Office Ladies - A Look Back on Christening

Episode Date: December 27, 2023

This week we’re taking a look back at “Christening”. It’s baby Cece’s christening and Michael has invited the entire office to attend the ceremony without telling Jim and Pam. Jenna has a gi...ft for Angela, Sam points out another clue to who the Scranton Strangler may be and Office Ladies fans, the day has come… Angela brought in one of her journals and shares a couple entries with us! So don’t be a Sconesy Cider and enjoy this ep!  Check out Office Ladies Merch at Podswag: https://www.podswag.com/collections/office-ladiesOffice Ladies Website - Submit a fan question: https://officeladies.com/submitaquestionFollow Us on Instagram: OfficeLadiesPod

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Starting point is 00:00:00 I'm Jennifer Fisher and I'm Angela Kinsey. We were on the office together and we're best friends. And now we're doing the ultimate office rewatch podcast just for you. Each week we will break down an episode of the office and give exclusive behind the scene stories that only two people who were there can tell you. We're the office ladies. Hello everyone. Hey there. Off-S ladies. Hello, everyone.
Starting point is 00:00:25 Hey there. Today we're talking about Christening, which is season seven, episode seven, written by Peter Oco and directed by Alex Hardcastle. How about a summary? I thought you'd never ask. It is Cece Helper, it's Christening, and the whole office shows up to the dismay of Jim and Pam.
Starting point is 00:00:45 Michael is not the Godfather, but during a post-Christening reception with two little food, he is moved by the spirit of the Church parishioners and impulsively joins a youth ministry trip to Mexico. And Andy goes to. I mean, the whole office shows up because Michael invited them. Yes. Not Jim and Pam because Michael invited them. Yes. Not Jim and Pam. Michael invited them. And they didn't know better.
Starting point is 00:01:11 Not to come. I know! Like, Archie, like, huh, where did that Jim and Pam didn't invite me? But Michael did, I guess I'll go. I mean, it's really sweet that everyone showed up, actually. It is, but I don't think Jim and Pam invited them. Fast fact number one, both our writer and our director are new on this episode. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:01:31 Let's start with our director, Alex Hardcastle. He is a British television director and producer. He has directed such shows as New Girl, The Mindy Project, Crazy X Girlfriend, and Grace and Frankie. He was recommended by our executive producer Howard Klein. And I remember him well, he was delightful. He was so charming, you guys, he had a really cute accent. I mean, we were such suckers for the accents Charles McDougall.
Starting point is 00:01:59 I know. Idris. Alex Hardcastle. I know. Randy said he worked with Alex on other productions after the office and he was always awesome. Now let's talk about Peter, a writer. He was a new writer on staff with us for season seven, and he had previously written on Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies, and Peter was quoted in Andy Green's book about the office, and
Starting point is 00:02:21 he specifically talked about the christening episode. Oh, what do you say? He said, quote, when I first started, they had this idea for a christening episode, which is as unsexy an episode as you can possibly pitch. And when they brought it up, the entire room looked at me because I had a lot of kids. And that's true. He had five kids. He has a big family. And then he said, I think the thought was, we'll let him write it.
Starting point is 00:02:48 And I felt this sense of how do you keep what we all loved in Jim and Pam in this post-marriage post-baby world? But he said they just tried to lean into it and acknowledge that the office was as much of a family for Jim and Pam in season seven as it was for Michael. And so that's where they got the idea that in the christening episode, you would bring the office into that story. Yeah. I can imagine your first writing assignment, the christening to be a little tough. I love
Starting point is 00:03:17 hearing all of that. My memory of Peter is that he was so nice. And I was a big fan of dead like me. So I was like, oh my gosh, that's such a cool show. And now we get one of the writers from that show. One of the fun parts about working in this industry is that you get to run into people you're fans of and you get to hear all the inside scoop about what went into making this show or movie that you love so much.
Starting point is 00:03:40 Mm-hmm. Do you want Fastback too? Can I guess what it is? What is it? Because we're becoming like that old married couple. A little bit in the pot. You know what I order for dinner? Maybe.
Starting point is 00:03:51 I'm gonna guess Sam you guess too. Okay. FastFact 2, I'm gonna guess that it's a location breakdown of the church. Uh, history of uh, Chris andnings. Ha ha ha ha. Those are two good guesses, I think. Angela is correct. Is that?
Starting point is 00:04:08 Yes. Woo hoo! We had a fan question from Fabie, a new hamster, who wanted to know where were the church scenes filmed. It was beautiful. It was gorgeous. We shot at church of the angels in Pasadena. And I want to give a shout out to the scale Lindsay and her blog quote,
Starting point is 00:04:25 I'm not a stalker because she goes around to different like film and television locations. Okay. And then she writes a little history about them and she pulled together all this cool information on Church of the Angels. What's here at? So this church was built in 1889 and it is the oldest church in Pasadena. It was built by Mrs. Francis E. Campbell Johnston in memory of her husband, Alexander Robert Campbell Johnston, who was one of the first settlers of Pasadena. He was British. And the church's design was based on Homee St. Mary's Church in Surrey. I was going to say it looks like an old sort of English country church.
Starting point is 00:05:08 I thought you were going to say it looks like horn bee st. Mary's. Yeah, definitely. That would have been money or, but it really did when I was looking at it. I was like, oh, all the old stone and all of that. Yeah. Well, speaking of stone, the very first corner stone of the church was laid in place by Francis herself. It's an Episcopalian church, and I don't know if you remember this, but there's a large pipe organ inside the church. It is functional.
Starting point is 00:05:38 It was built in 1889 by the Roosevelt organ works in New York City. This church has been featured in a lot of film and television. It has appeared on Nots Landing, which is why Lindsay stalked it. She was a Nots Landing fan. It has also appeared on Desperate Housewives, the X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the West Wing, Jag, the Mick Jagger.
Starting point is 00:06:01 God gave me everything I want music video. The movies just married Heather's, and of course the office. That church has a longer resume than I do. That's impressive. And incidentally, our base camp with all our trailers was in the Rose Bowl parking lots. Well, I left that location breakdown. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:06:24 Thank you, Lindsay, for blogging about it. Couldn't find your last name. Fastback number three is all about our amazing guest star, Zoe Jarman, who played Carla. Carla! Carla! I mean, when she popped up, I immediately started giggling because we were so taken with her when we were shooting. She was so fantastic in her scenes with Steve. She held him toe-to-toe.
Starting point is 00:06:50 Mm-hmm. Zoe, I was so excited to rewatch these scenes. I could not find Zoe on Instagram or Twitter or anywhere social media. Respect, Zoe. Whenever I can't find somebody, I'm always like, oh, they're a real actor. I do. And so I could not slide into her DMs. Zoe, if you hear this, we would have loved to spoken to you. If you ever do get a social media slide into our DMs. Yes, it's an invitation. Well, let me tell you a little bit about Zoe. She is a comedian sketch performer and also a writer and director. She studied theater at Northwestern University in Chicago and she also studied at both upright Citizens Brigade and
Starting point is 00:07:29 the ground links. I'm sure a lot of people know her as Betsy in the first two seasons of the Mindy project and that was a role that she got thanks to this guest role on the office. I did find an interview with her where she said this. No, quote. I knew Mindy a bit before the show through the comedy community. She's been really supportive and kind to me in the times that I had gotten to be around her. Then she was really nice to me when I was on the set of the office and made me feel really welcome. Zoe said she had a really positive experience doing the office and was really happy with the way her part turned out in the episode. Well, Zoe, we loved you and I kept hoping for some kind of wrap up to Carla's story.
Starting point is 00:08:09 Like, I wanted to hear how it went. I mean, I would have loved if like in season eight. Yes. Someone got a card from her from Carla. Yeah. In Mexico. Mm-hmm. Well, that's all I got for fast facts. Well, I have a fan catch. I'd love to hear it. This starts the beginning of a new DVD. You know, I'm watching the DVDs. New DVD.
Starting point is 00:08:35 It's very exciting. Clearly, it's more exciting for me. Jenna's looking at me with such a blank expression. I get very excited, Jenna, when I finish a DVD and I set it aside and I go get the next one. I know you have commented on the DVDs before. Okay, clearly I've brought it up too much, but I have a fan catch from Sam S from Canada. Sam says in the delivery Jim announced that their daughter's name is Cecilia. CC for short. I have the DVD box set, and on the description for the christening episode, it says that her name is Celeste.
Starting point is 00:09:10 Quote, it's overcrowded at Jim and Pam's christening for baby Celeste when everyone from the office shows up. But then throughout the rest of the show, she's referred to as Cecilia or CC. Was this a production error? Oh, it had to have been! What did your DVD say, Angela? My DVD said the same!
Starting point is 00:09:29 Celeste! What?! Does anyone else's DVDs say Celeste? Is happening! I think there was a little bit of an oops. There was an oopsie. Sam, I want you to know that you have made Angela's day. Yes, you have, Sam.
Starting point is 00:09:44 You have also scrutinized your DVDs, and that makes Angela's heart happy. It really does. And for anyone else like out of DVD box set that says Celeste, let us know. I think Sam and I need to know. Mm-hmm. Speaking of BabyCC,
Starting point is 00:10:01 guess what I have, thanks to Joya Balfour from NBC.com. Lady, I hope you're gonna tell me that you have Pam's Christening blog because I couldn't find it, but I remember it existed. Yes, I have it. Joya sent it to me. Here's how it read. CCC's Christening, posted by Pam Halpert on November 4, 2010, at 1942 hours. 1942 hours. Okay, yeah. You know, you minus 12. So I posted it. 7 42 PM didn't say. Well, that's what the 17 is. Oh, right. That's why we're doing military time. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:45 Right. So you don't have to worry if it's AMRPM. Right. When you're in a stressful situation. In the number. Yes. Yes. That way, if things are going down, you know it's nighttime and not the morning.
Starting point is 00:10:57 Yeah. Okay. Here's what it said. Okay. 742 PM. It's official. CC is a member of the Covenant community. The baptism ceremony was beautiful, mostly.
Starting point is 00:11:10 CC looked so cute in her christening gown, she was almost in it long enough to get a picture. It was wonderful to see all of our friends and family at the church. My apologies to everyone that went to the reception. We promised that CC's wedding will be catered. Although the day didn't go as smoothly as planned, all in all, it was a truly blessed event. I know all babies are equal in the eyes of the Lord, but Cece was definitely the cutest baby there.
Starting point is 00:11:35 Aw! Very sweet. Pam's baby blog. Who is she writing this for? It's like who I used to write my journals for. Yeah, I don't know who's reading her blog I might have brought a journal today Please say yes. Yes. I found one of my journal
Starting point is 00:11:53 All right, we're gonna take a break. Uh-huh We're gonna come back and break down this episode and at some point Angela will be getting out her journal. Oh I can see it. I just want to knock it. Wait, I just need Jenna to read. I just need Jenna to read what's on the front of my journal. I am here to live out loud. Yeah, yes I am guys. Yes I am. And when we come back, we're going to break down the christening. Get into my journal and who knows what else. I have a present for you. You do? Oh my gosh.
Starting point is 00:12:29 There's so much to do today. We'll be right back. This episode starts with Pam. In her role as office administrator administrator and she is leading a conference remeading all about hygiene. Yeah, and she's got a big sign. If you go to 12 seconds, it says, Saber hygiene day. Simicolin.
Starting point is 00:12:54 Simple steps to a cleaner working environment. Always wash your hands. Remember to get your flu shot. Wipe down your desk daily. Stay home when you are sick or contagious, use the hand sanitizing station often. Dwight isn't happy about the hand sanitizing stations or any of these suggestions, really. He says that the best way to not get sick is to be exposed to germs and he would like a hand-de-sanitizing station.
Starting point is 00:13:21 Did you hear what he wants in his hand-de-sanitizing station. Did you hear what he wants in his hand desanetizing station? No, I missed it. He wants, and I quote, a simple bowl at every juncture filled with dirt, vomit, fecal matter. Oh God. And then he gets cut off. What? What the heck? This got me curious because Pam said, according to a study done by the University of Arizona, they discovered that your keyboards have hundreds of times more bacteria per square inch than a toilet seat. That's true. It is true. I know.
Starting point is 00:13:53 So does your phone, by the way. Oh, I went to WebMD. Are you ready for the top five most germy places in an office? Yeah. Number one, elevator buttons. Many of them don't work as we've learned. Yeah, stop touching them. Who cares? Number two, door handles. Mm-hmm. Number three, your actual desk, like your actual desk top. Okay. Number four, your keyboard. Number five, your telephone. Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:14:24 Is this a good time to tell you that when I go into like a hotel room or something, I wipe down the remote and the light switches and like everything with a little antibacterial wipe because I watched a whole, you know, whatever date line or something like that. I saw the date line all about it. I feel like we all saw that date line where they went in with that special light and everything glowed blue because it was poop or earwax or something disgusting. The most disturbing part of that show for me was when they showed like secret cameras of how they don't really clean the water glasses that are left in the bathroom.
Starting point is 00:15:01 Like a lot of places they just like sort of rinsed them under water using the same rag that they had just used to like clean the bathroom. I never use those cups. Okay. I don't. Well, I've been using them, but I might not anymore. I put my makeup brushes in them. I don't drink out of them.
Starting point is 00:15:22 That's a no for me. Okay, well, just saying.. That's a no for me. Okay. Well, just saying. It's a new no for me. Well, Pam also suggests that you should cough into your elbow as a great way to prevent the spreading of germs or sneeze into your elbow, like the Dracula. Yeah, the vampire cough. Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 00:15:43 And I read some studies on that, and that is good advice. Yeah, they should do that. They teach all of our kids to do that at school. Mm-hmm. And now all my kids cough like that. Well, Dwight says that he would rather people just cough or sneeze directly on him. So we have a montage of people sneezing on him, his food, all kinds of things. We got a fan question from Rosie S and Ed and
Starting point is 00:16:05 Burrow Scotland who said, I spotted a small error in the cold open. What Rosie? Dwight talks about the cost of wool in Transylvania. And he blames it on the euro. But Rosie points out that Transylvania is in Romania, which does not use the euro. It's in Europe, but they have their own currency. To white. And they have for a while. Now, I believe they are converting to the Euro in a few years, however. Do I got it wrong? That's rare.
Starting point is 00:16:33 That's rare. Dwight, often we find, has got it right, but not this time. The episode starts outside of the church. Angela is walking up to Jim and Pam and they're holding little Sexy. Yeah, the whole office is kind of congregated outside before the ceremony begins. And I'll have you know, Angela, we shot this episode, the week of September 13, 2010. And we are recording this podcast almost exactly 12 years later in September 2022. That is crazy. Now, you know what the temperature is today, right? Oh yeah, it's like 103. Yes. We did all of these exterior scenes outside this church in heavy wool coats, pretending it was fall because this aired in November. Yeah. But luckily it was only 83 degrees. But still, when you watch all of these scenes outside the church, just know that we are
Starting point is 00:17:29 very hot. We did not put a coat on baby CC on purpose. We did not want to overheat the baby. But Pam is in a wool coat. Well, I got so tickled rewatching these scenes, Jenna, because I had so much fun being so sweet to the baby and so snarky to Jim and Pam. I know. I really loved those turns every time. I even went to the shooting draft Jenna to see if there was stage direction about it.
Starting point is 00:17:51 Mm-hmm. And it said, Angela is cold to Jim and Pam and cute see to see see. Hmm. And you know, Jenna, in this episode, I have two improv lines that made it in. Oh, I think I know one of them. Well, the first one comes in this little couple of dialogue when Angela turns to Jim and Pam, and she goes, Jim, Pam, and the pressure to Spundle of God's gift to everything, and then she goes back to Jim and Pam. I wish you both a pleasant day.
Starting point is 00:18:15 And then I am provised. And you too, yes, praise God. Okay. Aw. I just couldn't get enough of those little girls. Those babies were so cute. People just turned into jelly around those babies. I know.
Starting point is 00:18:28 They were the sweetest. Once again, they were played by Bailey and Sienna. Although there were a few times that we used the creepy jelly baby. Oh, I caught it. Yeah. Phil got it for us. They're really expensive. We've talked about these before.
Starting point is 00:18:43 They're like thousands of dollars. And we had to be careful with them. I have some catches. I have some jelly baby catches. I do too. But in these opening scenes, it was all Bailey and Sienna. You know, in the shooting draft, there's a series of talking heads
Starting point is 00:18:57 where everyone would have weighed in on whether or not they want kids. Oh, yeah. But Andy saying that he wanted nard pups is the one that made it in and it's definitely the best one. Well as everyone's entering the church, Dwight is going to hand out his business cards. And you know what cracked me up about this moment Jenna, it's very small, but Rain chose to deliver the line where he hands the business cards in the way that when you walk into church they hand you the program.
Starting point is 00:19:26 Yes. I thought that was so great. He was like, Dwight Shrute, regional sales, Dwight Shrute, business card. Like he did that cadence. Yes. This was part of a bigger storyline for Dwight. It's in deleted scenes. It comes out throughout the episode where he is really trying to work this church crowd for business.
Starting point is 00:19:44 Well, the one person who's having trouble getting into the church is Toby. He says it's been a few years since he's attended a church service. Yeah. He and the big guy have some catching up to do. I went to deleted scenes and looked in our candy bag alts because I was curious
Starting point is 00:19:59 if there was any more backstory. I mean, we learned in season five, casual Friday, that Toby had been in seminary and dropped out because he wanted to have sex with his girlfriend Kathy. Yes. And then followed her to Scranton and took the first job he could find, which was in human resources at Dundermifflin.
Starting point is 00:20:17 Well, I'm curious what you found because we had fan questions from Rachel C. and Suffolk Virginia and Kaylee E. and Indianapolis, Indiana, who said, so Toby has trouble going into the church, but wasn't he at Jim and Pam's wedding as well as Phyllis's wedding? He didn't have a problem going into those churches. Oh, that's such a good catch.
Starting point is 00:20:39 Well the candy bag alts were all versions of this. Here's one of them. Toby, I studied for the ministry, but well, it didn't work out. So I'm going to walk into the church, maybe look up at the altar and say, hey, remember me, it's Toby. Okay. They were all versions of that that he left the church, and there was some mystery, and he's got a little bit of beef, maybe with the big man. You know where my brain went. What you know who wouldn't want to enter a church because they have a problem with God who a Strangler oh And he started strangling after Jim and Pam's wedding and Phyllis's wedding. Yep
Starting point is 00:21:20 Sam Sam is Toby the Scranton Strangler. Will the reddit threads be a buzz with this new development? Michael of course is gonna try to weasel his way into the family sitting area at the church. I mean this is what he does. Remember Phyllis is wedding. He wanted to be in the family photo. Mm-hmm. And he's doing his godfather impression. And I loved this line so much, Jenna. You said, you know, I love it when you do that voice, but today I'm sorry. I need you to tell me that you know you're not CC's Godfather. And then Michael's like, yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:53 And Pam says, I'm sorry, Michael. I need you to say it. I'm so sorry. I have to say that exchange sort of reminded me a little bit of Carol stills. Yes, I felt like it was something Carol would say to Michael. Michael, we're breaking up. I need you to know that.
Starting point is 00:22:09 And I need you to say it back to me. Exactly. Well, I don't know if you noticed, but little Cece is holding a little toy in her hand through all these scenes. I did. It's like a little tiger. So that was a real little toy. I don't know if it was Bailey or Santa in the scene,
Starting point is 00:22:25 but it was just a great way to help make her feel secure. That was something that we did sometime. We just let them carry their own blankies or their own little toys. Yeah. You know, something that is revealed in the scene, Angela, is that the godfather of Jim and Pam's baby is their friend Seth, whose wife Pam met at mommy and me. I mean, baby is their friend Seth, whose wife Pam met at mommy and me. I mean, isn't that sort of just like a quick turnaround to Godfather status? Fan mail flurry, Angela! So many people wrote in to say, why did Pam and Jim choose two people they essentially just met?
Starting point is 00:23:03 To meet these Godparents rather than one of their siblings are even an old friend. I am part of the fan mail flurry. Well, this made me wonder, hey, where is Pam's sister? Yeah, this is a big moment for Pam. I know. Also, where is her friend Isabel? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:19 I mean, a lot of people are no shows. Jim's brothers. Yeah. They all live in town. Jim's brothers. Yeah. They all live in town. It's not like these people had to travel far. I don't know. Mm. Maybe you know, we did have a lot of guest stars
Starting point is 00:23:33 in this episode. Maybe we just like couldn't pack anybody else in. Well, I'm with Michael. Michael's like, he can't believe that these two in his eyes, random people are are going to hold such a huge part in C.C.'s life. We never find out the godmother's name. It's just Seth and his wife. Anyway, well, the pastor is going to welcome everyone. I loved this scene. It just reminded me so much of Sundays during football season in church because the pastor says what a terrific day this is,
Starting point is 00:24:07 and not just because the Eagles are playing, and Kevin is so tickled. This is like the biggest laugh that he's had in a while. We had a fan question from Kirsten L. in Minnesota. I really appreciate that the church pastor was cast as female. As someone who is considering becoming a Lutheran pastor myself, there aren't many women pastors depicted in the media.
Starting point is 00:24:31 I'm wondering how this came about. Was Alison Jones looking for a woman specifically for this role? Is this woman an actual pastor? Well, Kirsten, the script called for a woman to play this role. Minister Gail was played by an actress named Carolyn Wilson. She's also appeared in Veepe and Space Force.
Starting point is 00:24:52 And get this! She was the casting associate for that 70s show, including the episode in which I played Stacey Wanamaker. Huh! Yeah. Huh, yeah. Well, I thought Carolyn did a great job. So believable. I mean, I would have believed she was a real pastor and I was like, I wanna hear her sermon.
Starting point is 00:25:13 Well, as part of her welcoming everyone to church that day, the pastor is also gonna share with us that their young adult ministry is gonna be leaving for Mexico. And they all like applaud. They're very excited. And they're also going to have their prayers and remembrance section. Yes, Justin's mom, who was played by Sarah Zincir, is just going to ask everyone to keep
Starting point is 00:25:36 Justin and their thoughts and in their prayers. And then there is going to be a standoff for who speaks next, because both Dwight and a gentleman stand up at the same time and Dwight stares the man down until he sits, which was an amazing moment in my opinion. Well, Dwight is now gonna just basically hit everyone up to buy a printer. It's like so inappropriate.
Starting point is 00:25:58 And I have a jelly baby catch. Oh, is it at five minutes and 55 seconds? Yeah. Yes, during this whole scene, I had Jelly Baby, and I hope you noted some of the ways that I was trying to move Jelly Baby to make it look like it was a real baby. You were like bobbing her on your knee. Yeah. And like kind of like moving her arm with my thumb. Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 00:26:22 Lady, this reminded me of the most famous jelly baby in a movie. Do you remember it? Oh, I do, I do, I do. Wait, no, I've got it, because Josh and I were like, this is ridiculous, this is a big budget movie. Wait, wait, wait, no, I have it. Wait, I can see the guy's face. Bradley Cooper.
Starting point is 00:26:42 Yes, Bradley Cooper. In American Sniper. Yes, he's holding this baby that is so thick. He does a lot of the same kind of jelly baby stuff I was doing like there's one part. I rewatched it where you see him take his thumb and move the baby's arm, but this is like an emotional scene.
Starting point is 00:27:02 Yeah, and that baby was so distracting. And I feel like he was doing a really good performance, but all I could look at was this jelly baby. This is like an emotional scene. Yeah. And that baby was so distracting. And I feel like he was doing a really good performance. But all I could look at was this jelly baby. When this came out and it was all over the news, I found an audio clip. There's plenty of buzz and controversy surrounding American sniper moving tours in Cone Boy.
Starting point is 00:27:20 But this morning moviegoers are highlighting one layering issue in particular. Ah! Do you see it? The baby. It's a fake. It's a prop doll. For one minute and thirteen seconds Bradley Cooper pats cuddles cradles and also gently lays down that fake baby.
Starting point is 00:27:37 Now Twitter erupting with the hashtag fakebabywithpostlike. Did they not trust Bradley Cooper with a real baby? And had CPR class the other morning, found the baby used an American sniper. So I can't remember who it is, but someone associated with the movie tweeted, but then deleted why they used the fake baby? What was the tweet? It said something like the real baby showed up with a fever, and then the second baby didn't show up, And so they had to just use fake baby and do their best. Why do you have to delete that tweet?
Starting point is 00:28:10 That's just information. I don't know, I guess. Maybe it was like not his place to say. I don't know. Why there was a fake baby? I don't know. Or maybe the studio was like, don't call out the fake baby. Yeah, exactly.
Starting point is 00:28:23 Enough with the fake baby. I loved that clip from the news so much because I loved how many different stings were in their sand. Did you hear them? There was like the screech and the glass breaking. And like, I don't know, was there a helicopter? It was like, it was like,
Starting point is 00:28:38 a two-time radio recording. Yeah, there were so many things. Well, I have a great photo of our jelly baby. It was in between scenes. It was pretty hot because they kept turning off the air when we would film. I was in the main part of the church sitting area. You were up on the dais and I looked over at you and you looked at me and the jelly baby had flopped over kind of falling off your lap. And I took your picture. It's in our book, the Office BFFs. It cracks me up every time I see it. I love that we have that picture because Jelly Baby was a big part of my life,
Starting point is 00:29:12 starting now till the end of the show. Yeah, you spent a lot of time with Jelly Baby. And then you did too. And then I did too. And Jelly babies are heavy. And if you're hot, they can also make you more hot. Oh, we got another fan question from Angela V. An Ontario Canada who asked, who picked the hymns for this episode? Also, Jim Devar Singhs, he's laughing with Pam. Oh, okay, good catch. Randy said most of the hymns were chosen
Starting point is 00:29:39 because they were public domain with the exception of one, which was, with grateful hearts, our faith professing, that was scripted and it cost $5,000 to license about the cost of a jelly baby. Well, I think it's time for a break, and we have a few things outstanding. Mm-hmm, we have a journal. Yep, we have a gift.
Starting point is 00:29:58 Yes, baby Cece needs a whole new outfit. Yep, let's take a break and get to it. And someone stole the scones. I won't say who. What? I didn't steal them! Someone else put them in my bag. Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 00:30:12 All right. We are back. And C.C. Stiper needs a change. But before we do that, Angela, I want to give you your gift. Oh, okay. All right. Here it is, I wrapped it.
Starting point is 00:30:30 You really did. So, you know, we shared with everyone last week that we got desks and that we opened the mail wait before you look. What? I want to give it. I thought I was asking a lot of it. Okay.
Starting point is 00:30:42 I just want to say, what have you been saying you wish you had? A letter opener. Cause there's so many letters. Yes. And I've been opening them with my little finger and I snagged that little side part of your fingernail. So here, this is my best shoulder letter opener for you. Oh, the nice watch.
Starting point is 00:31:02 Wait, it's a game of thrones. Yeah, it's a game of thrones letter opener. Oh my gosh. It is the long claw sword letter opener. Yes. Yeah. Winter is coming and so is your mail. So here's the thing. I really wanted to get Arya's sword for you. By the way, I don't know anything about what I'm saying.
Starting point is 00:31:23 I did a lot of googling to figure out like what game of thrones item. This is one of the most thoughtful gifts you've ever given me in all of our friendship. I mean, they don't from what I know make Arya sword into a letter opener. The needle, it's called the needle. The needle, yes, you can get a replica of it for your house, but you can't open letters with it. So I hope that this long-class sword is good. Yes, I love it. I will take a picture of it and I will open mail happily with it. Something that keeps coming up in our mail. I'm holding up my letter opener. Something that keeps coming up in our mail is what is next for office ladies.
Starting point is 00:32:07 What are we doing next? Are we going to be ladies who Google? Are we gonna be mom detectives? What's our next podcast? Are we gonna do movies? I know, lady. This is the question because I can't believe what do we have like a year?
Starting point is 00:32:22 Oh, MG. I know. I like it here. I want to keep doing this with you. I love our office ladies family. I know me too. So we do need to figure out what's next. I think we should, we should try some stuff out.
Starting point is 00:32:35 That's how we got here, right? We put the phone between us and we started chatting. What should we do next? Like a bonus episode, like on a Monday or something. Oh, this has gotten bigger. I thought we were going to be in your garage again, but yes, you were right. We could. What are we do next? Like a bonus episode, like on a Monday or something. Oh, this has gotten bigger. I thought we were gonna be in your garage again, but yes, you were right. What we could?
Starting point is 00:32:48 What are we gonna do? Just sit, record, not play for anyone? Okay, you're right. You're right, okay, yes, I like this bonus episode, but what should we talk about? I like the idea of doing maybe, let's break down a movie. Ooh, what movie?
Starting point is 00:33:02 Ooh, should we put it in office? Pod, people can weigh in. What movie, guys? What movie? Why, should we put it in Office Laze pod? People can weigh in. What movie, guys? What movie? Why are you even asking this question? It's so obvious that this movie is... Is John Wick? Yes, or stars, canaries. Oh, what about speed?
Starting point is 00:33:15 Oh, I love speed. That's how I started on my piano journey. That was your introduction to piano? Yes, that was my gateway drug into Keanu. Pop quiz at the f***hole. Yeah. I'm ready. I'm ready. Oh, and we know Beth Grant. Oh, she would give us all the inside info
Starting point is 00:33:33 on sitting on that bus I'm sure. Beth Grant played Dwight's babysitter slash date to dinner party. Mm-hmm. She was also on the bus in speed. Oh, guys, it's coming together. I feel very inspired by this speed idea. Should we put it to a vote, though, because I would love to point out some background details in John Wick that I know you missed.
Starting point is 00:33:54 A.K.A. the coffee maker. A.K.A. Excuse me. Do not even come to me. You're going to want to back away from that statement about things I missed. And the first time you ever watched it, you stopped watching it 15 minutes. This is the other podcast idea we could do. Just the first 15 minutes of every movie, we call it Jenna's breakdown. Well, I would thrive on that podcast because I'm very good at watching the first 15 to 20 minutes
Starting point is 00:34:21 of a film. I know. And then you fall asleep. But I come back. You do. In the days that follow. OK, well, we should get back to this episode. That's lost to think about. And it all started with my letter opener. Thank you. What a gift.
Starting point is 00:34:34 What a gift. That letter opener may lead to our next thing. Who knew? Who knew? But that is the power of the long-class sword. Clearly. I don't know what I'm talking about, but is that true? Does it hold power? I hope I willed it with the justice it deserves.
Starting point is 00:34:52 Let's pivot back into this episode because CC has pooped all over her christening dress. And Jim is going to hustle out to his car. This was such a real dad moment for me. Like he's like looking desperately and ofM. has packed a backup outfit. Yeah, Jim said that he saw it in there. He checked. He didn't bring it. Yeah, he did say that is what he says.
Starting point is 00:35:16 There's two lines that Jim has that made me laugh so hard as a parent. First of all, he says to P.M., this is happening. Yeah. Because you've had those moments where like one parent has already halfway down the road and they're bringing the other one up to speed and they're like, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the,
Starting point is 00:35:32 this is happening. Trust me. This is, yeah. This was our best option was this t-shirt. So we're gonna go from here. And then she's like, no, there's this backup outfit. You said you checked the bag and he's like, I did say that. That's what I said. Maybe not what I did. So I loved those. And I personally was charmed by the
Starting point is 00:35:54 fact that all of their photos from the day would have C.C. in this t-shirt. That would just become fun family lore, in my opinion.. Like if that happened to my kids, they would be so delighted to look those pictures and hear that story again. It would be like, right? Like you can't get too upset over these moments. Well, the christening is over and Stanley thinks he can go,
Starting point is 00:36:17 but the pastor's gonna let everyone know that the halberts are hosting a reception next door. For everyone. Yep. Everyone's invited. Well, this mistake really angered Chelsea L from Houston, Texas. I want to say that in Chelsea's letter, there are a lot of all caps. Chelsea, what got you was at the Halbert.
Starting point is 00:36:38 It was so many things. Here is what Chelsea said. Quote, okay, this bothers me so much every time I see this episode. Why does Jim not correct the minister when she announces the Halbert reception? Come on, Jim. Or Pam, I suppose Pam could have corrected this too. And I don't think anyone in the church would be angry if they corrected the minister and asked folks not to come to the reception unless they knew Jim and Pam.
Starting point is 00:37:07 This makes me so irrationally angry for them. She'll see. But Jim and Pam do not correct the minister. Instead, they are now going to host a reception for which they do not have enough food. Well, this is kind of a recurring thing with Jim's last name because it happened in Niagara as well. Remember, outside of the reception, there was a sign that said they help print? Yes.
Starting point is 00:37:32 Reception? This happens to me all the time. People put an L in my last name so they'll say, Kinsley. I've heard people call you Kinsley over and over. It is time for the reception. It is very crowded. Angela is going to clock this right away. And I have one of my lines that is quoted to me coming up. I have seen it stitched on a pillow.
Starting point is 00:37:54 Angela says to Pam, you don't know them all. Pam says nope, and we're going to need a loaves and fish is kind of miracle to feed them all. And that's when Angela says, Jesus is not your caterer. But he should be your caterer, because you're a little angel. Why didn't your parents get you a caterer? And now do you know what I improvised? Because they don't think. So Southern.
Starting point is 00:38:17 When I heard it, I was like, they don't think. Everyone is hungry. Everyone is angry. There's a lot of angry folks at this reception. Well, Angela isn't the only person who's miffed at the lack of food. We also have to deal with Doug McPherson Davies' uncle. That's one of my favorite character names. He was played by Emil Beheshdie, who is a very accomplished comedic actor. He's been on Will and Grace, the King of Queens,
Starting point is 00:38:43 Greg the Bunny, grounded for life, big love. The list goes on and on. Even after finding out there's not really any food. Everyone is still staying. Leave everybody just go away. My favorite grump was Scone's E-Citer. Scone's E-Citer, Lady, there is a Twitter page for Scone's E-Citer. No way. Yes, it is basically a bunch of posts a Twitter page for Scone's E Cider. No way. Yes, it is basically a bunch of posts about Cider and Scone's.
Starting point is 00:39:10 Also, if you'd like a Scone's E Cider bumper sticker, you can find one over on the Etsy page. That's what soap said. We even got a fan question from Patrick R in Ailsbury, UK, who said I did a mini deep dive on Scone's E citer and I find out that if someone questions where the food and drink is at at a party, you call them a Scone's E citer. It's a whole thing. That is awesome. We've got to start using Scone's E citer. Why haven't we been using that all this time? Well, because we haven't done this rewatch yet
Starting point is 00:39:42 and now we have and now we have a new catchphrase. Don't be a scone scone scone scone scider. She's amazing. Well, scone scone scider was played by actress Stephanie McVeigh. She's been on Parks and Rec and Superstore and like a gazillion things because she's fantastic. I didn't point it out earlier, but she had a great background detail in the church.
Starting point is 00:40:04 It's at eight minutes and 25 seconds, scounsey cider is putting on powder with a little compact. So, you know, before she gets up to go to the reception to be disappointed by the lack of food she is going to powder her face. Carla is going to stand up and give a really great speech about the youth ministry, and she thinks Jim and Pam are hosting them, because after this reception, they're going to Mexico. They're gonna spend three months building a school. Yes, and Michael is really inspired by the joy
Starting point is 00:40:36 that's sort of emanating from this youth ministry table, and nobody else is taking it seriously. We got table of sass, basically. So much sass. And Michael is like, let's go build an airport. Okay, we'll start small with a car wash. Ryan is like spinning his iPad. What's up with Ryan and his iPad?
Starting point is 00:40:56 This is the second thing he's brought it to that it's not appropriate. He brought it to Andy's play. Oh yeah, you're right. And now here it is at the christening. Well, Michael is just like, guys, I don't get it. We should hang out more. Like I think he's seeing the fellowship of that table
Starting point is 00:41:12 and he's seeing the lack of fellowship at their table. And then Darrell has the best sass line. I loved it so much. He says, we are hanging out right now. You want some more of this? Yeah. It's so more of this? Yeah. It's so good. I loved it.
Starting point is 00:41:28 Michael is so bummed out by his table that he's going to storm out at 12 minutes, 48 seconds. Did you see the sign? Is he leaves the reception hall? No. It says Halbert, Christening reception. They made a whole sign. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:41:43 Oh. Well, meanwhile, Pam is going to go out. She's going to grab some subs and sodas. Yeah, everyone's hungry. They need to get more food. Well, Jim is going to be looking for some chairs and he needs a place. That's quiet for Cece. Jim finds me on a little side room on a sofa, just sitting by herself.
Starting point is 00:42:04 And this is what she has to say. Oh hey, Mima, would you watch CC for a second? Don't worry, she's asleep. I'm just going to track down some more chairs. Fine. Fine, I guess I'll watch Suzanne's pertain go, baby. Watch Suzanne's pertain go, and your baby. I want to say later when Jim comes back and he can't find Cece. He comes into Mima again and he's like Mima,
Starting point is 00:42:32 where is Cece? She says I lost the purse too. Yeah, yeah, she's so matter of fact, she's like, I don't know. It's so, she doesn't even turn around and look at them. Well, like you said, Jim is on the hunt for some chairs, but we had a fan catch from Kristen H and Austin, Texas, and Jesse T from Chicago, Illinois,
Starting point is 00:42:56 who said, when Jim gives Ceci to Pam's Mima, he says he's looking for chairs. Why does he not just use the chairs right behind him in that room? Are those special, holy church chairs? Lady, it's true. There is a dining table surrounded by chairs and he walks right past them.
Starting point is 00:43:17 It says I need to find some chairs. I didn't catch that, that's great. I mean, I thought maybe he's looking for some folding chairs or something, but there are clearly eight chairs right there. Didn't need to look so hard. Well it is time for the youth ministry to leave. Their bus is waiting and people are gathering outside kind of making a long line to give them high fives and hugs as they go. It kind of reminded me of like when a football team is entering the stadium and people give them the high five as they take the field. Yeah, and Michael joins right in. He's just very into it. He's wishing them all the best.
Starting point is 00:43:52 He's really caught up in this and all of a sudden he's like, you know what? I'm going with him. Yep, and he gets on the bus. We had a fan catch from Maricella K and Riverside, California, who said, We had a fan catch from Mara Sella Kay and Riverside, California, who said, at 13 minutes and 45 seconds, did anyone else notice that the camera crew was already on the bus? And like in the back of the bus before Michael even got on? How did they notice that? I totally noticed that. And I was like, why is the camera crew on the bus?
Starting point is 00:44:21 We had another question from Liam M. and Brisbane, Australia, who said, was there ever a discussion in the writer's room about the integrity of the camera crew on the bus. We had another question from Liam M. and Brisbane, Australia, who said, was there ever a discussion in the writers room about the integrity of the camera crew? Would they have really gone all the way to Mexico? Yeah, I thought the same thing. Oh my goodness. None of them have any bags, including Michael. And then our other volunteer Andy.
Starting point is 00:44:41 Well, Michael has a speech that he gives that cracked me up. Jenna, Phyllis says, Michael, what am I supposed to tell my clients if they ask about you? And Michael leaning out of the window of the bus says, tell them that I died. And I turned into an angel. And when they fill a breeze in a room with all the windows closed, or that chill on the back of their neck, that is just me watching over them. And then Phyllis is like, okay,
Starting point is 00:45:05 but what about the bigger corporate accounts? And Michael says, tell them I'm in a meeting. I loved all that too. And I love how Andy decides he's going as well. There's a great thing in deleted scenes. So you know they give Michael a t-shirt. Michael's very excited. Oh, he puts it on.
Starting point is 00:45:20 Yeah. But under his suit jacket. Yeah. Over his shirt. Yes. Andy, when he gets on the bus, is like, can I get a shirt? They're like, we're all out.
Starting point is 00:45:28 Here you can have a pin. And if you guys go to 15 minutes and 41 seconds, you can see the pin on Andy's like jacket. All of this talk about being on a bus and travel is making me think of my journal. Oh, is it time? It is time because I used to write a lot in my journal when I was traveling.
Starting point is 00:45:50 Nothing like writing when you're on a bus or a plane. All right, Sam. Sam and I have both sat forward in our chairs with anticipation. Physically giddy. All right, you guys have a choice. Do you wanna hear what I've titled anniversary or do you wanna hear what I've titled, airplane do you want to hear what I've titled airplane?
Starting point is 00:46:06 Both please. Both. I must be selfish. Okay. Let's start with anniversary. September 10th, 1996. Oh my gosh. I don't like this. This is it.
Starting point is 00:46:18 Yeah. 128 PM. PM is underlined. Oh, just so you know. Today marks my one-year anniversary in Los Angeles, California. Oh! exclamation point. Hey!
Starting point is 00:46:33 Can you believe it? Question exclamation point. Time has flown here. It crawled in New York. I haven't accomplished a great deal yet. Or have I accomplished a lot? Why is it in a riddle? The next part is so embarrassing. What is it? What is it? Oh gosh.
Starting point is 00:47:05 Angela's wiping tears for her eyes. Because it's so dorky, I was such a dork. I'm still a dork. OK. I haven't accomplished a great deal yet. Or I have accomplished a lot on whose measure am I judged? It's written in Game of Thrones. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness.
Starting point is 00:47:29 All right, that's how that one ends. Okay. Okay. Next one. Let's see the date here. December 24, 1996. Christmas Eve, Delta Airlines. Oh, okay. Okay. 5.16 PM Utah Airport. I just got bumped
Starting point is 00:47:54 up to first class exclamation point. What a nice Christmas present exclamation point. Fun exclamation point. This has never happened to me. I am so psyched. A window seat in first class makes up for that two and a half hour layover in Salt Lake City. I'm drinking my complimentary pre-flight drink. Oh, and in first class, you get a hot meal. Ha! It caught on me, it gets a sack of lunch. Oh my gosh, now you get nothing. I know. I wonder if they upgraded me because I don't feel well.
Starting point is 00:48:34 My cold is getting worse. Ha! How would they know? Did you tell someone? I feel pretty sick. My nose is driving me crazy and dripping a lot. Did you go to the airport and go up so sorry about you? I don't feel the well.
Starting point is 00:48:49 Well, first class rocks, but I feel really sick. I might be getting the flu. You know what? I want to see the journal entry of the person who's got next to you on this flight. My first time paying for first class and they seat me next to some sniffly running nose. Why died weirdo?
Starting point is 00:49:08 Who's downing a drink? Pre-flight. She keeps telling the flight attendants are sick. Okay. All right. The sturdis is the nicest lady. She's really taking good care of me. I'm pretty sure now I have a fever.
Starting point is 00:49:21 I'm getting worse. This is now two hours into the flight. Oh goodness. This is how it ends. Filling so sickly, exclamation point, sad face. Oh yeah. There you go. Did you have the flu?
Starting point is 00:49:38 Yeah, I caught the flu. I showed up on Christmas Eve with the flu. I like that it has callbacks like we've been, like not like the other airport, as if we're gonna be like, ah, I remember that entry. Well, wait, I didn't count on this one, but here is January 2nd, 1997.
Starting point is 00:49:58 Well, 1997 is here. Can you believe it? You and the reader have been through so much. Oh gosh, all right, I'm gonna stop for today. My journals are so embarrassing. Thank you so much for that. Well, that was delightful, Angela. And I just wanna say we do also have the option
Starting point is 00:50:19 of a spin-off podcast called Angela's. No, no, we can't take it. I just say, no, as we figure out what's next. You can break down a journal entry each episode. Oh. Dives on it. I mean, who am I writing to? Always is the question.
Starting point is 00:50:37 Okay. I'm sorry you were sick that Christmas. I know, that really stinks. But I did get to fly first class. You did? Yeah. The bus is on the road, and Toby has made it inside the church. Finally, and we had a fan catch from Sean L. in Indiana. It's wonderful. Sean said, this is not a question, but something fun to look out for. When Toby enters the church toward the end of the episode, you can see Dwight put his business cards inside of the Bibles in the pews.
Starting point is 00:51:06 Oh, Sean, this is something I was about to bring up. Yes, it's at 15 minutes and 50 seconds, you can see Dwight's little business card popping out of the Bible. That's right. In deleted scenes, there is a scene. If you go to the DVD, Dwight is stuffing all of the Bibles and hymnals in all the pews with his business card. Incredible.
Starting point is 00:51:27 Well, Jim is panicking. He cannot find CC. And someone says a little blonde lady took CC. Yes, that little blonde lady is Pam's mother, but Jim doesn't know that. So Justice Pam is entering with a tray of sub sandwiches. Jim screams, stop that woman, stop her now, she stole my baby.
Starting point is 00:51:48 Kevin grabs Angela and her big bag, right as Pam is entering, and they all collide and this tray of sub sandwiches goes flying in the air. Jenna, this was like a stunt for us. Do you remember? I do remember. They had to break it down. We had to time it out. Someone was queuing you on the outside. Brian had to be in the right place and I did and you had to come in. I'm not gonna lie. When I watched it, I thought my like tray fumble was a little forced. I don't know if you saw it. Like brought the two trays together, almost like symbols. It looked like a cartoon. It looked like loony tunes.
Starting point is 00:52:25 It looked like so crazy. And I also wanted to know why silver platter? I don't know. She would be bringing them in and bags. This whole silver platter thing was so over the top. Well, we got a fan question from Kirsten W. and Fort Myers-Florida, who said, when Pam comes back from getting the subs,
Starting point is 00:52:44 she drops them when Angela bumps into her. And then they insinuate that they can't eat the subs because they fell on the ground, but all the subs were wrapped. So why couldn't they just pick them up and eat them? I agree. Yeah, I thought the same thing at first, but then I remembered that we were implying in our blocking that we were like stomping on them, that like when they were on the ground. They got tripped on and stepped on. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:53:10 Because of the whole struggle with Kevin and Angela and the person, the stones. Yeah, that that was the idea, but like I said, I'm not sure we sold the moment. Exactly. Well, as we could have. I want to tell you who is selling the moment. There is a background actor behind Angela and Kevin while they're struggling with Angela's purse and the scones and all of that.
Starting point is 00:53:29 He gave me life. He is so horrified by this behavior. Oh my goodness. I wish I could see this. It's so good. And I was like so tickled by it. Well, Kevin's going to go through Angela's bag, thinking he's going to find a baby, but what he does find is thousands of scones, an Angela's bag, thousands, thousands. Thousands, thousands. Basically, sconesy cider is Angela's happy. Angela's the new sconesy cider. We got mail about this scone theft. Oh, yeah. Sarah M. from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania said, I never understood why Angela took all the scones. Did she do it to sabotage the christening luncheon? And then Susanna H from Clermont, Florida said, hot take, I think Angela stole the scones
Starting point is 00:54:18 to make Pam and Jim look even worse for having so little food. I don't think she even likes scones. Oh Angela, what's your take? Strong words. Mm-hmm. Well, are you a saboteur? I don't think she's a saboteur. I think she might just be that person that takes extra roles when they leave a party or a few extra party favors or if you have fruit set out, she might take some of your bananas and apples. I think she might be that person. Well, before we're done closing out this reception,
Starting point is 00:54:47 there was a deleted scene I'd like to talk about that happened at the reception. It was sort of the end of the day and a lot of people had left. And Jim and Pam finally got the small intimate gathering they were hoping for. And Jim gives a really sweet speech. I thought we should hear it.
Starting point is 00:55:07 We're gonna have your attention. Today we christened our daughter Cecilia Marie and yeah for a moment there I thought she was bailing on her own reception but I guess she decided to stick it out. We named CC after Pam's grandmother Cecilia and after my grandmother Marie and I always remember how cool Marie was. She loved people and she loved a full and crazy house.
Starting point is 00:55:30 And nothing ever rattled her. So she would have loved it here today. And we just hope that CC has that same care for you spirit. So thank you guys all for coming and sharing this special day with us. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:55:47 Thank you. Thank you. Who wants to go pick up Michael and Andy? Okay. So, that's how that really sweet speech ends. And when Pam says who wants to go pick up Michael and Andy, Aaron flies out of her seat. Doesn't say anything to Gabe or anyone and sprints out the door.
Starting point is 00:56:09 Wow. Yeah. But wasn't that a sweet speech? That was really sweet. And we found out sort of inspiration for the baby's name. I love that. Well, I guess we should go to the bus because Michael and Andy are regretting their decision.
Starting point is 00:56:27 It's gonna take two days to get there. Their next stop is Tennessee. Yeah, Michael and Andy went off the bus. They're changing their minds. Full stop. And they asked the bus driver to stop the bus. The bus driver was played by Terry James. You know, Randy said that Alison Jones read stunt drivers for this role. They had to hold a certain category
Starting point is 00:56:51 license because he was really hoping that the person they cast as this actor could actually drive the bus. So our stunt coordinator, Wally Crowder, suggested Terry James, he read for the role. He did great. And he could really drive during this scene. I thought Terry did so great. I loved it when he said you shouldn't talk to a bus driver. Yes. Well, they start making a scene. They're screaming, stop the bus, stop the bus.
Starting point is 00:57:18 Andy is, I mean, he's like starting to cry. And the young kids that are on the bus are like, what's going on? You guys was happening. Yeah, the female student was played by Eric Hummer. And then the other gentleman, the kind of scraggly-haired fella, we got some mail about him. And that led me down a road. Zianne from Amarillo, Texas said, my brother-in-law had a small guest spot in this episode. His name is Seth Ellison. He is the youth group kid with the scraggly hair that says, Are you coming with us and stop the dang bus? He is still in Hollywood working in comedy.
Starting point is 00:57:56 In fact, he was on an episode of the gong show that Ed Helms judged. He has also been on America's Got Talent several times and traveled to other countries to be on their versions of the show. His stage name is Seth word. Angela Seth word. Yeah. Has appeared on 12 episodes of America's Got Talent over multiple seasons. Wow. Five episodes of the Gong show. He always appears as an type of animal. Who?
Starting point is 00:58:30 I don't how to explain it. But he has been Seth word the worm, Seth word the phoenix, Seth word the peacock, Seth word the walrus, the caterpillar, the snake, the chicken, the cow, and the bunny. What does he do when he's in the animal? Well, it's very interesting. So the first one that I saw was Suthward, the caterpillar. Okay. He is in a caterpillar outfit. And when he comes out onto the stage, he falls down.
Starting point is 00:59:00 He rolls off the stage and then he goes up on the stage and he goes through a metamorphosis and turns into a butterfly, but they didn't let him finish. They judged him out. But he became sort of like an audience favorite. So he came back multiple times. Finally, they let him move forward. But he was just a recurring, like a recurring fan favorite of the show of America's Got Talent coming back in different forms every time. I went
Starting point is 00:59:31 down a rabbit hole. I watched all of his appearances. Is it lots of like physical comedy? Yes. Yes. But also just very charming and funny. I'll have to check it out, Seth Word. Well, they finally stopped the bus and let them off and We see that they call someone to come get them and it is Aaron. Yes, and another student gets off the bus with them too That's that's right. He's like don't tell my parents That student was played by Jeff Loveness. He's a writer performer He's worked on Rick and Morty the onion news, and has been a writer for the Emmys and Oscar-televised programs. We got some fan mail from Alania D in Wisconsin and Lauren H. and Santa Clarita, California, who both pointed out that he looks a lot like Steve
Starting point is 01:00:17 Correll. They thought he looked like Steve's teenage doppelganger. They wanted to know if he was related to Steve, but he's not. No, he's not. I can't kind of see it. Well, they're gonna get in with Aaron and Michael wants to know is the reception still going on and she said, no, most everyone left. In fact, I think they all went to see a movie.
Starting point is 01:00:36 And Michael got what he wanted. Everyone's hanging out. They're having a memory together. And he's very happy to be back in this country. Yes, the country he never left. That's right. Well, that was christening everybody. Thank you so much to Randy Cordray for sharing
Starting point is 01:00:52 behind the scenes details with us. And thank you James Carey for sending me over those call sheets. Sam and Cassie, you guys are the best. Thanks for sitting through my journal entry. And Jenna, I can't wait to open letters with my letter opener. I can't wait to watch you do it. It will bring me joy. Have a great week, you guys.
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