"The Office" (2005) TV series 2005-????

Creators:

Greg Daniels
Ricky Gervais
Stephen Merchant

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

24 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

America's stuck in (crossed out) on the office.

Plot:

A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium. Based on the hit BBC series.

Plot Keywords:

Office | Mockumentary | Pennsylvania | Workplace | Satire

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 21 wins & 70 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Dec. 2	6:30 PM	TBS	Launch Party	#4.3
Wed. Dec. 2	7:30 PM	Fox	Dunder-Mifflin Infinity	#4.2

Cast

Steve Carell	...	Michael Scott (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
Rainn Wilson	...	Dwight Schrute / ... (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
John Krasinski	...	Jim Halpert / ... (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jenna Fischer	...	Pam Beesly (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
B.J. Novak	...	Ryan Howard / ... (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
Leslie David Baker	...	Stanley Hudson / ... (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
Brian Baumgartner	...	Kevin Malone (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
Angela Kinsey	...	Angela Martin / ... (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
Phyllis Smith	...	Phyllis Lapin / ... (102 episodes, 2005-2009)
Kate Flannery	...	Meredith Palmer (101 episodes, 2005-2009)
Mindy Kaling	...	Kelly Kapoor (96 episodes, 2005-2009)
Creed Bratton	...	Creed Bratton / ... (94 episodes, 2005-2009)
Oscar Nuñez	...	Oscar Martinez (92 episodes, 2005-2009)
Paul Lieberstein	...	Toby Flenderson (88 episodes, 2005-2009)
Ed Helms	...	Andy Bernard (67 episodes, 2006-2009)

Also Known As:

The Office: An American Workplace (USA) (working title)
The Office: US Version (Australia)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:G (one episode) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (DVD) (2006) | Singapore:M18 (season 3) | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG (Some episodes) | New Zealand:M (season 3) | New Zealand:M (seasons 1-3)

Filming Locations:

Chandler Valley Center Studios - 13927 Saticoy Street, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Reveille Productions

Trivia:

The "Welcome to Scranton" sign featured in the opening credits, formerly located on the Central City Expressway, is now on display in the food court of the Mall at Steamtown. It is setup with a backdrop so people can get their picture with it. It was moved there when the city replaced the signs with new signs.

Quotes:

Michael Scott: Last week I would've given a kidney to anyone in this office. I would've reached right into my stomach and pulled it out for them. But now, no. I don't have the relationship with these people that I thought I did. I hope they ask, so they can hear me say, "Uh, no, I only give my organs to my real friends. Go get yourself a monkey kidney."

Movie Connections:

Spin off "The Office: Kevin's Loan" (2008)

Soundtrack:

The Office Theme

My Boss Is An Arrogant And Self Absorbed Psychopath!!

Meet Michael Scott!! He is a guy with an IQ of 9000, he has a few minutes to kill, so he masters the art of managerial finesse, this means for better or for worse!! Michael Scott is capriciously impervious to the tenets of political correctness because that is his way of breaking up the ideological monotony for a little while. He takes pleasure in the fact that he is an expert at harboring a flaunting defiance towards professional decorum! As a matter of fact, dishing out spoon fed condescension seems to be one of Michael Scott's favorite hobbies!! Michael Scott is very impressed with himself!! He is so impressed with himself, that when he sees a bunch of other people having an intriguing conversation, he assumes that they are talking about him!! He's right isn't he? Of course, he's right!! (ha ha!!) Even using only half of his mental facilities, Michael is thoroughly capable of intellectually inundating a dozen people at a time with a single sentence!! Michael can't begin to fathom how the world would revolve without his presence, and after he gets finished talking about himself, he is going to need to use a towel!! The television show "The Office" has realistically exaggerated the profile of an executive manager! Everyone who watches this show can identify with this corporate stereotype very thoroughly and completely!! (that stereotype being one which depicts a person who is an extremely conceited jerk that everybody has to listen to). The setting is very banal and unassuming, it is set in the town of Scranton, Pennsylvania. All of the office workers are utterly bored, and are afflicted by their own lives, or, shall I say, lack of them!! Their proclivities include, eating really poorly, telling lousy jokes, taking their latent aggression out on everyone else, and, not talking in complete sentences These office employees exemplify the phrase "A little knowledge is worse than no knowledge at all". Their lackluster anonymity is the insidious scapegoat which has cultivated an existing purgatory for all of their quasi white collar hang ups to proliferate. They loathe Michael Scott, and the biggest problem with this is that they cannot afford to do otherwise!! When Michael Scott gets wacko, the most irksome part of this whole fiasco is that he is ramming his superior business acumen down all of the other office worker's throats!! The best characteristic to this whole show is it's identifiability with the day to day dealings of an inane, American, mecca for mediocrity office complex!! "The Office" is a covertly flippant comedy show which is very intense!! It can be intensely funny, unfortunately, there are times when it can be intensely stupid as well! Perhaps,a lot of the stupidity in this show is through masquerading a lot of stilted theatrics which are done deliberately!! Steve Carell is the best part of the show, his role as Michael Scott, the boss, is spectacular!! Without him, there really is no show, that is my opinion anyway!! "The Office" is similar to "Cheers" in that it has an introductory snippet which is not germane to the rest of the episode's plot. I have just recently started to watch "The Office" on prime time, cable, reruns, DVD packs, etc, etc, and so on, and so forth!! NBC is once again, head and shoulders above the other two major networks for effectively funny programming! "The Office" is a definite winner in the NBC Thursday night lineup!! A precariously clever aspect to "The Office" is that the series' incongruity winds up establishing a bittersweet and whimsical cohesiveness which makes the show vividly spark with a pejorative exuberance!! I will be watching "The Office" more and more often, on one channel or another, in the very near future. Basically, this is an excellent show!! Think about it this way, after watching an episode of "The Office" I do not mind it that much that I am unemployed!!