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Comment on Local Ad by: emstevens

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:22:28 +0000

Yes! I much prefer the quicker pace of the half-hour episodes. I loved this one. Kevin's Kool-Aid face was side splitting, Dwight's anguish was palpable and Phyllis tugged at our heart strings (great acting by Phyllis Smith, I thought). Michael was a complete jerk, redeemed, yes, in the final moments by his own stubbornly cliched, off-kilter yet strangely touching vision, under which the schedules, feelings and jingles of his subordinates were crushed.

And nothing says "We have lots of what you don't need" like "Limitless paper in a paperless world." Ha! Instant classic.

Comment on Local Ad by: Denise

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:09:18 +0000

I dont have cable either. I tape the show and re-watch, and have season 1 and 2 on dvd (hope to afford 3 soon).
I think before they became a couple, Jim knew far more about Pam than she knew about him. She had Roy and never really thought of Jim that way ....as much as single Jim thought about her, like how he knew her favorite yogurt.
Now that they are an official couple, they will both find out new things about eachother. (much like real life)

I love this website.

Comment on Local Ad by: Becky

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:54:15 +0000

"Where did Michael get all this cash? The ad guys came out on Michael’s dime, he bought a round of drinks for the bar… what’s up with that?"

And this is why Michael is so broke

Comment on Local Ad by: AC Slater

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:44:10 +0000

Did anyone else notice the corporate "Pam" who introduced Michael as Eddie Murphy to Ryan? She was even wearing a Pam shirt and had the same tone of voice. David Wallace also seems to have his own version of "Toby", a guy he hates who works in HR. Before the writers started differentiating him a bit, I'm sure I'm not the only person who thought of Andy as the Stamford "Dwight". I'm wondering if the writers are keeping these as little visual gags and self-referential jokes or if they're setting up for a bigger payoff later on. Maybe we'll get to see the two Pam's come face to face with some awkward commentary by Michael. Hilarious.

Comment on Local Ad by: Cate the Great

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:08:36 +0000

Oh, D!!
BEST. LINE. EVER. There is hope! It's faint, but at least it's there!
Now, I have to admit, I was semi-repulsed by this line at first. I've always thought that Dwangela was perfect, and they've always been my favorite relationship on this show, but actually picturing them...."kissing"....was a litle gross. Okay, a lot. But the hope it gave Dwight was enough.

Comment on Local Ad by: Dwigt

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:10:06 +0000

You forgot the single funniest line in Andy's Kit-Kat bit!! Right there at the VERY END of the episode when he feels he has the right answer and he seems so cool with himself, he says "Nailed it!" with this huge arrogant smile on his face. Awesome!

Comment on Local Ad by: salmo

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:33:10 +0000

"On a related note, do people really say the other person’s name during intimate moments? "

I would not have believed it if I hadn't heard it last night. So apparently yes. I'm as surprised as you are.

Comment on Local Ad by: Karin

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:19:49 +0000

I'm sorry I don't have cable and have to resort to rewatching and rewatching old Office episodes to entertain myself when work has dulled my brain to a mass of quivering grey jelly, sir. :D

But yeah, good point. Maybe he only plays it badly? Maybe he bought the guitar, meaning to play, but only strums out a few bars of Smells Like Teen Spirit or Grace Cathedral Hill before worrying that the locked door and curtained windows aren't enough to hide his less-than-perfect notes?

Speaking of random things, maybe the reason Michael loves his jeans so much (The Client) is because of that former-Yugoslavian foreign exchange student who stole his when he was a kid! Then again, he actually does look pretty good in them, so maybe not.

Yeah, I might want to get a new hobby.

Comment on Local Ad by: Linus

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:20:20 +0000

"No, what I find interesting is that Pam doesn’t know Jim plays guitar, or harbors a secret dream of being a sportswriter. Granted, that second one might not be true . . ."

For the record, I don't think the first one is true, either. There's been a certain amount of debate about this in . . . places. The only evidence that Jim does play the guitar is that there was one in his room in an episode two years ago. The evidence that he doesn't is that he behaves distinctly embarassed when Pam asks that he plays guitar -- I think the point, there, is that he does not, in real life, do either of those things. He just wants to. I submit for your consideration the possibility that the writers, who don't have time to watch the show obsessively (unlike some people, you know, not me, but some people) just forgot (or never noticed) the guitar in the first place. It wouldn't be the first time a bit of continuity got ground up in the grist of a new storyline.

And now, after nitpicking you, I'll say that this was an excellent recap. I think us losers are all winners today.

Comment on Local Ad by: What's Second Base?

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:45:06 +0000

Oh my God that picture of Pam sleeping at her desk is so adorable.