Angela Kinsey
Appearances
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
Absolutely can confirm. Literally all it says in the shooting draft is that Katie is showing Angela some purses from a big duffel. And then Pam does go to Michael's office. Yeah. And the only dialogue that is scripted is this. Katie showing Angela some purses from a big duffel says, that one is hand embroidered. Angela says, there's a smudge on it.
Office Ladies
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And then that's when Pam and Michael enter, Dwight tagging along behind them. So Amy Adams really improvised a lot at that front reception. And she was so good as Katie. So good. Also, lady, did you hear how she introduces herself? No. What did she say? I'm Kate. Oh, you know what is so funny?
Office Ladies
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Yeah. And then when Michael walks up, she says, I'm Katie. And here's my fan theory. Ready? Okay. She doesn't want Michael to know her real name. She already has realized. She sussed it out. When he's like cocks in the hen house, she's like, I'm not telling him my real name.
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Not only that, there is a picture behind Dwight of Mount Rushmore. Yeah. Like with an American flag, that wasn't there.
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And then Pam says, but HR has a meeting in there. Oh, my gosh. Michael says, you know what? Give them the hallway with chairs. I mean, it's just ridiculous. Yeah. And in this moment, Michael's like, well, you know, decisiveness is one of the keys to being a successful businessman. Read that in Small Businessman.
Office Ladies
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And then he has this really funny talking head where he says all the things that he reads, right? USA Today, American Way. He loves the in-flight magazine.
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This has become like family lore. Remember when mom won the poker tournament in Scotland at midnight? Yeah. Yeah.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
So cute. Well, now Michael is going to get Katie all set up in the conference room. And there is a moment in the scene, it makes me laugh every time I see this episode. What is it? You know, it's when Michael is telling Katie, look, I'm just right next door. I mean, there used to be a window here. There's not anymore. But I'll be right there, you know? Yeah.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
So I was like, why does he mention that window? Is there more in the shooting draft about the fact that there was a window? Yeah. This is how it reads in the shooting draft. Michael says to Katie, and this is my conference room. Make yourself at home. I'm right on the other side of the wall. Then there is this direction. Wistfully, Michael looks at the wall. There used to be a window there.
Office Ladies
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He raps on the wall. Anyway, that's where I'll be. So I'm like, what is the backstory about this? I emailed Mindy. She did not email me back. No kidding. I was like, Mindy, I included the whole shooting draft description. I was like, please tell me there was a bigger story about this window. Poor Mindy. Poor Mindy. She's actually traveling. It's not her fault.
Office Ladies
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We're going to see her for dinner soon. We're going to see her for dinner. And she's going to be like, Ange, I was on a plane. I couldn't watch. Sorry. Sorry. I mean, he's wistfully looking at the wall. Oh, my gosh. I think here's my theory, that there was a window there, but he would get distracted by the conference room. If there was anything happening, he would like peer in.
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And so they were like, nope. Jan was like, no more window. So Jan took it out. I think Jan took it out. Who took it out is my question.
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Did Toby take it out? Is this one of the reasons why Michael hates Toby? I think there were complaints about Michael in the window during the conference room meetings. And I think corporate took it out.
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I knew it. The bucks. You're another addict. And she's like, what? Are you talking about? He's so excited to get her this cup of coffee.
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It's all of these extra talking heads. We're going to point them out. And then there's this great scene between Kevin and Pam. We talked about this when we originally watched where Kevin is just basically saying the purse girl is prettier than Pam. And Pam's like, that's rude. Yes. We talked about how I kept breaking when we were shooting this. I can see you breaking.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
Now we are coming to something I am so excited about. You know, Jenna, how many times have we watched the show now? But when you come across something new, it is still so fun. Yeah. There is the scene. I have so many questions about the scene. Okay. Okay. Remember how Pam said there was an HR meeting in the conference room and Michael says move them to the hallway and give them chairs? Yes.
Office Ladies
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Well, here it is. This is an added scene. I think this hallway is three feet wide. It is so narrow. It just fits the chairs, basically. And it's Kelly, Creed, Meredith, Toby, Devin, and Luann. They are smushed into this tiny space. They have cups of coffee, a plate of pastries, lots of papers, a big whiteboard that keeps falling and they're trying to hold it. It's so funny.
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And I went to the shooting draft to see what it said about this scene, and it's not in there. It's not in the shooting draft, and it's not in the candy bag alts. So I don't know if there were some last minute pages that flew in, but it's not in the shooting draft.
Office Ladies
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Right. Okay. So the storage supply shelf where Kevin was standing. Yep. There's the door to the left.
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I know. And they're so good. They are such a labor of love of our dear friend Dave Rogers. And I'm so glad we're finally watching them.
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Yes. Are you about to share Dave Rogers' dissertation on hallways? I am. Oh, my God. It's time. I'm getting comfortable. I can't wait.
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And this super fan scene must blow that out the window. Yes. Because you see it.
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Is that a phrase, blow it out the window? Did I just make that up? Did I do one of my things? I don't think it is a phrase.
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I don't know. And why wouldn't HR go there? It's so much roomier. Yeah. I mean, why didn't they go to the break room?
Office Ladies
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The door by Kelly's desk in the annex. Mm-hmm. As you would walk in and out of it, it went to our bathrooms. It was a back way to the bathrooms in the real world. And there was a red paintbrush. Remember? It was like a little piece of art that sat on top of the shelf. It looked like a paintbrush, but it was painting a streak of red, but it was like a little sculpture. Oh, yeah. Do you remember it?
Office Ladies
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Oh, yeah. Yeah. That was the weirdest thing. I know. I don't know why I just remembered that.
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Yes, that's right. We got in a whole conversation with him about this. It's actually a pet peeve of his. When you look at the Dunder Mifflin building from the parking lot, that the windows don't match. Yes. When you're inside looking out.
Office Ladies
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Blow it out the window, Paul. Blow it out the window. Now we have this scene between Kevin and Dwight. You know, in the original, they're just sort of like sipping. It looks like water. Maybe they're by the water cooler in the bullpen and they're watching Katie and they don't have dialogue. But in the super fan episode, the full scene is there.
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And they're looking at her and they're trying to figure out, is she local? Is she from Scranton? Or is she foreign? You know, would they have known her? And they're sort of, you know, they're ogling her. Is that the right word? Yes, I believe so. Okay. Well, I want you to know something. In the shooting draft, this scene was actually between Jim and Dwight, not Dwight and Kevin. Really? Yeah.
Office Ladies
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You sort of see that Jim is behind them. Yeah. And he doesn't say much. Well, in the shooting draft, it actually starts with Jim and Dwight. And I want to read it to you. Dwight stares at Katie and flosses. He examines the bits of food on his floss closely. Jim says, that's more of a bathroom activity, isn't it? Dwight says, not enough natural light in the bathroom.
Office Ladies
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And then it goes into the scene of them watching Katie. But Dwight is flossing his teeth in the bullpen. Isn't that so gross?
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I mean, so much activity. So much activity. But this is the early days. We did lots of crosses and back and forths. We now have a new scene. Dwight is going to go into the conference room and try his best to flirt with Katie. He's going to look at her purses. In the script, the scene was set up like this. Dwight walks over to Katie without his glasses on.
Office Ladies
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He holds up a purse very close to his eyes. He looks at the purse and says, it's really well made, good stitching, excellent fabric. It was not scripted for Rain to then bat the purse back and forth around as Dwight. He improvised that. And I want you to go to eight minutes and 23 seconds because you can see Rain starting to break at himself. He's laughing at his own bit. I love that.
Office Ladies
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I don't know. Oh, my gosh. I'm not sure. These super fan episodes are messing with my head. Well, the scene continues here. Now, Dwight is asking Katie about a specific purse. He's like, you sell a lot of these. She says, yes, it's very popular. He then says, is it waterproof? And she responds, I'm not sure. It's faux snakeskin. And then Dwight says, snakes are waterproof.
Office Ladies
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So I'm betting that it is waterproof. But it's faux snakeskin. I know. Also, snakeskin... It's not waterproof. It's not? No. Did you look it up? I did look it up. I love that. Snakes are not waterproof, but their skin permeability can change to help them retain water. That's according to the internet, people.
Office Ladies
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Yes. I can tell you I swam up right on a moray eel one time face to face. How was that? A little scary.
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So what's the moral here? You can look like something else but not have anything in common with it. Yeah, that's the moral.
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Oh, no. Oh, gosh. I have mascara all over me. This is what you get. This is what you get. Double record day.
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What? I don't know. It said, this is something that was not funny until we talked about your deep dive. Anyway, Katie says, you're really into reptiles, huh? And Dwight says, my belt is made of alligator. Then he pulls his shirt up. He's going to show off this belt. And that's when Michael comes in. And I would like to point something out. Michael is going to have a runner in this episode.
Office Ladies
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I didn't share this before of some seriously snarky behavior. Oh, Michael snark. Michael snark. His snarky behavior is going to be pointing out what he thinks are people's shortcomings so that they seem inferior and so that Katie will like him. So when he walks in, he says to Dwight, where are your glasses? And then he says to Katie, he wears glasses. Snark. Yeah. There's going to be more.
Office Ladies
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Yeah. She doesn't want to go, though. She's like, my purses. He's like, they're fine. Yeah.
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Yes. Now, Michael is giving Katie the tour. They're walking through the kitchen. I have a few background catches I missed the first time around. Same, same. Is yours the dry erase board? That says, please clean up.
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Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. At 10 minutes and 13 seconds, why is Oscar taking a phone call by the bathroom door? He is seated in a chair next to the door to the men's bathroom. There are so many other places to take a phone call. Why would you sit there? Well, I guess so that Michael can walk by and make fun of his name. I guess so.
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He's also sitting under a sign that says, now hiring friendly people with smiles.
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Yeah. It said this. There is a shot of Ryan efficiently selling Kelly a purse. Oh. I have two things to say. Is this our very first sign that Ryan is a con man? Oh, he's so shady. He's selling purses that aren't his. I bet if she gave him money, he might pocket it. I think you're right.
Office Ladies
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It's so early. But when you look at this moment, one of Kelly's very first interactions with Ryan in the documentary is him being dishonest with her. Yes. Yes.
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Yeah. He says, thank you, Al Gore, for the internet. And he can't believe that you couldn't send messages electronically 10 years ago. And Katie's like, you could. And he's like, fine, 20 years ago. Still pretty cool.
Office Ladies
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Yeah. This is another Michael snarky moment. I want to point out something. In our initial breakdown of this, I share that there's a lot more in deleted scenes of Michael being snarky about Toby's divorce. And, lady, they didn't even include them all in the superfan episode. Really? Uh-huh. There's actually more in deleted scenes on the DVD. We never played it, and I think we should hear it.
Office Ladies
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Michael. Michael Snark. Yeah. Yeah. And we do notice on Toby's desk there is a cup of soup. There's also a piggy bank that just says bread, cash money. Okay. And there is a picture of a red jeep. on the wall next to him. Is this Toby's dream car? I don't know. That's a good question. Did she get the Jeep in the divorce?
Office Ladies
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Well, first of all, at the very top, Roy, and I did not catch this the first time, calls Jim, Jimmy. He says, hey, Jimmy, what do you think of that little purse girl, huh? Yeah. And I'm like, oh, my gosh, this made me think of another fan theory, which is Jimmy is what you call someone when you grow up with them. Did Roy and Jim know each other like in elementary school? Did they grow up together?
Office Ladies
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Was Jim called Jimmy when he was little? And that makes it even more layered that Roy got Pam. But that would mean that Pam knew Jim growing up? I don't know.
Office Ladies
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Well, Roy and Jimmy might have gone to elementary school together. That's crazy. It's my fan theory. Okay, what was your thing?
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It starts so early. So early. He has a sandwich and carrots. Pam had a salad and a juice box.
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And those are pretty much her two problems. Well, now Dwight and Jim are watching Katie from their desks. And Jim is really going to mess with Dwight. You know, he's saying, she'd be perfect for you. And Dwight says, well, she's been talking to Michael a lot. And then I really loved this little couplet of dialogue. Jim says, so what? You're assistant regional manager.
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And Dwight says, assistant to the regional manager. And then Jim has this great line where he says, well, you know what, Dwight? He's your work boss, OK? He is not your relationship boss.
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I remember purposely going to set before Brian and Oscar so I wouldn't get crap chair.
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The scene with Jim and Dwight is going to continue. And Jim basically says, you know what? If there's a lull in conversation between you and Katie, just buy a purse. And Dwight's like, what? I don't want a purse. Purses are for girls. And Jim says, Dwight, that is not necessarily true. Do you read GQ? Because I do. And they're like mini briefcases, all right? Lots of guys have them.
Office Ladies
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Well, this made me curious. What does GQ say? What is the buzz about the murse, the man purse? Well, Ange... Should we take a break? And when we come back, you'll tell us? Oh, get ready. Okay. Because when we come back, I have a lot to say about men's purses.
Office Ladies
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That sounds like a catchy phrase. I have a lot of hearing I want to do about that.
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Mm-hmm. Well, you know, it just sometimes comes down to so many things that are outside your control. And I remember when Amy came on the set, she was so seamlessly Katie. Yeah. She improvises a lot, you guys. We'll get to it. But a lot of her improvs make it in. She just knew who this woman was.
Office Ladies
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Yeah. And Dwight says, I don't want a purse. Purses are for girls. And Jim says, Dwight, that is not necessarily true. Do you read GQ? I do. And they're like mini briefcases. Lots of guys have them. Well, lady, I was curious. What does GQ say about men's purses? What do they say? I looked it up. GQ certainly has a lot of great links to great bags. And I found several articles.
Office Ladies
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And I'm going to share with you the evolution of the men's purse.
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So men had a type of satchel that they would strap to themselves. Okay. Then per GQ magazine, later came a structural rectangular briefcase meant for carrying papers to and from work. This was during the Industrial Revolution. Okay. Then there were these certain big moments sort of in the zeitgeist where bags were featured.
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For example, the satchel really expanded because of Harrison Ford's character, Indiana Jones. He has that crossbody satchel in the 80s movie.
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And then there were these moments in the 90s and early 2000s when purses kind of became a punchline. Like Matt LeBlanc's character in Friends famously has this leather bag and they make fun of him for it. Okay. And then in the show Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld ditches his overstuffed wallet for a shoulder bag.
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And then in the 2009 comedy The Hangover, Zach Galifianakis sports a brown crossbody bag much to the chagrin of his buddies. So they got made fun of a little bit.
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But then in 2018, Vogue Business says there was a debut of sporty crossbody bags from Gucci and Supreme. And all of a sudden, you saw these celebrities and athletes using them. And it really blew this up. And then I read on a website called Glossy in August of 2024 that searches for men's crossbody and carry-all bags has gone up. Are you ready for this? Okay. 900%. Wow. Yeah.
Office Ladies
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I also read on several different websites where they asked men about carrying types of bags and crossbody bags, and they had one common theme. They all liked the functionality of it. A few mentioned that trying to fit all of their items into their pockets made their pants uncomfortable and bulky. That makes sense to me.
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And now with athletes carrying these bags on game days and celebrities are carrying them on red carpets, Men's bags are really taking off. But this is like 20 years later. Yes. At this time. At this time, when this episode was written, it was very much still in the zeitgeist to make fun of it, to call it a merce, a man purse. But that is not the case anymore. But men's purses are nothing new.
Office Ladies
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Men have been carrying like these girdle pouch things for a long time. So there you go. I say go get your bag if you want a bag.
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You don't want a purse. You want bigger pockets. But for people who want more than just what can fit in your pocket, go get your bag. Yeah, I guess so.
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And here's the thing. A lot of times you think, oh, do I have time to exercise? Well, they have 10, 20 or 45 minute time increments of classes. I usually do the 20.
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Because we're in the real building. Yep. Well, now Katie is showing Pam a cute purse and Michael interrupts them and he does the Michael snark thing again. He says to Pam, I'm sorry, are you on your lunch break or was that earlier? Uh-huh. Busted.
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I looked it up. It was improvised. I had a feeling. Was that scripted? It was really funny.
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He says it's not the only drug that does that. Back in the 80s, before they knew how bad cocaine was for you, Dunder Mifflin, man, they could really move some paper. I thought that was funny. Katie is going to get a text and she looks really bummed because her ride has bailed on her. Who is her ride? Why doesn't Katie have a car? I know.
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Just riffing. They just let the camera roll. I loved it. I also did catch the boom. Really? All right. Little boom shadow. Boom shadow. That was what we would sing on set. Dwight is now drinking his coffee with his brand new purse. This is a new scene that's in the Superfan episode.
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Jim tells him, you know what, you should put some stuff in your purse because if she's looking, you want to make sure it looks like you're using it, right? So Dwight looks over at Katie and then starts shoving things into his purse.
Office Ladies
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We were very busy. We were. Kevin is now taking a look at the purses. He's going to try to flirt with Katie by telling her he's in a Steve Miller tribute band. He says, do you like Steve Miller? She says, no. But here, we have to do it for people because it's so funny. Okay, I'll be coming.
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Well, now Dwight and Michael are in Michael's office. They're looking at his computer. Lady, there's a moment here that I should have included in my Michael versus technology breakdown. It's so me. Oh, my God. I'm just Michael Scott when it comes to my desktop. I just, I need you to hear it.
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Michael, could I ask you something? He had all these icons and now he has four folders.
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Yeah. Well, Jenna, I have a little something to share at Top of Show. Please. So, you know, I went back to the DVDs for this episode to rewatch the original and compare it to the Superfan episode. And I forgot how much the DVDs themselves evolved as the show went on, just in what they included and the look of them.
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And Stanley's like, wait a second, Michael. Isn't that meant to be the prize for the top salesman? And Michael's like, it cleans easily.
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Well, I just love everyone just slowly looks up and reacts. But Dwight doesn't even turn around. He's just digging in the fridge. Yes.
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Everybody is in the kitchen or just behind the kitchen. Everybody just goes everywhere all at once. It's so true. Now Michael is going to have Pam in his office. He's asking about his mail. But what he really wants to know is how girls her age feel about futons. I couldn't get through this scene. I mean, how could you? It's so ridiculous. Every time he said futon.
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Whatever this relationship is with Katie is just so crazy. First of all, it's going to give her a $1,000 coffee maker if she took it. Yep. Give her a ride home. I don't know what happens with the futons.
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We discussed my dislike for tickling. Mm-hmm. Also, if I were to do what I call a cringe meter for this episode, this one would be a nine on the cringe meter. This scene? Yeah. Poor Jim. I know. They're literally almost leaning on him, laughing and tickling. Yeah. Cringe meter number nine. And then Pam has this talking head that says Jim's a great guy. He's like a brother to her.
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They're best friends. She really hopes he finds someone. Pam, maybe say it enough until you believe it. Yeah. Does she wish? I don't think so.
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Yes, all of our dialogue between Angela and Katie is improvised in this scene.
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Just like an improv show because that scene at the top was so good. Yeah. Purse Girls, come see us every Thursday night, 9 p.m. Oh, that's too late. Too late. Sorry. It's $35, two drink minimum. There is no parking. Starts at four.
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I was like, oh, made me sad. We are now going to have a Dwight talking head. It's a pretty famous Dwight talking head. He outlines what his idea of a perfect date is. Yes, of course. There's ninjas. There's knives. There's blood. There's poison. But he knew about it all along, guys. She was in on it all along. But he knew. Oh, right. He knew she was in on it. That's right.
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For example, in this season one disc, when you click on an episode, there is a picture and an episode summary. So for Hot Girl, on the screen, there's a picture of Dwight and Katie in the conference room. And then on what looks like to be like a lined piece of notebook paper is the following. Is this their summary? Yes. Oh.
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I don't know why they're crossing to accounting. I'm in the conference room. You're with Katie trying to buy a purse. Yeah. What are they doing at your desk?
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Blue Blast. Blue is not a flavor. No. All of it. Oh, and he wants the Arctic Blast and the passenger side cup holder. Yeah. That's ready for you, Katie. This is what you're missing. I know. You don't get the convertible. You don't get the Arctic Blast. You don't get the coffee maker.
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Fakie labels. Fakie labels. She's tracking it. She's tracking that and who's crossing where. I am. Well, now Jim is going to go into the conference room. And what a smooth operator. Okay.
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Oh, I will tell you. Per the shooting draft, this is what was scripted. Jim approaches Katie. It says he sidles up to her. He says, hi, I'm Jim. Katie says, hi. The rest is improv. What? The rest is improv until it gets to the part where he says, don't try to sell me anything. I just want to learn. Everything else is improv. This is improv. I'm Katie. Well, hi, Katie. Nice to meet you.
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You sit out there, don't you? I do. It's what I'm best known for, sitting out there. All right, let's talk about purses. But just talk to me. Seriously. That was all improvised. Wow. Mm-hmm. So good. So good.
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He's like, still. Ryan goes still. And then this is where we find out about his smell-alike cologne. Yes. Ryan's like, it's empty.
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In the straw. There's some still in the straw. How many times have you done that? I know. You like pull it out and you rub it.
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I love this scene. I have talked about it. He wants Ryan's recommendations. And Ryan says, do you like hip hop, indie rock, the Strokes, the Hives, the Fleaballs? Oh, Michael's like, yes to the Fleaballs. Yeah. The Glorbs.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
No, it's not. It probably is. Stop it. Okay. Let's see. Stop that. This is what it says. Hot Girl Air Date, semicolon, 4-26-05-10. And then it says, episode summary, the blundering men of Dunder Mifflin vie for the attention of an attractive woman who appears at the office trying to sell purses. I think my summary was better, actually. Anyway, there you go. Worried for nothing. There you go.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
Well, I want you to know that there was a Ryan talking head that would have come right after this scene. It's in the shooting draft. It's not in deleted scenes. It did not make it into the super fan episode. And it read simply like this. Ryan has a smug look on his face. He looks to Cameron and says, Michael's really into indie rock. He's into bands I've never even heard of. And then he laughs.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
Yeah. It's a real thing, the person with the big car. It's true. I do remember that. I had a friend with a truck and he moved everybody. Exactly. Well, I want to point out when Pam sort of sadly walks back to reception, there is no plant. Oh. There's no plant at reception.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
Wait, I love this talking head so much, lady, because this is part of this runner of Michael's desktop being messed up by Ryan. Ryan has only tried to help him clean up his computer, but now guess what he can't find? Can't find maps. Can't find maps. And this has now been woven into the super fan version of this talking head. I think we should hear it.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
I just love it so much. First of all, I love it in any kind of show or writing that you get to like watch when there are two things happening to a person. So it's like he's trying to talk about what a great catch he is. But at the same time, he's like, where are my maps? Yeah. He's getting so irritated.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
And then Pam... It's going to apply lip gloss kind of shyly. And then the cameraman catches it and she's embarrassed. That's cringe factor 10.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
Yeah. You don't feel like your real version of yourself. Yes. You were trying to not be you. Yes. Yes. We've all done it.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
That's very funny. She was so good as Katie. Well, Jim is going to open the door for his Corolla for Katie. This is more of smooth Jim. Oh, so charming. And Pam is going to sadly watch from the window of Roy's truck.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
We were still sitting there waiting to do another take. But he's good company. So if you're going to be stuck somewhere... But the super fan episode does not end there. We end now with a Michael talking head. He is still talking about his American Way magazine. He says, did you know that when Doris Roberts is in Phoenix, she likes to eat at Harder's? She loves barbecue. Who knew? Yeah.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
That is what it says about this episode on the original DVDs. Well, why don't we take a break?
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
He also read a profile on Corbin Bernson. And he learned that he used to play Little League. Yeah.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
I really did. I know. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I want to watch the whole series again now. I mean, I know all of you listening have watched it so many times all the way through, but I want to do it again. Well, I feel the same way. I liked going back.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
We will rewatch them. And now Office Lady 6.0 is going to start its holiday break. But don't worry, Second Drink will continue through the holidays on Mondays. So you all have a safe and happy holidays. Please know how much we appreciate you. And we'll see you in 2025.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
And you know what? If all else fails, blow it out the window. We'll see you next year. Thank you for listening to Office Ladies. Office Ladies is a presentation of Odyssey and is produced by Jenna Fisher and Angela Kinsey.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
Office Ladies is mixed and mastered by Chris Basil. Our theme song is Rubber Tree by Creed Bratton.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
So my New Year's resolution is to get better at speaking a language. You know, I studied Spanish a while back, but I would love to freshen up on it, and I'm going to use Rosetta Stone.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
You know, I also think it's so healthy for you to challenge your brain to learn something new, and learning a language is so good for that.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
This exclusive collection is available on Macy's.com, Macy's mobile app, and select Macy's stores nationwide.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
You know, it's that time of year where you reflect and you look back and sometimes you want to just mark what you've been through with something beautiful, something just for yourself, something maybe even sparkly. So if you're thinking of celebrating your past year with something sparkly, there's no better place to do it than at BlueNile.com.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
Here's something that's great as well. If you have questions about what to get, Blue Nile's jewelry experts are on hand 24-7 via phone or chat. From technical questions to budget suggestions, they're there to help you feel confident about every purchase.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
And he says, do I get to decide what that $1,000 is spent on? And she's like, sure. Yeah. Mistake, Jan. Mistake. Yes.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
We have Amy Adams arriving in the office as Katie. Yes, Jenna, I thought we should hear how it was described in the shooting draft. Great. Interior office open area day. Meredith is working on a crossword. We hear the door open and Meredith is working on a crossword. Yes, what it says.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
We hear the door open and whip over to catch Katie, an attractive young woman, enters the office and approaches Pam. When we pan back, we see the heads of men in the office perk up to check her out. Katie is showing Angela some purses from a big duffel. And you guys, the supersized episode shows all the men stopping to look over. I took a screen grab.
Office Ladies
Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
Literally all the dudes have made some reason to be in the bullpen in the back of the scene. Creed is standing right by the conference room door. Kevin is by the supply shelf. Ryan is next to Phyllis. Toby is by the water cooler. Stanley is really leaning up to look, you know, from his desk. Oscar is down on one knee digging through a box by Dwight's desk.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
Jim is at his desk, and Devin is on his knees at the end of Stanley and Phyllis' desks.
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Superfan Episode: Hot Girl
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Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Let's begin. Okay. Well, I'll kick us off with our first question, and it's one we ask all of our guests that were on The Office, and it's, how did you get your job on The Office?
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
Like from the get-go. When you walked in as Joe Bennett, I would have thought you'd been Joe Bennett your whole life. Oh, really? Yes.
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
Kathy, I remember I was really nervous about how to interact with the camera in our pilot episode. The supporting cast, we were just the background. It was a real lesson in patience, and you just had to wait for that moment when you finally got to have a little interaction. But we spent so much time in the background, and my nose was itching so bad one day.
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
And I thought, oh, I can't scratch it because I'm on camera. That's weird. And I was, oh, God, I wanted to scratch it so bad. And I went up to Ken Kwapis, our director, and he must have thought I was like so silly. I said, Ken, my nose was really itching in that last take and I scratched it and I'm so sorry. And he was like, Angela, you are living a life. Live a life.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
And the camera captures what it captures. If your nose itches, scratch it. And that was sort of an eye-opening moment for me about how to just be in the background.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Yeah. Yeah, it does. You don't feel like you're watching someone act when you watch Steve. Like I never do. I always believed him. He just is such a natural in whatever role he puts on. I don't see him acting anymore.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
She had so much, you know, she was so layered. I mean, the scenes between Michael and Joe on the private plane were just so brilliant. I loved those. I wanted to see more of her world. Like, where does she go? And the Great Danes and your outfits and your hair. Were you a part of the look of Joe Bennett?
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
Each week, we will dive deeper into the world of The Office with exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes details, and lots of BFF stories. We're the Office Lady 6.0.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
So when that one looks over your shoulder, its head is bigger than yours. Its presence on camera is so big.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Well, you know, we are both watching Matlock and we are loving it. I mean, everyone is loving it. Kathy, it is just taken off like wildfire and we would love to talk to you about it.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
I still, yeah, me too. Like even afterwards, I was like, we just spent over an hour. Yeah. We talked for so long with Kathy Bates. Yes.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
I was going to say the idea, you know, I'm 53, but I'm still discovering things about myself. And that life is a discovery. You don't age out of discovery. And I think sometimes we dismiss that. We think that we can't discover new things about ourselves. And I've really connected to that in this show.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
I mean, you know, she's just a legend. We are so fortunate that we got to work with her, have this amazing conversation with her. She has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is currently starring in the new CBS series Matlock. It's a huge hit, and I'm sure she's going to add more awards to that shelf. Oh, for sure. I love Matlock.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Doesn't it, you, Angela? Yes, so much, especially, Kathy, when you were talking about how exciting it is to get the scripts and have an input, you know, There was such a creative collaboration. Greg Daniels set the tone for that, that we could go to the writers and we could pitch ideas to them. And that was so powerful and meaningful, even as a supporting cast member. So I love that.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
And you see it in the work. You see the creative collaboration. It's why we're hooked from the minute you're on screen. The cast is so fantastic. Yeah. I really love the cast and we can't wait. You know, we'll keep talking about it.
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
It is. It's the same thing. This show is sponsored by Liquid IV. I definitely feel like I'm going from one thing to the next during the holidays. Oh, yeah. Building up to it during the holidays, even the cleanup after it.
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
Me too. We both started watching it. We've been watching it. It is so good.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Well, you know, we also would love to talk to you about your advocacy work and your recent health journey. And I know Jenna had reached out to you, and I would love to start that part of this conversation.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
And see, Kathy, I did not know what lymphedema was. And when you started talking about it is when I learned about it. And Jenna had shared with me as well. So I think this is so important to talk about.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Mm hmm. And the whole pilot is sort of her sneaking her way into the law firm. And she ends up in the big conference room meeting and she blows them away. It's a very badass moment. And they decide to give her like a two weeks temporary hire to see how she's going to shake out.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Yes. My grandmother and my aunt were all breast cancer survivors. My grandmother passed away, but not from cancer. And my aunt, my mom's sister, had a really rough go. But she's doing much better now. So I go and get my mammograms and try to stay on top of it. But, you know, when Jenna got her diagnosis, all I wanted to do was be a source of support. And I wanted to just be strong for her.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
And, you know, we never really talked it out about just the scary side of it and those emotions until we sat down on our podcast to talk about it for the first time. And I think I cried for 20 minutes. Yeah. And we couldn't even use it because it was the first time I said out loud, she's cancer free. You know, it's like I and we finally talked about it. I completely fell apart.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
I held it together for a year, but then I just fell apart because just watching someone you care about go through it and not knowing what the hell you can do other than to just say, I'm thinking of you and I love you and I'm praying for you. And and that's about it. And just try to keep being there for her and being steadfast and hoping I was enough to help her when she needed it.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
But it is so important that you guys are sharing about it. It's so important. We've had so many people reach out to us when Jenna shared, and Kathy, I know you're having this experience too, that the burden of feeling alone in it, the burden of feeling like you can't talk about it, that itself is just too much to bear. I think on top of everything else.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
And I'm so happy to be part of this conversation with you all and for people listening to hear it.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Yes. Thank you. First of all, we are going to share everything about the Lymphatic Education and Research Network on our social media. I will put swipe up to links so people can learn more. And then we thought we would end this interview with a tradition from the office call sheets.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
On the back of our call sheets, they would do a few questions and get to know the cast and crew, and they would feature a new person each week. So Jenna and I picked our three favorite questions that were the regular questions, and we'd like to ask them to you.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
The first one is, what is a place that you have been to that you absolutely loved?
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
This is one of my favorite memories of being in hair and makeup with you is that I was wanting to go on a road trip and you were telling me about your RV trips in hair and makeup. And that was a dream of my dad's. And I just loved it. I hung on your every word. I was like, I want to load up and go see America.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Wow. Okay. That is so cool. I mean, you wrote a song that's in a movie. That's just, it's amazing. That's pretty cool. Um, last question. What do you like to do on the weekends?
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
You know, there's a thing about this character that reminded me of something Phyllis said to you. Yes. Years ago. Yes, me too. Yeah, she knew all the scoop happening on the set. She always knew all the best gossip. All the best gossip. But she wasn't a gossip. She was not chatty. She did not share it. And Jenna has shared this before on the podcast.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Thank you so much, Kathy. You're a light in the world and we just adore you. So thank you so much.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Take care. Okay. Oh, man. I just loved all of that. I loved just spending time with her. I really felt like we got to spend time with her. Yeah. And I just love how happy she is in this new job, in this new chapter of her life. You and I can really relate to that. Yeah. And Matlock, you guys, airs on CBS every Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern. And it's also streaming on Paramount+.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
But one time Jenna was like, Phyllis, how do you know everything? And she goes, well, when you're invisible – People say stuff around you. People say stuff around you.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Yeah, we can't wait. It's really festive. It's really fun. And we just hope you guys have a great week. Know that we're thinking of you. And we'll see you Friday. See you then. Thank you for listening to Office Ladies. Office Ladies is a presentation of Odyssey and is produced by Jenna Fisher and Angela Kinsey.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Office Ladies is mixed and mastered by Chris Basil. Our theme song is Rubber Tree by Creed Bratton.
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
I do. Rainn Wilson and Melora Hardin both guest starred in the original Matlock series. And Linda Pearl, a.k.a. Helene Beasley, played Charlene Matlock in 23 episodes of the original series.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
She was very kind and thoughtful. And one of the biggest takeaways from just getting a chance to talk to her for me was how committed she is to making a difference and to helping others. And I really admired her for that.
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
Anyway, I don't think I would have thought of an air fryer, but I saw it pop up on the gift guide. Well, speaking of gift guides, we also started our own Macy's gift guide where we are putting our picks for the holidays. So, Jenna, I know you added the air fryer to our list. I did because I think it's such a fun thing.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
Well, I added a few things to our gift guide as well. So my son has really been wanting a pair of nice slippers. You know, he had like his little kid slippers, you know, like the fuzzy ones and they've fallen apart. But he's older now. He's a teenager and he wanted some cozy slippers, but like also ones that you could walk out in the driveway in. Yep. So I got him these great Ugg slippers.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
They are the Ugg men's classic slip-on shaggy suede slippers. I can't wait to give them to him. And I added a little something for me on our site. What did you add? Well, I mean, I love to dress festive this time of year. So I added a cute red sweater. And on the front of it in white, it says Mary, M-E-R-R-Y. That is so you. Yeah. It's by Cece and I put it on our storefront.
Office Ladies
An Interview with Kathy Bates
So, you know, people who are like me and want to be festive can go there and get it.
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
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An Interview with Kathy Bates
Already. And we're basically in our closets here. This is a closet. I'm in a closet.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And then she said, and you got to be quick. You have to be quick because what if Amy stops talking to her? Yeah, let's go.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I think you thought if we just walked up laughing, we would look cool.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
So we did. Well, I said, I basically was like in shock. I was like, wait, what? And then I looked and Jenna was like four strides away. Like kind of like. I committed. You're like, come on. And then I sort of. half-ass committed behind you.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Well, Actually, to clarify, it looks like you and Amy and Meryl Streep are having a great conversation. But because I lagged behind you a little, I was late getting there. And I just look like I'm walking alone laughing. I'm like a good three paces behind you laughing to no one. And you're laughing with Meryl and Amy.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And then the lights flickered because it was the commercial, and we didn't even get to talk to them.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
Well, I'm glad you had that moment. I did not meet her. Wait, you didn't meet her?
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
I didn't meet her because they were dimming the lights. And so by the time I got there, I was just like, bye. Well, she's one of my best friends now from that moment. I've never spoken to her again. You've never spoken to her again. My guess is that Meryl Streep doesn't quite remember that moment the way we do. I know. Well, we have a photo of it.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
So I love that this episode starts with the line, are you listening to me, Michael? By Jan, because he's just like futzing around with pencils and he has her on speakerphone. But I love that the first scene, you just think he's being an idiot. And then you hear this voice say, are you listening to me, Michael? And I just, I just love it. I love it.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Let's say you have a family member that loves to tell a joke, and maybe they want to craft their own stand-up. Guess what? You can take a class with Judd Apatow.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Oh, the knockoff purse market? Yes. Because some of them looked really nice, but also they looked a little like pleather purses.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Yes, because so many of you have also written to us and asked us if we would break down some of the Peacock superfan episodes. So we thought, why not do a full breakdown of the superfan episode of Hot Girl?
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
She is not. As your best friend, I am not going to let that slide. She is not. But in this episode, they had really zhuzhed her up. She had a push-up bra on and her hair off.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
No, I think it's a funny story. But as your best friend, I'm not going to let you say Amy Adams is a better version of you.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Oh, God. No, stop. Stop. I was just going to say that Michael Scott has a talking head that I love so much. And these are just one of these talking heads that they're in every episode and getting to rewatch them. I'm like, oh, my God, that's brilliant. Is it the small businessman?
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I love that he said he loves American Way magazine, the in-flight magazine. And then he goes, they did a great profile on Doris Roberts and where she likes to eat when she's in Phoenix. It just made me laugh so hard because I read those. I just want you to know American Airlines, whenever I fly with you, I get the American Way out and I look to see where people eat. It made me laugh so hard.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Oh, wait, wait. I know this is a total tangent. Guys, I'm sorry. I have to take Jen on a tangent because I love this story.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Should I tell the story? You have to tell it. Because, first of all, it makes you sound way cooler than you are. No offense.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
A hundred percent. Okay. So I know you're going to tell that story, but I need to see that in-flight magazine article.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I remember this because you told me you were going and I was like, well, it's not a lot of days. Yeah, we only had five days because we had a one week hiatus from work. This is what people without children can do.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And at a little hat shop. Wait, I know. I know. I'm raising my hand because Jenna, you texted me and I remember you saying, we're so tired. We're going to try to power through. We're going to try to power through so we don't fall asleep.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
All right, I have to interject here. So my BFF, Jenna Fisher, is a flippin' fantastic poker player.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Okay, no, you're fantastic. And I once went with her to the Celebrity Poker Showdown, story for later, but she's really good at poker. I came in second place, yes. You came in behind Keegan-Michael Key. He won. That's a big flex because you beat Michael Ian Black, who still tells me that you beat him in poker. I also just want to say all of this is before I had children.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I know, but you are really good. Back in your day, lady. Back in the day. Back in your day before kids.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
In your youth. You were quite the poker player. I think I can win poker with like two pairs of threes. And I have all the bravado.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Okay, so see, this is the problem. But I have no idea what I'm doing. And I think sometimes I mess up a table just because I have such confidence and I have nothing. And then people are like, ugh. Okay. Sometimes that's the best strategy. Okay, go. You're in Scotland.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I can't wait. I also really want to talk about this extended scene between Michael and Ryan where they're talking about music. It's so funny. It's hilarious.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
You're going to play an hour of poker, and then you're going to go to bed. Go to bed. We enter the tournament. We start playing. We start winning. You're like the two Americans who came in and now you're kicking butt in this pub in Scotland.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I want you guys to know I woke up back here in the U.S. of A. And I had a text from my best friend in Scotland. And there was a photo of her.
Office Ladies
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I was dying. I also got so weirded out when he was like, you know, all I'm trying to do here is just break down walls. I just tried to break down walls. I was like, what is he talking about? Oh, my goodness. And she plays it so well.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Well, I didn't either because I felt like a lot of our comedy was, it was a little bit of a free-for-all. Like everyone was going to have a moment, you know, where they were sort of the butt of the joke. But it was never malicious. It was just, it served the script. It served the story. I never took offense.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
Each week, we will break down an episode of The Office and give exclusive behind-the-scenes stories that only two people who were there can tell you. We're The Office Ladies. That's us. Hey there. We are here.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
I was going to say it was a lot of human moments for Pam just seeing how Jim was affected and how that affected her and it was fantastic I thought you did an excellent job I have on one of my note cards where is it Jenna what does it say Jenna was brilliant She was. Thank you, Angela. You were so good. I don't want to get us off your... I know you have your list, lady.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
But the moment when she's like, what are you going to do? And he's like, well, I think actually I'm going to see Katie. The look on your face as Pam, what you did with your eyes in that moment was so amazing.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Oh, brutal. Oh, Jenna, I watched the deleted scenes this time. You did? Yes. So I still haven't gotten a DVD player. How'd you do it? I found them online. Okay. I don't know if it was a legal site that I went to. I clicked on so many things that took me there. So I don't know. I probably have some inappropriate things on my computer now. Oh, boy. No, I'm just saying I clicked away.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
But anyway, I watched the deleted scenes. And there is a longer version of that scene where Steve, I know, is just riffing on that whole idea of sad sack Toby. Yeah. And it just, it is so cringy. Oh, I want to go back and watch that. It's really good. So what you see in the episode is just like three seconds of that moment where he's like... Oh, yeah. You're divorced, right? Sleeping in your car.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Yeah. And Paul's reaction is so perfect. In the deleted scenes, Michael goes off on him for like minutes.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Yeah. No, but it was, oh, and Katie's like, where am I? Ooh, I have some Kinsey tidbits. All right, let's hear them. At 8 minutes, 14 seconds, you, Pam, gets up in a huff from Roy and leaves her salad on the table. Yeah. You didn't pack up your Tupperware or anything, and you had a juice box? What are you?
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
That's right. I'm going to bust my plate. I'm not going to leave my salad.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I was really excited to meet Amy Heckerling, you know, growing up. Guys, I might be a child of the 70s. No judgment, the oldie sitting here. No, and she directed Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Clueless. Clueless. Clueless. So I was excited. I remember there was a bit of a buzz. Yeah, there was a little bit of a buzz. That she was coming in. Yeah. We were very excited.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Does that make sense? It does. And it also just makes me sad. And now I take back my salad. My salad judgment.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
She can't clean up a salad in that moment, Angela. Yeah, no. In that moment, she's like, three years. Three years I've sat here and you haven't noticed me. Yes. That's what's raging inside her.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
No. No. Okay, I take back the salad packing up. Okay. Thank you very much. But do you want to explain to me why at nine minutes, 23 seconds, E.T. is back on Jim's desk? Wow. Yeah. E.T. in his blue robe, back on Jim's desk. So he was on the desk and then off. Oh, Sam's going to bring up E.T. They're looking at, so I make suggestions. Wait for it.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I didn't know how to make small talk with her. And guess what? I failed. I failed.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
He's so creepy that he's used this coffee thing to flirt with her. He's so creepy with it.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Not only do I love that Dwight is like, do you love her? I love that Michael's like, I don't know. Maybe.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I can't say. I don't know yet. Oh, I don't know. The two of them are ridiculous. And then you have Roy who decides he's going to try to make up with Pam. And he decides to start tickling you while you're sitting on Jim's desk. It's so awkward. Next to Jim. I remember filming that scene. When I watched it, I felt so uncomfortable for Jim. I was like, oh, God, Jim.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Well, and some people really don't like being tickled. I don't like being scared. Oh, I know. Well, and my husband, like once a year around Halloween. You don't like being startled or scared. I don't like scary movies. You don't respond well. I don't go to scary movies. And my dad was the same way. So you know how they say some people are like fight or flight? Yeah. I am fight.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And so Josh, my husband, like around Halloween, him and the kids think it's funny to get like a fake arm or a mask and scare me. And I always say to them, one of you will get whacked. You know that.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I have no control over it. Just recently, my husband, for Halloween, they jumped out to scare me. He had this mask on. And I screamed. And then with everything I had, I hucked my phone at him. And I hit him with my phone. Clearly, like I didn't mean to. It's just this weird instinctual thing where I just go, ah!
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I know. All right. We're going to go to a break. Let's take a break. Well, the holidays are upon us and Whole Foods Market is your holiday headquarters. Whether you're hosting or if you're a guest, impress everyone at your table with exceptional flavors and enchanting host gifts for all of your holiday gatherings.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
Chocolate. You can put chocolate on a cheese board. It's just the way you said it.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
Yes, Mindy Kaling's so smart, so funny, and she was one of our most prolific writers on The Office. She wrote a total of, Jenna, ready? What? 22 episodes. Wow. I know.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
I kept my eyes down. And then I didn't look up until he walked out of the room. And you can see when he exits, I kind of look up and look at him leave. You know, in that moment, it was so awkward and uncomfortable. I wasn't given direction to do that, but I just felt so uncomfortable. I just kept looking down.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I didn't know. I didn't know. And just in that conference room, it's not a huge space. And him putting himself out there like that to her, I, as Angela, and even as myself, felt so uncomfortable that I just was trying somehow not to participate in the moment in any way. Like try to just... Just be invisible. Yeah. In my mind, I was like, just be invisible.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I think that Angela didn't know that Dwight was going to be her soulmate, but I think she did see him as an equal. And she respected his work ethic and probably respected who he was in the office, even though he annoyed her, right? Sure. There was a power struggle between the two of them.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
So to see him sort of humble himself like that to Katie and get humiliated, I just felt like I didn't even want him to think that I had witnessed it. Yeah. I didn't see it. It didn't happen. It's okay. That's, I think, what she was thinking. And that's why I didn't look up. I was literally trying to be invisible in the moment.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Yes, I did. I knew it! Yes, I did. In the episode, Dwight is looking in at the conference room at Katie and Angela sort of talking. And we didn't have any scripted dialogue. So they said, can you just kind of banter? And I didn't even know if it would make it in, you know. And so that scene was improvised. And it starts off with Amy as Katie saying, well, you seem to like to touch things.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And then I just responded, I don't like to necessarily touch things. I'm shopping. You know, I loved that line. And then she said, well, what color do you like? And this was all improvised. And I said, gray, dark gray, charcoal. And it made it in. And that was really fun. And then that line ended up in a article in the newspaper. It was talking about what sums up the show.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And they said, well, the character Angela's line is, Gray, dark gray charcoal really, really sets the tone. And I was so proud of that.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Or just her love for McDonald's. She loves McDonald's. But that she really does love a Filet-O-Fish. I loved in this scene, too, when Michael's like, that was over a period of time, okay? It was over a month. It was over a month. And Ryan the Temp goes, still. Yeah.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Blue is not a flavor. I have a note card. Say it. Okay. This is a great, great Dwight line when he says, shrewds produce very thirsty babies. Oh, yes. That's a famous line. That's a famous line. And when I was pregnant, I was pregnant season five of The Office, and I got a gift of a t-shirt that said, shrewds produce very thirsty babies. And it was a maternity shirt. Oh, my God.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And I wore that around my big belly and people would freak out. I still have it. I still have it. Oh, do you have a picture of yourself in that? I will look. But if I don't, I'll just take a picture of myself in it. And I'll have to post that on Office Ladies Pod because I still have that shirt.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
That's because this was the original set before we moved. The first six episodes, we all filmed at an actual office building in Culver City, and that was the parking lot.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And it was just an office building. And that was just the parking lot for it.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
It was. Basically, we filmed in one stage indoors and we filmed another stage outdoors for the most part. But that parking lot is not the Dunder Mifflin parking lot that you see from season two and beyond.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And they were sort of the liaison back to the writer's room. I love that our show did this. Not all shows do that. And I really think you benefit from having the writer of the episode on the set with you.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
You got stuck in that truck. Jenna, do you know what? I'm seeing a theme here that you become really close friends with people that you are in a confined space with. I get stuck with. You're stuck on a bench. I'll be Angela's best friend. I'm stuck in a truck. David, let's play poker. Yeah.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And then you're going to be best friends. Friends for life. I have my final note card. Ready? Yes. All right. At around 21 minutes, 25 seconds, you see both Meredith, played by Kate Flannery, and Meredith, played by Henriette, in the same episode.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Yes, this is a huge mistake. It's a huge mistake. So basically, while Michael has this talking head, they want to show all these clips of different women in the office. And they used like some footage from the pilot before Kate Flannery came on. And it was Henriette as Meredith. You have this montage that goes Kate Flannery to Henriette to Luann, who played in the Annex.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
No. I'm feeling like I need to know. We never find out who won it, and we never see it again. We never see it again. So it doesn't stay in the office.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I actually believe that. And I bet the purses were returned because we were on a tight budget and we thought we were getting canceled. Yes. And we didn't want to give NBC any reason to think we were trouble. That's right. So I think, I believe that all of that was returned and we got to recoup that money. For sure. Well, Jenna, I think that was some really fun fast facts. You did a great job. Wow.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
You're welcome. I really appreciate it, Angela. Oh, no, no, no.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Now I need to hear you sing because if that's what you sound like, I just realized we've never like done karaoke or anything together.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Okay, don't sing anymore. We have to pay for it. But now I know you're, now I have got your karaoke voice. And it's whispery. Well, I'm trying to cover up my flaws. And if you can't really sing, you whisper sing.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Yeah. Yeah. And Mindy, for me, as someone with like an improv background, I loved being able to pitch to Mindy because she's so smart. So I could like say, hey, Mindy, could I, you know, try this? And then she would just instantly be like, oh, that'd be great. Or how about you do this? Like she was such a wonderful, creative collaborator.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And where you also became friends with someone because you were stuck in a car with them. Yeah. See a pattern here.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Thank you for listening to Office Ladies Second Drink. This episode was initially created in collaboration with Earwolf.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
Our executive producer is Cassie Jerkins and our audio engineer and associate producer is Daniela Silva. Odyssey's executive producers are Jenna Weisberman and Leah Reese Dennis.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
Oh. Do you kind of remember that? I actually do because I feel like I have referred to this as Purse Girl a few times because it's in my brain.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I really wish we could have done that. And I wish we could have filmed all 40 pages of that instead of 22. 22 minutes.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Oh, I remember going to do a talking head and they handed me three pages of alts like right in the minute. I'm like, oh, right. OK, I'm going to have to have a photographic memory.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I loved it. I loved it, too. And then they used to let me play around and like sort of like put my spin on it, too, which was always fun.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Okay, you tell me when you're ready because I've got a note card ready to go.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
Right. When she did this episode of The Office, no one had seen Junebug yet because Junebug came out in August of 2005. Yes. And I remember her first day on set, we were talking and I was like, how are things going? She's like, well, you know, it's good. I mean, I was on a show on CBS called Dr. Vegas, but they let me go. Oh, that's right. She was like, I kind of got fired. And I was like, no.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And she was like, yeah. And I was really down and I was bummed out. But then, you know, I did this little indie movie called Junebug and I feel so good about it. And it's going to come out later in the year. And I was like, oh, that sounds great. Yeah. Yeah. Let me build you up, Amy Adams. Amy, you're going to be just fine. And she was. And she was. But Amy is one of the nicest people.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Yes. She was such a great foil, too, for Pam and Jim and all of that. I loved watching that play out. Not only was Amy Adams super nice on set and just like such a pleasure to work with, but I don't know, probably like two years later, I ran into her. I had a friend visiting from Alabama. And you guys, I don't ever go out.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
This show is sponsored by Liquid IV. I definitely feel like I'm going from one thing to the next during the holidays. Oh, yeah. Building up to it during the holidays, even the cleanup after it. And when you're busy, sometimes you forget to hydrate. Yeah, you forget to take care of yourself.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
So my friend was coming in town and I was like, oh, I'm going to take her somewhere fancy. That hotel, Chateau Marmont, that's fancy. We'll go there. Because I just had it in my head.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Yeah. I mean, it's like half an hour from my house. It was such a haul. But I was like, no, I'll take my friend from Alabama there. So we went and we were having dinner and Amy Adams was at a table and she sent over two glasses of champagne to my friend and I. And I was like, they were like, oh, this is so classy. And I was like, who's this from? They were like, it's from Amy Adams.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And she waved and then she came over and we chatted. Amy Adams is just a class act.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I mean, there is a resemblance. She's perfectly cast because there is a resemblance. And you're both like beautiful ladies. Thanks. But I see a resemblance. I feel like we could play sisters. You could. All right, Hollywood. You heard it here first. I guess that's how I talk when I'm talking to Hollywood. I guess it is.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Oh, what was that? That was like drunk Scottish. What is happening? I can't do accents.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I can do Australian, but I grew up overseas and all my best friends were Aussies. So right now I'm just sitting here talking to Jenna. We're going to talk about Hot Girl. That's really good, Ange. Oh, thanks. Thanks so much.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I know. You know what? It's whenever I'm trying to be slick. I am just not programmed to be slick.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I cannot believe I didn't put that on a note card. I can't believe it either. What is wrong with me?
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I got here. There were donuts. I got excited. I forgot. Okay. So one year, we got to go to the Golden Globes.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I know. Well, here's the thing. We didn't go to fancy parties, you guys. We're not fancy people. I'm intimate dinner party person. I like a small group. I think the fanciest parties I'd ever been to were just like when one of my friends would have a big wedding.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Well, we were not big time enough. No. I feel like we were barely invited.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Very far away from the stage. Our table was behind a pillar, Jenna.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
We were nowhere near them, though. They were down at the front and we were in the nosebleeds. But hey, we were in the room.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I mean, that is a movie star. Well, you turned to me because we were like in line for the bathroom and she just sort of, it's like she glided. It's like she floated past us. And you turned to me and you go, now that's a movie star.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
I was like, I don't disagree, Jenna. So Jenna and I are not two people that are invited to a lot of fancy parties. And also, if there are going to be two dorks at a party, chances are they're us. Oh, yeah.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
And you know, if you're having some long days during this time or if you have travel, it's so important to stay hydrated.
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Second Drink: Hot Girl
We are just kind of dorks, even if it's just like at our neighbor's barbecue. I was glad I got to go to those parties with you because I knew you felt as awkward at them as I did. But you are way braver than I am. Way braver.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
We lean around the pillar, we're sitting behind, and we see Amy Adams. You should know at this point, we'd been sitting at our table for quite a while. We hadn't got up and mingled other than we went to the bathroom and saw Angelina Jolie walk by and we didn't say a word. No, I did not speak to her. So Jenna's like, there's Amy Adams. And Angela, she's talking to Meryl Streep. We know Amy Adams.
Office Ladies
Second Drink: Hot Girl
Yeah. And Jenna was like, come on, Angela. Let's go. And I was like, nope. Don't want to go. Not going. Not going. And you really, like, you were like, Angela.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
This episode is gifted to you with limited commercial interruption by Macy's.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
And remember the episode Dwight's Christmas when my character is like up on the credenza and I can't get down and it's in a montage and Kevin goes to help get me down. And you basically put me like when someone carries a football under their armpit. I do. Like in this weird football hold. And I was like, I almost went completely upside down. And they just kept it in.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
And I saw that the other day and I started cracking up because I knew it was just you messing with me. Yeah. Which we would do all the time. That happens.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
We don't, but we're feeling festive. And today we have a very fun bonus episode for you. Guess what the theme is? Wait, I'm going to give you a hint, everyone. As if our outfits didn't clue you in. What does this get you in the mood for, everyone?
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
It looks so great. The illustrations are so cool, Brian. Will you talk to us a little bit about how this all came together?
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
That's like part of their holiday tradition.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Our Macy's Gift Guide has curated all things holiday to help you prepare for the season ahead with gift suggestions for every person on your list.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
There's so many things too, like the details of that plant that was next to the lamp that we all ended up trying to plant in the finale. Yes. And Pam's desk, there's a little plant by her desk. Just all these things are so specific to the show.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
I mean, he gives Angela pills to heal her cat's infection. Yeah.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Gabe doesn't know any better. He's one.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
It's going to go right over Gabe's head.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Yes. I did want to say that I love the button at the end. For a true office fan, there is someone that Michael Scott Santa did not include in Yes. I won't ruin it.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Well, I just think this is so fun. I think the Office fans are going to love it. What a great part of a holiday tradition. Now they can watch their favorite Office holiday episode. They can read.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
The Night Before Christmas at Dunder Mifflin.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
You have such a beautiful, rich voice, though. I would listen to you read The Night Before Christmas at Dunder Middle. By the way, you can. Is there an audio version?
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Love you, B. It was so fun having Brian in the studio with us. You know, Jenna, I was sitting there thinking, gosh, it's been a while since the three of us have all been in one room together. Yeah.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Well, speaking of great gifts, it's time for our Office Ladies Gift Exchange. Thanks to Macy's. Woohoo! Sam, Cassie, get in here. Here we go. Bear with us, guys. This is so fun, the four of us being in the room together.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Well, we won't make you listen to me sing off-key much longer, but you guys, guess what this means? That's right.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
I actually really love this. We got to do it more. Okay, so we have presents and one of our very favorite holiday treats. It's time to give love, give Moose Munch. Everybody, let me open it up.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Here, I'm going to put it in a big bowl so we can share. I brought it. Oh my gosh, I love mousse munch. I'm like so excited about this.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
I realize I put Cassie's in the identical gift bag, so I had to let her know which is hers. Which is hers. Okay. Opening, opening.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
All right, Cassie, open yours. Clearly, I have a theme whenever I shop for you, and I'm so sorry.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
We're going to mix it up next year if we are.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
I know you do. And Jenna was like, Ange, I found the perfect one for Sam. So, you know, we're leaning into what you guys like.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
All right, Angela, here's your little gift. Guess what?
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Yes. And they have animals, and they have everything. Okay. Jenna, you really went heavy on the tissue here. Sorry about that.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Jenna drew Sam and I drew Cassie basically in our gift giving. Oh, it's a camera.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
It's got this really cool graphic design, too. It's a retrospect killer acid. Yeah, killer acid.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Oh, it looks really cute. Okay. All right.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Okay. Cassie, your turn. This is your big one. You said something the other day in studio that, that just stuck in my brain. And I thought, well, maybe she might like this.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
But you were saying you always wear the cutest jackets. And you came in the other day and I sneakily said, oh, that's so cute. What size is that jacket? Do you remember?
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
It's so cute. It's by On 34th, created for Macy's. And I thought you could dress it up or dress it down.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
I did want this. Okay, so I tend to put things on our storefront that I actually want for myself. I'm guilty of that as well.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
It's a little cross-body saddlebag. Yes, it's by On 34th. Yay. Okay, Jenna, here is your big gift. This is something you were saying you wanted, so I just got you exactly what you've been talking about.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Oh, his reaction. Talk about that little kid getting the best gift ever. Yes. It's like, seriously?
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
A lunch pail. So Jenna brings her lunch almost every week when we record. And this is an insulated lunch bag. Oh, lady. Thank you. And look at the little handle. It is so stinking cute. Here, open it up. Look, it's pretty spacious.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
So insane. Thank you. It's a black and white stripe sort of pattern, and I just thought it looked cute. I absolutely love it.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
It's by Zulay Kitchen, and it's on our storefront as well.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Yeah. We actually sat side by side with our laptops and literally put the storefront together and we're like, ooh, this, ooh, that, ooh, this. I know. And you can shop our favorites this holiday season directly from our Macy's gift guide storefront by visiting the link in our Instagram bio. Yes.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Yeah, there was one on set. A big gift bag. Yeah. And you fit. I did. I crawled in it. And then you guys all took a picture of me and we'll put that in our stories.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Yeah. Well, you know, The Office has so many great Christmas episodes. And I loved our dueling Santas in season six in the Secret Santa episode. Oh, is that the one where it's Phyllis versus Michael, right? Yes. So Phyllis versus Michael, but then also Bob Vance shows up as Santa. That's right. We end up having three Santas. But Phyllis has such a great talking head about being Santa.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
I love it so much. And I feel like we need to hear it. I have been wanting to be Santa for years.
Office Ladies
Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Aw, I love Santa Phyllis. I know. Santa Phyllis is so sweet. Well, you know, Jenna, all this talk about Santas on the set of The Office makes me think of a story I want to share about meeting someone who became a Santa's helper. And moms and dads out there, if you're listening, you might want to listen to this part first before you share it with your family and any little ears.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
So I feel like this is the perfect time. I agree. So yeah, like Jenna said, I was working on my Hallmark Christmas movie. And to get to the set, the location was about an hour from where I was staying. So every day they would send a transportation driver that worked on the movie to drive me to the set. And one of the guys that drove me was named Dan Cresswell.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
And when you have an hour drive, you get to know someone. You start chatting. And on one of our drives, I asked him, oh, are you going to go work on another movie? Because a lot of the crew was saying they already had another job, another Christmas movie lined up. And he said, no, I'm about to take my three-month yearly break. And I thought, three months off? I was so curious.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
I said, well, what do you do during these three months? And he said, well, I'm a professional Santa. And from October to December, I start work as Santa.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
I did. I was like, I have so many questions. And we have an hour car ride. So we're going to get into it. First of all, lady, I had to ask him, how did this start? How do you just kind of wake up one day and say, I'm going to be a Santa? Well, does he look like Santa? Does he grow out a beard and everything? He does not look like a Santa at all. And he will be very quick to tell you, by the way.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
That all the Santas you see, they are Santa's helpers. They're not the real Santa. They're all Santa's helpers for everyone listening out there. That's right. So all the kids listening out there, Dan wanted you to know that he's a Santa's helper.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Because it's a busy season and Santa needs all the help he can get. That's right. So anyways, I'm like, but Dan, seriously, when did you start doing this? He said, well, it all started about seven years ago. I was earning extra money delivering pizzas. And it was November, and my son Zachary was 11 years old at the time, and he said, Dad, you should dress up as Santa when you deliver pizza.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
I think that would be really fun, and maybe you'd get better tips. That's a smart kid. It's so cute. And Dan kind of laughed, and then he thought about it, and then... He was at Walmart and there was a Santa suit for $50, so he decided to give it a go. He said his very first pizza delivery dressed as Santa, a dad opened the door and his little girls were standing there with him.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
And they lost their minds. They were so excited that Santa had come and brought them pizza. And the dad said, would it be okay if I take a picture of you with my daughters for Christmas? Dan said, sure. And he said the whole family was so thrilled. And after that, he did get a nice little tip. And he thought, hmm. Maybe there's something to this.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
He said that even as he would drive around town delivering pizzas in a Santa suit, people would honk and wave. They'd want to take their picture like through the car window. And he loved it. And he told his wife, maybe I could do this as an actual business. He didn't know anything about it or how to go about it. Lady, he Googled. He was a Santa who Googled? Yes.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
He said he found a Santa school in Vancouver. It was a four-day course, Friday through Monday. You get to learn how to become a professional Santa and marketing, et cetera. And after that, he got a job as a Santa for Cabela's, which is very similar to like our Bass Pro Shop. Okay. And he worked there for two years.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Okay. Before we get in today's episode, I am really curious, you guys. I love holiday traditions. I love hearing what other people's holiday traditions are. And Jenna, Sam, Cassie, I thought it'd be really fun for us to share something we do with our friends or family every year to celebrate the holidays. Sam, you want to go first?
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He kind of did some highlighting at the mall, but he really wanted to start his own Santa business. This was his dream. And his boss at the Cabela place got him a much better Santa suit. And he was like, ooh, I'm going to need all the Santa gear if I'm going to make this my own business. And I might need one or two more suits. So he asked her, where do you get your Santa suits?
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
And she said, uh-uh, I'm not telling you. Why wouldn't she give up the details about where to get a good Santa suit? I guess she's the go-to for good Santa suits in Vancouver. And she didn't want to give up her source. Wow. I know. So he really had to mom detective it. He joined a bunch of online communities of working Santas. He found a site called HireSanta.com.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
He said he has two suits, the Coca-Cola Santa suit and the traditional Santa suit. They run about $1,400 each. Whoa. Yeah, but they're really nice, he said, and they last a long time. But that wasn't it. Now he needed a good beard. He does not have a beard. He has short brown hair. He needed a beard. He needed the full look. The first beard he bought was in California.
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It was made from real hair and cost $1,500. Wow. Yeah. But it didn't hold up as well as he liked when kids would tug on it because he said they tug on your beard. Okay. So then through this community of Santas, he found a lady that makes handmade beards in China using yak hair. Wow. Uh-huh. He said it's the best Santa beard out there. They average around $900 to $1,000 Canadian.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
This is a real investment. It really is.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
He wants to look like a really good Santa. If he's going to start his own business, he wants to be the real deal is what he told me.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
And he showed me pictures of his suits. They're beautiful. They're like works of art. He also needed special Santa glasses, and he got those from Spangle the Clown. It's a website. Guess what? He's a clown and a Santa. Oh. He even found a website where you can get accessories. Like he has a North Pole driver's license that he can show kids. It's so cute, lady. He texted me his picture.
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It's so adorable. But now he had everything he needed to start his own business, but he didn't know how to put on the beard. How do you put on this beard? How do you get it to stay? How do you do the makeup? And here he is driving on these movie sets. So he went into the hair and makeup trailer on one of the movie sets. I would hope so. They taught him how to do the whole look.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
He says it takes him about 45 minutes. He puts on the beard with the spearmint gum. And it really adheres that way if kids tug at it. It's like his own hair. It's not coming off. And the hair and makeup department on the movie, they thought it was so fun. They gave him a nickname because his name is Dan, but he's a Santa. So everyone on the set calls him Danta. And now he has his own business.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
He is his own Santa. He gets booking starting as early as July. He said that October is photo time. He does photo shoots with people. November, December is the big corporate gigs and home visits. And one of his biggest goals as Santa was to be in one of these holiday movies that he works on as a transportation driver. And it finally happened. He's been trying for four years.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
And this year, he's in a Hallmark Christmas movie as a Santa. As a Santa. Yeah. Santa is going to be in a movie. Yes. It's called Leah's Perfect Gift. It's on Hallmark. And he told me he only has one big dream left as Santa. What is it? He wants to someday go to the world's oldest Santa school. Where's that? In Midland, Michigan. It was established in 1937.
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It's called Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School. On their website, it has this quote. He errs who thinks Santa enters through the chimney. Santa enters through the heart. Oh, I know. And lastly, I said, Dan, why do you like being a Santa's helper? And he said he loves making people happy. He said the way the kids' eyes just light up when they see Santa. He said you see hope. You see wonder.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
The parents are so happy. He said every day is something different, but it's always joyful. And Dan's son is now 21 years old. He said he's so proud of his dad. And it's all because he told him to dress up as Santa to deliver pizzas.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Oh, my gosh. I love that. I can just picture all of that.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Well, thank you, lady. I just really enjoyed getting to know him. It's a whole world I knew nothing about. I didn't know there was Santa school. I know. There's a whole program. Yeah. And I'm going to share Dan's website in our Instagram. If you're in the Vancouver area and you need a Santa, you'll have all his information. Thank you, Dan.
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I love that. You know, it's so funny, Jenna, because I have such a great memory of the Macy's Day Parade when I was interning on Conan, and it couldn't be more different. But I want to tell you – So here I am. I'm in my early 20s. I'm interning on Conan O'Brien when they used to tape at 30 Rockefeller Center. And it's the day before the Macy's Day Parade.
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And they close all these streets along the route, right? And it's in the morning and I'm walking to work and the street is closed. There's like no one on it. And I see this man in a full suit, like a really nice suit with a nice coat. And he is rollerblading with a briefcase through the street, just like zooming by. And as he goes by me, I just said, oh, wow, that's so cool.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
And he goes, my favorite day of the year. I always skate to work on this day. Oh, my gosh. Isn't that funny? Yes. And it was such a, like, visual, you know, to see this one lone horse. skater in a suit in like an abandoned part of Manhattan. I'll never forget it.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
You know, it's so interesting because it's not so much just one song for me, but an album. Okay. So I love Elvis's Christmas album. Oh, yes. It's so good. You know, his Silent Night, Holy Night is really beautiful. But then he also has Santa Claus is Back in Town. And that's like a really fun one. But I just love that album.
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Who are you right now? I don't know. I like it. You guys, you know, since we're talking holiday music, I have to give a shout out to our dear friend, Kate Flannery, because she has a great Christmas album with Jane Lynch called A Swinging Little Christmas. Oh, yes. And I also have that. It's so fun. Her show, she does a show this time of year. It's a super fun holiday show.
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And I just always love to give her a shout out.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Yes. I love it. I remember it like I was there when Brian is coming. I was like, yo, yo, yo.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Oh, I love that. Well, that's kind of similar to mine. One of the things that Josh does is he gets up early before everyone else on Christmas morning and he goes downstairs and he makes coffee cake. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And then when the kids wake up, we make them all wait at the top of the stairs. And we have pictures from every year, Jenna, when they were little.
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I love that song. It is a great song. It's a great song. It always makes me think of the end of that movie, Love. Actually, I love that song.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
And now they're teenagers and they still want to do it. They wait at the top of the stairs and they're like Christmas cozy pajamas until we yell, all right, come down. And then they run down the stairs to see all the gifts under the tree because we always leave one from Santa still. And the whole house smells like coffee cake, and I just love it.
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Wow. And she recorded that when she was 13.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Well, that was our holiday bonus episode. Thanks to the nice folks at Macy's. We'll be sharing lots of fun stuff in our Insta stories from today's episode. So be sure and check them out.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
And next week, we have another great episode. We are breaking down a fan favorite episode. which is the super fan hot girl episode. Yeah.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
We hope you have a great one. See you then. Thank you for listening to Office Ladies. Office Ladies is a presentation of Odyssey and is produced by Jenna Fisher and Angela Kinsey.
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This exclusive collection is available on Macy's.com, Macy's mobile app, and select Macy's stores nationwide.
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It was so good to see him. Yes. And he's also going to talk about his new book that he co-wrote with Ben Silverman. It's already a New York Times bestseller. It's called Twas the Night Before Christmas at Dunder Mifflin.
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All right. Well, here is our chat with Brian. Brian Baumgartner, welcome to Office Ladies.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
So did I. In fact, we found out we were just a few blocks apart and we didn't even know.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Yep, that's right. You've been so wonderful and so supportive of our podcast. We have texted you the most random questions.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
My favorite thing when I can tell you're fired up is you do the one word. You'll say, not true, correct, false. You kind of become Dwight.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
I can't wait for you to be like, untrue. False.
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Bonus Christmas Episode with Brian Baumgartner
Jenna has on the cutest hoodie ever. You guys, it looks homemade, Jenna. It's like... It is! It's so cute. It's got little mittens and a snowman. Where'd you get it? My mom gave this to me. She got it at a craft fair in St. Louis. Oh, I love a craft fair. And Sam has on the cutest Christmas sweatshirt. Sam, describe it.
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You know what? I'm going to rhapsodize about it a little bit and then I'll get back to you.
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It lights up. And then, Cassie, you might win the prize of the day.