Second Drink: Money Part 1

Summary

Office Ladies: Second Drink – “Money” Part 1

Original Air Date: December 15, 2025
Hosts: Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey
Episode Theme:
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey—Pam and Angela from The Office—dive deep into Season 4, Episode 7: “Money, Part 1.” They share exclusive behind-the-scenes stories, dissect favorite moments, discuss set secrets, and react to fan questions about Michael’s financial woes, Schrute Farms’ first overnight guests, and other hidden gems from the classic episode.

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Main Discussion & Episode Purpose

The episode centers on the making of "Money, Part 1," giving both an insider view of the writing, directing, and acting, as well as fun fan Q&A. The Office Ladies call out memorable character moments (Michael’s troubles, the Schrute Farms B&B), actor shenanigans, the realities behind props and sets, and even some personal revelations about their own lives. They break down their favorite scenes, notable trivia, background jokes, official continuity, and respond to fan myth-busting questions.

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Key Insights & Discussion Points

1. Behind-the-Scenes with Paul Lieberstein (09:49–13:13)

• Directorial Debut: Paul Lieberstein wrote and directed this episode, his first time directing on The Office.
  • “He wrote this episode while on vacation in Russia!” (11:13)
  • The Schrute Farms B&B idea came to Paul after visiting farm-stay B&Bs in Italy.
• Inventing Schrute Farms: Paul was “so excited” to establish Dwight’s world and filled it with eccentric details.

2. Set & Location Revelations (13:18–17:26)

• Schrute Farms Exterior: Filmed at Disney Ranch in Santa Clarita, CA—specifically “Olivia’s House.”
• Set Realities: The farmhouse is just a shell (“exterior shell walls”), and night shoots were “freezing and drafty” (14:19).
• Telemarketing Office:
  • Exterior: Shot in Van Nuys.
  • Interior: Shot on the 10th floor of the historic LA Times building, an art deco landmark (15:55).

3. TripAdvisor Gags & Real-World Tie-Ins (17:34–20:34)

• The Office team created real TripAdvisor reviews for Schrute Farms.
• “Sprinkles Mom” left a negative review: “He killed my cat, Sprinkles. Who knows what he might do to you or your loved ones.” (18:22)
• Schrute Farms remains on TripAdvisor with 1,300 reviews and 4 stars.

4. Deleted & Alternate Scenes (02:19–08:40)

• Deleted Michael Talking Head: Michael describes Todd Packer’s “shag carpeting” (02:19).
• Michael & Jan’s Car: Two unused alts involve Michael mangling facts (“ice hats are melting”) and debating how to spend his car money—“a fleet of mopeds” (08:12).
• Alternate Background Gags:
  • Scranton blanket reappears across episodes (06:38).
  • Plant at Pam’s reception desk becomes a mini-mystery (27:29).

5. Fan Mail & Questions (05:16, 32:59, 38:37, 44:28, 69:51)

• Pam’s Sleepwear: Several fans share they do sleep in silk nighties (05:16).
• Pam & The Outhouse: Fans question logical inconsistencies about Pam not using the restroom sooner; Jenna and Angela speculate on possible explanations (04:00).
• Michael’s Car Lease: Multiple fans question how Michael could trade in a company-leased Sebring—Angela floats a “cash credit” theory (38:37).
• Why Didn’t Pam See Kevin’s Band?: Theory: maybe everyone had been to Kevin’s shows too many times already (44:28).
• What Harry Potter Was Dwight Reading?: Page 85 of "The Deathly Hallows" (69:51).

6. Set & Prop Easter Eggs (06:38, 36:33, 78:00)

• The Scranton, PA blanket appears in both Schrute Farms and the women's restroom.
• Pam, distracted pre-shoot, smiles at the camera op unintentionally (36:33).
• Angela obsesses over whether the “private room” poster is Motley Crue or Van Halen—fans confirm it’s Van Halen (78:00).

7. Actor Memories and Anecdotes

• Jenna on Yachts: Extended riff about why she doesn't get the appeal of yachting, with both hosts laughing at the likelihood they’ll somehow end up on a yacht in the future (33:05).
• Jenna’s Secret Comedy Magic Past: She reveals she used to be a silent, tuxedo-wearing comedic magician in stand-up clubs. Angela is gobsmacked, “I need a photo. I need a video. I need something.” (46:48)
• Angela’s Real Cherub Figurine: She still owns a cherub figurine like the one Angela wants back from Dwight (42:31).

8. Deleted or Unused Episode Concepts Revealed

• Michael’s “Devil Wears Prada” plotline: Michael mimics Meryl Streep’s character—John hadn’t met Emily Blunt yet, making the show’s references a coincidence (29:09).
• Schrute Farms room types: “America, Irrigation, or Nighttime” (65:10), with Pam eagerly selecting “Irrigation.”
• Multiple mentions of real-world site details and production notes, reinforcing authenticity and attention to detail from the production team.

9. Physical & Costume Details

• Angela’s high heels: “If I have to stand next to Rainn ... you get the big heels” (43:18).
• Custom cat hair clip made for Angela’s character by hair stylist Kim Ferry—Angela has the original in a shadow box (43:36).
• Pam’s odd farm outfit provokes questioning even from Jenna herself (“What the F am I wearing?” 68:16).

10. Sweet & Silly Moments

• John Krasinski’s “Clooney” prank: He kept turning on Jenna’s seat warmer during Schrute Farms shooting (50:34).
• Angela and Jenna rave about the “Michael is the gym of the telemarketing office” plot twist (59:24).

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Michael’s Deleted Talking Head (02:19):
  Angela (as Michael): “You know who loves interior design? My friend Todd Packer. He is always asking if Jan’s carpet matches her drapes...People’s design sensibilities change.”
• On Schrute Farms B&B (During Fast Facts) (12:13):
  Jenna: “Paul just said he loved imagining Dwight as a proprietor of a bed and breakfast.”
• On the TripAdvisor Schrute Farms Page (18:22):
  Angela: (Review): “He killed my cat, Sprinkles. Who knows what he might do to you or your loved ones.”
• Jenna’s Secret Past (46:48):
  Angela: “You were like a comedic mime. What? I would give anything to see that.”
  Jenna: “I still have my tuxedo … I was a fancy magician. I wore a coat and tails.”
• On Motleys vs. Van Halen Poster (78:00):
  Angela: “It’s gotta be Motley Crue, right?...Many people wrote in to tell me, very nicely, Angela, it is a Van Halen poster.”
• On Yachts (33:05 & following):
  Jenna: “You know what you’re not going to hear on Office Ladies? An ad for yachting.”
  Angela: “Cut to two years from now when … we’re yachting.”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Time | Segment | |-------|--------------------------------------------------------------| | 09:49 | Paul Lieberstein’s role & script inspirations | | 13:18 | Schrute Farms & Disney Ranch location breakdown | | 17:34 | TripAdvisor: Real tie-ins, Sprinkles’ Mom review | | 27:29 | Plant Easter eggs at reception | | 29:09 | Devil Wears Prada references and “Six Degrees…” trivia | | 36:33 | Behind-the-scenes: Pam’s on-camera flub at reception | | 38:37 | Fan questions: Michael’s car lease and continuity | | 42:31 | Real-life Angela’s cherub figurine | | 44:28 | Fan Q: Why didn’t Pam see Kevin’s band? | | 46:48 | Jenna’s “comedic magician” reveal | | 50:34 | John Krasinski’s “seat warmer” prank | | 69:51 | What Harry Potter passage Dwight reads to Jim and Pam | | 78:00 | Poster in Dwight’s “private room”—Motley Crue vs. Van Halen | | 80:06 | Jim says "Dwight" and "Dwhite" in the same scene | | 81:03 | Michael and Jan’s closing scene at the telemarketing office |

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Flow and Tone

The tone remains true to Jenna and Angela’s dynamic: warm, goofy, insightful, packed with laughter and loving exasperation. The hosts balance revealing set secrets with personal and fan stories, continually crediting writers and crew for details and depth.

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Summary

This “Second Drink” episode of Office Ladies takes fans on a deep, delightful dive into the making of "Money, Part 1"—from the logistics of shooting at a haunted, dusty fake farmhouse, to Michael’s heart-wrenching money stress, to hidden clues and running jokes. Between surprising trivia (Jenna’s mime magic), set design geekery, and loving commentary on their Office family, Angela and Jenna make this a can’t-miss for Office superfans or anyone interested in sitcom production and behind-the-scenes magic.

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For Next Week

Tune in for “Money, Part 2,” where the ladies will wrap up the arc and share more exclusive stories from Schrute Farms, Michael’s money woes, and even more fan-favorite moments. Send in your questions!

Transcript

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[Jenna Fischer]

One. Oh, I loved this episode, Angela. I remember we reached out to Paul Lieberstein about this one. He wrote and directed it. He had such good stuff to.

[Angela Kinsey]

Share. So many good details. Well, look, I want to kick off the second drink with a deleted Michael talking head. We did not discuss this in our first rewatch. Oh, let me set it up for you. Okay, so remember how Jan is bringing in fabrics for Michael to look.

[Jenna Fischer]

At? Yes. She's spending like all his money on redecorating the.

[Angela Kinsey]

Condo. Yes. Okay, well, Michael has a talking head. It's in the kitchen. He's alone and he shares that he has a friend who actually loves interior design. And I thought you should hear who he's talking about, you know who loves interior design? My friend Todd Packer. He is always asking if Jan's carpet matches her drapes. He now, although he says that he prefers it when there is no carpet, which doesn't make sense because I've been to his apartment and there is shag carpeting all over the place. So I guess people's design sensibilities.

[Jenna Fischer]

Change. Okay, they needed to cut this. Can I tell you.

[Angela Kinsey]

Why?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. Because in the pilot, isn't it the pilot, Todd Packer calls and says, ask her if the carpet matches the drapes. And Michael's like, ah.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right. Like Michael. Clearly he knows what that phrase in this talking head. He has no.

[Jenna Fischer]

Clue. No, he's.

[Angela Kinsey]

Clueless. No clue. I mean, Todd Packer has shag.

[Jenna Fischer]

Carpeting. Well, that's an.

[Angela Kinsey]

Insight. Yeah, it is kind of perfect.

[Jenna Fischer]

Though also, for sure, he probably also has a waterbed or a. Like a round.

[Angela Kinsey]

Bed. He has a water bed.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes. He definitely has a mirror on the ceiling, too. Oh, well, moving on. I have a question from Ruthanne C. About this episode. She says, every time I watch this episode, it strikes me how surprised Pam is to see the outhouse at Schrute. But haven't they been there for hours at that point? Wouldn't Pam have had to go to the bathroom before then? I feel like that's a long time to not go pee. Anyone else? Jenna.

[Angela Kinsey]

Angela.

[Jenna Fischer]

Agree. You.

[Angela Kinsey]

Agree? I mean, I feel like getting to Schrute Farms is probably a little bit of a drive. Right? It's not like in Scranton. It's on the outskirts. And by the time I got there, the first thing I'd have to do is go pee when I.

[Jenna Fischer]

Arrived. Well, let me say that when we introduced the idea of fruit farms, it is in season two, you know, that's the one where Michael buys his condo and Dwight talks about owning Schrute Farms. And he says there's only one bathroom and it's under the.

[Angela Kinsey]

Porch. That's so cool. That's what he.

[Jenna Fischer]

Says. So I'm wondering if Pam knows this information about the lack of bathrooms. Maybe she made Jim stop before they got to shrut farms. Maybe she peed in a field. I don't.

[Angela Kinsey]

Know. Okay.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay. So I think maybe she hasn't needed a bathroom for.

[Angela Kinsey]

Hours. Well, I'm with Ruthanne. I'm wondering what's.

[Jenna Fischer]

Up. Well, also in this breakdown, we discuss how cute Pam's outfit is that she's sleeping in. And we started discussing the various things people can sleep in. And I asked, does anybody actually sleep in, like a silky slip nightgown like you see in the movies all the.

[Angela Kinsey]

Time? Yeah, if I remember, you sort of put out a call to action. Like, tell me if you do this, will you tell.

[Jenna Fischer]

Me? We got a fan mail. Flirty Jana, Kristin, Becca, Christina, and many more said that they do sleep in silk nighties. In fact, Becca said, I do have nightgowns in my sleepwear rotation. They are mostly designated for summertime. They are soft and comfortable. And a few other folks said that they're cooler to sleep in and that's why they like.

[Angela Kinsey]

Them. Well, if they're cooler to sleep in, we might just start trying.

[Jenna Fischer]

It. I mean, as women of a certain age with certain kind of hot.

[Angela Kinsey]

Flashes at night, it might be silk nightie time. Okay, our second fan mail flurry was about the poster in Dwight's room. So if you remember, it's a very super quick cutaway. And I became obsessed with it. I zoomed in on it, you know, like, I took a picture of the screen, right? And I had a theory. Cause it was a little.

[Jenna Fischer]

Blurry.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay? I thought, ooh, this is a little foreshadowing nugget. It's gotta be Motley Crue, right? Yes, I remember Dwight loves Motley Crue. But lady, many people wrote in to tell me very nicely. By the way, Michelle, Stephen, Emily, Morgan, Nate, Tara, Molly, and more said Angela. It is a Van Halen poster. Oh, Tara, I want to thank you because you did write. But you know what, Angela? It was a nice theory, so thank you for.

[Jenna Fischer]

That. Listen, these are in the same world. Motley Crue, Van Halen. They're.

[Angela Kinsey]

Adjacent. They're.

[Jenna Fischer]

Adjacent. You were on the right track. Well, we also got a great background catch by Danny. Danny pointed out that the sofa that Jim and Pam are sitting on when they arrive to Schrute Farms, it has a very nice nod to Scranton. There is a Scranton, Pennsylvania throw blanket. It's stitched across the front. It says Scranton Go to 9 minutes, 12 seconds. It's draped over the back of the sofa. And get.

[Angela Kinsey]

This.

[Jenna Fischer]

What? Ben L. From Pittsburgh doubled down on this catch and said, the same blanket comes back in Women's Appreciation when the fellas go hang out in the ladies.

[Angela Kinsey]

Bathroom. We had clearly one Scranton, Pennsylvania blanket. Well, I love that they just kept repurposing it. Those are great.

[Jenna Fischer]

Catches. Very good. I mean, the same blanket at Troup Farms and the women's restroom. Wow, that's attention to.

[Angela Kinsey]

Detail. Well, lastly, I went into our candy bag alts for this episode, and there were so many fun Michael talking, I thought I'd share two alts. Okay, remember when Michael shares that he and Jan are down to only one car. And, you know, they did this to save money. But then, of course, Jan wanted a Porsche, so she's driving a Porsche. But they only have one car. Well, there were two alts for this talking head, and they cracked me up. Jan and I are sharing a car now. I love the Seapring, but, you know, the ozone layers are peeling, the ice hats are melting, and no owls have been spotted in a long time. And the other.

[Jenna Fischer]

Birds. Oh, lady.

[Angela Kinsey]

What? The ice hats are.

[Jenna Fischer]

Melting. Oh, it's a mangled, Michael. Mangled.

[Angela Kinsey]

Word. Ice caps. Okay, the next one is Jan and I are sharing a car. Now, the lease got up on the Sebring and we could have gotten two so. So cars. Or one really nice car or three really crappy cars. Are zero. Really, really great ones. Or a fleet of mopeds. But Jan shot that.

[Jenna Fischer]

Down. Oh.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay. This is how he money.

[Jenna Fischer]

Manages.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. He's gonna trade in the Sebring and get a fleet of.

[Jenna Fischer]

Mopeds. Or three crappy.

[Angela Kinsey]

Cars.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. All right, well, I hope you enjoyed our little extra tidbits. And now here is our second drink of money, part one. I'm Jenna.

[Angela Kinsey]

Fisher. And I'm Angela.

[Jenna Fischer]

Kinsey. We were on the Office together, and we're best friends. And now we're doing the ultimate Office Rewatch podcast just for.

[Angela Kinsey]

You. Each week, we will break down an episode of the Office and give exclusive behind the scenes stories that only two people who were there can tell.

[Jenna Fischer]

You. We're the Office ladies. Hi.

[Angela Kinsey]

Everybody. Hey there, you guys. I'm so excited to be here today. Not that I'm not always excited, but I don't know, I just really enjoyed this episode. It cracked me.

[Jenna Fischer]

Up. I liked it, too. It was a surprise to me. I had kind of a little bit forgotten about this.

[Angela Kinsey]

One. Yeah, I hadn't seen this in a good while, so it was just fun to be an.

[Jenna Fischer]

Audience. Well, let's tell everyone what we're talking about today. It is Money, Part 1, which is Season 4, Episode 7, written by Paul Lieberstein and directed by Paul.

[Angela Kinsey]

Lieberstein.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes. Should I hit you with a.

[Angela Kinsey]

Summary? I was hoping you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Would. I knew you were. I knew you wouldn't let it go by without a summary. A great.

[Angela Kinsey]

Summary. I would never. I would.

[Jenna Fischer]

Never. An amazing summary by.

[Angela Kinsey]

Me. I'm hoping for a summary and three fast facts. I mean, come.

[Jenna Fischer]

On. Oh, lady, you're going to be.

[Angela Kinsey]

Happy. Good. I'm going to sip my tea and listen and only judge a little. Go for it.

[Jenna Fischer]

What? All right. Here we go. Here's the summary. Michael is forced to confront his money woes. As Jan renovates his condo, he has to take a second job as a telemarketer. Pam and Jim spend a night at Dwight's family beet farm, which he is now running as a bed and breakfast. Kelly and Daryl work on their relationship, and Andy tries to woo Angela. Thank you. Any judgments? Any judgments.

[Angela Kinsey]

There? No, no, no. Oh, not. Not.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yet. Good. So far. All right, well, fast fact number one. Now, I mentioned that this episode was written by Paul and directed by Paul, but this was actually the first episode directed by Paul.

[Angela Kinsey]

Lieberstein. Ah.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. So he will go on to direct many more. But this was his office directorial.

[Angela Kinsey]

Debut. Oh.

[Jenna Fischer]

Gee. Yeah, So I reached out to him because I was like, I mean, he wrote it, he directed it. Let's hear from.

[Angela Kinsey]

Him.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. And he told me that he wrote this episode while he was on vacation in Russia. What? Yeah. I didn't know he'd ever vacationed in Russia. Paul would have been a really interesting thing to banter about while we were on set waiting for lights to go up and stuff. He's holding.

[Angela Kinsey]

Back. I did know he'd been to Russia. Oh, so there you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Go. How was it? Was it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Great? It was great. He had a great, great.

[Jenna Fischer]

Time. Well, he said that he was so excited to be able to write and direct this episode because it featured the. The first visit to Dwight's farmhouse at Schrute Farms. Because we've been there, we saw the barn in the initiation and all that. But he got to completely invent Dwight's home and what it looked like and all of that stuff. And he said that he got the idea for Dwight to run a bed and breakfast during a trip to Italy a couple years before. He is a world.

[Angela Kinsey]

Traveler. He's well.

[Jenna Fischer]

Traveled. Yes. So while he was in Italy, he had seen a bunch of signs for this farm, BNB Stay. You go stay on people's farms in Italy. Sounds.

[Angela Kinsey]

Amazing. I just want Paul to know if you're listening. Paul, you don't have to go all the way to Italy for that. You can have a farm BNP right here. I'm sure like my family farm in Texas would take you.

[Jenna Fischer]

In. I would love to have a farm B and B experience at your parents.

[Angela Kinsey]

Farm. I would love that so much. I would love to get up in the morning and go check on the cows with.

[Jenna Fischer]

You. Oh, lady, you're speaking my language. Well, Paul just said he loved imagining Dwight as a proprietor of a bed and breakfast and he also told me he did so much to prepare for this episode. He really, like, over prepared because it was just a really big deal to him. And he wanted it to be full of so many details. And it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Was. Oh, yes. There's so many cool details. And we're going to point them out to you as they come.

[Jenna Fischer]

Up. Definitely. All right, fast fact number two is a location.

[Angela Kinsey]

Breakdown. I knew this was coming. The Shrute Farms location breakdown. I have been to this farm many times. Let's hear what you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Got. So we mentioned before that we shot Schrute Farms on the Disney ranch in Santa Clarita, California. We went back for this episode, and this time we used the Olivia's house location. That is the farmhouse that we transformed into Dwight's B and.

[Angela Kinsey]

B. Yes. You guys should know this is a vast property. And they have different areas where they film. So they have the barn right where you saw the initiation. And then they have little houses and different areas that you can use to create sort of this rustic look for TV and.

[Jenna Fischer]

Film. But these houses, they're just shells. There's nothing in them. Nothing. They're just like, exterior shell walls. The walls are not insulated. So it got very, very cold at night. Any of the night scenes, we were.

[Angela Kinsey]

Freezing. Freezing and drafty. And everything's a little bit dusty. Like, if you sit on something, like a little cloud of like. Yeah, it kind of comes out of.

[Jenna Fischer]

It. And our set designers had to go in and they had to meticulously decorate every single room we. Every item you see, we put.

[Angela Kinsey]

There. That's right. That's right. I have a feeling they went in first and cleaned and then decorated. Why is my memory of Shrut farms so.

[Jenna Fischer]

Dusty? Well, I remember sneezing a lot. It's dusty, it's old, it's run down, you know, you wouldn't want to lean against the wall. I'll just say that. No, you might go right through.

[Angela Kinsey]

It. You.

[Jenna Fischer]

Might. Now we have another location. In this episode, Michael takes a job as a telemarketer. And I asked Kentopedia about this location. The exterior, when you see him walking into the building. We shot that in Van Nuys. That was near our studio. But the inside of the building we shot on the 10th floor of the LA Times building in downtown LA. Now, this shocked me. This shocked me because this building is stunning. Stunning. It housed the LA times until 2017. It was designed by this man named Gordon B. Kaufman in the art Deco style in the 1930s. It won a gold medal at the 1937 Paris Exposition. And it's just. It's so weird to me that this very, like, ordinary telemarketing office is housed inside of this gorgeous piece of.

[Angela Kinsey]

Architecture. I know. That is so wild, because we don't do that building justice at all. We make it look just like any cubicle office anywhere.

[Jenna Fischer]

Right?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. Well, I shot a commercial in my 20s in downtown LA, and I was really stunned because it was a gorgeous building, and we were shooting on, like, the 12th floor, and then they had, like, craft and service on a different floor. You know, they used a few floors, and it was like three floors in a row with no people. No.

[Jenna Fischer]

One.

[Angela Kinsey]

Wow. So I think there are, like, sort of buildings downtown that have just a lot of.

[Jenna Fischer]

Vacancy. Yeah, there must.

[Angela Kinsey]

Be. I know. It was. It was really eerie because we were filming at night and it was like a dark.

[Jenna Fischer]

Corridor. I was like, well, I visited the LA Times back in college as part of a film and television summer workshop. Oh, cool. That was coordinated by ucla. And we got to go in and see how they make newspapers. And I remember the lobby, it has this great big globe, and I have all these pictures. It was just.

[Angela Kinsey]

Amazing. I would love that. I would sign up for that. Yeah. I mean, you know, I love a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Tour. We would sign up for almost any tour. I feel like we.

[Angela Kinsey]

Would. I mean, I feel like we could do a podcast where it's just you and I taking tours and talking about, today we went to the peanut.

[Jenna Fischer]

Factory. Oh, lady, that's a brilliant idea. We have to do.

[Angela Kinsey]

That. We travel and go on tours and then tell people about the tour we went.

[Jenna Fischer]

On. I mean, selfishly, I want to do that. That sounds.

[Angela Kinsey]

Great.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay. Okay. Well, speaking of travel fast, fact number three, TripAdvisor features very heavily in this.

[Angela Kinsey]

Episode.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes. And I want you guys to know we really did create a page on the real TripAdvisor for Schrute Farms. And our producers made two profiles and gave two reviews. So you could go on after watching the episode and see these two reviews and see the page. We hear one of them in the episode. That's the one from Jim and Pam, and their profile name was J and P2. But the other one that you don't hear in the episode, Angela, was from Sprinkles.

[Angela Kinsey]

Mom. I know. And it's a really negative.

[Jenna Fischer]

Review. It's very negative. Did you find it, too? I.

[Angela Kinsey]

Did. It says, stay away, Proprietor is.

[Jenna Fischer]

Crazy. Oh, my gosh. You have to read it. You have to read it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay. It says, I have to warn people about the Proprietor of Shruit Farms. He may portray himself as a gentleman farmer, but he is not what he seems. He killed my cat, Sprinkles. Who knows what he might do to you or your loved.

[Jenna Fischer]

Ones. Oh. So the profiles are no longer there, and those reviews are no longer there, but Shruit Farms is still a page on TripAdvisor. It has over 1300 reviews and it has four.

[Angela Kinsey]

Stars. I went on the Shruit Farms TripAdvisor page, and I want you guys to know it's. It's got a little write up. It's got a photo. This is something that cracked me up. It says, here are the languages spoken at Shrup Farms. Are you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Ready? I'm.

[Angela Kinsey]

Ready. Now, we know this is just Dwight and Mo's, but here are the languages spoken, okay? Azerbaiji, Bosnian, Burmese, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Portuguese. Oddly, not on the list is German. And Dwight answers the phone. Guten.

[Jenna Fischer]

Tag.

[Angela Kinsey]

Aha. So TripAdvisor, you might want to update that. And TripAdvisor's like, guys, this isn't real. We just agreed to do it. And then the other thing I thought was kind of cool about this, and it's a little bit of a callback. This was also a task in the Dunder Mifflin Infinity online game. Posting a review of Shrut Farms was part of Dunder Mifflin Infinity's game on their.

[Jenna Fischer]

Website. That is so.

[Angela Kinsey]

Cool. And you can still post, as Jenna said, your review today, and I just read one as recent as December 2020. Someone made up a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Review. Now I read one, Angela, and I wasn't sure if it was real or.

[Angela Kinsey]

Not. Oh.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. But a person wrote, guys, this place is not real. I drove all the way there and there is nothing there. And I was very.

[Angela Kinsey]

Disappointed. Oh.

[Jenna Fischer]

No. And I was like, wait, wait, did this person really drive to this weird remote location in Pennsylvania hoping to find troop.

[Angela Kinsey]

Farms? You've got to know there's at least one person, right, that doesn't know that it was part of the show and just is wanting to go see it. Right? Yeah. Oh.

[Jenna Fischer]

Sorry. Person who drove.

[Angela Kinsey]

There. Sorry.

[Jenna Fischer]

Buddy. Well, that's all I got.

[Angela Kinsey]

Lady. Well, I thought those were fantastic fast facts. No judgy. No judgy.

[Jenna Fischer]

Lady. Oh, I get a no.

[Angela Kinsey]

Judgy. A no judgy for you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Today. That is high.

[Angela Kinsey]

Praise. Well, before we go to break, we have some great news to share with you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Guys. It's very exciting. I'm very.

[Angela Kinsey]

Excited. I'm very excited. Thanks to the office, ladies, Fans, we won iHeartRadio's podcast of the.

[Jenna Fischer]

Year. Podcast of the Year, guys. Of the year. Thank you so much for voting for us. You really have no idea how excited we are about this. We are very, very proud. I mean, lady, we put our heart into this podcast every.

[Angela Kinsey]

Week. We.

[Jenna Fischer]

Do. And I am going to cherish this award and put it in a very prominent spot. I'm going to make people pass by it and ask me what it is whenever they come to my house. Oh, I'm going to be super braggy about it. And I'm not going to.

[Angela Kinsey]

Apologize. No, you are not. This just means the world to us. You know, we love this show. We love rewatching it. We love the community that has come here to do this journey with us. And we get to work with our best friend, you guys. It's such a blessing. I am so thankful. I have such gratitude. I already know where I'm putting mine. I'm putting mine right between my Tight ass Dundee award and my She's Kind of a Bitch award. Those are my two dundees, and it's going right in between.

[Jenna Fischer]

Them. Well, you're going to trip over mine when you walk through my door. That's where mine's going. It's going on the floor. No, right in front of my door. So that everyone has to say, what's that? As they walk into my house. So there you go. It's going to be a really weird.

[Angela Kinsey]

Spot. Thank you guys so much. It really means a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Lot. Yeah, thank you. All right, we'll take a break and we'll be back in just a.

[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

Squarespace. Yeah, we've talked about Squarespace a lot because we love it and we use it every single.

[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]

Domain. You know, some people in your family can be hard to shop for. And what I love, lady, is I love to go to Shutterfly, and I love to take a picture from a special moment in our life. Right? An adventure. We went on a trip, we went on a family member we got to spend time with and turn that moment into a gift for the.

[Jenna Fischer]

Holidays. Yeah. My sister and I do this for my dad. We bring together pictures of our kids, and we put all the photos in a collage on a coffee tumbler. We call it Pawpaw's Coffee Tumbler. And we update it so that, you know. Cause the kids are growing, but he has all of them. It's so.

[Angela Kinsey]

Sweet. I just love that. You know what I do? I take our Christmas card that I make for the year. Also on Shutterfly, by the way. I take the Christmas card and I put it on an ornament, and I send each set of grandparents that same ornament. It's such a big hit. Grandma Snyder loves them. Make something that means something. This holiday shop, shutterfly.com officeladies for gifts like custom mugs, photo books, calendars, blankets, and tabletop prints. And right now, get free shipping on your order with promo code officeladies. This promo can be stacked with any other offer. Details are on site. You know, Jenna, how some people, they have a whole like 12 step beauty routine. Mm. I can't. I can't do it. I can't do it. I need, like five steps. Give me like five.

[Jenna Fischer]

Steps. Five steps at.

[Angela Kinsey]

Most. I can manage.

[Jenna Fischer]

That. I like a minimalist beauty routine. And you know what I also like is when my makeup is also just good for my skin. I'm getting my skincare and my makeup in one. Guess what I'm headed to.

[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]

Need.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay? I need a variety of cameras in different parts of my.

[Angela Kinsey]

House.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay? I want some facing outside But I also want one inside. The outdoor ones are for.

[Angela Kinsey]

Security.

[Jenna Fischer]

Sure. The indoor one is because Maggie keeps eating the cat's food. Could Simplisafe work for.

[Angela Kinsey]

Me? Angela, it absolutely could work for you. Here's the thing. They've got you covered externally. You don't need to worry about that. And I can tell you from personal experience, some of the cameras they offer are like the outdoor cameras. They the video doorbell pro, which. That one I really like so you can see who's coming right up to your front door. They have live agents that can step in and talk to the person through the camera, letting them know, hello, they're on video, and police will be dispatched if they don't leave. On the inside, you can customize, Put little cameras wherever you want to track down Maggie and her thievery of the cat.

[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

It. Hit simplisafe.comofficeladies Again, that's simplisafe.comofficeladers and lock in your discount. There's no safe like Simplisafe. Okay, so we are back, and this scene starts with Michael walking in, and he's just throws his coat on Pam. And I know it's what you're all here for, but at one second, there's a fantastic shot of the plant at front.

[Jenna Fischer]

Reception. Tell us all about.

[Angela Kinsey]

It. Okay. It's got an orange pot, and I'm very curious what kind of plant this is. It's got very skinny stems and then kind of wispy, floofy leaves. How plant is that? My plant? People hit me up. I want to.

[Jenna Fischer]

Know. Well, when I spoke with Steve, our set decorator, he told me that most of the plants that he put at reception were of the vine variety variety because they did not flower and they stayed pretty consistent for a whole.

[Angela Kinsey]

Week. Well, I am familiar with the vine plants, and I don't know what this one is. So our Beesley botanical experts out there hit me up. Let me know what kind of plant that.

[Jenna Fischer]

Is. It's at one.

[Angela Kinsey]

Second. Thank.

[Jenna Fischer]

You. Well, this whole cold open is very funny. We find out from Pam in a talking head that Michael has been watching the movie the Devil Wears Prada. But he doesn't watch it all at once. He watches it in little clips. He's a big Meryl Streep fan, so he's clearly identified with her character. And now he is treating Pam the way Meryl Streep treats her employees in the.

[Angela Kinsey]

Film. It cracks me up that he watches it in little clips, because if you really look at the scene, you can tell, because he clearly just sees the part where she goes, steak. Give me a steak. You know, so he'll just come out and sort of like, just regurgitate what he just watched in, like, 10.

[Jenna Fischer]

Seconds. Well, we had a fan question about this from Amy S. Louise M. Ellen P. And Hannah C. Was John Krasinski with Emily Blunt yet? When Michael does these references to the Devil Wears Prada, or was it just a coincidence? It was a.

[Angela Kinsey]

Coincidence. You guys, I. I watched this with my daughter, and Isabel said, mom, Devil Wears Prada. Isn't that John's.

[Jenna Fischer]

Wife? Yeah. Well, listen, this is not the only coincidence. And it brings up a very interesting set of trivia that I have called Six Degrees of Devil Wears.

[Angela Kinsey]

Prada. Oh, I am in it. Let's hear.

[Jenna Fischer]

It. The Office cast has a lot of connections to the cast of the Devil Wears Prada. Do you want to hear.

[Angela Kinsey]

Them? Yes, because I can only think of two. Okay.

[Jenna Fischer]

Go. All right, well, we know that John Krasinski will marry Emily Blunt. Steve Carell will go on after this episode to star in Get Smart with Anne Hathaway. Ah. Rainn Wilson was in Entourage with Adrian.

[Angela Kinsey]

Grenier. Oh, that's a good.

[Jenna Fischer]

One. Rich Summer, who was also in Devil Wears Prada, will later appear on the Office as Pam's art school friend. And listen to this one. The movie the Devil Wears Prada was based on a book written by Lauren Weisberger, and she's from Scranton. Yeah. Angela, you and I will eventually fake laugh at an award show with Meryl.

[Angela Kinsey]

Streep. We.

[Jenna Fischer]

Will. I feel like that counts.

[Angela Kinsey]

She. She will have no idea and does not remember that moment. But we did walk up to her fake.

[Jenna Fischer]

Laughing. And finally, this one's a little bit of a stretch, but Stanley Tucci will marry Emily Blunt's sister in real.

[Angela Kinsey]

Life. That's the other one I was thinking of. I love that, by the way. That. That's a stretch, but us laughing adjacent to Meryl Streep is not a stretch. Okay, I want you guys to know, though, a few months ago, this video went viral of Stanley Tucci making a cocktail. It is fantastic. I highly recommend you watch it start to finish. He just seems really cool. It's like, I want to hang out with Stanley Tucci in his.

[Jenna Fischer]

Kitchen. Yes. I want to sit on a stool in his kitchen while he makes Me a cocktail? Yes, everyone.

[Angela Kinsey]

Does. Stanley Tucci. You heard that? So you're going to have two uninvited guests at some.

[Jenna Fischer]

Point. We'll be over.

[Angela Kinsey]

Soon. So this cold open ends with a Pam talking head. That is really funny. And Jenna, I want you to check out the bloopers because you and Paul Lieberstein, you can hear him laughing off.

[Jenna Fischer]

Camera.

[Angela Kinsey]

The. The two of you could not get through this talking head about Million Dollar Baby. You kept cracking.

[Jenna Fischer]

Up. Yes. When Pam has to realize that Michael is going to kill her. We couldn't get through it. We couldn't get through it. I couldn't hold it long enough afterwards without.

[Angela Kinsey]

Laughing. Well, it's hilarious. And there's fun bloopers, so you can check it.

[Jenna Fischer]

Out. Well, this episode opens with Michael and Jan. Jan's in another juicy couture tracksuit, and it's all she wears.

[Angela Kinsey]

Now. And. Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

Absolutely. And they're picking out fabric for the condo. They're doing some.

[Angela Kinsey]

Redecorating. Yeah, there's a whole runner in deleted scenes where she comes in with this box of all this sort of fabric and curtain and all this kind of like, samples. And Michael is just avoiding going into his office to talk to her. He, like, starts talking to Phyllis out of nowhere and Stanley, and they're like, what are you doing? Jan's waiting for.

[Jenna Fischer]

You. Well, he has a talking head where he explains why he might be avoiding things because money is really tight. Jan is insisting that they spend all this money redecorating the condo. But, you know, at the end of his life, when he's sitting on his yacht, he's not going to be thinking about money. He's going to be thinking about how many friends he has and his children and his comedy albums. And by the way, he has a yacht. So he probably did pretty well money wise. I thought that was so.

[Angela Kinsey]

Funny. Well, Jenna, as I remember, you have some very strong feelings on yachts and yacht.

[Jenna Fischer]

Ownership. I do. I don't get it. There was this time when I felt like every time I opened Instagram, every celebrity was like, yachting. They were getting on a yacht. And I was like, what is this world? I don't get.

[Angela Kinsey]

It. This yachting vacation.

[Jenna Fischer]

World. You're cooped up in a small space on water. I have to imagine you get seasick and there's a crew right on top of you. Like, I like privacy when I'm on vacation. I don't. I. I mean, listen, that's a whole other thing that I have. And I think it's Because I spent so much time in the service industry being a caterer or whatever. You know, people don't see you when you're a caterer or something, when you're bringing them the drinks and the hors.

[Angela Kinsey]

D'.

[Jenna Fischer]

Oeuvres. But newsflash, we can actually hear you and see you and everything you're doing. And I can't tell you how many, like, fancy Hollywood parties I catered. I observed so much stuff. People just act like you're invisible. I, I wouldn't be able to relax on a yacht. I wouldn't be able to relax because I would know that they're watching me. They're.

[Angela Kinsey]

Listening. I love.

[Jenna Fischer]

It. How do these celebrities behave this way on yachts? How are they.

[Angela Kinsey]

Relaxed? I love your pivot about yachting. Like, I thought, I thought we're going to talk about how it seems wasteful to spend that much money on a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Boat. But you're.

[Angela Kinsey]

Like. But also they're watching.

[Jenna Fischer]

You. They're watching you. No, it is also. I don't get that part. But ultimately, I think what it is is that I like cities and museums and I like walking on my vacations. I'm not a, I'm not like a sit on a boat and take selfies person. Like, I, that doesn't. No, I, that's not for.

[Angela Kinsey]

Me. I love a boat. I love the ocean. I love getting out on the ocean. But I don't need to vacation in the boat. Do you know what I mean? Like, I like to be on land, but then take the boat places. Like.

[Jenna Fischer]

Adventures. Yes. Like, you would want to go diving or.

[Angela Kinsey]

Snorkeling. Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes. But then return to land for the sleeping.

[Angela Kinsey]

Part. Yes. And the hanging out part and the eating and all that. Yeah, well, we're not yachters.

[Jenna Fischer]

We've. We've proven. You know what you're not going to hear on Office Ladies? An ad for.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yachting. You know what else you're not going to hear? Oh, my God. I was on the most fabulous.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yacht. Oh, my God. Cut to two years from now when, like, we're.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yachting. We're on a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yacht. That's what happens in the universe. You put something out there and you're like, I would never. And then all of a sudden, the universe is like, jokes on you. You're a.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yachter. We get invited to tour the factory where they make yachts and we love them and they take us out on one and then we take a selfie on a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yacht. Listen, I would love a yacht factory.

[Angela Kinsey]

Tour. I know I would, too. So now we're at Jim and Dwight's desk pod, and Jim overhears Dwight taking what sounds like a reservation for a bed and breakfast. And Jim's like, what? What? What? What's.

[Jenna Fischer]

Happening? It's so funny. Jim is clearly on hold with someone or has just made a call, and he hangs up so he can better focus on Dwight's phone.

[Angela Kinsey]

Call. Yeah, it's really good. And for our background catchers, there is a great shot of Dwight's computer screen, and it like a paper order. So way to go. Props. You can't see what rain was actually surfing on the.

[Jenna Fischer]

Internet. I have a couple of other background catches here. At 3 minutes, 30 seconds in the background at reception, I am smiling at Randall, our camera operator. Oh, I didn't realize we had started rolling. Oh, you can see me share a moment with Randall and then quickly get into character. Also, in the background on Creed's computer, he is playing an epic game of.

[Angela Kinsey]

Solitaire. That sounds about right. Well, Dwight has this talking head about agrotourism, and it's more than just a B and B. It's about people visiting a farm, and you give them a bed, and it's like a whole experience. And Pam calls to sort of make a fake reservation, but ends up, like, booking a trip to Shrug.

[Jenna Fischer]

Farms. Yeah, it. It's going to be Jim and Pam's first night away together. Okay, I love that. Actually, I think that's super.

[Angela Kinsey]

Sweet. Well, it's definitely like a weekend they'll never.

[Jenna Fischer]

Forget. Michael has a talking head where explains. They used to have two cars, but they traded them in. Now they just have one. And the new car is a.

[Angela Kinsey]

Porsche for Jan. Yeah, I mean, Jan is just dismantling his whole life, and when he says, I need the car tonight, she's like, for your improv, can't you just improv driving there or take the bus? Like, she doesn't even know where he's going or what he's doing. She has no idea the big hole financially that she's creating and how he is.

[Jenna Fischer]

Scrambling. Yeah, I know. It's very.

[Angela Kinsey]

Sad. It made me.

[Jenna Fischer]

Sad. Well, we had a fan catch here from Matthew L. Colby, Shannon, Joseph Stevens, Catherine A. And McKenna H. Among others. Who said Michael says that they traded in both of their cars to buy a Porsche for Jan. But wasn't Michael Sebring a company lease? How would he have traded it.

[Angela Kinsey]

In? Hmm, good.

[Jenna Fischer]

Catch. Maybe if you don't take the company car, you get some sort of cash credit, and he used that for the.

[Angela Kinsey]

Porsche. That Sounds like a good.

[Jenna Fischer]

Theory. Do we like that? I made that up just.

[Angela Kinsey]

Now. I like it very.

[Jenna Fischer]

Much. Okay, well, now, lady, we've got this great scene of you and Dwight in the parking lot. You're getting some of your belongings.

[Angela Kinsey]

Back. Yes. Dwight gives Angela her cardigan. Her sleeping cardigan? Her sleep apnea mask. And then Angela asks, well, where's my chair figurine? And Dwight says, I don't know what you're talking about. You didn't leave it there? I looked all over. I've scrubbed the room of your memory. And she's like, huh, Fine. Well, I had a few questions about these items. For example, the sleeping.

[Jenna Fischer]

Cardigan.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. Is it a thing? Let me tell you, because I Googled it. Oh, it is. So if you type in sleeping cardigan on Google, one of the first things that comes up is a sleep sweater from.

[Jenna Fischer]

Target. What? How do you not already know about.

[Angela Kinsey]

This? I don't.

[Jenna Fischer]

Know. Target.

[Angela Kinsey]

Expert. I know it said sleeping sweaters. You can get them at Target. Sleeping.

[Jenna Fischer]

Sweaters. Well, I shot a movie in Detroit. It was the movie that I fell in love with.

[Angela Kinsey]

Lee.

[Jenna Fischer]

Aw. Giant Mechanical Man. And it was very cold, and we were staying in this hotel, and I could not get warm. And I wore a sweater to bed and a hat. I was, like, fully dressed when I went to.

[Angela Kinsey]

Sleep. Oh, I go to sleep with, like, three layers on. And Josh is in, like, his undies. Well, it's.

[Jenna Fischer]

Ridiculous. You clearly need a sleeping cardigan from.

[Angela Kinsey]

Target. I guess I need a sleep sweater is what Target calls it. And then Angela also gets her sleep apnea mask back. Do we find out that Angela has sleep apnea? I mean, this is a serious sleep.

[Jenna Fischer]

Disorder. Well, we got a fan question from Rachel Nielsen about that. She was very surprised when Dwight handed Angela the CPAP machine. She said, as someone who used to work in the sleep disorder industry, this was very interesting to me because Angela does not fit the typical CPAP profile. I would have thought Dwight used it. Was there any thought process or backstory for Angela on this, or was this a total.

[Angela Kinsey]

Surprise? No backstory for me. I think this made the writer's room chuckle. And it went in the.

[Jenna Fischer]

Script. Well, I feel very worried for Angela, knowing now that she hasn't had her sleep apnea machine for a while. I know this caused me to feel anxious. I don't like thinking that people are without the necessary tools or medicines that they need for any period of time. You know what really bothers.

[Angela Kinsey]

Me?

[Jenna Fischer]

What? It really bothers me if I'm watching a movie and someone gets even a minor injury and they don't deal with it immediately. It really. I get. I'm very distracted by it. Like, someone gets a cut and they don't, like, wrap it up. Right. It happens a lot in action films and it really bugs me. But what really bothers me is after someone gets an injury, when the villain presses on the injury, you know, like someone gets like a bullet to the shoulder. And then when they're being interrogated by the villain, the villain presses on their wound. I can't. It's the hebe jeebies for me and I can't deal with.

[Angela Kinsey]

It. Well, do not watch the show alone where they drop people off in the middle of nowhere and they have to just survive because they get injured and they have to try to patch it up on their own. If it gets really bad, they send a medic in. But it's got to get bad for the medic to, like, chop her in. No, you couldn't do.

[Jenna Fischer]

It. See, I.

[Angela Kinsey]

Can'T. I couldn't do it. And then you, you know, of course, you're constantly seeing, like, their banged up thumb as they try to.

[Jenna Fischer]

Fish. Yeah, this is what I'm saying. I.

[Angela Kinsey]

Can'T. You can't do it. You can't do.

[Jenna Fischer]

It.

[Angela Kinsey]

No. Well, the last thing on the list, of course, is the cherub figurine. And I want you guys to know I own.

[Jenna Fischer]

One. Do you have the one from the show?

[Angela Kinsey]

No. No. It's so funny to me. I was given one as a gift. I don't know when even, like, in high school from, like, I don't know, Aunt Brenda. Did you give it to me? Anyway, I have a little cherub figurine and it went with me to college and sat on my windowsill and it made its way all the way to California. And it was on my dresser with, like, my dresser in the bedroom. And I need to go see if it's still there because at some point Isabel thought it was cute. And then Isabel would like, like, I think put it in her room. I'm trying to track it down, guys. Anyway, long boring story to tell you in real life, I have a cherub figurine.

[Jenna Fischer]

Also. At 6 minutes and 24 seconds in this scene, Angela, you are wearing very high heels. Why so.

[Angela Kinsey]

High? Oh, probably because I had to stand next to rain. Because normally in my scenes with him, he's seated. And if I have to stand next to him, he's six three, I am five one. You get the big heels get brought.

[Jenna Fischer]

Out. Well, These were massive. Guys, check it out. 6 minutes, 24.

[Angela Kinsey]

Seconds. And also, if you toggle back to 6 minutes, 9 seconds, there's a great shot of my cat hair clip that Kim Ferry, who did my hair, made herself with, like, a glue gun, and years later, she gave it to me in a shadow box, and I have my cat hair.

[Jenna Fischer]

Clips.

[Angela Kinsey]

Aw. I know. So now we're going to move on to the scene where Kevin makes a big announcement to the bullpen that he would really love them to come see his band. It's like a battle of the bands night, and there's going to be an applause meter, and he will only win by clapping. And he wants everyone to come and clap for his band, Scrantonicity 2, not Scratnicity, which he is no longer a part of. There is clearly some bad blood that we don't know about. But he invites. He invites the whole office to please.

[Jenna Fischer]

Come. Well, we had a fan question about.

[Angela Kinsey]

This.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay. From Naomi Y, Beatrice W. M. Rains, Allison Quigley, and Elizabeth Shannon. They said, why didn't Pam go see Kevin's band? No one came to her art show, and she felt so hurt. Wouldn't she want to see Kevin so he wouldn't feel unsupported the way she did?

[Angela Kinsey]

Wow. That's a really good.

[Jenna Fischer]

Call. Yeah. Here's what I'm thinking, guys. I'm thinking maybe she has gone to see his band. Maybe she went to go see Scrantonicity. Maybe everyone in the office has gone to see it, and this is, like, another request to come see the band. You know those people, right? Like, they're in the pand or they do stand up, and you're like, dude, I've seen seven of your standup shows. Like, I can't come to this one tonight. I just can't do it. Maybe that's what's.

[Angela Kinsey]

Happening. I think I was this person because I was always in an improv show. I was always like, hey, catch my improv show. And people are like, you perform three times a week for, like, the last four years. I can't come see you do improv anymore. Stop asking.

[Jenna Fischer]

Me. I can relate, too, because I did all that stuff, too, and I know that, especially with standup. Like, at least at the level that I was performing. Guys, I didn't do standup. I did this really weird comedic magic show. I won't go down that rabbit hole now. What? Yeah, What I did, it was like a. I was a silent comedic magician. What? And I performed to music in comedy.

[Angela Kinsey]

Clubs. Jenna, this is so amazing. I cannot believe I didn't know this about you. We've been friends for so long. You were like a comedic.

[Jenna Fischer]

Mime. Yeah.

[Angela Kinsey]

What? I would give anything to see that.

[Jenna Fischer]

Anything. I did magic tricks using my.

[Angela Kinsey]

Hands. Oh.

[Jenna Fischer]

God. And they weren't really magic. It was a joke, but I performed it as if I was a great magician. So it was like a. Like an ironic kind of.

[Angela Kinsey]

Like. And you did it to.

[Jenna Fischer]

Music. To.

[Angela Kinsey]

Music. And did you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Speak?

[Angela Kinsey]

No.

[Jenna Fischer]

No. There was no speaking. Oh, lady.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. I need a photo. I need a video. I need.

[Jenna Fischer]

Something. Okay. I need to do the show for you sometime. This was my only foray into.

[Angela Kinsey]

What. Promise me we will have wine together and you will do this for.

[Jenna Fischer]

Me. I'll do it. I still have my tuxedo and. Shut up. Yeah, I still have.

[Angela Kinsey]

It. You wore a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Tuxedo? Yes, I was a fancy magician. I wore a coat and tails. Oh, my God. Yeah. So listen, my point is, I.

[Angela Kinsey]

Don'T know how to come back from that. I don't know. It's going to take me a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Beat. Okay, well, listen, what I'm saying in relation to Scrantonicity, too, is, in my experience, performing this show, the number of people you brought in who bought a ticket to, like, the comedy show that night, that determined your placement in the show. So, like, if no one came, you'd be at the end of the night and you'd be performing to a room of, like, three.

[Angela Kinsey]

People.

[Jenna Fischer]

Right. So, you know, this is why Kevin needs people to come, I think, because, well, he has the applause meter. I don't know. This is gone very off topic, everyone. I'm.

[Angela Kinsey]

Sorry. I, I. My heart is so full. I am. This is a gift I was not expecting today. I have all of these visuals in my head of you and a tuxedo miming magic tricks at a comedy club. It's. Oh, it's just 100% awesome. Okay, well, now Michael also says he cannot go to Kevin's show. And Jim and Pam, they're like, ooh, light bulb. This is when we tell him we should have dinner because they know he's not available. So sneaky, you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Two. Yes. Also very sweet to realize that if Michael was available, he probably would go to Kevin's show because that's Michael.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right. Of course. He goes to.

[Jenna Fischer]

Everything.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. And also, maybe now it's a opportunity to get away from Jan. There's a whole deleted scene runner where he's just avoiding having to talk to.

[Jenna Fischer]

Her. Well, the reason that Michael can't go to this show or have Dinner with Jim and Pam is because he has taken a second job as a telemarketer to pay his.

[Angela Kinsey]

Bills. And Paul does this very beautiful thing, I think, in his directing, as Michael's riding the bus, getting off the bus stop, walking into this building, you hear this dialogue, and it says, I'm sorry, Mr. O', Brien, I didn't mean to interrupt your dinner. I just have a very exciting offer. My records indicate that you have expressed interest in losing some weight. Well, what if I told you that I have a pill that will make you 50 pounds lighter in five minutes? How does that sound? Amazing. Right? And it's this wonderful way that we now, as an audience, know exactly what's.

[Jenna Fischer]

Happening.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. Before we even see what's in the building. I thought it was so.

[Jenna Fischer]

Brilliant. Yeah. Yeah. That's some beautiful writing. Well, now also, Pam and Jim are arriving to Schrute Farms.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. Pam is clearly in super pun mode. She's calling it the Beats Motel, the Embassy Beats, the Radish Inn. She's in rare.

[Jenna Fischer]

Form. Well, this scene of Jim and Pam driving up to Schrute Farms, this is the scene where John turned on the seat warmer on my side of the car. We talked about it when he came on Office.

[Angela Kinsey]

Ladies. Yes. He called it his Clooney joke.

[Jenna Fischer]

Right? Yes, yes. I just kept getting so hot. I was like, john, I am so hot. Are you hot? He's like, no, I don't know what you're talking about. And he had turned on my seat.

[Angela Kinsey]

Warmer. Oh, my gosh. I love.

[Jenna Fischer]

That. Because you couldn't have the AC on in the car. That was the thing. Because it messed with the.

[Angela Kinsey]

Sound.

[Jenna Fischer]

Right. So we had to have, you know, the car is getting warm. It was warm in the.

[Angela Kinsey]

Day. And then on top of it, your seat is heating up. That's so great. Well, I want you guys to know, right, as they turn down the road to go to Shrut Farms, when this scene is happening, there's a great shot of the Shrut Farms mailbox and the many times that I filmed there with rain. One time I took my camera and I took all of these kind of artsy photos and I took an artsy see photo of the mailbox. But I love it. I actually think it'd be really cool. Like, I should, like, blow it up, like, canvas size. I think it looks really.

[Jenna Fischer]

Cool. We had a fan question about this scene of Jim and Pam arriving at Schrute Farms from Amaya Norsey. She said, at around 8 minutes, 21 seconds, Mose appears behind their car. And starts running alongside them. How was that decided? Because it's really funny and it creates Moses personality. I reached out to.

[Angela Kinsey]

Paul. I would love to hear what he.

[Jenna Fischer]

Says. Well, first of all, he came up with the idea for Mo's running alongside the car while in a cafe in.

[Angela Kinsey]

Russia. I love how it's like his inspiration is in Russia. It's.

[Jenna Fischer]

Hilarious. I love how he's always in these, like, foreign countries when he is writing these scripts and having his good ideas. But he said he started laughing out loud at the idea of Mo's running alongside the car. Crazy quote. Like a dog. And that's what he wrote in the script. So that moment was totally scripted that Mose would run alongside the car like a puppy dog to greet the new.

[Angela Kinsey]

Visitors. And it was written by an American tourist in Russia, laughing out loud by himself to no.

[Jenna Fischer]

One. In a.

[Angela Kinsey]

Cafe. In a cafe. Well, I wanted to commend Mike Schur on how fast he.

[Jenna Fischer]

Is. I was so.

[Angela Kinsey]

Fast.

[Jenna Fischer]

Dang. And you guys, we filmed that several times. We filmed that arrival because we had to film it with a cameraman inside the car. But then we also have a shot of us driving where we took the cameraman out of the car and they just shot John and I. So all. I mean, Mike ran a lot that.

[Angela Kinsey]

Day. Well, I think Mike was put through the wringer in this episode. There is a whole deleted scene where. Where he is jumping on a kind of busted trampoline for Pam and Jim and doing all of these things. Helicopter. Look over here. And he's doing, like, constantly. He was on that trampoline doing tons of.

[Jenna Fischer]

Stuff. He must have been so sore after this.

[Angela Kinsey]

Day. I was hot and.

[Jenna Fischer]

Tired.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yeah. Well, lady, why don't we take a break? And when we come back, we're going to meet Nick Figaro, manager to the stars, and also take a look inside Schrute.

[Jenna Fischer]

Farms. I like it. All right, I'm going to take a break, and I will not be on a yacht, but I might be doing some.

[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]

Time, which means shopping and hosting and gifting. And you know what, honestly, it can be a lot, especially with.

[Jenna Fischer]

Hosting. You know, like suddenly you have all these guests and you need a place for them to sleep, for.

[Angela Kinsey]

Example. Yeah, well here's the thing. At Bob's Discount Furniture you can either get someone that chair they've always been wanting. I mean, my gosh, Josh, you know, he's always got his eye on a recliner. Or maybe you can get yourself that cozy sofa so when your family comes visit you have some more sleep.

[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

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[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

Way. So I love a gift where you can tell the person thought about you, you know, and really knows you and took time to get you something really thoughtful and.

[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]

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[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

Care. Oh, I like.

[Jenna Fischer]

That.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right?

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. Because it can be a hectic and chaotic.

[Angela Kinsey]

Time. Absolutely. And also it can be a lonely time, you.

[Jenna Fischer]

Know? Yes. And prioritizing the tradition of self care at the holidays, I feel like we need to add that to the.

[Angela Kinsey]

List. I really like that. Well, you know, you're probably having to deal with a lot of folks around the holidays, and therapy can be a way for you to learn positive coping skills, how to reset your boundaries or just set your boundaries and empower yourself to be the best version of.

[Jenna Fischer]

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[Angela Kinsey]

Chaos. This December, start a new tradition by taking care of you. Our listeners get 10% [e-mail] OfficeLadies that's better. H E L P.com OfficeLadies so now we are back. Michael is in his cubicle at the telemarketing company, and his boss, Nick Figaro, notices the camera crew. He walks over. He's like, what's happening here? Michael's like, it's okay. They're with me. And then he has this very funny speech where he's like, we're a legitimate operation. Like, clearly they're.

[Jenna Fischer]

Not. Because he clearly.

[Angela Kinsey]

Not. He has to, like, point that.

[Jenna Fischer]

Out. Well, the actor who plays Nick Figaro is Alan Wasserman. And here are some other roles that he has played. He's done a ton of television shows. But I also found it interesting that he played the gym teacher in the Tom Hanks movie Big and the job interviewer in the Tom Cruise movie Cocktails. Oh.

[Angela Kinsey]

Wow. Oh, those are two great.

[Jenna Fischer]

Movies. Well, my favorite thing is when he does what Michael always does, he calls a conference room.

[Angela Kinsey]

Meeting. Five.

[Jenna Fischer]

Minutes.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. Oh, these things are useless.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yes. And then in this conference room meeting, when Nick Figaro is trying to explain how to make a sale, Michael is just making jokes under his breath.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. And his co workers love.

[Jenna Fischer]

Him. He's the gym of the telemarketing office. He.

[Angela Kinsey]

Is. And they just want him to hang out with him. They're constantly inviting him to go hang out. There's deleted scenes where they. They are just. They hang on his every.

[Jenna Fischer]

Word. Well, I got very interested in this scene. At 10 minutes, 25 seconds, there is a Couple. Did you see them? The woman is pregnant, very pregnant. And this man, they're all over each other. Very lovey dovey.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right? And they are in all the other deleted scenes too. They're always sort of like in some kind of.

[Jenna Fischer]

Embrace. I became a little bit obsessed with them. I was like, is this woman really pregnant? Were they hired as a couple? What is the story here? So I did a bit of a deep.

[Angela Kinsey]

Dive.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay. I found out that the woman is an actress named Ann Maddox. And then I found out that Ann Maddox is our producer Cody's friend. What? They're friends on Instagram. I deep dived. I was like, how can I get an in with this woman, Ann? So Kody reached out to her friend and she answered all my.

[Angela Kinsey]

Questions. Oh, give me all of it. I want it. Give it to.

[Jenna Fischer]

Me. Okay, here's how it went down. Ann was a performer at ucb and she said that there was a request for female performers to come in for a role on the Office. She was not pregnant in real life, but the role was for a young pregnant woman working nights alongside her baby daddy. And it was scripted that this couple would be lovey dovey and affectionate constantly. So she auditioned, she got the role, and then she got paired with this other actor randomly. But here's what she said. She said, I remember that one of the cameramen did not know that the cuddling was in the script. And he kept saying to me and my co star, you guys are so affectionate. And then he turned to the other camera operator and said, they've been like this all day. It's so funny. And she was like, no, it was scripted. It was scripted. She also remembered that they shot in the LA Times building. She remembered that we had amazing food and that the cast and crew were so nice. But she said what's so heartwarming to her about that memory is just how everyone on set treated her like a friend. The crew, the cast. She said she just had the best time of her life and she'll cherish the experience forever. It was so nice. I love.

[Angela Kinsey]

That. I also love what a very specific thing that Paul did. Paul was so thoughtful in filling out the world at the telemarketing company that he wrote in the script that there would be a young pregnant woman and her baby daddy. And that was so.

[Jenna Fischer]

Specific. Yeah, I love that. We often did that on the show, where even minor characters who show up for just one episode, they have.

[Angela Kinsey]

A story that's so great. I just love.

[Jenna Fischer]

It. Yeah. And there were a lot of deleted scenes. There's a lot of scenes you don't see of this couple and of all these people interacting with.

[Angela Kinsey]

Michael. Yes, this couple loved Michael. They invited him out to dinner. There's a deleted scene with it. And once again, Jenna, I feel like our set decorators were having fun because there's all of these cartoon clippings. So many, so many. And then there's a white piece of paper that says, constant continuous Roger.

[Jenna Fischer]

Demands. Don't.

[Angela Kinsey]

Know. Don't.

[Jenna Fischer]

Know. Very strange. I saw it too. I don't know what it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Means. Well, Alan Wasserman as Nick Figaro was fantastic. I thought he was perfect. I loved his whole make the call, say the lines, make the sale. He was just like. I believed him 100% that he was this.

[Jenna Fischer]

Guy. Well, you know, Ange, in addition to being a silent magician, I also worked as a telemarketer. And I can tell you that Alan Wasserman's performance is right on. He's like every boss I ever had in my telemarketing.

[Angela Kinsey]

Days. Well, you know, I worked at 1-800-DENTIST as an operator, and I would constantly get in trouble for not saying line number 13.

[Jenna Fischer]

Correctly. Oh, yeah, the scripts are very specific. Like, they've been researched. They've been put through focus groups. My job was to call people and get them to subscribe to the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper. And we had a big deal on the Sunday paper and I was supposed to push the Sunday.

[Angela Kinsey]

Paper. Well, line 13, if I remember, was something about, like, you would say what their ailment was and tell them the dentist you were going to send them to. And it was so stilted. And I remember I would say, like, you know what it sounds like to me? You might need a root canal. I mean, that kind of pain, like, that sounds like an abscess. And literally, my manager would come in waving his arms and he'd be like, you are not a dental professional. You cannot diagnose. Yeah, you have to say this line exactly. Well, let me help you with that toothache by finding a dentist for you in your area. Like, I can't say. Sounds like a root canal to me. What are you doing, lady? So I would get in trouble. Well, Jenna, should we get to shrut.

[Jenna Fischer]

Farms? Let's go to shrut farms. Jim and Pam are sitting on a couch in what looks like a sort of reception slash lobby area. And Dwight is explaining that there are three types of rooms available. He's checking them in. They can stay in America. Irrigation or nighttime. Pam immediately says, irrigation I mean, without.

[Angela Kinsey]

Thought. She was so.

[Jenna Fischer]

Positive. Yeah. I'm curious about nighttime, but I think I would have also chosen irrigation. And by the way, it doesn't disappoint when Dwight shows them to their room. The irrigation room has a lot of pipes hanging from the walls. It's a wonderful.

[Angela Kinsey]

Design. Pipes with no purpose.

[Jenna Fischer]

Though. No, no, no. It's.

[Angela Kinsey]

Decor. They're decorative.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. Decorative pipes. Yes. And two twin.

[Angela Kinsey]

Beds.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. Now, I believe. I don't know if there's a deleted scene of it, but there was a scene that we shot where you see that Jim and Pam have pushed the two beds together in the morning, you see, into the room, and Jim and Pam have actually made it one.

[Angela Kinsey]

Bed. Yes. And I was like, wait, is there two beds or one bed? And then I realized what they had.

[Jenna Fischer]

Done. Yes, yes. But I really like this moment on the two beds with Jim and Pam when Jim says one in six, and Pam's like, what? And he's like, oh, I'm sorry. I thought you asked me what are our chances of being murdered.

[Angela Kinsey]

Tonight? Yeah. And Jim has this really sweet talking head where he says he had this whole vision of what it would be like to have a weekend away with Pam, what our first trip away would be like. It's so romantic, really, and sweet. And he said it definitely would not have been, you know, wine made out of beets. Probably not with Dwight, and definitely not with so much.

[Jenna Fischer]

Manure. Yeah. Maybe some manure, but less. Less. Less manure. Yeah. And we filmed all of these little moments that went under this talking head. So you see Dwight mashing up beets to make beat wine. And then you see us out in the field helping to shovel this manure. And then Mose gets into a manure, like a snowball fight with Dwight, but he's throwing manure. And I remember shooting all of that. We had a fan question from Matthew K. When Dwight and Pam are shoveling manure, was it real? And was the moment when Mo starts throwing manure at Dwight scripted, or was that just Mike Scher messing with rain? Okay, it was not real manure, right? It was.

[Angela Kinsey]

Not. It was not. Yeah. No, fakie manure. Put it on our.

[Jenna Fischer]

List. Yes. And it was scripted, this idea, this little snowball fight of manure that was in the.

[Angela Kinsey]

Script. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. So, yeah, fakie poo. I wonder what it was made.

[Jenna Fischer]

Of. It was just, like, dirt and there was some, you know, hay inside of it and stuff. It was just, like a muddy kind of.

[Angela Kinsey]

Mess. Right. So they probably could really Pelt each other. It probably could.

[Jenna Fischer]

Hurt. Yes, lady, I want to point something out about this episode. And this scene here when we're shoveling the manure is really your best look at it. Here is my thing. What the F am I.

[Angela Kinsey]

Wearing? I.

[Jenna Fischer]

Know. Did you look at my outfit in this episode? What is it? My pants look.

[Angela Kinsey]

Waterproof. Well, also, they don't fit. They're too long. They're all baggy. They like go over your.

[Jenna Fischer]

Shoes. They look like a pair of very, like hip huggers. Waterproof cargo pants. I don't know. And a very, very ill fitted.

[Angela Kinsey]

Sweater. I know. And also, like, did we not alter.

[Jenna Fischer]

Anything? Did Pam not want to look cute on her first night away with Jim?

[Angela Kinsey]

Pam? Well, I think, lady, I think you look very cute later in your gray tank top, though. You look very.

[Jenna Fischer]

Cute. I do look really cute in my gray.

[Angela Kinsey]

Top. You do? You do. I thought.

[Jenna Fischer]

You. It's time for.

[Angela Kinsey]

Bed. I was like, oh, Jenna looks so cute. But this outfit is a hot.

[Jenna Fischer]

Mess. It really, really is. Well, you mentioned my little tank top, Angela. And first of all, I don't sleep in clothes like that. I sleep completely dressed. Lee calls it my sleeping suit. He's like, it's amazing how you've covered up all of your skin from your neck down to your wrists down to your ankles. Because I get cold at night. We've discussed. But Pam is in the cutest little tank top and pajama pants. It was freezing in that building. But it's a really cute moment because Dwight is reading them a bedtime story. He's reading them Harry.

[Angela Kinsey]

Potter. And Jim and Pam are snuggling and Moses listening. It's sweet and awkward all at the same.

[Jenna Fischer]

Time. Well, we had a fan question, a lot of fan questions about the Harry Potter book. Was he really reading yada yada? Well, Emma H. Has come to our rescue and she says, I am currently rereading the Harry Potter series and I just happen to come across the page that Dwight reads to Jim and Pam. It is page 85 from the Deathly Hallows book. It is the scene when Voldemort is interrogating Ollivander and the wand maker. Now, I'm sorry if I stumbled through that, but I am not familiar with this series. This falls into the Star wars area for.

[Angela Kinsey]

Me. Okay, Jenna.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay. Well, did I say those names right? Voldemort. Voldemort. Isn't that the person you're not supposed to.

[Angela Kinsey]

Say? Yes.

[Jenna Fischer]

Exactly. And.

[Angela Kinsey]

Ollivander. Well, that is fantastic. I love to Know where that is in the book. So thanks for that catch, Emma. And before we move away from this lovely Harry Potter reading, Jenna, here's my thing about Pam's outfit. What Pam is doing what you do at the beginning of a relationship where you're still trying to look cute at bedtime, that will.

[Jenna Fischer]

Pass. Maybe that's what she really sleeps in. I need to know this, actually. Whenever I watch TV shows or movies and women are in the morning, they're in, like, getting coffee in the morning or they're. They're going to bed at night, they're always dressed in these, like, little pajamas with the little shorts and the little tank tops or something. I don't know. Sometimes women are wearing like. Like, what are those things? Like, silken shift dress things to.

[Angela Kinsey]

Bed. Lingerie.

[Jenna Fischer]

Lingerie. Not full lingerie, but like a, you know, a. What are they called? They're like silk or satin. What are they.

[Angela Kinsey]

Called? I don't know, but I used to have little tank top and short combos. I would get them at Target, like pajamas. And in the summer, I would sleep in shorts. I mean, because, you know, I'm always going to have my place nice and warm. Sam just wrote a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Slip. Yeah, like a slip dress.

[Angela Kinsey]

Thing. Yes, like a silky, slippy dress, pajama.

[Jenna Fischer]

Thing. Sleeps in that. Anyone out there? Literally any woman listening. Have you ever slept in one of those when you weren't trying to impress a man just because you're like, this is what I love to sleep.

[Angela Kinsey]

In. This is my go.

[Jenna Fischer]

To. I love to sleep in a silk.

[Angela Kinsey]

Slip. Yeah.

[Jenna Fischer]

Negligee. A.

[Angela Kinsey]

Negligee. That's. Yes, a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Negligee. Who sleeps in a negligee? For.

[Angela Kinsey]

Reals? Well, there was a time in my life I would have slept in a tank top and shorts, but now I live with a mountain man who freezes me out. And I'm sorry, those days are gone. I'm fully. I'm in my sleep suit.

[Jenna Fischer]

Jenna. All right, well, so everybody is winding down for the night at Schrute Farms. Michael is still at work. He's still telemarketing. But it's time for his dinner.

[Angela Kinsey]

Break. Yes, it's dinner time. And his cubicle mate right next to him is Vikram. Vikram is played by Ranjit Choudhary. He does such a phenomenal job. I thought it was perfect. Everything he said as an actor, he just sort of threw it away, you know, and it. I just thought he was a phenomenal actor, and I just thought he crushed all of his scenes. It was so believable Vikram is eating mixed masala and eggplant and rice. His dinner looks amazing, and it looks like it was prepared with love and his. In all these little nice containers. And Michael is having a vanilla crisp.

[Jenna Fischer]

Bar.

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. Which is a real thing. It's a power bar.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. Yeah. But what you see is that, you know, well, Jan doesn't know where Michael is, but she certainly hasn't sent him to work with a lovely meal the way Vikram's partner clearly has. Ranjit. Very sadly, he passed away in April of last year. He was so great to work with. And, guys, he's going to come back for another episode. And you might remember he is part of Michael's dream team when Michael starts the Michael Scott paper Company. So I got to work with him when he came back, and I got a few facts on him because I just thought he was so wonderful. You know, his mother was a theater teacher and an actress. His stepfather was a theater director. And he just. He worked his whole life as an actor and a writer. And he just had this very long career as an artist and comes from a long line of artists, so he's just.

[Angela Kinsey]

Amazing. I loved watching him in his.

[Jenna Fischer]

Scenes. I.

[Angela Kinsey]

Agree. Well, after they have dinner, Michael is sort of holding court with the other telemarketers. They love him. He's talking about Die Hard and how Die Hard won. The original John McClane was just this normal guy. You know, he's just a New York City cop. And then he gets his feet cut and gets beat up. Jenna. I had just watched Die Hard over the holidays. We were picking Christmas movies, and it's a kind of a great Christmas.

[Jenna Fischer]

Movie. It's one of my favorite Christmas.

[Angela Kinsey]

Movies. And right out of the gate, Josh turns to me and goes, I would have put my shoes on. The minute I heard gunfire, I would have put my shoes on. This was a really hard thing for Josh to get past that. This guy had no shoes on for, like, the whole movie. And, yeah, also. Also, he takes the shoes off this enormously tall Nordic guy, Right. Who's just died. Massive dude. And he's like, shoes are too small. And we're like, okay, we're gonna call BS on that. There's no way that dude's feet are smaller than yours. Bruce Willis. What's.

[Jenna Fischer]

Happening? Yeah, well, you know, and then the thing happens in this movie that's real hard for me, where he gets the piece of glass. Yeah, but. And he does not take care of that properly. He just does.

[Angela Kinsey]

Not. No, but.

[Jenna Fischer]

It'S. I mean, I know he doesn't have a lot of options, but that kind of stuff, it.

[Angela Kinsey]

Just. Ooh, it gets you. Well, anyway, everyone is loving Michael's theory on Die Hard and the Die Hard series. And one of the co workers is like, dude, you should review movies. They're like, yeah. And then Michael's like, actually, I'm writing a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Movie. Yeah, Threat level midnight. And they're like, ooh.

[Angela Kinsey]

Ooh. But I just think it's so incredibly charming that Michael is like, he's the cool dude. He's the cool dude at this.

[Jenna Fischer]

Place. I know. Well, back at Schrute Farms, Pam hears a very strange knocking noise. She decides to.

[Angela Kinsey]

Investigate. And it's Mose in an outhouse. An outhouse. And the wind is blowing the door. Whack, whack, whack. And. And Pam is like, what sentry is.

[Jenna Fischer]

This? I know. Well, Paul told me this is one of his favorite shots from this episode because it's all one long tracking shot. And they had to time it out. They had to, you know, rack focus from Pam out to the outhouse. And oh, poor Mike Schur had to sit out there and just wait for us every time we would.

[Angela Kinsey]

Reset. I mean, again, he's like put through the ringer in this episode. You know, it was cold out.

[Jenna Fischer]

There. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Now, I want to point out, in an earlier episode when Dwight is telling us about Shruit Farms, he says that there's only one bathroom and it's under the.

[Angela Kinsey]

Porch. Oh, nice.

[Jenna Fischer]

Catch. So I like to think that maybe when he decided to do the bnb, he upgraded to an.

[Angela Kinsey]

Outhouse. A proper.

[Jenna Fischer]

Outhouse. Yes. This is my backstory for the Shrewd Farms.

[Angela Kinsey]

Outhouse. So they figure out what that sound is. So now Jim and Pam are gonna go back to bed. But now there's like a wailing. Like a.

[Jenna Fischer]

Moaning?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. I mean, it's like, what is that noise? And so Jim, it's like his turn. So he's going to check it out. Well, at 15 minutes, 40 seconds, he approaches a door. Did you notice the wooden plaque says private.

[Jenna Fischer]

Room?

[Angela Kinsey]

Yes. Right. And he goes in and Dwight is holding the cherub figurine and moaning, but very briefly. And I'm talking very briefly. At 15 minutes, 52 seconds, over Jim's shoulder, you can see a little bit of a poster. And I zoomed in on this poster. And the legs, it looks like a rock and roll band. And the legs of the pants are white with gray stripes. Like skin tight pants. You can't really make out the face But I got obsessed with these pants. And I started looking up every Motley Crue poster I could find. Because I'm positive it's Motley.

[Jenna Fischer]

Crue.

[Angela Kinsey]

Right? It's.

[Jenna Fischer]

Dwight.

[Angela Kinsey]

Okay. It's gotta be Motley Cruel. I'm telling you it is. I found a photo of Tommy Lee in the same white skin tight, stripy pants. And there is no doubt in my mind that in the private room, the love sanctuary of Angela and Dwight, that there's a Motley Crue poster. If you remember, on their album, Decade of Decadence 81 91, there's a song called Angela. It's going to come into play later. Sam, hit.

[Jenna Fischer]

It.

[Angela Kinsey]

Wow. Yeah. That poster of Motley Crue, you know what that means to Dwight? It's his lady. It's his heavy metal and fans that have watched the show all the way through. I don't want to do any spoilers. That song's going to come back in a big way.

[Jenna Fischer]

Later. Wow. Wow. Well, I'll tell you what I noticed. In this scene, at 16 minutes, we have got a huge da white from Jim. But then at the end of the scene when he's leaving the room, he throws out a regular Dwight. No, we have a Dwhite and a Dwight in the same.

[Angela Kinsey]

Scene. He never said Dwight. He always said Dwight. Is this the one time John says.

[Jenna Fischer]

Dwight? Well, I listened to it several.

[Angela Kinsey]

Times. Oh, my.

[Jenna Fischer]

Gosh. Because this is our.

[Angela Kinsey]

Job. You're listening to that over and over. Meanwhile, I'm Google searching, like, rock and roll band.

[Jenna Fischer]

Pants. Well, I think he says Dwight like Dwight. But it's the closest thing to a Dwight we're gonna.

[Angela Kinsey]

Get.

[Jenna Fischer]

Okay, well, guys, before we finish up here, we've got one last scene. It's the end of Michael's work day and he's walking outside. Everyone's inviting him to come to the bar with him. Come on, Michael, we want to spend more time with you. Yeah, but he.

[Angela Kinsey]

Can'T.

[Jenna Fischer]

Yeah. Jan has come to pick him up. She gets out of the car and she says, you drive. I've had too much wine.

[Angela Kinsey]

Great. Glad you drove.

[Jenna Fischer]

Here. Yeah, thought the same thing. And then Michael's like, how was yoga? She's like, I didn't.

[Angela Kinsey]

Go. And he's like, why? And she's like, I just.

[Jenna Fischer]

Didn'T. Oh. Oh, so.

[Angela Kinsey]

Sad. The Jan spiral, man. And she's gonna take Michael down with.

[Jenna Fischer]

Her. Yeah. And then Vikram tells Michael, listen, man, you might be able to nab that bonus if you just work a little harder. Vikram gives a, you know Little pep talk there at the.

[Angela Kinsey]

End. He's like, just stick to the script. Yeah, yeah. Oh, Michael. Well, I love this episode. I loved breaking down this first part. I can't wait to get to the next part. And thank you so much everyone for sending in your questions. And I. We just. Jim and I just freaking love doing this. We just love.

[Jenna Fischer]

It. We love it. All right, well, we will see you next week for Money Part.

[Angela Kinsey]

Two. Money Part.

[Jenna Fischer]

Two. Thank you for listening to Office Lady's second.

[Angela Kinsey]

Drink. This episode was initially created in collaboration with.

[Jenna Fischer]

Earwolf. Office Ladies is a presentation of Odyssey and is produced by Jennifer Schmidt and Angela.

[Angela Kinsey]

Kinsey. Our executive producer is Cassie Jorgens and our audio engineer and associate producer is Molly Nugent. Odyssey's executive producer is Leah Reese.

[Jenna Fischer]

Dennis. Office Ladies was mixed and mastered by Bill Schultz. Our theme song is Rubber Tree by Creed.

[Angela Kinsey]

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