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1st episode of the second flavor of The Office

"The Dundies"
The Office episode
Episode no. Flavor ii
Episode one
Directed by Greg Daniels
Written by Mindy Kaling
Featured music
  • O.P.P. by Naughty by Nature
  • You Sexy Matter by Hot Chocolate
  • Tiny Dancer by Elton John
Cinematography by Randall Einhorn
Editing by David Rogers
Product lawmaking 2003[1]
Original air date September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)
Running time 22 minutes
Invitee appearances
  • Melora Hardin as Jan Levinson
  • David Denman as Roy Anderson
  • Leslie David Baker as Stanley Hudson
  • Brian Baumgartner equally Kevin Malone
  • Kate Flannery as Meredith Palmer
  • Mindy Kaling as Kelly Kapoor
  • Angela Kinsey as Angela Martin
  • Paul Lieberstein as Toby Flenderson
  • Oscar Nunez as Oscar Martinez
  • Craig Robinson equally Darryl Philbin
  • Phyllis Smith equally Phyllis Lapin
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"The Dundies" is the first episode of the second flavour of the American comedy telly series The Office, and the evidence's seventh episode overall. Written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Greg Daniels, who is besides a producer for the show, the episode originally aired in the United States on September twenty, 2005 on NBC.

The serial depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania co-operative of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Newspaper Company. In the episode, Michael Scott (Steve Carell) hosts "The Dundies", the almanac awards show in which he presents awards to various members of the office. But the nighttime does not turn out as he plans, and Michael ends up angering or humiliating the majority of the part staff. Meanwhile, later Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) argues with her fiancé, she becomes manifestly intoxicated and kisses Jim Halpert (John Krasinski).

"The Dundies" was the second episode of the series directed by Greg Daniels. Many of the scenes at the Chili's had to be changed then the eating place would permit filming, most notably the scenes where Pam falls over. "The Dundies" was viewed by an estimated 9.0 meg viewers and received a 4.3/10 rating share among adults between the ages of eighteen and 49, making it the highest episode of the series since the show'due south pilot. The episode received positive reviews from critics.

Plot [edit]

Michael Scott (Steve Carell) is the but person who looks forward to "The Dundies", his annual awards testify at the local Chili's restaurant. Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) tries to dissuade Michael from in one case over again application Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) the "Globe'southward Longest Engagement" award. Meanwhile, Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) learns that in that location is graffiti well-nigh Michael on the ladies' room wall (later on revealed to have been written past Pam), and his attempts to investigate are embarrassingly unsuccessful.

At the awards prove, Michael'south performance as MC falls flat. Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) is embarrassed when Michael awards him "Hottest in the Office". Pam's fiancé Roy Anderson (David Denman) and Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) get out, taking Pam with them. In the parking lot, Roy and Pam argue, and Pam returns lone to the eatery, where she begins drinking beer and margaritas. Heckled past other customers, Michael decides to end the prove, but an intoxicated Pam leads the office in encouraging him to continue. Relieved upon winning the Dundie for "Whitest Sneakers" (equally opposed to a demeaning and sexual award), Pam gives a drunken acceptance speech and kisses Jim on the lips. This leaves Jim surprised, but happy.

Equally Jim recaps the Dundies for the camera, Pam stares at Jim with dazed fascination and so falls off her stool, and Dwight springs to her rescue, thinking Pam is having a seizure. He then tries to accept off his dress shirt and tie, but a Chili'south employee stops him. The employee then talks to the camera and says that Pam apparently was sneaking drinks off of others' tables, which is against the restaurant'southward rules. He then tells the audience that he Xeroxed her driver's license and she is never welcome at Chili's over again.[nb 1] After the party is over, Pam runs to the camera and screams "I would just similar to say that this was the best Dundies ever! Whoo!". In the parking lot, Pam admits to Jim that it was she who wrote the graffiti. She begins to ask Jim a question, but stops when she notices the photographic camera. Jim helps Pam into Angela Martin's (Angela Kinsey) automobile and smiles as they leave.

Production [edit]

"The Dundies" was the 2d episode of the series directed by Greg Daniels. Daniels had previously directed the beginning flavour episode "Basketball game". "The Dundies" was written by Mindy Kaling, who also acts for the evidence as customer service representative Kelly Kapoor.[4] According to Daniels, while he worked on the Fox animated series King of the Hill, the show would have an annual Dundies-type event called the "Swampy Awards".[5] He previously considered using the plot from this episode for the airplane pilot, only decided it was a "very risky matter to exercise" and decided to make the pilot a straight adaption of the first episode of the British version.[7] Following the mixed reaction towards the commencement season, the writers attempted to make the series more than "optimistic" and make Michael more than likable. They also began fleshing out the supporting characters of the series more by giving them bodily personalities. Finally, to further differentiate the series from its British inspiration, the producers made the lights in the function brighter.

The episode was filmed at a former Chili'southward in the San Fernando Valley, in the urban center of Panorama City, California, on the corner of Roscoe Blvd. and Tobias Ave, beyond the street from Panorama Mall. The episode was filmed "from dawn, until very late at night", according to Kaling.[9] During filming breaks, Kaling explained that she took "ladylike" naps while Paul Lieberstein made notes on the episode and its script.[9] While filming, many parts of the script were changed so the restaurant would allow the shoot to continue. For instance, in the original script, Pam vomits at Chili's and Dwight responds, "A adult female has vomited!" Considering the completed script was not available for Chili'due south to review until shooting had already started, when they were finally given a take a chance to read information technology, they objected to a customer vomiting in their restaurant. Chili'due south withdrew its permission to shoot, but, afterwards a few hours, Steve Carell adult a compromise: Pam would fall off her bar stool and Dwight would answer, "A adult female has had a seizure!"[10] In the original version, Pam was also to be over-served alcohol by the Chili's staff, but Chili'southward—feeling that this would reflect poorly on their character every bit a company—did non want this in the episode either. To solve this issue, the writers had Pam steal drinks off other tables.[ten] The writers and producers too agreed to include a scene in which the bodily owner of the Chili'south restaurant (Jon Bosshart, non an actor) makes it clear that the restaurant does not over-serve alcohol to its customers. Since Jenna Fischer does non drink much in existent life, B. J. Novak took her out then she could get drunk while Novak described to her how she was behaving and how it did not lucifer her own perception. She drew upon this experience for her functioning.[eleven]

Cultural references [edit]

Michael calls Jim "Fat Halpert", using a voice reminiscent of the cartoon grapheme Fat Albert. During the "Last Twelvemonth's Dundies" video, Michael awards Oscar the "Bear witness Me the Coin" award, a reference to the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire. Dwight later plays a recorder version of Lou Bega's 1999 cover of "Mambo No. 5" while Michael sings parody lyrics. During a phone call, Jan makes reference to a "tsunami relief fundraiser which somehow lost a lot of money."[12] Michael defends his actions, noting that it was a "fun-raiser", in an effort to raise the morale of the people in the office post-obit the events of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Michael's psychic act is a blatant rip-off of Johnny Carson'southward Carnac the Magnificent human activity.[12]

At the Dundies party Michael sings various vocal parodies, including spoofs of Naughty past Nature's 1991 hit "O.P.P." ("You Down with the Dundies") and Elton John'south 1971 hit "Tiny Dancer" ("You Take Won a Tiny Dundie"). He also sings Hot Chocolate'south 1975 single "You Sexy Thing" while presenting the "Hottest in the Office" honour.[12] Originally, a parody of Eminem's 2002 hit "Lose Yourself" was slated to exist featured in the episode, but was axed when Eminem refused to allow permission. In the background of one scene, Michael is seen singing the 1987 song "(I've Had) The Fourth dimension of My Life", by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes. The final scene in the episode features "Tiny Dancer" playing over the actual footage of the show.[12]

Release and reception [edit]

"The Dundies" originally aired on NBC in the United States on September xx, 2005.[iv] In its original American circulate, the episode received a 4.3/x% share among adults betwixt the ages of 18 and 49. This ways that information technology was seen past two.iv% of all xviii- to 49-year-olds, and 6% of all eighteen- to 49-year-olds watching television set at the time of the broadcast. The episode was seen by 9.0 million viewers, making it the highest-rated episode of the serial since the show's airplane pilot episode.[13]

"The Dundies" represented a turning betoken in the series, in which the bear witness institute its own tone and differentiated itself from the British version.[fourteen] [15] It received critical acclamation, unlike the kickoff flavour. In its "The Top 10 Moments from The Office", IGN ranked Pam's drunken scene at Chili's as number five.[16] Michael Sciannamea of Television receiver Squad stated that "This season'southward first episode showed a marked improvement over the last episode from last season", and went on to praise the episode's expansion of supporting characters as i of the main reasons for the improvement.[15] In a Flashback review, Travis Fickett of IGN complimented the episode for creating the personalities of the supporting characters and for the workers amore towards Michael in the episode.[fourteen] He also praised the Jim and Pam moments in the episode.[fourteen] He ultimately gave the episode a 9.0/10.[14] Seb Patrick of Noise to Signal, while comparison the American version of The Office favorably to its U.k. counterpart, writes that the series "could be finding its anxiety again over the course of its opening couple of episodes."[17]

Jacob Clifton from Goggle box Without Pity gave the episode an A rating.[12] Erik Adams of The A.V. Guild awarded the episode a "B". Part of his review focused on the scene wherein Pam and Jim both convince Michael to go on on with the Dundies celebration, writing that "they're clapping and chanting for Michael Scott, human being beingness, and that's incredibly important for the episodes that will follow".[xviii] Nonetheless, he felt that the episode's reputation was slightly inflated by its success, and that the episode, while good, is only just a start for the success that would follow it.[eighteen]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ In 2017, Fischer returned to Chili's and tweeted a selfie standing exterior the restaurant with the caption "Should I try to go in?" Chili'southward responded with "we promise y'all felt God tonight," referring to Pam's line in the episode, "I feel God in this Chili's tonight".[ii] Chili's later issued this press release: "Effective immediately, Chili'due south® Grill & Bar has removed the longstanding ban on a Scranton, Pennsylvania woman who allegedly caused a disturbance during a company awards party held at a Chili's near the Pennsylvania boondocks of Scranton."[3] Chili's president Kelli Valade said, "Later reviewing the adept conduct of Pam, I have decided to lift the now 11-year ban ... Pam is an inspiration to many and we welcome her with open artillery."[three]

References [edit]

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  2. ^ McCluskey, Megan (Feb 7, 2017). "The Office Star Jenna Fischer Only Tweeted the All-time Pam Tribute E'er". Time.com. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Hooton, Christopher (Feb 8, 2017). "Chili's lifts ban on Pam Beesly Halpert to The Role US fans' please". The Independent . Retrieved Feb 9, 2017.
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  6. ^ "In Chat: Greg Daniels, Executive Producer/Showrunner of The Office (U.S.)". heywriterboy.blogspot.com. June 20, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  7. ^ a b Kaling, Mindy (2011). Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns). New York: Crown Publishing. p. 113. ISBN9780307886262.
  8. ^ a b Novak, B.J. (September twenty, 2005). "Office Gossip's First Sectional Web log!", TVGuide.com
  9. ^ Fischer, Jenna (April 20, 2006). "Render of the "The Dundies"". Television receiver Guide. Archived from the original on May 30, 2006. Retrieved June xvi, 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d e Clifton, Jacob. "The Dundies". Telly Without Pity. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  11. ^ "Sept 26, 2005 Press Release ("The Dundies")" (Press release). NBC. February 27, 2007. Retrieved February seven, 2012. [ dead link ] Alt URL
  12. ^ a b c d Fickett, Travis. "The Office Flashback: "The Dundies" Review – Tv set Review at IGN". IGN. Retrieved January iv, 2011.
  13. ^ a b Sciannamea, Michael (September 20, 2005). "The Office: The Dundies". Television set Squad . Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  14. ^ Goldman, Eric; Zoromski, Brian (September 20, 2006). "The Top 10 Moments from The Office". IGN . Retrieved May 17, 2008.
  15. ^ Patrick, Seb (September 28, 2005). "The Office USA : "The Dundies"". Noise to Signal. Archived from the original on Nov 10, 2007. Retrieved May twenty, 2008.
  16. ^ a b Adams, Erik (June 25, 2013). "'The Dundies'/'Sexual Harassment' | The Part | Boob tube Club". The A.V. Gild. The Onion. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

External links [edit]

  • "The Dundies" at NBC.com
  • "The Dundies" at IMDb

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dundies