Scott's Tots (3 Dec. 2009)

10 years ago, Michael promised a group of 3rd graders he would pay for their college tuition if they graduated. Now comes time to pay, and he can't do it. At the office, Dwight's "Employee of the Month" idea gets Jim in big trouble.

Director:

B.J. Novak

Writers:

Greg Daniels (developer), Gene Stupnitsky,

Stars:

Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Carell	...	Michael Scott
Rainn Wilson	...	Dwight Schrute
John Krasinski	...	Jim Halpert
Jenna Fischer	...	Pam Beesly
B.J. Novak	...	Ryan Howard
Ed Helms	...	Andy Bernard
Leslie David Baker	...	Stanley Hudson
Brian Baumgartner	...	Kevin Malone
Creed Bratton	...	Creed Bratton
Kate Flannery	...	Meredith Palmer
Mindy Kaling	...	Kelly Kapoor
Ellie Kemper	...	Kelly Erin Hannon
Angela Kinsey	...	Angela Martin
Oscar Nuñez	...	Oscar Martinez (as Oscar Nunez)
Phyllis Smith	...	Phyllis Vance

Storyline

Michael is forced to face the music after he realizes he can't keep a promise he made to a group of kids 10 years ago. Meanwhile, Jim starts an employee of the month program to increase employee morale.

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Plot Keywords:

pantyhose

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 December 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille Productions, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Due to rushed filming of the episode, the scene of Michael and Erin driving home from the school was not filmed in HD. It appears in televised, DVD, and online versions as a letterbox 4:3 aspect ratio.

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Quotes

Dwight Schrute: In an ideal world I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.

User Reviews

Call It An Opportunity To Egg Your Face

I happened to see this episode on an airline flight. It is a pretty good episode. Just imagine the young ambitious executive wanting to do something he could be proud on, banking on his future success, visiting a third grade class & promising them 10 years hence free college. That is what Michael did. It even gets published in the newspaper.

Now it is 10 years later. Michael hasn't made the millions he thought he would. The class remembers his promise & calls him back too meet the high school Seniors counting on him to send them to college. Top that off with college costs doubling the last 9 years. What to do? Michael is the guest of honor at an Assembly where he is lavished with presentations by the class. Then, after being brought too tears by some of the kids he promised to help, he has to get up & tell them he is a little short. I thought this was done very well.

In a sub-plot, back at the office, there is a new Employee of the Month program which gets off to a rocky start when some extra unplanned twists are put in - like an obscure rating system that appears to be rigged- & one of the employees going around collecting cash into a pool for the winner which was not intended. Then everyone except the winner seem to be unhappy with the winner.

I have not seen a lot of episodes of The Office but I found this one to be pretty good & creative as well as funny.