Basketball
- Episode aired Apr 19, 2005
- TV-14
- 23m
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8.2/10
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Michael and his staff challenge the warehouse workers to a basketball game with a bet looming over both parties.Michael and his staff challenge the warehouse workers to a basketball game with a bet looming over both parties.Michael and his staff challenge the warehouse workers to a basketball game with a bet looming over both parties.
Oscar Nuñez
- Oscar Martinez
- (as Oscar Nunez)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to the DVD commentary, the scene in which Jim is hit in the face by Roy was an accident and real. David Denman (Roy) backed into John Krasinski (Jim), and hit him in the face, resulting in John bleeding. The cameras kept rolling and they kept the shot in the show. But, as a result of the injury, a photo shoot scheduled for the next day had to be canceled because John's lip was so swollen.
- GoofsSeveral pieces of equipment are visible during the basketball game for brief moments, including cameras and boom microphones. However the fictional office is being filmed by a fictional documentary camera crew, so there are frequently cameras and mikes visible.
- Quotes
[Michael attempts to assemble a basketball team and Oscar, of Mexican descent, approaches]
Oscar: I can help out if you need me.
Michael Scott: I will use your talents come baseball season. Or if we box.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Office: The Banker (2010)
- SoundtracksSweet Georgia Brown
Written by Ben Bernie and His Orchestra, Kenneth Casey, and Maceo Pinkard
Performed by Steve Carell
Featured review
Let's go to the warehouse...
Remember the episode of the British version of The Office where Tim (Martin Freeman) showed people around and took them to the warehouse? That was basically a one-off incident (except for that one other time when David Brent lied about firing someone), a 2-minute laugh that didn't lead to much else. In the US version, however, the warehouse workers play a more substantial role (for one thing, Pam's fiancé is one of them), and this episode is the first good example of that.
In his eagerness to prove his staff is top notch, Michael challenges the warehouse workers in a basketball game, to be held in the warehouse. Naturally, since he doesn't want to lose, the rule-book can be subject to a few, uh, tweaks, as the boss, Dwight, Jim and the others take on Roy (Kevin Denman), Darryl Philbin (Judd Apatow collaborator Craig Robinson) and the rest of the workers.
Whereas the previous shows were all about embarrassing dialogue exchanges, Basketball manages to combine verbal and visual comedy, with terrific results: the game in itself is a major treat, as are Michael's bizarre morale-boosting remarks (which include calling Jim "gay" and dismissing Dwight as a "nerd" - not that he's wrong about the latter). Still very wrong, and very, very funny.
In his eagerness to prove his staff is top notch, Michael challenges the warehouse workers in a basketball game, to be held in the warehouse. Naturally, since he doesn't want to lose, the rule-book can be subject to a few, uh, tweaks, as the boss, Dwight, Jim and the others take on Roy (Kevin Denman), Darryl Philbin (Judd Apatow collaborator Craig Robinson) and the rest of the workers.
Whereas the previous shows were all about embarrassing dialogue exchanges, Basketball manages to combine verbal and visual comedy, with terrific results: the game in itself is a major treat, as are Michael's bizarre morale-boosting remarks (which include calling Jim "gay" and dismissing Dwight as a "nerd" - not that he's wrong about the latter). Still very wrong, and very, very funny.
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