tickled because Isabel got distracted

1:03:28

by her shoes. She looks down at her

1:03:31

feet and she's

1:03:33

like what am I doing? I was like well you did

1:03:35

love shoes. I don't know. Maybe you were looking at your

1:03:38

shoes. And there was an extra

1:03:40

scene that they did with the little gals where

1:03:42

they all poke their heads around the big curtain

1:03:44

before they go on stage. That one

1:03:46

didn't make it in the episode but it is in

1:03:48

deleted scenes. Well while

1:03:50

this recital is going on, Pam

1:03:52

is in the audience and she's

1:03:54

filming but guess what? She

1:03:57

gets a phone call. Yes!

1:04:00

and she's so excited. It's the

1:04:02

city of Scranton! Yes, she got the

1:04:04

job painting the mural over Tracy Fleab.

1:04:06

She got the job. Well,

1:04:09

the other parents around her are not

1:04:11

pleased that she took the phone call.

1:04:13

They're shushing her. They're saying, you are

1:04:15

very rude. Very rude. Well, when

1:04:17

you watch this, you might think their reactions

1:04:20

kind of are harsh, right? There

1:04:22

were a few vignettes that led up to this

1:04:24

moment. First of all, Pam

1:04:26

tries to get a seat in the front

1:04:29

row. I remember this. It's in deleted scenes.

1:04:31

And she asks the man she ends up

1:04:33

sitting next to if he can move his

1:04:35

son. So they put his son

1:04:37

on his lap. He's kind of too big to

1:04:39

sit on your lap, son. Yeah, to make a

1:04:41

space for Pam. So that's the first thing she

1:04:43

did. And then she's trying to get a better

1:04:46

shot. And she's kind of like crawling on the

1:04:48

floor. Like she's kind of being annoying. I remember

1:04:50

all that. So by the time

1:04:52

she gets the phone call, people have had it

1:04:54

with her. Yes. Well, special guest

1:04:57

star alert. The angry shushing mom and

1:04:59

dad were played by people we know.

1:05:01

But I'll let Kelly Cantley tell you

1:05:03

all about it. Interesting

1:05:06

trivia about the ladybug recital. Brian

1:05:08

Whittle, our actual boom op for

1:05:10

multiple seasons of The Office, plays

1:05:13

the man sitting next to Pam.

1:05:16

And then Stephanie Lesh Farrell, Sean

1:05:18

Farrell's wife, one of our set decks,

1:05:20

plays the woman sitting next to Brian.

1:05:23

Also, Brian Whittle appears three times

1:05:26

in the credits of that episode.

1:05:29

Brian's playing the man at the recital. Brian

1:05:31

Whittle is also the actual boom

1:05:33

operator credited for the show. And

1:05:36

then Chris the amount of policy played

1:05:39

Brian Whittle, the boom operator character who

1:05:41

breaks the wall. So there's

1:05:43

trivia. Brian

1:05:45

Whittle, you're all over the place in this

1:05:47

episode. I know. I do

1:05:49

love that the character of the boom operator's

1:05:51

name is Brian Whittle. First

1:05:53

and last name. I know. Of the real

1:05:55

guy. I love one of the real boom

1:05:57

operators for the show. me

1:06:00

to a fan question from Lindsay A. in

1:06:02

Thousand Oaks, California, who said, my question is,

1:06:04

why is there all of a sudden a

1:06:07

boom operator? They've had lapel mics this whole

1:06:09

time and out of nowhere, there's a boom

1:06:11

operator who's been doing sound for Pam this

1:06:13

whole time. Well,

1:06:15

Lindsay, I think this was something

1:06:17

that like we knew as

1:06:20

actors are making a show, which is

1:06:22

that you wear a mic pack and

1:06:25

you have a boom operator. It's very

1:06:27

common to have both. They want to

1:06:30

have backup sound. And so

1:06:32

they grab sound in two different

1:06:34

ways on projects. Always, always,

1:06:36

always. Even when Josh and I do our

1:06:39

little baking videos at home, we have

1:06:41

a lav mic kit that we bought. So we

1:06:43

put the little mics on our shirts, but then

1:06:46

he has one boom mic. Basically,

1:06:48

he just puts on a tripod because we

1:06:50

don't have a person to hold it. So

1:06:52

we capture other sound. Yeah, you

1:06:54

get the atmosphere of the room on the

1:06:57

boom mic as well. Yeah. And a lot

1:06:59

of times, for the most part on our

1:07:01

show, it was the boom sound that you

1:07:03

heard the lav mics were backup. That's

1:07:06

a really good question. Good question. Well, Dwight

1:07:08

and Daryl bid farewell to Mr. Romanko. And

1:07:11

Dwight asked Daryl if he's ready to tell

1:07:13

Jim to go screw himself. But Daryl says

1:07:15

no, athlete is my future.

1:07:17

I want to have fun at work. This

1:07:20

gets Dwight's wheels going. Yep. Well,

1:07:23

back in the conference room, we are

1:07:25

still going over this Aaron Pete thing.

1:07:27

Phyllis is on Team Pete. Yeah. Do

1:07:30

you want to know the moment in the scene that

1:07:32

we kept breaking and couldn't get past? Was

1:07:35

it Kevin's line? You want

1:07:37

me to play it for you? Sure. Can

1:07:41

everyone please stop speaking for me? Andy

1:07:44

is my boyfriend. Pete and I are just friends.

1:07:46

And that's the end of it, right, Pete? That

1:07:48

is correct. Come on, guys. Where's

1:07:51

even coming from? Your feelings for

1:07:53

Aaron? Probably your heart and

1:07:56

a little bit your penis. It

1:08:02

is also how he says penis. He doesn't

1:08:04

say penis, he says penis. Yes. Also,

1:08:07

did you hear Jake's cold? He's

1:08:09

like, come on you guys. I didn't hear it. Come

1:08:11

on. I'm not hearing it.

1:08:13

Are you kidding? Play it again. I'm

1:08:15

gonna play it again. Alright. That

1:08:18

is correct. Come on guys. Where's Steven

1:08:20

coming from? Come on

1:08:22

guys. Where's Steven coming from? Where's Steven coming

1:08:24

from? I'm not hearing

1:08:26

it. Come on. Are you kidding?

1:08:29

That is correct. Come on guys. Where's

1:08:32

Steven coming from? Where's

1:08:34

Steven coming from? It doesn't sound

1:08:36

like that to me. It does.

1:08:39

He has a cold. I'm doing a poll.

1:08:41

End stories. Who thinks Jake had a cold?

1:08:43

Who doesn't? Okay. Who can

1:08:45

hear it? I can hear it. Okay. I

1:08:47

believe you. Goodbye you guys. I don't hear

1:08:49

it. Where's the cover from? I don't even

1:08:51

hear it. Okay. Okay. Lizard

1:08:54

doesn't hear it. Well

1:08:56

ultimately the conference room scene ends and Nellie

1:08:59

is happy because she feels like she has

1:09:01

squashed that relationship. Yes. Back

1:09:03

at Athlete, the team is still

1:09:05

scrambling to keep this investor. I

1:09:08

mean if you're an investor and you're not

1:09:11

interested anymore, how long do you sit around

1:09:13

waiting for them to get a call about

1:09:15

some information? I don't know.

1:09:17

Also, I mean

1:09:19

I do get why they're scrambling. Have

1:09:21

you looked at Athlete? That place looks

1:09:23

expensive. It does. I agree. Pam

1:09:27

is trying to call Jim to share this good news

1:09:29

about the mural, but it just goes to voicemail.

1:09:32

By the way, the investor was played

1:09:34

by Mitch Pulos. He's been

1:09:37

on 30 Rock, most recently on Curb

1:09:39

Your Enthusiasm and Chicago Fire, and he

1:09:41

has played Santa more than once. Oh,

1:09:43

yeah. Well in

1:09:46

the warehouse, Glenn has told Daryl to jump

1:09:48

in the delivery truck even though he doesn't do

1:09:50

them anymore. Well, guess what? There

1:09:53

is another reveal in this episode, not just Brian.

1:09:55

It is Dwight! He is inside

1:09:57

the truck because now him and Daryl are going to

1:09:59

have fun. lady, they're going to have

1:10:01

fun and they're going to make some deliveries.

1:10:04

They're delivering fun. This is the moment we

1:10:06

played at the beginning of the episode. That's

1:10:08

right. And Dwight kicks it off by throwing

1:10:10

a plastic basketball at Daryl's head. That's

1:10:13

fun. Now he's going to

1:10:15

pull into a fast food drive-through. Bet

1:10:18

they don't have this in Philly and

1:10:20

he throws a milkshake at the employee.

1:10:22

Yeah. Daryl is horrified. So

1:10:24

horrified he takes the keys out of the ignition.

1:10:26

He's going to make Dwight go in and clean

1:10:29

up the milkshake. Yeah. Dwight says

1:10:31

this doesn't feel like a prank anymore. And

1:10:33

while he's cleaning it all up, a couple of

1:10:35

guys drive through and you'll fire in the hole

1:10:38

and throw a strawberry milkshake at Dwight. And

1:10:40

he says, jokes on you. They make you

1:10:42

come back and clean it up. Is

1:10:45

this a thing? It's fire in the hole thing

1:10:47

and I think it was. Oh no. Isn't

1:10:49

that terrible? That's horrible. Well, I'll tell

1:10:52

you the location of this drive-through is

1:10:54

a very beloved fast food place. It

1:10:56

was just down the road from the

1:10:58

ballet studio in Eagle Rock. It's called

1:11:01

Pete's Blue Chip Burgers. It's

1:11:03

still there. It's been there for 50 years. We

1:11:05

closed it down while we were shooting. So all

1:11:08

the people you see inside were all background performers

1:11:10

that we hired to be there. The

1:11:12

first guy who gets hit with a milkshake is

1:11:15

Eli Vargas. He's very funny. He

1:11:17

had a recurring role on Summerland

1:11:20

and the guys in the car who

1:11:22

throw the second milkshake have an interesting

1:11:25

connection to Steve Burgess. He

1:11:27

shared that the teenager driving

1:11:29

the car was a friend of his son,

1:11:31

Matt, Alex McCaslin.

1:11:35

And he said his son Matt and Alex played

1:11:37

soccer together since they were little kids. And

1:11:40

when we were shooting this episode, Alex was

1:11:42

trying to break into stunt work. So

1:11:44

he was hired to drive. This

1:11:46

was considered a stunt driving moment.

1:11:48

Okay. And Steve

1:11:50

said since then he's had a great

1:11:52

career as a stunt performer. So Alex's

1:11:55

dream came true. Hey, isn't that

1:11:57

so fun? I love it. Well,

1:11:59

we had to ask for it. Kelly about shooting the scene and

1:12:01

here's what she had to say. Lots

1:12:03

and lots of fun for me was the

1:12:06

scene where we got to throw a milkshake

1:12:08

at rain. When Dwight gets a

1:12:10

milkshake in the face when he's trying to clean up,

1:12:13

that just made me laugh and then made me

1:12:15

laugh even harder when Daryl watches it three times

1:12:17

at the end. Did

1:12:19

you hear it, lady? Lots

1:12:22

and lots of fun for me was shooting

1:12:24

the scene where we throw a milkshake at

1:12:26

rain. I don't

1:12:28

know. Do you think this goes back

1:12:31

to their whole thing about like, oh

1:12:34

yeah, like having things off your screen. Yeah.

1:12:37

I feel like maybe Kelly enjoyed

1:12:40

that rain got a milkshake thrown at him. I

1:12:42

think she did too. If

1:12:45

you listened to Kelly's interview, her and rain

1:12:47

had a whole thing about his computer screen.

1:12:50

Yes. I would want to throw a milkshake at him. Well,

1:12:54

let's go back to the kitchen for a second

1:12:56

because we have a little bit of kitchen cringe

1:12:58

happening. Toby is going to

1:13:00

come in and give Nellie a big old hug

1:13:02

while she's making coffee. And

1:13:05

he says he's proud of how she handled the meeting.

1:13:08

But then he says, what do you have against Pete

1:13:10

and Erin though? Toby reminds

1:13:13

Nellie that Andy was terrible to

1:13:15

Erin. Well, he doesn't

1:13:17

say terrible. Fan

1:13:19

mail from Destiny S. in Northern Virginia

1:13:22

says, can we please

1:13:24

discuss Toby's comment of quote, Andy

1:13:26

was a terrible lover. You're right.

1:13:29

You're right. He said lover. Yes.

1:13:32

That was so cringy. Destiny said,

1:13:35

I highly dislike this word.

1:13:37

Ew. Ew. It

1:13:39

wasn't ew. You're so right. Yes. So

1:13:42

this is a double cringe in the kitchen because

1:13:44

I thought the hug and then when he says, you

1:13:47

know, not everyone has what you and I have and

1:13:49

Nellie's like, what? I thought that was cringe, but I

1:13:51

totally forgot that he said Andy was a terrible

1:13:53

lover. Oh my gosh. This

1:13:56

is going to cut to Nellie talking head where she says,

1:13:58

Oh my goodness. I just remember. I just remembered that I

1:14:01

kissed that man. There

1:14:03

were candy bag alts for this talking head.

1:14:05

Oh dear. Two of them I have

1:14:07

to share. Nellie would have said, I just

1:14:10

remembered I kissed that guy. Apparently

1:14:13

my brain refused to record a memory

1:14:15

of it. And who can blame it?

1:14:17

Poor dear. And

1:14:21

then here was the second one and this one really cracked me

1:14:23

up. My mouth has touched the

1:14:25

face of sadness. Sorry,

1:14:27

that made me laugh. It

1:14:30

was like in Harry Potter when those ghosts suck

1:14:32

your soul out of your face. That's

1:14:36

not hilarious. My mouth

1:14:38

has touched the face of sadness. That

1:14:41

is hilarious writing. Oh

1:14:44

my goodness. Ugh. Well

1:14:46

also back at the office, Pam

1:14:48

asks if anyone wants to see

1:14:50

the video from CC's recital. Angela's

1:14:53

like, ugh, I'm swamped and holds

1:14:55

up one piece of paper. Oscar's

1:14:59

like, let's get this over with. You

1:15:02

know, lady, this scene made me think of this

1:15:04

moment. Years ago I was

1:15:06

at an Emmy's party.

1:15:08

Okay. And Isabelle was a

1:15:10

baby and everything about her was just

1:15:12

the newest, funniest, most amazing thing and

1:15:14

it's all I could talk about. Oh,

1:15:18

I know what you're going to say. And

1:15:21

are you sure you don't want to save this for

1:15:23

office ladies burning to the ground? Okay,

1:15:25

I'll save it. Oh, I'll save it.

1:15:27

You have to tell it. No, no, I'll save it.

1:15:29

I'll save it. I'll save it. It's

1:15:31

some pretty good snark and you guys will all

1:15:33

know the people I'm talking about. People

1:15:36

yeah, people will say people

1:15:38

Oscar do people, people,

1:15:41

a famous couple,

1:15:43

Oscar'd me when I was talking about my

1:15:45

baby at an Emmy's party. Now

1:15:48

I think you have to tell. No, I'm not going to

1:15:51

tell it. Don't say their names. Just

1:15:53

say what happened. Listen

1:15:55

to this. Listen to this. Okay. We

1:15:58

were in line. for food or something,

1:16:00

like it was like a party and there was

1:16:03

food. And they were in front of

1:16:05

me, this couple, and they're famous. You

1:16:07

guys all know them. And she was

1:16:09

being very nice and asking me how things are.

1:16:11

And I started telling a story about

1:16:13

my baby because that's all I wanted to talk

1:16:16

about was my cute, adorable baby girl. And

1:16:19

her husband, who wasn't really making eye contact

1:16:21

with me, kind of like looking over me

1:16:23

for someone cooler to talk to, said

1:16:26

to me, you know what I

1:16:29

do when I can't fall asleep? And

1:16:31

I was like, no. And he goes, I

1:16:33

call my lawyer who's just had a baby. And

1:16:35

I'll say, tell me about your baby. You

1:16:38

guys believe, can you believe that? And

1:16:41

I was like, Oh, got it.

1:16:44

I'm Aria Stark, and you're now on my

1:16:46

list. I just

1:16:48

want to put it out there. Famous person,

1:16:50

you know who this person is.

1:16:52

Famous person. And you probably like

1:16:54

him. I'll say that. Well

1:16:56

liked. Like persona. By

1:16:59

some. I think there's

1:17:01

a debate about him. There's

1:17:04

some douchery there. But I will

1:17:06

say this what? This person.

1:17:08

Yeah. People are not actors on the show. On

1:17:11

our show. Yeah, they're not. Of course not. I

1:17:13

know. I just, I wouldn't want anyone to think

1:17:15

that we don't have that kind of douchery on

1:17:17

our show. No, we do not. But

1:17:20

yeah, can you imagine you're like in line to

1:17:22

get some french fries and someone says that to

1:17:24

you. I haven't even been

1:17:26

talking that long. It's not like I

1:17:28

was showing videos or anything. I wasn't

1:17:31

full Pam. Excuse me. I'm so

1:17:33

sorry. But you know, I

1:17:35

wanted to show a video of her dance

1:17:38

recital to someone since her husband wasn't there.

1:17:40

I told one story, but I will say

1:17:42

to call back Nora, this guy was being

1:17:44

a full ass. Yeah.

1:17:46

Full ass. My

1:17:48

question that I've never even asked you, how did

1:17:51

his wife respond? Was she taken

1:17:53

aback? She just kind of did that thing

1:17:55

where she was like, oh,

1:17:57

you know, they did not have children yet. They

1:17:59

do. now. But she kind of

1:18:01

just said that like, oh, like, oh,

1:18:04

they do now and they talk about them all

1:18:06

the time. Oh, well, maybe I'll have to go

1:18:09

full Oscar on them. Exactly. People

1:18:11

are going to be guessing, you know, people have been trying

1:18:13

to guess who the musician is the blowhard

1:18:15

that I ran into on the hike. No one

1:18:17

has guessed it. I just want to say they're

1:18:19

never going to get no, it's so out of

1:18:22

the very obscure, famous, famous

1:18:24

musician, but obscure. Can I give one hint to

1:18:26

that? What? Tall.

1:18:29

We said that. Oh, we did. Very tall.

1:18:33

Very tall. I'm not going

1:18:35

to give any hints on my couple. No.

1:18:38

Now they have children. That's all. Now they have

1:18:40

children. A couple with children. No one will ever

1:18:42

figure it out. We know. We

1:18:45

know. And we will reveal their

1:18:47

names on office ladies burn it to the ground.

1:18:53

By the way, this is a very good example

1:18:55

of a message from Angela that might begin. I

1:18:58

have some snark. I have some. And now you

1:19:00

see why we have to stop everything to listen

1:19:03

to these messages. I know we're

1:19:05

off topic, but if you want to stay off

1:19:07

topic for a second, do we think that Pam's

1:19:09

phone call was important enough to interrupt the recital?

1:19:11

Would you have taken the call, Angela? From

1:19:14

the city of Scranton, you're waiting to hear about

1:19:16

your mural. They would have told

1:19:18

me in my messages. I would have

1:19:20

let it go to voicemail. If I'm filming the

1:19:22

recital, the only thing I can think of is

1:19:24

if you're so thrown that you answer by accident.

1:19:27

She didn't. She answered on purpose. That's

1:19:29

true. I really thought about this because

1:19:32

my instinct was no, I wouldn't answer

1:19:34

the phone in the middle of a

1:19:36

recital unless it was some

1:19:38

indication of an emergency. Exactly.

1:19:41

But as an emerging

1:19:43

artist, we get very superstitious and I

1:19:45

could imagine having the anxiety that if

1:19:47

I don't answer this call, they'll give

1:19:50

it to someone else. Right. They'll think

1:19:52

I'm unreachable and they'll pass on me.

1:19:54

Right. Yeah. So I did understand that.

1:19:57

Yeah. I see that. Well,

1:19:59

Pam is trying. to, you know, defend the

1:20:01

fact that she took this phone call during the

1:20:03

recital, but she doesn't want to say why or

1:20:05

who it was. So we cut

1:20:07

to this talking head where she explains

1:20:09

she just wants Jim to be the

1:20:11

first one to know about the mural

1:20:14

because whenever something good happens to her,

1:20:16

he always says, Beasley! And she

1:20:18

wants to hear a Beasley. So

1:20:21

cute. It's very cute. So sweet. We're laying

1:20:23

it on thick, guys. Yeah. Well,

1:20:25

now things are just kind of awkward and miserable

1:20:27

between Pete and Aaron. He's on his way to

1:20:30

make copies. She notices. They're kind of curt to

1:20:32

one another. And they

1:20:34

both just look unhappy. And Nellie clocks it

1:20:36

all. Yeah. And now Nellie is

1:20:38

going to have a meeting with Pete and Aaron.

1:20:41

And she says, You know what? I'm going

1:20:43

to reassemble the task force. It's my decision. They

1:20:45

have no choice. Everybody knows it. She

1:20:47

apologizes to them. Aaron and

1:20:50

Pete are so happy. And

1:20:52

Toby approves. He approaches

1:20:55

her from behind. He rubs her

1:20:57

shoulders. He calls her lady. Oh,

1:20:59

lady. Fan catch

1:21:01

from Jessica N in Rochester, New

1:21:04

York said, Oh, no. When

1:21:06

Toby comes up creepily behind

1:21:09

Nellie, he uses your hour

1:21:11

word. Lady. Dislike. I'm

1:21:14

down. Yeah.

1:21:17

And then he kind of leans in and

1:21:19

says, You never stop surprising me. Yeah. Oh,

1:21:22

cringe. Well, here we are, everyone. Oh,

1:21:25

big reveal. Yeah. It's

1:21:30

time. It's time. Everyone's

1:21:33

leaving for the day and Pam gets

1:21:35

a phone call. It's Jim. He

1:21:38

has bad news. They lost Bridgeport

1:21:40

capital. I do have a

1:21:42

call sheet tidbit here. This scene

1:21:44

was the last scene filmed on

1:21:46

the last day on Friday. Yes.

1:21:49

Well, Angela, there was a reason for that. We

1:21:51

wanted to clear the set and we wanted to

1:21:53

have plenty of time to get this scene

1:21:56

Because it was complicated. Here's what's going

1:21:58

to happen. Like I Said, Okay

1:22:00

last if the client he says he's gonna

1:22:02

have to work and same way hard for

1:22:05

the next few weeks pam health or sort

1:22:07

of passive aggressive comment where she says really

1:22:09

i feel like you've already been working insanely

1:22:11

hard. Gym. Says you know what would

1:22:13

make me feel better if I could see that

1:22:16

video? Ccs were sold All. Pam.

1:22:18

Tries to be light hearted about it.

1:22:21

And. Is like guess why It turns out

1:22:23

I'm not great with technology. I didn't get

1:22:25

it. Gym is really upset

1:22:27

by this. He's like are you kidding? I

1:22:29

mean come on. And pants like

1:22:32

you want to ease up a little bit.

1:22:34

and then gyms like the recital is done.

1:22:36

I miss that moment and she's like I'm

1:22:38

sure another family so did a lot of

1:22:40

people. The recording this is like oh great.

1:22:42

So now I can watch recordings that like

1:22:44

focuses on their kid and we don't even

1:22:47

get to see our kid. Now.

1:22:49

They're in it. Because. Them says maybe you should

1:22:51

have been there yet if it was so important, maybe

1:22:53

you should have been there. And he now

1:22:55

is ticked off because he says listen, you

1:22:57

agreed to me spending these days and silly

1:22:59

and Pam says she's trying to do her

1:23:02

best to make things perfect so he can

1:23:04

do that he wants to do And basically

1:23:06

he's like oh, this is what I want

1:23:08

to do anything and is doing it for

1:23:10

myself. Because. It's so than This is

1:23:13

a very sad night and now Gem has been called back

1:23:15

to work In is like you know what I got ago

1:23:17

or talk to you tomorrow. Yeah. She's

1:23:19

like fine, Talk to you tomorrow. Pm.

1:23:21

Starts to break down, And.

1:23:24

This is how it was written in the shooting draft.

1:23:26

Cam. Hangs up upset. She. Looks

1:23:28

around and realizes she is the only one

1:23:30

left at work. Systems.

1:23:32

And then unexpectedly starts to cry.

1:23:35

We. Watch her cry for a little. Then.

1:23:38

She turns tear same face to the side

1:23:40

of the room and says. Brian.

1:23:42

What Am I doing wrong? What Did I do?

1:23:45

There's. A beat. Pam looks like she

1:23:47

really needs and answer. Brian.

1:23:50

Little response, Nothing you doing the best

1:23:52

you can. The camera frame clippers. a

1:23:54

moment of indecision and then the operator

1:23:56

pulls winds to see that pam as

1:23:58

talking to the book. Operator Brian.

1:24:01

He. Looks sympathetic. San.

1:24:05

Question from Chloe Be and Australia During

1:24:07

the phone call between Pam and Jim,

1:24:09

Pam is super upset. I was wondering

1:24:11

if Gem really was on the other

1:24:14

end of the phone during the scene.

1:24:16

Just. Chloe are sound engineer. Ban hooked

1:24:19

it up so that we can actually

1:24:21

talk to each other in the two

1:24:23

offices. I was on the main stage

1:24:25

and the athletes set was over in

1:24:27

our warehouse building. That. Setting

1:24:29

this up with a huge ordeal, but it

1:24:31

was also super important. But. I'll let

1:24:33

Kelly, Kelly, our director tell you a little more

1:24:35

about it. The

1:24:38

phone call with so stressful lose so

1:24:40

much going on so normally and television

1:24:42

or we should a phone call. We

1:24:44

shoot each actor individually so you would

1:24:47

shoot one on Tuesday and one on

1:24:49

Friday and if you're lucky the person

1:24:51

off camera is actually off camera to

1:24:54

give you your to put on the

1:24:56

authors we do as much live as

1:24:58

we could so anytime we had a

1:25:01

face time that we would have a

1:25:03

little sat. Around a quarter

1:25:05

the stage and we'd have an

1:25:07

actual live face time. We tried

1:25:10

to do with phone calls as

1:25:12

much as we could and in

1:25:14

this case because the argument with

1:25:16

such an important story points and

1:25:18

arguments are sort of better when

1:25:20

two people are arguing we worked

1:25:22

out a way to shoot John

1:25:24

playing gym on the other Sage

1:25:27

in the Athletes Sad and then

1:25:29

Pam Zana was on our regular

1:25:31

set and it with there were

1:25:33

some segment goal of. Hoops to

1:25:35

jump through to make it happen.

1:25:37

I was on set with Janna

1:25:39

and seventy kids. One of assistant

1:25:41

directors was onset web john. I

1:25:43

could see Joe under the monitor

1:25:46

and listen to the dialogue on

1:25:48

the contacts and then in between

1:25:50

takes. I could talk some on

1:25:52

the phone Zola unless you remember

1:25:54

this but also on Sat with

1:25:56

us it was you The crew.

1:25:59

me And every producer

1:26:01

or executive who'd ever been

1:26:03

involved in the office was

1:26:05

there. Angela,

1:26:08

it was not just every producer.

1:26:10

It was like every writer. Like,

1:26:13

there were so many people. Greg

1:26:15

was there. So many

1:26:18

people invested in us getting this moment

1:26:20

right. It was a lot

1:26:22

of pressure. John was insulated from it a

1:26:24

little bit. You were surrounded by it. I

1:26:26

was surrounded by it. Yes, because our video

1:26:29

village was on the main stage. Yes. We

1:26:31

got a fan question from Courtney B. in

1:26:33

Perth, Western Australia, who said, I would love to

1:26:36

know how you got into character for such

1:26:38

an emotional scene. Well, Courtney,

1:26:40

this scene really hinged on me

1:26:42

being able to break down crying.

1:26:44

And I'll tell you that in many

1:26:47

ways, the writing and the words and

1:26:49

the planning of these emotional beats were

1:26:51

enough to get me nearly there. Just

1:26:54

playing the truth of the scene to be

1:26:57

Pam and having this disconnect from

1:26:59

Jim, her crew love, that

1:27:02

is like devastating. And

1:27:05

so that got me nearly there. But

1:27:08

they really needed me to have

1:27:10

tears streaming down my face. It's

1:27:12

hard to do. Yeah. So

1:27:14

what we did was we

1:27:17

did a take where John,

1:27:19

as Jim, in character, laid

1:27:22

into me really hard.

1:27:25

It was dialogue that we agreed we

1:27:27

would never use. And

1:27:29

they didn't even run the camera on his

1:27:32

side. But through the phone, I

1:27:35

just said, you need to get really

1:27:37

upset with Pam. And

1:27:39

I'll react as Pam.

1:27:41

Yeah. And John was a little nervous

1:27:43

about it because he said, this is going to be

1:27:46

out of character for Jim, so we can't use it.

1:27:49

But I will do this for you, Jenna. And

1:27:52

I was like, I really appreciate it. So we turned

1:27:55

the camera off on his side. And

1:27:57

it was just him on the phone. So there was.

1:28:00

take that you see in the episode that

1:28:03

was he like really

1:28:05

laid into Pam and I just

1:28:07

it was waterworks and you just reacted yeah

1:28:10

as Pam so I got there with with

1:28:12

his help yeah I mean

1:28:15

sometimes you know in scenes as

1:28:17

your scene partner you do that for

1:28:19

each other mm-hmm and even sometimes they'll

1:28:21

be a director that will give you a note

1:28:23

that just breaks your heart open yeah you know

1:28:26

that's right and you kind of need it in

1:28:28

the moment and then I think

1:28:30

you know a lot of times you get yourself

1:28:32

there but then if you need to dial it

1:28:34

up or dial it down it's really nice to

1:28:36

have a scene partner that can help you dial

1:28:38

it up emotionally well that

1:28:40

was the thing we had gotten a number

1:28:42

of takes but we were gonna go

1:28:44

one more time and I said okay

1:28:47

for this final one yeah let her

1:28:49

really sob yeah I need help yeah

1:28:52

and speaking of that the

1:28:54

first part of this was just getting the

1:28:56

fight right and then the second part was

1:28:59

getting this big reveal right mm-hmm yeah

1:29:01

Kelly shared with us about how much

1:29:04

planning and discussion went into shooting all

1:29:06

of this and also about

1:29:08

the different shots that she needed to get

1:29:10

so not only did she need to make

1:29:12

sure all this emotion was happening but technically

1:29:14

she had to make sure she covered it

1:29:16

right here's what she had to say man

1:29:19

I come up with a plan for how to

1:29:21

block it so that it would be kind of

1:29:24

easy to get the camera to Chris who played

1:29:26

Brian the boom up when he breaks the fourth

1:29:28

wall and then when we

1:29:30

rehearsed it Greg had pictured it

1:29:33

very differently so we

1:29:35

put everybody in those positions we rehearsed again and

1:29:37

we started to shoot and there were lots of

1:29:39

opinions on how to shoot it and we

1:29:41

started shooting it like

1:29:44

he was a character and we

1:29:46

did five or six takes

1:29:49

and Greg said okay I think I have what I need and

1:29:51

I said well I think I'd like to go one more time

1:29:53

and he's like okay great get what you need Jenna

1:29:56

I came in to talk to you and you looked

1:29:58

up and seriously crying cuz we just got And you

1:30:00

said, I have one more take of me

1:30:02

and then I'm done. I was like, Oh my God,

1:30:04

I felt really bad for asking you to do it

1:30:06

again. But we really

1:30:08

needed one more because the argument was great

1:30:10

and it ramped up to the point where

1:30:13

it was super believable. The way two people

1:30:15

who love each other can just like go

1:30:18

at each other. The fight was great. Your

1:30:21

reaction was great. It was heartbreaking.

1:30:25

The only thing that really bugged me is

1:30:27

that we were shooting Chris like

1:30:29

a character and I thought

1:30:31

that we needed to shoot it like it

1:30:33

was found footage, like the

1:30:36

doc, you know, they didn't know they were going to

1:30:38

show this as part of the doc when it happened.

1:30:41

So I had had

1:30:43

an idea because whenever something

1:30:45

like disturbing happened or somebody

1:30:48

made a noise or wrecked to take, or

1:30:50

if a camera person had to give a

1:30:53

note, they would like shift the camera sort

1:30:55

of at a cocked angle on their shoulder to make

1:30:57

it more comfortable, give the note

1:30:59

or tell the person whatever, and then put the

1:31:01

camera back up and be ready to go. So

1:31:04

I ran in, apologize to you for

1:31:06

going again and said to Matt Stone,

1:31:08

Matt, this time,

1:31:11

as soon as Chris

1:31:13

talks, cocked his camera onto your

1:31:15

shoulder, like you're going to yell at me for

1:31:17

something and turn to him and say his name

1:31:19

or something like, Hey, cut it out. So

1:31:22

that it's found. And then once he's in there, you

1:31:25

can just cover it because that's what you would do. So

1:31:27

we all agree what we're doing and we go

1:31:29

again. And I realize once

1:31:32

I say action and the scene is going and it's

1:31:34

really good. And then I think, Oh my gosh, I

1:31:36

forgot to give him a note about the end. So

1:31:39

I did the worst thing that you can ever do as

1:31:41

a director or an assistant director. I grabbed

1:31:43

my ADs radio, Rusty

1:31:46

Mamoud, and I turned to

1:31:48

the camera channel. And on the very

1:31:50

last line where Chris, his boy's Brian

1:31:52

says, that's enough. I

1:31:54

say, Matt, tell it to the floor. So

1:31:57

that we're on the floor and you can hear the last

1:31:59

line. you're just out. So

1:32:01

that was very stressful, but I thought the

1:32:04

scene came out really good. And I thought,

1:32:06

Janet, you and John did such a good

1:32:08

job with the acting of it. And Chris

1:32:10

was great as a boom up. So

1:32:14

that was a really long clip, but I

1:32:16

think so fascinating to see how she set

1:32:19

that up. But there were a

1:32:21

couple things that she said that stood out to me.

1:32:24

For example, you know, at the end of

1:32:26

every take, I'm crying, but now I have

1:32:28

to uncry and go back to the beginning.

1:32:31

And that's the exhausting part, is like

1:32:33

taking that journey over and over and

1:32:35

over again. So she was so sweet

1:32:37

to be kind of looking out for

1:32:39

me. But then also

1:32:42

her brilliant idea to

1:32:44

have the camera come off the

1:32:47

shoulder. Yeah, which is what our camera operators

1:32:49

did all the time on set. Yeah, the

1:32:51

minute we stopped filming, they would take it

1:32:53

off their shoulder. Or if

1:32:55

something happened. Yes.

1:32:58

So, so smart. So the

1:33:00

boom operator was played by Chris

1:33:03

Diamantopoulos. At some point, I'm going

1:33:05

to share all about him and his casting session

1:33:07

for this role, but I wanted

1:33:09

to wait until after the reveal. Okay,

1:33:12

so Brian, the boom guy is going to

1:33:14

be with us for a little while. I'll tell you all

1:33:16

about Chris and how he stole this role. You

1:33:19

know, obviously, I don't ever want to see you cry. But

1:33:22

in watching this and rewatching it, at

1:33:24

least you look cute when you cry.

1:33:26

Don't don't take me wrong. When I

1:33:28

cry and I really like cry, I

1:33:30

it is the ugly cry. Like it

1:33:32

is a hot mess. And

1:33:35

you still look cute. Well,

1:33:38

thank you. I mean, this wasn't an

1:33:40

ugly cry. I can do an ugly

1:33:42

cry for you. But this was this

1:33:44

was like, oh, this was

1:33:47

just, I don't

1:33:49

know what heartbroken, desperate at

1:33:52

the end of my rope

1:33:54

and sad. Yeah, deeply, deeply

1:33:56

sad. Yeah. Well, this episode is

1:33:58

going to end on an up. We've

1:34:00

got a tag, Dwight's

1:34:02

Day of Fun. Maybe, I

1:34:05

don't know, it did work out because

1:34:07

Daryl's having a good time watching an

1:34:09

online video of Dwight being hit with

1:34:11

a milkshake. Yeah, it's already uploaded, it's

1:34:13

posted to the internet, and he

1:34:15

hits it on repeat, and he laughs. Yeah,

1:34:18

he says maybe I am going to miss the paper business.

1:34:20

Well, I bet no one's going to take him

1:34:23

on a ride adventure for fun over at

1:34:25

Athlete. Not quite serious. Not quite this one.

1:34:28

Yeah. Well, listen, before we

1:34:30

go, we just wanted to give you Kelly's

1:34:32

final thoughts on directing this episode. She has

1:34:34

some really nice things to say. The

1:34:38

other thing I should share is that

1:34:40

the cast and crew were amazing to

1:34:42

me when I directed. I had

1:34:44

directed the mentor webisodes,

1:34:46

and this was my first

1:34:48

episode, and everybody was wonderful.

1:34:51

The cast was great. Jenny,

1:34:54

you were awesome. Angela, you were great. Kelly

1:34:57

was really nice to me. The

1:34:59

crew went over and above to help

1:35:01

me do a great job. Matt

1:35:04

Zone, our DP operator, and

1:35:06

Sarah Levy, our other camera

1:35:08

operator, amazing. They had

1:35:10

great ideas, and they're amazing operators.

1:35:14

And Rusty Mamoud, my AD, did a great

1:35:16

job for me. He was super supportive.

1:35:19

So it was a really good experience for me.

1:35:22

Oh, I'm so glad that Kelly mentioned Sarah. Sarah

1:35:25

Levy, one of our real camera

1:35:27

operators, is who is operating the

1:35:29

camera in the reveal moment as

1:35:31

well. She's standing right next to

1:35:34

Brian, the boom, quote unquote, operator.

1:35:37

And that's how it works, by the way. Each camera

1:35:39

gets a boom operator. They're like a little pair. They

1:35:42

go around together. Well,

1:35:44

that was customer loyalty. Thank

1:35:47

you so much, Steve Burgess, for all of

1:35:49

your behind the scenes information. And

1:35:52

thank you, Kelly Cantley, for those awesome audio

1:35:54

clips. We loved hearing about your time directing

1:35:56

this episode. And thank you to

1:35:58

my daughter Isabelle for sharing with us. about being

1:36:00

a ladybug in this episode. She loves

1:36:02

Office Ladies. She was so tickled when

1:36:04

I asked her to be on the

1:36:06

podcast. She was like, seriously, mom, I

1:36:08

get to be on the podcast. She had

1:36:11

to be on the podcast. She's a guest

1:36:13

star. And I do have to tell you

1:36:15

one thing. She was like, mom,

1:36:17

can I hear what I sound like? And when

1:36:19

I played it back for her, she goes, Oh

1:36:21

my gosh, that's what I felt like. That's what

1:36:23

everybody says when they hear their voice. I know.

1:36:25

But thank you, Isabelle. I loved rewatching this episode

1:36:27

with you. Isabelle, thank you

1:36:29

to all of you for writing in. We hope we

1:36:32

helped you get some things off your chest today. There

1:36:34

was a lot of mail. There really was. There's

1:36:37

going to be more. Oh,

1:36:40

and before we go, we want to

1:36:42

give a big shout out to our pal,

1:36:44

Rainn Wilson. He has his new podcast.

1:36:47

Yes, it's called Soul Boom, the podcast.

1:36:49

You remember we had Rainn on to

1:36:51

talk about his book, Soul Boom, why

1:36:53

we need a spiritual revolution. Well, this

1:36:55

podcast is going to cover similar themes.

1:36:58

Yes. And I'm a guest on his

1:37:00

show. I was a

1:37:02

little nervous, but it was wonderful to

1:37:04

sit down with Rainn. We talked about

1:37:06

some real big life moments that shaped

1:37:08

our lives. I laughed a lot. I

1:37:10

cried. He's such a thoughtful person. And

1:37:12

I'm really looking forward to his new

1:37:14

podcast. I think it's just going to

1:37:16

be great. You guys, he does film his

1:37:18

podcast just so you know. And I

1:37:21

showed up with barely any makeup on because I don't wear

1:37:23

a lot of makeup out and about, you know, I think

1:37:26

also if memory serves, you didn't know

1:37:28

that he filmed his podcast on the

1:37:30

way. Pretty much the day of Rainn

1:37:32

was like, Oh, Ang, we're going to

1:37:34

film it. And I was like, Oh,

1:37:36

and you know, I am not judged.

1:37:38

It is just real life. Two

1:37:40

folks talking. Anyone who decides to

1:37:42

watch the podcast rather than listen

1:37:44

to it, no need to be

1:37:46

snarky. I look how I look.

1:37:48

I'm 53. And I'm real

1:37:50

happy in my own skin. And I'm so

1:37:53

thankful to be turning 53 this year. And

1:37:55

what a blessing it

1:37:58

is to grow old. So I hope You enjoy

1:38:00

it. It's a great podcast. Enjoy

1:38:02

looking at my old wrinkling. I.

1:38:05

See. Saturday that here and. Ah

1:38:08

Angela I am gonna to our

1:38:10

horns. oh to them because I

1:38:12

just turned fifty and I declare

1:38:14

that the decade of to your

1:38:16

own horn and given zero ass

1:38:18

Yes! So here I go. I

1:38:21

admired. Deeply, how.

1:38:24

You. And I have embraced our

1:38:26

age. Think. A lady I

1:38:28

think so too we have embraced are

1:38:30

changing. bodies are changing, faces, are changing

1:38:33

hormones. All of it. And that doesn't

1:38:35

mean we don't complain about it. It

1:38:37

doesn't mean that we don't like certain

1:38:40

angle hat's true. Doesn't mean that we

1:38:42

don't throw a filter on it. And

1:38:45

let me tell you, there's some on

1:38:47

flattering angles when you do a podcast.

1:38:49

sit, sit on pseudo enjoy those. but

1:38:51

it's a wonderful podcast. I'm really happy

1:38:54

for Rain Next time Rain let me

1:38:56

know in advance that it's films. maybe

1:38:58

I'll pay for Aaron. Make up everyone

1:39:01

please go check out Sold them the

1:39:03

podcast with Rainn Wilson. It's out now

1:39:05

wherever you get your podcast and of

1:39:08

course and all but a slap us

1:39:10

in our story. Absolutely I have a

1:39:12

good when. Take care of Okay and I

1:39:14

say. Thank

1:39:17

you for. The Things advocating. For

1:39:22

so long as looking thing or a

1:39:24

senior producer it's tacky joke them or

1:39:26

audio engineer is Jordan A T and

1:39:28

R E a producer in the bottle

1:39:30

Tell. I think is T

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