Office News & Blackmail

Summary

Office Ladies — "Office News & Blackmail" (March 18, 2026)

Hosts: Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey
Special Guests/Contributors: Sam, Matt, Jordan Duffy, listener voice messages
Episode Theme:
A lively and affectionate catch-up where Jenna and Angela share recent Office news, highlight the Season 9 Superfan episodes, break down the “Blackmail” webisode starring Creed Bratton, answer fan mail and stories, and go deep into Office nostalgia, behind-the-scenes tidbits, and a hilarious tattoo story.

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Overview

This episode is all about community and connection, from listener questions about comfort foods to exclusive Office content updates and hilarious stories from the show’s history. Jenna and Angela balance in-depth breakdowns (notably of the Creed-led Blackmail webisode) with new Office content releases, upcoming projects by Office alumni, and authentic banter — with special participation from their producer Matt, engineer Sam, and guest co-host Jordan Duffy. The tone is personal, playful, and full of “inside baseball” for devoted Office and Office Ladies fans.

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Chit Chat: Comfort Soups and Sick Day Stories

(Starts ~05:04)

Listener Voice Mail – Carolyn from Vermont

Carolyn talks about sick season and shares that she makes the Italian wedding soup from Angela and Josh’s cookbook for her family when they're under the weather; asks about Jenna & Angela’s go-to sick-day soups.

The Office Ladies Soup Confessions

• Angela (06:00): “My kitchen was a hot mess. But I show up to Josh's apartment with this big pot of soup, and he says that was the moment. He was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I have to marry this woman. She's going to make me soup for the rest of my life.’”
• Jenna (06:20): Loves classic chicken noodle when sick, but favorite soup to make is her own creation. Learned from Kendra Adachi's podcast that you don't always need a recipe—just pick your veggies, protein, and broth, and improvise.
• Angela: “Isn’t it so rewarding when you can make soup just like on your own?” (06:51)
• Jenna’s sticky soup memory: Hated finding forgotten bay leaves in her soup as a kid.
  • “My mom would always forget to take ‘em out. And then you'd go to take a bite... and you'd have to fish it out of your mouth.” (08:12)
• Matt: Swears by pozole (Mexican hominy soup) as the ultimate comfort soup. (10:21)

Notable Quote:
Jenna: “There are a gazillion Reddit threads and articles dedicated to the question, ‘Do you really need a bay leaf in your soup?’ It's like a whole thing in the soup community.” (09:00)

Soup Recipes & Fan Involvement

Angela to share Kendra Adachi’s “no-recipe” soup podcast in Instagram stories, invites fans to send soup links for “soup in stories.” (10:50)

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Office News: Superfan Episodes, Office Universe Updates

(Starts ~13:19)

Season 9 Superfan Episodes Now Live

• Angela (14:03): “Dave Rogers has finished them. Superfans of the whole series. Bless his heart. That was a lot of work.”
• Where to find: On Peacock, look for “The Office Superfan episodes: Complete Collection.”
• Jenna shares insider finds:
  • “Here Comes Trouble” – Andy sings Faith at the end.
  • Deleted Thanksgiving scene at the office (“There is an office Thanksgiving moment now!” – Angela, 15:01)
  • Extended scenes with Jim, Phyllis, and Stanley; more Angela and Trevor; Pam’s talking head about wakeboarding.
  • New cold open with everyone absorbed in their phones (based on real-life cast behavior, gentle ribbing from writers).

Notable Quote:
Jenna: “They wrote that because we all used to come to set... and we were all absorbed in our phones, and I felt like it was a little, like, subtle... like they were making fun of us.” (15:50)

• Dave’s highlights: More Nate scenes, Bob Odenkirk appearances, and finale Easter eggs for dedicated fans.

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Highlight: Upcoming Shows in the Office Orbit

(Starts ~19:23)

• New series “Company Retreat” by Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky (Office writers/Dinner Party, Jury Duty creators) premieres Friday, March 20 on Prime Video.
  • Premise: A new employee, surrounded by actors, thrown into office retreat (à la Office “Beach Games”).
  • Angela: “This is what it would be like if you could go be transported into an episode of The Office.” (20:38)
  • Both wish Lee & Gene congrats and predict it to be a hit.

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Fan-Favorite Moments & Social Media News

(Starts ~21:50)

• Announcing “Fan Favorite Moment” for listener-submitted favorite Office scenes, featured in “Second Drinks” segment.
  • Encouragement to participate via Instagram stories (Angela: “We would love to hear your favorite scenes and we're gonna talk about 'em.” – 22:37)
• Instagram “links in bio” overhaul (Jenna takes charge).
• Collaboration: Animated highlights of first six Office Ladies episodes now on YouTube — includes rare personal photos and script details (“I have my Pam document back” – Jenna, 29:53).

Notable Moment:
Jenna’s handwritten “Pam” document revealed, detailing Pam’s imaginary biggest fight with Roy and her background as an illustrator, providing deep insight into character preparation. (27:22-29:09)

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Webisode Breakdown: “Blackmail” Featuring Creed Bratton

Deep Dive Segment ~30:05 – 44:48

Angela takes us through the delightfully weird “Blackmail” webisode series (on Peacock as “digital series”), explaining where to find them and breaking down each clip.

Blackmail Clip-by-Clip:

1. Creed’s blackmailing plan begins:

   • Creed records threatening videos for coworkers, tries to extort Oscar with a “dirt” video… which turns out to be just a footage of Oscar getting picked up by his boyfriend—a non-scandal.
     • Creed: “Blackmail is an ugly word. I prefer extortion.” (32:00)
   • Oscar dismisses it, forcing Creed to move to Andy.

2. Andy’s scandal:

   • Given a green envelope, Andy is visibly worried. He confesses to having a lower-back tattoo (tramp stamp), supposedly in another language but meaning “Nard Dog”—which he’s having lasered off.
   • Banter about tattoo trends (armbands, tramp stamps) and authenticity of foreign phrases.

3. Kelly’s secrets:

   • Creed’s “dirt” is her MySpace profile pic of her kissing a girl. She’s unfazed. Turns out, skipping work for a Jonas Brothers concert is Creed’s leverage.
   • Creed’s escalating demands: “I want commodities. I want gold. Oil. Political capital. Four leaf clovers. Bones. Information. Uranium.” (41:33)
   • Angela: “Kelly can play ball on gossip.” (41:50)

4. The office fights back:

   • Oscar and team dig up dirt on Creed: “Introduced the walking snakehead fish to North America”; throws raves as “Papa Smurf.”
   • Creed’s big ask: Blackmails them for $6 (postage stamps/canned goods accepted).
   • Creed tries to “buy” a toy helicopter by shoving cash into his computer’s floppy disk slot.
   • Final line: “He’s so excited, he’s going to fly his new helicopter to Brazil to see the world’s largest library.” (44:33)
   • Angela: “It was always just a skeleton crew and a group of us on the weekends…and we got to just play around.”

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Extended Tangent: Hilarious Tattoo Fails

(36:00 – 44:00, resumes at 58:49)

• The hosts (and Sam) discuss bad tattoo trends—foreign slogans, “Nard Dog” mishaps, arm-bands, Ben Affleck’s back tattoo.
• Jenna shares the story of a nameless celebrity who got an anchor tattoo he didn’t want because the artist was so cool—later revealed as Oliver Hudson from “Splitting Up Together.”
• Oliver Hudson sends in a voice memo: “I felt like insecure about making any changes... Four hours later, I have it on my arm, and it looks like a chandelier.” (59:29)
• Group reacts as Jenna receives and describes photo evidence: “It’s enormous. It’s his whole bicep... So much of his [arm]...” (62:54)
• Lots of laughter and empathy for Oliver’s tattoo fate.

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Around the Town: Listener Community Highlights

(48:28 – 52:34)

• Stratford, Ontario:
  Michelle G. shares news of Stratford’s food tours, theater, snow, and more.
• Golden, Colorado:
  Becca B. congratulates the “Goldens in Golden” event: 5,500+ golden retrievers gathered to celebrate National Golden Retriever Day.
  • Jenna: “The photos are incredible.” (51:00)
• Kansas City:
  Natalie D., long-time bowler, scores her first perfect game after 15 years.
  • Angela: “That is a big accomplishment. 300!” (51:49)

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Office Question of the Week:

From Nadia H. in Michigan (53:34 – 58:42)
Q: Do you feel weird seeing your face on merchandise or wallpapers?

• Both hosts candidly admit it’s always odd—especially on random things like shot glasses (Angela: “My face is on a shot glass at TJ Maxx.” – 54:25).
• They (and all cast) don’t get paid for official merch or Fortnite skins, finding it especially weird that NBC profits but not the actors.
• Contrasts “corporate merch” (weird) with fan-made/artist-made Etsy merch (delightful and meaningful).
• Jenna: “Etsy folks, we’re here for you. Keep it up.” (58:38)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Angela on webisode hunting:
  “Why are you making it so hard to find these?” (Peacock navigation rant, 30:42)
• Jenna’s “Pam” character study:
  “If I found out that [Roy] committed murder, I would turn him into the police. He got really, really mad... I said, yeah, but not from murder.” (27:59)
• On Dave Rogers’ Superfan episode work:
  “Bless his heart. That was a lot of work.” (14:10)
• Creed, Blackmail webisode:
  “I want a helicopter... I want commodities. I want gold. Oil. Political capital. Four leaf clovers. Bones. Information. Uranium.” (41:33)
• Jenna, describing Oliver Hudson’s tattoo:
  “It looks like multiple anchors hanging off an anchor with like also the letter H.” (62:42)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Chit Chat/Soups: 05:04 – 11:17
• Season 9 Superfan Episodes & Peacock navigation: 13:19 – 19:23
• Company Retreat show preview: 19:23 – 21:41
• Fan participation and animated episode recaps: 21:41 – 30:05
• Creed’s Blackmail Webisode Breakdown: 30:05 – 44:48
• Tattoo Tangent with Oliver Hudson: 36:00 – 44:00; resumes at 58:49 – 63:07
• Listener ‘Around the Town’ stories: 48:28 – 52:34
• Office Question of the Week (merch): 53:34 – 58:42

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a breezy, interactive recap of all things Office-adjacent in 2026, anchored by Angela and Jenna’s warmth and wit. It’s full of quick pivots between trivia, fan connections, the joy and weirdness of TV memorabilia, and inside baseball few others can provide. The feature on the “Blackmail” webisodes is a perfect tribute to the show’s ongoing legacy, and the deep-dive into personal scripts and memories is a real treat for fans. The tattoo story offers a laugh-out-loud, fittingly human finale.

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For More:

• Find “Blackmail” and other webisodes on Peacock (navigate via original Office > Collections > Digital Series)
• Watch animated highlights on the Office Ladies YouTube
• Participate in upcoming “Fan Favorite Moment” celebrations on their Instagram stories
• Check the updated “links in bio” on their socials for up-to-date resources

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Next Week:
More fan stories, Office universe updates, and, if we’re lucky, more confessions about ill-advised tattoos.

Transcript

[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

So I've decided something. I want to start wearing scrubs, like in my everyday life.

[Jenna Fischer]

First off, love this for you. Secondly, please explain.

[Angela Kinsey]

All right, well, not just any scrubs. Specifically figs. It seems like every Dr. Derm pediatrician I meet with is wearing figs. And it shows. The fit, the colors, the comfort. It's all on point. I want in.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay, I see the vision. Figs truly are as cute as they are functional. Soft, stretchy, and breathable. Yet durable enough for long back to back shifts.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right? Or in my case, grabbing a quick coffee or a grocery run. Sky's the limit, really.

[Jenna Fischer]

So true. They also come in so many fun colors and flattering styles. You could have a different look every day of the week.

[Angela Kinsey]

You know I would. And did I mention they also have loungewear, accessories, and even a collab with new balance on comfortable footwear?

[Jenna Fischer]

No, but I'm glad you did. Figs really does think of everything, don't they?

[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

I'm Jenna Fisher.

[Angela Kinsey]

And I'm Angela Kinsey.

[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

We're the Office Lady 6.0. Hello.

[Angela Kinsey]

Hey there.

[Jenna Fischer]

I need an update. A late to the party update. We haven't discussed if anyone finished Heated Rivalry. If Sam started Heated Rivalry.

[Sam]

I'm one episode in.

[Angela Kinsey]

One episode in.

[Sam]

It is incredible. I see the allure. Sorry I'm late.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, well, also, you guys, really quickly, we have a little bit of an Earwolf family reunion. Jordan is here. Our dear Jordan Duffy. Jordan, are you watching Heated Rivalry?

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, I have seen it and I

[Angela Kinsey]

watch it over and over again.

[Jenna Fischer]

Jordan, my friend who recommended it to me has watched it three times.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, wow.

[Jenna Fischer]

I watched it like three to five times. It's insane. It's that good. I really love it. I finished it.

[Angela Kinsey]

I know you did because we were together on our company retreat. You guys, I have to tell you, the next morning I'm like, how'd you sleep? Jenna was like, I was just gonna finish one episode. I had like 20 minutes left, and then it rolled over into the next one. And then all of a sudden you watched til midnight.

[Jenna Fischer]

I stayed up till midnight because you cannot watch five and six broken up.

[Angela Kinsey]

You can't. Don't try. I'm not there yet.

[Jenna Fischer]

When it's time, make sure you leave yourself room to watch both of these episodes. Guys, it started off kind of just like super sexy time, but it ends, like, deeply moving. Am I Right, Jordan? 100%. You're right. Dear God.

[Angela Kinsey]

All right, I gotta catch up. Matt, how's it for you? Where are you at?

[Matt]

Well, I got caught up with another late to the party sexy time thing. So I'm a bit on hold with Heated Rivalry, but I started watching Industry.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, I don't know. It.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's sexy.

[Matt]

It's also super sexy time in a different way, but some of the same ways as Heated Rivalry. So I got a little caught up with that.

[Angela Kinsey]

I don't know anything about industry.

[Matt]

It's about bankers in London.

[Angela Kinsey]

Sounds hot. Sounds.

[Matt]

It's very good. I recommend it.

[Angela Kinsey]

All right, well, there's our late to the party. Why don't we kick off this episode? Lady, today's episode is really fun. We're gonna give you some office news. We're gonna share a little bit about this blackmail webisode featuring Creed Bratton. And of course, we've got some chit chats. Why don't we start with the chit chat?

[Jenna Fischer]

All right, this One's coming from Carolyn M. In Vermont.

[Carolyn M.]

Hi, office ladies. This is Carolyn from Vermont. I don't know what cold and flu season has been like in California, but in Vermont, it's been the pits. Whenever we're sick, I like to make soup. I had the pleasure of interviewing Angela and Josh about their cookbook, and the first recipe that I made was the Italian wedding soup that's in the book. I know Angela made that for Josh when he was sick when they were first dating, and now it's our go to recipe when my family is sick. So I was wondering what your go to soup recipe is when you're sick.

[Angela Kinsey]

I just love this question. I didn't pick it, you guys. I promise. Jenna picked this one, but I did love it. And here's the funny thing. I made Josh this soup, you guys. I destroyed my kitchen because I didn't know how to cook at all at the time, and I had no idea how many steps and how many ingredients. And so my kitchen was a hot mess. But I show up to Josh's apartment with this big pot of soup, and he says that was the moment. He was like, oh, my gosh, I have to marry this woman. She's going to make me soup for the rest of my life. And of course, he is the cook of the family. But I loved this question. Jenna, you. You love soup. Is there one that's your go to?

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, I have a go to soup, but it's different than the soup I like to eat when I'm sick.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, okay.

[Jenna Fischer]

So when I'm sick, I just want a chicken noodle.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

You know, Although Josh made me some delicious kind of a spin on a chicken noodle that was kind of a lemony chicken orzo that you guys gave me when I was doing chemo.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's right.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, I loved that. That was great. But my favorite soup to make is a soup that I made up myself.

[Angela Kinsey]

Isn't that so rewarding?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

When you can make soup just like on your own.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, I listened to this podcast by Kendra Adachi where she basically says, you can make soup without a recipe, and I'm gonna tell you how. Now, you wouldn't think that you could learn how to make soup without a recipe by listening to a 15 minute podcast, but you can, and I did. She explains, like, pick your veggies, pick your protein, pick your broth, and I'm gonna tell you what order to put it in. Pick your aromatics. Here's how you make soup. And she's like, and you can just Change it up whenever you want. You don't need a recipe. She's so right. So I use a turkey sausage. I use kale, spinach, celery, carrots, onions, garlic, some oregano, a little basil, and a pinch of red pepper flakes. I'll tell you what I don't put in my soup, though.

[Angela Kinsey]

What?

[Jenna Fischer]

Bay leaves. Do you remember those?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. Yeah. Because I've made some soups where you add them at the end, you kind of fold them into the soup at the end, you don't like it.

[Jenna Fischer]

My mom would always make this veggie soup when I was a kid. And you're supposed to put them in and then you leave them in for, like, a long period of time, I think. And then before you serve the soup, you're supposed to take them out because they're not edible.

[Angela Kinsey]

No.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, you take them out.

[Angela Kinsey]

You take them out. They're just for soaking and the flavor.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, right. But my mom would always forget to take em out. Oh. So then you'd go to take a bite of your soup, and inevitably someone would end up with the bay leaf, and you'd have to, like, fish it out of your mouth.

[Angela Kinsey]

This is like finding, like, the baby Jesus in a king cake a little bit. Okay, but. So maybe you don't mind the flavor of bay leaf. Maybe you just don't want to eat it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, I got curious about bay leaves when I knew we were going to have to answer this question, because I was like, what are they and what do they taste like? Because I haven't missed them. So I looked it up, and it says, bay leaves are from the bay laurel tree, and they add aromatic tones to the soup and that the flavor is kind of like herbal tea or a minty clove. And by the way, there are a gazillion Reddit threads and articles dedicated to the question, do you really need a bay leaf in your soup? It's like a whole thing in the soup community.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's the Internet I'm here for.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, I read tons of articles about it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah, well, I don't mind it, but, Sam, anyone else have a soup that they like?

[Sam]

Yeah, when I'm sick, I like Campbell's bean soup and sprite and saltines. That's the perfect meal.

[Angela Kinsey]

Do you crush up the saltines in the soup? You don't? Oh, I love that.

[Jenna Fischer]

Do you dip them?

[Sam]

Nope.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, on the side. Sam.

[Sam]

I know, I'm wild.

[Angela Kinsey]

Gosh, I love a salty cracker crushed up in a soup.

[Jenna Fischer]

Crushed in it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, you know, you crack It. And I don't want to stick the whole square in my soup. I break it up.

[Jenna Fischer]

I only like those little oyster round things.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, I love those. In a clam chowder, I get so excited if I'm at dinner with someone and they get clam chowder and they don't want those. I'm like, you gonna eat? Cause pass them over here.

[Jenna Fischer]

Those are great.

[Angela Kinsey]

Great, Jordan.

[Jenna Fischer]

I also like a chicken noodle, but in mixture. I do crunch up the crackers and put them in because they, like, thicken up.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes, they do, Jordan. Yes, they do. I see you, Matt.

[Jenna Fischer]

You wanna weigh in on the soups?

[Matt]

I do. I'm a big Mexican soup guy, so pozole is my go to when sick. I make it with chicken. Do you all familiar with pozole?

[Angela Kinsey]

No.

[Jenna Fischer]

Is it spicy?

[Matt]

Maybe a little bit, but it's with, like, tomatillos and meat. It's usually with pork, but I make it with chicken. And then you put hominy in, which is like the puffed corn, which is rare but really featured in this dish. And it just. It's amazing. It's like a soup that has that magic in it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Mm.

[Jenna Fischer]

That sounds great.

[Angela Kinsey]

My favorite is the Josh's chicken lemon orzo soup. So you know what, guys? I'm going to share in our stories. Everyone send me their link for their soups. And anyone listening who loves a soup, it'll be in our insta stories. And I'll share Kendra's episode where she talks about soup.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, because then you can make any soup you want. That's right. All right, well, that was fun. Why don't we take a break, and then when we get back, we're going to discuss some office news and blackmail.

[Carolyn M.]

Mm.

[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

You know, a friend of mine who is having a baby, I got her crib from Wayfair, and I went over and I saw it, and it's absolutely gorgeous.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's such a great gift. Another thing I like is that you can check out the reviews for the different things you want to purchase. There was over 3,000 comments about this one closet system I got, so I really like that part of their website.

[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

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[Angela Kinsey]

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[Angela Kinsey]

Yes, Dave Rogers has finished them.

[Jenna Fischer]

He's finished Superfans of the whole series.

[Angela Kinsey]

Bless his heart. That was a lot of work. That was a lot of work.

[Jenna Fischer]

I know. He said he spent his whole summer on it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. Well, I want to tell you guys how to find them because Dave worked so hard and he did a fantastic job. They're over on Peacock, but I want to tell you how they're labeled. They made this whole graphic. It says the Office Superfan episodes and then in like huge letters it says complete collection.

[Jenna Fischer]

Because they're done.

[Angela Kinsey]

Because they're done Mm.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, Dave sent me a list of highlights of the new stuff they added, and it's pretty great. I'm gonna just tell you a few. In episode Here Comes Trouble, Andy sings his signature song, faith, at the end. Yeah. So you can see that in the Target, they added back that deleted scene of Thanksgiving at the office. Oh, wow.

[Angela Kinsey]

So officially, there is an office Thanksgiving moment now.

[Jenna Fischer]

There is. He said there's also some great ads with Jim and Phyllis and Stanley going to lunch, being at the restaurant, and there's a lot more of Angela and Trevor talking in the van. He said there's also a new talking head from Pam where she talks about taking risks and wakeboarding, which I love.

[Angela Kinsey]

He said, I want to see that.

[Jenna Fischer]

I know. I don't even remember doing a talking head about wakeboarding.

[Angela Kinsey]

Pam, Wakeboard.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, I don't know. I haven't gone in to look at the details.

[Angela Kinsey]

I won't dig into it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay. Also, in episode 12, there is a new cold open that is a deleted scene where everyone is absorbed in their phones. I remember shooting that.

[Angela Kinsey]

I do, too.

[Jenna Fischer]

And I know they wrote that because we all used to come to set around this time, and we were all absorbed in our phones, and I felt like it was a little, like, subtle.

[Angela Kinsey]

Like a dig.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, like they were making fun of us.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, come on. We're old. We all, like, over one summer, switched from flip phones to BlackBerry, and then

[Jenna Fischer]

we finally got those, like, the very first version of a smartphone.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. And we were like little kids.

[Jenna Fischer]

I was BlackBerry for a long time.

[Angela Kinsey]

Same.

[Jenna Fischer]

I was very resistant to changing because I liked that the keys actually clicked.

[Angela Kinsey]

Me, too. Like, you felt the resistance when you touched them.

[Jenna Fischer]

I still hate the, like, typing on my iPhone.

[Angela Kinsey]

Do you have the setting where it clicks so you hear it?

[Jenna Fischer]

No.

[Angela Kinsey]

No.

[Jenna Fischer]

Do you?

[Angela Kinsey]

I used to, but it drove everyone crazy around me. But I think it's because it's a holdover from the BlackBerry. I liked the little click, the little sound.

[Jenna Fischer]

So my problem is two things. When I go to hit the letter N, sometimes I hit the space bar instead, and it bothers me. Or sometimes when I mean to hit the space bar, I accidentally hit the period, and that really messes me up because when I'm trying to Google something or search for something, if I put a period instead of a space, it thinks I want to go to a website, and then it tells me that you're making no sense, lady.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

So I still don't like it. I wish the period was somewhere else. I don't know.

[Angela Kinsey]

Can y' all move the period.

[Jenna Fischer]

I'd appreciate. How about that for an update that I actually want? You know what update I didn't need is making my screen look like glass. Oh, yeah, I don't want to look at glass.

[Angela Kinsey]

I also don't like the photo update, like where your photos are kept. It's all different. I don't like it. Oh, Sam, Jordan are nodding. They're nodding. What's happening?

[Sam]

No, I was nodding with furious agreement.

[Jenna Fischer]

No, thank you.

[Sam]

My phone's. I hate it now.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah, I hate it. Yeah, I do remember I have such a strong visual lady of being on set with you and we would want to like, oh, should we answer this email or something? Like, maybe we needed to respond to something and you'd be like, I'll do it. And you are the fastest thumb typer in the world.

[Jenna Fischer]

Wow.

[Angela Kinsey]

You just won that award. There's your Dundee.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay, I have a few more things to share about the Superfan episodes. Dave said episode Vandalism has a ton of great ads throughout, especially with Pam, Dwight and Clark in the warehouse. He said there is also just more Nate overall, including an ad lib that led to the famous blooper. Frank did it. Did it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

Here is a really good one, though. Episode 17, more Bob Odenkirk.

[Angela Kinsey]

Really?

[Jenna Fischer]

He said there's extra scenes of me and Bob and they're really great. And finally, he said the finale has a lot more cool moments, including just some Easter eggs for us of other people who were part of the show. And he said it's really fun to see and maybe fans will also appreciate them, especially now that they know, like, a lot of people's names.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

And what their jobs were. Now you can put a face to the name Dave.

[Angela Kinsey]

I love this list. It's making me all nostalgic. I know, to, like, go back and rewatch. Well, thank you, Dave Rogers, for all of the time you put into these Superfan episodes. I really now have a few I want to go back and watch.

[Jenna Fischer]

For sure. I have to watch Andy sing Faith. Yeah, that's my number one, I think. All right, well, now we have some news from our Office universe. This Friday on March 20, Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky's new show is coming out. You remember these guys? They wrote on the Office for many, many years. They wrote Dinner Party.

[Angela Kinsey]

They wrote Dinner Party. They also played Leo and Gino.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes. They've been on the podcast. Well, you might remember a few years ago, they had that amazing show, Jury Duty. It was a fake documentary About a trial where everybody was an actor except one person was real.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right. And he wasn't in on it. Everyone else was in on it. He thought it was a real trial happening.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes, it was amazing.

[Angela Kinsey]

Critically acclaimed.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, they have a season two and a new concept and it is absolutely brilliant.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's brilliant. Lee sent Jen and I the trailer and it is hilarious. I'm already hooked.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's called Company Retreat and the new premise is that cameras are following this newly hired employee at a small business and shortly after he gets hired, the whole company is going to go on a company retreat.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

And everyone at the business is an actor except for the new employee. You guys, I wrote Lee and I was like, this is brilliant. I feel like this is what it would be like if you could go be transported into an episode of the Office.

[Angela Kinsey]

Exactly. Like if you were the new employee and you had to go to beach games.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes, exactly.

[Angela Kinsey]

And that's like part of your first week of work.

[Jenna Fischer]

But one of the brilliant things about it is the owner of the business is about to turn the business over to his son. And the son is just like full

[Angela Kinsey]

hot Nepo, baby, hot mess.

[Jenna Fischer]

Hilarious.

[Angela Kinsey]

But then as the company retreat unfolds, you see all the different personalities of the co workers because they have to do these ridiculous exercises like walk on the hot coals. That type of stuff, right?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes.

[Angela Kinsey]

Not to go back to Beach Games, but I couldn't help but think of that episode as I watch the trailer.

[Jenna Fischer]

I'm sure it's gonna be amazing. Jury duty was amazing.

[Angela Kinsey]

No, it's gonna be a big hit. I can't wait to watch it.

[Jenna Fischer]

So we just wanna wish them congratulations, everybody. You can check it out. The first three episodes debut this Friday, March 20th on Prime Video.

[Angela Kinsey]

Congrats, Lee and Jean. We love you guys. Well, not on the same level, but Jenna and I actually just had our very own company retreat.

[Jenna Fischer]

We did. It was a two person company retreat.

[Angela Kinsey]

It was just me and Jenna. We went to a hotel about, I don't know, like 40min. And we brought our laptops and we just worked and worked. Office ladies. And it was so fun because we also have BFF time mixed in with all that. And we have decided a bunch of fun stuff. But what I want to share today, which is we want to really start hearing from you guys during our second drinks. You know, so many of you write in and you will tell us a favorite moment, a favorite scene, and we thought, what a better way to feature those than in our second drinks. We're going to Call them fan favorite moment. We'll put up some folders as our episodes roll out. Please write in and tell us your favorite scene from these upcoming episodes. So be on the lookout. We're gonna give you prompts in our instastories for whatever episodes are coming out. But we would love to hear your favorite scenes and we're gonna talk about em.

[Jenna Fischer]

You know, lady, we've just been incorporating all these ways that we get to hear from people now with the fan chitchats and the around the towns and I really like it. I feel like it was really inspired from your trip to the Office convention when we got to hear all the audio from people. And when I was recording people at the stage door in Chicago and we talked about it, we were like, we like this.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. And then I think the other thing that happened is we found out that we could get audio clips on our website.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes. That you can upload them.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah, that was a game changer. Shout out to Squarespace. Sorry it took us so long, you guys to get caught up with that technology, but we really love hearing from you and can't wait to hear your favorite moments from upcoming second drinks.

[Jenna Fischer]

We also have a couple of social media updates for you. First of all, I want you to know that I have updated our links in bio Way to go on Instagram. Angela, you handle all the posting, but my job is the links in bio, so I'm going to do better. Everybody, these links will be more extensive and take you places you want to go. So I just want to put that out there.

[Angela Kinsey]

Very proud of you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Thank you.

[Angela Kinsey]

Very proud of you. And the other thing we're excited to share with you is that we have partnered again with cartoon and radio. You know, they do amazing animation of podcasts and they are going to do the first six episodes from season one of our rewatch of the Office and they're going to do sort of like the highlights of things that we talked about. And they're so fun. They're up on our YouTube page, our Office Ladies YouTube page. And you can watch them and we hope you like them.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. The cool thing about it is that we were able to add our personal photos. So it's like a 10 minute highlight of each episode. But like for example, in the pilot, we flash up all of our personal photos from the pilot and Angela, I have to share something. So when we were looking for what to share visually from Diversity Day, we talk a little bit about like how great the script was and how I still have my script. And so I Thought, oh, I know. I'll take a picture of my script from Diversity Day so we can flash it up in this video.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right.

[Jenna Fischer]

So I went digging for it. And first of all, my script from Diversity Day is on blue paper.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, so that was the second version.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes. I was gonna explain. That's how they would distinguish the different drafts of a script. So first they would give it to us on white paper, and then they would either give you a whole new printout on blue paper, or if there were just a few changes, they'd just give you blue pages.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right.

[Jenna Fischer]

And then it was your job to go in and take out the white page and put in the blue page for the rewrite. And then the third draft would be pink pages. And then I think it was like yellow, green. And then I feel like it went back to white.

[Angela Kinsey]

No, I think every once in a while we got to orange. But that was very rare. Yeah, and those were usually loose. They weren't the whole script.

[Jenna Fischer]

But sometimes by the end of the week, you'd have, like, this multicolored script. Well, anyway, this script was all blue. So I guess they did one big rewrite and they printed it out on blue. I don't have any other color pages. However, at the very end of my script, I have five white pages.

[Angela Kinsey]

You guys, I want you to know Jenna brought her script in. She's holding it. I'm looking at it. And what did you write on the front of it? Did you write Pam?

[Jenna Fischer]

Pam. I wrote Pam.

[Angela Kinsey]

Everyone knows that's your script. That's so cute.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, that was the thing back then. Like, if you didn't put your name on it, anyone might pick it up.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's true.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, I was like, what are the white pages at the end? Do you know what it is, lady?

[Angela Kinsey]

No, what is it?

[Jenna Fischer]

It's my Pam document. I printed it out, I three hole punched it, and I attached it to the back of my script. And I remember I did that for season of the Office.

[Angela Kinsey]

Lady. Your theater nerd heart, I know, is

[Jenna Fischer]

so wonderful, and I'm so excited. I found this because I couldn't find it on my computer. So this is now the only copy I have is this hard copy that I printed and attached to the back of my Diversity Day script. And I have to read you something from it.

[Angela Kinsey]

I wanna hear all of it.

[Jenna Fischer]

I mean, I wish I had this for all about Pam Beasley, but here we go. I have this section where I'm really trying to figure out Pam and Roy's relationship. And so I wrote this Prompt. What was your biggest fight? I wrote our biggest fight ever was the time that I told him that if I found out that he committed a murder, that I would turn him into the police, like, if they didn't know who did it and he wasn't planning to turn himself in. He got really, really mad and said that families are supposed to protect each other. And I said, yeah, but not from murder.

[Angela Kinsey]

He.

[Jenna Fischer]

What if he was really, really sorry and I could tell that he would never murder someone again? I don't know. I still think I'd probably turn him in.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's amazing. Yeah, that's amazing. And it's such, like, one of those hypothetical bullshit things that you get in a fight about because the real things aren't working.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

So you don't talk about the real things, and then you have all of this stuff about a hypothetical.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, I think it kind of touched on a type of disconnect in their, like, fundamental values.

[Angela Kinsey]

Mm.

[Jenna Fischer]

You know?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

Like, Roy values family loyalty over everything, and Pam sort of is a rule follower and feels like she has a sort of moral obligation to the world that sometimes could supersede the family. Yes.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

I was like, that's really interesting. I also wrote, I used to be an illustrator, but Roy told me it was time for us to get regular jobs. I used to just be a receptionist on the side while I drew and tried to get work as an illustrator. I'm artistic, but I've given it up to have a more stable life and job.

[Angela Kinsey]

That is great, because for me, that fills in that question of, like, why is Pam there? Why is she the receptionist? Why does she seem so beat down in this job on top of everything else? It seems like a real step back for her just being there.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. I felt like I needed to answer those questions for myself when I started the job.

[Angela Kinsey]

Theater students out there. How about that background work building your character, Things people don't ever see.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's true. Well, thank you very much to cartoona for asking us to dig around in our personal photos, because now I have my PAM document back.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's right. And, you guys, I'll share in our stories where you can find our animated highlights of the first six episodes of Office Ladies.

[Jenna Fischer]

And you can also find them at the link in Bio.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, yes, because Jenna's updated the link in Bio.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes, I have. All right, well, Angela, now I'm very excited. I'm going to turn it over to you. You watched the webisode Blackmail.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes, I did, and it is so delicious. It features Creed first of all, I want you guys to know where you can find these. All of the webisodes are on Peacock, but they're labeled a little different. You have to go to the tile that says the office, like the original office, not the superfan versions. And then under that, you have to click on a little tab that says collections. And then under that, scroll down and there's a little thing that says digital series.

[Jenna Fischer]

I don't want to get in their business, but I guess I do. Why are you making it so hard to find these?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah, you do have to dig. And also we always called them webisodes, so I guess they call them digital series, but that's where they live. And there's a bunch of them and they're fantastic. And today I want to highlight Blackmail. It is a series of four around two minute clips, and you just watch them all in a row. Clip one reveals Creed has decided to blackmail his co workers. The first person he's going to try to blackmail is Oscar. So the opening scene is Oscar watching a video on a laptop of Creed. And then Creed walks in behind him in real time. It's all in the conference room. I want you guys to hear it.

[Creed Bratton]

If you're watching this video, you've been a very naughty person. I have learned some of your deepest, darkest secrets. And with this knowledge, I have the ability to ruin your world. But it needn't come to that. It's possible I could forget a thing or two. If you're willing to compensate me, I'm 100% serious. Pay me now or I will share this with the world. Are my eyes blue?

[Angela Kinsey]

Are you trying to blackmail me?

[Creed Bratton]

Blackmail is an ugly word. I prefer extortion.

[Angela Kinsey]

Why are you doing this?

[Creed Bratton]

How much will you pay me to find out?

[Angela Kinsey]

Creed, this is low.

[Creed Bratton]

Easy on the sass. We're just two amigos having a conversation. Comprende?

[Jenna Fischer]

Si, la comprendo.

[Creed Bratton]

All right, let's switch back to English for a sec.

[Angela Kinsey]

Just spit it out.

[Jenna Fischer]

What do you have on me?

[Angela Kinsey]

So first of all, Creed saying, easy on the sass made my whole day. But what we find out that Creed has on Oscar is a video of Oscar getting picked up from work by his boyfriend. It's so uninteresting. It's so normal. And Oscar just dismisses it and leaves. So now Creed has to move on to someone else.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, everybody already knows about Oscar and Gil. I mean, remember after gay witch hunt, they get to leave on like a 12 week vacation paid for by the company, right? So this isn't News Creed.

[Angela Kinsey]

Exactly. And Oscar just dismisses it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

So now he's gotta move on to Andy, and he hands Andy this green envelope. Andy takes a look inside and completely is thrown. He is shaken by whatever is inside this green envelope. That is sort of the cliffhanger that takes you to clip two. Clip two starts with Andy freaking out. Creed has given him an ultimatum, and he clearly has some good dirt on him. But Andy says, I don't know what to do yet. And then we learn a tough decision that Andy had to make in the past. Let's hear it. I'm freaking out, and I haven't freaked out about a decision like this since I had to choose between Here comes Treble, Treble in Paradise, the Treble Shooters, and the Finger Lake Maestros. That was his decision. He had to pick between these acapella groups. And I just think about our writers sitting there pitching different names for acapella groups, and they're all so amazing.

[Jenna Fischer]

You know, they spent way too many hours on those name pitches.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, yeah, I bet there's a ton more that we didn't even get to hear. So anyway, Creed is going to keep pressuring Andy, and then Andy just decides he's got to take matters into his own hands, and he is going to make this huge announcement to the bullpen about what Creed has on him. Any guesses, Lady?

[Jenna Fischer]

I can't think of anything.

[Angela Kinsey]

I was not prepared for this. He lifts up his shirt to show everyone he has a tattoo on his lower back, and it looks like it's written in sort of a different language. And he shares that it means nard Dog. Kelly starts teasing him, says he has a tramp stamp, and Andy says he doesn't regret it, but he is having it lasered off. So, Lady, Andy, this is his other tattoo. Cause he had nard Dog.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, he gets Nard Dog.

[Angela Kinsey]

Exactly.

[Jenna Fischer]

So is this webisode between now and when he gets nard Dog?

[Angela Kinsey]

It's gotta be. But it's just hilarious to me that Andy has such mishaps with tattoos.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, this is his snip, snap, snip, snap moment. Then he had a nard Dog tattoo that he got lasered off, and then he went and got another nard Dog tattoo.

[Angela Kinsey]

Exactly. But remember that trend where people would get different sayings or messages in, like, a different language?

[Jenna Fischer]

And I don't know the tattoo trends?

[Angela Kinsey]

What? Sam, are you there? This was. I remember in my improv days, there would be, like, some dude with, like, some type of character type writing on their arm, and it Would mean, like, truth.

[Sam]

That and tribal tattoo goes in and out of popularity every decade. Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

Do you remember the armband tattoo?

[Sam]

I do.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

That Pamela Anderson got the barbed wire.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes.

[Sam]

Those are in style again.

[Jenna Fischer]

Are they back?

[Sam]

Yep.

[Jenna Fischer]

I always liked those.

[Sam]

That and tramp stamps are officially back

[Jenna Fischer]

in trampoline Stamps are back.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, Andy had one in a language. She wasn't really sure what it was, but it said nard dog. That's the thing. I always was like, if it's not the language you speak and you don't speak that language, how do you know? How do you know what's getting tattooed on you?

[Sam]

Yep.

[Jenna Fischer]

You gotta really trust your tattoo artist.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah, you do.

[Jenna Fischer]

You guys, I have a story of a famous guy. I'm not gonna say who it is.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, come on.

[Jenna Fischer]

But only because he would tell this story. If we had him on our podcast, he would tell this story.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay.

[Jenna Fischer]

But I was working on a project with him, and he wanted to get a tattoo, and he came to set, and he was, like, talking about what he wanted, and it was, like, a nautical thing, and he had other tattoos, so this wasn't his first. And he was kind of going over it, and then eventually he got it, and he came and he showed it to us, and it was nothing at all, like, what he had kind of been describing to us that he wanted, and it wasn't great. I'm gonna also say, like, it's not that the tattoo work wasn't great, but the design.

[Sam]

Where on his body was it?

[Jenna Fischer]

God. I think it was, like, on his bicep.

[Sam]

Okay, good.

[Angela Kinsey]

Wait, Sam, why is that?

[Sam]

I want it to be visible and prominent. Visible and prominent?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

It like, short sleeve shirt.

[Sam]

Good.

[Angela Kinsey]

Here it is. Oh, my gosh.

[Jenna Fischer]

And we're all looking at it, and none of us know how to react, and so we're all kind of like, huh? And he goes, I know, I know. And we're like, it's just different than what you said. He goes, I know. I. When I got there and he showed me the drawing, I didn't like it.

[Angela Kinsey]

What?

[Jenna Fischer]

But I felt bad, so I just

[Angela Kinsey]

let him do it tattooed on my body forever.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, because you felt bad. Cause he was like. He didn't want.

[Sam]

He didn't want to speak up.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. He just, like, didn't want to disappoint the tattoo artist. Yeah. And then we were like, dude, it's on you forever.

[Sam]

Yeah. You got to push back a little.

[Jenna Fischer]

And he was like, I know. I really regret not saying something.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jenna Fischer]

What and then we just teased him incessantly about it.

[Angela Kinsey]

I wonder if he ever got it lasered off.

[Jenna Fischer]

I don't think so.

[Angela Kinsey]

Did he pull an Andy?

[Jenna Fischer]

I couldn't ask him, I guess, but maybe he likes it now. I mean, maybe it grew on him. But, you guys, it looks like something like a nautical logo on the menu

[Sam]

of a fish restaurant that's at Sharkey's in Redondo Beach.

[Jenna Fischer]

Something like that. Something like that. Just super basic.

[Jordan Duffy]

Sure.

[Angela Kinsey]

I don't know how long it's been since you've spoken to this person, but if you did, out of nowhere, let's say text him and say, hey, remember that random nautical tattoo you got? Did you have it lasered off? What do you think? It's odd. And would he respond?

[Jenna Fischer]

I'll ask him.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, my God, she's texting right now.

[Jenna Fischer]

I mean, this is super random. Let's see. The last time we texted was last October.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, that's not bad.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay, what is Jordan laughing about? I can hear Jordan laughing.

[Sam]

I just said I want it to be like, Ben Affleck or somebody with a gi.

[Jenna Fischer]

Does Ben Affleck still have that giant

[Sam]

yes on his back?

[Jenna Fischer]

It's real, right?

[Sam]

It's a phoenix. Yeah. And it's real.

[Jenna Fischer]

And that wasn't.

[Sam]

Nope.

[Angela Kinsey]

What? I always thought that was for a movie.

[Sam]

No, it's real, and it is on there full time.

[Jenna Fischer]

And it's full cop.

[Jordan Duffy]

Yeah, it's.

[Angela Kinsey]

Wow.

[Sam]

Wow.

[Jenna Fischer]

And so, Sam, you've had tattoos, like, full color. That's a multi.

[Sam]

That's multiple sessions.

[Jordan Duffy]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Wow.

[Sam]

And multiple thousands of dollars.

[Jenna Fischer]

Do you have any tattoos that you have soured on since you got them, Sam?

[Sam]

Yes, I have the word truth written in Latin on my left.

[Jordan Duffy]

Oh, my God.

[Angela Kinsey]

No, you don't, Sam. No, you don't. I'm telling you right now. There was a guy in my improv days that had truth on his forearm written in, like, Mandarin.

[Sam]

Well, this is an old thing. They just don't like the placement of it. It's blocking other, bigger tattoos.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay, that's amazing. Well, while we wait for Jenna's mysterious famous person with the lame nautical tattoo to get back to us, we are going to move on now to clip three of the Blackmail webisode series. Now, Creed. Andy's sort of big announcement worked. Creed has to move on to someone else. And it's Kelly. He hands Kelly a green envelope. Kelly looks inside, and it's a picture of her kissing a girl. She's completely unfazed. She's like, creed, this is my MySpace profile picture. And she really loves the attention it's getting her. I have to give a shout out right here to the fellows on how we made your mother because they shared with us that they love our old tech call outs during our rewatch of the office. And they have added one. They have one called old ref, which is like an old reference. And I think MySpace is both old tech and old ref.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yep.

[Angela Kinsey]

So Creed is going to try again with Kelly because he's desperate now, and he's like, all right, fine. I've got something else on you. And we find out that Kelly skipped work to go to a Jonas brothers concert.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh.

[Angela Kinsey]

And then Kelly caves. She's like, ugh. And Creed lists off his demands. Let's hear them.

[Creed Bratton]

If you want me to be silent, I'm gonna need a little something from you, Creed.

[Jenna Fischer]

I cannot lose my job. I have so much credit.

[Creed Bratton]

I want a helicopter.

[Jenna Fischer]

I can't afford that.

[Creed Bratton]

Well, then I want commodities. I want gold. Oil. Political capital. Four leaf clovers. Bones. Information. Uranium.

[Jenna Fischer]

Do you mean information like facts?

[Creed Bratton]

No, like gossip.

[Jenna Fischer]

What do you want to know?

[Angela Kinsey]

I mean, Kelly can play ball on gossip.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, well, now he can use what she tells him to blackmail more people.

[Angela Kinsey]

Exactly. This cuts immediately to Creed walking through the whole bullpen, passing out green envelopes left and right. He gives one to Angela, then he gives one to Meredith. Meredith opens hers and says, who's Pastor Jim? And then Creed's like, oh, wait a second. And he grabs that one and hands it to Angela, and Angela's all flushed. I know.

[Jenna Fischer]

Did Angela hook up with Pastor Jim?

[Angela Kinsey]

We don't know. But that's as far as that moment goes. Because then Oscar's like, wait, we've gotta take care of this. Next clip is clip four. So Oscar has dug up a bunch of stuff on Creed, and they all confront him with it in the conference room. There's, like, a list of all sorts of stuff. Two that stood out for me was that Creed introduced the walking snakehead fish to the North American ecosystem. And he has it on good authority that Creed throws raves in the warehouse and is known by partygoers as Papa Smurf. What does that mean? Sam, by the way, if you're known as Papa Smurf at a rave.

[Sam]

I don't know.

[Angela Kinsey]

I thought maybe it meant something.

[Jordan Duffy]

No, I don't.

[Angela Kinsey]

It could mean that you're like. You give people.

[Sam]

Like, in all my years of going to raves and doing drugs, I've never been labeled Papa Smurf.

[Angela Kinsey]

I didn't Think you had been labeled, but I didn't know if at a rave. Listen, all I know about raves is from John Wick movies.

[Sam]

That's all you need to know. That's all that's going on.

[Angela Kinsey]

That's where assassins go to, like, run through the crowd.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Anyway, ultimately, Andy is like, what are we doing, you guys? They look and see that the amount of money Creed is blackmailing them for. Any guesses? What, $6?

[Jenna Fischer]

What does he want to get?

[Angela Kinsey]

Wait. He says $6 are the equivalent in postage stamps or canned goods. And Andy's like, this just kind of makes me feel bad. He clearly needs the $6. So they all just cave in and they give Creed the money. It ends with Creed super happy. He's at his laptop, and there's an image on his computer. It's a toy helicopter, but Creed clearly thinks it's a real helicopter. And he takes his $6, and. You guys, he shoves it into the floppy disk feed like he thinks it's going to spit out the.

[Jenna Fischer]

Like a vending machine.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. And he explains that he's so excited, he's going to fly his new helicopter to Brazil to see the world's largest library.

[Jordan Duffy]

Oh.

[Angela Kinsey]

And that is the end of Blackmail. There are some great scenes that I didn't even get into because some of them are visuals. They're so funny, you guys. I really recommend this one. It's a fun watch.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, that was delightful, Angela. Thank you for breaking that down for us.

[Angela Kinsey]

I just thought it was so fun. I loved filming these webisodes, and it was always just a skeleton crew and a group of us on the weekends, and we got to just play around. So it kind of brought me down memory lane.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, I haven't heard back from my famous friend, so why don't we take a break? When we come back, we've got around the Town and our office. Question of the week, and maybe also an answer about this tattoo.

[Angela Kinsey]

I don't know about you, but there's just something about spring. I start spring cleaning, I start organizing, and it kind of makes me want to redo every room in my house.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, you know, most of the time, furniture stores are going to make that feel impossible, especially when you see their price tags.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, I know.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, thankfully, Bob's Discount Furniture does things a little differently. You can give your room a zhuzh, and it's not going to break the bank. Have you heard about the play Day sectional? My kids love stuff like this. It's a sectional, but it's got built in bookshelves, it has charging ports and it has a pop up sleeper for guests so you can do a movie night. You're charging your phone and then if you don't feel like going to the bedroom, just pop up the bed, have a rest.

[Angela Kinsey]

I love all of that. So when you're ready to get going on that long awaited home makeover, know that there's a better way to score wow worthy pieces at everyday low prices.

[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah, and it's super easy and free. You just need an email to sign up.

[Jenna Fischer]

You can get the cash back and rewards on everything from beauty and fashion to travel, electronics, dining. I'm talking awesome stores like Macy's, Ulta, Adidas, Sephora, Expedia, places you are probably already shopping.

[Angela Kinsey]

And here's how Rakuten makes it work. They partner with stores to send them shoppers and in turn Rakuten can pass on some of that money in savings onto its members. Rakuten has 17 million members who are already saving.

[Jenna Fischer]

If you're spending the money anyway, why not get rewarded for it? Join for [e-mail] or download the Rakuten app to start saving money today. Lately I have been thinking a lot about choices, but especially about how good it feels when you make a decision that really works for you. Maybe you're committing to a long term goal like saving money for a new car, a future home, a vacation.

[Angela Kinsey]

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[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

Prices are based on rating plans that vary by state. Coverage options are selected by the Customer availability, amount of discounts, and savings and eligibility vary by state. We are back. Still no news from my friend, everybody. Sorry to leave you hanging, but now it's time for around the town. Our first bit of news is from Michelle G. In Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Michelle wants us to know Stratford has a lot going on this year. We have been named a top 10 list of places in Canada to visit. We have our chef school running fun courses for anyone to attend. Our theater is in its 73rd year. We have a chocolate tour, a bacon and ale tour, and audio walking tours. We are also dealing with the most snow that we have had in years. Well, Michelle, I'm jealous of all your snow. The skiers in my family have been chasing snow. It's not in any of the usual places this year, so I guess it's come to you.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well. Well, I just want to go to the walking tours. I mean, a bacon and ale tour.

[Jenna Fischer]

Bacon and ale chocolate tour.

[Angela Kinsey]

Mm. Yes, please.

[Jenna Fischer]

I know.

[Angela Kinsey]

All right, our next around the town is from Becca B. Becca says every year around National Golden Retriever Day, Golden Colorado hosts an event called Goldens and Golden Thousands, and she put that in all caps. Thousands of golden retrievers, or impostors and their owners gathered to celebrate all of the good boys. Isn't that adorable?

[Jenna Fischer]

Golden Retriever Day.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, my gosh.

[Angela Kinsey]

I have actually seen on Instagram, like, these golden retriever gatherings where people all get together with their golden retrievers. I know there's several different dog breeds that do this, but it's pretty fricking adorable.

[Jenna Fischer]

All right, I looked this up. The article says over 5,500 golden retrievers gathered in Golden Colorado on February 7th to enjoy the annual Goldens and Golden celebration. Wow. I want to go.

[Angela Kinsey]

My friend has a golden retriever, and whenever, like, there's a group of them, like, we'll go on a hike, and then they all, like, say hi to each other. I don't know. It's just so cute, you guys. It looks like they smile, lady.

[Jenna Fischer]

You have to post about this because I'm looking at this article and the photos are incredible.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah, I've seen on Instagram. It's just. Just amazing. We'll share in our stories. It's way bigger than you could even imagine. I mean, I know we're throwing out numbers, but when you see everybody together, you're like, holy moly.

[Jenna Fischer]

All right, well, our last bit of around the town comes from Natalie D. In Kansas City, who said, I have been competitive bowling since I was 13 years old. Natalie is now 28. And finally got her first 300 perfect game last week.

[Angela Kinsey]

Natalie, congratulations.

[Jenna Fischer]

Thanks to the Office Ladies for providing entertainment on long car rides to tournaments. That is a big deal.

[Angela Kinsey]

That is a big accomplishment. 300.

[Jenna Fischer]

My grandpa was a bowler, and I remember when he got his 300 game, it was huge. It was, like, such a big deal. That is how many 12 strikes in a row? Because the 10th frame is three?

[Sam]

Yeah, I think so.

[Jenna Fischer]

Wow. Well done.

[Angela Kinsey]

That is amazing, Natalie. My bowling is. I either get up there and I just roll the slowest moving ball that hits the pins, and it's like, p P. And I get a strike, and everyone's like, what just happened? Or I gutter ball it. Those are the only two. That's my skill set.

[Sam]

That's incredible.

[Angela Kinsey]

I know. It's pretty amazing. Sign me up for your team. All right. Up next, everybody, is our Office question of the Week. This comes from Nadia H. In Michigan. Nadia says, hello, Office ladies. I have been wanting to write you all for over a year now, and I am beyond excited that I am now caught up with the podcast episodes and can share how much you two mean to me. The Office is my favorite show. I own all of the DVD box sets, tons of merch, and I even have an office comforter that I use every night. You two are truly some of the most special people in the world, and thank you so much for all the hard work that you put into the Office Ladies franchise. Aw, that's so sweet. Nadia goes on to say, I am a neurodivergent individual who lives in a world that is not always friendly or accepting of people like me. This can be very hard and overwhelming at times, but whenever I listen to your podcast, I feel so heard, seen, and just at peace. I could go on for ages about how much you two mean to me, but in summary, I just want you to know how much I love you both. And the. Nadia sent in a bunch of questions, and one of the ones we want to answer today is, do you guys ever feel weird seeing your face on merchandise or wallpapers?

[Jenna Fischer]

And she also said, P.S. angela, I love your diary. It's one of my favorite things ever. Aw, Nadia. First of all, we just want to say thank you for all those kind words.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

I can't even tell you what it means to me that the podcast brings you peace and comfort.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. And that you feel seen and heard. And we love doing this podcast, and we really love our Office Ladies family. So thank you so much for being part of it.

[Jenna Fischer]

And also, yes, it is Weird seeing my face on merchandise and wallpapers. I'm not sure I've ever gotten used to it.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's just weird. And it's. It pops up in the most random places. I think I've shared this before. One time my sister Janet texted me and she was at TJ Maxx and she said, ang, your face is on a shot glass. Yeah. Yeah. It is just really wild. And it has just kept going all these years.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, did you hear now they're turning the office characters into Fortnite skins?

[Angela Kinsey]

I did hear this. My son's told me.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, Dwight and Michael are out. Jim and Pam are coming out. I don't know if they're gonna do more. And you know, something I wanna let everyone know is that I found this out in the news. Like, nobody asked me. I didn't have to give permission. I don't get paid anything for it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, none of us do.

[Jenna Fischer]

No.

[Angela Kinsey]

The whole entire. Whatever, whoever they feature anywhere doing stuff, we don't get paid for it.

[Jenna Fischer]

No. Which is also weird because you just feel like your face is everywhere. But I was like, really? I don't get anything for my face as a Fortnite skin? And I guess it's quote unquote, Pam. It's not me. But I'm like. But just. Cause it's my face in a pink sweater. Like, so anytime you take my face and put it in a pink sweater, it's not me, it's Pam. And then I don't get anything for it. NBC gets the money. I find that weird. I'm sorry. I find it weird. I don't understand why we don't get a cut of that.

[Angela Kinsey]

It is weird. It's just weird every time. Well, you know, it's like sometimes it's just so clearly our face, you know, it's like so like it's literally a picture of us. Yeah. But anyway, Nadia, it is kind of odd. It is. And I think what's always interesting to me is the different ways they find to put our faces on, like this. Fortnite skins and a shot glass or a bath towel.

[Sam]

Do either of you remember the first thing that you saw your face on? Like when the Office. You know, like season one, season two, like when merch started rolling out.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, gosh. That's a good question. I know that the NBC store in New York had like a Jim and Pam mug or something. And it was around Valentine's Day. And I remember John and I went to New York and we did like a little press thing and we were in the NBC store, and I was like, oh, my gosh, John, we're on this mug.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

So maybe that was the first time I saw myself as merch. Okay.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. I think for me, it was NBC put out these little Valentine's cards.

[Sam]

Oh, okay.

[Angela Kinsey]

And it had Dwight and Angela. It had the lady all around, Michael Scott. He's holding up a heart.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

And there were these little Valentine's cards you could buy. And I was so tickled by it. I really was just so delighted. And I think the thing, Nadia, I would want you to know, it's like, I love fans that find creative ways to recreate our characters. I love all the fan art so much. And I think sometimes, though, you feel like you're part of some big corporate machine when it's like Fortnite skins. It's different. It's a little different, you know, But I love it. Fans interpretations of the characters on the show. And I love it when people make us stuff and send it to us. It's really cool. But when you're out just walking around somewhere and your face is on, like, a TJ Maxx shot glass, you're like, wait, how did that happen?

[Jenna Fischer]

I think that's a good point, Angela. I am here for every Etsy shop where a fan has interpreted our characters and made some super cool thing. And usually that stuff is way cooler too. I think you're right. It's like when the big mega corporation is getting a bunch of money because they put your face on something, and then it's just another big mega corporation splitting all the funds. Like, I'd much rather some, like, cool Etsy artist get some moolah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Absolutely.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. So, Etsy, folks, we're here for you. Keep it up.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

All right, well, listen, that's all we've got, except we have one more thing.

[Angela Kinsey]

Did the anonymous celebrity with the lame nautical tattoo get back to you? I've seen you texting over there.

[Jenna Fischer]

He did. He did. And first of all, he wrote, yes, I still have it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Ha ha ha ha ha.

[Jenna Fischer]

And then he said the tattoo artist was so handsome and cool, I didn't want to disappoint him. And then he said I could reveal who he is, and he sent me in some audio. No way.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, my gosh. Exclusive celebrity with lame nautical tattoo is Oliver Hudson.

[Sam]

Oliver, I would never have guessed.

[Jenna Fischer]

Here we go.

[Jordan Duffy]

So I had wanted to get a tattoo for my kids for years and didn't really know what it was. I knew I wanted something Nautical. Because of my love for the ocean. I wanted something a little different, something cool. Not your standard old school anchor. And I went to this guy, won't say his name because I don't want to diss him. He's an incredible artist. Like, there's no doubt. It just wasn't his forte, I guess. Anyway, I went there. He put the stencil on me that he sort of came up with. And it just. I wasn't really feeling it, but he was so cool and extremely handsome and all tatted up that I felt. Felt, like, insecure about making any changes. And I said, well, what if we did this and he did something else and put another stencil on? I was like, yeah. Even though I was like, oh, my God, no. And then I get on the table, four hours later, I have it on my arm, and it looks like a chandelier. It doesn't look like an anchor. Looks like a. A grand chandelier in a beautiful ballroom. But it's on me forever now. And I was depressed for a long time, and now I only get depressed every once in a while.

[Angela Kinsey]

He's probably like, thanks for bringing it back up. This ruined his week, you guys.

[Jenna Fischer]

I'm so glad he sent that in, because I just need you to know that is the delight that it is to work with Oliver Hudson. If you just want to have the best, most fun project, you want to hire Oliver Hudson. And he's so talented, too. Like, he's so funny. He's so good with drama. I adore him so much.

[Angela Kinsey]

And you should share. You guys worked together on Splitting Up Together.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes. For two seasons of a TV show. And we ended our show on, like, this giant cliffhanger because we got canceled. We had this big cliffhanger. We were all sure we were gonna get a season three, and then they canceled, and it was such a bummer. I worked on that with Bobby Lee.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Great group, Oliver. Thank you so much. I really need to see a picture now. I don't know if he'd be up for sending us a picture, but chandelier is not the image I had in my head this whole time.

[Jenna Fischer]

I know maybe I didn't describe it very well. My memory.

[Sam]

You described it perfectly.

[Angela Kinsey]

Did I?

[Jordan Duffy]

Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay.

[Angela Kinsey]

Oh, my gosh, Oliver, thank you. And you know what? You gotta come. You gotta come hang with us on Office Lady.

[Jenna Fischer]

He really does. It would be the absolute best time.

[Angela Kinsey]

Well, you guys, that was Office News and Blackmail. We hope you enjoyed it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah, check out the link in bio for all kinds of cool stuff. Oh, here it is. I'm sorry. He just sent it. He just sent.

[Angela Kinsey]

I want to see it.

[Jenna Fischer]

He just sent a photo.

[Angela Kinsey]

I need to see it. I'm sorry. Turn it around, Sam. Jordan.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's worse than I remember.

[Angela Kinsey]

Bird. I'm sorry.

[Jenna Fischer]

Do you see it?

[Angela Kinsey]

I do. It's like.

[Jenna Fischer]

It's like multiple anchors.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's multiple anchors hanging.

[Sam]

It's like. It's like adorned with jewels. It's.

[Angela Kinsey]

It's like multiple anchors hanging off an anchor with like also the letter H.

[Jenna Fischer]

Well, because he has three fancy navy. So I think it's three anchors. So large, you guys.

[Angela Kinsey]

So much of his. Can I see? Oh, my God. It's enormous. It's his whole bicep and I like

[Sam]

if you zoom in, he's grimacing just a bit. Sending it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oh, Oliver, I love you so much. I love you so much.

[Angela Kinsey]

I want to say a quick thank you to Jordan Duffy for coming in today. She is going to be here whenever Sam has to travel or go out of town. Jordan, thanks so much. It was great to see you. It was so great seeing you guys too.

[Jenna Fischer]

I'm so happy to be helping out when I can.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yay.

[Jenna Fischer]

All right, everyone, we'll see you next week.

[Angela Kinsey]

See you then.

[Jenna Fischer]

Thank you for listening to Office Ladies.

[Angela Kinsey]

Office Ladies is a presentation of Odyssey and is produced by Jenna Fisher and Angela Kinsey.

[Jenna Fischer]

Our senior producer is Matt Beagle. Our audio engineer is Sam Kieffer, and our associate producer is Ainslie Bubaco.

[Angela Kinsey]

Odyssey's executive producer is Leah Reese.

[Jenna Fischer]

Dennis Office lady was mixed and mastered by Bill Schultz.

[Angela Kinsey]

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