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Did Kevin spill real chili?
Brian Baumgartner (Kevin) explains this in the video below:
He talks about the carpet, and he explains that they prepared 3 takes for this scene, but it wasn't ...
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What name is Michael shouting in the Improv class?
He's emulating a line from a tv show, Welcome Back, Kotter so what he is actually saying is "Mr Kotter, Mr Kotter".
Michael: [In Horshack voice from 'Welcome Back, Kotter'] Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo, ...
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Why is Toby Flenderson the way he is?
According to some fan theories Toby is the Scranton Strangler.
It's never "proven" but there is some evidence that points to Toby being a serial killer:
His wife left him, he struggles to connect ...
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Did Jim ever truly hate Dwight during the course of The Office?
Jim doesn't consider Dwight a friend from the start. But that doesn't mean Jim hates Dwight.
From as early as S01E02 Diversity Day, we see that Jim has a big sales call lined up, as every year, ...
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Why didn't Holly get angry with Dwight about this prank?
I don't have any references or anything, but this has always seemed reasonable to me, for the following reasons:
I think the easiest explanation is that she was much more embarrassed than she was ...
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Why do so many characters on The Office have the same first names as the actors who play them?
Most likely because the writers were lazy:
VF Daily: First of all, I have to ask, what’s with all the first
names? You’re one of four actors on The Office who has the same name
as the character ...
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Did Holly get transferred because David Wallace was jealous of her and Michael?
I don't think that is really what happened.
So did David really not fire him because he respects him or did he feel guilty for letting his jealousy dictate a professional decision?
I'm going with ...
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Can someone explain this iCarly joke from The Office "Classy Christmas" Episode
As suggested in this Reddit thread, the fun part is the randomness of Darryl finding amusement in a kids show, and especially the guy behind the camera.
Additionally, here it is implied that, since ...
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Does the DM Scranton office have more than one exit?
Yes, there are several exits.
In S05E14 (Stress Relief, Part 1), Dwight stages a fire and everyone tries escaping. During this scene, once they notice the "fire" they attempt a total of four ...
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Was the cast of The Office aware of secrets told on Screen?
The airport scene has been discussed in numerous articles, and Fischer has given the answer herself:
During an Instagram live on Tuesday, May 1, Fischer — who still has an homage to Pam in her ...
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Was Jenna Fischer actually drunk for the Chili's scenes or was she just acting drunk?
She wasn't drunk but she researched it
According to this interview, she wasn't drunk in the scene, and she'd never really been that drunk in real life. But she researched it on how to act being that ...
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Why didn't Kevin go to jail after they aired The Office documentary?
Kevin just says that what Martin did (insider trading) sounds a lot like what he does every day. That's hardly hard evidence, and Kevin is a bit... slow, so he might've misunderstood what Martin was ...
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Why did Will Ferrell have such a short run on The Office?
This is a good article that summarizes his departure.
The article indicates Ferrell didn't have any other commitments at the time of his tenure on The Office. But then it goes on to list other ...
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Is Dwight truly ignorant?
Dwight always seems both power hungry and naive, fighting for a superior position, and fawning over the ones who have.
In (almost) all situations Dwight is earnest - something Jim eagerly employs for ...
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Why does Michael tell Pam to come in even though he's naked?
Echoing what TK-421 said in the comment, it just seemed like an automatic response he gives when someone knocks on his door. The joke here being that it's essentially a Pavlovian response to knocks ...
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Does Will Ferrell use the same dog in his roles?
I assume you are referring to this scene in the animal shelter:
He could be partial to that breed (the Border Terrier), but it is not the same dog:
Anchorman was made in 2004:
That dog's real name ...
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What is Toby's Troops in The Office?
TobyHanna is a real federal credit union in Scranton, PA. A friend of mine that lives there told me the credit union used to call its members “troops”.
It used to be called TobyHanna ArmyDepot ...
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Why does everyone hate Toby so much?
Michael dislikes Toby, not just because of the fact that he works for corporate and this isn't apart of Michael's work place "family", but also because Toby is the very antithesis of his personality: ...
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Why was Michael Scott forgotten so easily?
Keep in mind that we do not see a full working day.
Assuming that we see the episode's 20 minutes runtime as uninterrupted work time footage (with no concurrent scenes shown one after the other), ...
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What is Creed from The Office
Part of the problem with the stories of the individual characters is that many scenes were often shot, that did not make it into either the original NBC airing or the syndicated airings, and may only ...
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Why did Roy immediately leave the Diwali party?
Roy was trying to win Pam back as he understood he took her for granted before as he once said in S03E01
Roy: After Pam dumped me, I um, I kinda stopped taking care of myself
there, and uh, I hit ...
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Who authorized the presence of a documentary crew in the Scranton offices of Dunder Mifflin?
It's never explained
The only thing we know is why Dunder Mifflin was picked:
During The Office Convention in 2007, some of the show's writers took part in a Writer's Block Q&A session. The panel,...
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Why didn’t Toby get laid off?
It's true that in the show, Michael does explicitly call Toby out for being part of "corporate". There are a couple reasons why I don't think that meant he should have been removed when Sabre took ...
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What can be said of Creed getting the security guard's name right?
What is the takeaway here that he knows Hank's name? Simply irony?
Pretty much, yeah.
Creed constantly forgets everyone's name in the office and in the one time that they need to know someone's name, ...
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Why is Toby Flenderson the way he is?
I 'MAY' be able to answer your question.
Let me be clear, everyone makes a valid point here, and as stated before, we don't exactly see enough background or private moments of Toby's life to be 100% ...
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Was it that easy to become a vice President at Dunder Mifflin?
My theory is yes, it is so easy to become vice president of Dunder Mifflin. That's most likely why they were bought out by Sabre. It's because all of the guys in the New York branch were idiots and ...
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Why did Michael and Phyllis from The Office not roast each other?
Everybody takes part in the roast, tries their best to embarrass Michael except Phyllis, who doesn't take part in the roast. I wonder why?
It's really not Phyllis's personality to openly roast ...
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When and how did Dwight and Angela actually start their affair?
Dwight's character was expanded during the runtime of the show. Dwight's inexperience about female bodies is uncharacteristic of Dwight, who in later seasons is much more likely to be overconfident ...
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James Van Der Beek reference in "The Office" TV series
I want to know why he said that.
Michael was just commenting on the fact that he thought Hunter was young and attractive.
What is the reference behind this sentence?
It was a cultural reference ...
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Why does everyone hate Toby so much?
There's a common theme with the Toby hate, and I'm quite convinced that it is on purpose. It is almost always Michael who is mad at Toby and the things he does.
There are exceptions to that rule; ...
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