50 Facts You Didn't Know About The Office

the office follows the everyday lives of employees at dunder-mifflin Scranton as they attempt to work under the always unpredictable Michael Scott it is definitely my favorite show of all time as I've watched the entire series over three times so sit back relax and enjoy hearing more about your favorite Paper Company one Steve Carrell almost wasn't Michael Scott then Universal Pictures chairman Stacey Snider first suggested Carell to the producers however Carell had already taken a job on the NBC sitcom come to Papa Greg Daniels also looked at Bob Odenkirk David Koechner Alan Tudyk and even Wilson who is obviously more suited for Dwight but come to Papa quickly flopped an NBC like Carell test for Michael Scott he nailed it said Silverman the rest is history to remember the episode gave witch-hunt where Michael holds a meeting talking about homosexuality well the ride is only intended for Michael to hug Oscar but Steve Carell obviously had other plans in mind and actually kissed him that's right the shock on Oscars face was 100% real 3 Greg Daniels has said that Jenna Fischer was the perfect Pam the only alternative he had to Jenna was one in which Pam was african-american and so was Roy it would have been Craig Robinson is Roy and Erica Van Tina Phillips is Pam for Steve Carell decided to place a Union Jack flag on top of his desk in honor of the British version of the show Steve Carell said the gesture was his own way of paying homage to the original series on which the NBC series was based which he very rarely watched 5 even after the office stopped airing Jenna Fischer kept the engagement ring that Jim gave her in the series and is still sometimes seen wearing it in TV appearances according to the grapevine the ring costs $5,000 when it was first bought 6-3 characters in The Office had their first success in The Daily Show ed Helms and Steve Carell had their first breakthrough when they became correspondents in the program while Larry Wilmore once served as one of the writers 7 Mindy Kaling was hired on the office after Greg Daniels saw her perform a two-woman show called matin Ben about Matt Damon and Ben with the roommate Brenda withers at the New York International Fringe Festival a Mindy's roommate Brenda maintenance in season two of the show plain Brenda matte load nine the casting directors initially wanted to bring John Krasinski in to read for Dwight but christiansí continually insisted that he felled Jim Halpert was a better fit for him he turned down the option to read for Dwight and said if they don't find a gym I'll come and read for that ten creed bratton initially was just cast as an extra in the background they had already cast all the parts but they allowed him to get involved in the show because they found him so odd eventually they gave him a few lines at a time and it was all history from there eleven creed bratton 'he's actual name in real life is creed bratton 12 creed bratton was a member of the 1960's band the grassroots 13 remember that episode in season nine where Pam is being interviewed by mark the guy who acts exactly like Michael that scene was a throwback to the little-known fact that Bob Odenkirk nearly got the role of Michael Scott 14 Phyllis Smith was once an NFL cheerleader and a burlesque performer yup she was actually the casting director of the show when she got offered the part of Phyllis which was created just for her 15 Amy Poehler was originally going to play the role of jan levinson-gould instead of melora hardin even though she didn't get the part the producers kept Poehler in mind and cast her as Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation 16 Steve Carell is married to Saturday Night Live alumnus Nancy Walz who we met when she attended an improv class he was teaching Nancy has appeared in the office as Michael's realtor and love interest Carol stills 17 in the episode basketball Daryl mentions that the winner of the game gets a dinner at Farley's Farley's was an actual restaurant in Scranton and had a Michael Scott burger on their menu 18 Leslie David Baker came out with the music video in 2011 that showed us all a different side of Stanley 19 according to dunder pedia a fansite for the office the computers on set were connected to the Internet if he saw an actor in the background doing work they were probably just messing around on 20 as soon as he found out he was cast as Jim John Krasinski headed to Scranton with some friends and a video camera to put together those opening shots that now play at the beginning of every episode 21 Parks and Recreation was almost an office spin-off originally Lieberstein imagined that one of Dunder Mifflin's copy machines would break get refurbished and end up in Pawnee Indiana thus time both NBC mockumentaries together unfortunately that never came to be and if it had that would have been pretty cool 22 Oscar wasn't supposed to be gay it all happened because wardrobe put him in a pink shirt at one point and that shirt led to Oscars big reveal in the season 3 episode gay witch hunt 23 the white being a beet farmer was inspired by the fact that Greg Daniels grandparents were beet farmers in Poland and Moses character was inspired by the reality show Amish in the city 24 so you might know that BJ Novak and John Krasinski went to the same high school but did you know that the same is true for Edie Holmes and Brian Baumgartner they were one year apart at the Westminster schools in Georgia classes of 91 and 92 25 poor richard's is a real bar in Scranton that you can actually visit it's inside a Scranton bowling alley and is called the south side lanes bar by locals 26 the certificate of Michael Scott's office reads certificate of authenticity Michael Scott is the proud owner of a quality Seiko timepiece with the word Seiko being misspelled 27 there were several spin-off ideas including a parody of PBS's and American family which would have starred Ed Helms and Catherine Tate also a Jim and Pam spin-off was considered around season four as was the Schrute farms spin-off that was never picked up by NBC 28 a lot of people turned on Pam when she became more assertive Fisher says that always made me sad I'm so proud of her that she found her voice but there are some people particularly men who are far more attracted to her as a Wallflower I think that's so telling and what they're looking for in a woman 29 the idea to create a US version of the office started after TV producer Ben Silverman happened to catch an episode of the UK version while vacationing in London Silverman immediately contacted the series creator Ricky Gervais to acquire the rights to the show xxx seth rogen audition for the role of Dwight 31 Angela Kinsey originally auditioned for the role of Pam after not getting the role Kinsey thought she and mr. shot to be on the show instead writers created the role of Angela just for her 32 the paper that is highlighted during the opening credits is actually a Los Angeles Department of City Planning document 33 BJ Novak's character was named after former Scranton baseball player Ryan Howard who later made a guest appearance on the show 34 the success of the 40 year old virgin was shot Steve Carell to stardom saved the office from cancellation after its first season 35 Jenna Fisher's real-life pregnancy was not an issue with writers as they were already planning for Pam to get pregnant 36 in the episode the launch party John Krasinski accidentally signs Meredith's cast with his real-life name 37 in the episode a Benihana Christmas Michael Andy and Jim dine at the same exact Benihana restaurant that Andy goes to in the 40 year old virgin 38 although Dunder Mifflin is a fictitious company it is recognized by the Scranton Chamber of Commerce because of all the tourism it has given the city 39 on the office Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey are bitter rivals but in real life the pair are actually best friends 40 some of the writers are actors Mindy Kaling Paul Lieberstein and BJ Novak are writers on the office Steve Carell jenna fischer Rainn Wilson and John Krasinski have written and directed episodes on occasion 41 even if they weren't writers Greg Daniels wanted to make sure his actors had a background in improvising he has said improv is a good tool to make a seem more natural 42 when Angela tells Kevin that she's afraid she'll be fired Kevin speaks in a much different voice than we're used to this is actually the normal voice of actor Brian Baumgartner 43 Michael asks Ryan if he's ever seen Punk'd a play on the beginning of BJ Novak's career as he was a cast member on the show 44 Stanley is shown to have depression mood swings muscle cramps and fatigue this is seen in a brief moment when there is a close-up of his healthcare form 45 the show had to stop production in November 2007 because of a writer's strike Steve Carell supported the writers and refused to cross the picket lines even for non writing duties Carell went so far as to call in sick to the network on the first day of the strike citing a case of enlarged balls as the reason he couldn't come in 46 Paul Lieberstein s role as toby flenderson was meant to be a one time appearance since Lieberstein had never acted before and never actually wanted to because of his quiet reserved personality however NBC president kevin reilly saw the episode where toby appeared and reportedly said that red-haired guy is terrific we should see more of him thus cementing Toby's role as a recurring character notably Toby has no or few lines or story presence in any episode that Paul Lieberstein writes order X 47 the welcome to Scranton sign featured in the opening credits formerly located on the Central City Expressway is now on display in the food court of the mall at steam town 48 Michael Scott speaks the first line of the series and Pam delivers the final line 49 a couple times throughout the series angela mentions that her favorite song is little drummer boy in the pilot episode of the series at the very beginning of the episode Dwight is singing that very song at his desk fifty Michael Scott has Donald Trump's book think like a billionaire in his office alright guys thank you so much for watching please leave a like and subscribe as that helps me out a lot and let me know in the comments what kind of video you guys want me to do next I was thinking of moving away from the facts for a little bit so let me know what you think about that alright thanks bye

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Length: 10min 43sec (643 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 13 2016

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