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But might the office staff get more involved than that? After all, Pam and Jim’s decision to delay the inevitable would seem to run the risk of having Baby Halpert enter the world right there alongside a box of Dunder Mifflin’s best bright white bond.
“I can’t imagine she’s going to have the baby without the entire office involved,” Jenna Fischer told Fancast. “I feel like that is her fate. She can’t get married or have a baby without all of these people looming.”
Even scarier a prospect is that should Pam not leave for the hospital in time, the farm-raised Dwight might fancy himself capable of birthing the baby.
“Oh god. The Pam inside of me is screaming at that thought,” Fischer said when asked about such a scenario. “I think she would rather drive through a hurricane [than let that happen].
“We are not letting Dwight deliver this baby,” she reiterated, “though it would be his dream come true, I am sure.”
Regardless, Pam and Jim’s firstborn will be arriving later than it should, seeing as the mom-to-be technically is due in February.
“[Pam and Jim] didn’t factor in NBC’s Olympics coverage when they got accidentally pregnant,” Fischer said. “How dare they!”
NBC will broadcast the highly anticipated baby episode of “The Office” as a special one-hour show on Thursday, March 4 (9-10 p.m. ET) rather than as two separate half-hour episodes over two weeks as previously announced.
In the special hour-long episode of “The Office” titled “The Delivery Part 1 and 2,” Pam’s (Jenna Fischer) contractions begin but she and Jim (John Krasinski) are determined to wait it out as long as possible so they can have more time at the hospital. Meanwhile the rest of the office tries to distract Pam from the pain with food and entertainment.
In the second half hour, Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) anxiously waits for Pam and Jim’s baby to be born. Back at the office, Erin (Ellie Kemper) makes Andy (Ed Helms) jealous when she has lunch with Kevin (Brian Baumgartner).
Episode on March 4th will be hour long
Four new episodes in March
No episode schedule for April 1st!
You didn’t expect him to wait around for Holly forever, did you?
Later this season, The Office will introduce a significant new love interest for Steve Carell’s romantically-challenged alter ego.
“Michael is going to meet someone,” reveals Office showrunner-slash-star Paul Lieberstein. “It’s one of these set-ups where a bunch of people go out and you don’t know you’re being set up.”
When Michael discovers what’s going on, “he kind of flips out and goes into ‘date mode,’” says Lieberstein. “And it goes in a weird direction from there.”
Casting for the key role will begin in a few weeks and the character will likely debut in March or April.
Getting back to the Holly question, might we see Amy Ryan return as Michael’s soul mate in the near future? “Not this season,” says Lieberstein, “but I’d love to see her back.”
Ricky Gervais has confirmed he’s considering resurrecting his role as boss from hell David Brent in a one-off special for the U.S. version of “The Office“. The British funnyman became an overnight sensation after his hit show was aired in the U.K., and made annoying office leader Brent an iconic TV character.
Although his series finished after two seasons, the storyline lived on in the American adaptation, which sees Steve Carell play hated boss Michael Scott. There have been a spate of rumors Gervais would appear in the show, all of which have been refuted by the comic in the past – but now he admits the time is potentially perfect to make a cameo.
He tells U.K. TV show “This Morning”, “Well, all I said was that now they’ve found their own feet, they’re are out of the shadow of the original, they are on 110 episodes, and me and (co-creator) Stephen (Merchant) thought we could write and direct one and thought it’d be nice if we could pop up. That’s all that’s happened. It might happen, and I’m going to put it to them. But it’s not definite.”
“I quite like the idea that Michael Scott bumps into this guy and takes him back to the office as the best bloke ever and the office goes, ‘Oh my God, there’s two of them.’ It would be devastating for the people in the office. But that’s a real success story, the American office, and I love it. I think they’ve done an amazing job.”
Before Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) said their I do’s on The Office, there was another couple that was headed in the same direction – Andy (Ed Helms) and Angela (Angela Kinsey) – that is, until a big man came between them and ruined everything. Now that that’s over, some Office fans are asking if there can be hope for the then illicit love affair between Angela and Dwight (Rainn Wilson)! After all, Andy has a new love interest (but not before going on all the honeymoon trips all by himself).
The short answer would be: yes! Says Kinsey herself at the NBC Golden Globes party.
“I hear rumblings that they’re gonna find their way back, but it might take a little while,” said Kinsey. “I’m all along for the ride. I wanna find Dwight, that tall geeky man. I want it. I want it!”
Not only that, Kinsey adds to E! Online that she thinks the disproportionate couple (Angela is diminutive and Dwight is very big) are even soul mates!
“Rainn came up to me, day one of filming and said, ‘When are we gonna get it on again?’ I said, ‘I dunno, Rainn, but let’s make it happen!’ So Rainn and I really believe that Dwight and Angela are the soul mates.”
Early last season, the two were sneaking out all the time while Andy was all-too-busy preparing for his and Angela’s wedding (she was even able to manipulate him into booking it at Schrute Farms B&B). At one point, Phyllis revealed the affair to everyone except Andy, later culminating into a duel and both dumping her.
Next week we start shooting the birth episodes! I’ve read part one and I love it. I know what we are having!!!! Here’s a crazy coincidence – my sister, Emily, is also due to give birth next week. My parents will be having both of their daughters in labor – one real and one fake!
I know not everyone loved the clip show tonight but I have to say I liked it. It brought back a lot of happy memories of working with a great cast and crew over these many years. And, it made me want to go back and watch some old episodes – like Health Care with all the fake diseases!
SCRANTON – For many residents of Northeast Pennsylvania, the sights and sounds of the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Scranton are a familiar sight. From clowns and marching bands to antique cars and the ubiquitous drink specials, the festive day in March seems to have something for everyone.
Apparently, that includes the bunch at Dunder-Mifflin.
In preparation for an episode of NBC’s “The Office” that will air during the show’s upcoming season, The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce recently collected Scranton-related items with a St. Patrick’s Day theme. Select items from the collection will be used as props in an upcoming episode of “The Office” that will feature scenes during the annual parade. While the episode will be taped in California, producers were looking to collect as many items as possible related with Scranton and “parade day” festivities, according to Mari Potis, membership director for the chamber.
“We deal with the show’s producers on a regular basis in terms of collecting props since the pilot episode, but this was something where they wanted a few more items than usual, so we decided to open it up to the community and see what we could find.”
Potis added that in order for items to be considered, two identical items must have been included, along with a release form that allows the show’s producers to use the items on the set. While the most recent call for props concluded Monday, Jan. 18, with about 20 submissions, Potis said “prop drops” are conducted each July for anyone interested in contributing a Scranton-themed item for consideration.
“We have a collection that is advertised each July where anyone can submit something for consideration to be used on the show. In the past we have had hundreds of items submitted.”
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Fresh from his controversial hosting duties on the Golden Globes, the
star of the British and the original version of The Office is now rumored to appear on this season’s US counterpart, either as David Brent or maybe as someone else.
Ricky Gervais, who has successfully invaded the US thanks to Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying, has reportedly not “ruled out the opportunity” according to his publicist, as quoted in The Independent.
The British version of The Office, which in 2005 was adapted by NBC with Steve Carell on its helm, has won two Golden Globes itself. Carell, for his part, has won a Golden Globe and an Emmy in 2006, as well as a TCA Award. The series itself has won Outstanding Comedy Series in the Emmys and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in the SAGs.
Gervais’ Globes hosting, the first for any British man in a decade and a half, had split critics, with some calling it crass and unfunny and others describing it tame for the comedian’s standards.
“Gervais didn’t make much of an impression as host,” says the Chicago Tribune, “except when he was biting the hands of those who’d invited him to play ringmaster at the somewhat subdued ceremony.”
Meanwhile, Radar Online applauded his efforts, “Ricky Gervais was on fire Sunday bringing the laughs from the audience with a risque and hilarious introduction, taking time to make digs at NBC and their ongoing Leno/Conan fiasco.”
Ricky Gervais is planning to reprise his “The Office” character in the U.S. version of the hit sitcom, according to tabloid reports. Gervais retired bad boss David Brent after just two seasons of the hugely popular British program, before taking the show to the U.S. where it has become a massive hit with Steve Carell playing paper company executive Michael Scott.
Gervais has always rejected reports he’ll resurrect Brent for the U.S. version, but he hinted at a change of mind during a press tour to promote his new HBO stand up comedy special this week, January 15. And Entertainment Weekly columnist Michael Ausiello claims the star is plotting an appearance in the forthcoming sixth season.
Ausiello writes, “I heard an unconfirmed rumor earlier today that Ricky Gervais was seriously considering reprising his role as original Office manager David Brent on the U.S. version later this season. I think there’s a very strong chance that Michael Scott is going to come face-to-face with his British doppelganger, the only question now is when.”
